Articles by Faction
We find this hard to watch over here in sunny, green Europe, but Shane Carmichael and Ryan Oakden have been skiing even more powder in BC.
April Powder from shane carmichael on Vimeo.
Check out this season round up edit from Frederick Iliano:
Frederick Iliano /promo 2011 from Frederick Iliano on Vimeo.
Frederick Iliano /promo 2011 from Frederick Iliano on Vimeo.
Arnaud Rougier, made the sensible decision this winter to head to Canada after realising that here in Europe we weren’t going to get any. Here is the third part of his trip, as written up for Skipass:
Quelques semaines auparavant nous vous avions fait vivre le quotidien du Road Trip en Colombie...
The European Championships of the Jib Academy were held in Finland, with the winner getting to take a trip to the over all finals in Mammoth. Faction dominated the finals, with Frederick Iliano, taking 3rd after an amazing competitive winter. New edition to the Faction team Markus Elvebakken...
PC Fosse, was hitting the big kicker at JOI with style, qualifying in 11th place for the finals. The overall title went to Elias Ambuhl, who laid down three triples in finals to take the title, including a triple cork 1440 mute.
PC Fosse at JOI - photo: Courtesy of Newschoolers.com
Faction is demoing next year’s skis in Whistler up at the Roundhouse from 9am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday. Come and try out the new boards. Shane Carmicheal, Ryan Oakden and Jonas Delogne are some of the athletes who stopped by today.
Check out this awesome edit from Etienne Merel’s team at Urban Plagne, that got them third place. Those of you in North America, take note of how terrible the conditions have got here in Europe. Although it didn’t stop these guys:
Team Lastage – Naturen – 3e – UrbanPlagne 2011
Drew Petersen, has been killing it all season on the Junior Freeskiing tour, here is his blog from the Finals, where he placed a phenomenal 2nd overall:
2nd Place Overall in the Junior Freeskiing Tour
Thanks to Billy Swan for this photo of me sending the Flying Squirrel air on North Baldy.
The...
This is a little late, but back in February – as there is certainly no powder now, Cyril and friends went to Italy in search of the deep stuff, check out the edit from the day:
2nd episode: // Italian Powder from freeski friends on Vimeo.
You can check the write up from the day and some images...
Here is Luke Nelson’s first ever GoPro edit, skiing powder in the Rockies, check it out:
Andy Matthew, started off on the road to a great season, but with some unfortunate injuries that were more horrific than he is willing to let on, he is back on his skis and focused for next winter. Here, in his own words, are the highs and lows of the 2011/12 season, and a short edit of him...
Original Article from Summit Daily:
Jason Anthony, of Team Summit, dreamed up an idea last weekend to add money to the Leif Borgeson Memorial Fund ? the beneficiary of Wednesday’s 22nd Annual Enduro race at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.
That idea is to solicit sponsorships for the Borgeson boys ...
Check out this latest video from Shane, still enjoying snow in Canada:
April 7th was blue, so a huge crew of us headed out to Garibaldi Mountain, towering above Squamish. Matty, Dom, kye, and Cheddar got gnar on Dalton’s dome while me and Robbie enjoyed the mellow north face of Atwell.
-Shane...
Last weekend in Silverstar, Faction rider, Simon D’Artois, took out the title for Showdown THrowdown Hoedown. The event is run over two days with competitors having two runs on the first day through the course, two runs through the second and then the top five go into a shoot out. Simon shot...
Here is a video from Sam Cohen, and words below are from Derek Taylor, Powder Magazine Editor, giving Sammo some well deserved props. Judge for yourselves:
Sam Cohen has been a fixture at Alta since he was born, and has always shown a fervor for skiing. After battling through knee injuries, he...
Faction rider, Frederick Iliano has been killing it on the comp scene this year and there are no signs of him stopping. Fredy was 3rd at the Swiss Championships in Hoch Ybrig, which placed him 2nd overall in the Swisscom Freeski Tour for 2011. Check out the footage from the Swiss Championships...
Here is an edit from PC shredding the little resort of Varingskillen, in Norway with Elvis Eidsvold:
Varingskollen Shred from PC Fosse on Vimeo.
Last week, Henry Barrett, Dylan Zoratti, and myself, Luke Nelson set out on a mission to the Crowsnest Pass to ski out of Coulthard Cave.
1946 Plane Wreck
Coulthard Cave: Crowsnest Pass
We headed up to the staging area where Dylan towed Henry and I to the base of the slope where the cave is...
Here is the latest update from Drew Petersen, from his blog, click HERE for the original.
Last week I was skiing in Kirkwood, California for the North American Junior Freeskiing Championships. It was the fourth stop on the IFSA Junior Freeskiing Tour.
I arrived there with my team, Team Summit on...
The Dubsatch Collective, that includes Faction rider, Sam Cohen, set out on a sunrise mission to ski some lines and ended up doing exactly that and much more. Check it out:
A Day with DubSatch from DubSatch Collective on Vimeo.