[Full-Length] Award Winning: Eclipse from Salomon Freeski TV

Once in a lifetime solar eclipse in the arctic.
by

Eclipse - Salomon Freeski TV S9 E03

WINNER 'Best Snow Sports Film' at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival

It was a ridiculous idea from the start. Travel to the edge of the earth to see one of the planet’s rarest events- a total solar eclipse in the Arctic. Faced with the likely reality of bad weather obscuring the sun and having to battle frigid, arctic temperatures and winds, the odds did not favor success. Despite this the Salomon Freeski TV team and set out on an expedition to realize photographer, Reuben Krabbe’s grand vision to capture a single unique image- one of skiing during a solar eclipse. Persistence, preparation and a positive attitude was a guarantee of nothing as March 20th, 2015, dawned. The fate of the expedition’s goal would rest entirely in the hands of the weather gods.

Skiers: Cody Townsend, Chris Rubens, Brody Leven

GO BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA FEATURE AT

https://freeskitv.salomon.com

 


0
0

Add your comment

by Anonymous - Already have an account? Login now!
Your Name:

Comment:
Enter the text you see in the image below
What do you see?
Can't read the image? View a new one.
Your comment will appear after being approved.

Related Posts


Speedriding is a high-speed, high stakes mountain sport that fuses elements of skiing and parachute flight. This hybrid approach to the alpine gives its intrepid practitioners access to terrain that would otherwise be inaccessible. In The Unrideables:...  more »

Stellar Media's MIGRATIONS series is an ongoing documentation of the relentless pursuit for perfect conditions. Traveling long distances is a matter of survival for some animal species, however for the adventurous human it is a way of life. All creatures...  more »

FEW WORDS is one of the best ski films to drop in the last decade. The award winning documentary from Quiksilver retraces the life story of one the most accomplished skiers in the world Candide Thovex. The film gives you an inside look into the life and...  more »

Last Summer, Rusutsu ski area in Japan built a Travis Rice-inspired supernatural terrain park in the forest. The Salomon crew were given first crack at it in all-time powder conditions.  more »

"Veteran big mountain skier, Ian McIntosh headed to La Grave, France last winter to film for TGR’s Almost Ablaze. Get in the head of McIntosh as we experience step by step what it took to ski the “Y” couloir. Ian encounters a wide...  more »

Legend status is not easy to achieve. It takes time, the right personality and achievements that separate you from the pack. Since his earlier days of filming with Warren Miller and Matchstick productions, Chris Davenport has been a recognized face in...  more »

As the youngest land mass on earth, Iceland is an ever-evolving paradise for skiers. Littered with volcanoes, the ski lines here plunge straight to the ocean's edge. Andreas Fransson, Chris Rubens, and Mark Abma visit Arctic Heli Sking on the Troll...  more »

"Frenchman Richard Permin kicks off this year's MSP Mondays, featuring outtakes from "Days of My Youth," which was produced by Red Bull Media House and Matchstick Productions." Download Now on iTunes: Days of My Youth  more »

Submit your own

Contribute:



Ask a Question