Results 426 to 450 of 456
Thread: Freeskiing World Tour: it's on!
-
03-13-2011, 08:32 PM #426
Not trying to take anything away from that run, but those airs didn't look to be over much exposure. Both big hits had about a country mile of runout before anything else got in his way. All in all I'd say Reine's run would have blown that one out of the water with the IFSA 5 category judging system - scarier, more hits, more rocks, and much flowier top to bottom.
-
03-13-2011, 09:11 PM #427Registered User
- Join Date
- Nov 2010
- Posts
- 43
Wtf?? The 1st place wasn't even special... Two big airs with the majority of the skiing done through a big open bowl. The 2nd place was one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen done on skis... The two don't even compare
-
03-13-2011, 09:11 PM #428registered abuser
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- tahoe
- Posts
- 3,428
wow, those euro comps are totally fucking insane. whole 'nother level. seems like the skiers get down to the bottom and they are exhausted after sending 2,500' + at full speed. and the bec des rosses or whatever its called is downright scary. i am blown away. anyone got a clip of people skiing that thing???
congrats alto
-
03-13-2011, 09:37 PM #429
-
03-13-2011, 11:49 PM #430
-
03-14-2011, 03:31 PM #431
Snowbird runs from this weekend
Trying to line things up to do the whole tour including SA next year . Skiing is a hell of a drug...
-
03-14-2011, 03:42 PM #432
dude that was burly...nice job buddy.
ROLL TIDE ROLL
-
03-14-2011, 03:42 PM #433
^ Rad. 2nd run especially
-
03-14-2011, 03:45 PM #434
Really cool watching day 2 footage. Nice job at the bottom, that is a lot of rock!
-
03-14-2011, 03:53 PM #435
^^^ Badass!!
-
03-14-2011, 04:38 PM #436Registered User
- Join Date
- Sep 2005
- Location
- Fresh Lake City
- Posts
- 4,589
DREW TABKE IS THE BEST SKIER ON THE MOUNTAIN!!!
-
03-15-2011, 07:11 AM #437gapers eat my vapors
- Join Date
- Nov 2004
- Location
- 1 mile from N. America's biggest chairlift
- Posts
- 705
Congrats to the Smith Ski Athletes for owning this event. They took 1st in the ladies comp, 1-6 in the men's, and the overall titles for both men and women. Amazing performances all over the place
http://www.smithoptics.com/lounge/Ne...+ChampionshipsRocket Sleds and Super Space Boots
-
03-15-2011, 02:45 PM #438
The start list for Verbier looks pretty solid. Hopefully someone pusses out and the flyin' hawain gets a shot at becs!
http://www.freerideworldtour.com/riders-154.htmlSecurity is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
-
03-15-2011, 04:21 PM #439
-
03-15-2011, 04:35 PM #440
The Verb Xtreme has been held on the Bec for something like that past 10 years or so. maybe more? Such a gnarly venue. Such a gnarly comp. Every year I really look forward to the comp videos that inevitably come out. Just go over to YouTube and start searching for Bec de Rosse Verbier Extreme or something and you'll find a ton of stuff.
this however is one of my fav vids from the comp. Kaj from 2009. Rappel into the line. Junk sugar snow on super steeps. Big airs above exposure. Love this vid:
Waste your time, read my crap, at:
One Gear, Two Planks
-
03-15-2011, 05:04 PM #441
-
03-15-2011, 05:22 PM #442
-
03-15-2011, 05:30 PM #443Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
-
03-15-2011, 06:56 PM #444Waste your time, read my crap, at:
One Gear, Two Planks
-
03-15-2011, 07:17 PM #445
Sick! Get some Tabke!
-
03-15-2011, 10:36 PM #446
-
03-16-2011, 09:06 AM #447sucks on the internet
- Join Date
- Feb 2004
- Location
- Eurozone
- Posts
- 2,726
Particulary liked this one for exposure - quite the act just holding that together.
Sverre Lillequist
http://www.facebook.com/pages/www3li...ref=ts&fref=ts 3Limits Slovakia
http://www.ymli.cz/en/ski.html Rippin' Skis
-
03-16-2011, 09:37 AM #448Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2008
- Location
- shurgerhouse
- Posts
- 39
2011 Snowbird FWT footage and interviews that y'all ain't scene yet:
http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/03...-freeski-comp/
-
03-16-2011, 09:41 AM #449
-
03-16-2011, 10:18 AM #450
I got to witness Alto, Sage's and Drew Stocklein's final runs on Saturday. I either missed the other final runs because I had a camp going on or couldn't hear the p.a. system to know who was coming down. Based on what I saw of just the final run I would have put Alto barely ahead of Sage for first, and D.S. third. They were all impressive runs but Alto skied the fastest, with super solid technique allowing him to rip the shit out of his whole run. His airs were also the biggest especially in terms of features with some kick. He was fully boosting. The light was flat and the snow was wet and a little punchy which made his ultra-aggressive skiing even more impressive. Sage was just typical Sage, flat out amazing. His airs were stylin top to bottom, he went super big over every one, throwin tricks in flat light and skied pretty damn fast with great fluidity. He had a higher score than D.T. It was a treat to see such great skiing from a couple of maggots!
Regarding Euro vs. N. American events, I don't think it's a, "whole nother level" at all. The terrain in Europe is steeper overall, but the skiing on either continent is comparable. I have absolutely no doubt that Drew is a good enough skier to win the Verbier event as are several other N. Americans. The talent pool of competitors in Europe is probably a little deeper, but part of that is because just about every top Euro freeskier competes, which can't be said about N. America's best big mountain riders.
Bookmarks