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Videos of the Week #13 2019/20 | Who is Yu? + Sam!

Credit to Yu Sasaki and Sam Anthamatten

by Sebastian Müller • 02/15/2020

There are freeriders, not only you and me from the German speaking parts of the Alps, but also Japanese freeriders, like Yu Sasaki. He is familiar to us from FWT competitions. I watched Kicking Horse and Yu's run i.m.h.o. would have been the winning line if he hadn't screwed up the drop from the wind lip on top of the face, which was penalized by the judges. ContestHappening didn't mention his run, thus, in order to let justice and mercy prevail, we honor Yu's great line and big drop here!

Eventually I have to conclude the episode with Sam Anthamatten, who in all of his FWT carreer has also had some stupid crashes that ruined his precious winning lines. So, PG VdW claims wildcards for Yu and Sam at Verbier 2020!

A little introduction to our protoganist

Yu Sasaki lives in Revelstoke and runs a food truck of Japenese food in summer. He aims to compete in Verbier 2020!

Yu at Kicking Horse 2020

In my English words: riding smoothly towards the wind lip, hitting it sideways and dumping into the deep snow, getting out of it fairly untroubled. Then aiming at the "Rodney Cliff", not hit by any other rider before or after, going for it and hitting the deepest drop of the competition, stomping it perfectly, steering towards the next trannie, hitting and stomping it perfectly as well. Ninth place... Petition for upscore or Verbier Wildcard?

Yu scoping carefully and dropping his big cliff in style

Sam spot on, but unlucky, like too often on the Bec...

Sam spot on

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Videos of the Week #12 2019/20 | Best of Alpine Clubs on YT

Sebastian Müller • 02/07/2020

What we don't have to thank our alpine clubs for: huts with mountaineers' meals and tea, dormitories with scratchy woollen blankets, winter rooms and bivouacs! Magazines, equipment hire and courses! Environmental protection and policy! Anything else? Sure: the Alpine clubs of all Alpine countries have long been represented on youtube and deliver: Educational material, small adventures and big expeditions, as well as top-level Olympic sport. So let's take a look - in order from small to big!
Videos of the Week #11 2019/20 | East and West

Sebastian Müller • 01/29/2020

Today in our Videos of the Week: The imaginary battle between EAST & WEST: Relatively interesting films from Japan and Georgia fight for your favor with two films from the USA. Have fun!
Videos of the Week #10 2019/20 | Let the show begin!

Sebastian Müller • 01/24/2020

Please note: your esteemed editor was suffering from severe flu, only had enough strength to watch the pseudo-live broadcast of the Freeride World Tour in Hakuba, and then stayed alive after all. He then became aware of Elias Elhardt's film and connections began to emerge everywhere, between mountains and across valleys. A few flics from young and old for fun, and if that's not enough entertainment for you, why not watch Greta vs. Trump in Davos 2020...