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Gnarcore Videoplays
With a passionate crew and a creative universe that drew inspiration from unlikely places, Dave Rouleau and Gnarcore flipped the script on snowboard films.
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Where Kids Learn to Fly
On a warm July morning at Three Stage mountain bike area, the trails are already alive with sound. A dozen kids freewheel down a cedar-lined singletrack, their whoops alternating between…
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ML’s Top 20 Photos of 2025: Part 1
An ML photo doesn't happen by accident; it’s the result of our tireless photographers spending all four seasons chasing light, weather and fleeting moments outdoors. Every shot we publish is a banger, but here's a cross-section of 2025's crop.
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Jackson Goldstone: The Search for Milliseconds
The new short film from Redbull TV tracks Squamish-born downhill MTB star Jackson Goldstone on his quest for the UCI DH World Cup title.
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Live It Up with ML Podcast: Snowboarder Taylor Godber
Taylor Godber is a professional big mountain snowboarder on The North Face team. She’s also a chef, an artist, a writer, a lover of dogs, surfer, adventurer, picnicker and a…
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Apex Mountain: Steep, (Sometimes) Deep & Ski-Culture Steeped
Discovering Apex Mountain Resort’s steep slopes, quick access and general lack of lift lines.
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The Old Ones: Tracking Alberta’s Ancient Limber Pines
Millennium-old outliers on otherwise barren and exposed mountain terrain, limber pines are in rapid decline in Alberta.
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COLD CALLS: No Script, No Plan, Just Winter
COLD CALLS is a quirky little ski film that highlights the value of conversation and spontaneity.
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DIG: An Alaskan Snowboard Film
DIG: An Alaskan Snowboard Film is a 28-minute portrait of Alaskan snowboarder Ryland Bell pushing himself far beyond the lines he usually rides around his home in Haines.
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The 2025 ML Holiday Gift Shed
ML partners and staff have curated a holiday GIFT SHED for the people in your life who love the outdoors as much as you and fall into these categories: Mountain Lifers, Skiers/Snowboarders, Runners/Hikers and Multisport Adventurers.
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On Thin Ice
Explorers Børge Ousland and Vincent Colliard trek across the planet’s largest frozen expanses, documenting climate devastation in a bid to save Earth’s “big freezers.”
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Garmin fēnix 8: An Upgrade Worth Its Weight in Gold
Get ready for a personal fitness party on your wrist.
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‘Forward’: A Film About Adaptive Sports and Possibility
A reminder that everyone belongs in the (sometimes extreme) environments many of us take for granted. “It was funny,” says Clayton March. “I was in my wetsuit, all ready to…
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Live It Up with ML Podcast: Matt Maddaloni
A true adventurer, Matt Maddaloni is a climber, surfer, paddler and mad-genius tinkerer/inventor/self-taught engineer whose company Sea to Sky Cable Cam has helped him travel the world to capture top…
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ML Tested: 22 Designs Telemark Bindings
A telemark binding designed and built specifically for resort skiing? Sign us up.
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