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. Industry News SnowBrains | July 2, 2015 4 Comments
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. ameliatraynor | April 2, 2015 1 Comment
Ski Instructor Charged with Manslaughter in Avalanche Death A ski instructor in Val d’Isere has been charged with manslaughter, following the death of his client in an avalanche in December 2010. The avalanche occurred off-piste in the “couloir des pisteurs” on the north face of the Charvet. The two men were carried 400 meters by the slide, and while the instructor managed to stay above the snow, his client was completely buried by the avalanche. Thanks to an avalanche beacon, he was found after 20 minutes. The client was already in a state of cardio-vascular arrest, and was airlifted to […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | March 16, 2015 1 Comment
Weekend Death Toll Rises to 5 in Alps | 28th Avy Death in France A male skier in his 50s was killed in an avalanche on February 22nd, 2015 in the French Alps. He was skiing with three other skiers when the avalanche struck. All four were caught in the avalanche. Two of the surviving skiers were severely injured in the slide and one woman was uninjured. The avalanche occurred at 1:30pm at an elevation of 1,700m (5,577-feet) in the Taillefer range of the French alps near the town of Val d’Isere about 25 miles south of Grenoble. This was the 28th avalanche death in France this winter. There have been 25 avalanche deaths in Switzerland this year. There have been over 80 avalanche deaths in Europe this year. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 25, 2015 0 Comments
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