BASE Jumper Killed After Losing Control in High Winds and Hitting Rock Face A British man has died in Italy after his 9,842ft base jump from a mountain range went wrong, Sky News reports. 32-year-old Jean Andre Quemener, from Jersey, was killed after reportedly losing control of his wingsuit during high winds in the Italian Dolomites at Canazei, north of Venice. Related: VIDEO: Insane Ski BASE jump Off Cody Peak at Jackson Hole, WY It […] SnowBrains | June 12, 2019 0 Comments
Salomon Freeski TV: Skiing Italy’s Dolomites & World War I Italy has their best year in over 20 years last year. Huge dumps, vicious avalanches, and all the pros in the world made Italy a madhouse last year. At times there was literally too much snow out there. “It was waist deep snow. It snowed too much. Usually by the time we got up there it was already dense and a bit cooked.” – Seth Morrison told SnowBrains about Italy 2014 this past November Italy […] Miles Clark | December 16, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Henrik Harlaut Double Cork 1080 Off Death Cliff Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut threw a huge double cork 1080 off a cliff in Italy’s Dolomites mountain range in March 2014. You probably know him from his wild appearance at the Sochi Winter Olympics, where he wore TMNT gloves, nearly lost his pants, and infamously stated “Wu Tang is for the children”. Only 23 years old, Henrik is well known for throwing big: he took home the gold at the 2013 X-Games Ski Big Air competition, landing an unprecedented nose butter triple cork 1620. Henrik had never even tried the trick before – and he got a perfect score […] ameliatraynor | December 2, 2014 1 Comment
