Eric Hjorleifson

3 Powderpeople who end in i, ie and y? We dedicate this issue to three influential figures in our freeride culture: Eric Hjorleifson, aka HojI, JeremIE Heitz and CodY Townsend. The last two are certainly also interesting interview candidates. Hm?

Canadian Eric Hjorleifson, better known as Hoji, has been shaking up the freeski scene for 20 years. He first made a name for himself as a young talent in MSP's films, but is now increasingly drawn towards material development. We spoke to Hoji about his beginnings as a pro, current developments in the sport and, of course, about equipment.

Fritz Barthel, father of the pin binding, and Eric Hjorleifson, freeride legend and material freak, enjoy working together on ski boots and bindings and have brought a joint project to series maturity with the Hoji Boot. Hoji's involvement gives hope for uncompromising big mountain performance, while Barthel's focus was on handling and ascent. Dynafit promises an egg-laying, revolutionary wool-milk sow.

Looking for exciting stories and breathtaking nature shots? At the Alp-Con Cinema Tour you'll find exactly that! Spectacular stories from a wide variety of sports at exciting natural locations are brought to the big screen at Alp-Con.

As a kind of afterthought to ISPO, which has now been over for a while, we would like to highlight a few highlights that our partner companies emphasized at the trade fair.

Matchstick Productions, responsible for films such as Claim? and Days of My Youth,?? are taking a different approach with this year's Ruin and Rose. With Ben Sturgulewski, previously with Sweetgrass, a producer known for more thoughtful ski films takes the helm. With MSP, he continues his style and mixes the ski action with a post-apocalyptic desert story, which is given as much space as the ski scenes. PGler Brecher has a clear opinion on this.

After Arcteryx and Black Diamond, Dynafit is now also launching an online video series. The four-part Connections series is about the connection between the past and the future. In the case of Dynafit, Fritz Barthel, the legendary inventor of the first low-tech binding, stands for the past while working in his basement workshop, while North American Dynafit athletes represent the future with their "hard-charging" riding style.

The European Outdoor Film Tour (E.O.F.T. for short) is now touring Europe for the seventh time and once again offers the best entertainment over around 120 minutes. This year it has nine individual films in its luggage, which provide breathtaking insights into a wide variety of outdoor sports.

On September 24, 2011, at 10 p.m. sharp, it was "Film off!" at the Cinemaxx cinema in Munich for the premiere of the new ski film "ALL. I. CAN." by Sherpa Cinema. "All. I. CAN." is a tribute to the wonders of the mountains, but at the same time appeals to the environmental awareness of all skiing, mountaineering and nature sports enthusiasts.

With "Eyes Wide Open", the young Filip Christensen has delivered a successful work this time, after he was not so successful last year with "Get Lucky". The riders - again mainly from Scandinavia - show off their skills in some remarkable contributions and even the jump scenes are not boring for the freeriders among us. Innovative jumps and, above all, the massive kickers ensure that you stay entertained. Not to mention the wide-angle heli shots, the incredible cliff drops, the fat powder and the impressive pillow runs (see picture)...

A tree is set on fire to perhaps bring more light into the darkness, or the MSP crew wants to protect the North American forests from bark beetles? Since both seem rather absurd to me, there is only one thing left to say: pointless action! That concludes the worst contribution in this year's MSP strip.