This guy is inspiring, spina bifita is an awful disease yet he has overcome it and clearly prospered. I don't often post non ski related content but this video was worthy. Enjoy.
J.P sends the first flairs, backflip mutes, and pipe 540's on the first generation Salomon 1080's.
Josh Berman steps in front of the camera to display bike jumping into the Rideau River and gets to enjoy the Canadian medical system. Hidden bonus from the Second Generation VHS (2001)
Chris recently broke his back up in the Whistler Park overshooting a jump. We wish him the best for a speedy recovery! This is his segment from "The Life Gnarcotic".
Evan Raps was the first to bring "gangsta" style to skiing. He prioritized style and his D Spin brought him competition success. His career came to an unfortunate end after ruining his knee at X Games. Enjoy.
Seeing as I shot and edited this I thought I'd repost it under my account.
Marc Dandurand's full segment from Highland Productions "The Life Gnarcotic".
Three days shooting this spring with Mack Jones, Marc Dandurand and Kristaps Thompson
Chids puts his first double front to his feet at the 2013 Poop Mountain Invitational
Check it out. The C rail he does is death defying.
Found this edit on his Vimeo. Great mash up of footage from some of his classic segments (The Game, Happy Dayz, ect) Julian was a true innovator and an unsung pioneer of the sport. The only other person to throw a 360 mute at the 1998 Olympic Games, he went on to pioneer the early urban and park scene, later to focus on the back country.
Chris Haffey has so many firsts in skating its crazy. Now he can add kangs and dub cork 12s to the list.
Phil Belanger pushed the sport in so many ways in this classic segment. Throwing some of the biggest D Spins ever done off a park jump, carving off tables, sliding some of the earliest urban rails and throwing cork 9 tails in the pipe. Phil inspired style and furthered pipe riding beyond straight airs. Here is the classic opening segment of Royalty edited and filmed by Iberg himself. Note the switch 270 in to lui kang at the end. One of my favorite segments of all time. Enjoy.
JF Cusson throws the first flat spins in the pipe and furthers his reputation for going huge in this skiing classic. Note the backflip mute grab to 360 and his pro model gloves. Enjoy!
Alexi was clearly born to ski. Here he is at age 13 owning everyone in Tremblant. This is Alexi's part from our first "film" "The Manifesto" (2004)... It's pretty ghetto since we didn't know how to film or edit but interesting to see the lad slay at such a young age. Enjoy.
Learning misty flips and rodeos would be tough at 20... Douglas was doing them before anyone in his 30's. Here he is in the first true "jib" flick innovating both in the park and the back country. Douglas is truly the Godfather. Enjoy this piece of skiing history.
To celebrate 10 years since Highland's first film, I came out of retirement last April and assembled some of the East Coast's top skiing talent. April Fools? Enjoy
Skogen Sprang returns to skiing after almost losing his leg in a motorcycle accident. The first to throw rodeos both ways, Skogen came back charging in this segment.
Before his days in the BC Anthony was the rail innovator. Here he exploits the Whistler urban scene, does the first urban lip slide, and the first switch in switch up.
Two fun afternoons in the sun drinking Pabst and burning fossil fuel
Vinni does the first 900, switch 5's and 7's while Coach Cusson does his classic backflip Japan and signs his first pair of breasts. Enjoy
The Blackcomb Glacier has changed alot over the past decade. Before the days of endless parks filled with hundreds of campers, massive scientifically built jumps and handfuls of rails only a few lurked the Horseman's sunbeat ice. Here is the "New Canadian Air Forces" segment from MSP's 'Sick Sense'. By today's standards it's humorous, but back then it blew our minds. Vincent Dorion does possibly the first filmed grind and Cusson and Auclair 'tuck' cross and flip their way into the history books. Enjoy and remember if you step foot up there this summer to say thanks if you catch a rare glimpse of a NCAF member. P.S Back then Hawaiian Shirts = Tall Tees
Vinni stomps the first switch cork 9's and Philou ruins his mothers car in the PBP classic
With the glacier coming to a close I thought it would be fitting to upload Vinnie's segment from PBP's 13. Vinnie lands the first double grab spins, contest 900's, and lands a 360 tail over a Japanese tour bus. Enjoy.
Seb Eaves launches a cork 7 true tail at the Poop Mountain Invitational 2013