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 […] SnowBrains | October 31, 2013 2 Comments
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 […] SnowBrains | September 4, 2013 1 Comment
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 […] Movie Trailer SnowBrains | May 31, 2013 2 Comments
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