WATCH 'DOLLAR SHORT' SKI FILM HERE + BTS CHAT TO CREATORS!
  DOLLAR SHORT IS LIVE! Before we get into the making of, nitty gritty, BTS with the brain trust behind the picture, catch the full 12-minute flick featuring pillow lines, backcountry booters and bank robberies below!!!   Boom! If that doesn't get you excited for winter, nothing will. Wondering how they came up with such a concept and what in fact goes into executing a project like this - all ...
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Luc Neron
  LE BENT is stoked to be an Official Bronze Sponsor for the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance and excited to support Canada's passionate ski instructing community.  Founded in 1938, the CSIA is the professional ski teaching body in Canada. It is a federally recognized teaching institution and it trains and certifies Ski Instructors to best serve its partners such as Snow Schools and the Canad...
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WHAT'S COOKING WITH LUCY BARTHOLOMEW? - Q&A
  What does an ultrarunner do when only allowed outside for 1 hour of exercise per day? That’s barely enough time to get a light warm-up in, let alone delete a few dozen kilometres of trail! But team member Lucy Bartholomew put this not-so hypothetical to the test these last few months under a Covid lockdown in Australia. What did she discover? Well, when life gives Lucy lemons, she makes lemon...
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AN ODE TO BASELAYERS - NOT A BASIC PIECE OF THE LAYERING PIE
    Picture this: you've scored first chair of the day and there's 45cm of blower pow on the ground. Your chair crests the ridge-line and you feel an icy cold blast of deep Antarctic wind. You tuck your chin a little deeper into your face mask; you know what storm skiing is all about and your layering game is as refined as they come, the product of years of hard earned lessons and cotton fill...
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BEHIND THE SCENES OF #LESENDDOWNUNDER WITH CODY TOWNSEND
  This time last year we were getting ready to welcome Cody Townsend and Elyse Saugstad on the tarmac at Sydney Airport. Since we're a far cry away from that happening this year, we thought we'd look back on what ended up being one of the best weeks of snow Australia has seen in years. Particularly our day riding with the resident groms of Thredbo resort. Why rider's of such esteem as Cody To...
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LE BENT WELCOMES DARCY KELLER TO THE FAMILY
  DARCY KELLER – WELCOME INTERVIEW Darcy Keller has been on the scene for a while now, starring in some of the best independent snowboarding webisodes in the biz. It’s no mean feat to throw down such impressive lines and produce the footage to match on a relative shoe string budget in the far reaches of British Columbia, so naturally we wanted to be involved. Darcy’s our first snowboard additio...
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RIDER PROFILE – EMMA PATTERSON – GOING FULL SEND ON THE FREERIDE WORLD TOUR
  EMMA PATTERSON - INTERVIEW Emma Patterson emerged onto our radar when she won the 2019 ISFA FWQ North American Championship in Kirkwood, after dominating events in Revelstoke, Crested Butte, Taos Ski Valley and Kirkwood. Her next stop was of course the Freeride World Tour, the pinnacle of competitive freeride skiing and a dream of hers since she began jumping of rocks with skis strapped to he...
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LE BENT SKIER ISAAC FREELAND IS 2020 FREERIDE WORLD TOUR MEN’S CHAMPION!
  Freeride World Tour rookie and Le Bent athlete Isaac Freeland took the tour by storm this season with consistent runs, strong line selection and a bag of tricks that saw him end up on top of the men’s ski field with one final event remaining in Verbier, Switzerland. While a decision was made to conclude the tour early and the Bec des Rosse face would not be skied on account of Covid-19 and ...
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WILL BERMAN TAKES TO THE STREETS FOR 18/19 SEASON EDIT
  Will Berman is Le Bent’s resident street skiing wizard. A dislocated shoulder mid-way through the 18/19 season didn’t stop Will from putting together full parts in both Level 1's 'Romance' and Faction Skis 'The Collective' from which this footage comes. The filming took Will from Minnesota to the streets of Finland. Check out Le Berman’s work below!  
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