Candide Thovex’s “Few Words” Movie is FREE Online Candide Thovex’s ground breaking ski movie “Few Words” is now free online for anyone to watch. “Few Words” is one of the best ski movies we’ve seen. Candide will hurt any hard core skier’s feeling quickly. The guy was one of the best best park skiers in the world and he’s also won the Freeride World Tour. He skis fast, he goes big, and he […] SnowBrains | April 12, 2015 0 Comments
Candide Thovex | “Few Words” FULL MOVIE! Happy St. Patricks Day – Quicksilver just put Candide Thovex’s 2012 film “Few Words” up on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Follow Candide’s journey to become one of the most successful and talented freestyle skiers the world has ever seen. Winner of the Best Male Performance (Candide Thovex), the “Full Throttle” Award, the Best Cinematography Award and the Best Documentary Award at the Powder Awards, Utah, USA. Backcountry ameliatraynor | March 17, 2015 0 Comments
One of Those Days 2 | by Candide Thovex Do you remember Candide Thovex’s “One of These Days” from a couple of years ago. You know, where Candide basically throws down a helmet cam video that showed us all what it would be like to be the best skier in the world? What it would be like to be in a skiing video game? Then he jumps over a cop car and gets “arrested?” Ya, that one! Well, Candide just put up another one of these called […] Featured Video Ryan Mulcahy | January 15, 2015 1 Comment
VIDEO: Candide Thovex & Friends Going Off in France Candide Thovex’s home ski resort of La Clusaz looks like it’s made for jumping. Many of the features at this place are just natural and made for hucking tricks. Then, these guys build jumps on top of those features and really go off. No matter if you like park skiing or not, you’ll be entertained by this video by Faction skis. After a busy winter season, the team met in La Clusaz, France to enjoy the spring weather and explore the endless possibilities […] Miles Clark | May 1, 2014 0 Comments
Candide Thovex Going Off in Faction Ski Video Candide is on fire right now. This is Faction Skis’ latest video and it showcases Candide going off in Colorado. When Candide goes off, you need to be watching. We Are The Faction Collective #S01E01 follows the kick off to winter in Colorado. Filmed and edited by Etienne Merel in Colorado at Breckenridge, Copper and Keystone. Featuring Faction athletes (in order of appearance): […] SnowBrains | January 7, 2014 0 Comments
Candide Thovex Skiing Dangerously Through Trees We all know that Candide is amazing in park, amazing on the big mountain, amazing at ski resorts, and now we have videographic evidence that he’s amazing in trees. We suspect that some/most of these shots are sped up. Nevertheless, Candide can mob through trees. It’s fun to watch how hard Candide charges in marginal conditions. I think this season we can all take a tip from his style. Even if it’s not great out, you can […] SnowBrains | December 23, 2013 2 Comments
Candide Thovex Getting Insane Last Week This video shows Candide Thovex getting nutty in the park last week in Val Thorens, France. The guy is a freak. He doesn’t even need two skis to land big tricks. On a side note, it looks like the alps have a lot of snow and some great coverage right now, huh? Candide is certainly in the running for greatest skier of all time. He’s clearly ridiculous in the park, he’s unreal in the backcountry, he’s won Freeride World Tour, he goes big, he can do all the latest tricks, and he goes big. Candide Thovex was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, and grew up in the village of […] SnowBrains | December 9, 2013 3 Comments
Candid Thovex Nearly Hit By Charging Cow on Oct. 11th We can just see the headlines now: โFamous pro skier Candide Thovexโs career ended by Cow.โ f that cow would have hit him, heโd have known about about it. This cow like weighs about 1000 pounds. If 1000 pounds hit you with force while you were skiing into it and you only weigh 150 pounds (like Candide) youโd be demolished. Luckily, Candide is a ninja and easily avoided the cow but it was close. The cow only missed him by a foot or so. This video also shows what conditions were […] SnowBrains | October 14, 2013 0 Comments