Chamonix Powder Fest 2014: A Look Back Words & Video by Trevor Thompson Chamonix was the place to be last February. We drank cappuccino’s, ate pastries and enjoyed an amazing couple weeks of skiing. Skiers: Ally Watson, Max Slemett, Sean Girling, Arash Farhang, Trevor Thompson and Tessa Peters. […] Guest Author | May 27, 2014 0 Comments
Eagle with Camera Buzzes Skiers on Aiguille du Midi, France Going for a ski down the Valle Blanche off the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France is always fun. It’s likely a bit more fun if you bring your trained golden eagle along. And even a touch more fun to mount a camera on your eagle while skiing the Valle Blanche. It’s fascinating to watch the eagle’s head move around and gather information as it […] SnowBrains | May 13, 2014 0 Comments
Unfiltered | Skiing the Back Yard Unfiltered Skiing Episode # | The Back Yard Words by Jacob Webster: “For the 3rd episode, we wanted to do something different. In certain environments, experience and local knowledge is what separates you from potential disaster. In “The Backyard”, Jacob and Daniel head to the extreme sports capital of the world, Chamonix, to try out some of the […] SnowBrains | March 26, 2014 1 Comment
Mickael Bimboes Sends Rocky Cliff HUGE in Chamonix French rider Mickael Bimboes sending it deep during the Chamonix stop. Talk about butterfly inducing, holy sh*t drops, that shark pit at the bottom is looking VERY mean. If it werent for the slight backslap early in his run, he probably would have taken home the win for this stop. Instead, his run was only good enough for 3rd. SnowBrains | March 15, 2014 1 Comment
Chamonix, France Conditions Report Video: Chamonix, France is holding its own this winter. They haven’t had the big snow year that the southern Alps have had, but it hasn’t been terrible. This video gives us a nice little view into how Chamonix is doing right now. Chamonix shines in March and April, so it’s good to get an eye on how things are lining up. Thanks to Seven Twenty Productions for the video. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 27, 2014 0 Comments
Current Freeride World Tour Rankings & Video Highlights: Squaw’s Jackie Paaso in 1st Place The men of the Freeride World Tour (FWT) have gone through 2 stops of the FWT (Courmayer, Chamonix) while the women have gone through one (Chamonix). The FWT’s next stop will be this Saturday at Feiberbrunn, Austria. […] SnowBrains | January 31, 2014 3 Comments
The World’s 8 Scariest Viewing Platforms: Are you afraid of heights? Altophobia? If you’re a skier or snowboarder, you probably do have altophobia. Being afraid of heights is what makes skiing and snowboarding thrilling, scary and fun. Shane McConkey always talked about he was afraid of heights and that’s what made it so fun for him to confront that fear via […] SnowBrains | January 27, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skiing Chamonix, France with Glen Plake This is a fun video that will assist anyone learn a bit more about skiing in Chamonix, France. Chamonix is the extreme skiing/ski mountaineering capital of the world. If you haven’t skied Cham yet, you need to, it’s where skiing’s soul lives. Chamonix skiing on its rawest level, when the mountains nor the ‘ski resorts’ nor the government care about what you do. You have to take care about what you do. You are responsible for you. SnowBrains | January 8, 2014 0 Comments
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