VIDEO: Verbier Freeride World Tour Highlights & Crashes The best skiers and riders in the world charging on one of the world’s best venues: the Bec de Rosses in Verbier, Switzerland. This highlight/crash reel shows us the best of what went down this year in Verbier. All the best Xtreme Verbier Ski and snowboard memories featuring Loïc Collomb-Patton, Ralph Backstrom, Matilda Rapaport, Emilien Badoux, Jonathan Charlet, Kevin Guri, Reine Barkered, Drew Tabke, Sascha Hamm, Lorraine Huber,Ian Borgeson, Silas Chickering-Ayers, Xavier De Le Rue, […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Best of Freeride World Tour @ Snowbird, UT Snowbird skiers and riders clearly missed having big mountain competitions at their home mountain. The snowbird spectator crowd is by far the rowdiest, most costumed, drunkest, and funnest crowd at any big mountain comp on Earth. We love that this video shows the ‘bird in all it’s glory: skiing hard, partying hard, snowballing hard, along with a deep appreciation for big mountain skiing and riding. We’re going to have to figure out how to get comps going in Utah once more. […] SnowBrains | March 10, 2014 1 Comment
Billabong Pro Tahiti Finals Highlight Video & Photos | Kelly Slater in Now Ranked World #1 Watching the Billabong Pro Tahiti at Teahupo’o was spectacular last night.  The conditions were perfect, the waves were pumping, and the best surfers on the planet were getting barreled out of their minds. John John Florence, when interviewed, said he had completely lost sight of the competition in the line up and was just having fun.  He also said that […] SwellBrains | August 20, 2013 1 Comment
Record Breaking Andorra Snow Makes Freeride Competition in the Pyrenees Highlight Worthy (editors note:  Andorra was claiming the deepest snowpack on Earth in March at 20 feet deep.  Andorra is having their best snow winter in 20 years.  This makes for the best ever conditions at a Freeride competition in Andorra.) Many people will be surprised to discover that the Pyrenees have a strong, thriving freeride ski scene.  Don’t believe me? Take a […] Lee Lyon | April 18, 2013 2 Comments