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Twisted Sisters Goes Off in Kirkwwod

by 4FRNT
Apr 11th 2011 - 0 comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2011 ? Kirkwood, California
 
?The Twisted Sisters comp was the coolest event I?ve ever been a part of!?
-Josh Daiek, 1st place, 2011 North American Freeskiing Championships
 
The first weekend in April saw an assault on Kirkwood Mountain Resort unlike any before as the Twisted Sisters freeride competition, presented by 4FRNT Skis came to town.
 
4FRNT team members Wiley Miller, Matt Sterbenz, Finn Anderson, and Austin Ramaley spent the afternoon of March 31st in the California sunshine building six features on the steep face known as the Cliff Chutes at Kirkwood.   With the course in place and head judge Pep Fujas on site, the scene was set for the big mountain/freestyle contest to go off!

?From my perspective I feel that events like the Twisted Sisters is the future of skiing.  The Combination of slopestyle and big mountain allows riders to display their creativity, trickery and comfort riding in a mountain setting.  It?s fun to watch because there are so many possibilities and nothing is groomed.?
-Pep Fujas, head judge/skiing hero/course designer for Red Bull Cold Rush

Click here for video update from the course construction
Click here for video update from the course inspection
 
Day one left everyone impressed with the level of amateur talent coming out of the Lake Tahoe area.  With a sponsorship contract from 4FRNT going to the winner of the ?open? category, a lot was on the line and the competition was fierce.  Additionally, the top five skiers from the day would be given the opportunity to compete for the cash purse in the pro category on Sunday. At the end of the day only a few points separated the top 5 competitors but it was Kirkwood local Douglas Carr coming away with the win and the invitation to join the 4FRNT team!
 
?I?m really excited about this opportunity to be a part of 4FRNT!
Truly a dream coming alive!?
-Douglas J. Carr, 1st place Twisted Sisters Open Category Competition and the newest member of the 4FRNT team
 
Click here for video update from Day 1 of competition
 
Day two saw the pros take the course to battle it out for the cash purse, provided by SNOWBOMB.COM (Thank you Snowbomb!) but it was the five amateur athletes from day one who set the bar high.  Even with big names such as Wiley Miller, Tim Dutton, Skogen Sprang, and Josh Daiek (among others) in the lineup, two of the amateur athletes from Saturday made the final round and at the end of the day, Davis Souza from Truckee, CA (who placed third on day one to qualify for the pro event) took home first place!
 
?I was really impressed with the enthusiasm and effort put into (the event) from everyone at 4FRNT who made it happen!?
-Davis Souza, winner, Twisted Sisters pro category competition
 
Click here for video update from Day 2 of competition
 
In addition to the high level of talent that was on display throughout the entire weekend, the level of camaraderie among the athletes was equally impressive.  The energy was high, the course was fun, and everyone was stoked, regardless of where they finished in the standings.
 
At the end of the weekend, the most important thing was that Twisted Sisters was able to raise some funds for the High Fives Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Truckee, CA that helps athletes who have sustained life altering injuries or illnesses get back on their feet.  For more info, please visit: http://www.highfivesfoundation.org.
 
?The course was absolutely amazing, the talented field threw down and the bar was raised for all future big mountain/park infused competitions.?
-Adam Baillargeon, Marketing Director, High Fives Foundation
 

Click HERE to view complete results

 
?It was really one of the coolest sessions I?ve been a part of, EVER!?
-Skogen Sprang, freeskiing legend
 
About 4FRNT Skis
4FRNT is a project we started to form leadership within the ski community. It began in 2002; during a period when Freeskiing was becoming established yet the products on the market struggled for direction. We set out to assemble a company that embraced the talent and knowledge of professional skiers. The mission was to attract the sports best riders, provide a platform for them to design signature products and by result, become leaders in the sport and progress the state of Freesking. Entering our ninth year, we have matured in our design for both signature and general 4FRNT branded products yet remain committed to our core values and our enduring commitment to our mission statement.
 
About Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is located atop the Sierra Crest with a geographical advantage that accounts for the lightest and driest snow in the Lake Tahoe region. With an annual snowfall of over 600 inches, it is easy to see why Kirkwood has become synonymous with deep powder skiing and riding. With over 2,300 acres of legendary terrain and an intimate mountain village setting, Kirkwood Mountain Resort provides destination guests a perfect backdrop for an energizing getaway.
 
About Snowbomb.com
SnowBomb was started in 1997 with one man and his relentless pursuit of a better (and cheaper) way to get on the hill. Now, the team is larger than that one man and his dream, but our vision is still the same. SnowBomb is about more than bringing you discounted skiing and snowboarding. SnowBomb is about helping you find out what other skiers and snowboarders are up to and to get all the information you need before heading for the mountain.
 
2011 Twisted Sisters was presented by:
4FRNT Skis and Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Supporting sponsors: Snowbomb.com, Smith Optics, Dalbello Boots, Porters Tahoe.com, Backcountry Access, Clif bar, GoPro, Hi Ball energy drink, Teton Gravity Research and the High Fives Foundation.

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Finnish Championships

by 4FRNT
Apr 8th 2011 - 0 comments

Two days after Andorra Total Fight I got a phone call from the Finnish ski association’s representative who kindly suggested me to attend Finland’s national championships. I didn’t really know what to say. I sure was confident about competing again, but on the other hand this season was supposed to be dedicated to training only. Anyway, after a couple of hours of mixed feelings I ended up packing my bag again and left for Ruka.
I arrived at Ruka in Wednesday evening. Slopestyle took place a day after and the level was insane! There were tons of new kids I had never heard of who were skiing like pros. The course was excellent and many sick doubles were thrown on the big kicker, not to mention the rail tricks, I still can’t believe how some of those kids could nail that super technical rail run every single time. I was lucky enough to make it to the finals, even though the training time for the course was limited. My run was switch bio ten tail, switch right seven japan, switch 270 in 270 out, 270 on back 270 out and a back switch up. With that run I took sixth, which was much worse than I’ve used to in national championships, but instead of the result I tried to think about the way I skied that day. After all, it wasn’t that bad. I skied well at my current level and doubles and other hard stuff could wait.
Halfpipe comp took place on Sunday and I had two days of good skiing in between the comps. The weather was horrible. In the first run it was so foggy that the judges couldn’t see the first two hits. Later on the first run’s results were cancelled and the organizers decided to run a competition based on only one run. As the weather didn’t clear up the judges were forced to move to middle of the pipe’s deck, where the visibility to the both ends was decent. My run was alley oop, nine, back to back flairs, air to fakie and switch five. I was thinking of changing the two last hits to alley oop flat three and switch seven, but with the one run format I wanted to stick to an easier run. That was enough for first place!
Despite the victory I knew that the level of halfpipe couldn’t quite match the level of slopestyle. It’s interesting how slopestyle in Finland has taken huge leaps forward, while halfpipe level has remained where it was in 2008 (when I won with almost same run). I pondered this for a while and found three possible reasons:
First: The lack of halfpipes. At the moment Finland has only few halfpipes compared to hundreds of jumps and rails in every resort.
Second: The lack of good halfpipes. You cannot progress in shitty conditions. Even the pipe at Ruka wasn’t in a proper competition shape. We lack both the money and the skill to build good pipes. At the moment no resort in Finland has a pipe machine capable of shaping a 22 feet wall (although this might change in near future) and even the smaller pipes tend to be sketchy. I’m not surprised if kids want to hit jumps and rails instead.
Third: The attitude. Let’s face it, halfpipe is indeed more difficult to ski and to enjoy than slopestyle is. The majority of the competitors at Ruka had some serious problems with basic technique and we saw many amazing slopestyle riders not even making it over the lip. Skiing halfpipe requires lots of long term training, while jumps and especially rails are much more accessible to new tricks. It’s fairly easy to have fun on a slopestyle course but before you can have fun in halfpipe, you need to learn the basics and that might take a while. So let’s hope we’ll find that attitude, especially now that the Olympics are around the corner.
 

