Watch Epic First Ski Descent in Himalayas

December 10th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors | No Comments »

The Himalayas of Nepal and Tibet don’t have the best snow quality and the altitude keeps many skiers away. Watch as two of the best freeride skiers on the planet head above 6,500 metres […]

Watch Climb of Coldest Peak in Northern Hemisphere

December 10th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors | No Comments »

Sakha is a region of highs, lows and little else. It’s home to Pik Pobeda, the highest mountain in Siberia, and where the lowest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere was recorded – a deadly […]

Watch Epic Alaska Pow Rippin’ by Top Riders

December 7th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors | No Comments »

Last winter, Travis Rice and Chris Rasman went deep into Alaska’s Tordillo Mountains. Their trip coincided with about five feet of fresh snow — which was followed up by about 100 MPH winds. This […]

Heads Up! These Weekend Avalanches Could’ve Killed Skiers

December 3rd, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors, News | No Comments »

There were at least three noteworthy avalanches this past weekend that skiers should take note of. In the Canadian Rockies, skiers escaped a class 1.5 after triggering it on Dolomite Ridge. To this, mountain […]

Updates from Canadian Pushing Hard in Antarctica

November 29th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors | No Comments »

We recently interviewed Laval St. Germain, who is making his way across Antarctica his way for the Explorer’s Grand Slam. St. Germain is hoping to complete a two-in-one expedition: solo ski to the South […]

Watch Most Epic Canadian Highline Film Yet

November 28th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors | No Comments »

Watch the team from SlackLifeBC take highlining to the next level at Hunlen Fall, B.C. Watch the longest highline walk by a woman, watch a dude take a small raft off a 350-metre high […]

Film on Jacques Houot, 82, Who Still Competes at Ski and Bike

November 27th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Gripped Outdoors | Comments Off on Film on Jacques Houot, 82, Who Still Competes at Ski and Bike

This is the story of 82-year old French snow/ski racer and mountain biker, Jacques Houot, who is a local legend as an age-defying athlete and an incorrigible flirt. Houot has survived some two dozen […]