Interview with Dutch Pro Freerider Irian van Helfteren My roommate, friend and riding buddy Irian van Helfteren is definitely worth an Interview. He was the first dutch man to compete in the Freeride World Tour, is a talented photographer and mountain guide – who knows the ins and outs of the Arlberg region. He has been living in Ausrtia for over 10 years. He divides his time up between […] Featured Article Eike Poeppelmeier | April 1, 2015 0 Comments
“Incorporate Olympic Valley” Video Interview with Board Members Dr. Ilfeld & Tom Day On May 19th, 2014, I interviewed Incorporate Olympic Valley (IOV) board members Dr. Fred Ilfeld and Tom Day at Tom’s home. I asked them to explain how the process of incorporation works and what strengths and weaknesses they foresee in the process. Squaw Valley ski resort has officially come out against incorporation. I asked […] Miles Clark | June 16, 2014 8 Comments
Pro Skier James Heim Discusses His Big Breaks… James Heim just did a great interview with SBC Skier and discussed his big breaks: 1. How he got his big break into MSP ski movies & 2. How he broke his back and pelvis badly at Whistler, B.C. We’ve excerpted those two portions of the interview. Read the full interview here: In the summer of 2002 our whole Rossland crew moved to Whistler to ski on the glacier. The rest went home afterwards, […] SnowBrains | December 23, 2013 0 Comments
Scot Schmidt Avalanche Interview: “I Got My Ass Handed to Me By a Massive Avalanche” “I didn’t know anything about big mountains. I basically got my ass handed to me by a massive slide and I was lucky to have walked away from it. That experience alone put me on a whole different path. If I hadn’t have had that experience I wouldn’t have been as cautious and as intuitive and as conscious.” – Scot Schmidt Robb Gaffney […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 8, 2013 1 Comment
“Will Squaw Valley Become a Town?” | SnowBrains Interview with Incorporate Olympic Valley A New Town of Squaw Valley? Snowbrain’s interview with Dr. Fred Ilfeld, founding member of Incorporate Olympic Valley SB: How did the idea of forming a new town of Squaw Valley come about? FI: One of our group was pondering how the huge changes proposed for the Village development might affect the Valley, when the image of the old classic […] SnowBrains | September 5, 2013 5 Comments
Ueli Steck Interview on “Fight on Everest” | “100 People Trying to Kill 3 People” – Ueli Now we are hearing the “Fight on Everest” story from the horse’s mouth. Uli Steck, the Swiss climber who was violently attacked by a mob of 100 Sherpas, has been interviewed by Outside Magazine. All 3 professional European climbers involved in this Everest Fight (Ueli Steck, Jon Griffith, Simone Moro) are going home without attempting the summit of Everest. This interview […] SnowBrains | May 3, 2013 10 Comments
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