Jordan Grant-Krenz

6 days ago | freeskier.com | Jordan Grant-Krenz

Featured Image: Chad Chomlack, Courtesy of NST Ski | Skier: Michelle ParkerEditor’s Note: Spoilers ahead! Be sure to click here and watch the full broadcast of Natural Selection Ski before scrolling down to avoid any unwanted spoilers of the event results. It was the showdown we wanted—and the one that skiing needed. The 2025 Natural Selection Ski comp, the first of its kind, debuted yesterday, April 18, and it was exactly what freeskiing has been waiting for.

6 days ago | freeskier.com | Jordan Grant-Krenz

All Images: Drew Silvers | Location: Whitefish, MontanaPond skimming, or as the French say, le skim de le pónd, is an act as old as time itself. The ancient Sumerians were some of the first people to pond skim, brilliantly stapling their feet to wooden boards in order to glide over their water supplies to pass the time in between battles. The Romans, Egyptians and Chinese later imitated, and the trend began to grow worldwide.

1 week ago | freeskier.com | Jordan Grant-Krenz

Featured Image: Owen Dahlberg | Skier: Hunter HessMAGMA is headed overseas to the spring skiing motherland of LAAX, Switzerland. Hunter Hess, Alex Hall and Owen Dahlberg packed the bags and brought every pair of halfpipe skis on the planet to get the job done in Europe. This is a proper display of ideal spring skiing, so if you don’t like good time and sunshine, this one isn’t for you. If that’s not enough incentive, Max Moffat makes an appearance and lays down a masterclass.

1 week ago | freeskier.com | Jordan Grant-Krenz

Featured Image: Courtesy of Teton Gravity ResearchThe kid is one of the most versatile skiers around, there’s no debating that. Kai Jones has been a powerful force in freeskiing for several years. Long before he could drive, he was putting down dub backflips and ripping big lines in the Jackson Hole backcountry. His latest edit, “My Take,” is a wildly impressive mashup of summer clips in the park at Mt. Hood and huge spines in Alaska.

1 week ago | freeskier.com | Jordan Grant-Krenz

Featured Image: Courtesy of Montana’s Yellowstone CountryThe iconic Beartooth Basin Ski Area has announced plans to open for the 2025 summer season on May 26, conditions permitting. For the past two years, locals have hung their heads in disappointment as the resort remained closed due to low snowpack and ownership disputes. But Ullr has answered our prayers—and everything is about to change. If a ski area opening in May sounds strange to you, you’re not alone.