The Mountain Life Coast Mountains “Turn & Burn” issue has dropped!
Feet First
“It goes beyond the turn,” skier Marcus Caston tells me in this issue. “You have the turn and then you have the transition—floating between turns—that is where the real magic happens.”
Photo: BEN GiRARDI
That floating sensation, that’s kinda what it’s all about, isn’t it? That’s what we’re after: a brief moment of weightlessness—dancing with gravity, defying it while also completely under its pull. The physics. The dynamic relationship of centripetal force and balance, of where you are and where you want to be. The feeling of finding that edge, then pushing beyond it…and onto the next one.
The next one…Kinda like winters. Each is amazing but, particularly this time of year, it’s the one coming up that matters. The optimism of what could possibly come, an excitement for the future: “Bro, I heard it’s gonna be a huge winter…”
The immediate future, at least. Because, long term, things aren’t looking that shit-hot. But the more the gravity of our situation (personal, global, environmental, whatever) tries to pull us into a vortex of frustration, fear, anger and disconnection, the more important it is to lean the other way, sink an edge and give in to that brief time-warp moment where intent and momentum detach you from the inevitable and shift you in a new direction and a tiny, unexplored future. That turn. And the next one. That lap, and the one after that. It’s freedom.
So here’s to the winter to come, which is also the one we’re in right now. The future is upon us. Turn & Burn. –Feet Banks
Issue Highlights…
Gettin’ Down Inbounds
Epic trips to remote mountains in northern BC or the French Alps are awesome, but there’s always the risk that it all becomes unrelatable. For most of us, the golden days of winter fun are often chairlift accessed. And that is fine with us: All hail the ski hill.
Forward
Set to premiere at the 25th Whistler Film Festival, Forward is the ski film you didn’t know you were missing. Brothers Tanner and Clayton March blow expectations out of the water when they surf together in Tofino (Clay’s mobility is hampered by cerebral palsy), but the fellas are only getting started and they’ve got their eyes set on a cat skiing trip for the ages.
Sighting in the Scope
Snowboard mountaineer Joel Loverin cracks open the personal archives to talk about a big-line scouting mission with Northern BC shredders Cedric Landry and Cam Unger. If these are the scouting photos, we’re pumped to see what they get up to this winter…
Mountain Lifers: Rob and Sherry Boyd
A star-crossed love story set in an era when snowboarders and skiers didn’t always get along…but these two are not afraid to carve their own paths.
Bell to Bell
Ski patrollers work hard everywhere but what’s it like in the epicentre of big mountain culture? Opening and closing the hill (and shredding some really nice pow) in Chamonix, France. (And cheese, lots of cheese).
Beneath The Tide
When life gets gritty, head for the sand. Photographer Erin Hogue leaves the autumn gloom for the surf-y shores of Baja.
Plus: Jon Turk’s spirit guides, A Squamish true-crime podcast, mountain energy tips, how to read the weather, and more…
Check the full issue here and pick up a print copy at all the usual rad spots.
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