Just when you thought Tom Wallisch couldn’t blow up anymore this year he goes and wins the RedBull Dumont Cup held this weekend in Sunday River Maine. Looks like the 2007 SuperUnknown winner’s hard work in Park City has payed off. The amount of coverage Tom has received since his win at the XGames has been astounding. If there has been a major event in the freeskiing world Tom has been there. This weekend he brought his technical yet smooth style to Sunday River and impressed the judges enough to bring home the $10K prize. Good work T$.
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Skiers reinvent the winch Red Bull style and throw down in the urban arena. Wakeskaters have been hitting spots never thought possible with winches for the last couple years. It was only time before other athletes jumped behind the motor. Word on the street is that Sammy Carlson is borrowing a winch from Active Water Sports thanks to Mr. Silas Thurman of the Nike 6.0 Wake department. Hopefully we see a couple shots from around the NW in upcoming videos or edits. Watch RedBull Ski Winch Videos
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Sean Pettit Skiing K2 HellBents

A couple weeks ago we caught up with Sean Pettit on the phone while he was sitting in a computer lab at his high school. We talked about his blow up segments in this year’s crop of movies, being a teenage ski star, and fighting with his brother Callum. READ MORE…
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PK Hunder does it again. This year has started off well for the 20 year old Norwegian. PK came onto the scene a couple years ago at the Jon Olsson Super Sessions. He went, did his thing and dominated against some of the biggest names in the business. Jon Olsson took second with his double flip.

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Red Bull Ski Teamers Shane McConkey and Sean Pettit appeared yesterday on the Today Show, pumping up the New York premier of Matchstick Production’s new movie, “Claim.” Check it out!

That Shane sure is good on TV. The youngster Sean Pettit seems to be a little more nervous. At least they get to talk about their lives as professional skiers being XTreme all day long. I’m just stoked they are getting the exposure on national TV.

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As if a cover wasn’t enough, Freeskier Mag threw a party for Simon Dumont celebrating his insane feat of breaking the world record for height off a quarterpipe.

After all, it’s not everyday you meet someone with a legit world record. Simon boosted 35.5 feet above the lip of the quarterpipe, throwing in a 900 with a tail grab. Are you kidding me? The record was previously held by snowboard legend, Terje who claimed 32 feet and a backside 360 method in 2007.  Prior that, the record was held by Heikki Sorsa. Congrats on a World Record Simon and thanks to Freeskier for the support!

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Update: New FreeSkier Dumont World Record Party Video

A few weeks ago we ran a “Ask Tanner a Question, Win a T-shirt” contest. It took a bit, but we finally caught up with him post New Zealand and post premiere tour. Shot in the kitchen of his palatial Park City estate, Tanner gets on the Straight Talk Express. Look out JM!



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We are stoked that Red Bull gave us another edit of Mr. Dumont killing it in New Zealand. One question for Simon, why not ride the 2009 Salomon Dumont Skis? Looks like he is still rocking the 2008 models. Well who cares when your hitting rails, jumps and the pipe in August. Video by Riley Poor/Empire Productions and embedded by Redbullskiing.com.

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Sounds like Jon needed to have a little work done on his knee before the 2009 season started up. From what we can tell the surgery went well and he is able to start a little rehab to strengthen up his injured knee. We totally think all of the RedBull Jon drinks is giving him some sort of Super Human Powers to heal. Maybe that is what Lance Armstrong was on during the 7 tour wins? Good luck Jon and heel up fast so we will hopefully see you at the 2008 IcerAir.

Simon Dumont checks in with the story of his time down in New Zealand a few weeks ago. This video is good look into the beginning of the road to the X Games. Simon’s friend, and superpipe rival Tanner Hall, shows up throwing down some doubles in the pipe and Simon throws down as well. Crashes all around show that these guys are mortal, but nonetheless they still cart around a pair bigger than the average skier. Enjoy the video after the break…