Faction team rider: Mike Mertion from Peter M on Vimeo. Check out www.josupersessions.com for more information on the Jon Olsson Super Sessions. Footage courtesy Rage Films, editing by Peter Matlashewski.
PC Fosse is on the podium again – this time scoring a second place in the Big Air at SnowStock, and a first place at Norefjell. He also scored some coverage on prime-time Norwegian tv… www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/205091/ PC is riding the 2010/11 Kennedy 181[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/56/36/5636.jpeg[/IMG]
13yr old Faction represent Felix Gaudreau claims 2nd place at the Golden Crown even in Mont Orford, QC – nice one Felix![IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/53/41/5341.jpeg[/IMG]
We’ll be heading to Tignes tomorrow for the inaugural European Winter X-Games, with Faction activist Mirjam Jaeger competing in the Womens Superpipe and hoping to get up onto the podium this time, competing on Kristi Leskinen’s Pro Model ski, the 173cm Aria. We’ll also be having on-snow testing during the event at Snowpark store in Tignes [...]
Check out Snowfix.tv episode #88 for all the best gear from ISPO 2010. Check out http://www.snowfix.tv for regular ski news and updates.
It’s been a busy February in Whistler and the Olympics are truly underway, resulting in a very quite mountain and a very busy town, the atmosphere is amazing. There are lots of free gigs going on, Swollen Members played the other night with skiers and snowboarders jumping through rings of fire behind them and a [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/48/39/4839.jpeg[/IMG]
Shane on the Faction Thirteens in Austria… Skiing in Austria from shane carmichael on Vimeo.
Mid season edit in Revelstoke B.C., rider Cyril Reygnier
The Smith Optics Fernie Freeski Competition is a 3 day Big Mountain event run above the lift accessed terrain at Fernie Alpine Resort. Its all the amazing Big Mountain stuff you can see from the resort but have to hike up to – and days 2 and 3 were actually on permanently closed terrain. Day one was [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/47/41/4741.jpeg[/IMG]
Best of Arnaud Rougier
Here’s a sneak preview of some of our 2010/11 skis from ISPO… enjoy.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/42/96/4296.jpeg[/IMG]
French Faction activist Maxime Cepi is also running the Nendaz (Switzerland -Valais region) snowpark. Because riding a snowpark you’ve made yourself is the best satisfaction a freestyler can have, Maxime isn’t counting his hours to make the best snowpark possible with the available ressources. And when you ask Maxime how he manage to build such [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/42/28/4228.jpeg[/IMG]
This past week at the Canadian Championships in Red Mt. the Faction Athletes slayed the mountain. After 2 days of competition Faction had 5 athletes in the top 15 with one run to go. Excitement was high as the full venue of Mt Roberts had not been open to competition for 3 years. After [...]
This past weekend at Kicking Horse Resort in Golden, British Columbia. Alex Wall continued to impress by reaching the top step on the Podium for the first time this season. . The 2nd running of the Red Bull Wrangle the Chute once again wowed spectators with steep lines, big airs and serious bronco riding. After leading the first [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/41/90/4190.jpeg[/IMG]
Arnaud Rougier ! Our activist won a trip to Hawai to Laird Hamilton home spot, with is snowboarder mate Fredrik Evessen. So stoke ! Skiers and Snowboarder where judging themselves on this comp, and so they decided Arnaud where the best backcountry player of the week. If you watch again day 4 video, you ‘ll [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/38/23/3823.jpeg[/IMG]
Best of the day 4 : Freestyle Backcountry
Faction, partenaire du DRAGON JIBBJUMP, qui s´est déroulé à Font Romeu le Samedi 23 Janvier. Il s´agissait de la première des deux épreuves prévues pour la troisième edition de la ligue Catalane de Freeski, avec la collaboration de la federation Catalane de sports d´hiver. Le JibbJump a eu un gran succès avec 93 riders venus [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/37/59/3759.jpeg[/IMG]
Backcountry, to me, mean going far away from slope and whatever human modified sh*t (except a shovel made kicker, of course): cliffs, virgin snow, tight forest, you know what I mean: this is the real sh*t ! Am I right ? On day 4, Back to powder hit the real **beeep** again: a field of nice [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/37/57/3757.jpeg[/IMG]
Arnaud is still having fun in Areche Beaufort. Tuesday he had some wood rails shredding and yesterday: the perfect jump shapped by HO5park, and the backcountry kickers. Check Arnaud playing on this huge setup in front of the Beaufortain mountains and the MontBlanc: (courtesy: Matt Raynaud/Skieur.com) You can also check the vid’s from the oxbow team : Freeride [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/36/58/3658.jpeg[/IMG]
Check out the new double-page spread from Pull-in underwear featuring Mirjam Jaeger and her Heroine skis… http://www.pull-in.com/ http://www.mirjamjaeger.com/[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/36/16/3616.jpeg[/IMG]
