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VIDEO: BD athlete Callum Petit featured in Episode #17 of Teton Gravity Research's Almost Live Series
Black Diamond athlete Callum Pettit has filmed the past few seasons with the acclaimed crew at Teton Gravity Research (including on this year's film, Light The Wick), and this Season 2 Episode 17 of TGR's Almost Live Series (which serves up teaser clips and outtakes from Light The Wick) shows Pettit charging all-out as usual, but with a nasty... [READ MORE]
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In-Depth Tech Video: Black Diamond ski boot testing and QA
Go behind-the-scenes with Black Diamond's R&D crew and see how we ensure that our ski boots live up to your highest expectations-and our highest standards. Whether we're testing boot shell impact resistance, lateral and medial flex or our newly redesigned ski/walk mode mechanism, every aspect of every boot is subjected to extremes far... [READ MORE]
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SKI HERE NOW — Webisode #1
Today marks the debut of Black Diamond Equipment's Ski Here Now, a three-part webisode that takes a Zen look at skiing in the big mountains of Europe, featuring Black Diamond skiers in France and Switzerland. The Ski Here Now webisodes will be released in November, December and January exclusively in the Black Diamond Journal. Black Diamond... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Zack Giffin skiing around Cerro Catedral in Argentina
Black Diamond athlete Zack Giffin moved on from Chile last month to the snowy peaks of Argentina to ski around the famed Cerro Catedral. Below is his inspiring trip report and video, which includes some unique helmet cam angles. I first heard about Frey Refugio in early September while skiing with the CAF (Club Argentinean Freeski)... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #69
Now that it's November and snow has already hit the ground here in Utah, we're starting to think about switching out our rock shoes for skis and ice tools. As everyone knows, no winter backcountry outing is complete without a warm beverage, and nothing, we mean nothing, will get you psyched to brew up like the fresh, early-'90s sounds in Winger... [READ MORE]
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BD Athlet Stian Christophersen with first ascent of an 8C in Norway
Black Diamond athlete Stian Christophersen did the first ascent of an 8c in Hvarnes, Norway. Below is Stian's report from the climb and some photos from Leif Henning Broch Johnson. "Shantaram", located in Hvarnes, Norway, was first bolted in '97, and I remember trying it some six years ago, not able to do the top part. This... [READ MORE]
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Pre-Season Good Times on The Morteratsch Glacier
As the yellow leaves fall from the trees in the Engadin valley, the snow has finally come to the high-country up on the glaciers. It's now time to put away the mountain bikes and get the touring skis ready for the first excursion of the season. The Morteratsch Glacier above Pontresina is the home of the only 4000 meter peak in the... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Sonnie Trotter on Lake of Fire (5.13c R), Squamish, Canada
Black Diamond athlete Sonnie Trotter loves his homeland of Canada—just about as much as he loves hanging it out on dicey, runout trad lines. Check out this video of Sonnie going for it on Lake of Fire (5.13c R) at Squamish, with some classic commentary byn fellow BD athlete Alex Honnold . [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Chris Schulte on the first ascent of Tomahawk (V11 or V12), Lincoln Lake, Colorado
Black Diamond athlete Chris Schulte had another great season of alpine bouldering in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and sent us this cool video of his first ascent of Tomahawk at Lincoln Lake, which is on the flank of Mount Evans. [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Angel Collinson reports on her Freeskiing World Tour stop win in Argentina
Black Diamond athlete Angel Collinson rallied down to South America in late August and September to compete on the Freeskiing World Tour events in Chile and Argentina. Below is her report about both events, one of which she won. Nice work, Angel! It’s exciting to see the leaves changing colors and feel the temps drop, reminding us... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #71
We are not even sure where to start with this WInger For The Weekend #71—it's that dumbfoundingly bizarre. What's so Winger-worthy about a pop concert in Japan, you ask? Not much. The crowd is stoked, swinging glow sticks, singing along... basically having an awesome time—then you notice that the singer is actually a holographic anime! But... [READ MORE]
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WInger for the Weekend # 72
Most of nature is likely appalled by what you did (ate) yesterday. As proof, Winger #72 explores the classic internet phenomenon of "dramatic animals" with not one, but three videos, which as far as we can tell all started with the dramatic gopher/chipmunk/prairie dog/thing. Have a great weekend! Dramatic Prairie Dog... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Callum Pettit: TGR b-roll footy from Light The Wick
Black Diamond athlete Callum Pettit (along with Leo Hoorn) edited together this Teton Gravity Research footage shot during last season that didn't make it into TGR's latest flick, Light The Wick . Definitely some pretty sweet footy that didn't make it into the final cut! [READ MORE]
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