Video Snow Skiing – Nimbus Films “Contrast” Trailer – Skiing is about more than the latest tricks and best action from the previous season. The new motion picture film from Nimbus, ‘ Contrast’ , takes a different approach to both documenting and editing a ski film by examining the difference between objects, people, concepts, color, and the skiing of Pep Fujas, Andy Mahre, Chris Benchetler, Blake Nyman and Eric Pollard
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Does Australia or New Zealand have the best fields? Rachael Oakes-Ash dares to compare.
Australia and New Zealand enjoy a healthy rivalry, though they haven’t forgiven us for claiming Phar Lap and Crowded House as our own. When it comes to the snow, however, it’s another story, as competition for Australia’s 800,000 skiers and boarders is tight.
The average holiday ski or snowboard terrain is an intermediate blue-groomed run and most blue runs around the world are the same standard. So what makes skiing or boarding in Australia and New Zealand different?  … Details
It will be held in the French resort of Tignes next winter, the first time it has happened outside the United States.
The resort has a reputation for being at the forefront of freeskiing and new competitions.
There will be eight different events over three days, including Ski and Snowboard Super Pipe and Slopestyle for men and women as well as a Snowmobile demonstration.
It will take place March 10-12, and will no doubt have a few of the athletes that took part in the previous month’s Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver… Details & Video
Canberra residents should have their ice scrapers on hand with clear, sunny days and cold nights expected to continue over the weekend.
But the typically heavy frosts and the spectacular wintry cover on the snowfields could be short lived.
Anyone who wants to go skiing had better get moving now days are expected to be warm and nights mild as the green shoots of an early spring appear. The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted winter will remain mild and hinted that the snow season may end prematurely…Â Details