Freestyle

Quiksilver Ski presents new FURY PARK video with Thomas Krief

October 26, 2013 by lollike Leave a Comment

Quiksilver is launching today the FURY PARK video featuring french freestyle ski prodigy Thomas Krief.No less than 4 Red cameras (including 3 Epic and 1 one) handled by 4 pro filmers as well as 2 producers and 4 assistants were necessary to produce and edit this authentic short movie shooted last spring in a giant half pipe especially raised in the DC Area 43 snowpark in Méribel French resort.This monstrous and insane set up directed by 7 shapers requested 30 000m³ of snow and 1500 hours of hard work.

The result is a perfectly sized 130m long pipe enriched with wall-rides, steps up/step downs, big air, rails other funny stuff to ride… All of this to allow Thomas showing what he can do on various playgrounds.At the very start of an epic and challenging 2014 winter for Thomas, Fury Park raises the bar and announces a rich season for the Quiksilver skier already awarded by a bronze medal at the Oslo World Championships in 2013.All winter long, you’ll be able to follow Thomas on TKTV webseries which shows the backstage of freestyle and his performances on contests as well as his preparation for the Olympics. Next step is a new adventure at the end of the winter in his home resort of Meribel…

Quiksilver’s new outfit for Thomas Krief
This winter, Thomas Krief has chosen the Electron jacket and the Porter pant, a lightweighted and confortable outfit to dominate and ride the halfpipe. Design wise, Thomas has loved a coloured geometric design in blue and orange.Electron Jacket : 10K Quiktech jacket with fully taped seams, Durable water repellent 3M treatment on the fabric, warm insulation. TheLong Slim fit jacket includes many pockets (goggles, packs, radiosunder a centralized flap), comfortable Lycra cuffs and a powder skirt. 199 eurosPorter Pant : Quiktech 10 K pant with Dobby textured melange.Critical seams have a waterproof seal. Fabrics treated with Durable Water Repellent 3M, and Thinsulate Insulation. This regular fit pantalso includes ergonomic knee shape and internal leg-lift system in cargo pockets to avoid walking on them. 149 euros.

Check out the FuryPark video:

Filed Under: Blog, Freestyle, News Tagged With: Quiksilver, Thomas Krief

X Games Tignes 2013 Ski Slopestyle

March 21, 2013 by lollike Leave a Comment

David Bonneville (FRA) in the startbox of the men’s Slopestyle qualification @ X Games Tignes 2013

Winter X Games Tignes 2013 åbnede officielt i går, onsdag, med Slopestyle kvalifikation for mænd og finale for kvinderne.

Desværre var vejret ikke med hverken arrangørerne eller riders, da den dominerende farve var hvidt-i-hvidt og snevejr…

Mændene lagde ud, men pga den dårlige visibilitet blev det ikke til de helt store og imponerende airs, som X Games bla. er kendt for.
Efter de 2 gennemløb lød top 3 på: Jossi Wells med, efter vejromstændighederne imponerende 91,33 point – Russ Henshaw med 89,33 points og Gus Kenworthy med skuffende 85 points.
At det var muligt at opnå en 3. plads til X Games med sølle 85 points, vidner heldigvis ikke om niveauet, men om den dårlige sigtbarhed – og med det sagt, så var det alligevel meget imponerende, at riders var friske på at gennemføre konkurrencen! 🙂

Et af de mere spektakulære, men kiksede runs, var Nick Goeppers ene kvalifikationsrun, hvor han på den anden kicker mistede den ene ski, og alligevel gik efter sin Double-1080, som han landede perfekt – på én ski! Geopper forsatte som intet var sket – uden om den sidste kicker – og ned til det nederste rail, som han afsluttede med at tage på en ski 😀

I løbet af dagen lukkede vejret mere og mere til, og sneen begyndte så småt at falde henimod slutningen af mændendes sidste løb.

