COVER “Bella Coola is a tiny town far from anywhere at the end of a long inlet in western British Columbia. The scale of the mountains makes you feel small. I tried to capture that feeling while Chad Sayers skied this line.” Photo: Mattias Fredriksson TIPS UP 01 • “After Remco Kaiser’s success at the Level 1 Unknown contest in 2018, he was invited to join some shoots in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzer-land. Remco got his new equipment from Salomon the day before he arrived in town. His first hit on his new setup was a casual 360 nose-tap on the streetlight, followed by a four-kink rail.” Photo: Ruedi Flück 02 • Todd Ligare has been a staple in the Jackson, WY backcountry for the better part of a decade and a staple of Teton Gravity Research’s films since his breakout segment in 2011’s One For The Road . Photo: Greg Von Doersten 03 • “In May 2019, I went on a ski and sail trip with Hedvig Wessel, Sandra Lahnsteiner, Caroline Strömberg and Evelina Nilsson. We cruised the Norwegian fjords from Ålesund to Loen, stopping to search for good snow along the way. Here, the women leave the boat for a morning tour.” Photo: Anton Enerlöv 04 • “Annastasia Copeland-Rynders plus high avi danger plus new snow equaled long walks in some magical trees in Japan’s Hakuba Valley.” Photo: Adam Clark 05 • Callum Pettit casually floats across the long, thin shadows of a burned forest outside of Pemberton, BC. Photo: Tal Roberts 06 • “Angel Collinson radiates an artistic presence—from the subtleties of her clothing to her musical choices, everything feels deliberate and geared toward her aura. This shot from Petersburg, AK is a good depiction of Angel, a brilliant skier surrounded by color, beauty and power. I could describe her similarly if she was simply walking down a street because of the way she makes the world feel when she is around.” Photo: Nic Alegre 07 • “The kickers and landings were shaped before we arrived in Glarnerland, Switzerland to film for Level 1’s Romance . Wind blew in another two or three feet of fresh snow, even though it was May. The unstable weather made it really hard to get shots, but Rob Heule made it work and landed this line.” Photo: Ruedi Flück 08 • “Stepping out of a backcountry hut into the crisp evening, the silence of this sunset felt amplified in stark contrast to the blaring snow machines that got us there. Tenquille Lake, BC.” Photo: Tal Roberts
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