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British plumber turned garage inventor and video maker Colin Furze takes his world record holding fastest mobility scooter out on the snow. Reaching 51 mph, Colin reckons it was easier to ride in snow though the steering wasn’t as responsive!

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Why wait for winter? Skiing without a snowflake in sight. French freeride ski pioneer Candide Thovex goes tree riding. (Yes it’s an Audi ad, but Thovex is to ski video films what Danny MacAskill is to trials biking having already scored two mega viral hits One of Those Days and its sequel).

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Xavier de la Rue rides the world’s gnarliest terrain. In Degrees North, the bar is once again raised. Xavier and Samuel Anthamatten use paramotors to access and ride incredible lines, never before ridden in the remote Atomfjiella region of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, halfway between continental Norway and the North Pole.

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It was a ridiculous idea from the start. Travel to the high arctic in pursuit of a single image a skier silhouetted against a solar eclipse. Lasting only two and a half minutes, the odds of having clear skies during the eclipse were low. Despite the odds being stacked against them, the Salomon Freeski TV team set out on a three week expedition to Svalbard, Norway encountering polar bears, abandoned Russian towns and even climate change. Persistence, preparation and a positive attitude guaranteed nothing as March 20, 2015, dawned.

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The annual dose of madness from pro skier Candide Thovax

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Brandon Semenuk's RAD COMPANY pushes the limits of freeride mountain biking and showcases the skills and passion that make him one of the most versatile and explosive riders on the planet. Brandon handpicked the crew of riders for this film who drive and inspire him in each discipline, ultimately creating some of the highest level of riding ever caught on camera. The film features an eclectic soundtrack that flows like your favorite mix tape, while seamlessly meshing all disciplines of mountain biking. NWD Films and Red Bull Media House have teamed up with some of the top cinematographers and digital effects artists to create an innovative style, while keeping true to the “all killer no filler” style of the New World Disorder.

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For those with 9 to 5 office jobs, the weekend is a source of freedom and balance. Office worker Karl Thompson and his friends head to Mexico to see how big an adventure they can squeeze into one weekend. 

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On September 29th 2014, Bjarne Salén lost his two best friends, top pro skiers JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson, in an avalanche on Monte San Lorenzo near the border of Chile and Argentina. A year on from the accident, he has created this film as a memorial to his friends using footage from their last years together skiing, working and having amazing adventures. Apogée (which means the highest point in something’s development) was a project conceived by Andreas and JP. Their idea was to travel to magnificent destinations and create beautiful ski movies to inspire others. Support their funds: andreasfransson.se and auclairfund.org

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Pro skier Cody Townsend and his crew face terrifying conditions amongst Canada’s biggest glaciers. Intense raw reactions reveal how personal this ski adventure becomes for everyone. Each team member internally struggles with risk vs reward in their ultimate pursuit of the steepest and best line of their lives. 

Follow professional mountain bikers Graham Agassiz, Matt Hunter, and Matty Miles on a mind-bending night ride through the moonscapes of Southern Utah to the Ewok forests of the Pacific Northwest. Unlike anything ever seen before in the world of mountain biking, Darklight features arrestingly beautiful landscapes and world class riding.

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Xavier de la Rue rides the world’s gnarliest terrain. In Degrees North, the bar is once again raised. Xavier and Samuel Anthamatten use paramotors to access and ride incredible lines, never before ridden in the remote Atomfjiella region of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, halfway between continental Norway and the North Pole.

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What if a bike had ice for wheels? British plumber turned garage inventor and video maker Colin Furze decided to find out...

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There are no ski areas on the peaks above the historic village of Shirakawa-go, but it’s surrounded by great skiing—as long as you’re willing to hike for it. Carston Oliver, Eliel Hindert, Pep Fujas and Makoto Takeishi take to the hills to discover the meaning of “Deep” in the Shirakawa backcountry. (This Sweetgrass Productions short is Episode Two in Patagonia’s Find Away series).

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Witness the joys and wonders of nature through the eyes of Snowflake, an eccentric Swiss skier with a life philosophy just as beautiful and perfectly unique as his namesake.

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"Backyards Project" is about the evolution of a man, Sam Favret. Child of the mountain and more specifically of Chamonix Mont-Blanc, Sam is a rising star of international freeski. Ten years of alpine skiing at the Chamonix sports club, seven years of Freestyle / Backcountry competitions and several years of shooting images all over the world. He instinctively traverses the mountains, it is his playground, his adventure and he reveals the secrets to us. Skiing a mountain never explored is like writing a new story. The quest for new sensations and his desire to do better, to set goals but also to go beyond his limits pushes him to approach in a different way the universe of the mountain. Surrounded by his friends and good people, Sam generously shares his evolution and his vision of skiing in recent years from freestyle, extreme slope to mountaineering.

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Whiteroom Productions | Big trouble in a tiny tent

Alex, Max and Raphael are three freeriders from Innsbruck, Austria, preparing for an ordinary freeride weekend in the mountains. As they were checking out their tent, a fantastic adventure suddenly takes its course. Together they experience a breathtaking roller coaster ride through a magical winter mountain world. It’s their enchanted tiny tent, that takes the three likeable heroes to places, they have never seen and skied before. Real soon they start enjoying the funny trip in their curious tent in anticipation of what they will experience next…

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Parked at the peak of Mount Buzludzha seems to be the resting skeleton of a U.F.O. This massive structure looming in the distance sits quietly, nearly forgotten, as the inside slowly deteriorates. Once a great monument commemorating Bulgaria’s freedom from Ottoman rule, and the birth place of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Today it is merely a beautiful structure abandoned by its government in an effort to forget their past, however, the people don’t let go so easily as above the main entrance reads “NEVER FORGET YOUR PAST” in bold red letters.

