freeski tv 08-09 : 21 videos

In this episode, rapper "All-Star", leads you through the 2009 season for the Salomon Team, and you get a quick look at what we're working on for Season 3 of Salomon Freeski TV. This is the final show of the season. Thanks for the support and we'll see you in October.

On this week?s show we check in with Simon Dumont to see how his 2009 season is going, and learn what he?s got planned for the future. Simon?s past few months have been marked with both triumph and tragedy. Hear the real story from the man himself.

Whistler gets a lot of snow and often sits under cloudy skies. When the sun comes out it is one of the best places to ski in the world. Mike Douglas and Mark Abma give us a taste of what it?s like when everything comes together. No helicopters were used and more than half of this episode was shot in one day.

Some of the best photos come from the places you'd least expect. In this episode we travel to Tennessee, Ste. Foy, Whistler, and West Virginia, in an effort to explain the story behind the photo. This episode has it all: powder, air, and some of the funniest stuff we filmed all year.

We jump on the bus and follow Kaj Zackrisson and Cody Townsend as they tour the Alps in the mobile Big Mountain Freeskiing contest known as the Swatch O?Neill Big Mountain Pro.

In an effort to do the final round of testing on Mark Abma?s new bamboo ski ? The Shogun ? Mark, Cody Townsend, Kaj Zackrisson, and Laurent Niol venture to the the southern part of Chile for a sled-skiing mission into an untapped part of the Andes.

Sure you?ve seen the X Games, but not like this. Mike Douglas takes you on a behind the scenes tour of X Games 12. From production meetings to the judges stand. From the parties to the commentating booth. This is the side of the X-Games you never get to see.

Proving once again that you don’t need to live within 1000 KM of a real mountain to become a great skier, we head to Spirit Mountain, Minnesota for Salomon’s Jib Academy event. Local groms matched up with Salomon team members, including Simon Dumont, to put on one of the best displays of park mastery ever seen in the mid-west.

Mike Douglas, Mark Abma and Kaj Zackrisson push their limits in Valdez Alaska. Hold your breath as Kaj skies away from breathtaking a crash.

This week we are in Breckenridge, Colorado following the Salomon team as they get tuned up for the 2009 park and pipe competition season and the very first stop of the Winter Dew Tour. This episode is so fresh you can see the steam coming off of it.

After the 2008 X games, Sammy Carlson heads off to St. Anton in Austria to shoot with Poorboyz for their film Reasons. After a short urban session, it's time to climb some mountains and pull sick tricks in the Austrian backcountry. Hold your breath for the tenth episode of Salomon Freeski TV season 2.

Cody Townsend and Elyse Saugstad make a spring pilgrimage from California to Haines, Alaska to heliski in one of the burliest mountain ranges on earth. We take an inside look into the ups and downs of the slow-burn reality of an Alaskan heli trip, from shredding the line you’ve been dreaming about all season, to wondering what to do on the 7th straight down-day.

Matt Walker and Mike Henitiuk head to Quebec, Canada to meet up with Charles Gagnier for a week-long urban rail mission across la belle province. You’ll learn that Walker sucks at speaking French, Henitiuk is much better at sliding rails than he is at growing a soul patch, and Charles quietly crushes everything he touches. We’re not gonna lie -- this might just be our best show of the year. Booyah!

Mike Douglas and Kaj Zackrisson head to the world's swankiest ski resort, St. Moritz, in an effort to find the last good snow in the Alps. Between dodging Fur coats, toy dogs, and race horses, they realize that jumping in a helicopter is the only way to get the lines they want. After his crash back in Montafon, Austria, the first question to be answered is whether or not Chris Rubens will be able to join the rest of the crew.

In a quest to find the best snow in Europe, Mike Douglas and Chris Rubens meet up with Kaj Zackisson in Austria’s Montafon Valley. After a week straight of slaying big lines under blue skies, Rubens has a spectacular crash which leaves the remainder of the trip in jeopardy. Part 1 of 2.

For the fifth épisode of Salomon Freeski TV Kaya Turski and Keri Herman take us to Snow Park New Zealand where they shred the summer.

Mark Abma and Mike Douglas show why Whistler is one of the best places in the world to live if you?re a freeskier. As the first of two Whistler shows this season, this episode looks at the deeper and darker side of the Whistler experience, and offers a helmetcam perspective on what it?s like to drop in on some of Whistler?s insane pillow lines.

After more than 20 regional Salomon Jib Academy events around the world, the cream of the 16 and under park and pipe crop finds themselves at Mammoth, California for the Jib Academy final ? a week-long session with Salomon?s International Team. John Symms, Tommy Ellingson, and Seth Warner take us on a journey celebrating the bliss of youthful exuberance and frivolity. Just kidding, pretty much all they do is make fun of everyone. Enjoy watching the Salomon team get pwned by a bunch of 14 ye...

The Verbier Xtreme is widely regarded as the most prestigious Big Mountain freeskiing competition in the world. In 2008, it almost became the deadliest after a massive avalanche swept the Bec des Rosses during the competition inspection. Watch Kaj Zackrisson, Cody Townsend, and Elyse Saugstad narrowly escape with their lives, then regain their composure to challenge for the world title.

Season 2 of Salomon Freeski TV launches with a profile of the quietest man in skiing, Charles Gagnier. Stay tuned this season for the 20 episodes of Salomon Freeski TV.

Season 2 of Salomon Freeski TV is just around the corner. We’ll be following the Salomon Team as they travel around the world exploring what’s possible on a pair of skis. 20 new webisodes are coming your way this season, beginning with a profile of the quietest man in skiing, Charles Gagnier. It all starts September 30, 2008.