Check out this bizarre insight into a country that few will get to experience from the eyes and mind of Sam Smoothy and Colab Creative. Sam goes to North Korea on a ski trip like no other. This piece is not political. There is no real agenda other than […]
Victoria Beattie
50 posts
The second stop of the GoPro New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour went down at Mt Olympus. The sun was out and snow was hard and fast! Again another great event with no injuries and smart skiing from the all of the kids! Wanna say a massive thanks to GoPro […]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRSAT0dEq8[/youtube] The Mt Olympus Freeride Open 2016 presented by Marmot rocked the Sphinx at Mt Olympus just one week after The North Face Frontier opened the NZ FWQ season at the Remarkables. This was the inaugural year of the 2* MOFO FWQ event, which was put together by Dion Newport and […]
Olympian Janina Kuzma will be holding a women’s-specific freeride progression camp at Cardrona on the 2nd-4th September. Featuring guest coaches Nicola Campbell (former Olympic racer) and Tori Beattie (Olympic Slopestyle coach) the camp is designed for women of all levels to progress their technique in the park or off-piste in […]
I don’t need to spell out a skier’s perspective of this winter. May brought some good pow days that whetted the appetite. June was mostly rain, but that’s ok, it’s sort of expected. However when July didn’t get any better we all started to get worried. And with such a grim […]
There’s a new comp in town this year on the Freeride World Qualifier circuit! MARMOT presents the inaugural Mt Olympus Freeride Open 2* on the 29th August at the Playground of the Gods. The comp is all set to go down the week after the 2* and 4* North Face Frontier at the Remarkables, in […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/157984867[/vimeo] Charlie Murray went over to join brother Craig in Europe for a month of causing havoc and a bit of fun on the slopes before uni kicked off in NZ. Here’s a quick little edit showing some of their skiing. Filming: Charlie Murray Craig Murray Sam Richards Hank Bilous Music: […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/158211866[/vimeo] A few weeks ago It dumped in Verbier, so Charlie Lyons, Anna Smoothy, Julia Hedman and I got up real early and skied a couple of laps from Verbier down to Le Chable in the valley floor before the lifts opened. I started walking up from my accommodation at […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/149729908[/vimeo] If this edit is any indication of what’s to come, then we’re looking forward to seeing big things from the young shredder as he makes his way to the Freeride Junior World Championships in Grandvalira, Andorra at the end of January. Via MFC Syndicate on Vimeo: My self edit […]
Young guns Miguel and Nico Porteous have been skiing hard, pushing their limits and living the dream at Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand, in preparation for the Northern Hemisphere winter! Tech tricks and smooth style – they rock! Via Epic TV Nepal, Border Disputes about Kamagra 100mg forum.
A trend has been steadily creeping into skiing (read: life) over the last few years: The insatiable need to Get The Shot. No longer a catch-cry of online forums, “pics or it didn’t happen” embodies the society that we live in today. Media consumption is our new favourite past time; […]
“Something was missing from the way we skied in NZ. We have some of the best alpine terrain in the world but also some of the most remote. Any resorts in that part lie on the low foothills where snow is unreliable and crowds are dense.” Hamish Smith took fellow […]
Team Kiwi have started off the 2015/16 northern hemisphere competition season with a show of force at the Breckenridge Dew Tour. The unprecedented number of top 5 finishes, including back to back podiums by the Wells boys, is a huge boost of confidence to our elite park and pipe athletes. […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/146570272[/vimeo] The season edits continue with Beau-James Wells offering a masterclass in swag in this latest offering. This season is going to see some big things from the younger Wells boys. Filmed by, Wacko Wells Byron Wells Chris Dews Nico Porteous Jossi Wells Paul McAlpine One Hit Wonder Tommy Pyatt Some […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/144817785[/vimeo] Jackson Wells has been steadily on the up and up over the last couple of seasons. The youngest of skiing’s most talented brotherhood has managed to create a style all of his own, and his latest edit is stacked with creative skate-inspired lines and his very own brand of dub flippery. […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/144702788[/vimeo] Sam Lee has an entirely unique way of viewing a mountain. Not your usual POV shot fest, his 2015 season edit feels more like an ode to closing day. But that’s just every day for the Ibex! From Sam Lee on Vimeo: This is my 2015 New Zealand ski season edit, it contains straight […]
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/144929457[/vimeo] Hank The Tank gets as sendy in the park as he does on big-mountain venues in this mish-mash of 2 season’s worth of shots! Filmed/Footage supplied by: Thomas Lloyd Toby Wilson Finn Bilous Roy Schott Edited by Hank Bilous About health Viagra before and after
The final event of the New Zealand Junior Free ride tour took place on the mighty Mt Ruapehu. Turoa ski resort hosted the event and the mountain came to the party. From the insane base snow in the venue and the rare good weather to the resort hosting in true […]
SnowSportsNZ Competitors in the Cardrona NZ Freeski & Snowboard Junior National Champs enjoyed fine spring conditions for their third day of competition today. The week-long event has attracted over 200 competitors aged five to 18 from throughout New Zealand as well as Australia and France. On today’s schedule were the […]
SnowSports NZ Salomon Ski Halfpipe Skiers across all age groups (Primary School Year 1 through to Secondary School Year 13) competed in the Olympic pipe which measures 22ft high, 21m wide and 160m long. The younger competitors (Primary Years 1-6) were the first to drop into the pipe and had […]