Efter mændendes kval, var det kvindernes tur, men pga det få antal kvindelige topløbere i verden, blev der ikke kørt kvalifikation først, og alle var derfor direkte i finalen.
Efter en flok opvarmningsløb blev konkurrencen endeligt aflyst, hvilket flere af pigerne udtrykte glæde og tilfredsstillelse over.

Winter X Games Tignes 2013 Slopesyle spectators area and Tignes in poor visibility

I dag var så dagen, hvor både mændene og kvinderne skulle køre finaleløb, og morgenen stod knivskarp med blå himmel og sol 😀

I løbet af ugen, er det flere gange blevet nævnt af forskellige riders, at kickers ikke er så store, som nogle kunne ønske, og som de var i X Games Aspen.
Det betød også, at der desværre ikke blev budt på noget nævneværdigt nyt inden for nye tricks…

De tre vindere blev McRae Williams med 94,33 points, Jossi Wells med 93 og Gus Kenworthy med 92 points:

Hos pigerne dominerede og forsvarede canadiske Kaya Turski for tredie gang i træk, guldet med flotte 93,33 points over norske Tiril Sjastad Christiansen, der med 90,66 points skubbede konsistente Dara Howell ned på en tredje plads med 88,33 points, hvilket hun i målområden ikke helt kunne bære, og måtte trøstes 🙁

Filed Under: Blog, Freestyle, News, X Games Tagged With: Freeskiing, Freestyle, Freestyle Ski, Gus Kenworthy, Jossi Wells, McRae Williams, Ski, Skiing, slopestyle, Tignes, Winter X Games, Winter X Games Europe, Winter X Games Tignes

X Games Tignes 2013 – Invited athletes & competition schedule

February 19, 2013 by lollike 2 Comments

With the first event of the 2013 global expansion completed, X Games returns to the center stage in France with X Games Tignes 2013, March 20 – 22.

Winter X Games Tignes 2013

CANAL+ Events and ESPN will collaborate to host and televise the fourth iteration of the event at Tignes Ski and Snowboard resort in the French Alps.

X Games Tignes will welcome 150 world-‐class athletes competing in Snowboard and Skiing events.

In ski, American David Wise, X Games Aspen Ski SuperPipe winner, France’s Kevin Rolland, Thomas Krief, Anaïs Caradeux and young Torin Yater-Wallace (17) (USA), Bobby Brown (USA), Tom Wallisch (USA), Nick Goepper (USA), James Woods (GBR), Kaya Turski (CAN), Maddie Bowman (USA) all return to Tignes in hopes of winning gold.

Among them, snowboarders Mark McMorris (CAN), Iouri Podladtchikov (SWI), Louie Vito (USA), Torstein Horgmo (NOR), Kelly Clark (USA), Jamie Anderson (USA), Elena Hight (USA) battle to remain atop the podium, while three rookies ‐ Arielle Gold (16 y-‐o, USA), Yuki Kadono (16 y-‐o, JAP) and Max Parrot (17 y-‐o, CAN) make their debut in Tignes after successful Aspen events.

Also returning are 2010 Olympic champion Torah Bright (AUS) and superstar Shaun White (USA) defending his two X Games Tignes 2012 gold medals.

* This athlete list will be updated and is subject to change!

The event will feature eight different events for men and women over three days, including Ski and Snowboard SuperPipe and Slopestyle.
Schedule highlights include:

Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th : training
Tuesday 19th : X Games Tignes 2013 opening press conference
Wednesday 20th : Two Women’s finals:
- 1pm – Women’s Ski Slopestyle Final
- 6:30pm – Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe Eliminations
- 8:30pm – Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe Final
Thursday 21st
- 1pm – Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final
- 6:30pm -‐ Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe Final
- 8:30pm -‐ Men’s Ski SuperPipe Eliminations
Friday 22nd : 4 finals
- Men’s (10 :30am) and Women’s (1pm) Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
- o Men’s (6 :30 pm) and Women’s (8 :30pm) Ski SuperPipe Finals

* Schedules subject to change!

