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Mental Toughness: Success, Skiing, and How To Train Your Brain

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What makes some athletes so successful?  What is the difference between crossing the finish line or buckling under pressure?  There’s no doubt that the physical training required to be a high level athlete takes a life of dedication.  However, one of the largest contributors to success in the sports world is mental strength. The mind and body are connected–and those who […]
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VIDEO: Line of the Year | Ian McIntosh Goes NUTS In Alaska

[iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftetongravityresearch%2Fvideos%2F10154331634534092%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] When you think of the Line of the Year, you assume that the line has to be crazy, but Ian McIntosh went beyond crazy, he went absolutely NUTS with this line! After arriving in Alaska and camping on this glacier for over a month, braving eight-foot snow storms and gale-force winds, he was finally able to take this […]
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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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Travis Rice Rode Cody Townsend’s “Line of the Year” First:

Cody Townsend won the internet last week with his “Line of the Year” skiing through at tight couloir in Alaska. Travis Rice just announced that he skied it first. We’re not sure why Travis Rice was “momentarily pissed” that Cody harvested so much success with this line, but he was. After seeing how big this line went for Cody, Travis decided to interview Cody via Red Bull’s media machine […]
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