SLOPE MAG ISSUE#3

Issue #3october 2011

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EDITORIAL / 03

Slope / the snowskate magazine

A new season is coming. Same feeling every year at the same time.New tricks in mind, new spots to destroy, new deck to shred with. But still waiting for one thing.Please take this third issue of Slope as an apetizer for the menu 2012.


Cover :Rider : Mike Steinhauserpic : Slope

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Contents :Jackson Holepic : Marc Teyssier

CONTENTS / 03


/ LE CHALET // MAN IN THE SHADOW /

/ ITW : CHRIS GUYOT /


/ MAN IN THE SHADOW / / TELETHON 2010 /

/ POWDER SHREDDING /

LE CHALET


«So fresh»

A nice edit featuring Shin B. on his powsurf.It’a always a pleasureto see guys having funon their boards.

h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m /w a t c h ? v = V h h t g X p i g l w & f ea t u r e = p l a y e r _ e m b e d d e d .

«The Awakening»

The last film from the Strapless prod.A strong casting for probably the best film of the season.

Kifran with his cus-tomized snowskate..


«SKRILL CLINTON»

Here it is the fresh teaser from Ambition snows-kates! SKRILL CLINTONWith big players like Alan Gerlach, Josh Seguin, Phil Smage, Taras Ryabokon, Charlo Simard, David Engerer, Mitch Serbu, Austin Welter.Edited by Nick StefaniOnce again they push the le-vel of snowskating...

http://www.ambitionsnowskates.com/blog/skri l l-c l inton-teaser/

«EUROPEAN SNOWSKATE JAM»Don’t miss it!

The cover boy Mike Steinhauserchecking the spot.

MAN IN THE SHADOW



pics : Marc Teyssier


Some of skiers, snowboarders, snowskaters,..don’t even pay attentionof those mans. Mans of the shadows..Ski patrol could be one the best workbut also one of the hardest.It’s not even a work, for those guysit ‘s their life.They push their limits to rescuepeolpe, to securise the ski aera.I have the chance to meet Marc Teyssier.Every time I see Marc he tells me so much stories about his career as a ski patrolthat ‘s just impressive.I really want to share it with you.

Hi Marc ould you introduce yourself? «With pleasure; Marc Teyssier, 58 years old, retired ski-patrolman from Méribel Mottaret in France.»

According to you, what does the job of a ski-patrolman consist of?

Protecting the ski slopes from danger, such as setting off man-made avalanches, marking the pistes with coloured piste markers, warning flags for rocks etc, and most important of all, rescuing injured people on the slopes, after an accident.

What kind of skills are required?

You need to be good skier, capable of skiing in any conditions, either snow or extreme weather; to speak English preferably, and to pass the necessary diplomas in First Aid, CPR, Artificer. One also needs to be at ease with people, and to be able to react quickly in emergencies.

What are the best memories of your career?

Working as part of a team, and saving a life of someone buried underneath an avalanche.


Could you recount your trip to the US?

It was a professional ski patrol exchange with Jackson Hole, at Teton Village, in Wyoming for the winter of 1981. We swapped jobs and houses with a ski patroller from Jackson. At the end of the season, I visited the west coast of the States, travelling through Arizona, to California, in an old Pontiac Le Mans, winding up Highway I, all the way to San Diego, and back, across visiting Grand Canyon, and the Navajo Indian reserve, before going back to France. A voyage never to be forgotten.

What are your best memories about your season in Jackson Hole?

The deep and the steep! White powder everywhere; jumping Corbett’s and S and S couloir; setting off man made avalanches with a 105 Pack Howitzer and a 75, shooting Cody Bowl before sunrise. Taking part in the Eights on Cody Bowl and of course the Boom Boom

room! and the pizzas at the Calico Inn.

Nowadays the tools, the techniques are very different. Is it still the same work? No, it has changed a lot. Nowadays, all the grooming is done by machines, instead of the ski patrollers on foot with the big rollers, when I first started. The avalanche control was done manually, thrown by hand grenades, which have now been largely replaced by Gasex (big gas tubes situated on stragetic places on the mountain) and triggered off by computer from the central ski patrol office.The first aid techniques, and equipment has also changed a lot in recent years, but the main thing that never changes is the human contact encountered on the job. What do you want to say to somebody who would like to become a ski patrolman? Go for it!! Get out there and start training, for the steep and the deep!

Thanks a lot Marc.




Text : Florent D’amicoPhotos : Slope

Snowskate for charityTELETHON


How surprised we were when that guy from the French TV called and offered us to participate to the national fund-raising event, the TELETHON. This annual charity event raises money for the muscular dystrophy and is broadcasted on the French public TV network. It basically combines a 30 hours marathon televised show along with thousands of local events, people across the entire country challenge themselves doing all kind of sports and other community activities.

The TV production decided, for this edition, to highlight action sports, and recreate a huge multisports complex at the existing water sport base of Pau, South West of France. The facility is an artificial river for practicing whitewater sports, and seemed to be also ideally located, close to the Pyrenean mountains. The idea for the producers was to install many different features along the river allowing the public to watch the riders and athletes from very close. And to install a charity village hold by many associations, where everyone can enjoy fun activities, games and make donations. They wanted to use the site as a big open air studio. In addition to the river, offering kayaking and freestyle jetskiing experiences, there was a big air bag jump, a bmxpark, a snowskate/ski/snowboard area, a climbing wall just to mention a few! They expected from us to built our own set-up with a few units, borrowed from a local skatepark, and to introduce snowskate to local

kids. Cherry on the cake, we had a few minutes to perform a demo, and do a little speech about snowskate, broadcast live on TV !!

