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Inferno Ski Race POV

Inferno Ski Race POV

The Inferno Race is the longest downhill ski race in the world. Skier Leonhard Rombach takes us on a first-person ride down the Alpine slopes in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Along the course, skiers hit speeds nearing 100 km/h and are tasked with a brief, blood-pumping uphill climb about 2/3rds of the way through the race.

Pulling off the World’s Longest Ski Jump

Pulling off the World’s Longest Ski Jump

Intent on breaking the world record for the longest ski jump, Ryōyū Kobayashi and his team realized there was no ski jump long enough to make it happen. So they flew to Iceland and carved a massive ramp into a snowy mountain, enabling the Olympic medallist and FIS World Cup Champion to fly 291 m (954.7 ft) and stay airborne for 10 seconds.

Skiing an Impossible Loop

Skiing an Impossible Loop

In 2016, freeskier Jesper Tjäder performed a crazy stunt: He skied a rail grind through a loop-de-loop. Now, he’s back to attempt a similar stunt. This time, the top of the loop is missing, so he has to jump from one side of the loop to the other while upside-down. Here’s a different perspective of the trick, captured from beneath the loop.

The Unseen Ski Cameraman

The Unseen Ski Cameraman

Some skiers shoot first-person video using action cameras, but for a third-person view, you need a camera operator on skis. Alexander Rydén is a professional action sports photographer who follows his subjects down the slopes at speeds up to 117 km/h. In this video, he talks about some of the gimbals and rigs he uses to capture the perfect shot.

Rolling Soccer Balls Down a Ski Jump

Rolling Soccer Balls Down a Ski Jump

The guys from How Ridiculous are always looking for new ways to entertain us with stupid stunts. This time, their antics aren’t quite as destructive as sticking stuff into a giant blender. Instead, they headed to a ski jump at the Utah Olympic Park and turned it into an impromptu soccer field with a goal at the bottom. How many balls can one goalie keep out?

Riding a Bike Down a Ski Slope

Riding a Bike Down a Ski Slope

Athlete Fabio Wibmer headed to the slopes of Kitzbühel, Austria, to take in some winter sports. But his high-speed ride down the challenging course known as The Streif was on two wheels instead of skis. Beyond his brass balls and cycling skills, his only advantage was the studded tires on his bike and a SICK! outfit from Nineyard.

World’s Longest 8-Person Chairlift

World’s Longest 8-Person Chairlift

Start practicing your Rockettes style high kicks, skiers. For the 2024-25 snow season, Montana’s Big Sky Resort is building what will become the world’s longest ski lift with seating for eight people in a single row. It’ll have tush-warming seats and will be faster, too, cutting ride time by 30% and doubling uphill capacity.

RECCO Backpack Rescue Reflector

RECCO Backpack Rescue Reflector

RECCO created a technology that helps rescuers find you in the event of an emergency in mountainous terrain. It uses radar waves to help detect your location, even in an avalanche. This small, inexpensive stick attaches to your pack to reflect radar waves and improve your chances of being found by a RECCO-equipped search team.

Real Skifi: Transitions

Real Skifi: Transitions

Finnish skiing channel Real Skifi created this clever short film as a tribute to the filmmaking tool known as the transition. Using a mix of edits, fades, and split screens, skiers are transported seamlessly between locations and times of day and swap places in the middle of rail grinds and other tricks.

LED Night Skiing

LED Night Skiing

Ivresse Films shot this awesome promo spot for Decathlon ski and snowboard brand Wedze. Filmed in the wee hours at Saint Gervais Mont Blanc, they captured video of three skiers heading down the slopes with LED-wrapped skis and poles. Check out the behind-the-scenes video for a look at the post-production work.

Skiing Through School

Skiing Through School

We learned the hard way that riding a skateboard through school was a no-no. So we can only imagine the detention we would have gotten if we rode skis through the hallways like freestyle skier Matěj Švancer did after graduation. Though, we’re guessing Red Bull got permission to lay snow down in the hallways.

Ski Avalanche Close Call POV

Ski Avalanche Close Call POV

Skiing can be incredibly fun – but it can also be quite dangerous. Big mountain skier Owen Leeper shows how scary things can get with this first-person footage of an avalanche that started beneath his skis as he headed down a rocky chute. Fortunately, he survived with only minor injuries. Here it is from another angle.

Sloping Ski Glasses

Sloping Ski Glasses
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Schuss down the slopes every time you take a sip from these playful glass tumblers. Each of the four sloped glasses is decorated with a skier at a different spot on the mountain, so everyone’s glass is a little different. There’s also a version for bike riders.

Mine Waste Ski Slope

Mine Waste Ski Slope

When companies mine the ground for precious minerals, what do they do with the materials they dug up and didn’t use? In the case of one kaolin mine in Bavaria, Germany, you turn the leftovers into a slope for sandboarders and skiers. Tom Scott takes us on a journey to the Monte Kaolino theme park.

Longest Rail Slide on Skis

Longest Rail Slide on Skis

For six years, Swedish freeskier Jesper Tjäder has been attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest rail slide on skis. After 127 attempts, Tjäder achieved his dream by sliding 506 feet and 28 inches, shattering Tom Wallish’s previous record by more than 80 feet.

Ski Jump without Snow

Ski Jump without Snow

Zooming down a ski jump under normal conditions requires a certain amount of courage, but doing it when there’s no snow on it at all looks downright terrifying. That’s precisely what skier Christian Høgfeldt did a few years back, as he placed his skis into the tracks of a bare ski jump, headed downhill, and landed safely at the bottom.

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