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Sean Pettit. Hokkaido, Japan.
With all the fancy corporate housing, cushy salaries, and catered dinners today's pros enjoy you might think the days of "The Hard, The Hungry and The Homeless" are long gone in snowboarding. But you would be wrong. There is a group of snowboarders on the competition circuit who do it just like our...
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Rahlves’ Banzai HQ
FEB 2, 2012
GET READY TO KICK OFF THE FIRST 2012 EVENT OF THE YEAR AT KIRKWOOD MOUNTAIN RESORT
Kirkwood just confirmed we are on for Feb 11-12, 2012, on a new venue for The Rahlves’ Banzai Tour.
After a snow/venue check there yesterday Feb 1st, it was apparent that we couldn’t run the Eagle Bowl venue due to low tide conditions.
After a few different options I liked what I saw off lower Wall skiers left of Chair 10 into Snow Snake Gully. I worked with Ski Patrol and Event Marketing laying out the track and dialing in the flow. We set a few bamboo to lay down a line. With two runs it got more and more fun and I wish I had the rest of the day to ski it. This is going to be a sweet track. You can see a pov run from Ski Patroler Liam who took a run after the lift shut down on Face Book The Rahlves Banzai Tour. (Should be up by tonight…if not look on Daron Rahlves FB or later on www.rahlvesbanzai.com <http://www.rahlvesbanzai.com/> ) Note that our competition window from 11am-3pm has sun down the gully and will look awesome four at a time.
Wax the boards up, get your game face on and get ready for a good time.
But first you need to sign up at www.rahlvesbanzai.com <http://www.rahlvesbanzai.com/> (entries under 48hrs prior to event will have to be done on Saturday morning at registration and not online and will include an additional $10 late fee. Get on it and don’t waste your money or our time please!!)
Saturday Feb 11th
Qualifying day solo timed runs
4-7pm Rahlves’ Apres Party at Bub’s Pub presented by Sierra Nevada Brew Co
Sunday Feb 12th Finals
Top 32 men and top 16 women from Saturday
Kirkwood lodging contact
Molly Curtiss <mcurtiss@kirkwood.com
I look forward to seeing you there.
Banzai!
Daron
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www.rahlvesbanzai.com <http://www.rahlvesbanzai.com/>
FB: The Rahlves’ Banzai Tour
Twitter: RahlvesBanzai #BanzaiRace
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WORLD HELI CHALLENGE FLIES NORTH TO ALASKA RESURRECTING KING OF THE HILL AND WESC
Valdez, Alaska (20 January 2012) – The World Heli Challenge is going global in April 2012, staging a tour stop in the soaring mountains of Valdez, Alaska. The World Heli Challenge Alaska embraces and revives two legendary Alaskan big mountain competitions – the King of the Hill and the World Extreme Skiing Championships (WESC).
These three iconic, grassroots, big mountain events were at the foundation of the freeriding movement in the 90’s and now join forces to host the world’s best freeriding skiers and snowboarders for an unparalleled two days of spellbinding helicopter-accessed competition during a ten-day weather window from 14th to 24th April 2012.
Event co-directors Tony Harrington, Karen McCune and Nick Perata are excited at this new chapter in freeriding. “Creating a global tour and bringing our like-minded events together into one premier tour has long been a vision for all of us,” said Harrington. “It’s the right time to do it and we have overwhelming support in the community of Valdez to make this event a success.”
At the heart of the competition is the combination of big mountain and backcountry freestyle elements. Skiers and snowboarders will showcase their skills and strengths in both disciplines to determine the best all-mountain athlete. Organisers of King of the Hill and the World Heli Challenge pioneered this combination of disciplines back in 1993 and 1995, respectively, when the events were founded. They remain core to the events today.
World Heli Challenge Event Director, Tony Harrington, created the New Zealand event in 1995. After a seven-year hiatus it stormed back onto the freeriding calendar in 2009. The huge response to its return has inspired the exciting step of bringing the global tour linking both hemispheres. As characterized by ESPN the ‘most revered free riding events on earth’ are back with the announcement of the Alaskan World Heli Challenge and athletes worldwide are jostling for entries in what will effectively see the rebirth of King of the Hill and WESC, now linked under the World Heli Challenge banner.
