A scene from the freeski movie WSK 106 with Sean Pettit and Kye Petersen and the music If I Owned a Midget by Benefit
The North Face has partnered with Teton Gravity Research, Sherpas Cinema, Stept Productions, and Mountain Sports International to create a new 13-episode series about the history and culture of freeskiing. From surf fins to D-spins, this episode covers the progression of style in freeskiing.
By the age of 11, Pettit began his professional ski career and became the youngest athlete to be signed by Red Bull at 13 years old. With his natural athletic ability, Sean has conquered backcountry skiing in competition and video parts, winning multiple awards.
Tanner Hall, Phil Casabon, Alex Bellemare, Henrik Harlaut
Little throwback edit to get your week started!
The DejaVu snowboard film crew get a gravity beat down while filming in the streets. If it can go wrong, it does?tree shinners, flat landing blowouts, ass to stairs, head to concrete, slideouts and general unpleasantness prevail in this most-painful edit featuring Frank April, Ben Bilocq, Alex Cantin, Phil Jacques, Will Lavigne, LNP, Louif Paradis, Nic Sauve.
The Pleasure Dome What is pleasure? What makes you happy? Early season in Chamonix was, well, as good as it can get for a "bad ski season." Check out skiing around the Aiguille du Midi with superstar Seth Morrison and Chamonix local, Tof Henry. There is no such thing as a bad season. Powder to the People.
As Dew Tour is named the first USSA sanctioned Olympic selection event, athletes Nick Goepper, Tom Wallisch and David Wise discuss the progression of freeski and their hopes of joining the inaugural U.S. Freeskiing Team in its debut in Sochi.
Devin and Katie test their spelling and pie-eating skills. Because Sochi.
Post your photos with #WBsnowready on Instagram you could win a day with Whistler Heli-Skiing and other prizes like a GoPro HERO 3 and more.
"In this Episode of the Nine Queens we show some awesome female freeski footage from a helicopter. Watch the Helisessions where the girls throw it down as hard as they could to get the best video footage of their life."
Adam at Dreamscience developed these electric jet engines and need someone crazy enough to test them out fully, thats why he contacted me. Here is the full video of what happened. Located in the beautiful Frozen lake in St Moritz, Switzerland.
Pretty faces is an all female ski film featuring the best athletes from around the world in celebration of playing outside, pushing the sport and living up to our fullest potential as a supportive community. Inspired by the desire to offer young girls role models and inspiration to play outside, this film aims to capture all the girl stoke from the pioneers who have paved the way to the "never-evers" who will continue to define what it means to ski like a girl.
Nestled in the Republic of Georgia's Caucasus Mountains is the bucolic village of Ushguli. This town is the backdrop to this simple vignette about a Georgian teenager who likes to ski. Armed with only meagre tools, 15 year-old Gigi Charqseliani takes us on a harrowing ride down his favourite after-school run. In a region plagued by the usual hardships of rural life, Gigi shows us that all it takes is a little mettle and a lot of heart to experience the simple escapes of gliding on snow.
Classic segment from Poor Boyz Productions Happy Dayz
Part 4 of a new weekly series featuring renowned athletes from a variety of sports talking about the influence of Shane McConkey. This week, it's skier Scot Schmidt.
'I went in search of the untamed, the estranged, the wild few tending the flame. I found myself in a world bigger and grander than all imagination, color and life vibrating in everything. Just what sort of wonder could this new world hold?' All shots by Ben Sturgulewski, from features, commercials, and personal projects. Filmed on location in Alaska, Argentina, Bolivia, British Columbia, Dubai, Japan, Oregon, the Maldives, and Washington State. Inquiries: ben@sturgefilm.com
What goes through the mind of a BASE jumper before he steps off the ledge and flies to earth? You'll be surprised. Watch Ian, one of the #playwiththebest winners -- hold on to your stomach.
Follow Wiley Miller, Nick Greener, Cody Barnhill, Nick Miles, Rob Aseltine, Thayne Rich and see why the Wasatch Mtns reign supreme.
The new Teton Gravity Research 2013 POV Reel featuring point of view action footage of Ian MacIntosh, Jeremy Jones, Chris Benchetler, Terje Haakonsen, Sage Cattabriga and many others from worldwide locations including Antarctica, Iceland, Norway and Alaska.
Iceland Footage: Warren Miller Ent. from Ticket to Ride Nelson, BC Footage: Sweetgrass Productions from Valhalla Thanks to Josh Haskins, Chris Patterson, Michael Brown, Zac Ramras, Ben Sturgulewski, Nick Waggoner and Jokull Bergmann
There are few names in the world of skiing and bike photography that are universally recognized. Scott Markewitz fits this category. As a former pro skier, it's no surprise that since diving into action sports photography, he's been killing it - having been published on over 400 covers from Men?s Journal to Powder Magazine. His relentless work ethic and drive to 'get the shot' has produced countless iconic images and one of the most diverse portfolios in action/sports photography.
In association with Eye Of The Condor, the 2013 World Tour kicks off in Santiago with iF3 La Parva.
Extract from Nuit de la Glisse 2013 feature film: IMAGINE, Life spent on the Edge. Mathias Wyss and Ludovic Woerth in a wingsuit proximity flight above Nuit de la Glisse skiers and snowboarders.
RAW is web based series new to Nimbus for 2014. We will release raw footage every other week all season long as we work toward our final two year project; "After The Sky Falls". We hope that the RAW series will allow viewers to follow us more closely, and keep tabs on our travels and skiing. This first RAW is a shot of Chris Benchetler doing a helicopter tail snag in Japan.
After nearly 100 episodes, Salomon Freeski TV is back for its seventh season! Starting October 8th, 2013, twelve new films will be released bi-weekly. Follow the team on new adventures all over the world including China, Norway, Switzerland, France, Canada and Chile.
Skiing is in jeopardy. If climatologists are right, we are looking at the end of the sport as we know it in 75 years. Features Editor Porter Fox takes a road trip to the heart of ski town America to find out, what now?
For one week of complete madness, the world's best ski athletes come together, ride a snow castle, and try to push the limits to the extremes of what's possible. Olympic medalists, top freeriders, and world-class top photographers work together to produce the best action footage possible. This video series will show you the behind the scene of the 2014 event, and the work that goes into getting 'the perfect shot'.
Snowboarder Magazine's 2nd annual "Rat Race" went down on July 7th on HCSC lane on Mt. Hood OR.
Check the new Phantom Reel featuring skiing and snowboarding shot with the Phantom digital high speed camera.
A 2 minute video commissioned by Visual.ly that represents some stats from mountains around the World from Everest to Kilimanjaro.
For five days 10,000 people celebrated freeskiing, film and its lifestyle last week at the international Freeski Film Festival in Innsbruck and Hintertux.
French snowboard crew Minority slash skiers at Tignes, France.
Devin Logan joins Crowd Goes Wild to discuss winning silver in slopestyle skiing, listening to DMX and using Tinder during the Olympics.
"With the Sochi Winter Olympics rapidly approaching, freeskiers around the world have been working hard for a shot at competing in the Olympic Games, which will be the first to showcase both skiing halfpipe and slopestyle. Despite these freeskiing events making their debut, the efforts of these athletes have often gone unnoticed."
