Posted 2 days ago by billy -   Faction rider PC Fosse, who scored an invite for the 2009 King of Style through the video qualification series, could only watch from the sidelines this year as fellow Norweigan Andreas Hatveit took home the crown. While training training for the big show last weekend in Hintertux, Austria, PC had a very bad crash. Luckily [...]

Posted 5 days ago by billy - Hannu and Arska boarded the M/S Clipper Adventure in Ushuaia and headed out into the infamous Drake Passage towards the furious fifties. The weather turned out better than expected and the 60 hour journey was mostly absent of the well known Drake’s Shakes eventhough there was still a 4 meter swell. After passing some Fin Whales, [...]

Posted 8 days ago by billy - Last year a group of hard core skiers left the fall colors of Verbier, Switzerland and headed to Ushuiaia, Argentina in hopes to continue on to Antarctica, the most isolated and extreme continent on earth. Everyone was disappointed when an “unidentified marine disease” infested the boat’s motor and forced the boys to celebrate Halloween in Ushuiaia and reschedule their trip [...]

Posted 12 days ago by billy - 24 riders from 10 countries will converge on the Glacier 3000 in Diablerets on November 12th & 13th. This early season comp will attract some of the best including Elias Ambuhl and last year’s winner Henrik Harlaut. Faction rider Yvan Metrailler has had time to size up the jumps and he is as fit and [...]

Posted 13 days ago by admin - Over the past three weeks voting for the 2009 King of Style Video Qualification Series has been open to the public. After selecting a final ten contestants, according to hits gathered on youtube and facebook, the verdict is in. Judges Henrik Windstedt and PK Hunder definitely know what they like and after seeing PC Fosse’s submission they looked no further. [...]

Posted 13 days ago by billy - In this year’s Freeskier Magazine Women’s Annual, Kristi Leskinen is recognized as one of the seven women who changed the face of women’s freeskiing. An early force in the development of womens participation in freestyle comps, she continues to define the sport. Now as she runs her own event, just for girls, at her home mountain of [...]

Posted 13 days ago by admin - TGR Re:Session Oz premiere    TGR finish off the Australian winter season in style with the premiere of their 16mm/HD film Re:Session appearing at cinemas around Oz – check out the details below and get down!  

Posted by weste83 -   Mirjam Jaeger travels to Sweden to help Peak Performance launch their new freestyle line   Faction team ride...

Posted by weste83 -   PC Fosse and Andy Matthew score invites to the Freesports on 4 Freeze in London sponsored by LG Oct 30 - Nov 1 &n...

Posted by factionskis - Vote for Mike Mertion in the 2009 King of Style Video Series    ...