If you are going to ski Chamonix this season, make sure to be there on February 21st and 22nd. That way you won’t miss Nissan Outdoor Games, which will bring the best extreme sports athletes to Chamonix. Nissan Outdoor Games has become THE event at the core of today’s action sports world, and guess what? Homeboys are going to be there! We will provide the latest news with pictures and video from Chamonix during the Outdoor Games.
The concept is to create a 5-minute film combining 5 outdoor sports activities: Mountaineering, Skiing, Snowboarding, Paragliding & Hang gliding, BASE Jumping & Wingsuit flying. The world’s best specialists in each discipline will utilize their creativity and sense of adaptation to present their sport and their level of performance to enrich the scenario.
In 2008 many well-known athletes, such as Karine Ruby, Liv Sansoz, Julian Boulle and Eric Themel participated in the Nissan Outdoor Games.
The teams will have 7 days–from Saturday, February 14th, to Friday, February 20th, 6pm–to film and edit a short 5-minute film: a definite challenge. All teams will be working on the same playground, the massive Mont Blanc mountain range.
Only the best in each discipline are chosen: the cast brings together 5 teams comprised of athletes, production companies, professional cameramen and photographers from all over Europe and North America.
Comprised of professional movie makers, photographers and sports personalities, the jury will deliberate on Saturday February 21, 2009 to elect the winner of the ‘Golden Peak’ award.
The ‘Golden Peak’ Trophy will be awarded Saturday evening in the center of Chamonix after the public has seen the films live on a giant movie screen. Three other awards will be given: Jury’s Special Award, Best Sports Sequence, Best Photographer.
Although Nissan Outdoor Games in Chamonix is for professional athletes, there will be a lot of things to see and experience for tourists both on the slopes and in the village of Chamonix. It will be a wonderful weekend, so be there!
Pictures by osbornb, alainwibert, phileole
Just got back from Cham.
The atmosphere in town was a massive party. All that week everywhere I went back country I came across a camera man pointing his kit at some of the most unlikely looking lines.
Make sure you a note of the dates for next years Nissan.
Happy tracks!!