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What filming for a ski movie is like

To actually watch the trailer you just need to scroll to the bottom of this page... I guess I just wanted to try to show what goes into it. When ...

Sailing is the new skiing, for the summer at least

Instead of looking out of the white mountain peaks I’m now watching the swell and the waves curl on the water every day. I’ve changed my stiff boot...

An insight into my mind... (contest season review)

Well, let's start this blog with a quote of my good buddy Jules 'The King': "What I'm thinking a lot at the moment is how much of a mental thing co...

Junior World Free Ski Champs

Towards the end of the northern hemisphere winter I competed in the Junior World Champs in Valmelenco, Italy as a member of the New Zealand Free Sk...

Tom Lesuire - Season Review

Hi everyone, This season was a really busy one for me. I've worked at the Val d'Isere Snowpark wich was a really great experience for me. I was ab...

Season edit and published articles!

Title photo of 'The Tantalizer' in the Tantalus Range, Whistler backcountry by Pete Oswald/Sam Murray. Here are some favorite clips of a choice se...

The Brighton Series

Thanks to Mike Blatt, we at The Hood Crew received media passes to do our thing all winter long. Having never been to Brighton myself, I jumped at ...

A 1st time for everything!

It’s always a strange feeling when one ski season finishes and the next is a couple of months away and you have to find different things to do. All...

"Farata" NDB prod winning video at Paye ton Scenar contest

Hi evryone, Last week took place "Paye ton Scenar" a video contest that allows the winner to get a spot for the next IF3 in Annecy. Our video won ...

A few pictures instead of a few thousand words

I wanted to sum up the last couple of months succinctly, and looking through the photos I was planning to put in here I realised that they tell the...

Shredding the needle

So I came down to the Alps this season with the aim to follow the Freeride World Tour Qualifier circuit. For you who don’t know what the FWQ is I’l...

A very normal day

So instead of talking about everything that I’ve done the last few weeks I thought I could just start a fresh sheet and tell you about a very norma...