Videos of the Week 13 CW 4 | A good winter

It's hard to believe, but there was widespread snowfall in the European Alps on 14.1.14. The Videos of the Week also get a good shout-out in terms of content in week 03: A Behind the Scenes of the Bella Coola segment from Into the Mind, current videos from Leo Ahrens from Alta, from the freeski crew as well as current shots from Les Ars and Cortina by Thibaud Duchosal. There is also a small potpourri of other fringe sports this week: Jean-Baptiste Chandelier shows his version of paragliding, some wingsuit flyers say a very special New Year's greeting to the world and a sport completely unknown to the author, somewhere between cycling and snow sports, shows beautiful nature shots.

Still not enough snow, but still decent summer sports conditions in many regions of the Northern Alps. Some places are really cold, others have really good snow, such as the Snowbrains guys in Japan. Others are generally confused in South America, Michelle Parker is playing the Black Panther this week, Salomon is once again showing how it could be and IG Powder Snow is showing how it is. The European bigwave surfing elite hit the jackpot this week, because Hercules has hit the spot. There is only one thing left to say: "And these, ladies and gentlemen, are your Videos of the Week".

New year, new luck! And we desperately need luck, because there's still not much to be had in terms of snow in the Northern Alps, apart from artificial snow, blisters from queuing at the lift and bruises from the scramble for the last beer at the apres-ski. At least, and this makes the VdW feel positive, there was a first really worthwhile edit from the current time frame in the weekly budget this week. The catch: the video was shot in Turkey... That's life. Nevertheless, there are a few things worth seeing and news from last season. The regulars' table of the freeski crew, True Color Films shows us something from outside and MLine proves that even plain old snow can be really fun with the right friends. And then there's Johan Johnsson. He shows us that we're just wimps and that even when there's no powder at all, the gas can stay on.