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The Women Speed Riders of Chamonix

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Speed riding is essentially skiing but with wings. You clip into your skis, strap on a small glider, and take off. The glider or ‘wing,’ as it is referred, lifts, the skis carve, and gravity does the rest. Itโ€™s fast. Itโ€™s light. And when done right, it looks like flight sculpted in real time; the ability to glide only inches […]

Martin Kuprianowicz | April 28, 2025
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[VIDEO] Speed Flyers Swoop Down and Rescue Fellow Injured Speed Flyer After Avalanche at Monte Bianco Skyway, Italy

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike Lapin (@lapin.mike) A group of speed flyers became unlikely heroes last week week after spotting another speed flyer who became injured in an avalanche below the Monte Bianco Skyway near Courmayeur, Italy. The victim, an Australian man in his 30s, had broken his femur and was unable to move when […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | March 26, 2025
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[VIDEO] Speed Flyer Captures Footage of Harrowing Crash into Crevasse in Chamonix, France, and Shares Warning on Mental Fatigue

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Johnston (@mattsgram92) A recent video circulating on social media shows a speed flyer crashing into steep terrain after misjudging his glide pathโ€”an incident that pilot Matt Johnson says could have easily ended much worse. The crash occurred in February, but Johnson, who walked away with minimal injuries, shared the video […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | March 14, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends

Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […]

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Miles Clark | March 2, 2025
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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying

Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […]

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Miles Clark | March 2, 2025
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[VIDEO] ‘Outdoor Synchrony’ – Pro Mountain Biker Kilian Bron’s Multi-Sport Adventure Edit is just Plain Jaw-Dropping

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VIDEO: Fearless Sam Anthamatten Transforms a Labyrinth of Crevasses and Seracs Into a Playground

The North Face describes him as a “fearless freerider skier”, and they couldn’t be so right. It’sย already known thatย Sam Anthamatten likes to go big, but this video borders on the impossible. “Free-skier Sam Anthamatten was born and raised in Zermatt. Discover how he transforms the labyrinth of crevasses and seracs into a playground that only seems possible in video games”. […]

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Matias Ricci | December 26, 2016
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Chamonix Conditions Report: Late May Powder & Face-shots in Cosmiques Couloir

words and video by Nate Wallace The end of May in Chamonix continued to deliver conditions that have not been seen in most people’s lifetime. Instead of going to sunny beaches to tan and look at half naked beautiful people, the hardcore snow addicts just kept skiing. After first being skied in a storm this spring by Andreas Fransson, the […]

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