Although the weather rolled in for the weekend - typical, the fifth snowfall of Swiss winter falls on a spring park invitation (and subsequently Audi Nines - the crews showed up and went HAM. While my European travels have been somewhat taxing and a travel day from Tignes to Leysin meant I missed the first day of on-hill shenanigans. We also learned that EZ Panda can spit some serious fire in French - I can't vouch for the lyricism as my French doesn't extend that far - but it was sick nonetheless.ĮZ Panda on the mic with Oliver Hoblitzelle This didn't stop things from getting rowdy.
We didn't have too much luck on the weather front, an eerie fog remained present almost for the duration. Dakine also pulled up to help pull off an epic week such as this. At the bottom of the hill, a bar ran by Movement skis served beers and Caipirinhas with DJ decks spinning as well as an endless supply of El Tony Maté. Below is a little outline of what I experienced and a bit of hype for what we got to witness. It's hard to quantify or accurately describe a 'vibe' although I've somewhat made it my calling to do just that. Everyone was so stoked to be involved in a laidback event and comparisons to Kimbo were often made. Remco and Buldoz are giving back to these skiers and crews. It’s their smaller counterparts producing unique and interesting content that is really shining through in the community. In my unfinished article, I mused on the idea that high production value films such as TGR and MSP are becoming less and less anticipated. Increasingly the content we enjoy the most and look forward to with the most excitement is produced by those invited to this event. We were all hosted under one roof in a hotel containing a games room and its own club space… it’s safe to say this was one heavy weekend. Khai Mahler said it made him feel like it was the good ol' days and I think those that have participated in the invitationals of those days felt the same.īasically, every crew there is, aside from The Bunch, was present Keesh, Forre, Eppern and the Dudes, Suede, Zootspace and a strong female contingent including Taylor Brooke, McKenna Brown, Margeux Hackett, Rosina Friedel and Alice Michel. While I won’t wax too lyrical about what’s good for culture or is ‘core’ here because the main purpose of these words is to hype up the Buldoz boys and share a slice of the madness that went down in Leysin last weekend, but it can’t be ignored that this kind of event is good for skiing and skiers. It's giving back to those that have given plenty for the love of skiing and that's the good shit right there. So many invitational events focus on athletes and while this has its focus on riders it's also celebrating one of the most vibrant aspects of the scene right now the crew. The projects released by everyone present have been some of the communities favourites this winter and in man previous too. Since then we’ve also had Hanka’s event in Czech, Buldoz Leysin takeover and also an upcoming Forre shindig that will hopefully reignite some Ski Or Die vibes. They even made an urban part in Madrid when it got snow.Īlongside a bumper crop of crew content this winter we’ve also had somewhat of a renaissance of the invitational event in Europe Tanner Hall stressed that it’s a much easier place to put events together than the US in the run-up to his Nendaz Invitational. CHARGEUR blew everyone away and regular content from Remco, Gilles, Yohan, Sampo and Jaques this winter has been keeping our feeds fresh.
This crew have been doing something special for a few winters now, with creativity and style merged seamlessly. While this piece never really made it out of the gates and sat forlornly in the back of my mind/G Drive for winter it now seems appropriate to bring some of those thoughts back out of the woodwork in the wake of the truly insane Buldoz invitational.
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Since ski movie season and with it, a plethora of banger crew made films, I’ve had a half-written and unedited article about the current crew mentality in skiing, its resurgence and how we need them now more than ever to keep the culture alive. Cover: Giles and Remco wondering if they should have handed out waivers
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