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Remembering JP Auclair via the Greatest Skiing Segment of All-Time

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JP Auclair was one of the best there’s been in freeskiing. The guy did it all from park, to moguls, to big mountain, to extreme skiing, to helping create the first twin tip skis, to co-founding Armada skis. JP was born on August 22, 1977 in Foy, Quebec, Canada and made a major impact on freeskiing in the 1990’s, 2000’s, and 2010’s. Just when […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 29, 2023
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One Year Ago Today, We Lost JP Auclair & Andreas Fransson in an Avalanche in Chile

Exactly one year ago, we lost JP Auclair & Andreas Frannson in an avalanche in Chilean Patagonia. The news engulfed the ski industry like a silent tsunami leaving us all blind-sided, devastated, and lost. Our heroes vanished far away in an unknown land. JP brought flair, style, and life back into the skiing world when we needed it most. He helped […]

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Miles Clark | September 29, 2015
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VIDEO: Jackson Hole Locals Going Off & Taking Beatings

This is a solid video of Jackson Hole, WY locals going off at their home mountain. They pull off some big lines and big airs and take some serious beatings. Good on ’em! Jackson Hole got 316″ of snow in 2014/15. “Final Troupe episode from the 2014-2015 season. Big thanks to everyone who made this season possible, and the inception of “The Troupe”. Featuring Aiden Ulrich, Sammy Winship, Charlie Leveroni, Daniel Tisi, Riley Rose, and Casey Rose. Shot and cut by Jackson Tisi and Aiden Ulrich.”

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We Love You JP – Video Tribute

It’s been less than 6 months, but the wound is still fresh for many of us. September of 2014, the skiing community lost one it’s greatest and most inspirational free skiers ever. JP Auclair passed away in a deadly avalanche in South America along with another great rider and person, Andreas Fransson.

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Michael Etezadi | February 2, 2015
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Remembering the Skiers We Lost by Outside Magazine

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There have been a lot of articles the past week about what’s been going on with our ski and snowboard heros and why they keep dying. Outside Magazine wrote our favoirite thus far. They basically say: We don’t know why our ski and snowboard heros keep dying, but they do keep dying.” Then they go on to write a great piece about each of the 5 different ski and snowboard heros from someone who knew them. To anybody who follows sports in the Outside world, freeskiing has emerged as a shockingly dangerous pursuit. Over the past decade, so many of the sport’s luminaries have perished in the mountains that in December […]

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JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson Killed in Avalanche in Chile

JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson are being reported dead in an avalanche in Chile by the National Office of Emergency of the Interior Ministry of Chile. They had been missing since Monday afternoon before they were found lifeless this afternoon by Chilean police forces. They went missing while climbing, skiing, and filming on 12,159-foot Mt. San Lorenzo (2nd highest peak in Patagonia) near the city of Cochrane in the Aysen area. This is an remote area in Chilean Patagonia (far south Chile). […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 30, 2014
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Andreas Fransson’s Account of His Ski Partner Magnus’ Death While Skiing in New Zealand Sunday:

On November 3rd, 2013 at approximately 9:30am Andreas Fransson was skiing down 12,316-foot Mt. Cook in New Zealand with his good buddy and ski partner Magus Kastengren. As they began their decent, Magnus fell down the western side of Mt. Cook to his death. […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | November 7, 2013
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Andreas Fransson’s Extreme Skiing Partner Falls to Death in New Zealand on Saturday

Andreas Fransson’s Swedish ski mountaineering partner, Magnus Kastengren, fell to his death on Saturday while extreme skiing on 12,316-foot Mt. Cook in New Zealand. 32-year-old Magnus was skiing on Mt. Cook’s summit ridge near its lower summit at around 12,200 feet when he slipped while on a ridge line and fell 2,000-vertical feet on Saturday morning.  Magnus did not survive […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | November 4, 2013
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Andreas Fransson Skis the Gnarliest Lines on Earth | Video Proof:

Andreas Fransson might be the guy skiing the gnarliest lines on Earth right now. South face of Denali, AK solo? Only person to have ever skied it. Enough said. This guy is also a climbing machine. His endurance is matched by very few. He’s been through the ringer as well. In 2010, Andreas shattered his upper body in Chamonix […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 31, 2013
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Does Style Matter? | “Big Mountain Ethics” by Andreas Fransson

Top notch big mountain extreme skier Andreas Fransson recently got back from skiing and climbing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. He made some smart decisions about turning around in bad conditions and bad weather and feels like he got some flack about it. It dawned on him that big mountain skiing needs an ethics change. It’s not all about making the summit and skiing the big face – it’s about skiing a mountain with good style, good technique, and coming home in one piece. After enough thinking, he got to writing and this is what he had to […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 4, 2013
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Skiing Where You Shouldn’t Be Skiing | Andreas Fransson in “Reaching My Limit”

“My highlight of the past ski year was definitely making turns down the Whillans ramp on Aguja Poincenot in Argentinian Patagonia. Before that trip I used to think that I could ski anything that is white on a mountain. When I got to the ramp I got partly amazed, partly intimidated on how the snow was sticking to these ultra steep slopes […]

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