Filed Under: Blog, Freestyle, News, X Games Tagged With: Bobby Brown, David Wise, France, Freeskiing, Freestyle, Freestyle Ski, Halfpipe, Justin Dorey, Kevin Rolland, Savoie, Ski, Skiing, slopestyle, Superpipe, Thomas Krief, Tignes, Tom Wallisch, Torin Yater-Wallace, Winter X Games, Winter X Games Europe, Winter X Games Tignes, X Games, X Games Europe, X Games Tignes

Coreupt declared bankrupt

December 21, 2012 by lollike Leave a Comment

Coreupt, the French ski company specializing in freeride skis and accessories, was liquidated in October 2012 😡

It was founded by former World Freeride Champion, Guerlain Chicherit, in 2008, and the brand expanded fast to reach annual sales of about € 1.3 million and only twelve employees.
As business grew fast, Coreupt was unable to finance its growing business, and in May 2012, Coreupt was filled for bankruptcy… 🙁

The managing team spent the summer searching for new investors to breathe fresh life into the company.
However, the negotiantions failed and in October 2012, Coreupt was pronounced in compulsory liquidation by the commercial tribunal in Chambéry…

On the short terme it basically means the company will stop designing new skis and accessories.
The Coreupt Team Riders, Kevin Rolland, Justin Dorey, JF Houle etc. are now free of their contracts – so it will surely be interesting to follow which new paths they’ll follow!

Commercial Manager, Pierre Gjurasevic, has earlier told Freeskier.dk that the season 2012/13 was prepared last spring, and that the already produced skis would still to be sold in the shops this winter.
Although their important sales channel Coreupt.com is currently down, we expect to see Coreupt skis a little while yet! 🙂

Managers are still trying get the brand sold to other ski companies, and a small range has been prepared for especially this purpose!

If even this fails, the company will probably be forced to selling everything it owns in order to pay its taxes as well as suppliers…

Hopefully this isn’t the last news we get from Coreupt!!

Four times World Freeskiing Champion, Guerlain Chicherit – founder of Coreupt

Filed Under: Blog, Freeride, Freestyle, News Tagged With: Coreupt, Freeskiing, Freestyle, JF Houle, Justin Dorey, Kevin Rolland, Offpiste, Ski, Skiing

Winter X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe finale

April 9, 2012 by lollike Leave a Comment

[da]Den unge amerikanske freeskier Torin Yater-Wallace fra Aspen, Colorado, vandet årets største Europæiske freestyle konkurrence, Superpipe til X Games i Tignes i marts 2012!

Han gennemførte de teknisk svære gennemløb med 5 kæmpe tricks, der var uden sammenligning til nogle af hans konkurrenter, og scorrede i 3. gennemløb hele 95 points – næsten 3 ½ points mere end Thomas Krief, der scorrede 91,66 points i sit 2. gennemløb.

Tredjepladsen gik til dette års vinder i den endnu større søsterkonkurrence Winter X Games i Aspen i januar 2012, David Wise med 90,33 points – og fjerdepladsen tog canadiske Justin Dorey sig af med 90 points.[/da]

[en]The young American freeskier Torin Yater-Wallace from Aspen, Colorado, won this years biggest European freestyle contest, the Winter X Games Superpipe in Tignes, France in March 2012!

He completed the technical difficult runs with 5 giant tricks, which was without comparison to any of his competitors, and scored a massive 95 points in his last and 3rd run – almost 3 ½ points more than Thomas Krief, who scored 91,66 points in his 2nd run, which secured him well earned 2nd place.

