Who Really Owns the Soul of the Sport Now? A 33-year industry veteran traces action sports culture from garages to global holding companies. Part I of II.

 Freeride has built its culture on freedom. Now the FIS owns the FWT, and the Olympics are calling. Let’s break down what the sport stands to lose — and what the TJFS gets right.

Who Really Owns This Town? South Lake Tahoe's VHR Crisis - The 900-permit VHR cap takes effect April 23. Follow the money, meet the workers who can't afford to stay, and learn what South Lake Tahoe's city council must do next.

Sixty-five days on snow. Now the full post-mortem: Tahoe's storms, the rain betrayal, and what a low-snow season costs the West.

UC Davis measured Lake Tahoe clarity at 62.3 feet in 2024. Every pollution target was met. The lake got worse anyway. Coop's Corner investigates why.

Nearly 2,000 ski instructors have joined a federal wage lawsuit against Vail Resorts. Coop breaks down who is owed what, and why $7.46 is the whole story.

Are you actually paying lower taxes? The CBO, ITEP, and your grocery receipt say no. A forensic look at who benefits from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

New 2026 data shows the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at its weakest in 1,600 years. A rational, compassionate read on the risk and the response.

A gonzo field report on bots, AI slop, and the algorithms running our feeds. The data, the money, and why 90% of what you see is bullshit.

The April ECMWF run lit up the headlines. The NOAA discussion tells a different story. Data-first breakdown of the Super El Nino 2026/27 forecast.

America spends $74.8B/year subsidizing oil and gas while claiming energy independence. Coop breaks down the real numbers on solar, wind, nuclear, and fusion.

A Gonzo op-ed dismantling Trump's April 1 Iran war address: no plan, no facts, 40 self-references in 19 minutes, and a Congress that said nothing.

Are Epic and Ikon passes a psychological trap? Read the full analysis of the legal and financial "Gravity Problem" facing the U.S. ski industry this season.

We’ve seen this movie before. From WMD lies to the 2026 Iran invasion, Coop exposes the cost of fear-driven war. Stop the draft. Stop the lies. Read the analysis.

California High-Speed Rail: A $126 Billion Deep Dive | Gonzo on the Rails: A skeptical but fair investigative report on California’s High-Speed Rail. Explore the leap from a $33B promise to a $126B reality and the project's uncertain future.

Fear and Loathing on Capitol Hill: The DHS Funding Crisis Congress Created: A registered voter investigates H.R. 7147, the DHS shutdown, and the donors behind 89 days of unpaid federal workers. Names, dollar amounts, and the solutions both parties refuse to propose.

He promised peace. He delivered war. Operation Epic Fury exposed: the money trails, broken promises, civilian toll, and constitutional crisis behind America's unauthorized war in Iran. Read now.

Congress collected $22M while 102,000 TSA and Coast Guard workers went unpaid. A data-backed framework for accountability, ICE reform, and ending the cycle.

21 million Americans lack voter ID. The SAVE Act ignores them. So I wrote a bill that verifies citizenship automatically, issues free federal voter IDs, and costs states nothing. Debate it. Amend it. Improve it.

We’ve burned $456B on war and waste while our veterans sleep on the streets. Coop does the math on what we could have built and how to reclaim our future.