We received this cool video and figured we’d pass it along about Nike’s ACK second winter season of Sweetspots.
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Nike ACG’s latest addition to the team, Jules Reymond, was quickly put to work with Absinthe to pull together a sheer master-class in the steeps of AK. The film is released shortly before Christmas but the teaser will give you a flavour of what’s to come.
Already available to view on www.nikeacg.com is Gary Zebrowski’s Sweetspot in Golden, BC, which was filmed by Blank Paper Studio; a backcountry playground of epic proportions.
As ever, we have access to a ton of photography, interviews and all good things you may want to work with so get in touch with any requests or queries.
In what seems to something out of Star Trek scene, is making it’s an appearance at Alta Badia. It is the Alpine Capsule, designed by Studio Ross Lovegrove of London, which will be installed on Piz la Ila (Alta Badia), at 2100 metres altitude.
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by Ivaylo Yordanov
After some great skiing and snowboarding on the Austrian glacier resorts offering summer snow sports, now it is time for the real winter ski season 2008/2009 in Austria.
The travel planet may be going through a downward spiral, excluding European skiing in Austria. It embraces its own in the global market. The skiing crowd has evidently increased in Austria. Austria comes just subsequent to France in amass of fashionable European ski objectives. Austria is the number one target for pop idols and crowned heads, with its well-appointed choices and chocolate box scenery.
Continue reading ‘Austria ski holidays season 2008-2009: the Ice-Breaker’
Author: Kurt Schefken
When we think of skiing, we often think of an expensive Alpine adventure. However, there are top flight less expensive spots where ample excitement is available, such as countless skiing experiences in diverse areas of Spain such as the Aragonese Pyrenees, Catalan Pyrenees and Andorran Pyrenees. These are Spanish mountain ranges with first-rate skiing facilities.
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By: Jamie Hanson
The Alpe d’Huez is undoubtedly the most famous alpine skiing resort in France. Its lowest region is at 1,860 meters and the highest elevation is at 3,330 meters. A mountainous pasture in the central region of the French Alps cradles the new ski resort of the Alpe d’Huez. The surrounding is charming, but this is not the major reason for its fame. What makes the Alpe d’Huez an undeniably famous ski resort? The ski resort is known for many things, such as being the world’s most extensive and most challenging alpine skiing region, being the principal venue of the Tour de France, and being the location of the bobsleigh events during the 1968 Winter Olympics.
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By K H Travel
Skiing in Jammu and Kashmir is a thrilling and exciting experience for any adventure enthusiast. The Ski Club of India was established in Gulmarg in 1927, which is now considered as the ski paradise of India. Just 50 km from Srinagar, situated at an altitude of 2,730 m, Gulmarg changes its scenery from a flowery meadow to that of a small ski resort in winters. Ski-lovers from all over the country flock to the place because it is the only ski-resort in the mighty Himalayas where you can ski with a magnificent view of the Karakorams.
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The latest addition top the growing number of metal downhill roller coasters and zip wires served by ski lifts at ski resorts in Europe is the new First Flyer at Grindelwald, Switzerland, which the resort believes is the first of its kind in Europe.
The First Flyer gives four people the chance to simultaneously yet independently, glide through the air on a length of cable about 800 metres long, at speeds of up to 84km and hanging up to 45m (160 feet) above the ground.
In effect the construction is four parallel zip wires, which link the starting and finishing platforms without supporting masts. Guests sit in a special harness which is very similar to that used for paragliding. The harness is attached to a safe roller mechanism on the wire.
The facility is just as suitable for use in winter as in summer and makes a spectacular addition to the other mountain activities on offer. The First Flyer is suitable for people of all ages. It will fascinate children and adults and the fact that four people can use the First Flyer should make it popular as a family and group experience.
This kind of facility is currently found only in the USA (Park City, Snowbird, Utah Olympic Park, Icy Strait Point, Wildcat and Heavenly Valley) and in Siberia (Krasnojarsk).
The ride will open on 13th December 2008.
www.ziprider.com