Third place went to this year’s winner of the even larger sister contest, the Winter X Games Aspen, in January 2012, David Wise scoring 90,33 points.
Fourth place was taken by Canadian Justin Dorey with 90 points.[/en]

Torin Yater-Wallace vandt guld i Superpipe til X Games Tignes 2012 - Photo & copyrights by Vianney Tisseau/ESPN Images

Torin Yater-Wallace X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Vianney Tisseau/ESPN Images

Thomas Krief vandt sølv i Superpipe til X Games Tignes 2012 - Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

Thomas Krief X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

David Wise vandt bronze i Superpipe til X Games Tignes 2012 - Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

David Wise X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

[da]Både Thomas Krief, David Wise og Justin Dorey leverede nogle massive runs med svære tricks og store airtimes, men havde ikke en chance imod selvsikre Torin Yater-Wallace.[/da]

[en]Both Thomas Krief, David Wise and Justin Dorey delivered some massive runs with high quality tricks and massive air times, but none of them had a chance against self confident Torin Yater-Wallace.[/en]

31.500 tilskuere til X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Vianney Tisseau/ESPN Images

Vindene af X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Vianney Tisseau/ESPN Images

[da]I første gennemløb scorrede Torin Yater-Wallace 93 points med et super flot run.

Thomas Krief levede op til udfordringen, og scorede 87,66, til en 2. plads, som helt klart styrkede hans selvtillid til andet run! Justin Dorey og David Wise kørte også begge nogle flotte runs, men kunne dog ikke flytte noget, men lokale Xavier Bertoni, fra Tignes, kørte ind på en flot forløbig tredieplads med 81 points.[/da]

[en]In his first run, Torin Yater-Wallace, scored 93 point with a super nice run.
Thomas Krief rose to the challenge and scored 98,66 points, enough to put him into 2nd place, which definitely boosted his self confidence for the 2nd run!
Justin Dorey and David Wise both threw some nice and well defined runs, but couldn’t change anything in the top placings. Local Xavier Bertoni, from Tignes, skied into a preliminary 3rd place with 81 points.[/en]

Justin Dorey X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Vianney Tisseau/ESPN Images

Xavier Bertoni X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

Matt Margetts X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Vianney Tisseau/ESPN Images

[da]De sidste 3 freeskiers, Gus Kenworthy, Noah Bowman og Matt Margetts leverede alle flotte runs, som dog ikke havde en chance mod den nye generation i toppen.

Torin Yater-Wallace kiksede sit andet run, og Thomas Krief kunne pludseligt lugte podiumplads! Han havde leveret et kanon første run, og med 31.500 tilskuere, fans, træneren samt holdkammerater, som bl.a. Kevin Rolland (4 gange vinder af X Games Superpipe samt 2 gange vinder af Dew Tour 2011 og verdensmester i 2009 – men skadet i år), der alle råbte og heppede på ham, gav han den max gas, og fyrede sine 5 kæmpe tricks af med stor stil og sikkerhed, og scorede 91,66 points, og havde dermed sikret sig en plads på skamlen!

David Wise, Jusin Dory og Noah Bowman leverede alle nogle flotte runs med store airtimes og selvsikre tricks, og scorrede hhv. 90,33 – 90 og 85 points.

Xavier Bertoni, Gus Kenworthy og Matt Margetts kørte alle nogel relativt dårlige gennemløb.

Inden 3. og sidste run stod det klart, at de 8 freeskiers kunne deles i to kategorier, hvoraf kun den ene reelt stadig havde en mulighed for en podiumplads. Kampen for ikke at blive 4. ville blive hård, da alle fire freeskiers var værdige til medaljer!

Justin Dorey var den første af de sidste 4 kampen skulle stå i mellem, men han kunne ikke forbedre sit 2. run, og dermed stod det klart, at podiumpladserne skulle fordeles bland de sidste 3 freeskiers – det var nu kun farverne på deres medaljer, der kunne ændres!

Torin Yater-Wallace gav den, men en god margin til de to andre, max gas i sit 3. run, og fyrede de vildeste airtimes af, mens han sikkert satte sine kæmpe tricks hele vejen ned:

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Han forbedrede sit 1. run og scorede hele 95 points![/da]

[en]The last 3 freeskiers, Gus Kenworthy, Noah Bowman og Matt Margetts all delivered some nice runs, though didn’t have a chance against the new generation.

