outdoor games : 23 videos

After a 45 minute drive, two and a half hours of hiking, photographers dropped into place thanks to the paragliders, the Argon team was quite anxious to see the shots ofr the BASE jump sequence of their film. The jumpers unfortunately were not able to jump as close as they would have liked because of the storms rolling in... in fact the rain started falling just minutes after they landed and the photographers had to be brought back down by helicopter. A tough day for Argon... to say the least...

An old legend says the Oberland Bernois forest is haunted by the spirit of a man constantly seeking adrenaline. Offended by his powers, the Gods decide to punish him by taking his soul. Possessed by this rambling spirit, the characters acquire strange supernatural powers. A film packed with special effects topped off with humor!

The Nissan Outdoor Games place February 14-21 in Chamonix. The concept? Produce the best 5-minute short film in 5 days including 5 extreme sports: ski, snowboard, speed riding, mountain climbing and base jump. Ice Scream was awarded Best Sports Sequence for a scene featuring Antoine Montant (FRA) speedriding behind Thomas ‘Bichon’ Diet (FRA) on skis in a tough couloir with areas at 45°.

NISSAN OUTDOOR GAMES 2008 WINNING FILM The Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia took place February 10-17 in Chamonix. The concept? Produce the best 5-minute short film in 5 days including 5 extreme sports: ski, snowboard, speed riding, mountain climbing and base jump. Utter satisfaction for the RTP team who won this competition after 5 days of pure adrenaline: RTP tried to produce the best images of the sports with the challenge of integrating a comic strip as the base line of the scenario.

Team Golgoht's backstages

Team Insomnia's backstages

Focus team's backstages

Team argon's backstages

The French guys from RTP has taken the best sports action award with a sick pursuit between Antoine Montant (speedriding) and Thomas Diet (ski freeride) in a steep couloir. Enjoy...

Access all areas of the extreme action, behind the scenes footage and commentary from the athletes, organisers and fans. This competition involves top athletes representing the extreme sports of skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, speed-flying and BASE-jumping to edit 20 pictures and a short film to be judged by the powers that be. To watch more Nissan Sports Adventure movies, download the films as podcast or find out more about Nissan extreme athletes & events, check out: http://www.nis...

Led by Pat Janet, the Ride the Planets team took the “Aiguille d’or”, the trophy for the best film, on Saturday night.