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 …
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The Winter Film Festival: How to Ski Tour the Haute Route
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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The Winter Film Festival: Mikaela Shiffrin
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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The Winter Film Festival: "Powderwhore"
Edgework: Today, the Winter Film Festival goes deep with a series of films, long and short, on powder skiing. Powder is to skiing what clay courts are to tennis–the purest expression of the sport (downhill competitors might disagree but…still…it’s pretty much the Holy Grail for most skiers). Several decades ago, a very good friend of …
The Winter Film Festival: Rossignol on Binding Position
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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The Winter Film Festival: Skiing The Bumps
Edgework: From out friends at Ski School, another very good video on how to ski bumps. Bumps can be either an absolutely disaster if you don’t have the right technique, or a lot of fun if you do. Some people dread skiing the bumps–they’re terrified because they don’t know how to handle them. Face it: …
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The Winter Film Festival: Giant Slalom Lessons from Rossignol
Edgework: A short, great video from ski company Rossignol on Giant Slalom(GS) racing and racing technique. Giant Slalom is the skiing event that splits the difference between the jarring, quick-turn discipline of slalom (be precise and be super-quick or you’re out) and the power-through-the-danger style of the downhill. Giant Slalom racing is a more fluid …
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The Winter Film Festival: "Few Words" featuring Candide Thovex
Edgework: Candide Thovex is a French alpinist, skier, and film maker. He is at home in the backcountry, dropping in off the top of a mountain, and, mostly, in the air, where he is constantly pushing the envelope of what’s possible in the combination of skier, snow, and mountain. This full-length film is titled “Few …
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The Winter Film Festival: The Eyes of Ted Ligety
Edgework: What does it take to do a downhill run? Lots of courage and technical perfection–along with enough strength to pull you of a difficult situation if something goes wrong. Here’s an intriguing piece from GoPro: a downhill run through the viewpoint of Ted Ligety, an American and one of the world’s very best skiers, …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 3-The Pivot
Edgework: Changing directions is one of the core essential skills in skiing. You have to change directions not just to go where you were you want to go, but to also to avoid going where you don’t want to to (like into a tree or another skier ). Also…a change of direction is a great …
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