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Twisted Sisters Course Layout

by 4FRNT
Mar 30th 2011 - 1 comments

We got up to Kirkwood this morning, and immediately started planning out the course. With all of the snow over the last few weeks, we've had to plan this on the fly as features are filling in.After a long day of work, however, we have the initial course layout. You can view it in full resolution here (be patient, it's a big file).It's not too late to register. You can do that here.For an added bonus, here's Wiley holding up the big check (mounted on a piece of wood to hang on your wall) that the winner of the open division will get.

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Back on the Podium

by 4FRNT
Mar 29th 2011 - 0 comments

When this ski season started in December I set myself a simple goal: learn how to enjoy skiing again and get as good as possible while learning. I had a slight idea of getting some stuff filmed, but I wasn’t even thinking of attending a competition. Here’s how my plans changed.
Approximately three weeks ago I was on an urban trip with Nipwitz in eastern Finland, when my dear friend Oskari Raitanen told me about a slopestyle comp in Andorra that he and Pekka Hyysalo attended a year before. Apparently the organizers were impressed by their skills (Pekka and Oskari took 1st and 2nd respectively), as this year they wanted three Finns to the contest.
Pekka was still recovering from a brain injury he suffered a year ago, so naturally he couldn’t compete. Other than that, Oskari was busy with filming and a couple of guys didn’t answer their phones or just didn’t want to go. Oskari then started to convince me about the comp. He told that last year’s organization worked well, park was good and there was plenty of prize money, but I still didn’t feel like going until I heard they would pay for my flights.
At that point I thought there was nothing to lose. I could only travel to Andorra, ski for a couple of days and come back with either a new experience or a new experience and success. I felt anxious and decided that only a minimum amount of people should know about me participating to such event. If I failed, I would come back home without hardly anyone knowing about it. If I succeeded, I would get tons of confidence and it would be one hell of an accomplishment for my comeback year.
On March 24th I left for Andorra with Ilkka and Verneri Hannula, two upcoming freeskiers from Jyväskylä, Finland. Our flight was to Barcelona, from where the organizers drove us to Andorra. The following day we had a chance to try out the course, which turned out to be rather unusual, but still a lot of fun. It consisted of two lines - big and small that however were told to be judged equally. The small line started off with an option of a flat-down box and a down rail followed by a medium sized jump, an “X-jump” (which was something I had never seen before) and an option of a polejam and a regular jump at the bottom. The big line had only three features: a 20 metre table top jump, a transfer gap and the same last polejam/jump feature with the small line. Weather was good so I kept hitting both lines and started to form some possible runs in my mind. I went back to the hotel with a good feeling.

X-jump (basically just an X-shaped kicker) on the right and transfer gap on the left


