Dubai: A Skier's Journey EP2 [S3]

Dubai: A Skier's Journey EP2 [S3]

jordanmanley
jordanmanley
ski Video
Published 04 December 2012

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In 40 degree heat, in the largest sand desert on the planet, Chad Sayers and Chad Manley go looking for the one of the world's strangest of ski environments: Ski Dubai. In the midst of a city of dizzying ambition, this 'local hill' climbs 60 vertical meters out of a luxury shopping mall. Inside the frigid, air conditioned space, they find a dedicated ski community of desert-dwellers, growing in the unlikeliest of places.

Presented by Arcteryx.com & The GORE-TEX® Brand

Producer: Jordan Manley
Written & directed by: Jordan Manley & Daniel Irvine
Narrator: Chad Sayers

Skiers:
Chad Sayers
Chad Manley
Mansoor AlShaali

Many thanks to:
DCI/Dubai Tourism
Arabian Adventures
Ski Dubai
Mansoor AlShaali
Jessica Horie
Andreas Teufl

Music:
"The World Goes Through My Mind" by Russel Walder
"Night Song" by Jami Sieber [courtesy of Audiosocket]
"Like A Movie" by Nicole Reynolds [courtesy of Audiosocket]
"It's About Time" by Ruby Velle & The SoulPhonics [courtesy of Audiosocket]
"Baby Steps" by Cary Bird
desert jordan manley dubai chad sayers indoor skiing

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