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VIDEO: Double Backflips In A ‘Race Course,” Only Something Leo Taillefer Would Do

When most people think of a ‘race course’ with paneled gates, they think of 30-40 meter turns on a groomed run with racers flying down the hill. Well this video will contradict that notion because Leo Taillefer throws a double backflip in his idea of a ‘race course’ and we like it. He’s got the speed along with a lot […]

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Chris Wallner | December 20, 2016
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Leo Taillefer Wins GoPro Line of the Winter & $20K with Sick Edit:

This video shows Frenchman Leo T going ape-pooh in Val d’Isere, France. It’s intense nad it was enough to win him the GoPro Line of the Winter contest and $20,000. We think this type of reward system is huge in skiing’s modern age when it’s so difficult to make money as an athlete. With this format, anyone can put on a helmet cam and do what they do no matter if you’re a pro or am or weekender. If you shred hard enough, you will be rewarded.

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Line of the Winter | Leo Taillefer

Frenchman Leo Taillefer shreds his home mountain of Val d’Isere for GoPro’s Line of the Winter contest. Taillefer has some serious love for Val d’Isere: I traveled the last 7 years for skiing. I did USA, Canada, South America, Sweden, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, and after all trips, I come back [to] Val d’Isere and I see that’s the best place for me. – PLANKS Clothing athlete profile. The good stuff starts at about 1:03.

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ameliatraynor | April 2, 2015
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