We visit Momentum ski camps in Whistler to interview the coaches and athletes about the AcroBag and how it had progressed their learning.
Interviews with:
Trennon Paynter – Canadian Halfpipe Team Coach
John Smart – Canadian Olympian and Founder of Momentum Ski Camps
Rob Coburn – Current Coach of the Canadian Moguls Team
Mike Riddle – Professional Skier and World Halfpipe Champion
Jeremy Cooper – Professional Skier and CFSA Level 2 Coach
O’Neill riders in this video : Seb Toots, Mark McMorris, Craig McMorris, Didier Godbout, Claudia Biron
Friends : TJ Schneider, Jeremy Cloutier, Kim Rune Hansen and more.
Marc-André Tarte is cruising around EU shooting the pilot episode for “The Retarte Show”: A behind the scenes look at snowboarding in Europe starting the upcoming 2010-11 season. After covering a few events like this years Air&Style, he just covered a 20m gap session in Alta Badia, Italy, the same day he picked up a new Nitro Team board. Check out his stomped Cab 7 indy shot below from photographer Rudi Wyhlidal.
Earlier this day everyone was afraid to jump the rock hard gap. But someone had to… The morning fruit was starting to move in Marc’s stomach which forced him to the toilet. There came a big relief but there was still a little bit left in there when Marc first overshot the landing. Result… well lets just say that if this jump was into the Acrobag he would still have clean pants.
Marc-André Tarte's cab 720 across the 20 meter gap in Alta Badia, Italia
Take a ride with the Italian Olympic Snowboard Team as they shred the halfpipe, hit the AcroBag and hang out at the O Park! Italian Coach Roberto Moresi, and riders Manuel Pietropoli and Giorgio Ciancaleoni train on the 22 Monster Pipe and throw down in the Acro Bag, as well as a little steez on an Otsego Golf Cart!
For many of the Olympic hopefuls training at the Otsego Club & Resort the past several weeks, learning medal-winning tricks meant trusting their lives to a giant airbag.
