If you like vintage ski films, you're in for a treat! Thanks to Echoboom Sports, you can now enjoy several full vintage ski films produced by Warren Miller on Echoboom's YouTube channel, along with additional full ski and snowboard films and more.
Warren Miller's Black Diamond Rush (1993):
And here are a few more:
In the ski film "Generations of Freeskiing" directed by Mark von Roy, RedBull and their team pays tribute to the evolution of freeskiing during the last 40 years by recreating iconic moments in its history, all done with the right contemporary clothing.
See the full film here.
This video starts out a bit weird, but ends with Ryan Knapton's beautiful ride down the slope, a ride that pretty much sums up the beauty and art of snowboarding!
Via Holy Kaw.
Hitting the slopes this season?! If so, you might want to try out some headstand skiing, or if you're like me, just enjoying watching this segment from Warren Miller.
In the sport of speed flying, a sport that share similarities with paragliding, you maneuver yourself down a steep slope using a wing and by flying close to the ground. In this footage, speed flyer Jamie Lee takes us down the slope somewhere in the Swiss Alps.
The trilogy "Apocalypse Snow" consists of short ski and snowboard films that were shot and directed by Didier Lafond between 1983-1986 in the area Les Arcs, France, and the films played a vital role in establishing the snowboard in Europe.
Watch "Apocalypse Snow" (1983):
Watch "Apocalypse Snow II" (1984):
Watch "Apocalypse Snow III" (1986):
I'm having what he's having for breakfast! Meet the unstoppable rugby kid, the 9-year-old Meaalofa Te'o from Australia!
Footage emerged of his game in the grand finale of a tournament in Canberra in which Te'o obliterated the entire opposing team, blew the minds of those watching and ran into the hearts of everyone who watched him play.
Today, a Spanish court sentenced Argentine footballer Lionel Messi to 21 months in prison for tax fraud.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner and his father Jorge were handed the same sentence by a Spanish court, but it is understood that neither will serve time behind bars.
Under Spanish law, sentences less than two years can be suspended, so it is likely that Messi will remain out of jail unless he repeats the offence.
Featured image: Messi leaves court in Barcelona after testifying. Via Sky Sports.
By equipping alpine climbers with a 360 degree camera system, Swiss mountain sports brand Mammut gives people the opportunity to summit famous climbing routes such as Matterhorn and Mount Everest by watching 360°-panoramas in the project "#Project360".
With the development of motorsport, so have pit stops. Just look at the following comparison between a 1950 Formula One pit stop during the Indianapolis 500 and one from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.
The following footage displays major differences in efficiency in just a couple of years:
Via @Aweiland.
In Nazaré, Portugal, surfers come together to surf some of the biggest waves in the world. And when conditions get real rough, it's Black Naza time (YouTube link).
Nazaré is the world's stage for the biggest waves ever ridden, most of the memorable rides so far were all during big days with favourable or at least sufficient conditions for surfers and safety teams to ride and operate… when conditions go beyond that point, we call it Black Naza.
Via Holy Kaw.
Well, this was a first! Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen took his Formula One car RB7 for a spin on the Hahnenkamm mountain side in the Austrian Alps of Kitzbühel. The RedBull team knows for sure how to create virals!
Onboard camera:
Image credit: via Formula1.com
"We Ride – The Story of Snowboarding" (2013) is a full feature documentary narrated by actor and skateboarder Jason Lee that tells the history and evolution of snowboarding. In the documentary, which is directed by Orlando von Einsiedel and Jon Drever, you'll see interviews and archival footage of skilled snowboarders such as Todd Richards, Gigi Rüf, Terje Haakonsen and Craig Kelly, and of snowboard pioneers Sherman Poppen, Jake Burton and Tom Sims.
Golf journalist Lorne Rubenstein sits down with Tiger Woods at Woods own restaurant for a rare one-on-one interview. In an intimate and open interview, Tiger talks about his role as a family man, career, physical recovery and what lies ahead.
You've used the term "full throttle" to describe your approach, even in 2008 at the U.S. Open when you were in such pain.
From the very first shot, the first hole, you have to be that way. It's one of the things I was trying to teach Jason Day this year. The first hole is just as important as the last hole, and every shot is exactly the same. So you have the same intent, the same intensity. Nothing changes.
The first tee shot at the Masters is the same as the last?
I am grinding just as hard. So if I have that mentality, I get so worn out mentally, because I'm grinding that hard. Golf is, what, five hours? You're trying to tell me that I can't go out there and focus that hard for five hours, when I've got 19 other hours to recover? That's how I look at it. So I'm going to give it absolutely everything I can, everything I have, for this five-hour window. Let's go. After that, hey, we're done.
Via Digg.
The fascinating Swiss team sport Hornussen is often called farmers' golf. By hitting a small disc known as a "Hornuss" with a top speed of up to 300 km/h, the opponents stand in a field and try to knock it out of the air with wooden paddles. And points are made only if the puck reach the ground unhindered.
And here is another great video presented by Red Bull:
Via Digg.
Featured image: Taken from the Red Bull video.
In the three-episode documentary web series "Snow Craft: Generations" (2014), former professional snowboarder and filmmaker Lukas Huffman in collaboration with writer and producer Jesse Huffman, tell the story about the pioneering work done by snowboard manufacturers such as Dimitrije Milovich from Winterstick and Mervin Manufacturing, to the innovative snowboard makers of today.
An interesting journey from when surfing on snow evolved to snowboarding as we know it today.
Watch the full documentary version:
Featured image: From episode two – "Winterstick’s Lost Legacy".
Spoiler alert! I have to say that I share golfer Bubba Watson's appreciation for tap water and ice.
In collaboration with Sony, skateboarder Tony Hawk built the world's first horizontal loop to be able to pull off yet another eye-catching trick.
Via Rolling Stone.
Irish nine-year-old Jesse McParland, well-known from this year's "Britain's Got Talent", has been practicing martial arts since the age of three. One of her goals is to become an Olympian, which after seeing her perform, doesn't seems like an unattainable goal.
Miss McParland has been practicing martial arts since the age of three, after deciding she wasn't interested in the more traditional pastimes her mother wanted her to try such as ballet.
Last year she added sword work to her list of skills including kickboxing, kung fu and Tae Kwon Do, with which she has competed and won awards all over the world.
She trains with her coach Sensei Gary Kelly in Ireland four times a week, as well as master Jeff Scott in the UK.
And Miss McParland, who is the World Association of Kick Boxing junior world champion and stars in upcoming film Martial Arts Kid, is now hopeful for an Olympic career.
Jesse during 2014 WAKO Cadets & Juniors World Championships, Rimini, Italy:
Via Holy Kaw.
Inspired by the 10,000 hour rule (a rule that is somewhat questioned), Mike Boyd got curious to see how long it would take him to acquire a new skill.
He decided to try out skateboarding with the goal of making a kick flip. After many trials and errors, and with great support from his lovely cat, it took him less than 6 hours. Not bad!
Via Digg.
