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Roots | Crash Reel

    The perfect landing doesn’t come easy. From over-rotating the trick to misjudging the landing, crashing is at the Roots of freeskiing, but heading back up for another hit is what pushes the sport to new heights.

    Buckle up and check out the best of the worst crashes that went into gathering the final footage for Roots.

    In Co-Production with Red Bull Media House.

    JAPAN

    When Japan re-opened its borders to foreign visitors last year following Covid lock-downs, skiers went in droves to ski the legendary JaPow. But only one ski crew went with a mission to ski in the streets and "remove" snow! Don't miss Alex Hall, Mac Forehand, Antti Ollila and local rider Koga Hoshino showing a very different side of Japan, in this urban skiing segment for the ages.

    UTAH

    Tim McChesney, Blake Wilson, Mac Forehand and Duncan Adams put on a veritable pow-booter-hittin', tree-tappin', cliff launchin' clinic in the Utah backcountry. Do not miss Mac Forehand's absolutely gargantuan rodeo 720. It's just one of the stunts among three segment appearances for him in the film that earned him a nomination for Standout Male Skier of the Year at the iF3 Awards.

    BRITISH COLUMBIA

    A segment filled with the British Columbia powder pillows of your dreams, starring Micah Evangelista, Brooklyn Bell, Sophia Rouches and Vasu Sojitra. If the decibels from our global film tour are any indicator, Vasu Sojitra's beautiful skiing - on one leg, no less - is not to be missed.

    ITALY

    10+ of the best freestyle skiers in the world invade Ursus Snowpark at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, and display a level of skiing mastery that is second to none. Complete with veteran riders and fresh faces, it's the segment that will have Faction's more youthful audience hitting repeat, well, on repeat.

    crans montana

    Bad weather won’t stop Sarah Hoefflin, Giulia Tanno, Mathilde Gremaud and Margaux Hackett making Crans Montana their playground.
    Who needs sunshine when you’ve got rail game for days and a crew that’s down for fun and Aperol aprés.