Time for a ski teaser. Real Skifi 15: “Riding on nothing in Stockholm” demonstrates that you don’t need to wait for the chairlifts to turn (or snow to fall for that matter) in order to enjoy a good ski outing.

The Finnish skiing collective Real Skifi has been dubbed as some of the sports true
innovators. In Episode 15, they visit a snow free Stockholm, Sweden. This forces them to
be more creative than ever.

The Backstory

Real Skifi hails from Jyväskylä, Finland and consist of riders Verneri Hannula, Ilkka Hannula,
Juho Kilkki, director Janne Korpela, and filmer Anton Geier. Their quirky films are part of the urban skiing movement where cities become a creative playground.
A hallmark for the Real Skifi films has always been the crew’s relentless hunger for stretching the boundaries of where it is possible to ski. This ambition faced an extreme challenge when the riders found themselves in Stockholm completely without snow.

See how they overcame it in the film below.

How can you express everything that you want to somebody you love, knowing that if you don’t, that might be the last opportunity that you have? That is a reality that we all face, but for BASE jumpers, the risk of death sometimes results in something amazing and unexpected – love. this mesmerizing short film makes you smile; it makes you cry and it makes you appreciate the bond athletes share as they risk their lives for things we grounded folk scratch our heads at.

When We Were Knights, the story of Matt Blank and Ian Flanders’ friendship, is as unapologetic as it is magical and charming. As the narrator puts it, “You either live a genuine life that’s true to who you are, or you don’t. Our genuine life was one that was full of risk. So that’s the life we lived.”

This is the real story of a pure love between two friends in the face of risk and tragedy.

A GoPro / Camp4 Collective Production

Directed and Edited by Anson Fogel
Primary Footage by Matt Blank and Ian Flanders
Produced by GoPro and Camp4 Collective
Music by Keith Kenniff / Unseen-Music.com
Sound Mix by Jeffrey Yellen / RidgelineSound.com
Color by Anson Fogel

Additional Footage Courtesy of: Sean Chuma, Renan Ozturk, Joey Schusler, Kevin Bennett, Donald Schulz, Mike Naddor, Dan Dupuis

Also appearing:
Brenden Weinstein, Matthew Kenney, Cengiz Cocak, Jill Kuzman, Domonique LaFleur, Charles Kurlinkus, Dan Dupuis

“To Much Time On My Hands” by Styx, Copyright 1981 A&M REcords, Courtesy Universal Music Group

All words written and spoken by Matt Blank are solely his without other authorship.

What do former pro surfers do when they’re done competing? They create state-of the-art technology so they no longer have to travel for the perfect wave. Or Kelly’s Wave.

The Kelly Slater Wave Company combines cutting edge science, engineering and design to create the longest, rideable open-barrel man made wave in the world.

In honor of this weekend’s Tumbleweeds Film Festival here’s a charming little animated short:

10 years of Reel Rock films and the program is stacked with the most anticipated stories from the VERTICAL REALM. Check out the trailer.