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So I’m heading back to Bend tomorrow to host the “Shred with Laurenne” camp at Bachelor (begins on Saturday). I’m teaming up with Mt. Bachelor, Shred, Atomic and The Race Place to put on the camp. Ted Ligety is also joining me for the weekend, so there will definitely be some speed and ripping involved. We’re going to set up some GS gates, but it’s up to the campers whether we train or free ski…. either way, we’re gonna tear it up.
There are two separate weekends of Shred camp….first weekend with Ted is full, but there are a few spots left in weekend #2. Check it out here. You can also get the details on my website: laurenneross.com
Shred and Atomic are giving out some free gear at the camp, and spots are limited (12 per weekend), so most everybody will take home some sweet swag: junior helmets, goggles, Atomic all-mountain skis, shirts, hats, and more.
THANK YOU to SHRED, MT. BACHELOR, ATOMIC, and THE RACE PLACE! Check out the details and come rip with me, Ted and Shred over the next two weekends at Mt Bachelor!!!
my helmet design from last season….
some Shred shades that I love…
<3 Laurenne
I love to ski.
It’s been a while since I’ve been updating you… Not much time in front of the computer, instead tons of time spending outdoors in the mountains… So a lot of things happened…
Recently I just came back from a film/fototrip from Morocco… It’s been a blast, so many impressions in such a short period of time… There’s a video coming out in autumn, so I’ll keep you posted about that… As the story also will be published in various Ski magazines just a glimpse…
still some hours to go... hiking in the Atlas mountains to finally ski African snow...
Finally the video of my skisponsors teamweek, where I’m also part of it, is online…
It’s April now and thank goodness there is still lots of snow in the mountains… Just got 20 cm fresh yesterday… So what to do? Of course, SHREDDING 
Here some impressions from the day…
from the helmcam perspective...
...booom... Babycliff...
fresh pow
Hiked a pretty impressive colouir the other day – here’s the video how it was…
Enjoy the rest of the winter! Summer will be here soon…
Take care and all the best,
Mel:-)
Melissa loves to ski, surf, sup and windsurf.Generally I’ve made it through the last couple winters without any major crashes (knock on wood). This week filming with Warren Miller I’ve taken 2 pretty good tumbles. The first I tomahawked pretty good and lost my GoPro so unfortunately I lost all the footage from the crash and the day which was our best. On my second big crash we weren’t filming because the sun was no longer on the face we were skiing, so I took fun run with another GoPro on a line I had already skied. The line was a pretty simple steep face into about a 20 foot cliff band. I was trying to lose a little speed coming into the cliff when I hit a hard piece of snow or a rock and the sluff took out my tails simultaneously. I was fine, just another lesson learned: don’t throw speed checks in the gut where the sluff is going.
Ted loves to Shred. He's an Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion ski racer, all-mountain ripper and loves to push his body's limits.I finally have something I’m excited enough about to share with fellow my Shredders.
The search for powder continues here in Colorado. It has been a challenging winter here for sure but I had a feeling deep down that my time would come where I was playing in bottomless POW…. That’s what we all want isn’t it? I searched high, low and everywhere in between. One night I had an idea that my girlfriend Tara and I should head south to my family cabin to do some exploring. Much to our surprise we found what i think is the best snow in Colorado. With 18 inches of fresh pow on top of 6 feet of untracked snow pack there were plenty of face shots to be had.
Thanks to Tara and the awesome camera I got her for Christmas we have some pictures to share with you.
Pray for snow
Jake loves to ski, surf, sup and windsurf.To all Shredders:
This winter’s conditions have not been what they were last year here in the US. Don’t get me wrong- The storms have provided ample good times, but the chemistry in the snowpack around the country has been sketchy. On top of multiple recent accidents in my home state of Colorado, I was very saddened to hear about the 3 individuals who lost their lives in Washington earlier this week. Jim Jack was the head judge for the Freeskiing World Tour, and was an inspiration to many skiers. RIP
Be careful out there! Skiing is dangerous but it is what we live for!
