"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...
Shaping Skiing since 2002. We value style and creativity in skiing over medals and podiums. Our Team Rider's value is not defined by social followers but by an impact on their surrounding ski community. We stacked some of our favorite clips from the past two seasons that highlight their skiing. Enjoy!
Pulled out Thayne's clips from STRICTLY 'DELETE'
"From my mind to yours, I present to you “MINDSURF”. Blending footage form both summer and winter while incorporating hand-drawn animations, Mindsurf offers a unique perspective of the changing seasons. Join me for a visually unique take on skiing my favorite pillow zones in Revelstoke." - Noah
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
Jake Doan and Noah Maisonet present 'As Fun As It Looks,' filmed over 9 days in British Columbia. Run it up NS 👀 !!
"The end of February in Utah last season marked the longest dry spell in recent history. I threw a hail mary and drove 18 hours north to link with Noah, whom I had never met. Turns out, he’s a homie, it snowed the first day I got there, and we got clips every day. We passed a Panasonic x2000 back and forth for 9 days of filming, and this was the result." - Jake
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
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/
"This was one of the best seasons I've ever had. It was my first year shooting with Good Company and Level1. Everything came together and I was in the right place at the right time; not to mention there were all-time conditions that year. It was also my first year of building my pro-model ski, the InThayne with 4FRNT." Read Thayne's full story HERE!
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
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
4FRNT friends Jake Doan and Corey Nugent take the 21/22 Devastator out for some hot laps at Hood. Filmed and edited by fellow Team Rider Mark Erickson.
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!
Matchstick Productions just dropped the 'Hoji Style' segment from the Hoji Movie!
Eric Hjorleifson is undoubtedly one of the most prolific skiers in history. His skiing speaks for itself and his love of the sport is palpable. This is only a small part of the film HOJI: The story of Eric Hjorleifson. Featuring Eric Hjorleifson, Markus Eder, Chris Rubens, Andrew Shepherd and more.
Watch the full film today at: https://matchstickpro.com/hoji-2018/
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"I never realized how valuable creative expression was for my mental health until I created this edit. I hope that this video resonates with everyone and inspires you to take some time to express yourself. Whether it’s painting, dancing, singing or skiing, a creative outlet is such a powerful method of mindfulness and self-care. Wishing everyone well during this tough time, hope to see on the slopes!" - Ian
Read the Full Story here: https://4frnt.com/blogs/blog/imagine
From Sky Raids to poaching the backside, watch the tale of Noah's winter unfold. Massive pillows, HAIR drags, and a sh*t ton of powder, @johny__tsunami absolutely tee'd off last winter in Revelstoke!
Check out more HERE
Nothing can get in the way of Hoji and a crispy cold beer waiting at the bottom of a run. Especially not a ton of powder and a never ending line of pillow poppers in Interior British Columbia. Buckle up!!
Check out Thayne's gnarly backcountry segment in Level 1's 'Zig-Zag', International Freeski Film Festival's 2018 Movie of the Year! Be sure to head over to Level 1 to watch the whole movie and all of their other rad ski movies...
www.level1.ski
CHECK OUT THAYNE'S SIGNATURE PRO-MODEL SKI
4FRNT INTHAYNE
Sw Misty 9 from this winter at Woodward Park City on the 4FRNT Vandal
Hailing from Oppdal, Norway Team Rider Stinius Skjotskift booked his ticket to link up with the 4FRNT Crew and see what all the hype in North America is about. Watch as Team Riders Thayne Rich, Ian Hamilton, Mark Erickson, show Stinius how they get down in the Wasatch
Christina "Lusti" Lustenberger and Mark Herbison take Eric Hjorleifson deep into the Selkirk Mountains on the hunt for spicy lines and epic turns! Watch a first hand account of Hoji's mountaineering adventure led by Lusti and Mark.
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
When the 4FRNT ladies find themselves in the same place with a surplus of snow, they do what they do best, dive in! Enjoy some frothy turns from these gals and get stoked for a winter full of face shots and bottomless stashes!
With movie premieres popping up across the country and anticipation of winter building by the day, we put together this stokey lil' video to contribute to the HYPE train. Give it a watch, pray for snow, and help us continue #ShapingSkiing. Be sure to peep the new 19/20 collection, exclusively available on http://www.4FRNT.com !
We connected LIVE with team rider and ski legend Eric Hjorleifson (@eric_hjorleifson) to answer questions that 4FRNT followers had for him. Check out the recorded version here!
The Hella Big Air Competition at Mt. Bachelor has become a "must watch"Â event with some of the industry's top competitors battling it out for over $15,000 in prize money. This year our own Ian Hamilton showed up and threw down. We'll let him tell you the full story...
"Last season I more or less retired from serious competitions. When my buddy, Dean Bercovitch, suggested we drive 11 hours to Mt. Bachelor, directly from a backcountry trip in Montana I was a little hesitant. But, the $15,000 in prize money convinced me, and we drove west on Friday to compete on Saturday. I hadn't been hitting many big park jumps, so I had low expectations as there was a strong field of talented skiers; Jonah Williams, Noah Morrison, Nicky Keefer, Jaime Melton, and others. I felt confident on my skis and managed to qualify first into finals with my favorite trick, the Double Misty 1080. The Final was best 2 jumps out of three and I managed to put down my Dub Misty 10 double safety and Switch Misty 10 Truckdriver on my first two jumps. Since I qualified first I was the last man to drop. With nothing to lose I decided to send it and go for a Dub Misty 1260. I managed to stomp it and end up 2nd on the podium with two close friends. Needless to say I'll probably be entering more big air competitions." - Ian Hamilton
Ian competed on his favorite ski The Vandal! https://4frnt.com/collections/skis/products/vandal
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
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
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
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
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
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!
Jonathan Steltzer visits Utah for a bit of night shredding using Led Lenser Lights.
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!
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
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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
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.
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.
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.
