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Edgework: After the sheer intensity of the Hahnenkamm and the Haute Route, it’s time for some relaxing…cliff drops and deep powder skiing. Another great full-length film by Matchstick Productions and MSP Films, starring Mark Abman, Sean Pettit, and Ingrid Backstrom, this video was released just two months ago and covers a record year in powder …
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Edgework: The elephant in the room for downhill racers is always Kitzbuhel and the famous Hanenkamm downhill course. Some will say it’s exhilerating; all will say it’s scary. This video, produced by FIS and Jalbert Productions, provides some history of the race along with commentary from downhiller’s who’ve run the course. It’s sobering and intense …
Edgework: A short piece from CBS news on the famous Kitzbühel downhill, the legendary, ice-coated course that has wiped out the best downhillers in history. Skiing this course in competition makes you a part of a very exclusive club; winning the race makes you a legend. Enjoy. See you at the bottom. Our annual Winter …
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Edgework: We got deep into the Haute Route this year and have two more videos on this classic ski mountaineering adventure. The Haute Route is part skiing trip/part winter mountaineering. Either way, it’s a classic. This particular video, approximately 10 minutes long, provide an up close and personal look at the route that starts in …
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Edgework: One of the great adventures of skiing is the “Haute Route”, or “high route” across the French and Swiss Alps from Chamonix to Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn. You can ski it (actually ski tour it) or you can hike; there are guides in Chamonix who will take you every exhausting step of the …
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Edgework: How about a morning wake up run? Try this short video on for size. It’s called “Cliffed Out” and features Owen Leeper. The video was produced/sponsored/supported by Spyder, Bolle’, Icelantic, BOLD Custom Ski Poles, and SnowCru (a free ski tracking for iOS and Android). It was shot and produced in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and …
Edgework: She is the real thing. Mikaela Shiffrin, not yet even 21 years old (Born March 25, 1995), is leading the FIS World Cup Ski Racing championships. Mikaela is a slalom/giant slalom specialist, and at one point in the 2016-2017 season, she had won seven straight slalom races. Currently, she is ranked number 1 Overall …
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Edgework: There once was a skiing magazine called Edgework. The staff of The Nightshift produced it and when we decided to do something digital on skiing, we brought the name back. It was not like any other skiing magazine because it covered territory that other magazines did not, with an attitude that other skiing magazines …
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Edgework: A short but good on essential knowledge for skiers: where to place the binding on your ski. This one is produced with the emphasis on freestyle skiing. It’s information you should know before you put a new set of bindings on your new skis (or your old ones for that matter). The video is …
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Edgework: It’s not the Winter Film Festival without a film from Warren Miller (or to be more specific, Warren Miller Entertainment). Today’s treat–the full length feature “Live Like There’s No Tomorrow”–has all of the highlights we’ve come to expect from a Warren Miller film. Terrific camerawork. amazing skiing, big air, exotic locations, laconic athletes who …
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