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We are proud to be bringing you a 3 part update from Helly Hansen ambassador Samson Danniels and his qwest for X-Games Gold in Mono X. Over the next few days look for his account of training, qualifying and everything surrounding this year's Winter X-Games: Part 1: I’ve been in Aspen for three days. The gruesome travel day to get here involved three hours of driving, four airports, three flights with heavy turbulence and a border crossing without a passport. When my support man and I finally got into Aspen we sampled a great meal and a well deserved cold ...

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Snatch Goblins’ Max Stanley and Chris Hinkley scored first place at Keystone Ski Resort’s Big Mountain Battle by a mere two seconds.The pair crossed the finish line at 2:26:02 hours, barely beating out Sergeant Hulka’s Brian Andzejewicz and Phil Tuttle who took second place with a time of 2:26:04. Gnar Gnar’s Eric Lundeen and Cliff Rosell nailed third place with a time of 2:35:34.Team Snatch Goblins won $2,000 worth of Helly Hansen gear and free entry to the final Battle in the Bowls in Aspen/Snowmass on March 27.Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle is a unique event that challenges two-person teams ...

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Helly Hansen wants to congratulate our ambassador Jackie Paaso on her huge win at the Chamonix stop of the Freeride World Tour. Here is her recap of the event and be sure to check out the video of her line! About a week ago I had arrived in Chamonix, France for the second stop of the Freeride World Tour. I was coming off a disapointing finish at the first stop in Revelstoke and was hoping to redeem myself. On arrival day we were informed that there would be some weather days. I was hoping that would mean a ...

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We just received an update from Helly Hansen Ambassador and Freeride World Tour competitor Jackie Paaso: I arrived in Revelstoke, B.C. after a few days on the road up from snowless Lake Tahoe. Reine Barkered and I first stopped off in Bellingham, WA to meet up with Grant Gunderson from the Ski Journal to hopefully get some shooting in. Unfortunately we didn't arrive there until New Years Eve. We had missed the good snow at Mt. Baker by a few hours. The group still headed out on New Years day hoping the forecast was going to be wrong and that ...

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Helly Hansen is very proud to work with H2O Guides in Valdez, Alaska and we have partnered up with them to give away 3 days of guided heli skiing with Dean Cummings! This is a trip of a lifetime to access the goods that H2O has at their disposal: 2,000,000 acres of big mountain terrain in the Chugach Range.What’s included in the prize package:- Ground transportation to and from hotel- 5 nights hotel stay and meals (breakfast, lunch and 2 dinners)- 3-days guided Big Mountain heli-skiing with Dean CummingsPackage Details:- Six runs a day, an average of 20,000 vertical feet, ...

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Here is the last update from Joel Bettner on the road shortly after completing his final Northwest Volcano, Mt. Hood. Stay tuned for a video compilation with great footage from the trips as Joel has been compiling a massive amount of video on each trip. I was born in the shadow of Mount Hood. Although I didn't grow up in Oregon I distinctly remember seeing Mount Hood on various trips as a child because my parents were very fond of the area. Even in my earliest memories of the mountain I have been awed by it. To finally stand on ...

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Joel Bettner updates us from the road with an attempt at Mt. Shuksan and a solo ascent and descent of Mt. Adams to further his Northwest volcanic quest: Monday, June 6th to Friday June 9th, 2011 - After skiing St. Helens the forecast showed some promise for the Northern Cascades. I drove up to the Bellingham area and spent the next few days waiting for the weather to actually break. During the day of most promising weather Josh, Sam, Allen, Brendan and I made an attempt at Shuksan. After a 2 AM wake-up, we hit the trail at 4 AM. ...

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We received another update from Joel Bettner on his excursion of the Pacific Northwest: Wednesday, May 25th to Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 - After getting great weather on Rainier, a week long low pressure system rolled into the PNW and kept me off of the high peaks. Normally, in Colorado, I would be in the mountains skiing during storms. However, on the high peaks of the PNW it is much more important to have clear visibility due to glacier travel and the need to avoid crevasses or other hazards. I went up to check out conditions a few times, but ...

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We received another great update from Helly ambassador Joel Bettner while he continues to check off Volcanoes in the Northwest. The latest update is from Mt. Rainier, the most prominent mountain in the continental United States and the opportunity for Joel and his crew to ski descend a very rare (and dangerous) line through the Nisqually Ice Cliff:The Nisqually Ice Cliff on Mount Rainier has only been skied by one or possibly two parties in the past. This ski line is very rare because during most years there is not enough snow to bridge a large wall of rock and ...

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Helly Hansen amassador Joel Bettner is taking a break from the huge snow year that Colorado has seen and is up in the Pacific Northwest. The trip to the Northwest is to ski mountaineer and summit iconic volcanoes of the region and then make a ski descent of the mountains, something he has wanted to conquer for a long time. His first summit of the trip was Mt. Baker, Washington and here is the trip report he sent over:Thursday, May 12th, 2011 - Earlier in the week the weather forecast called for rain and storms in the Cascades, so Thursday ...

