Andreas Fransson is not only damn good freeskier but also a true soulskier. Read my a bit different interview with Swedish freeskier Andreas Fransson.
Interested in skiing the classic backcountry and off-piste runs? Check out our new Skiing Classic Backcountry Runs article series. In this first article we talk about Glacier Rond, one of the best known off-piste routes of Chamonix.
The Freeride World Tour was initiated in 2008 and consecrated by the participation of the world’s elite freeriders: men, women, skiers and snowboarders alike. They tour the planet’s most radical faces in pursuit of the world freeride title. This year the winner get +$200,000.
There are thousands of steep and gnarly extreme ski descents, but one of them is classic. Jarkko Henttonen did the legendary north face of l’Aiguille du Midi via Mallory-Porter couloir few years ago. We sat down with Jarkko to hear more about riding Mallory-Porter, and here’s the whole story.
Do you remember how Fred Syversen broke the world record of cliff dropping by flying amazing 107 meters couple of years ago? It was truly amazing that Fred even survived, but what’s best, he was conscious for the whole time and didn’t even lose his breath. Fred Syversen suffered from a liver damage and partly [...]
We watched The Edge of Never ski film and wrote our comments in this article. Check it out!
Marko interviewed Eric Pehota, a ski legend and a role model for many. Check out the interview along with a profile of Eric.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc – The Nissan Outdoor Games are getting ready for the 2nd consecutive year in Chamonix from February 14-21, 2009. One week for the 5 teams competing to film and edit their creations 100% made in the Valley of Chamonix! The team selection for 2009 is now official.
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? [...]
We met big mountain rider Jarkko Henttonen in Chamonix back in 1996. He had already by then gained a reputation as THE snowboarder that rode big mountains, steep lines and huge, fast turns. Something that wasn’t so popular in the early nineties (remember the days of 145cm boards, flatland tricks, “jib-bonking” and XXXL flannel shirts?). Jarkko was [...]
Let’s get on with our nineties retro theme.
It seems like the nineties had more snow than the latest years? At least there was definately less takers for all that snow, as was seen in the first part of this series, “Snow is Only Frozen Water”. Snowboarders stayed on their jumps and jibs, and your avarage [...]
We have thought a few times with Marko that how would have it been if we have made this blog from, say, 1995 or 1996 on? I dare to say that we would have totally ruled, heh. At least we would have been totally ahead of our times back then. Not that many dirt bag [...]