Some weeks are loud. This one’s quietly unhinged.
Hidden SkiMo couloirs in the Dolomites. A forest freeride engineered plank by plank. Moab slackliners finding calm above the void… and much more.
It’s all about people choosing the harder, purer, more meaningful version of their sport!
Speaking of meaningful, my daughter and I got some multi-pitch action yesterday on the River Road. She was STOKED!!
🏔️ Bros on a SkiMo mission in the Alps
📍 Dolomites, Italy
Some lines want to stay in obscurity. Others don’t want to be skied.
The Weger brothers crack the code on a hidden couloir they’ve dubbed Obscura — with remote access, serious terrain, and the kind of payoff that only comes when things almost don’t work.
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⚡ Where the MTB trolls spin!
📍 Squamish, Canada
You probably already know this sick line.
But the film below shows so much more, from engineering fallen trees to crafting every single plank… and all set to a soundtrack from the forgotten world of Trolldom.
Behold the fever dream of Norwegian freerider, Brage Vestaviks
🎥 Main film:
Bonus: Behind the Madness
Go deeper into the scouting, crashes, and mental warfare that built the boss line.
🎥 BTS: The Madness of TROLLDOM
🧘 Zen & and the art of slacklining
📍 Moab, Utah
Balance isn’t just physical.
This meditative slackline session strips it all down — breath, focus, and exposure. Davis Hermes shows us how to let go without letting go!
Mind over gravity, baby!
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🧗 Hardest slab climb in the world?
📍 Northern Italy
Featureless limestone, zero mercy.
When Adam Ondra racks up, expectations are already high — but this 9a slab might rewrite what’s possible on pure friction.
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🛹 Thrasher – Nuff respect!
No algorithms. No influencers.
Just raw skateboarding with legend Tom Schaar — the way it’s supposed to feel. Thrasher reminds us why this stuff mattered in the first place!
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⚡ Bonus News
Quick hits worth your attention!
🏂 Red Bull Heavy Metal is back.
Urban snowboarding chaos returns with stops in Philly, Pittsburgh, and Boston.
🚵 Win a Rampage bike, support Adolf Silva
Buy one or a dozen raffle tix to win Brendan Fairclough’s bike.
🚁 Heli landing drama at Italian ski resort
Community outrage after a businessman lands his private helicopter next to the groomer, again.
🧗 Climbers secure 70 acres at Farley Ledges
A huge win for access and preservation in New England.
🦖 Welcome to Triassic Park
The discovery of the largest dinosaur track site in the Alps.
🐻 Ski resort in Japan: “Please Don’t Eat Outside”
Sometimes nature sends bears to remind that you are, in fact, a guest.
📚 Sit Back & Go Deep
Long reads and films for when the weather shuts things down:
🧊 The Wall of Walls
Will Gadd and partner gamble everything on a hidden ice-climbing valley in the Canadian Rockies.
🐅 Bringing the tiger back from the brink
Hope grows as Thailand protects a critical wildlife corridor.
🧬 The rocks are alive…with the sound of minerals!
How rocks in South Africa can absorb carbon and actually grow in harsh conditions.
🎿 The Ravinos
A documentary on Vail’s 1970s ski gang, their rules, their culture, and the price of earning a patch! Vintage denim.
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🌍 Suffering the FOMO?
This is where YOU should be right now
🚵 MTN Biking: Finale Ligure, Italy
📍 Liguria, Italy
Finale is the rare place where you can smash technical enduro in the morning and swim in the Mediterranean by afternoon.
Endless trail networks, sea-to-summit views, medieval towns like Finalborgo, and food that hits as hard as the riding.
Think Whistler… but warmer, sunnier, and with espresso.
🧗 Rock Climbing: Rocha da Pena
📍 Algarve, Portugal
Sun-baked limestone towers rise out of rolling countryside, stacked with pocketed sport routes and long, technical faces.
Cool winter temps, quiet cliffs, and post-climb vinho in nearby villages make Rocha da Pena a sleeper destination that rewards those who chase friction instead of crowds.
🎿 Skiing: Japan (Right Now)
📍 Hokkaido & Honshu
Japow is doing what Japow does.
Cold systems roll in, snow stacks overnight, and tree lines turn into endless playgrounds. Niseko, Furano, Hakuba — pick your zone.
If you’re not skiing Japan right now, someone else is skiing it for you.
That’s all for this week. One more week till Santa BASE jumps down your chimney!
💥 Stay Stoked. Stay Wild. See you next time for the send!
❤️🔥 Your StokedAF fam 🤘
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PS. Banger of the week: London meets NZ.