Recently by Daron Rahlves

"What's it like skiing outside?"

That was the question I never thought I'd ever hear, but for the people in Dubai that's what they asked. Chad my Spyder Team Manager and I landed in Dubai at 1:30am. It was 96 degrees and the air was dripping wet. IT was so thick and hot you had to gulp down each inhale. How do they live in these conditions? Well I didn't ever give myself a chance to try. Out of two days I spent about 15mins outside. The rest of the time I was either in the hotel, car, mall or skiing.

Walking into Ski Dubai and stepping onto the snow blew me away. It's huge for an indoor ski hill. The snow is as close to natural snow as you could get in this climate controled facility. At -6 C during the night they turn on the water from the ceiling and it turns into snowflakes adding 3-5inches of fresh snow a day. They have snow cats that groom the two runs and every morning is a blue bird packed powder day. 

Daron Rahlves not only kills it on skis, but he's no slouch on the motobike either. Check into his website to find out more about his dirt exploits. Next week, Red Bull Skiing hopes to catch up with Daron up at Mt. Hood where he's doing some summer testing for Atomic on the glacier. Stay tuned for a full report.

Until then, check out D's new gallery!