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Still between snow and water, Helly Hansen ambassador and double freeride world champion Aurélien Ducroz took part 21-22 April in the second edition of the “Adrenaline Challenge” during which L’Equipe TV gathered 27 of the best riders (men and women) for 3 days of extreme events in 3 different universes: Snow, Water and Earth, between the Annecy Lake and La Clusaz. Aurélien is the winner of the Derby and gets robbed of victory for the boardercross by Jean-Pierre Vidal! With a first place in paddleboard Aurélien’s team made up of Seb Michaud, Julien Lopez, and Sarah Hebert finished fourth overall. ...

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Helly Hansen are proud to announce our very own bike race just outside Oslo city centre. Maybe the only bike race you can do with access from the subway. We’re setting this up with the foundation Right to Play (www.rtp.com) , Frikransen (bike club) and Specialized bikes. You can choose between two distances; 21 km and 42 km.

Go to www.holmenkollensykkel.no for more information.

Hundreds of fashionistas, product designers, writers, and hard-charging athletes descended on Aspen, CO this week for the annual fashion showcase known as Aspen Fashion Week. Helly Hansen protects and enables Aspen's 3400 mountain professionals, who work day and night to keep Aspen's renowned terrain fun and safe for the passionate skiers who visit each season. But chatter around town was also on how many Helly Hansen fashionistas were found throughout the ski resorts' slopes, daily apres-ski events, and after-hours rock shows. Tuesday's fashion show showcased Helly Hansen's 2012 Scandinavian-inspired collection and its dedication to building fashion forward performance ...

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Exclusive opportunity to get up close and personal with renowned polar guide.November 4th 2011– Doors open 6pm Polar Guide and seasoned adventurer, Inge Solheim, will be bringing an authentic taste of the Arctic to Manchester on November 4th, for one night only. Fresh from his recent high-profile expedition leading HRH Prince Harry and a group of wounded ex-servicemen on a punishing journey to the North Pole, Inge Solheim, will be visiting the Helly Hansen Arndale store in Manchester for an unforgettable evening, enabling members of the public to experience life as an adventurer, whilst taking advantage of a massive 30% ...

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Following their successful attempt at man-hauling unsupported to the North Pole, the team is hosting a presentation in the historic Ondaatje Theatre at the Royal Geographical Society (1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR – please enter through the Exhibition Road entrance) in aid of Walking with the Wounded on Tuesday 5th July 2011 -7pm-8.30pm The team will describe their selection, preparation, medical challenges and the expedition itself, showing the equipment they used, with videos and photographs taken during their journey. The presentation will start at 7.00pm with doors opening at 6.00pm, and will finish at 8.30pm. There will be a ...

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Squaw Valley USA is hosting the second annual nation-wide Helly Hansen Professional Ski Patrol Olympics April 26 through April 28, 2011. Ski Patrollers from all over North America and Canada will be competing for glory and $10,000 in cash and other prizes such as avalanche probes, backpacks compliments of Helly Hansen, Alpine Traverse, Recco and BCA. Competitions will include a randonée race, beacon competition, GS race, sled race, bamboo throw and simulated bomb throw. All competitions will be visible from the Cornice II snow lounge and BBQ area where spectators can partake in the excitement and suspense. New this year, ...

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Helly Hansen ambassador Inge Solheim will as expedition leader and polar guide take a team of 4 wounded british servicemen and the two founders of "Walking with the wounded" on a 200 mile long expedition to the north pole for the next 4 to 5 weeks. In addition to reaching the north pole unaided, the goal of this expedition is to raise 3 million dollars for rehabilitation courses that help the UK’s wounded soldiers find rewarding jobs in the civilian world. After months of training and preparation, Monday april 4th at 18:00 marks the start of the expedition as the ...

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29th March – 5th April Prince Harry will join a team of wounded military servicemen at the start of their expedition to trek unaided to the Geographic North Pole. The Prince - Patron of the charity Walking with the Wounded - will join the group at their base camp in Longyearbyen, north Norway on 29th March, where he will undertake three days of training with the team. The Prince will then trek with the team for five days as they commence their expedition high above the Arctic Circle. Prince Harry will depart the ice on 5th April, to return to ...

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Helly Hansen’s fourth-annual Battle in the Bowls brought a massive crowd to Aspen/Snowmass as locals and competitors turned up to battle it out on Aspen Highlands’s abundant expert terrain and steep bowls.Aspen Highlands ski patrollers Dan Goddard and Jules Campbell beat out 144 other competitors to take first on the big-mountain course that challenged two-person teams to ski, hike and navigate the Aspen Highlands’ vast terrain. “I’ve always said this is the best event in the Roaring Fork Valley,” said Goddard. Highland Patrol won with a time of 3:21:59, winning $2,000 worth of Helly gear, prizes from sponsors Thule, Powder ...

