On February 5, 2017, the ski resort of Grandvalira, Andorra, will welcome over 60 youth riders aged 15-18 for the most prestigious junior championship event in the sport of freeride. The earthshaking level of talent that made last year’s event unforgettable, will once again face off in the Pyrenean epicenter of freeride
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I’ve spent the last two January’s skiing and traveling in Japan. This is a place unlike any other. A place where old meets new, where tradition clashes with modernization and where beauty meets chaos. What’s left is a culture so rich and diverse you have to see it to believe it. – Mattias Evangelista
Ski & Snowboard Freerider from all over the world gathered at the beautiful Zillertal in Austria to fight for the coveted points at the Freeride World Qualifier Tour.
The Big Mountain Hochfügen is one of the 4* Qualifier Events – the highest category at the Freeride World Qualifier Tour.
The snow conditions were pretty various on the face. But the 68 riders managed the “Ostwand” great and found their lines.
Craig Murray (NZL, Ski Men), Lotten Rapp (SWE, Ski Women), Alexander Hoffmann (AUT, Snowboard Men) and Anna Orlova (RUS, Snowboard Women) secured the win in their categories.
Usually you don’t make it to the top without some battle scars to go along with the journey. Broken bones, bloody faces, and dizzying tomahawks come with the territory of being a professional skier. Being in the business of filming with the greatest skiers in the world for 25 years we’ve seen a lot of these moments. Here are some of the the longest, dizzying, hard hitting, gravity fueled crashes from the last 25 years of filming.