This week we talk about getting your pole length right to cut down on weight and avoid breakage.
Wiley Miller stops by and shows us how to prep our skis for the summer to make sure they're good to go next time you need them.
We rolled into Kirkwood to find perfect conditions and a whole host of competitors ready to throw down. Here are the best of the best from the weekend. Day 1 and Day 2 full recaps to come.
This week Tech Talk wraps up our fundamentals series with an episode on grabs. Time to dominate your own style!
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.
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.
Follow David Wise through a typical training day at the X Games
Making the best of a slow start and high-pressure cycles in Utah this season with the 4FRNT Team. A mini-edit put together by Team Rider Jake Doan. Stay stoked friends!
This week Tech Talk heads to the Utah Olympic Park to show you the best way to shred some bumps.
Here's a quick recap of our week a couple weeks ago, including new 2012/13 products, and 4FRNT's first ever X Games Gold.
We continue on with fundamentals month with an episode on landings. No good trick ends without one.
Follow Nick Miles under the lights as he explains different ways to jib in the park.
Pulled out Thayne's clips from STRICTLY 'DELETE'
This week we wanted to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the HOJI, which will be in stores next fall. This video was done over the summer for internal use, and we thought we'd share it with all of you. (PS - the ski was originally going to be named the HOJ when this video was made.)
When you have a new all mountain freestyle ski to test, you call Jake Doan, Thayne Rich, and Ian Hamilton. These Utah based rippers put the all new Switch through the ringer last year and signed off on it for production. Check out this cut from a couple days at Alta and Woodward PC and check out the new planks --> https://4frnt.com/collections/skis/products/switch
Original Soundtrack by Jake Doan
Filmed and Edited by Alex Mager
Sw Misty 9 from this winter at Woodward Park City on the 4FRNT Vandal
4FRNT brings the heat to the Hortsman Glacier for Session D @ Camp of Champions. enjoy.
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!
Team Rider Ian Hamilton hustled his ass off last season to chase the snow, build jumps and stack shots. Check out what he cut up and get stoked to see more rad shots coming from him all winter. Smash the follow on IG and keep an eye out for him @ian.t.hamilton
"PBR Session is one of the most unique events I’ve ever participated in. A gathering of the Alberta and BC park skiing communities combined with a private pa...
4FRNT and friends gathered at Alta to celebrate the life and legacy of our friend CR Johnson. We were met with blue skies, soft snow, and good times.
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
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
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.
Last winter, Team Rider Corey Nugent transitioned from full-time skier to 'Weekend Warrior' and was still able to put together this fire edit. Watch the edit and follow the link if you want to read Corey's full story.
https://4frnt.com/blogs/blog/weekendwarrior
Stunt Performer/Team Rider Noah Maisonet takes you on a wild ride from the perfect pillow fields of Revelstoke, BC to heli-skiing in the Yukon.
See the full story and photos here: https://4frnt.com/blogs/blog/yukongold.
https://www.instagram.com/johny_tsunami/
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
Cody Barnhill and Thayne Rich talk help you spread the butter on the mountain.
Austin Ramaley and Tim Gage talk to you about different ways to initiate a spin. enjoy.
A skier contemplates his connection to skiing and the mountains. As he hurries through the streets of LA, his path takes a turn after bumping into a jazz musician who helps him discover the correlation between jazz and skiing—an expression of art, skiing, and black culture.
Winner 'Best Film' BANFF Film Festival - Snow Sports
Supported by:
4FRNT Skis
Strafe Outerwear
Folkrm MTN
Oregrown Industries
Dir: Mallory Duncan & Patrick Elmore
DP: Patrick Elmore
EP: Mallory Duncan
Editor: Patrick Elmore
Additional cinematography:
Neil Provo
Oli Rye
Tyndall Wells
Ian Provo
Original Score:
Kaz & Bad Turner
Written by: Mallory Duncan
Featuring: Chazz & Alex Collins
Skiing & Snowboarding by:
Mallory Duncan
Ian Provo
Zak Mills
Neil Provo
Team Rider and Seattle resident, Corey Nugent, has called Alpental his home mountain for 24 years. From his days as a freeride coach to living in his '94 Ford Explorer in the parking lot, Corey shows us around his backyard. Read Corey's story - https://4frnt.com/blogs/blog/alpentalskiing
Filmed and edited by Michael Hibbs
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
