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This past weekend the best park and pipe skiers in the world headed to Park City, UT to compete in a Platinum level superpipe Grand Prix event. Platinum essentially means “Olympic Qualifier.” The event also showcased a Paul Mitchell Big Air Progression session.

Christian Allen getting rad at the top of the pipe

The Paul Mitchell Big Air was won by Gus Kenworthy with a double 14 tail, Alex Schlopy in second with a double 16 tail, and Joss Christensen with a double 12 japan.  Nicky Keefer cashed in with a G note with his rodeo 9 safety winning Best Air for the level of style Nicky is known for.

Looking down the pristine 22′ PC Superpipe

The event was in Park City for the superpipe however. With the Olympics debuting Superpipe and Slopestyle next year, the best superpipe skiers in the world were all here trying to be invited to the party. You had the Canadians Mike Riddle, Matt Margetts, and Simon D’artois.  The Wells family was representing with Jossi and his 17 year old brother Beau-James who qualified for finals for the first time. Frenchmen Kevin Rolland, Thomas Krief, and Benoit Valentin also qualified for finals.  Simon Dumont, Torin-Yater Wallace, David Wise, Tucker Perkins, and a 16 year old Crested Butte wiz kid Aaron Blunck.

Luke “Ocho” Allen with Angeli VanLaanen prior to her start

Each athlete had two runs to impress the judges and the competition was pretty insane. Standing in the start gate you see this competition is about pushing yourself, yet it’s also a huge get together of friends pulling for one another.  The start gate is an interesting place before any competition. Every athlete has their own individual way of getting into the zone. Here, it was Jossi Wells arm around his brother Beau-James seconds before he dropped in offering encouragement and advice. It was Matt Margetts trying to stoke out everyone in the start gate by stating he’d be bringing moon rocks back after his first hit (which he did with a gigantic Flat 5 Japan).  It was also Simon who is calm, collected and adjusting his music. They all are uniquely focused when the starter says “the pipe is yours” and they drop in.

Torin Yater-Wallace first hit out of the pipe. Stillshot – Drew Lederer

What went down that deserved props?

Torin Yater-Wallace’s runs. Both of them. Every hit. He’s wearing green chamo pants and it starts at 2:40

Beau-James cork 5 tweaked safety at the top. He has on a black jacket and beige pants, check the shot out at 2:07

Simon’s massive airs starting at 2:22, he’s wearing all red and rocking no poles due to two broken wrists.

Matt Margetts run starting at :21 going massive with the flat 5 japan

Thanks to Anthony Santos and the JANKY crew for sending along this video. It recaps the deep December that Tahoe received this season.

The snow gods blessed us this December with a very very very white Christmas. Things got of to a really meaty start with some big sessions, deep turns, and plenty of gluttonous activities. Thanks again to our “sponsors” KINKO-PRAXIS-SIRACHA. All around this December was HOT in the coldest way possible. Enjoy!!!

Hot stuff, boys.

Thanks to Adri Millan for sending along this POV edit he put together from November 30 in Baqueira Beret, Spain. It looks like the Pyrenees already have a good base and plenty of soft snow. Nice one, Adri!

If you want to see more from the Pyrenees, check out Aran in Edit, a film shot entirely in the Baqueira area.

Trailer

Join Rotate Film Group as they take you through a few locations they’ve been shooting at in the past year.  This reel takes you from Spring through Winter with some epic cinematography. From proximity flying the worlds tallest sea cliffs in Molokai, HI to some insane sessions at Schweitzer and Heavenly, you won’t be disappointed you clicked this link. Turn up the volume, turn down the lights, and let yourself be carried away for 3 minutes.

Henrik Harlaut getting rad

Expect big things from this company this winter as they will be traveling with at least one Red Epic camera following some of the best athletes on skis. 

Todd Schlopy with the Red Epic filming a Halloween spot.

Check out the ski shots featuring, Alex Schlopy, Henrik Harlaut, Joss Christensen, James Woods, Karl Fostvedt, Sean Jordan, and Banks Gilberti that start at about 1:54.

Josh Finbow, Kurtis Rix, Mike Wilson, and heli pilot Don in Molokai

Tyler Schlopy watching some Halloween action

Hailing from Hood River Oregon, Trew designs durable outerwear that blurs the boundary between park and backcountry. They make unique, stylish gear while maintaining extremely high standards of quality and … Read More

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Earlier this summer Kaya Lampe from Sessions Outerwear put together a trip up to Mt Hood to film a short video with several local groms. These 4 kids represent motivation, talent, and drive.  They are also 4 really good kids that are enjoyable to be around on- and off-the-hill.

Kaya Lampe, Hunter Simpson, Rals White, Mike Jones, Charlie Ingalls heading up to Mt. Hood.

This video will be featured at SnowGlobe December 29-31 and features 2 of the artists who will be appearing. I was stoked with the summer shredding and fully expect to see big things from all 4 of these guys this winter.  The level of talent beginning to develop with the young Tahoe park skiers is already impressive. With a facility like Woodward just down the street, it’s going to skyrocket. Super-groms Cody Laplante and Aspen Spora are just a few years behind and we could see some new Tahoe Olympians in the coming years. Good luck guys and keep killin it.

I was stoked on the music and it got me excited about SnowGlobe this winter. The skiing starts at :41 seconds in.

Coors Light, the World’s Most Refreshing Beer if your a girl that is in high school and 21. The third best-selling beer in the U.S. Coors Light’s unique frost-brewing process locks in a taste as cold as the Rockies. It has been a favorite in delivering the ultimate in cold refreshment ever since it launched in 1978. The simple, silver can caught people’s attention and the brew was nicknamed the “Silver Bullet” as sales climbed.

 4.20 percent alcohol by volume. 102 calories per 12-ounce serving.

Coors Light is constantly bringing innovation to its bottles and cans, with recent features including the Cold Activated Bottle, Super Cold Draft, the Vented Wide Mouth Can with Frost Brew Liner, the Cold Activated Can and Two-Stage Cold Activation bottles and cans.

• Bottled at the Golden Brewery in Golden, Colorado. 
• Steamboat’s Fish Creek Falls once was featured on the cans.
• San Juan Mountains of Colorado now the image (mountain can be seen from Telluride).

Heading down to South America you have to decide where your turns are gunna lie. So where’ll it be? Portillo? Catedral? Lenas? Did we miss your favorite?  Here’s a quick … Read More

Wilson has been out traveling the world looking for the next biggest, most fun and crazy stunt the past few weeks. This was shot in Hawaii with some local photographers/videographers and included a Red Epic camera. The stunt was done for a commercial for Intel.

Getting ready to get rad

Originally the event was supposed to be a race down a mountainside with huge gates set along the mountain for some close proximity flying. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate and it was way too windy to complete safely. The end result is still entertaining and a sign of big things to come here in the near future from Mike.

Some pretty sick cameras in there.