Snowboard Boards and Equipment
You can call it a one-off project, no one has built anything like this before. What we are doing now is really reinventing the wheel since it’s never been done before. Well I’m a bit worried since everything needs to be built from the ground up and on site. It’s a bit different compared with …
– Well, I love painting the maps because it gets me out in the weather like this. (camera clicks) It’s pretty awesome to come into a resort and look up and see my map. (enchanting music) I’m James Niehues, and I’ve painted ski maps of some of the biggest resorts around the world. I’ve painted …
– Three, two, one, see ya. Base jumping is already the most dangerous sport in the world. Ah! Then you’re also mixing that with big mountain skiing. You’re combining full intensity sports in an unforgiving environment. The risk factor is definitely pretty high. (upbeat music) I am Matthias Giraud, aka Super Frenchie. I’m a pro …
(haunting music) – [Sarah] When I go down the slope, it takes me three seconds to get from zero to 60 miles an hour. (dramatic music) (skis whooshing) I honestly can’t explain what it feels like, even after 15 years of doing the sport. My name is Sarah Hendrickson, and I’m an Olympic ski jumper. …
We’re literally, and figuratively, behind (North) Korea’s red curtain. We’re literally, and figuratively, behind (North) Korea’s red curtain. We’re literally, and figuratively, behind (North) Korea’s red curtain. Oh, God! Oh, God! Good times! In February of 2016, we entered DPRK, (The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.) More commonly known as ‘North Korea.’ With skis in …
>>You know, when President Obama ran, the first time certainly in 2008, a lot of people, (sort of journalists, magazines) compared Obama to Lincoln. You know, they’re both from Illinois and Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Lincoln’s hometown. And of course the abolition of slavery resonates with Obama being the first black president. And …
– [Emma] Cerro Blanco is the biggest sand dune in the world. I had no idea people could ski in a place like this. Once you’re at the top, you have about 4,000 feet of vertical drop until you get to the bottom. Whoo! I will remember that moment for the rest of my life. …
– [John] At the top of the track right before a race, I tell myself there’s nothing I can’t do. People have died doing this, and I know that. But going 90 miles per hour is so damn fun. (soft music) My name is John Daly, and I’m a two time Olympic skeleton slider. The …
(whooshing) – [Woman] Bobsledding is a Winter Olympic sport where you have your driver and you have a brakeman, which is my position. The brakeman is mainly the engine to the sled. We get it goin’ as fast as possible. (rustling) (whooshing) I am Aja Evans, and I’m an Olympic bobsledder. (dramatic orchestral music) The …