Big line on the right, small line on the left


The big jump

Snowboard comp took place on Saturday so we couldn’t get any practice that day. Skiers’ turn was on Sunday and the weather was terrible! It was snowy, rainy, foggy and windy and everybody knew it would be hard to get speed. However, team Finland was well prepared. Before the trip I had visited my dad’s wax box and borrowed some of the best highly fluorinated ski wax you can get. Despite the super wax, we were not completely safe from speed issues, but many riders seemed to be struggling more than us.
In the morning we had plenty of training time. First we hit only the small line and then moved to the big one as the visibility improved. I kept hitting both lines and managed to get several good runs before the actual comp. The weather remained sketchy so my strategy was to choose between the two lines according to current conditions. I ended up going for the big one all day.
I didn’t feel quite comfortable with the course, but I noticed that nobody else did either. After landing my first qualification run and seeing many others having problems, I felt like I might have one of the strongest packages that day. I was turning into my old competition-mode again. In spite of almost three years of break, I knew I had been there before; this wasn’t my first time stomping full runs while many others were too nervous about the weather. In fact, many of my best results were made in conditions like that. After the qualifications I was first and super heated for the finals. My run was switch bio nine, flat five on the transfer gap and switch right seven on the last jump. It wasn’t the most technical run of the day, but I decided to go for clean tricks, rather than doing something risky and potentially unstylish.
In the finals I was the last at the top of the course – a bit more nervous than usually, but much more focused. I landed my first run without mistakes and felt relieved, I could be happy with that day no matter what my result was. On the second run I was filled with stoke and confidence and just wanted to stomp the same run with even more amplitude and style. I did it.
Waiting for the results at the prize giving ceremony is always nerve-racking, but this time I was shaking. I hadn’t seen all the other runs so it was tough to say how far mine would take me. The announcer started to drop names beginning from fourth place. Andorrans Toni Riberaigua and Albert Martinez took 4th and 3rd respectively and Verneri Hannula from our Finnish crew got 2nd. When my name was announced as 1st I felt maybe better than ever in any contest. I had travelled to Andorra Total Fight without any expectations and come back with 4000€ and lots of confidence to continue training. It was also my first win on 4FRNT, which will hopefully encourage them to keep sending me new skis.
Read more:  When this ski season started in December I set myself a simple goal: learn how to enjoy skiing again and get as good as possible while learning. I had a slight idea of getting some stuff filmed, but I wasn’t even thinking of attending a competition. Here’s how my plans changed.
Approximately three weeks ago I was on an urban trip with Nipwitz in eastern Finland, when my dear friend Oskari Raitanen told me about a slopestyle comp in Andorra that he and Pekka Hyysalo attended a year before. Apparently the organizers were impressed by their skills (Pekka and Oskari took 1st and 2nd respectively), as this year they wanted three Finns to the contest.
Pekka was still recovering from a brain injury he suffered a year ago, so naturally he couldn’t compete. Other than that, Oskari was busy with filming and a couple of guys didn’t answer their phones or just didn’t want to go. Oskari then started to convince me about the comp. He told that last year’s organization worked well, park was good and there was plenty of prize money, but I still didn’t feel like going until I heard they would pay for my flights.
At that point I thought there was nothing to lose. I could only travel to Andorra, ski for a couple of days and come back with either a new experience or a new experience and success. I felt anxious and decided that only a minimum amount of people should know about me participating to such event. If I failed, I would come back home without hardly anyone knowing about it. If I succeeded, I would get tons of confidence and it would be one hell of an accomplishment for my comeback year.
On March 24th I left for Andorra with Ilkka and Verneri Hannula, two upcoming freeskiers from Jyväskylä, Finland. Our flight was to Barcelona, from where the organizers drove us to Andorra. The following day we had a chance to try out the course, which turned out to be rather unusual, but still a lot of fun. It consisted of two lines - big and small that however were told to be judged equally. The small line started off with an option of a flat-down box and a down rail followed by a medium sized jump, an “X-jump” (which was something I had never seen before) and an option of a polejam and a regular jump at the bottom. The big line had only three features: a 20 metre table top jump, a transfer gap and the same last polejam/jump feature with the small line. Weather was good so I kept hitting both lines and started to form some possible runs in my mind. I went back to the hotel with a good feeling.
Snowboarding comp took place on Saturday so we couldn’t get any practice that day. Skiers’ turn was on Sunday and the weather was terrible! It was snowy, rainy, foggy and windy and everybody knew it would be hard to get speed. However, team Finland was well prepared. Before the trip I had visited my dad’s wax box and borrowed some of the best highly fluorinated ski wax you can get. Despite the super wax, we were not completely safe from speed issues, but many riders seemed to be struggling more than us.
In the morning we had plenty of training time. First we hit only the small line and then moved to the big one as the visibility improved. I kept hitting both lines and managed to get several good runs before the actual comp. The weather remained sketchy so my strategy was to choose between the two lines according to current conditions. I ended up going for the big one all day.
I didn’t feel quite comfortable with the course, but I noticed that nobody else did either. After landing my first qualification run and seeing many others having problems, I felt like I might have one of the strongest packages that day. I was turning into my old competition-mode again. In spite of almost three years of break, I knew I had been there before; this wasn’t my first time stomping full runs while many others were too nervous about the weather. In fact, many of my best results were made in conditions like that. After the qualifications I was first and super heated for the finals. My run was switch bio nine, flat five on the transfer gap and switch right seven on the last jump. It wasn’t the most technical run of the day, but I decided to go for clean tricks, rather than doing something risky and potentially unstylish.
In the finals I was the last at the top of the course – a bit more nervous than usually, but much more focused. I landed my first run without mistakes and felt relieved, I could be happy with that day no matter what my result was. On the second run I was filled with stoke and confidence and just wanted to stomp the same run with even more amplitude and style. I did it.
Waiting for the results at the prize giving ceremony is always nerve-racking, but this time I was shaking. I hadn’t seen all the other runs so it was tough to say how far mine would take me. The announcer started to drop names beginning from fourth place. Andorrans Toni Riberaigua and Albert Martinez took 4th and 3rd respectively and Verneri Hannula from our Finnish crew got 2nd. When my name was announced as 1st I felt maybe better than ever in any contest. I had travelled to Andorra Total Fight without any expectations and come back with 4000€ and lots of confidence to continue training. It was also my first win on 4FRNT, which will hopefully encourage them to keep sending me new skis.
Read more: http://www.downdays.eu/freeski/28/articles/leinonen-wins-in-andorra/

