2011 Contest Season In Full Swing

The 2010/2011 contest season is shaping up to be one for the ages for the crew of MSP Athletes competing. This winter alone, five individual MSP Athletes have taken top honors at various freestyle contests around the globe. Here are some results from the year to date:

London Freeze Festival: Jacob Wester - 1st Place International …

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“The Way I See It” and Focused on TV

MSP Films is proud to announce that the Emmy Nominated Television Series, Focused, and a segment from the critically acclaimed 2010 feature film, “The Way I See It”, will be airing on network television.

Focused Season 5 will be airing on Discovery’s HD Theater network - new episodes will be shown every Tuesday night at 7:00pm and 7:30pm …

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Top Honors at IF3 Europe

THE ACCOLADES KEEP COMING FOR “THE WAY I SEE IT”

The MSP family was informed over the weekend that we had won another Best Film Award from the International Freeski Film Festival.  IF3 had their European festival over the better part of the past week in Annecy France.  On Saturday night, “The Way I See It’ was shown to the …

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“The Way I See It” EXTRAS Announced

“The Way I See It” is stacked with all the best action from 2010, but we had more than enough left over to build an amazing package of DVD and Blu-ray bonus features.  Over an hour of exclusive footage will be included in the extras, including the following segments:

-Sean Pettit:  Sean has a full length feature segment in the …

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Russ Henshaw Wins 2010 Volkl New Zealand Freeski Open

Russ Henshaw walked away from the 2010 Volkl New Zealand Freeski Open with the top spot on the podium.  After dropping a final run that included back to back double corks, Russ narrowly edged out the win, bringing the crown back down to the southern hemisphere.  Right on his tail were Bobby Brown (the defending champion) and Gus …

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Salomon Freeski TV Presents Episode #19: Kaj Zackrisson Profile

Kaj Zackrisson, “The Flying Squirrel”

He’s a champion, legend, and master of the Big Mountain scene, but Kaj Zackrisson is best known as the happiest skier in the world.  In this episode, Kaj fills us in on his past, what scares him, and a future full of skiing.

Check out the full Salomon Freeski Episode #19 “Kaj Zackrisson …

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Henrik Windstedt Continues His Dominance on the Freeride World Tour

From Red Bull Skiing:

There’s not a whole lot to say about Red Bull skier Henrik Windstedt’s win at the Nissan Freeride World Tour event at Squaw Valley today except…HOLY $H!T. The video below pretty much speaks for itself, be we’ll throw in these tidbits as well: The event was on the rocks (no …

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CR Johnson, October 8th, 1983 - February 24th, 2010

MSP was deeply saddened to receive the news of CR Johnson’s accident on February 24th, 2010.  We have lost another legend and innovator in our industry.  CR’s presence will be greatly missed, but his spirit will continue to live on as a guide for us all.

The following is a story from 2007’s “Seven Sunny Days” titled Comeback, …

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MSP Crew Hits Japan Just In Time For Massive Powder Session

Jacob Wester, Sean Pettit and Henrik Windstedt have been in Japan for the past week.  They were warmly welcomed by snow storms that just wouldn’t quit.  Jacob has been diligently updating his blog and has some great commentary to go along with some epic photos from their trip. 

Accompanied by MSP cinematographers Guillaume Tessier and Fred Arne …

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Marker to Auction Custom-Built Marker Flying V to Benefit Shane McConkey’s Family

Marker has partnered with Gibson Guitar Corporation to produce a unique custom electric guitar. The guitar will be produced in Gibson’s Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Marker guitar is a Flying V model in Gold Bullion featuring Marker’s “Rule the Mountain” logo. The aggressive design of the Flying V fits well with Marker’s popularity in the youth …

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