Torin Yater-Wallace stomped his 2nd run and Thomas krief could suddenly smell blood – or at least the podium 🙂
He’d delivered a super 1st run and with the 31,500 spectators, fans, the coach and team members – among others, his friend Kevin Rolland (4 times winner of X Games Superpipe, 2 times winner of Dew Tour 2011 and World Champion 2009 – but injured this year), who all shouted and cheered, he went all-in, and performed his 5 massive tricks with great style and huge air times, and scored 91,66 points, and had thereby secured himself a place on the podium!

David Wise, Justin Dorey and Noah Bowman all delivered some nice runs with big air times and self confident tricks, and scored respectively 90,33 – 90 and 85 points.

Xavier Bertoni, Gus Kenworthy og Matt Margetts all skied some relatively shitty runs.

Prior to the 3rd and last run it was clear that the 8 freeskiers could be divided into 2 categories, of whom only one effectively still had a chance of reaching the podium.
The game of not ending 4th would be tough, as all 4 freeskiers was worthy to winning the 3 medals!

Justin Dorey was first of the last four freeskiers between who the battle should stand between, but he couldn’t improve his 2nd run, and thereby it was clear that the podium placings should distributed between the last 3 freeskiers – it was now only the colors of their medals which could change!!

Torin Yater-Wallace went all-in in his 3rd run, and with a nice margin to the two others, he threw this year’s wildest and highest air times, while he self confidently threw his 5 huge and neck breaking tricks all the way down the 7 meters high halfpipe:

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He improved his 1st run and scored massive 95 points!![/en]

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[da]Thomas Krief kunne ikke holde til presset, og kiksede sit 3. run, og endte dermed på en flot og velfortjent 2. plads! Da han kom ned blev han stormet af sine holdkammerater og venner, og træneren kom glidende hele vejen ned gennem superpipens bund til en stor masseomfavnelse, og Thomas Krief kunne til sidste ikke holde tårerne tilbage.[/da]

[en]Thomas Krief could stand the pressure and stomped his 3rd run, and remained on an inspiring and well deserved 2nd place!
As he skied into the finishing area he was stomped by his team members and friends, and his coach came luging all the way down the pipe on his bottom into a huge mass-embrace – finally Thomas Krief couldn’t hold back the tears.[/en]

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[da]David Wise kunne heller ikke forbedre sit 2. run, og gik dermed ind på en 3. plads, hvilket på trods af 1. pladsen til Winter X Games 2012 i Aspen, var fortjent og rigtigt flot.[/da]

[en]David Wise neither could improve on his 2nd run and ended 3rd, which despite his 1st place in Winter X Games 2012 in Aspen in January, was both impressive and well deserved.[/en]

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[da]Den kun 16-årige Torin Yater-Wallace, der havde trænet super hårdt i dagene op til konkurrencen, og hvis livs største mål, var at vinde X Games Superpipe, kunne dermed række skiene i vejret som dette års vinder af Superpipen til X Games 2012 i Tignes![/da]

[en]The young Torin Yater-Wallace, who had trained exceptionally hard the days up to the competition, and whose life’s biggest goal was to win the X Games Superpipe, could finally put his skis into the air claiming this year’s gold medal in the Superpipe of X Games 2012 in Tignes![/en]

Vinderne af X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Tomas Lollike/Freeskier.dk

X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe vinderne – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

[da]Herunder er der flere billeder fra både træning, kvalifikation og finale.[/da]

[en]Here you can see more photos from both training, qualifications and finals.[/en]

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Duncan Adams X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images	Benoit Valentin X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – Photo & copyrights by Andy Parant/Tignes/ESPN Images	Upcomming Antoine Adelisse tester X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – han er værd at holde øje med!! – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images
Upcomming Antoine Adelisse tester X Games Tignes 2012 Superpipe – han er værd at holde øje med!! – Photo & copyrights by Christian Van Hanja/ESPN Images