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4FRNT Heads to Twisted Sisters

by 4FRNT
Mar 29th 2011 - 0 comments

This afternoon we are packing up and driving to Kirkwood for the first ever Twisted Sisters event.

Twisted Sisters is a big mountain and freeride completion wrapped in one. Competitors will begin their runs at the top of ?Cliff Chutes? ridgeline/cliff ban at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. After testing their big mountain skills in ?Cliff Chutes? skiers will play their way through the natural terrain of the ?Fingers? before dropping into ?the drain? where they will find man-made features to jump and jib on their way to the finish line.There are both pro and open divisions. The open division will be judged by the pro riders, and the pro division will be judged by the open division competitors. Each entrant gets a free t-shirt, dinner after the comp, a one-year subscription to Powder Magazine, discounted lift ticket for the day of the event and a chance to win other prizes. The winner of the open division will receive a one-year sponsorship from us (4FRNT Skis). Kirkwood has been getting DUMPED ON lately, so the snow conditions are shaping up to be all-time for a competition of this nature. We have team riders Wiley Miller and Finn Anderson on their way to throw down in the pro division.We'll be on-snow tomorrow to take a look at the venue, building features and generally getting stoked on the event. We'll keep you up to date throughout the week as the venue shapes up.You can pre-register for the event here. Big thanks to Kirkwood Mountain Resort for setting this event up, as well as the other event sponsors: Snowbomb.com, Smith Optics, Clif Bar, Hi Ball Energy Drink, Powder Magazine, Teton Gravity Research, Dalbello, Ansai, Backcountry Access, Porter?s Tahoe, Go Pro, and High Fives.

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Verbier XXXterme!

by 4FRNT
Mar 19th 2011 - 0 comments

Back once again on the vicious Bec des Rosses, and tomorrow it's finally on. Not too good conditions, but it's snowing as we speak and a thin layer of snow has hidden the sharks so at least we don't have to see them. Qualified as lucky number thirteen after three events with no results, so really don't have too much to loose. Exept my good health. Planning on keeping that one.

Follow live on http://www.freerideworldtour.com from 11.oo local time.

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US Trip

by 4FRNT
Mar 10th 2011 - 0 comments

Howdy!
 
Since my last update in Breck, the trend of constant movement continued and my schedule was essentially non-stop travel, bringing me from Colorado to Utah and then onward to Montana.
 
