Tag Archive | skiing | Men’s Journal

Dr. Bob on the Aerobic Benefits of Skiing: Video

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Watch our in-house doc on the slopes of Vermont's Stowe Mountain as he shows you how to build endurance on the hill. Have a question for Dr. Bob? Email him at dr.bob@mensjournal.com.

Life in the Mountains: A Q&A with Ruedi Beglinger

Monday, February 6, 2012

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Renowned mountain guide Ruedi Beglinger, whose life is the subject of a new documentary, talks about life off-the-grid and the 2003 avalanche that nearly took his life.

Base Layers and Socks for Winter Sports: Gallery

Monday, January 30, 2012

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Base Layers and Socks for Winter Sports: Gallery

A warm, dry base layer can make or break your cold-weather workout. Pick the right one and slay old man winter, whatever your activity.

The Anti-New Year’s Eve

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Skip the crowds and the hangover. These five trips will start 2012 off right.

Slippery Slopes

Monday, December 5, 2011

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Mountain collisions happen all the time — but in some places they’re now considered crimes.

Inside the Big Air Academy: Gallery

Monday, November 21, 2011

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Photographer Cody Doucette provides an all-access tour of the new Red Bull Training Grounds, where pro skiers and snowboarders master their twists and flips.

Four Fall Jackets: Gallery

Friday, November 11, 2011

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These four jackets feature the latest wave of waterproof, breathable fabrics, which enable them all to ward off foul weather and wick away sweat with equal aplomb.

The Five Step Ski-Prep Plyometric Workout

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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Want an extra edge on the slopes this winter? Practice these five exercises two times a week to quickly build strength before this year’s season.

Jeret Peterson, one of the world's most innovative freestyle skiers, was found dead in a remote Utah canyon in what police are calling a suicide. Last February, Aimee Berg spoke to Peterson, who famously rose above his demons to win silver at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Your Perfect Weekend, June 18-20

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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This Father's Day root, root, root for the home team in New York City, ride horses and line-dance upstate, kick off summer with one last ski in Utah; or sip wine in a California valley. We've got a little bit of everything for every Dad.

Your Perfect Weekend, April 2-4

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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With winter officially out and spring officially in, we've got three perfect ways you can spend your weekend: Embrace the warm outdoors with a bucket of bait and night out at sea in California, dare-devil trek through the marshy, wildlife-filled swamps of Georgia, or bid farewell to the slippery slopes of winter with one last ski in Maine.

Your Perfect Weekend, March 12-14

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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To sip champagne in the snowy slopes of Aspen, or rock-climb in the deserts outside Sin City? To drink craft beer and jam rails in Michigan, or tear through powder from Friday to Sunday? These are the questions...

America’s Golden Boys

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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These seven veteran Olympians can’t wait to wave the stars and stripes triumphantly in Vancouver. Here they inject some of that excitement into their wardrobe, showing off the season’s Technicolor options.

Blogging the Vancouver Olympics: Part 2

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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All week, Men’s Journal editor GORDY MEGROZ will provide an inside look at the events, athletes, and parties that make up the Winter Games. In this second dispatch, he heads up to the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort, only to find the alpine ski race he'd hoped to see was canceled for the day—due to a foot of fresh powder...

Death Valley’s Secret Stash

Monday, February 8, 2010

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Like the prospectors a hundred years before them, eight grizzled ski bums came to the desert looking for a rare gem. They struck white gold when they found one of the most spectacular backcountry lines in California.