ATE SHIT

from making tricks for Nine knights edit to winning a 2nd stop of Quiksilver Slovenia freeski tour and hurting ankle and knee again to shooting on Vogel and having a blast with friends

in the middle of filming session

in the second run got almost a perfect score with pretzel270off, sw1080, sw cork5

gettin ready for slaying it with 4frnt CRJ

THE playground

you also think this is the perfect landing for a perfect jump?

just 3 of us today on this side of the mountain

bros before hoes

made a corner jump at the end of a day...you see the end of the landind on the right side?

Sendind cork3 to that exact spot...went huge and ate shit...legs of steel?

You just have to imagine what happens when you make it, not what happens if you don't make it. I couldn't land this one this time...but am sure it's going to happen!

Nine Knights 2010 edit

Due to an injury i couldn't be part of some competitions lately, but i put some effort to shoot some tricks and put them together for Nine knights wanna be competition. Hopefully the like my style and i could be part of this event to jump on the coolest features in Europe

Breddern made a good day for us

Blue skies, dry pow, perfect day for a shot

I believe that CR took care of my day at Vogel. It was just perfect step down road gap kick. I had only 2 tries to hit it because of a tight landing and 2 more persons who jumped it aswell.

I feel as a really bad skier when it comes to step down jumps. It just feels a bit weird if you jump park kickers and don't have such a good conditions over the ski season in Slovenia to practice that kind of jump. Firstly you are not sure with how much speed you have to kick it, secondly it feels a bit awkward in the air because of higher speed and lower control in the air...and at the end you have only couple of tries to stomp the trick and get away with a clean shot.

The decision about going for the mellow shot or going for the "can't be famous doing pussy stuff" shot is always a bit tricky, but we try to make the second one work out

i went for mellow 360 and pretty cool 720 and got both caught on tape...

Caught the prey, got the 1st pow shot of the season...Thanks CR...believe in righteous words!

Pray for the prey

If you snowboard or ski you should know i am talking about what we are looking for everyday...

it can be an old building where you can do a wall ride, it can also be a spine where you can pop off or make a slash and than pop off...it can be anything and we will try to make something out of it...

In the last few years i am hanging out with my friends who are at the top of their game in snowboarding and they taught me to search and see things to make something out of them and make a shot for an edit, self promo or movie segment...maybe we are hunters that are looking for the prey or maybe we are just so passionate to see things others can't

Today after teaching little kids how to ski i built a step down road gap with my friend Domen. Snow was so wet but the weather forecast said it's gonna turn to fresh pow through the night. Soaked and wet we were pretty happy with our work in the middle of nowhere and now...now we are just praying for bluebird and fresh pow in the morning to charge it!

We found a spot we can work on

This beauty is ready to charge us out of trees and drop us about 7 m+deeper

Soaked wet at the end of this day...Oakley apparel and eyewear kept me warm enough though

we pray!

Old injuries

3 months old ankle injury, post concussion traumas, back injury...i gues everything went down on me now

I had 26 brain concussion in last 5 years. One 3rd of them were so bad that i had to stay in hospital for few days, but i got used to it and i haven't cared too much. But through all these years i am getting really nervous sometimes and can't really concentrate enough. Today i was practising on Vogel ski center and didn't get some easy moves and couldn't really put my mind into the trick i wanted to be as perfect as i wanted...It's not really cool if you think of everything else except skiing.

Ankle is still so bad after almost 3 months and is not going any better, because i am skiing almost everyday even if only an hour of skiing on piste. The pain is getting worse when i jump or if i don't land the trick but i don't really care at that very moment.

And a week ago i crashed pretty bad in backcountry and left my back somewhere there. Also this pain is getting stronger.

everyday allday life on the mountain is an inspiration

i found out that this place exists in the place i am living through season over here in Slovenia

a bit of meditation in sauna with chilled music makes me clear my head and put my mind into skiing

All these things are just signs that i shouldn't go to Austrian open, which i think is a good decision. I know that all the guys will be killin it out there and with all those injuries and my head with a foreign state of mind just doesn't work if you want to make a statement and be good at that competition. I will rest a bit and film as much as i can and prepare myself for competitions in the end of March and April.

Charles Russel Johnson III ... true lion and ski legend

Yesterday a legend Cr johnson past away in a ski accident

I met CR this year in France and was really impressed how humble, happy and stoked he was to ski. It meant everything to him and there is nothing in the world he regreted. I will be skiing in future under influence and legacy of CR. Ski in peace LION!

