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The North Face Ski Challenge presented by GORE-TEX is back ! In a few days, we’ll start taking applications ! From France to Finland, from Norway to Slovakia we’re coming this winter close to you to help see your dream come true: become a pro rider and change your ski lives ! So don’t listen to people who tell you that you can’t ! Come and try it out for yourselves. Show us your best and try to qualify for the big final in Val Thorens, France. The mountains are just waiting for you !
The North Face Endurance Challenge presented by the GORE-TEX (R) brand.
The North Face Ski Challenge presented by GORE-TEX ended up its qualifying round in Italy, in beautiful Alagna and now gets in preparation mode for its fourth final in Val Thorens. Alagna looks a bit like what ski resorts looked like in the early days ( with of course modern lifts). But still, it has the charm of a true mountain village, with huge mountains surrounding it, at the foot of famous Monte Rosa. This is where we decided to go for the last stage of the qualifying rounds of the Ski Challenge and the second stage ever in Italy. Jason Shutt, our head judge tells us the story of this Italian week end : « Although we lacked some riders, the event went as well as it could with Alagna and its staff really helping us do the best we could. The usual program was reversed due to weather issues with the freeride on Saturday and the freestyle on Sunday.The site we had chosen for the freeride was interesting with several choices of lines and varying steepness. Snow had fallen on the site the day before but due to warmer temperatures some areas had become crusty and snow conditions were not the best and some of the areas were pronounced out of bounds. Due to a limited number of riders, we were able to take several runs and try different lines.» The park in Alagna is situated in the valley, and the next day, riders met there for the freestyle part of the contest. «Unfortunatley we only had 10 riders which competed on both days. Credit must go to the crew of riders who made the …
Chamonix, March 1rst, 2009 Chamonix Hosts The North Face® Ski Challenge Presented by Gore-Tex® & Breaks Record Number of Young Freeskiers Participants and Number of Qualified For Final in Val Thorens ! The North Face Ski Challenge presented by Gore-Tex was on the mountain slopes of the Grands Montets, in Argentière, over the Chamonix valley. And this week end , Europes premier contest for young freeskiers enjoyed a record crowd of 63 young freeskiers participating. Twenty one additional qualified boys and girls will compete in the final in to maybe a sponsoring contract and get help to become pro riders and change their ski lives ! The event was back in the famous valley of Chamonix and enjoyed in this region a popularity that sees French, Swiss, English and Belgian riders come to participate in the event. On the hills of the Grands Montets, the event had two wonderful and full of action days. Plan Joran & Breakfast For All ! The Compagnie du Mont Blanc helped us prepare the park, Dynastar in its test center invited us for breakfast on the Plan Joran plateau. Early start, early inspection in the shadow of the world mountains of Chamonix and at around 10:30 the event started. The park in Chamonix is split in two separate parts and the jury decided to take one run in the upper section of the park, designed for less experienced riders and two runs in the lower part, with bigger jumps. Amazing Spring-like Weather And Air, Air and More Air ! The shining sun left us with tan …
How could I identify a genuine goretex jacket from The North face (obviusly I am not going to wear it, and then return it to the street vendor)
I am going to buy it used, not new, used !
Åre, Feb 15 th, 2009. Åre Welcomes The North Face® Ski Challenge Presented by Gore-Tex® For Second Time, Matches Record Number of Young Freeskiers Qualified For Final in Val Thorens ! The North Face Ski Challenge presented by Gore-Tex made its second appearance in almost ideal conditions in the famous Swedish resort of Åre. Wonderful park preparation and great freeride snow conditions helped the qualifying stage become probably the best ever since the tour began last year ! Eleven young Swedish riders qualified and will compete in the final to maybe win the ultimate prize: a sponsoring contract and get help to become a pro rider and change ski lives ! In its third year, the Ski Challenge is still finding new talents accross Europe. 47 riders gathered in Åre to participate in this years stage of The North Face Ski Challenge by Gore-Tex. And although a rather large participation wasnt a surprise to us, the kids determination was. Some had travelled all the way from places more than six hundred kilometers away from the Swedish resort located an hour west of Östersund. And in their eyes, as we ran through their applications in the local Stadium store on Åretorget, you could see that they had come back to try to win and qualify for the final in Val Thorens. Bräcken Park Forever ! This year again, Åre & Skistar helped us put up a show really didnt look like a series made for young talents only, but rather a contest for pros and experienced riders. Many spectators stopped in the …
Ruka, Finland, Feb 8th, 2009, 2009 Finnish Lapland Resort of Ruka Welcomes TheNorth Face® Ski Challenge Presented by Gore-Tex® For The Second Time In The Country Of The Flying Finns ! The North Face Ski Challenge presented by Gore-Tex continued its tour this year by going to Ruka, in the Finnish Lapland to once again admire freestyle skills of the Flying Finns. Chilly temperatures didnt prevent 33 kids from throwing a major freestyle show and ski difficult blown snow in freeride. If theres a country were our eyes are always turned to the skies, its Finland. This year again, we were amazed at the freestyle skills participants demonstrated! Their jumps and tricks in the air attracted a fascinated crowd in spite of the polar temperatures.This year again, and even if the Finnish winter vacations hadnt started yet, 33 kids travelled sometimes more than 1000 kilometers to Ruka to participate in this years edition of the ski challenge. And temperatures didnt rise in spite of the hot freestyle show: Järi, our snowmobile driver in the park, said: Its only -22°C but with the wind chill factor, its more like -50°C in fact ! And on the freeride day, it got even colder with wind chilled temperatures of -60°C ! Confirmation of mature talents. Some of the young riders participating this year were already known to us and qualified again for the final in Val Thorens to be held at the end of March. Roppe Leppänen & Antijussi Heikkinen were two of the young skiers we knew would probably do …
www.webtogs.co.uk The Mountain Equipment Men’s Ogre jacket is made from 3-Layer Gore-Tex Pro Shell Ascendor II fabric. The award winning Ogre Jacket is the workhorse of the Mountain Equipment Range, covering every requirement expected from a mountain waterproof jacket. With no unnecessary fuss, weight or bulk, the Ogre will go all day in all conditions. This premium award-winning jacket has been Mountain Equipments best selling mountaineering jacket for over 5 years. Mountain Equipment have added more storage to the Ogre jacket this year with the Stratum Storage System, this adds an extra 25% storage to the jacket without compromising the shape, fit or weight. Handy for maps, goggles and any other item you might need to get at fast. The Mountain HC stealth construction hood moves easily whether a helmet is worn or not with 4 way movement giving an excellent full range of visibility even when at full stretch. A climbers heaven in a jacket. Even the name for the Mountain Equipment Ogre Jacket is steeped in British mountaineering heritage. The Ogre 7285 meters (23901 ft) high, is located in the Karokorum range of Pakistan, and is famous for being one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb, 24 years elapsed between the first ascent in 1977 and the second in 2001. Trail Magazine, October 2009……..Definitely one of our favorite jackets of recent years, and the benchmark general- purpose hill-walking jacket in my view. There are no changes from previous years and as this …