Victor De Le Rue has all the makings of a modern freestyle rider with none of the trappings. This season he knew he wanted to explore snowboarding possibilities in two places—one well-discovered and one obscure. Japan was straightforward. Russia, on the other hand is not a destination on any traditional map of snowboarding hotbeds and certainly none that pertain to big mountain riding.   However, in a select few spots within the 6.6 million square miles of land mass, the riding accessible b...

He goes by Vic, Vivi, Vicouille, Tchoul, or Dandy, but we know Victor as the comical Frenchman who sends massive backcountry jumps and isn’t afraid to tear down an AK face. Daviet grew up in the small town of Gap in the southern French Alps, where he started riding quaint resorts like Reallon, Céüze, Orcières Merlette, and Vars with his mom. From there, he began riding with hometown friends in a small snowboard club, meeting local heroes like Bruno Rivoire, Gaby Bessy, and Brynild Vulin. W...

Vital Films presents "INSIGHT" with Aidan Sheahan. A unique look into skiing and the power that lies within the athletes mind to push ones self. Its more then expanding your physical talent, its your goals and vision that gets you where you want to go. “Action sports are a mental game. Every trick, variation and landing is generated in your mind as a vision or dream of what you want to do next.” We hope you enjoy the trailer, and be sure to see the free project coming Fall 2013. vitalfilms...