Quiksilver's "Natural Selection"

[66jzmstr 0]

Just thought I'd pass this along, as it's somewhat groundbreaking. I'd rather watch a rider's video part than contest, but here's something on the first freestyle contest held in natural terrain.

 

Pretty sick riding, and pretty funny, too:

 

Quiksilver's "Natural Selection" (Click on Competition at Dick's Ditch)

 

And while on the topic of Quiksilver and Travis Rice, here's what will probably be the new standard for snow films:

 

"That's It, That's All" Trailer

[samurai 0]

"That's it, That's All" is nucking futs.

 

While I do consider this competition to be an evolution of the sport, natural-terrain freestyle comps are more than a decade old. The World Heli Challenge in NZ back in the 90's was groundbreaking with 3 days of heli-accessed competition. 1 day was Extreme (Big mountain riding), 1 day was Freestyle (chucking tricks off natural features, inverted rotations were standard) and 1 day was a Chinese Downhill. (no- that's not racist, it's a race where everybody goes at once... making boarder-cross seem quite childish.)

 

Rip Curl used to fund it and pulled out in 2001, forcing the athletes to pay their ride. Then it died for a few years and tried to make a comeback last year in 2007. It's hard to get the marketing dollars for events that are in such remote places... but it is the future of the sport.

[Oyuki kigan 0]

No, the future of the sport is happening on March 1st in Hakuba.

[spook 0]

 Originally Posted By: Oyuki kigan

No, the future of the sport is happening on March 1st in Hakuba.

what's that then?

[Oyuki kigan 0]

You will have to come and see.

 

Anyways, sick video. Natural features bring out creativity.

[66jzmstr 0]

 Originally Posted By: samurai

"That's it, That's All" is nucking futs.

While I do consider this competition to be an evolution of the sport, natural-terrain freestyle comps are more than a decade old. The World Heli Challenge in NZ back in the 90's was groundbreaking with 3 days of heli-accessed competition. 1 day was Extreme (Big mountain riding), 1 day was Freestyle (chucking tricks off natural features, inverted rotations were standard) and 1 day was a Chinese Downhill. (no- that's not racist, it's a race where everybody goes at once... making boarder-cross seem quite childish.)

Rip Curl used to fund it and pulled out in 2001, forcing the athletes to pay their ride. Then it died for a few years and tried to make a comeback last year in 2007. It's hard to get the marketing dollars for events that are in such remote places... but it is the future of the sport.

I didn't know there was a freestyle segment to the World Heli Challenge. Thanks for the heads-up, samurai!

[samurai 0]

what's up in haks march 1st, oyuki?

 

your baby being born?

[Oyuki kigan 0]

you could say that, i suppose.

[samurai 0]

so vague.