Filed Under: Blog, Freestyle, X Games Tagged With: Antoine Adelisse, David Wise, Freestyle, Freestyle Ski, Halfpipe, Justin Dorey, Ski, Skiing, Thomas Krief, Tignes, Torin Yater-Wallace, Winter X Games, Winter X Games Europe, Winter X Games Tignes, X Games, X Games Europe, X Games Tignes, Xavier Bertoni

Bobby Brown vinder Slopestyle til Winter X Games 2012 i Tignes

March 15, 2012 by lollike Leave a Comment

Bobby Brown (US) er tilbage i førersædet!I dagens Slopestyle finale var der fra start til slut ingen tvivl om hvor guldmedaljen skulle hænge…

Bobby Brown holdt føringen hele dagen, selvom hans andet gennemløb sikrede guldmedaljen med en imponerende score på 95.00 foran sidste års 2’er Tom Wallisch (US). Wallisch førte inden dagens finale efter en fejlfri kvalifikationsrunde, men måtte alligevel se sig slået af Brown. På trods af Wallisch runner up position (Wallisch blev 1’er i Aspen X Games 2012 i januar, og har vundet stort set alle konkurrencer denne sæson) var der store smil på podiet fra både Brown, Wallisch og Andreas Håtveit (NOR), som kom ind på tredjepladsen.

Check hans andet og afgørende vinderrun ud her:

Bobby Brown vinder Slopestyle Ski til Winter X Games Tignes 2012

Bobby Brown vinder Slopestyle i European Winter X Games Tignes 2012

Filed Under: Blog, Freestyle, X Games Tagged With: Andreas Håtveit, Bobby Brown, Freestyle, Freestyle Ski, Ski, Skiing, slopestyle, Tignes, Tom Wallisch, Winter X Games, Winter X Games Europe, Winter X Games Tignes, X Games, X Games Europe, X Games Tignes

CoreUPT – et nyt skimærke

February 29, 2012 by lollike Leave a Comment

Et helt nyt skimærke har set dagens lys

Den tidligere verdensmester i freeride skiing igennem fire år, Guerlain Chicherit, startede i 2008 sit eget skimærke – nu har vi fået mulighed for at møde legenden, og teste og anmelde nogle af skimodellerne!

Guerlain Chicherit blev født i 1978, og flyttede til Tignes som 1-årig – han er aldrig fraflyttet siden!
Som en af verdens bedste freeskiere i mere end 10 år, fortæller det lidt om de mange muligheder og udfordringer, man kan finde i Tignes og nabo byen Val d’Isère!

I 1999 trådte han for første gang rigtigt ind i ramplelyset på verdensscenen, da vandt VM i Freeride Skiing – som i øvrigt dét år blev afholdt i Tignes!
Han fulgte op på successen 2002, 2006 og 2007, hvor han igen vandt VM i Freeskiing.

Når han ikke står på ski, har han siden 2003 været officiel Citroën kører, og har bla vundet FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup i 2009.

I 2008 startede han sit eget skimærke, Coreupt – et lille skimærke fra Tignes, man de senere år, har kunnet støde oftere og oftere på i de franske alper – både på pisterne og i offpisten.

Desværre blev firmaet erklæret i betalingsstandsning i maj, 2012 og kæmpede forgæves hen over sommeren for at finde nye investorer, men i oktober 2012 blev Coreupt erklæret konkurs i oktober 2012 🙁

Teamet bag kæmper stadig videre med håbet om at kunne starte en mindre del af sortimentet op igen, eller blive opkøbt som et underbrand af en af de større mærker på markedet.

Vi håber dermed stadig, at kommer gode nyheder fra Coreupt i fremtiden!

The North American Freeskiing Championships in Kirkwood (USA) 2011

Filed Under: Blog, Freeride, Freestyle, News Tagged With: Coreupt, Equipment, Guerlain Chicherit, Skis, Tignes