Online magazine

From print to online magazine

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Pure Powder magazine is a Polish annual ski and snowboarding printed magazine established in 2014. The main aim of the mag is to present stories that connect freeriding with travelling to unobvious locations, as well as showcasing profiles of interesting people devoted to this sport. From the very beginning the mag is renowned for its minimalistic layout design, great photography and outstanding print quality. Together with the magazine, we have founded a series of ski and snowboard movie festivals – Pure Powder Tour. The tour is present in major cities across Poland and is considered one of the biggest series of this kind in this part of Europe.

In 2020 next step has been made, but the spirit remains the same. We are delighted to present the English online version of the magazine to international audience!

2014 - 2020

Sold out theaters at Pure Powder Tour festivals
World class athletes as festival guests
Freeride gear expos featuring top brands of the industry
Six annual issues of printed magazine
PP People

Editorial office

Jan Olszynski

Based in Cracow, Poland and constantly searching for powder with snowboard and skis for over 15 years. Co-founder and editor of printed version of Pure Powder and Pure Powder Online magazines, as well as creator of various freeride related events. He makes sure that Pure Powder operations are running smooth and uninterrupted, deadlines are met and the venture works properly.

Piotr Gnalicki

Around 15 years ago he moved to Cracow, so he could ski in Tatras more often. Despite being keen on freeriding in Polish mountains, in search for perfect lines he also peregrinated to the Alps, Russian Caucasus, Scandinavia, British Columbia and Japan. Co-founder of Pure Powder printed and Pure Powder Online magazines. He is the main spirit behind all the texts and editorial job that needs to be done, hosts the festivals and together with Jan makes things happen at Pure Powder.

Contributors

These are the talented individuals who have contributed to Pure Powder Online magazine over the time of its existence. You’ll find here a whole plethora of skiers and snowboarders – both pro and amateur, as well as photographers, graphic designers, mountain guides, skibums, vagabonds and everyone in between, who share one common passion – chasing powder around the globe.

Dominika Gan

Versatile graphic designer, passionate skier, cold water swimmer and outdoor fanatic. The designer behind layout of the Pure Powder Online magazine.

Lukasz Walaszczyk

Web developer behind the Pure Powder Online engine.

Bart Pawlik

A photographer born and raised in Cracow, Poland. He is totally hooked on creating surprising and non-obvious images. You can meet him documenting vibrant community of tech start-ups, skiers in deep pow or mountain bikers on single trails in the woods.

Piotr Snigorski

Born in Krosno, Poland and living in Cracow. Ski instructor, photographer, freerider, skimountaineer and wayfarer. Author of numerous steep ski descents in Tatra Mountains, as well as in Caucasus, Alps and Karakoram.

Jara Sijka

Born in Czech Republic, he spends his entire life in the mountains. After two serious knee injuries he had to focus more on photography, than on riding. Nevertheless, this did not stop him to keep travelling in search for perfect snow to British Columbia or Japan. Spending winters in Revelstoke or Japan, he is now in the very center of freeriding universe.

Thomas Gaisbacher

Professional skier and mountain guide from East Tirol. He skies since he was 3 years old and after competing for several years in freestyle comps, he discovered that his true vocation is freeriding. Being able to merge skiing and climbing skills he is able to reach and ski incredibly steep lines. Since 2009 he makes a living being a mountain guide and since 2011 he is an ambassador for Black Diamond brand.

Michi Trojer

A true telemark aficionado living in the very heart of Alps – Innsbruck. Trying to live his dreams travelling with the Whitehouse Production crew to remote locations and telling stories of these adventures.

Jakob Schweighofer

An Innsbruck local spending most of his time chasing his mountain passions. He documents people’s relationship with nature through his camera lens, both on stills and capturing video. In recent years he is practically travelling non-stop and searching for new angles and shots.

Sam Smoothy

A freeride skier from Wanaka NZ, bouncing around the globe, skiing big lines in the most exotic locations he can find and bringing home stories that would curl the hairs on your toes.

Mickey Ross

Mickey Ross was introduced to the mountains by ambitious parents who drove the family from the coastal town of Oamaru into the mountains of New Zealand every weekend.
Skiing every weekend turned into 15 years of skiing racing which cumulated in representing New Zealand at the Torino Olympics. After earning a degree in Digital Art at Sierra Nevada College, in Lake Tahoe, USA, Mickey relocated to Revelstoke, Canada where he soon turned his camera toward the mountains and the people exploring them.

Tomek Gola

Polish photographer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Not only had he documented various skiing adventures over the last 15 years, but also was a nominee and laureate for prominent press photography awards, including National Geographic. In 2008 he took part in Minkebe Expedition, which aim was to walk across the Minkebe rainforest in Gabon, one of the very last such wild and unpenetrated areas on Earth.

Marek Ogien

One of the best polish action sports and commercial photographers. Growing up in close proximity to the mountains naturally made him become a snowboarder. Its been some time since he started documenting local snowboarding scene and despite he is more into commercial photography now, he was there with his camera when Andrzej Bargiel completed his incredible feat of skiing down from the very top of K2 in Karakoram.