Freeski

The ski safari reports from Japan and North America by Zurich freeskier Patrick Fux aka Paedde (powdermania.com) are hard to imagine life without, except perhaps if you were there yourself and plowed the Japanese powder masses together with Patrick. Thanks to Patrick, you can now find out again how Japan dumps and powders or even rains. The only change compared to previous years' ski safari reports is that this year we have decided to let the pictures speak for themselves. Because photos sometimes, but by no means always, say more than many words.

"Flow State" is now the 63rd Warren Miller ski film and - it's hard to believe - actually something special and new once again. Even after so many Warren Miller ski films, the film team still doesn't seem to have run out of ideas in the snow. On the contrary. This year's Warren Miller "Flow State" ski film is once again causing euphoria among freeski and snowboard enthusiasts.

Level One Productions is once again launching a complete freeski package this winter. The hottest tricks of the moment are shown both in urban skiing and in the backcountry. A sequence of fat city trails, big jumps, backcountry runs and drops – presented by the world's best freeskiers.

PBP has been at the forefront of this young sport since the beginning of officially recorded freeskiing. In their new film, the aerial acrobats' tricks on skis don't come off like an assembly line, but – as you can guess from the title – as if shot from a revolver.

MSP's countless award-winning films have been delivering one "must-see? flick after flick. This year's masterpiece The way I see it is no exception. In addition to breathtaking freeride and freestyle shots, the innovative POV shots and the freestyle elements of the athletes on the dream slopes of Alaska are particularly impressive.

To all gentlemen of creation – dress warmly! With the brand new freeski film "AS WE ARE – A GIRLS SKI MOVIE", six strong freeski girls are shaking up the previously testosterone-dominated freeride circus and leaving an impression?

Every year, new freeride films are released that present breathtaking action on the best faces in the world. But what is often missing in these films, or at least very briefly, are the parts of female actors. In view of what is currently going on in the women's freeride sector, it is nice to see that the ladies are taking their fate into their own hands and actively presenting themselves.

The former trend sport of snowboarding has fallen into a deep crisis. Anyone who is hip now goes skiing and more and more former snowboarders are switching back to skiing. Ski convert and occasional snowboarder Tobi Kurzeder discusses the snowboard crisis, its causes and the supposed lack of innovation in the snowboard industry with snowboard manager, PG co-founder and ex-snowboard pro Holger Feist.

The first real French freeski film that attempts to unite the national freeski scene. It's about time, after all the skiing skills of our French neighbors are not only known since various X-Games or FWT victories. Madin France shows all types of freeskiing. Off-piste, park and some freeride will be on offer.

How do you recognize really cool, hip new school pros? Right, they play indoor soccer in RedBull jerseys with winter hats and headbands! At least that's how some of the riders in the current ski movie Pretty Good by Rage Film Production present themselves. However, this film shows more clearly than most others in this genre that the newschool head-nodder faction can not only present themselves in Brooklyn gangsta style, but also as completely "normal" stoked athletes of a young trend sport.

As a freeskier, what do you expect from a new product from filmmakers Poorboyz Production? If you take the previous films as a basis, it would probably be new-school jibbing from A to Z; including, of course, fat homiez who are trying to impress with their new style of clothing rather than actually doing sport. Not so this year's production "Reasons". In addition to well-known rail and kicker action at the highest level, the new film focuses on the sport itself – and, at least in the first half, on fat forest sessions in the deep champagne powder of North America.

There was once a freestyle student in France who turned his attention to the big mountains. This gave rise to big backflips and fast lines more than a decade ago. This phenomenon has a name: Seb Michaud. To kick off the Freeride World Tour [FWT], we spoke to last year's runner-up of the tour.