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The two most impactful pieces of backcountry skiing gear are your skis and your boots. While the other gear plays an important role, skis and boots are the things your going to notice the most on every step and every turn. When it comes to these two pieces of gear, there’s this paradoxical problem of wanting something that’s lightweight and flexible on the uphill, but burly and stiff for the descent. You want to be able to climb efficiently and comfortably, but you don’t want that feathery gear to hold you back from floating on powder and charging the descent. The G3 SENDr skis are a valiant solution to this paradox.

Backcountry ski touring has exploded in popularity over recent years. Increased avalanche educational resources, better infrastructure, and an overall desire to escape overcrowded resorts has led to the proliferation of this great sport. But let’s be honest here, getting into backcountry skiing is expensive.
Starting out with ski touring doesn’t only require specialized skis, boots, poles, and outerwear. It also requires all kinds of new gear like skins, avalanche safety equipment, touring packs, and more. The costs add up in a hurry! Thankfully, there are ways to get into backcountry skiing without breaking the bank. One of the ways to do that, without sacrificing on quality, is the Tecnica Cochise.

My fiance and I first discovered Black Crows at a demo day in Chamonix back in 2016. This was our first exposure to the brand as it wasn’t in North America at the time, but we were immediately captivated by the brand and impressed by their skis. Founded in 2006 by a pair of professional …

The sport of wakesurfing has exploded in popularity in the last 20 years or so. Being able to surf perfect waves no matter where you are? Sign me up! Improvements in boat technology and wakesurf gear has inspired more and more people to bring the coastal surf lifestyle to interior lakes and rivers. Plus, as a much slower paced activity than it’s watersport counterparts like wakeboarding and waterskiing, the potential for injury is much lower (queue the parental ears perking up). If you’re looking to get started with wakesurfing, one of the first things to understand is the wakesurf gear you’ll need for epic days out on the water. After over a decade of shredding (and face planting) on perpetual waves, here are our 19 wakesurf gear essentials.

Not satisfied with your current wakesurf wave? Spending way too much time at the start of each session trying to get the wave right? Tired of messing with ballast weights and locations trying to get the wave “just right” only to have that same strategy fail horribly the next time out? Or maybe your wave is good, but you need it to be even better as your surfers level up and want to try new tricks? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it might be time to consider buying a wakesurf shaper.