Previous winners of the King of the Hill, World Extreme Skiing Championships and the World Heli Challenge read as a who’s who of freeriding worldwide: Travis Rice, Antonin Lieutaghi, Steve Klassen, Julie Zell, Matt Goodwill, Gilles Voirol, Axel Pauporte, Karleen Jeffery, Aline Bock, Steve Graham, Ben Bright, Doug Coombs, John Hunt, Brant Moles, Adam Arnaurd, Dean Cummings, Seb Michaud, Guerlain Chicherit, Kent Kreitler, brothers Chris and Ted Davenport, Sam Smoothy, Janina Kuzma, Wendy Fisher, Andrea Binning and Ane Enderud are just some of the world’s best who’ve competed in the events.
“There is something special that happens when you bring together the world’s finest snow sports athletes, take them in helicopters to the pick of the most awesome, heart-thumping terrain and let them do their best. It’s so much more than a competition. The support and enthusiasm we’ve had from the freeriding community worldwide has been humbling and that’s why we had to bring these events back,” explains Harrington. “There are plenty of competitions out there but the World Heli Challenge is about sharing our passion for this incredible sport, being a part of something bigger and making history.”
The World Heli Challenge Alaska will include a photographer and filmer shoot-out with a series of short films and photographs documenting all aspects of the ten-day gathering and culminates with a Showcase Awards Evening screening where winners will be announced.
Unique to the World Heli Challenge is an innovative judging format pioneered at the New Zealand event in 2011 in which every athletes’ run is filmed and posted online. An international team of highly qualified judges assess the runs and provide a combined score to compliment those from the on-mountain judges. This format ensures a more accurate and fair assessment than has previously been possible. A popular voting category is also open to fans, friends and family worldwide who can see all the on-mountain action up close via the website.
The World Heli Challenge will be open for competition entry applications from February 1st via www.worldhelichallenge.com <http://www.worldhelichallenge.com> . Places for the Alaskan event will be limited.
To find out more about the World Heli Challenge drop in at www.worldhelichallenge.com <http://www.worldhelichallenge.com>
Please direct media enquiries to media@worldhelichallenge.com. We’d love to talk with you.
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Blake Jorgenson Photography Ltd. Announces Whistler Outdoor Photo Workshop June 22-26, 2012 - Join a Powder Senior Photographer for an informative and instructive workshop
WHISTLER, BC February 2, 2012 – Following on the popularity and feedback from last spring’s Whistler Outdoor Photography Workshop and the previous fall seminars Blake Jorgenson will offer a spring workshop for 2012 on June 22 – 26.
“The excitement of outdoor photography is that you get up, venture out into the unknown, visualize, communicate, and capture something extraordinary that you might never see, ever again,” says Blake Jorgenson, professional photographer. “Documenting an amazing visual experience and sharing it with others is the main focus. Whether sharing it though magazine, print or online media, or just sharing with your friends; capturing adventure and communicating those moments through photography are an amazing extension to the experience of being in the outdoors.”
Jorgenson will instruct alongside pro photographers Paul Morrison, Scott Serfas, Eric Berger, and Jordan Manley for the intensive and practical four-day seminar.
The Whistler Outdoor Photography Workshops focus on the process from beginning to end of documenting and exploring the outdoors and capturing amazing outdoor visuals. The day course works on being out in the field learning how to manage, direct, and communicate with action sports subjects to make the photographer’s vision come to life in all types of conditions, regardless of technical ability. The days end with in-classroom edits, review, hands-on software instruction and image processing. Nightly seminars will also be offered this session that can be attended in conjunction with the full course or on their own.
Whistler is the perfect location to experience the unpredictability of the elements, action from some of the world’s best mountain sport athletes, and the stunning beauty of the Coastal Mountains. Whistler Outdoor Photography Workshops will continue each season with new instructors, new industry guests, and new formats.
For more information about this workshop or previous workshops including images and video see http://www.blakejorgenson.com/blog/
Full Course: Four days of shooting and instruction, four evening lectures, and presentation dinner – $800 (includes light breakfasts and lunches daily)
Evening lectures only: $40 per lecture, or $120 for all.
For more information about the instructors check out:
Blake Jorgenson
www.blakejorgenson.com
Scott Serfas
http://www.scottserfas.com
Eric Berger
http://www.ericbergerphotography.com
Paul Morrison
www.creativeshake.com/paulmorrison
Jordan Manley
http://www.jordanmanley.com/
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