Posts Tagged ‘Rockies’

Eye Trip Ski Movie Trailer by Level 1 Productions

A huge lineup of pro extreme skiers are featured in this ski video. The list includes, but is not limited to:

Ahmet Dadali, Tom Wallisch, Wiley Miller, Tanner Rainville, Phil Casabon, Duncan Adams, Adam Delorme, Josh Bibby, Parker White, Chris Logan, Mike Hornbeck, Corey Vanular, JF Houle, Henrik Harlaut, Liam Downey, Will Wesson, Jon Brogan, Logan Imlach.

The huge cast travels trough the world skiing some of the best backcountry ski destinations and getting some amazing powder days. They show up doing inversions over gaps, jump ramps that are 10m high, and using the handrails of stairs to grind. This backcountry ski video is also filmed in 720p HD High Definition, watch the video in full screen and marvel at the amazing ski scenery.

Some of the destinations traveled to in this ski video are Champéry Switzerland, Whistler Canada, Alpin Meadows USA, and many others.

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“The Ridge” Backcountry at Bridger Bowl

POV Helmet Cam Skiing at Bridger Bowl, a great family holiday ski resort in Montana. The ski area is well known in the world of extrene skiing because of the expert backcountry skiing area called “The Ridge”. The Ridge backcountry skiing area has 6 sections and requires that the backcountry skier carries avalanche equipment and is trained in its use. The quality and quantity of the powder snow here is world famous!

The skier in this ski videos has a camera mounted to his helmet and goes down some of the great backcountry terrain in The Riddge area at Bridger Bowl. The slopes are steap here and have lots of natural obstacles, with plenty of trees and rocks hidden by the snow. There is however lots and lots of powder as this video shows. It looks real fun and the snow looks almost untouched. A long hike is required to reach this ares and seems well worth it.

Helmet Cam in 18″ of Fresh Powder

Ever wondered what it’s like to ski through 18 inches of fresh new powder? That’s 45 cm of fresh snow!

Now you can experience skiing down that fresh, deep, powder just by sitting where you are thanks to this amateur ski movie maker wearing a helmet cam. Here you enjoy a 1st person view of what backcountry skiing really is!

This short ski video was filmed on some sweet terrain at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho on the Lookout Bowl. Sun Valley Resort is part of the Smoky Mountains of Idaho, which is party of the Rocky Mountains. It’s a huge ski area which is relatively unknown but get piles of snow every year.

No amazing ski tricks in this video, just some nice riding on a beautiful ski run full of new snow!

Beautiful Backcountry Skiing at The Canyons Resort

Some awesome camera work in this backcountry skiing video filmed at The Canyons Resort in Utah. The Canyons is the largest of the three ski resorts located in Park City, Utah, the other two are Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort.

This is some of the best filming I’ve ever seen for an extreme skiing movie. There are some telemarkers in this video as well as some nice snowboarding off some cliffs that are just covered under a huge amount of snow. The terrain isn’t particularly hard and the skiers don’t do anything spectacular, but this is a great overview of what backcountry extreme skiing is for most of us. Loads and loads of champagne powder too. The skiers have a huge tail of powder snow behind them as the ski down the ski slopes.

Just can’t say it enough, the scenes in this video are amazing!

Banff Backcountry Ski and Snowboard Contest – Big Bang 2008

Sweet ski video of the annual Banff Big Bang Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding Contest out in the scenic, Canadian Rockies. This backcountry skiing video includes BIG air jumps, Step ups, and Cliff Jumping. There is a bit of glade skiing with some grinding on trees, but it is very easy gladed terrain here in Banff compared to what is seen in Vermont.

There are some sick extreme ski jumps in the video including many flips. Some of the skiers and snowboarders going off the cliffs look like they’re about to kill themselves however after coming very close to falling after the first part of the cliff jump. Most of the competitors aren’t pros, just expert and experianced amateurs doing there thing.

These are great contests to enter if you enjoy extreme skiing. Most big mountains known for their backcountry and extreme ski slopes organize annual tournaments like this.

Arne Backstorm Winning Run at FWT Championship

Arne Backstorm, an amazing skier who unfortunately died this week while skiing in the mountains in Peru, won the 2010 Freeskiing World Tour in Revelstoke BC, a world renown backcountry skiing heaven. Here is a ski video of his winning run off a mountain peak in Revelstoke. The winning ski run includes many obstacles and difficulties such as rocks, deep powder, and cliff drops.

The winner is selected by a panel of judges based on ski technique, speed, and difficulty of line. This is an all out awesome backcountry ski run. Backcounty skiing technique doesn’t get more perfect than this!

Beaver Creek Colorado Ski Race Crash of Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal

A training run on the Birds of Prey downhill race at Beaver Creek Ski Resort, near Avon Colorado in the Rocky Mountrains, turns tragic for Norwegian alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal. As the ski racer speeds down the slope, he gets some big air off a lip and somersaults into the protective fencing. The skiing accident is horrible and he ends up in the hospital with career threatening injuries. He recovers  however, and a year later is back to World Cup ski racing getting his first two new victories at the same place he suffered his ski accident, at Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA.

The Birds of Prey downhill ski racing course is a challenging run with up to 45 degree slopes used for World Cup Skiing Super-G, and Super combined races. This run at Beaver Creek, Colorado, has a vertical drop of over 2600 feet This ski racing videos shows Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal horrible accident during training for such an event. The ending showing him in the hospital reminds us that we can never be too careful when practicing extreme sports.

Heli-Skiing Down Mount Currie Near Whistler, BC

A really great video with footage filmed from a helicopter and helmet cams. A group of expert amateur skiers take a helicopter up Mount Currie, 40km  North-West of Whistler, British Columbia, and part of the Canadian Rockier. They then proceed to ski down the steep terrain full of cliffs with excellent camera angels and solid skiing skills.

Watch and enjoy the first person views and experience what it feels like to ski down the very steep slopes of Mount Currie in the Canadian Rockies.

Heliskiing in Revelstoke, British Columbia

Pro backcountry skiers and snowboarders, Glen Plake, Mike Hattrup, and Scott Schmidt ski in some champagne powder in the backcountry of Revelstoke, located in the Rockies of British Columbia. Revelstock opened in 2007 and has the highest vertical in North America. These professional extreme skiers however heliski and cat ski on Revelstock to get to virgin snow.

In this extreme skiing video, there is not only skiing but also some telemarking and snowboarding. There are some beautiful shots of the area if you want to see how the Revelstock Panorama and skiing terrain looks like.

Ski Big Air Gold Finals at X Games #13 (2009)

In terms of extreme skiing competitions, the Winter X Games is the best known. For the last 8 years, it’s been held in Aspen Colorado and attracts some of the best extreme skiing and snowboarders from around the world.

In this extreme skiing video, Jon Olsson and Simon Dumont compete for the gold in the finals if the Big Air Skiing competition. Jon Olsson does an inverted 1080 while holding a grab the whole time, he also takes off and lands backwards. The second extreme skier, Simon Dumont does a front flip like it’s nothing on the run up to the big air jump. Off the big air jump, he does another front flip, then, while doing the second front flip, does a Superman. Both jumps are executed flawlessly, and the landings are perfect.

—-> FUNNY <—-

Also, for a laugh, check out 1:44 of the video where the camera man falls off the jump, LOL.