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THE STEEP SKIING OF TOMORROW
This article was featured in Kiss The Snow magazine (spanish) The evolution in any sport has been since long ago a search for the most, the fastest, the most difficult, the highest, the farthest… and extreme skiing has not escaped from this either. Alpine skiing is the conjecture of 2 activities, skiing where from long ago speed…
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This article was featured in Kiss The Snow magazine (spanish) In the past articles, I have analyzed skiing from its steepest angle. For those of us who like ski-mountaineering and who look at it with eyes that have seen more ski-ropes than ski-doors, when we think of skiing we think of this sliding on steep faces. But…
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This article was featured in Kiss The Snow magazine (spanish) I remember that cover like it was yesterday. A skier with his legs open like an Olympic gymnast to keep both skis in contact with the snow such was the slope. I was just a teenager who spent the long, boring winter afternoons looking for the warmth…
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This article was featured in Kiss The Snow magazine (spanish) 4 pairs of skis, leather boots and fifty degrees. “Not the height but the precipice is terrible,” said Frederich Nietzsche. Some people undoubtedly find pleasure in the terrible, and even make it a necessity to live. You can practice more or less absurd activities to look for…
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penteraide.com (fr)
Volopress (fr)
Wildsnow (eng)
Skiers:
- Pierre Tardivel
- Vivian Bruchez
- L’equipe du Lundi ( Laurent Dupré, Roch Malnuit, Herve Sanglard, Lionel…)
- Davide Capozzi
- Luca Rolli
- Sebastien Sainte Marie
- Paul Bonhomme
- Tony Lamiche
- Alex Pittin
- Tom Grant
- Ben Briggs
- Herve Degonon
- Luca Dallavalle
- Omar Oprandi
- Luca Zanotti
- Francesco Devigili
- Francesco Tremolada
- Francesco Vascellari
- Loris de Barba
- Gérard Chantriaux
- Luca Pandolfi
- Andrzej Bargiel
- Diego Fiorito
- Giorgio Bavastrello
- Andras Fransson
- Jean Noel Urban
- Andy Dorais
- Steve Romeo
- Jeremy Jandody
- Ryan Bougie
- Chris Davenport
- Mika Merikanto
- Dima Sheetov
- Marco Siffredi
- Bertrand Delapierre
- Eneko Pou
- Davo Karnicar
- André Anzévui
- Anselme Baud
- Stefano de Benedetti
- Michel de Bernardy
- Jacky Bessat
- Jean-Marc Boivin
- Jean-Pierre Bonfort
- Serge Cachat Rosset
- Alain Charbonnier
- Daniel Chauchefoin
- Patrick Gabarrou
- Heini Holzer
- Rémy Lécluse
- Éric Monier
- Dominique Neuenschwander
- Richard Permin
- Sylvain Saudan
- Volodia Shahshahani
- Toni Valeruz
- Patrick Vallençant
- Jérémie Heitz
- Stephen Koch
- Lou Dawson
- Andrew McLean
- Alex Lowe
- Hans Saari
- Daniel Mestrallet
- Ola Hovdenak
- Dédé Rhem
- Jérome Ruby
- Eric Bellin
- Hans Kammerlander
- Bruno Gouvy
- Chris Landry
- Bill Briggs