Outdated News, Part 2: Some Classic Photos

First stop: Mikaela Shiffrin on the cover of Powder Magazine.

We don't use this phrase lightly, but I have to say it takes some serious balls to say that Mikaela Shiffrin is, in any sense, the #2 skier under the age of 18.  Alright, so maybe she's the #2 GS skier under 18.  But #2 overall?  Certainly not.  And no, nobody here read the article so we have no idea who's named #1, but anyone reading this article knows that there's just no way in hell someone else under the age of 18 is as good as Mikaela (although we must say, that Wendy Holdener is coming on strong).  Sorry, Powder Magazine.  You do a good job, and you've certainly endured your share of flack for putting a photo of a skier on "hardpack" on your cover, but you are, in this case, most definitely incorrect.


And in other news:

This gem has been floating around the Internet recently. Is it Photoshopped? Probably. Does that make me like it any less? Not at all. I prefer it 'shopped, in fact, because it gives me hope that the lifties would be smart enough to not park their snowmobiles right underneath him.


And finally, perhaps the least recent of all our news, Akira Sasaki fulfills our blood lust, for now:

Cool helmet/goggle combo, but where's the chin bar when you need it? The price you pay for fashion, I guess. This photo is from the excellent Action Plus Sports Images Facebook page. If I were in the market to purchase some photos of big time action sporting events, these guys (Mitch Gunn, specifically) would be my first choice.

On second thought, the chin bar doesn't always do the trick does it?  Just remembered this beauty from one of our favorite Facebook stops.  I'll leave it to you to click the link.  By the way, the entire second half of this post is probably NSFW if you work with children.


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