Following several days in the Breckenridge/Keystone area where Sandy Boville, Shay Lee and myself were trying to get some much needed training in before Aspen Open, we hopped in the car and made our way to Aspen via a night in Vail. Although the first training day was cancelled due to a storm, the next 3 days were perfect and we had a blast lapping the massive Aspen course, which had hosted X-Games just a week earlier.  After learning some new tricks in practice, I was able to qualify into semis, where despite putting down a run I was happy with, I didn’t get the score I was hoping for and did not advance to finals by a few spots. Although the outcome didn’t go the way I wanted, I was still happy with the way I skied with only having had 2 jump days all season prior to the event, and was stoked to put some solid runs down.
 
Immediately after the Open, we jumped into Shay’s Subaru once again and pointed ourselves towards Salt Lake City, where I had the chance to visit the 4frnt Headquarters and to hang out with the crew and pick up some new boots from the guys at Daleboot just down the street. Thanks Mike! While in Salt Lake, we were lucky to stay at photographer Ian Matteson’s house, who took us up to the Canyons to shoot some photos in their super fun park. The next day we linked up with Inspired to do a little bit of filming at Park City, I was super happy to finally be able to finally ski there as it’s always been a place I’d wanted to ride.
 

Once we were all done in Utah, we continued our journey by making the long trek to Montana in order to meet up with the guys at Toy Soldier Productions in Bozeman. After only a night, we drove up to Lost Trail Ski Area several hours away for a week of fun and filming. Lost Trail is a small resort with awesome terrain, an absolutely awesome staff, and a really friendly vibe that made us feel right at home the whole time. During our week there, we built several jumps in the surrounding backcountry, and were able to hit some super unique features that cat driver Andy Schulz created for us. Despite the weather not fully cooperating with us and new snow being a little scarce at times, we managed to get some shots that we were really happy with and had an amazing time in the process. Thanks so much to Will Moss and Andy Schulz at Lost Trail for giving us such a great experience. Check them out at ltparks.com!

 
On the way back to Bozeman, we decided to stop over in Butte, an old mining town that was once projected to be the largest city in America at the turn of the 20th century. Although most of the mines have closed since its heyday in the early 1900’s, it is now a town with rich history and awesome urban rails. We only spent a night there, but were able to get some shots on a super cool rail with major consequences after waiting until almost 5 a.m. for our setup to solidify.
Once we were done in Butte, we cruised back to Bozeman for a day or two before driving to Billings where Sandy and I had to catch our respective flights back home to Canada.  Since being home I’ve been shredding some of the local hills that Ottawa has to offer with Sir Matthew Tirrell, and am looking forward to a busy next couple weeks!
 
I’ll be heading off to Retallack next week with the 4frnt Crew and then down to Utah once again!



 

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Jessica Warll Checks in

by 4FRNT
Mar 9th 2011 - 0 comments

Jess Warll, park skiing phenom, sent in an update for us about here season:"Hey there! So I've had a pretty busy season thus far. I competed in my first Dew Tour , came 3rd. Chilled for a bit in Summit County then headed to X games in Aspen. Lucky for us it was sunny all week and was a gorgeous day on finals where I placed 6th.Right after this I was invited to the World Championships at Park City Utah where I qualified for finals.  I managed to be 10th in the world. Maude Raymond, who has been shredding Mammoth all winter invited me to come ski with her for a week. So off to Cali where it's like spring riding everyday!Unfortunately, I broke my collarbone and am hangin' out 'til it heals up!"Get well soon Jess!

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Action!

by 4FRNT
Mar 8th 2011 - 0 comments

Hello again!
The past two months have been really intense! I’ve been skiing almost every day and learned again many of my old tricks and also some completely new ones. Skiing feels really good and my operated knee is not an issue at all. In fact, I think it has only gotten stronger or at least used to taking big hits again. I still don’t enjoy putting the knee brace on every day, but when it comes to skiing it’s totally worth it.
Right now it’s early March. Two months ago it was early January and two months from now it’s May. This season has gone really fast and I hope the snow doesn’t melt too early as I still feel like December!
I’ve been filming a bit with a crew called Nipwitz. We film mainly urbans and especially the kind of urbans you wouldn’t expect. There is definitely some room for imagination and creativity and and that’s how I like it. Check out http://www.nipwitz.com for the first episode of 2011 and stay tuned for the becoming ones. 