According to eyewitness J.T. Holmes, who was riding on the Headwall lift and saw the accident, Johnson was skiing the steep run (according to Squaw Valley’s ski report, the mountain received 12-14 inches) comprised of tight chutes and countless exposed rocks. He lost control, struck a rock and immediately appeared lifeless. Despite wearing a helmet, he suffered immense trauma to his head and neck. Once at the top of the lift, Holmes notified the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol. They instantly skied to the scene and performed resuscitation to no avail.

“C.R. possessed a perspective for the mountains and the sport of skiing that transcended skiers all around the world to new heights,” says 4FRNT Skis’ Matt Sterbenz, who sponsored Johnson and assisted him in the design of C.R.’s pro model ski, the CRJ. Shortly after the accident, Sterbenz spoke to Johnson’s father, Russ, and Holmes. “His creative vision and positive personality brought the best out of anyone he ever met. He will remain a huge influence on my life and the many others that were fortunate to know him.”

An infectious skier and personality, Johnson filmed for ski industry leaders Teton Gravity Research and MSP Films before starting his own ski film production company with best friend and ski star Tanner Hall. The Truckee, CA, native and resident was a U.S. Open Big Air champion and two-time Winter X Games medalist (2001 Big Air bronze and 2002 Slopestyle silver).

Johnson suffered a traumatic brain injury in December 2005 when another skier landed on him while skiing inbounds at Brighton Ski Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. He was induced in a coma for 10 days during his 34-day stay at the University of Utah hospital before returning home to his parents’ house in the Tahoe area.

Filming in backcountry part 1

Filming with friends again on Vogel mtn. in winter wonderland with head deep pow for me (i'm 170cm) is always fun
This week i should prepare myself for Austrian freeski open, but the weather is so bad that today was the only sunny day in the week and you know what i do on sunny days after a big snowfall? You don't? check it out!

I woke up in the morning in Triglav apartments in Bohinj and was stoked when i looked through the window, because i knew it is sunny at the top.
With friends we made a small jump in backcountry and did some funny shots for the movie.

This is me going really small on double backflip. It was just not wu-tang enough :)

Domen made couple of bails and couple of cool 540's going really fast on the sketchy inrun.

We did a run to the valley with our filmer (really stoked to shred without backpack this time) crossing the zone of lynx. I was afraid a little bit. You never know when animal attacks you so it was better to ski fast

Happy at the top of last run where nobody left any tracks before we hit the lines.

Vote for me to enter JOSS

http://www.downdays.eu/sites/joss/video-contest

Go to the link and click vote for me to get a chance to compete with Jacob Wester and Elias Ambuhl to represent team Europe on Jon Olsson's invitational contest in Are Sweden!

It's my dream to get there and with your help it can become reality ! Thanks!

Mogul skiing should be banned from Olympic games

Olympic games is the system where new sports have no place, people on high positions are earning heaps of money, sportsmen are the last thing and the whole thing makes no sence. Why is mogul skiing still at the olympics. I undrstand it is part of the history...but that is the only thing that this kind of skiing is. No one skis like that at ski resorts and there is lack of skiers that wnats to ski moguls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5oIUJweyGQ&feature=related
Alexandre Bilodeau - winner of olympics with cork 1080 and backflip
vs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZowHYY5-5s
Bobby Brown - winner of winter x-games with double cork 12 and switch misty double cork 12 a run

You decide what should be at the olympics

Pow zone

In last month there were 2 victims of avalanche in our mountains... it is sad to hear that people die on our playground, where we are having fun almost everyday. Unfortunately only experiences and everyday's shred is making you smarter and alive
Today i felt like i have to go out and play in fresh powder. Conditions were far from safe, but anyway we tried to go out with Marko Grilc. If i trust someone i trust my friends that are experienced snowboarders. It didnt look sketchy at all so we gave it a go!

Checkin our playzone from the lift. It always looks so simple from far, but when you are at the top you don't know how fast and how far to hit the cliff to catch the pocket and ride away.

Grilo Air & style champ is not good in parks only. He's killin it in pow. not today cause he was shreding with me;)

In the morning we woke up in a fog and were already disspointed, but soon as we got out there...baaaaam...sun blessed our lines and surrounding.

