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Videos of the Week #8 2020/21 | Sustainable VdW

Sustainability sells

by Sebastian Müller • 01/08/2021

Inspired by the last column "Snow of Tomorrow", the new mantra is: "Sustainability sells". The VdW and the ski film industry also need to reorient themselves: "Bigger, deeper, steeper" plus "fat beats" times "kerosene" only leads to "head shaking to tired yawns" among the trained public. So here we present a selection of particularly "green, sustainable, environmentally friendly" ski films, or at least that's what we think.

Mount Cain

Always support your local ski lift! Sweet!

In the long run

Sustainable splitboarding in mysterious Mongolia.

North Country

Family story about a small "ski shop". Nostalgic, historical, sustainable!

Purple Mountains

Let's hear from Jeremy Jones again. He has completed his transformation from helicopter hero to splitboarder and is now a major climate activist with Protect our Winters (POW).

Mountain of Storms

A road trip in a VW bus to Patagonia, with Fitz Roy as the destination and a volcano on skis in the middle. The sustainability debate was less present back then.

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Snow of Tomorrow | Searching for meaning at the turn of the year

Lea Hartl • 01/04/2021

The new year is young and many hopes are still pinned on 2021. May it be better than 2020, more normal, less characterized by uncertainty. Twitter memes and feature articles look back with disgust and forward with optimism and cynicism in equal measure, spurred on by the turn of the year, which may only be one night among many, but is nevertheless highly symbolic if you are looking for a reason to leave the past behind.
Videos of the Week #7 2020/21 | Happy New VdW!

Sebastian Müller • 01/01/2021

Another year has passed, and in this new one everything will be good and even better! The offerings have burned down, the wax has solidified into symbols and we now know exactly what is really important: video art and skiing!
Videos of the Week #6 2020/21 | Steep and stylish

Sebastian Müller • 12/25/2020

You can't reinvent the ski, unless your name is Sean McConkey. All striving for powder and weightlessness has its origins in steep face skiing. So in these hopefully reflective days for all of us, let's go back to those roots. After all, whatever we do in the mountains: style means everything.