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Skiing as sport is in its infancy in China, a phenomenon of the country’s exploding middle class. As a means of survival however, it is thousands of years old, a stone age hunter-gatherer technology born in the Altai mountains where China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Siberia merge. On a vast trajectory that spans 11,000km of Northern China, Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots touch down into the rich past and dizzying future of these two respective Chinese ski cultures. As one rapidly expands, they find the other is at risk of disappearing.

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Any weary traveller is faced with a road that ultimately winds to an end. They must return home. In the series finale, after excursions through ski cultures across the globe, Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots return to the beginning of their journey, British Columbia. Embarking on a 3 week expedition, they boat, bushwack, ski, and packraft across the spine of the Coast mountains. From interior plateau, they ascend the rippling rivers of ice over the Homathko Icefield, and reach the lush, carpeted coastal inlets of the Pacific coast. What is the meaning of home? A cast of characters help them understand what that term truly means.

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Cautioned not to travel to Iran, Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots decide to go, regardless. They immediately find comfort in Tehran’s bustling bazaars, Isfahan’s dazzling mosques, and the powder filled slopes of the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges, topping 3000m. It is a culture not easily understood, but profoundly welcoming. As journalist Elaine Sciolino writes, “Iran can be dazzling, and light-filled, a reflection of its complexities; but it can also be cold, confusing, and impenetrable.” Yet they are reminded, as Pico Iyer writes, “to learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.”

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The only thing greater than this group of skier's desire to claim a first ski descent on Greenland's second highest peak, Mont Forel, is the size of their carbon footprint to get there. Loaded with guilt, they bring along renowned climate scientist, Alun Hubbard, to gather data to help determine how much the Greenland ice sheet is contributing to global sea level rise. The entire expedition is threatened, however, when they arrive in Greenland to record warm temperatures for the Arctic and discover their objective is beyond the range of all available aircraft.

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Jérémie is a freeride Skier, one of the best. He is widely regarded as the fastest freerider in the sport today. No one attacks a line quite like Jeremy. He has created a 'to do' list, of peaks he wants to ride. We follow Jérémie throughout the steep skiing season as he tries to achieve his goals. But most of these descents are 'extreme'. There is a very small group of skiers and snowboarders in the world who are now approaching these 'extreme' descents in a 'freeride' way. In this film he will ride with some of them and discover himself where the fine line between freeride and what is now considered 'extreme' lies.

Jérémie also has a deep appreciation for the history of the sport. In order to better himself as an athlete he seeks out the legends of the sport. The pioneers who opened some of these lines. There are only a few of these select skiers alive today who to whom he can turn to and ask advice when preparing his list. The film sees Jeremy seek out these legends in order to help him expand his knowledge of steep riding and deepen his appreciation of his sport and the legacy he is following. This film shows incredible freeriding and sees Jérémie question his approach to skiing and test his ability to finish the list.

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Acclaimed writer/director Ben Sturgulewski joins the award-winning team at Matchstick Productions and their two decades of filmmaking expertise to deliver “RUIN AND ROSE,” an epic creative vision brought to life by the talents of the world’s top skiers. Winter landscapes across the planet contrast seamlessly with a thoroughly-crafted story of environmental apocalypse, shot entirely within the otherworldly expanses of Africa’s Skeleton Coast. Unlike anything seen before, the dreamlike setting of this film sparks the imagination of not only action sports enthusiasts, but anyone with a beating heart.

Presented by Under Armour in spectacular 4K resolution, “RUIN AND ROSE” features veterans and newcomers alike, including Mark Abma, Sammy Carlson, Markus Eder, Zack Giffin, Sander Hadley, Russ Henshaw, Eric Hjorleifson, Lukas Joas, Sean Jordan, Bene Mayr, Evan McEachran, Michelle Parker, Ole Pavel, Tanner Rainville, Austin Ross, Fabio Studer, Cody Townsend, Noah Wallace, and others. “RUIN AND ROSE” was filmed on location in Alaska, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, France, Switzerland, and the deserts of Namibia.

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Arriving on Iceland's official first day of summer, journalist Pete Coombs and his small group of splitboarding friends hit the road, heading into the deep winter of Iceland’s far north, and the untouched Troll Peninsula.

Travelling through such a harsh landscape, Pete begins to question his reasons for being there. Why visit such a remote Arctic country, in search of fresh powder turns, when the same conditions could be found with far more easily much closer to home? Why risk so much: family, friends, possibly even his own life, for a simple adrenalin kick?

As Pete fights through a late April storm, skinning from sea to summit, will he manage to process his concerns?

Reaching the summit with aspirations of a much needed isolation, Pete escapes from the grind of urban life and is finally let free in the snows of Iceland.

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The Great Siberian Traverse documents a 6,000-mile ski journey through Russia, along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The documentary - created in collaboration with POWDER and Sherpas Cinema - showcases a fringe backcountry skiing community, deep Siberian powder, and skiing's ancient origins. Team skiers Ingrid Backstrom, Callum Pettit, and Nick Martini share their insights along the adventure.

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