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A Life in Motion, Stopped Cold
“It was the most unbelievably heartbreaking thing I’ve ever heard in my life — someone’s desperation when they can’t move.”
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Heavenly Lake Tahoe
Straddling the California-Nevada border, Heavenly affords views of both the Lake Tahoe Basin and Carson Valley befitting of it's name.
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Skiing in Colour: Marcel Hirscher
After winning the overall World Cup title four years in a row, alpine skier Marcel Hirscher took a day off and had some fun at his local resort with his race skiis and some crazy colors, resulting in one of the most vibrant ski runs to date.
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Buried alive: An avalanche survivor breaks his silence
The first part of this story may be familiar, especially to those in Western Canada. It starts with a group of backcountry skiers venturing into British Columbia’s Glacier National Park in early 2003, and ends with one of the deadliest avalanches in Canadian history. Seven people lost their lives to the slide. Adding to the horror, the victims were schoolkids. Media coverage focused primarily on the deaths of the seven students. Journalists interviewed grieving parents...
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Seven people injured in ski lift accident at Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain
A packed ski lift abruptly halted and rolled backward at Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain on Saturday morning, leaving seven adults injured — four of them hospitalized — and more than 200 skiers and snowboarders dangling for up to an hour and a half, resort officials said.
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Swiss Avalanche: Complete Burial and Rescue
It is important to learn from the mistakes of others as well as yourself. I have uploaded this video to act as a learning tool to demonstrate what ill preparedness looks like in an avalanche rescue situation. As the buried skier, I am incredibly lucky to be alive.
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Two U.S. ski team prospects die in avalanche
Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps. The team said Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, died in the incident near the Rettenbach glacier in the mountains over Soelden, the venue for the annual season-opening World Cup races. Berlack, from Franconia, New Hampshire, and Astle, from Sandy, Utah, were part of a group of six skiers who were descending from the 3,056-meter Gaislachkogel...
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Alpine tragedy: 2 US ski team prospects killed in avalanche
Two prospects from the U.S. ski team have been killed in an avalanche while skiing near their European training base in the Austrian Alps.
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This ski line is called "The Devil's Ass Crack"
Red Bull Media House, in association with MSP Films, presents “DAYS OF MY YOUTH”, a new film that examines every skier’s lifelong affinity for the sport. Narrated to the prolific readings of Alan Watts, this film exposes the many joys and occasional struggles associated with a lifestyle built around skiing. Filmed over two years using state of the art techniques and technologies, this movie offers a unique glimpse into the journey of self-discovery that every skier experiences.
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Freestyle Ski Jump High Five
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Afterglow: Lightsuit Segment
From the depth of the creative visuals to the groundbreaking, never-been-done-before scale of the shoot, Afterglow is being hailed as one of the most cinematically profound ski movies ever made. From Sweetgrass Productions, full film Oct. 19.
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Huge Ski Crash
This guy really fucking ate shit.
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YO, I'M DROPPING!
Cameraman witnesses his brother get buried by an avalanche, drops down to help...
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Michael Schumacher: 'only a miracle' can save him
Doctors treating Michael Schumacher and other medical experts have told his family that "only a miracle" can save him, sources have claimed. The seven-time Formula One world champion suffered serious brain injuries after hitting a rock during a skiing accident in the French Alpine ski resort of Meribel in late December.
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Ted Ligety has practically invented a new way of skiing
No skier in the world carves turns the way Ted Ligety does. The American has practically invented a new way of skiing.
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Why Ski Jumpers Hold Their Skis In A V Shape
In ski jumping, it's all about how far you fly. Skiers initially hold their bodies in a position that reduces air drag in order to gain as much speed as possible coming down the take-off ramp, or in-run. But once in the air, athletes change their posture and the position of their skis to maximize air lift, which increases the length of their jump.
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Skiing through the woods POV
French professional skier Candide Thovex recorded this POV video of random runs down the side of a mountain. Along with his friend and fellow skier Aziz Benkrich, they race down the mountain while dodging trees and making jumps.
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