Keep Your Clips Up #2: Best Ski Videos of the Week
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." While he was onto something in the '80s, I don't know if Ferris Bueller's advice applies to 2024. Thanks to the non-stop deluge that is social media, life's now moving at warp speed—blink, and you're out of luck. That’s where Keep Your Clips Up—a weekly collection of the best videos in skiing—comes in.
Is the ski season over yet? No, siree! Across North America—and the world, for that matter—skiers are still getting after it and, more importantly, racking up snowsports' most valuable currency: clips. This week brings a bountiful harvest of Scandinavian throwdowns, stellar rookie performances, and good old-fashioned POV charging.
Kimbo Sessions Continues To Impress
Year after year, Kim Boberg’s aptly titled Kimbo Sessions brings an incredibly stacked crew of freeskiers to Kläppen Ski Resort, Sweden. The project is a labor of love for Boberg, whose relentless work has transformed Kimbo Sessions into one of the events in freeskiing. It presents an opportunity for freeskiing’s best to get together, hang out, and collectively push the sport to new heights in an unstructured format. Us viewers? We’re just along for the ride.
Andreas Håtveit and Co. Are on One
At this point, overstating the impressiveness of Andreas Håtveit's continued presence in freeskiing is impossible. Yes, Candide Thovex exists, but Håtveit, who's 37, is also quietly proving that age is a mere construct away from the limelight of viral videos and Audi ad spots. In TGP Vol. 7—which was produced alongside our friends at Newschoolers—Håtveit's joined by an equally talented rail-skiing roster that includes Benedik Oye, Robert Ruud, Knut Fineid, and Samuel Haugeplass. This might be one of the best skiing videos released all season.
Kelly, Well, Sends
If you haven't heard the name Kelly Rivers Hilleke, it's time for an introduction. Standing apart from the crowd these days is nearly impossible for young shredders, but Hilleke—who possesses a deep bag of tricks and impressive freeriding skills to match—does so with aplomb. Get acquainted with the next big thing in skiing below.
Henry Zakowskis Through Utah
With a last name like Zakowski, you better be handy on a pair of sticks. Lucky for him, Henry Zakowski's more than capable of living up to his namesake, chucking 360s and backflips with the best of them in his latest POV edit filmed at several Utah ski resorts. POV footage tends to make skiing look less gnarly than it is, but don't be fooled: you couldn't pay me enough to trick some of the features Zakowski 360s in this one.
Matěj Švancer Gets Gymnastic
Red Bull and Jesper Tjäder's Unrailistic may have wrapped up several days ago, but that doesn't mean we aren't still talking about it. Billed as one of the zanier gatherings in freeskiing, the competition featured a slew of strange and wonderful park features, including a trampoline. Yes, a trampoline. Here's Matěj Švancer doing his best gymnast impression.
Related: Keep Your Clips Up #1: Best Ski Videos Of The Week
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