JT Holmes and Shane McConkey shared the dream of combining skiing and base-jumping. They find themselves in Bella Coola, BC where the primary objective is to go where no one has ever gone before. They take on Europe’s most iconic peak, the Eiger. In the mountains of western Norway they ready themselves for a stunt that had never been attempted before, a wingsuit ski base.
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Haines, Alaska for professional skiers is considered The Dream Trip. Big mountain skiers Daron Rahlves and Henrik Windstedt challenge their skills when they decide to run a line together. Ingrid Backstrom, JT Holmes, and Shane McConkey face dangerous weather when they arrive in Haines. Mark Abma and Eric Hjorleifson lead the young talent of Sean Pettit on a first time heli trip.
More than 110.000 people were at this 2013 edition of the Winter XGames in the French Alps winter sports resort Tignes, this a new record for all the Winter X-Games editions ever organized, in Aspen and Tignes!
WINNERS 2013:
Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe – KELLY CLARK
Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle – SILJE NORENDAL
Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe – LOUIE VITO
Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle – SEBASTIEN TOUTANT
Women’s Ski SuperPipe – MARIE MARTINOD-ROUTIN
Women’s Ski Slopestyle – KAYA TURSKI
Men’s Ski SuperPipe – TORIN YATER-WALLACE
Men’s Ski Slopestyle – MCRAE WILLIAMS