Powder in Finland! Photo: Teemu Heljo

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Sunsets and Contests

by 4FRNT
Mar 7th 2011 - 0 comments

Last week we had a little sunset session. Here's a few shots.
 

 
 
 
Today I'm packing for Jr. Nationals in Jasper, Alberta.  From that I'll be coming home for a couple days then heading to Mount Snow, Vermont, for the Carinthia Open. Then I'll make my way over to Sunday River to do the qualifiers for the Dumont Cup.  
It's gonna be an exciting couple of weeks!
Charlie.
 
 

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CRJ Day - Feb 24, 2011

by 4FRNT
Mar 3rd 2011 - 8 comments

Last Thursday, all of us went up to Alta on a cold, stormy day to remember our friend, and skiing legend, CR Johnson. CR left us a year ago on Feb 24, and we wanted to honor his life and his legacy that he's left behind.We met up at Alta Ski Area in the morning to find a storm rolling in. After a few minutes of chatting, everyone headed up the lift. A few laps on the High T, and some back flips down on Westward ho, later, we all gathered at the base of the hill in Goldminer's Daughter to laugh, remember and watch a montage of all of CR's video clips. Some of his segments from MSP, PBP and The BIgger Picture could still close out a modern movie.
Our event in Alta ran parallel with an event in Squaw Valley, CA put on by the High Fives Foundation. They had a day of skiing on KT-22, followed by a fundraising dinner for the CR Johnson Foundation.
Here are a few photos from our day at Alta:
Special thanks to everyone at Alta for helping us get this set up, and everyone who came out for CRJ Day at Alta, Squaw, or any other mountain.

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Let it snow

by 4FRNT
Feb 25th 2011 - 0 comments

Snowing like a mothercrankyo here in Kirkwood, and no signs of any weather clearing up soon. Still early here and the jetlag is doing wonders with my ability to get up in the morning.
Check out http://www.totheprovinggrounds.com for more!
And guess what, the Norwegian delegates for the FWT-event in Sochi has doubled it's numbers. Thorsen going FWT, that's what's up!

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Japan Pillow Party

by 4FRNT
Feb 22nd 2011 - 0 comments

Had a go at some avy barriers here in japan o' land... success from the level 1 crew. Trip is wrapped up. Ready to get home and party in the north american snow... whew!

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SLC,UTAH

by 4FRNT
Feb 12th 2011 - 0 comments

Finally arrived in the states 4 days ago. After some initial problems, witch usualy is solved by using moore money, thing started to go better. We me up with the Saga guys and they showed us arround. Our two first days on skiis was up at the legendary spot house jump and yesterday we were in Park City for the first time. This place have the best of two worlds, park and insane terrain for jumps and freeride. And not to mention the snow!!!
I´ll get back to you!
Erik

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JAPANPOW

by 4FRNT
Feb 11th 2011 - 1 comments

Been in Niseko Japan filming for Level 1′s new flick to release fall of 2011… the pow is deep to say the least and and the trip has just got going.
Check out this shot o’ P white I pulled from my POV. This was amongst the deep and dirty’s to come compiled in an edit from the future… WHEW!
[video:http://vimeo.com/19824611 500x500]

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Chad's...i mean Pyramid Gap.

by 4FRNT
Feb 5th 2011 - 1 comments

So a few weeks ago i got a phone call from Toy Soldier filmer Andy Hahn. I was like wasup dawg, he was all yo come hit pyramid. 
So i drove down to Salt Lake the next day...this is what i arrived to:
[video:http://vimeo.com/19463342 500x500]
Eventually we finally found pyramid, built it, and got a little session on it. Mandatory group photo:

(Left to right: Jonny Durst, Andy Hahn, myself, Justin Brodin, Shay Lee, Mike Mcleod, A.J. Meldahl)
mandatory sunset shot:

(shay and I) (also, check out the landing where i knuckled a bit....sketch)
alright, blog session complete, I'm going to go take a poop now. 
More blogzzzzz to come yall!