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S4: E3 | Skiing is an Art Form featuring Lorraine Huber Standing tall, swinging easily through smooth turns while shredding the gnarliest terrain,...

S4: E2 | Finesse over Power featuring Chris Anthony Today’s guest is a skiing veteran with amazing stories and lessons to share. I’m sure all of y...

Do you know what question pro skier Eric Hjorleifson gets asked the most? It is “What mounting point do you use?” We fill in some of the blanks for this hot topic.

S4: E1 | Keep it Simple featuring Daron Rahlves  Today we have the most accomplished American downhiller in mens skiing … the one and only Daron ...

The spring of 2019 is down in the history books as the most epic avalanche season in living memory. Massive slides wiped out roads and forests, and...

James Niehues is the artist behind pretty much every ski resort map in North America. To find out more about the man behind the maps, we caught up with Niehues over the phone while he was vacationing on the Oregon coast. This is what he had to say.

There’s a wonderful irony in the fact that Christopher Warren built a successful career by making art out of topographic maps: When he started, that path was nowhere on his life map. Warren created 4 unique skis of maps of some of our favorite places.

With classic New England dryness, you won't get a perfectly straight answer from Eric Mularz – but you won't be able to tell, either. "Who Am I? F...

“I want to create extreme, juxtaposing emotions,” Miranda Pissarides says. Her work has won awards, including the ArtSlant Showcase Winner award and, most notably, the Saatchi Gallery Young Artist Award in Fine Art in 2018. Check out her work with us.

Here at Wagner Custom Skis we employ the highest quality ski-bums, powder-hounds, shop-dogs, skiers, and snowboarders. Each is as passionate about...

This February at our inaugural Blister Summit, one of the participating brands was Wagner Custom Skis. Typically, Wagner only makes fully custom skis — but specifically for the Summit, Wagner made several different skis.

The sun is out, the arms are bare, and the soft corn is getting pushed into big mounds of snow. In the springtime, even your go-to groomers get rutted with slush bumps by the end of the day. What makes the best bump skis?

Ah, spring, when the sunlight grows stronger and less watery, the loamy smell of melting snow and dirt is in the air, and the terrifying snowpack of winter becomes solid again… It’s time to plan your ski objectives and go harvest some sweet corn!

There are plenty of great brands out there making excellent touring skis. But, what if there is another option besides stock models? One that can have you more dialed in than ever when transitioning from the resort to the backcountry. Turns out, there is, and maybe it’s time for you to start thinking custom.

Pete Wagner does not fit they typical profile of a ski bum who started a ski company in his garage. He does not sport an ironic mustache, rarely uses the word “bro,” and geeks out about things like harmonics in flex patterns. Find out more about the man behind Wagner Skis.

In the beginning, all skis were custom-made. Skis used for winter transportation, for cross-country racing and jumping, were carved by hand, from a single plank of wood, by the skier or a family member. We look back to see how Wagner Custom brought the industry full-circle.