Doing Control Work with San Juan Ski Company
Once you know it’s safe go SHRED!
Photo: Sven Brunso
Photo: Sven Brunso
Happy Turns!
-Grady
“Mountains speak, wise men listen.” John Muir
Grady loves to ski, surf, sup and windsurf.I am not just another number, and if you’re reading this you’re not a number either. You’re a non-conforming badass shredder just like me. The FIS will not hold us down by telling us what we can and cannot do. We are progressives who care about one thing and one thing only…skiing. I live for skiing, and I know that you do too. Skiing is all about progression and pushing the limits of what was previously thought impossible. I’m not going to tell you what we are about to do on our skis, or how far we are going to push the limit, that’s what FIS does. I’m going to tell you that we recognize the constraints that FIS has put on us, and we are not going to pay attention to them. We will fight for our right to progress the sport to unknown levels. I am so lucky to find a hardcore group of people who share the same vision and passion for life, and so it’s no coincidence that I use Shred and Slytech. FUCK FIS.
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Marcus Caston
“Living life, Loving it” – Spencer Nelson
Marcus loves to ski, surf, sup and windsurf.We are currently racing in Rosa Khutor the alpine site for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The downhill race was today in which I did not partake in and the Combined is tomorrow in which I hope to crush it. The downhill track here is one of the coolest hills in the world and has the ability to be legendary. This being the first time it’s ever been run I think organizers were nervous so they set it way to turny. It resembles a SuperG set more then a downhill but I’m guessing they will have that ironed out for the Olympics.
Outside the race venues this mountain is probably the best ski area you’ll never ski, since getting into Russia (visa-wise) is a feat unto itself and it’s not easy to get here/to Sochi. The mountain has something like 5000 feet of vertical and after the Olympics they will connect the three resorts here so it will be massive with incredible terrain. (Snowbird/Alta+JacksonX5=)
We landed in Sochi (via private jet with the Russian team) at 3am and construction was in full swing the entire hour drive to the hotel. I’ve never seen anything like it, it seems like they are starting completely from scratch; new roads, railways, hotels, lifts etc. The security is something else too. The security is infinitely tighter then the Olympics in Vancouver and similar to airport security to get on the gondola, other then many of the security personnel are carrying machine guns. It will be very interesting see what this place will be like for the Olympics!
I attempted to poach a few powder turns today and got a taste of the skiing and the security. Here’s a video:
Ted loves to Shred. He's an Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion ski racer, all-mountain ripper and loves to push his body's limits.Austria is sinking in snow and since 40 years there hasn’t been so much snow until that time of the year… Teamrider Mel Presslaber
sent us some impressions from the past weeks including a video from last weeks Teamweek from her skisponsor Fischer…
Enjoy!
DEEP...
Faceshots & endless powder...
More Snow Than Imaginable
...unbelievable amounts of snow at the Arlberg!!!!
Melissa loves to ski, surf, sup and windsurf.Hey Shredders,
Here’s a little picture update of what I’ve been up to this winter. The skiing in Aspen is good but backcountry still isn’t ready yet so here’s what I’ve been doing. Pray for snow.
Until next time,
Jake Zamansky
Jake loves to ski, surf, sup and windsurf.After going home to Park City for 5 days over Xmas, I thought I was going to get some productive training in Soelden to prep for Adelboden and the rest of January. No such “luck”, it snowed a ton in the days before I got there and while we were there making training useless. No complaints though instead we skied epic powder, might not be the best for race prep but after seeing no snow in PC it was nice to use the fat boards and have some fun. The fun continued after the race in Adelboden which as it turns out is an awesome mountain, they just don’t like it when you ski in the trees. Opps. Below is some of the fun taken from my GoPro.
Ted loves to Shred. He's an Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion ski racer, all-mountain ripper and loves to push his body's limits.