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Team Blank’s Owen Packard and John Lang scored first place at Smugglers’ Notch Resort’s Big Mountain Battle, conquering the resort’s fast, unforgiving terrain. The pair sprinted past second-place finishers, Team Shumway Shumhow’s Blade Shumway and Hugh Johnson, who stumbled in the last dozen yards, to win the battle with a time of 2:21:51. Shumway Shunhow finished at 2:21:59.“The finish was absolutely incredible. The two teams charged in within seconds of each other,” said Marc Campbell, the organizer behind Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle series. “It looked like Team Shumway Shumhow had the victory sealed up until Team Blank came flying ...

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3 Peter 4 Matt’s Matt Kuharic and Peter Westman scored first place at Stevens Pass’ Big Mountain Battle for the third year in a row despite aggressive rivalry from local competition. The pair dominated over the other 108 competitors at Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle at the Washington resort.Kuharic and Westman took first place in the Advanced Open Class with a time of 1:23:03, winning $2,000 worth of Helly gear, prizes from sponsors Thule, Powder and Dakine and free entry to the final Battle in the Bowls in Aspen/Snowmass on March 27.Hot Lava’s Ian Wood & Ryan Waste placed second ...

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Team The Bebies’ Derick Trottier and Gabrielle Labbe scored first place at Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s Big Mountain Battle, becoming the first pair of snowboarders to ever win a Big Mountain Battle. The pair dominated over the other 78 competitors at Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle on Revelstoke’s powdery slopes.Trottier and Labbe took first place in the Advanced Open Class with a time of 2:40:48, winning $2,000 worth of Helly gear, prizes from sponsors Thule, Powder and Dakine and free entry to the final Battle in the Bowls in Aspen/Snowmass on March 27.Young Gunz’ Dominic Unterberger and Shep Howatt placed second ...

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Last weekend 98 competitors showed up to compete in Helly Hansen's Big Mountain Battle on Keystone Ski Resort's freshly powdered slopes. Team Sop til you Mop's Drew Burgess and Brian Dye won the Advanced Open Class with a time of 2:17:37, winning $2,000 worth of Helly gear, prizes from sponsors Thule, Powder and Dakine and free entry to the final Battle in the Bowls in Aspen/Snowmass on March 27. Team Cabin Fever;'s Matthew Boumphrey and Rhys Williams placed second with a time of 2:19:42 while Monsters o' Whoopi‘s Christopher Hinkley & Max Stanley took third place with a time of ...

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Our ice store at the ski world championship 2011 in Oslo is getting there. It is built using 130 blocks of ice with an average weight of 130kg, almost 17 ton of ice. Measuring 3 meters with walls 50cm thick, it will be massive!

If you are in town the coming weeks, don't miss it if you pass by Nordic Park

Did we mention that we have products frozen into the ice as well...

More than 200 competitors showed up to compete in Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battles at Park City Mountain Resort and Fernie Alpine Resort on Saturday, Feb. 12.In Utah, Surefoot Deer Valley’s Thomas Nutting and David Wintzer took first place in the Advanced Open Class with a time of 1:47:35, winning $2,000 worth of Helly gear, prizes from sponsors Thule, Powder and Dakine and free entry to the final Battle in the Bowls in Aspen/Snowmass on March 27. Prizes were also awarded to top finishers in the Intermediate Open Class category, Advanced (12 and under) category and Intermediate (12 and under ...

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Skiers Keith Christen and Michael Wagener Defend Their Title at Taos Ski Valley Resort’s Second Annual Helly Hansen Big Mountain Battle. Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle brought a strong crowd to Taos Ski Valley Resort to battle it out on New Mexico’s premiere ski resort’s steep slopes despite a city-wide natural gas outage that left locals without heat for more than four days. Team Rampinnnggg’s Keith Christen and Michael Wagener took first place, for the second year in the row, with a time of 1:21:33, securing themselves $2,000 worth of Helly gear, prizes from sponsors Thule, Powder and Dakine and ...

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Helly Hansen announced today that its wildly successful three-year-old Big Mountain Battle Powered By Flaik series is now open for registration. The series is a fan favorite among local skiers across North America and boasts two new stops, Park City Mountain Resort and Keystone Ski Resort, making the 2011 series a nine-stop roster. For the third year in a row, Flaik will provide real-time stats on each team with its GPS tracking device. The unit will transmit location, speed and altitude information every few seconds to race officials.Each Big Mountain Battle challenges teams of two to ski and snowboard a ...

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