VIDEO: What It Looks Like When An Avalanche Cracks at Your Feet | by James Heim Ever wonder what it looks like when an Avalanche cracks at your feet? It's not something you want to see often or ever. Planning your lines carefully to make sure you are on or can get to a safe zone is so important while playing in these big mountains. A few more feet to the left and I could have […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 5, 2015 0 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
James Heim, Eric Hjorleifson, Terje Håkonsen in 1 Movie = SUPERVENTION James Heim, Eric Hjorleifson, & Terje Håkonsen in one movie? How could it possibly be bad? Supervention is labeled as a ‘ski and snowboard documentary’ so you can expect a story, but it appears that it’ll have the freeriding to back it up. The came up with some interesting ideas like jibbing abandon buildings in Svalbard (the furthest north mountains […] Featured Video SnowBrains | August 20, 2013 3 Comments
17 Seconds of James Heim in Chest Deep Pillows… James Heim is one of the best big mountain skiers around. He doesn’t have much of a problem with pillows either. James grew up at Red Mountain, B.C., transplanted to Whistler, B.C., and has more than enough experience in powdery pillows. The key to pillows is speed. Without speed, the flat/uphill landings will stop you dead in your tracks, […] SnowBrains | July 30, 2013 2 Comments
MSP Peru Ski Trip Report by Cody Townsend Matchstick Productions just sent a crew down to Peru to ski and film in Peru’s incredible Cordiella Blanca. The Peru team included James Heim, Scott Gaffney, Sam Anthamatten, Adrian Ballinger, Canyon Florey, & Jason Ebelheiser. Below are a couple of excerpts from Cody Townsend’s recent article for espn.com about MSP’s ski mountaineering adventure in Peru.. words by Cody Townsend. See the full Trip Report with […] SnowBrains | July 26, 2013 1 Comment
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