Avalanche Cliff Jump with Matthias Giraud

Matthias Giraud and Stefan Laude capture some of the most incredible content seen by GoPro as they hit the Alps like true heroes skiing the French backcountry while escaping a large avalanche on their tails! LINK: Youtube

Jetpack On Skis

This guy tosses a personal jetpack on his back and goes skiing across a lake at over 50mph. LINK: Youtube

Beautiful tilt-shift video about the life of a ski village

Beautiful tilt-shift video about the life of a ski village. LINK: Youtube

How A Skier Froze to Death and Lived

How Skier Froze to Death and Lived - Horizon: Back From The Dead.

Kevin Fong follows the incredible survival story of Anna Bagenholm. LINK: Youtube

Skiing Blind

The final day of the Winter Olympics this Sunday has only two events: the gold medal men’s hockey game and the 50km cross-country skiing race. Brian McKeever will be skiing for Canada. This race will make him the first Olympian ever to participate in both the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in the same year. McKeever is legally blind.

In 1998, McKeever was a promising 19-year-old skier when he was diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease, a type of juvenile macular degeneration that gradually leads to blindness. Twelve years later, McKeever only has 10 percent of his vision, and that tiny fraction is in his peripheral vision.

Rather than rolling over when he lost his sight, though, McKeever got back on his skis.

Read about how McKeever does it at mental_floss. Link, Via: Neatorama

Digg Dialogg: Julia Mancuso

You submit and vote on the questions you want to see answered. The most popular ones are asked during the video interview. It's like having an all-access pass to some of the most prominent people in the world!

Julia Mancuso is an alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team, winning a gold medal in the Giant Slalom during the 2006 Winter Olympics. She made her World Cup debut at age 15, winning her first of many medals just two years later. Nicknamed ‘Super Jules’, a run at Squaw Valley pays homage to her wins and was recently renamed “Julia’s Gold.” LINK

Guys Skis Down Tube Escalator

Nutter skiing down Angel Tube Station escalator in London. Longest one in Europe apparently. Risky business, but good way to save time! LINK, Via: Youtube

"Oakley Ski Video"

Well worth the watch. LINK