BD athletes Reine Barkered and Martin Webrant score epic turns in Davos, Switzerland
Black Diamond athletes Reine Barkered and Martin Webrant drove from Sweden to Davos, Switzerland in search of powder, big airs and tasty photos with photog Martin Söderqvist. They scored on all fronts and drove home happy men. Below is a report and photos from Söderqvist, as well as one from Dan Caruso , Black Diamond Europe's Ski Athlete Manager, who's home the three Swedes crashed at while living large in Davos.
Davos, the home of the yearly world economic forum, for which it is mostly known, has in recent years come up as a new act in the free skiing scene. Located in the heart of Graubünden, Switzerland, the ski area can offer skiing on 5 different mountains, not counting the two in Klosters. Nowadays cheaper hotels, targeting younger skiers without...
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BD employee Thomas Laakso reports from his ski travels in Europe
Black Diamond’s Ski Category Director, Thomas Laakso , is living, working and skiing with the BD Europe crew for the next couple months (lucky!) and sent us the following update. To no one’s surprise, it looks like Thomas is have an awesome...
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BD athlete Eva Walkner finishes 2nd and Reine Barkered 9th at first stop of Freeride World Tour in Chamonix, France
Black Diamond athletes Eva Walkner took second place at the first stop of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix, France. Fellow BD rider Reine Barkered (who finished 2009 ranked 2nd overall on the FWT) managed a respectable 9th place against...
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The Big LePowSki event—sign up now!
The Big LePowSki has been Black Diamond's biggest ski event of the year and this time it's even bigger with event locations in four areas: Brighton, Utah— February 26-27 Davos, Switzerland— March 5-7 La Grave,...
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Preview the all-new Fall 2010 Efficient Series skis and boots
Next winter is a long ways away—heck, this winter isn't even over yet—but we're so stoked on our all-new line of Efficient Series skis and AT boots for Fall 2010, we decided to share them with you now. Click here to go to skibd.com , which...
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