3856 m ; 45°- 50° 800 m, pass 55°; North – North/East ; TD+ ; 5.4/ E4 Les Courtes is a mountain that seemed to be shaped for steep skiing. From the classic NorthEast slope to the Austrian route it is possible to find all levels of difficulties in steep and extreme skiing. This line [...]
mag 09, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: argentiere basin, bacino d argentiere, big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, chamoni, cordier-gabarrou, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, hors piste, jonessnowboards, Les courtes, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, montagna, montagne, monte bianco, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, north-northeast, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, splitboarding, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | 4 Comments »
3700 m ; 800 m 45°- 50°; North ; TD ; 5.3/ E4 Today was one of those rare days where the snow on the north face was perfect from top to bottom. I have only had 3 days like this in 8 years. We wanted to have a quick run on the north face [...]
mag 05, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: aiguille du midi, big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, chamonix, col du plan, eperon tournier, epic, extreme, face nord, fitwell, france, freeride, hors piste, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, montagna, montagne, monte bianco, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, north face, parete nord, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, sperone tournier, steep, steep skiing, tounier spur, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
3475 m ; 600 m 45°- 50° ; North ; TD ; 5.3/ E4 After one month spent shooting, filming, talking, more talking, travelling, more travelling, i could not wait for coming back to “my” mountains and do what i like the most, riding big lines on proper mountains. The more i travel the more [...]
apr 15, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: aiguille du midi, big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, chamonix, col du plan, col du plan direct, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, hors piste, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, montagna, montagne, monte bianco, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, rappel, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
I spent the next 5 days riding with Forrest Shearer and shooting with the Photographer Dan Milner for a Transworld Snowboarding story. The conditions this year on the Dolomites are exceptional, we rode pillows lines and Alaska style spines that have never been possible before. I had very good time with all the crew, Forrest [...]
mar 08, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, cortina, dolomites, dolomiti, dropping, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, freeriding, freestyle, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, misurina, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, northwave, pente raide, pillow line, pillows, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, spine, splitboarding, steep, transworld snowboarding, tre cime di lavaredo, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
2360 m ; 600 m 40, sect.50 ; North ; AD + ; 4.3 / E2 One of the best couloir i ever rode in the Dolomites. From the top Faloria chairlift we did a long traverse to reach the foot of the last 200 m long couloir that leads to a little snowy saddle. [...]
mar 05, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, canale, corridor, cortina, couloir, dolomia, dolomites, dolomiti, epic, extreme, faloria, fitwell, freeride, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, Marcoira, michele valle da rin, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, nord, norte, north, pente raide, peuf, polvere, polvo, poudre, poudreuse, pow, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, splitboarding, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
2690 m ; 150 m 50 ; 650 40 – 45 ; North ; TD ; 5.2 / E2 The next day we decided to try ski the Vallencant couloir, also known as the priest’s couloir. It took us almost 3 hours to climb the airy ridge in 1 m of snow, digging deep corridors [...]
mar 03, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, canale del prete, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Cristallo, dolomites, dolomiti, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, luca rolli, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, Olympia international camping, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, steep, steep skiing, Vallencant, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
After the King of Dolomites Photo Contest Luca Rolli and myself moved to Cortina to visit some friends, where they are having one of the best seasons ever. The next day we went up to Cristallo and has been one of those days, with over 60 cm of fresh powpow and noone around…Paradise!! We did [...]
mar 01, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: adriana, big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, canale due, canale uno, cortina, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Cristallo, dolomites, dolomiti, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, luca rolli, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neve, Olympia international camping, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, staunies, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
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mar 01, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: 6000 m peak, Baltistan, big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, Gondogoro glacier, GondogoroLa, Himalaya, hors piste, Husche valley, jonessnowboards, karakoram, karakoram highway, karakorum, karakorum highway, karakorum magic mountains, KKH, Laila Peak, luca pandolfi, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, Pakistan, pente raide, polvo, portatori, porters, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, Skardu, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, Soulrider, spark, steep, steep skiing, urdu, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
The evening dinner and party put on by the organisers for the first night was pretty good. The next day was dumping and we decided to go up again to Rosetta and found that we were the only team up there as everyone else decided to shoot in the woods. It was pretty cool and [...]
feb 28, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, Concorso fotografico, dolomites, dolomiti, epic, extreme, fitwell, Foto, Fotografia, Fotografia di montagna, freeride, guillaume le guillou, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, king of dolomites, luca pandolfi, luca rolli, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, northwave, Photo contest, Photos, polvo, poudreuse, powder, prorider, pros, salewa, San martino di castrozza, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, splitboarding, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
Recently, I was invited to compete in the first edition of the “King of Dolomites” photo contest in San Martino di Castrozza. The contest comprised of 11 teams of 2 riders and 1 photographer in the Pros category and several teams in the wannabes category. We all had 2 days to ride in the breath-taking [...]
