Shred Hacks

Xavier De Le Rue draws from his years of experience as a big mountain competitor to give you tips and tricks for choosing a line in the big mountains – whether you're skiing or snowboarding.

Learn how to splitboard like a pro. Find out how to best make it up the mountain ski touring on a splitboard. It's all about caring for the equipment properly and saving energy.

Xavier De Le Rue is surprised that there aren't more skiers and snowboarders using ice axes. Find out the best ways to use this handy tool that has multiple purposes and helps increase safety.

Snow stability is always a concern when freeriding. Xavier De Le Rue walks through the safest ways to manage a potential avalanche, a situation that he knows about all too well.

Heading out for your first tour can be intimidating, but following Xavier De Le Rue advice makes its a lot smoother. Top priority is to prepare for where to go and all the gear needed.

Xavier De Le Rue demonstrates how to use a transceiver. When shredding together everyone should be wearing one and know how to use it in order to locate each other if an avalanche were to happen.

There are simple things to remember when heading out to shred, and Xavier De Le Rue shares his 10 essential tricks for perfecting your freeriding skills.

Embracing fear will help you tune in to your senses, says Xavier De Le Rue. He gives his expert tips on how to manage feelings of fear when heading down a line.

Big-mountain snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue takes you on a tour of discovery. Find out what it means to drop a cliff like a pro from the valuable lessons Xavier has learned