Perfect day in pow, charged couple of times to the bottom flat of cliffs, but am alive. soooo alive!

Bless and don't go out there without friends and proper gear!

Jibba jabba camp

Jibba jabba camp is the 1st slovenian freeski project for youth to make them grow in skiing

Talkin bullshit no more

it's been a while since i have posted a clip of something. This my promotional video (not part) so take a look and have fun

Switching from contest mode to filming mode aint easy

it's always hard to skip powder days because of contests but in this case was worth it

Gloryfy bastards was the contest with best format ever. Hitting the biggest hip in my life in Gerlos at night was one of the best experiences i've ever had. I came in Gerlos on Friday night and missed the training. When i saw the feature i was blown away. Perfect shaped hip in the middle of village almost was looking really cool and pretty big. 18m of flat at the top looked sketchy to hit it over. But soon this myth was busted when i started to hit it in the morning practice. In 6 try's i decided to go a bit faster and jumped over for the first time. Came a bit short but everything was ok.

Qualifications started with jam session of snowboarders before skiers and snowboarders didn't step it up. One of them made it over with backside 180 and that scared me a bit, because my first goal was to do some cool tricks over. It was snowing and there was not much of the speed. Our time was on and skiers were al pumped. Did couple of jumps on the side and than surprised everyone with doing a smooth 540 over the whole thing. Since then everything just went crazy. Everyone saw that it is possible so they stepped up their game aswell. It was a madness already in Qualis. With my team mate we made it to finals which was pretty cool.

Finals started with best trick session where i made mistake and didn't land my 900 tail. But team finals were still ahead of us. We did a run with his 180 and my 540 and decided to go for all or nothing on the second run. We didn't make it so we had to be pleased with 3rd place. So that's pretty ok for this invitational contest that beaten me up so many times with big crashes also. Once i came up short and knocked my face with the knee into my head and broke lens. And the other time i went for a 9 and soon as i came out i knew that's going to be big. I couldn't see nothing in mid air but when i came out i saw i am still 5m to high for a sweet landing. Landed really deep and ejected out of skis. So the feature was 10m high and you can also see from the photo that i went pretty big, so decide how big was the crash.

Soon as i came home i got a call from my friends that powder time is on and we builded a kicker in backcountry and got no shots which was a bummer.

But than today we went across one peak and found perfect playground which made us shreding the best pow of the year and put big smiles on our faces

So many things can happen in just a few days and i am already stoked for new snowfall that is coming in a few days!

Redbull Linecatcher in Vars part2

Here is a little something of my first run in qualis

GLORYFY BASTARDS

i like to jump, i like to go high and i like to do mellow tricks. i guess i've chosen Gloryfy bastards over Polish freeski open because of that...

This weekend i am invited to hit 10m high corner jump with a drop-in from a digger's hand. 8 teams with 2 skiers will compete for best style, best trick and highest air.


SNOWBOARD:

Wolle Beer
Steve Grumser
Corsin "Cuga" Simeon
Davide Beltracchi
Steve Kröll
Rudi Kröll
Manuel Bernert
Jocki Köffler
Reini Rieser
Friedl Kolar
Anthony Smits
Werni Stock
+ 4 more tbc

FREESKI:

Mike Waltl
Martin Misof
Mike Hauser
Kevin Sagmeister
Fabio Studer
Christoph Söllner
Luggi Brucic
Matthias Egger
Bine Zalohar
Dominik Hasibeder
+ 6 more tbc

i will represent Slovenia and hope that Redbull gives me wings to go high enough

See us in the air!!1

Quiksilver Slovenia freeski tour - slopestyle winner

It's good to progress in skiing, but to have an impact on other kid's progression is way cooler

Last weekend i won the first stop of Quiksilver Slovenia freeski tour which is a series of events through the season only for slovenian kids to meet the freeskiing world and progress in skiing through events like these. I can't be more proud to see kids jumping on kickers bigger than on most contests. Even if they can't reach the double cork level, they still keep up with style and confidence to hit the course with flat up-rail, 16m and 15m kicker in the line.

flat rail is fun if you fly out of it

loads of airtimes made me do easier tricks with steeze

representing 4frnt MSP skis...they're true killin machines

and always good to have photos with groupies ;)

Next on is Gloryfy bastards invitational event in Zillertal (25m kicker...plenty airtime) stoooked!

