“Skiing is this connection with nature like no other that I’ve experienced.” -Hoop
Alpine Meadows General Manager Kent “Hoop” Hoopingardner has been a leader in the ski industry for over 30 years and part of the Alpine Meadows and Homewood family since 1996. Hoop’s been GM of Homewood since 2007, and this year he took over [...]
It was a great 4 days of shralping with Tough Guy Productions @ Alpine Meadows. We had over 60 competitors in the Telemark Freeskiing Competition on the Keyhole Friday and Saturday. Even the guys from Powder Whore were impressed.
Competitors went BIG, picking tough lines through Keyhole and throwing down killer tele turns. In the end [...]
Just got the results from day 1’s competition at the Alpine Meadows Telemark Freeskiing event.
jr. girls. 1 Julia Masur, 2 Hannah Fasiang, 3 Kami Abi-Nader
jr. boys 1 Luke Cutler, 2 Grant Johnson, 3 Sam Bockius
women 1 Megan Michelson, 2 Paige Brady, 3 Kate Cardamone
men 1 Paul Kimbrough, 2 J.T. Robinson, 3 Chris Erickson
Here’s some video. [...]
Hello again fellow snow enthusiasts, its been a busy last week prepping for the comp, checking out venues. Ive tried my best hand drag and face plants off the two footers on both comp venues, things are looking good. Good times out there today with the ‘Tough Girls’, we found good snow and got some [...]
This weekend Alpine Meadows hosted a plethora of events catering to every skier, rider and freeheeler out on the hill. At the nine O’clock bell, tents were raised with logos from Black Diamond, K2, Crispi and Garmont for Alpenglow’s 3rd Annual Telemark and Alpine Touring Demo Day. The ski’s were phat and the freeheeler’s excited! [...]
Hello schralpers! Mark Sanders back behind the computer again because Alpine Meadows has been going off! Coverage is good-to-go with super schralpy snow. The landing zones are coming together as well, so don’t forget to keep the chin up and smile, you never know who’s watching. We at Tough Guy are very excited for the [...]