feb 27, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, Concorso fotografico, dolomites, dolomiti, epic, extreme, fitwell, Foto, Fotografia, Fotografia di montagna, freeride, guillaume le guillou, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, king of dolomites, luca pandolfi, luca rolli, montagna, montagne, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, northwave, Photo contest, Photos, polvo, poudreuse, powder, prorider, pros, salewa, San martino di castrozza, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, spark, splitboarding, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
3780 m ; 200 m 50°, 600 m 45° ; South ; TD : 5.3/ E2 (Mont Blanc – Pierre Tardivel) First big tour and the first big line of the season. I spent the last 2 months and a half just freeriding off the lifts and the first big outing is always a bit [...]
feb 19, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: angelique, argentiere, ben briggs, big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, camp, corridor, couloir, epic, extreme, fitwell, freeride, hors piste, jones solution carbon, jonessnowboards, Les courtes, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, montagna, montagne, monte bianco, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, Soulrider, south face, spark, splitboarding, steep, steep skiing, steep snowboarding, talefre, tom grant, vertical attitude | 2 Comments »
It snowed last night but not as much as expected. The snow under the top lift cables was not perfect. After a couple of laps we headed towards Col d’Entreves…perfect snow and noone around. With “team Italia” again. Guido Meak Michele Curtaz Mattia Bozzalla Jetoula couloir Davide Capozzi
feb 16, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, big mountain snowboarding, cables, camp, cavi, col d entreves, courmayeur, david capozzi, fitwell, freeride, helbronner, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, montagna, montagne, monte bianco, mountain, mystycfreeride, neige, neve, northwave, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snow, snowboard, snowboarding, Soulrider, spark, splitboarding, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
Sweet lonely morning in the Col d’Entreves..bluebird sky, deep pow and noone around. With Ross Hewitt 6th turn to exit the 40 – 45 degrees Col d’Entreves wall…pretty rare conditions
feb 14, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: camp, Col d'entreves, courmayeur, epic, fitwell, freeride, helbronner, hors piste, italia, italie, italy, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, monte bianco, mystycfreeride, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, ross hewitt, salewa, snowboard, splitboarding, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
One of those rare days in a lifetime when the epic conditions allow me to open the gas and rip 45 degrees European Alpine faces in few turns…EPIC !!
feb 13, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: camp, courmayeur, epic, fitwell, freeride, helbronner, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, mont blanc, monte bianco, mystycfreeride, pente raide, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snowboard, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
I have been riding with top level skiers and snowboarders for 20 years but few times have I had so much fun like riding with the Helbronner local crew in their garden. Due to the exceptional snow conditions, today I rode lines under the top lift cables that I have never ridden before. The forecast [...]
feb 12, 2013 | Categories:Freeride, News | Tags: cables, camp, cavi, civra, courmayeur, david capozzi, fitwell, freeride, helbronner, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, luca rolli, mont blanc, monte bianco, mystycfreeride, pente raide, polvo, poudreuse, powder, ripido, salewa, snowboard, steep, steep skiing, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
Awesome day on the Italian side, with Sylvain Reynaud, Davide Capozzi and Guido Meak On the ridge, entering into the Marbree from the top Entering the Jetoula couloir Davide Capozzi Guido Meak
feb 11, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: camp, courmayeur, fitwell, freeride, helbronner, jetoula, jonessnowboards, luca pandolfi, marbrée, mont blanc, monte bianco, mystycfreeride, pente raide, poudreuse, powder, salewa, snowboard, steep skiing, sylvain reynaud, vertical attitude | Leave A Comment »
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feb 05, 2013 | Categories:News | Tags: big mountain riding, freeride, guest editor, luca pandolfi, montagna, montagne, mountain, neige, neve, snow, snowboarding, Soulrider | Leave A Comment »
Wind is our worse enemy, it destroys the dream. Fortunately it cannot reach every hidden corner of the mountain. Looking for those hidden parts of paradise is our mission. With Cedric Bernardini. Feeling like “the king of Chamonix”
gen 25, 2013 | Categories:News | Leave A Comment »
Everyone is on the opposite side of the valley competing or looking at the Courmayeur Freeride World Tour stop, leaving us alone with 40 – 60 cm of fresh snow…Epic !! Today with Davide Capozzi and Luca Rolli. Scary Davide and Guido
gen 23, 2013 | Categories:News | Leave A Comment »
Once again…it takes only one hour hiking to get to Paradise. Today with Rebecca Wells. Becky in action
gen 18, 2013 | Categories:News | Leave A Comment »
The beginning of January 2013 brought a lot of snow on the Mont Blanc Massif. I have been riding almost every day, lapping all day long the classic and epic steep descents such as the West Couloirs on the Aiguille du Midi, the Marbree and the Cables Couloirs on the Italian side. I have been [...]
gen 16, 2013 | Categories:News | Leave A Comment »
