Follow Eric Hjorleifson as he spends countless weeks deep in the mountains @ Golden Alpine Holidays.
Matt Sterbenze walks you through ways to get your skis back in gliding form after the early season grind.
Follow Nick Miles under the lights as he explains different ways to jib in the park.
Follow David Wise through a typical training day at the X Games
Follow 2 of Snowbirds finest ski patrollers as they explain different safety tips and ways to make your tour a success.
Austin Ramaley and Tim Gage talk to you about different ways to initiate a spin. enjoy.
Although the dart landed in a resort, we still managed to get out of the ski area boundaries and into the backcountry. Due to foggy skies and weak snowpack, we were unable to access the pin-pointed destination. We played it safe and skied the trees. The Canyons Resort received roughly 8 inches overnight and made for a surprisingly fun day. enjoy
Wanna add flips to your bag o' tricks? Listen in as we discuss some of the correct safety measures it takes to work up to flipping. Watch as youngster Griffin Rasmussen sets some examples of a good time. enjoy
Watch as 4FRNT athletes Nick Greener and Thayne Rich toss the dart for the final installment of the OUTTA BOUNDZ series. Weather and conditions made for a change of plans, but that didn't slow the boys down one bit. -enjoy- Special Thanks to Eric with Snowbird Patrol Thanks for Watching!!
Spend six minutes and fifty one seconds with Brock Paddock (The Caveman). See how Brock makes the most of the spring like conditions on what he says are "the best skis ever created", The Devastator. enjoy.
Cap off the Talk Talk series with a short but sweet tip to keep your sticks in working condition for next season, while storing them over the summer months. enjoy and thank you for tuning in.
4FRNT drops the first episode of an all summer edit series. One to be released per month. This episode will take place in the wonderful Targhee area for some pow and airtime. enjoy.
4FRNT brings the heat to the Hortsman Glacier for Session D @ Camp of Champions. enjoy.
The film outlines CRJ's rise to Icon status in the world of Freeskiing and documents his accomplishments and setbacks through film segments and insights into CRJ from those who knew him best.
This video was shot over 3 days in Austria. Watch as Eric charges big open lines to tight pillows in the trees.
Thayne Rich crushes and now he's on 4FRNT's global team
This Is The Life highlights the silent heroes in our sport that make skiing possible year in and year out. We set our sights on Alta, but these stories could be told at any ski hill in the world. Cheers to all the unsung champions of skiing. The people who aren't on magazine covers or signing deals with sponsors, who don't have 30K followers on instagram to spray their lifestyle too. Cheers to you
This Is The Life highlights the silent heroes in our sport that make skiing possible year in and year out. We set our sights on Alta, but these stories could be told at any ski hill in the world. Cheers to all the unsung champions of skiing. The people who aren't on magazine covers or signing deals with sponsors, who don't have 30K followers on instagram to spray their lifestyle to. Cheers to you.
On April 15th 2015 the tax man delivered our refund early...in the form of 40" of fresh. The KYE 120, unlike the IRS, is as predictable and smooth as ever in deep snow. If you want to have fun on a powder day, you can't afford not to have the KYE 120.
The magic feet, the long shoes, the slippery sticks we manufacture then bolt, strap and heli-coil ourselves onto. These are the peacemakers of humanity and mother nature. Without them, we have limitations, with them, we have none. Newcomer urban skier Cam Riley joins the likes of Kye Petersen, Wiley Miller, David Wise, Eric Hjorleifson and Thayne Rich in 4FRNT?s 5th annual feature team film, Shaping Skiing.
4FRNT announces a new logo. We wanted a refresh in branding that is both clean and iconic. The new ?4? was designed to reminisce classic ski branding but also to be modern and timeless, an evolution of the brand while keeping us tied to our roots.
15 % Lighter Touring Skis
Eric Hjorleifson and Kye Petersens' signature shapes got 15% lighter. This was achieved by adjusting the core materials in our HOJI and across all KYE skis to a premium Poplar & Paulownia core while our Ravens and Renegades are now built with a our Whiteroom Neo Core.
The Raven Reshaped and New Size
This new freeride touring specialized shape is a fine-tuned masterpiece of it?s original.
Broadened the waist slightly by 2 mms
Lengthened the turning radius to 29m
Altered the camber profile to an extremely gradual 30m reverse camber
This allows fluid turns in the soft snow, edge hold when it?s firm, and superior maneuverability all around. More yet, a 190 cm length added for the taller guys.
The Vandal
A buttery and yet playful park ski that is still incredibly stable. The early rise tip & tail help you get up on your tips easier to butter, well, everything.
The Originator
This is our throwback to the roots of the Freeskiing movement, mogul skiing. As a brand with its birthplace in the heart of the freeskiing movement we simply couldn?t consider our line complete without satisfying our inner Hotdog.
Read more at https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/813730/The-Debut-of-the-2016-17-4FRNT-Ski-Collection#oQ4UhcotMlDvogHT.99
4FRNT's 6th team movie theme is centered on a world where nearly everyone's heads are buried in a mobile device and friendships and interactions between humans are dwindling. People would rather live through the Internet than spend actual quality time outside with real people. HERE and NOW is a ski movie that showcases the skiing of Eric Hjorleifson, David Wise, Wiley Miller, Thayne Rich and Cam Riley with friends and their escape to the outdoors.