Red bull Linecatcher 2010 in Vars part 1

Last week i got an oportunity to ride on the world's biggest freestyle backcountry event in Vars

great mountains at 7 am

Event like the Redbull Linecatcher is the ultimate in our sport. The mix between freestyle skiing and the mountains is one of the kind and the hardest thing in skiing. For this kind of skiing the athlete needs to be in top shape, he needs to be aware of avalnches and risk with skiing in these terrains. It takes so much skills to bring all those tricks from park into big ountain area and get away with clean runs without big falls between rocks on a steep face. That is why top skiers from all over the world took place in Vars and offered the show to the public. Sage-Cattabriga Alonsa, Cr Johnson, Candide Thovex, Anthony Boronowski, Sean Pettit, Tim Durtchi, Richard Permin, Jp Auclair,...were just the few names of great riders...

Tanner Hall broke his tibias and both knees in the spring and after 5 surgeries he was judging in his words 'the best event in the season'

My team mate Cr Johnson shoved me what's up and at the end took 3rd place..Respect bredda!!!
After the first day of shreding 1m of new layer of powder on 2m of base and scooping the line for qualis, i was pretty much lost what to do and how to get down as big as i can or i can't. That is why it was really important for me to take photo of the face and figure out the way. On the photo everything looks so easy and small but when you are out there...different story

...going through my line over and over...

interviews were the event's dark side...when you are there you just want to ski...nothing else

minutes before the first quali drop...can you see the line from here? i guess so

hiking kept us warm from freezing...-22 degrees at 7 am

Qualifications were heavy. Such a good skiing on the Europa's highest level offered a great show to the public. 12 riders and almost 24 different lines were the point of redbull Linecatcher. We killed the face and had a smile on our faces whole day long. After qualifications only 2 spots were open for the finals. I couldn't better than Victor and Leo so i had to please myself with only side-watching the finals. In my opinion i did a good job. Did the double set cliff, some small jumps and 360 over the windlip in the first run and big 360 over the cliff and the big bottom cliff where i expected harder impact on landing. I am happy with this performance on my first ever freestyle/bc event and stoked to get back here next year!

Hucking the bottom cliff and landing it easy

GREY powder days in COLOURS

Spending time with friends on powder days even if it's not waist deep is...everything in skiing

For my new year's present i got a chance to compete on one of the biggest freeride / freestyle event called Red Bull Linecatcher. I am leaving on friday and be doing qualis on sunday.

the clip form last year's event

I also got brand new CRJ 2011 powder skis from 4frnt. It is the sickest ski to shred deep pow, crust, icy parts, jumps... That is why i come home every day with bruised hips, busted knees, sore back,...but really glad to have the chance to ski on gray days when everyone are mostly in school or at work. Tired and happy everyday after skiing all the time checking my gear, adding some cool things in my backpack for next day, trying to figure out what can i do to make the next day even better on skis.


I love my friends and love snow and even on a day like today i see colours!



Oh yeah. I also entered a photo contest with my powder and big air shot and voters decide who will take home the grand prize ( Heliskiing in Alaska )
It is definetly skier's biggest dream to ski out there, so if you'll support me and get me some votes i would be very pleased.

Here are links to following photos:
Powder bomb | binezalohar: The North Face Ski & Snowboard PHOTO CONTEST
powder shot
Bine Zalohar | binezalohar: The North Face Ski & Snowboard PHOTO CONTEST
big air shot

Thanks and have fun... BLESS!

Jib Jam in Kranjska Gora

Rail event in Kranjska Gora was the first event in Slovenia so far and a place to be for me!

setup
...i'm not really a fan of rails but i came here to show what i've learned in past few years on the street. i don't practice rails much in the parks, because i rather hit some jumps or shred some pow. So usualy i go on the streets and film rails. My first street rail i ever hit was the one in Planica (44 stairs, wooden crooked rail, remember?) and the next day in Kranjska Gora (double kink, narrow, steep, iron steps on bith side). So i was happy to see a sweet down rail and a flat down box before event started.

Even if the season is not fully on...actually is not on at all because of lack of snow, i was surprised that so many people actually came to shred and support freeskiing. Many of riders were at home watching movies, eating pies or whatever but still...we had fun!

afternoon practice

it was cool for me to warm up on box before hitting the rail

After 1.5 hour of jam session riders decided who will take home 250euros and some sweet stuff form 69slam and others. I guess my style was appreciated so i won the first contest of the season. I like!