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Our good friends at Bre og Fjell delivers the guiding services for the annual Fri Flyt High Camp at Turtagrø in Hurrungane. We went up to visit the event which draws about 500 people every year in spectacular surroundings in the area that many considers the birthplace of mountaineering in Norway. Personally I’ve been in the area a couple of times before and therefore done most of the usual classics that are part of the camp. Therefore we decided to do the touring by ourselves, but with input from the Bre og Fjell guides. There are several projects that we ...

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The spring skiing season in Norway is starting to decline due to a lack of snow in the lower parts.Despite of thiswe still got to experience some beautiful touring with our good friends at Bre og Fjell when they hosted the annual Rosendal Skifestival. Rosendal is situated in the western parts of Norway, 1,5 hours by boat from Bergen. With a base at the spectacularly beautiful Rosendal Turisthotell, together with Bre og Fjell and approximately 40 other fellow skiers, we had an amazing framework for skitouring. On our way over the mountains from Oslo a couple of us decided to ...

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Here is an e-mail that we recevied from Dean Cummings (Owner of H2O Heli Guides - a Helly Hansen guiding partner) about his latest accomplishment that we wanted to share:I am super proud to announce that after looking at descending the Dragon's Back down Meteorite Mountain since 1991, I finally got the first descent of the direct spine This mountain was struck by a Meteorite in 1927 and created this ramp that is 50 degrees sustained for 2800 vertical feet, It's like it was cut with laser, check out the link regarding the story of the actual Meteorite striking the ...

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After winning the 6th and last leg of the FWT in Verbier on Sunday 20th of March, Aurelien Ducroz wins the championship title for the second time since 2009. On the legendary Bec des Roses in Verbier Switzerland, Aurelien produced the most beautiful run of the day, fast and full of well executed jumps.

Don't miss the video of Aurelien's magnificent winning run here: http://www.youtube.com/user/FreerideWorldTourTV?blend=2&ob=1#p/

Congratulations Aurelien!

Helly Hansen rider Auréline Ducroz second place at FWT event in Sochi (Russia) last weekend takes him to the second place in the Overall Ranking. The fourth stage of Freeride World Tour came to a positive end for Helly Hansen team rider Aurélien Ducroz, who won a podium position. Due to the missing baggage conundrum of Day 1 where skiers competed in oversized rental boots and borrowed clothing, Day 1 results were nullified and Day 2's results are being used as the final results. With the lads back on their own equipment and competing in perfect conditions, the riders put ...

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(Lake Wanaka, New Zealand – August 15, 2009) –The North Face Big Mountain Finals at The Volkl NZ Freeski Open came to a spectacular close at The Remarkables Ski Area today with New Zealand Freeride skiers Geoff Small and Janina Kuzma crowned champions once again. Small, of Wanaka, has now claimed his eighth title since 1996, while Kuzma, also of Wanaka made it her fifth straight victory. Small wooed the judges as he put down the run of the day with his signature style of skiing. Calculated line choice and huge airs off massive cliff drops gave Small a score ...

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Neverland is a state of mind, a mountain pushed up from the ground by imagination. Anyone can go but most people have trouble with the simple directions: Follow your dreams. This winter Absinthe dropped down the rabbit hole to explore this elusive place and brought back some mind bending tales and a pocketful of surprises. Travis Rice, Dan Brisse, Bode Merrill, Nicolas Müller, Sylvain Bourbousson, JP Solberg, Romain deMarchi, DCP, Marc Frank Montoya, Annie Boulanger, Marie-France Roy, Jules Reymond, Wille Yli-Luoma, Cale Zima, Phil Damianakes, Wolfgang Nyvelt, Kevin Pearce, Eero Ettala, Gigi Rüf and the rest of the Lost Boys ...

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WELCHES, Oregon (July 13, 2009) – The difference between action sport films is often just music, locations and athletes where the edit formula is the same. Skiing is about more than the latest tricks and best action from the previous season. The new motion picture film from Nimbus, “Contrast”, takes a different approach to both documenting and editing a ski film by examining the difference between objects, people, concepts, color, and the skiing of Pep Fujas, Andy Mahre, Chris Benchetler, Blake Nyman and Eric Pollard.“Contrast” is a two-disc DVD set that includes the “Hunting Yeti” and “En Route” video series. ...

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MSP Films presents, “IN DEEP: The Skiing Experience”CRESTED BUTTE, Colorado (June 29, 2009) – MSP Films’ new release, “IN DEEP: The Skiing Experience,” debuts on September 19th in Boulder, CO at the Boulder Theater. The teaser is live and the film is now available for pre-order at www.skimovie.com <http://www.skimovie.com/> . The first 1000 pre-orders will get $5.00 off the regular DVD price, and every US order comes with a free one-year subscription to Powder Magazine. The 2009 season gave MSP the opportunity to take an original look at the sport of skiing. “The format of the film is going to ...

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