Blurred Chronicles pt. 1

Our sales and marketing rep from the Rockies was kind enough to share with us this instructional and educational video.  Even though this has been on the web for a couple months, we can't get enough of it, and decided it's probably worth a Thursday blog post.  In the Blurred Chronicles Episode One, you'll learn loads of relevant and enriching things like:

+Adolf Hitler can't ski park
+Road sodas are legal, as long as you don't get caught
+Canadian tuxedos are always cool
+Skiing on grass (not that kind of grass, Kevin) is a good idea
+Dogs love to wear sunglasses
+Skiing behind cars is a good idea
+Hucking 60'+ front flips is also a good idea

This short edit is arguably one of the most wholesome things I've seen since the Guatemalan Persuader.

Win Orage Gear in the VholdR Top5!

Not up for an Oscar this year? No problem. We've teamed up with CountourHD and Libtech to outfit the Top5 POV cinematographers who upload clips tagged with 'skiing' on VholdR.com.

The first place winner will receive a head to toe outerwear setup from Orage and a pair of Libtech Narrow Ass Snowboards. Runners up with receive Orage lifestyle gear from our upcoming Spring 2010 collection that's about to drop in stores and online next week.

For entry details visit http://vholdr.com/video/top5-skiing-challenge. Submission deadline is April 29th.

Go Canada Go!

FollowUs.tv Ep6: Park Peuf Bosses

Fini les compétitions et le stress voici un épisode assez relax avec des images de ski de bosses et de freeride à La Plagne, et une bonne session de big air à val d'Isère.

FollowUs.tv Ep6: Park Peuf Bosses

Casabon Ice Fishing Accident

Phil Casabon was injured last week during an ice fishing trip in glacier bay with Henrik Harlaut and Level 1. There's a chance he might be back on his feet by the end of the season so we wish him a speedy recovery and a shitload of fish!

Check out the full story here: http://bit.ly/a1lwWC

Xavier On The Podium at Winter X Games 14

Xavier Bertoni, Jossie Wells, and Kevin Rolland

The past three days at Winter X 14 have produced some of the most progressive skiing to date, and Sunday night was no exception.

Record crowds in attendance all weekend at Winter X Games 14

Xavier's French teammate and followus.tv co-star Kevin Rolland made history on his second run and showed the capacity crowd two firsts in skiing halfpipe competition; a double cork 1260 and three doubles in one run.  Jossi Wells claimed the #2 spot landing at the top of the tranny on each hit with consistently huge airs and the steeziest switch 720 in the field.

Between doubles Kevin managed to slow things down with a perfect flat 360

After a run that included back to back left and right 1260's that only scored in the mid 80's it was clear that the judges were looking for perfect landings and clean grabs over big spins.  Xavier stepped up for his third and final run and delivered exactly that. Grabbing everything and opting for a 900 instead of the second 1260 Xav put everything to his feet at the top of the transition earning a score of 90.00, barely edging out Simon Dumont for the 3rd place spot on the podium.


Xavier dropping out of the 1260

Following the superpipe finals was another X Games first, the skiing 'high air' competition.


Xavier Bertoni 23' above the crowd

After twenty minutes of leap frog as the competitors pushed the height meter from 18' to 23' feet, it was Aspen local Peter Olenick who went the biggest with a record breaking 24' 11" flat 540 on the left wall.  While there's no Guinness World Record holding for most doubles in a halfpipe run, there is one for skiing's highest air in halfpipe competition, and an official GWR representative was on hand to award Peter the title.

Peter Olenick 24' 11"

Winter X Games 14 has officially come to and end and with five top 5 finishes and two medals the Orage team held it down in nearly every event.  Thanks to ESPN and all the sponsors for putting on such a great event, and the whole team will be on site again, hopefully with Taylor Seaton and Jess Cumming back on their feet, for the first ever Winter X Games Europe in Tignes, France next month!



Photos: Felix Rioux

Casabon Takes 4th in Winter X 14 Slopestyle

Four was the magic number for B-Dog and Bert at today's Winter X Slope Finals and Superpipe elimination round.  Phil entered the slope finals in 6th place and was ready to show the world of dub flippers what was up.

With eight riders in the finals Phil had three chances to prove that style is king and you don't need to double flip your way to crack top five.   He struggled a bit with his first two runs taking too much speed into the hitching post but in true B Dog style he put his game face on for his third and final run.

1st and 2nd place had been locked down by the man of the weekend, Mr. Perfect 100 aka, Mr. Bobby  Brown followed by Andreas Hatveit who both threw baller runs in the final round.  As the sun was setting and the course was getting faster Phil made the necessary adjustments to lay down a 3rd place run.  Slaying the top rail garden and finally nailing his nose tap cork 7, B Dog wrapped up his final run by taking the three last tables deep to the bottom to put him in podium position... for the time being.

Phil's spot on the podium was short lived as Sammy C narrowly beat out the steeze king by a half a point knocking Phil down to a controversial 4th place finish.  No matter where Phil placed, he has once again proved that you don't need to follow the pack to be on top.

Photos: Felix Rioux