Cast:
Eric Hjorleifson
David Wise
Wiley Miller
Thayne Rich
Cam Riley
and friends
With support from our partners: Alta Ski Area, Led Lenser, Forecast Ski Magazine, Downdays.eu and Level 1
Ep: Matt Sterbenz
Writer, Producer & Editor: Austin Ramaley
Locations:
Utah
Colorado
Canada
Production:
Sony FS700
Canon Rebel T2i
Canon XA10
GoPro
DJI Osmo
DJI Phantom 2, Phantom 3
3DR Solo
US / World Premier: First Chair Festival, September 17th, The Complex, Salt Lake City, Utah
Europe Premier: High Fives Film Festival, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, Annecy, France
Check out 4frnt.com for a regional tour stop near you or write to skierservice@4frnt.com to host your own
Follow us #hereandnow
Ask Cal Carson and he'll say its don't stop won't stop park all day. Rising to Cal's 3 feet high and rising needs is our Switchblade, a competition grade slopestyle ski, built rugged enough for day in day out hammers, yet poppy and cut enough to grip and rip the fall line on the daily. Need something in between, we got you, but first check out this bonus piece of Cal from the 15/16 season featured in HERE and NOW!
Jonathan Steltzer visits Utah for a bit of night shredding using Led Lenser Lights.
View his skis -> 4frnt.com/collections/big-mountain-skis
Eric Hjorleifson "HOJI" is one of the most respected and inspiring big mountain skiers of recent decades. We're honored to have been designing award winning skis together since 4FRNT's start in 2002! Whether straight lining under the tram or etching your way down a glorious backcountry spine, Eric's new collection of award winning skis never shows weakness in the steep and deep!
Part 1 of 4: Goldpan, Turnagain Pass, Alaska
Every year team rider Josh Randich invites us up but every spring we get wadded up and can’t break free. This year we decided to pull the trigger early, at a time when arguably the Wasatch and Tetons are at a historical height, not to mention whats happening in Japan, to get a different perspective on AK. Josh has been teasing us with glistening maritime south facing features for years and its time we get up close and amplify the high times found in the Chugach mid season.
Our shred crew consisted of Josh and Wiley Miller. Austin Ramaley, Carson Meyer and myself were there to capture the action. We arrived February 1st and we spent 4 of the next 6 consecutive days climbing south facing spine walls right off the road. Only in AK and for only 1 week, we were living the dream!
Directed by Matt Sterbenz
Principal cinematography by: Austin Ramaley
Editing by: Jake Strassman
Additional footage by: Joshua Randich, Wiley Miller, Matt Sterbenz, David Knutson (drone footage from Eddies Ridge only)
Photography by: Carson Meyer, Charlie Renfro (Eddies Ridge and The Library only)
Media partner: Freeskier Magazine
Accommodations: Hotel Alyeska
To see full post visit : https://4frnt.com/blogs/features/stories-from-the-frnt-turnagain-pass-ak-goldpan
Making bombproof park skis since 2002.
Now offering $50 OFF park skis with discount code: 50offpark
Expires Sunday midnight Nov. 12th // Link to skis https://4frnt.com/collections/freestyle-skis
Skiers : Cal Carson, Cam Riley, & David Wise
This is the culmination of a multi-day filming session on The Turnagain Pass with skiers Joshua Randich and Wiley Miller. For a week in early February, we bet against all odds to score south facing spines, an aspect most consider off limits come spring. Few crews have ventured to AK to see what the locals are all about until now, and with a bit of luck and determination, our crew bagged what are some of the longest, most exposed, yet easy to access lines one can find just a few steps off the road.
"There are two types of Alaska ski trips you read about in ski magazines. There is the heli trip, where skiers hunker in a fishing village or backcountry lodge for weeks on end, “drinking it blue† waiting for weather windows in which they can safely fly to nearby summits and flash down formidable skiing lines in 15 seconds. And there is the hardcore backcountry camping trip, where adventurers rough it on a remote glacier, digging out tents when it snows and bagging peaks and checking off descents when it’s clear. Both sorts of outings, almost always, come to fruition in the springtime.
This is a different Alaska skiing story, one that takes place in the shadows cast by the North’s long nights, where locals drive old pick-ups to the trailhead, skin and climb for hours to ski film-worthy lines, and return in the dark, speaking hardly a word of what they just accomplished." - Derek Taylor, Freeskier Magazine
Principal Cinematography : Austin Ramaley
Additional Footage : Josh Randich, Wiley Miller, Matt Sterbenz, David Knutson
Editing : Jake Strassman
The only worthy roof for the talents of Eric Hjorleifson and Thayne Rich is in a backcountry touring hut, where life remains primitive and the skiing, well, radical. This is a complete 4FRNT adventure with great disparity between top talents, each driven to create content from alternating perspectives.
What happens when you put the GAH poster boy (Hoji) in a hut with a rookie like Thayne? Does the puppy breathe life into the old dog? Does he fall in line, one kick turn at a time?
The 2-part Meadow Lodge documents a 3-day adventure with Eric and Thayne in The Esplanades, an eastern sub range of The Columbia’s where the terrain flows east to the Columbia Rivers’ Kinbasket Lake.
Enjoy the crafts of these two backcountry skiers as they literally ski from the door of Meadow Lodge down fluted spines, endless pillows and perfectly gladed tree runs.
Check out our skis at https://4frnt.com/
Directed by Matt Sterbenz
Edited by Jake Strassman
Principle Cinematography by Austin Ramaley
Photography by Sam Watson
Additional Cinematography by:
Matt Sterbenz
Eric Hjorleifson
Thayne Rich
Skiing by:
Eric Hjorleifson
Thayne Rich
Thank you to:
GAH's John Bell and Seb Trudeau
4FRNT Guide's Harrison Brickman and Shane Treat
