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WELCHES, Oregon (February 15, 2008) - Where IDEA left off, the new webisode series of "Hunting Yeti" begins. The short films feature the sliding abilities of Pep Fujas, Eric Pollard, Chris Benchetler, Andy Mahre, and friends. Witness all the action as the Nimbus Independent crew begins the season at Mt. Hood and finishes up at North Cascade Heli-Skiing during the epic snows in January. Nimbus, along with Rip.Tv and its partners, is building a new model for filmmaking and what it means for audiences, athletes and sponsors through online distribution. "Hunting Yeti", presented by K2 Skis, is now streaming using ...

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The concept of the "Red Bull Tribal Quest" is easy: Eight teams, consisting of one photografer, one Snowboarder and one Freeskier meet in the swiss village Nendaz (quatre Vallees) to produce the best possible photo in the categories: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? (Ski&Snb). Each Team has four days, before all participants judges the pics of the other Teams and the after party... The whole concept itsself is not to far away from our normal shooting-days. But usually shooting doesn't have to do anything with competition. But all teams had the same conditions and throughout ...

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Three versions of the first "Hunting Yeti" webisode are available for viewing. Streamed versions on the partner sites consist of two segments at 13 and 10 minutes in duration with a third full-length 28-minute version for computer and iPod viewing available for download off of the producer's page at www.rip.tv/nimbusindependent.

In order to race for victory you need more than the best sailors and the best shore crew. There is a say that it is all in the details, and in a VOR team that the reality. Thousands of hours are put into optimizing the different parts. Here come a handful of these details: Rig On Ericsson's boats the side stays, which hold the mast in place and carries the sail, is made of carbon fiber. They are manufactured by Southern Composite Rigging. Steve Wilson from Southern Spars is the principal Rig designer. "The compressive load on the mast and ...

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From the blog of Anders Lewander, skipper of the Nordic ERT boat: After two week's of sailing and a Name Giving Ceremony of Ericsson 3 in Barcelona we are now back on Lanzarote. We have covered more than 2600 nautical miles and been through a great reality check with teams, gear and boats. On the way back from Barcelona we sailed with the Nordic Crew on Ericsson 2 and the International Crew on Ericsson 3. It's been very stimulating weeks, to further develop the opportunities of this project on the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. We have had ...

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WELCHES, Oregon (January 17, 2008) - Nimbus Independent, a new ski film production company driven by Eric Pollard, Pep Fujas, Andy Marhe, and Chris Benchetler released its critically-acclaimed debut film "IDEA" in September 2007. In 2008, Nimbus intends to reach a much broader audience with the release of five short-film webisodes through Rip.Tv that showcase an innovative and creative viewpoint on skiing and film making, followed by a feature film release of "Hunting Yeti" presented by K2 Skis. "Hunting Yeti" takes skiers on a global tour as seen through the eyes of the athletes. Unique to Nimbus Independent, the riders ...

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The concept of the "Red Bull Tribal Quest" is easy: Eight teams, consisting of one photographer, one Snowboarder and one Freeskier meet in the swiss village Nendaz (quatre Vallees) to produce the best possible photo in the categories: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? (Ski&Snb). Each Team has four days, before all participants judges the pics of the other Teams and the after party... The whole concept itself is not to far away from our normal shooting-days. But usually shooting doesn't have to do anything with competition. But all teams had the same conditions and throughout ...

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"From ERT weather man Chris Bedford. Until recently, "liquid lead" sunscreen protection has been the go here in Lanzarote. But over the last few days, the sun has been well hidden by thick cloud cover. This even prevented our ability to enjoy the Lunar Eclipse which would have been visible in the early hours of Thursday morning - a real pity. All this cloud is due to a trough in the upper atmosphere which has done a nice job of hooking up with a very wet sub-tropical jet stream. This jet stream is bringing heaps of moisture northeast from the ...

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The Collective, producers of Roam and The Collective have launched a new website and trailer in support of their latest mountain bike film, Seasons. The website is at www.thecollectivefilm.com and includes the trailer, rider videos, photo galleries, and more information about the film and its sponsors. Seasons is a film that follows seven of the world's top mountain bikers through the course of four seasons of one year. The film explores what it means to be a full time rider as told through the lives of downhill racers, slopestyle competitors, and big mountain freeriders. The main riders in the ...

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On Feburary 2nd Ashley, placed first at the oldest and largest freeskiing event held in the US, The US Freeskiing Open at Copper Mountain, CO. On Feburary23rd she again placed first at the largest freeskiing event held in Japan, The Nippon Freeskiing Open. Both competitions bring the best skiers from around the world to the US and Japan. In the US Open Ashley stomped all her big air jumps and totally slayed the rails. The Nippon Open held at Joetsu Kokusai Resort in Japan saw few girls hitting the big side of the jumps exclusively used by the guys. Ashley ...

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