February 6, 2006

Josh Posted on February 06 2006

A crazy week here at the headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT as we had the Falling Forward Film Crew there crashing all week while they were filming in and around the city. Things have been calming down a bit with the trade shows being over and everyone getting back to business. This week we’ll take you into the world of Karhu skis with General Manager Charlie Lozner and also find out what G3 is up to with their new bindings and skis this upcoming season. Safe BC travels and Schralpin’ to you all out there this week. Peace!
Thanks! – The FHL Crew
  • The Vail Mountain School and Colorado Rocky Mountain School met up in Vail this past weekend with a combined group of around 25 kids! According to FHL Team Rider Eron Turnipseed, who met up with the bunch for a day of skiing, it was going off! He told us that all of these kids were getting down to business dropping cliffs, spinning, and going fast. These kids are the future of the sport and FHL salutes Mike Ioli and Kayo Ogilby the two organizers and coaches of the teams for working so hard to grow the sport with the youth. It’s just a matter of time till you start hearing about all of these young shredders! Stay tuned.
  • FHL Team Rider Erin Young was injured in Park City while training for the Queen’s Cup. She is recovering from the crash, but did not compete this weekend. We wish her the best though and hope to see her back on her skis very soon. Our thoughts go out to you!
  • Falling Forward Films rolled into Salt Lake City dominating the urban scene and taking away some killer shots for their movie next year. Impressive new stuff is coming out from up and comers like Austin Corry, who will be traveling this season with the FFF crew.
  • Huckmeister Jamie Pierre made history on January 25, 2006 on the back side of Grand Targhee jumping a 255 cliff. His 30 minute preparation ended in a short prayer and then he made the 4 second freefall holding a mute grab for the first 50 feet of the drop. Jamie had been scouting out this drop for the last 7 years and he and 20 year old Jackson resident Jason Tattersall determined the snow pack was prime for a drop of this size. This was obviously an extremely calculated decision and we want to congratulate Pierre on one of the greatest feets in skiing history! Well done.
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