April 20, 2012
Recently Degree put together a series of ads called “Master OF Movement” where they got together with some action sports athletes and a professional rock climber and had them all go ride or climb a new line and had them explain what it took to make this feat happen. Travis Rice rides a famous feature [...] Read More...
April 19, 2012
A days ago we posted something that Brian Farm was working on that would help to bring the filming of action sports to the next level. If you missed that you can check it out here. In the video reel below you will see some of the most visually stunning acts ever captured on film [...] Read More...
April 17, 2012
As action sports across the board move to the next level as far as tricks, innovation and skill, so must the filming of action sports. One of the leading forces in the filming and editing of action sports is the Brain Farm team. These are the people that brought events and movies like “The Red [...] Read More...
April 16, 2012
On Saturday the 14th the Monster Energy kicked off their Big Hip contest which was a TTR big air invitational and was run in conjunction with the Telus World Ski and Snowboard festival. This event has been going on for 15 years now and this past Saturday saw a massive attendance to see who would [...] Read More...
April 13, 2012
As is to be expected FIS (International Ski Federation) already has plans set in motion to blunder the judging in the Olympics and carve the rut of old ways even deeper into both Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing. In a attempt to promote “efficiency and economy” FIS is asking that instead of hiring judges that specialize [...] Read More...
April 12, 2012
The Jeremy Jones movie “Further” that came out has been dropping what they are calling “Unplugged” episodes. Basically it’s a behind the scenes type thing and the latest instalment is priceless. When the team was filming in Norway, the camp they had set up was in a place where Polar Bears were a real danger [...] Read More...
April 09, 2012
The level of skiing at the Jon Olsson Big Air in Are Sweden this past weekend was ridiculous. The triple cork seems to have truly made its mainstay in the Big Air world of skiing and I for one will say that skiers make this trick look better than the snowboarders have so far and [...] Read More...
April 09, 2012
“Monday Morning Wake Up Call” is another weekly segment we are dropping on Action Recon where we more or less drop some sort of action sports section that gets your ass moving each Monday. This week we have the full section from Stevie Bell out of the Forum Snowboards movie “Vacation”. The movie came out [...] Read More...
April 05, 2012
Enter in the body and mindset of a freerider about to shred the European Alps, one of the greatest playgrounds on earth for big mountain skiing and snowboarding. When everything is happening at the same time we say “Right place! right time!” and that’s the case in this edit. To make the best out of [...] Read More...
April 03, 2012
The Ride Shakedown went down this past weekend is St. Sauveur, Quebec and as usual it was the premier event in Canada. The course was innovative and creative and the crew that brought this contest to life could not have done a better job. In the rail garden there was a choice between two down-flate [...] Read More...
April 02, 2012
Over the weekend the Red Bull Supernatural aired on NBC. This was the single greatest and most real snowboard contest that the sport has ever seen, it was a true collection of the best all-around snowboarders in the world and the course was something that would test the skills of any well rounded world champion. [...] Read More...