“Pearce walks without assistance, a little gingerly but sturdily enough to navigate the stairs to the familiar bedroom in the barn. He looks a little different now, too. His hair, after being shaved to one length, has grown back to the top of his ears. He wears bold, dark-rimmed Oakley Frogskin frames with prismlike lenses,” reports John Branch of The New York Times.

“‘There is little use thinking about the past, what could have been, or what may be in the future,’ Simon Pearce, his father, said. ‘He has stayed focused on the present moment. And it feels like it is working.’”

Spring Shoot: Swedish filmmakers Adam Falk and Nicke Jacobsson spend a few days documenting slushy jumps and rails in Gesunda and Funäsdalen.

Produced by Adam Falk and Nicke Jacobsson

Skiing & snowboarding perspectives: Powder Mountain, Utah backcountry P.O.V footage.

Produced by Ian Provo

“Admittedly not even the hippest European head of state or out-of-the-box executive would be likely to wear jeans with the baggy and torn look sported by Shaun White and his teammates in Vancouver. But that look is still merely a variation on an established fashion pattern. The snowboarders didn’t interrupt a staid space with spectacular style (like a zoot suit in early 1940s Los Angeles); they attended a spectacle in familiar leisure wear.”

“Switzerland’s Lauterbrunnen valley is one of the busiest regions for helicopter traffic. And, on a sunny spring morning, more than 60 skiers are already lined up, waiting for their flights to the glaciers,” reports Imogen Foulkes of the BBC News.

“But helicopter companies and mountain rescue services point out that helicopters are a fact of life in the Alps. They are used to deliver food to mountain huts, to rescue climbers and skiers, and to take construction materials up to alpine villages.”

photo credit: Alex Grechman

“The pace of change quickened last year when leading halfpipe snowboarders, with the assistance of corporate sponsors, sought new equipment to break performance barriers and set a new bar in the sport.”

“‘It has gone from being something that was just fun to do to it being something that has life or death consequences,’ said two-time snowboard cross gold medalist Seth Wescott.”

Cirque Belgique: Belgian Snow, Skate, Surf Extravaganza. O’Neill team riders Delphine and Mathias Vanoverbeke, Axel Vermeulen, Keith Marcantuoni, and Pascal Van Der Mast surf Puerto Viejo, Peru, From Romania With Love freestyle snowboard documentary teaser, Luxemburg skatetrip, and Dopamine II surf footage.

Produced by Cirque Belgique

Day in the life: Swiss snowboarder and Burton team rider Nico Müller, known for a decade’s worth of smooth riding style, spends the day riding halfpipes and the varied terrain of Laax, Switzerland’s leading freestyle winter resort.

Produced by MPORA