Pau here we go! The city is at about an hour and half flight from our hometown, one of us had to get there the day before in order to meet the TV technicians and help the snow handlers prepare the site. Next morning the rest of the crew showed up and finished to install the thing. Away from home, we had to manage with all we had at our disposal on site, which was a bunch of sketchy wooden skatepark units in state of decomposition! No big deal...we decided to stack a few pallets and put two bank walls on top of it to make a launching ramp and cover the whole thing of snow. «That will do the job !» Said Jeff, while smacking and banging nails all over the set up to avoid it collapses ! Everyone around were building their own features, snowboarders and skiers next to us were doing good too, all helping each others to make the snow area look great. Just before midday, the place was full of happy children, we were able to feel the good vibes going out there. As the place filled, kids and other curious, were coming to us to learn more about snowskating, and we introduced them the basis on a safer pile of snow we made on the side.During this time, the TV crew was filming through the site all the participants and suddenly our turn came.We had to designate one of us to talk with the TV presenter while the others were doing the demo, the only girl of the crew took the job, what better than a nice chick to attract attention on snowskate and raise the audience

! Showtime !


The presenter and cameramen arrived, Melissa answered questions giving a general overview of the practice of snowskating, while we were riding and making the most of the short time allowed to us. We were happy to land a few nice boardslides and tricks out the box. After these few minutes of excitement we continued to have fun, riding and throwing snow balls to the youth, until the sunset. The whole day was just about sharing good time and having new experiences for all the people present. Seeing all this positivity and smiles on kids faces we knew the event was a success... The next day, as we were flying back home, we all felt we played our part on helping the cause. This was a unique experience, none of us took part in such charity event before, and it made us think a lot. Far beyond snowskating, it encourages to be more generous with others. We always tend to forget how lucky we are to be healthy and able to practice sport. Sometimes it’s just good to realize it, it helps to overcome daily difficulties and better enjoy simple pleasures of life, such as a snowskate session with your good old mates...



Kwet: 3shuv



TELETHON Snowskate for charity



IT’SNEVERTOO

DEEP !





ITw

Chris Guyot



ITW /Chris GuyotInterview with Chris GuyotBy Mike Steinhauser.

Hey Chris, so you were born 1979? – where did you grow up and how did you get involved in snowskating? Well, first of all thanks to do me younger than I am. I was born in 1977 in Geneva, Switzerland where I spent all my life ‘til now...get involved in snowskating at the age of 27 after spending more than 15 years snowboarding. Younger I did a lot of skateboarding, but with time & multiples injuries, I left skateparks and exchanged my skateboard with a snowskate (less painful crashes;-)).At same time, as I was already wakeskating with friends of www.0910snowskate.com, for 3 years, it was just the perfect combinaison to start snowskating.

What was your first snowskate? My first snowskate?

Hummm....have you heard about the snurfer? I was one of them too! Before investing in my 1st snowboard, I tried to learn snowboarding with my skateboard, took away wheels & trucks and went to the closest snow spot to try it. Was kinda hard to manage it, but it was tmy 1st snowskate impression!Some years after (approx. 20y), I bought my 1st real snowskate (Burton) and now only ride snowskates made by 0910!!! Really good product for flat tricks to rails as well as downhills.

What is your setup now?

Riding a 0910 snowskate with VANS shoes.

Where do you usually ride?

Anywhere snowskate are accepted with good snowskate parks (Swiss/French Alps)

What is your most favourite place to ride?

Avoriaz parks

What is your most memorable experience that you have of your snowskating life so far and why?

More than 4 year ago, I had 6months off and decided to move to the Alps with my friend Mr. Mike (owner of 0910snowskate). Spent 6months snowskating, had a snowskate park front of Les Hirondelles (wooden house in Col des Mosses) and well, was just a perfect time! Life should be like this everyday of our life!!!





What do you think about competition and contest?

Always fun & good time to share with friends & new dudes and find out new tricks/inspiration.

What do you think about snowskate leashes?

Leashes suck as they can ruin your dream trick landing! But apart from that it’s more about security policies and of course for downhills if you don’t wanna run after your skate all day long!

Any injury?

Only people that don’t try anything, dont’ get injured, so I let you imagine...but nothing broken til yet...let me touch on some wood stuff!!

Who inspires you in the snowskating world?

Let me think...hummm...for once no one! As this is a young new activity, I am more inspired by my past skate/snow experiences and mixed them together to bring the best of myself onto snowskating. But today, somenew kids are coming on stage and evolve quite fast, showing new tricks...»youngest generation bring inspiration»!

How do you see snowskating involve in the next 10 years?

Snowskating is like snowboarding at

its beginning, meaning lots of different types of snowskates are produced worldwide (bi-decks & flat decks), but at present it’s more about finding the perfect shape, weight, «pop» and so on...Personnally, I only ride bi-decks snowskates as I like snowparks and downhills and I’m quite positive that this sport will grow really fast.In 10 years, there is goig to be more competitions and more snowskaters to hang out with.Being part of the snowskate’s birth is such an exciting experience!

Thanks for your time Chris!Keep the shred alive!




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As the picture the fall was just amazing...Thank you Djef Feret!

THE STUNT


MAIL BOX

Eric Debruyne with a frontside air tail bone.Location : Les Arcs / France


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