Antony Fait

Southern Alps / Vars, France | Active: 2014-present verified video record | Known for: Dirty South Media, Abstract, Hanging Mittens, Vars park and street filming | Current: French skier, filmer and editor in Dirty South Media projects

Vars At Golden Hour After A Winter In The Streets

The park at Vars was empty by April, the spring snow soft enough to hold an edge but slow enough to punish lazy speed. Antony Fait dropped into that last-session light with the Dirty South Media crew, not as a rider separated from the camera, but as part of the machine that made the day exist. Last Round, filmed entirely on April 11, 2025, captured that role clearly: Fait skied, cut the edit, mixed the sound, and helped turn one perfect resort day into a closing statement after a winter spent chasing street footage.

Dirty South Before The Long-Form Bet

Fait’s public identity is tied closely to Dirty South Media, a French crew whose archive grew from small edits into longer projects. The name appears repeatedly around Vars, the Southern Alps, street skiing, park laps and self-made production. His role is not only athlete. He is often credited as filmer, editor or co-creator, which makes his profile different from a standard rider biography. He belongs to the part of freeskiing where the same person scouts the spot, skis the trick, films a friend, edits the timeline and keeps the crew’s visual language coherent.

Cardrona And The New Zealand Park Window

One early marker came in 2014, when Fait appeared in New Zealand footage filmed at Cardrona. The public Newschoolers listings place him in the Cardrona park, thanking the shapers and presenting the trip as a southern-hemisphere discovery. Cardrona matters because it gave him a different park rhythm from France: firm winter snow in August or September, larger feature shapes, consistent speed, and a terrain-park culture built for filmable laps. For a rider coming from the French Alps, that trip widened the map before Dirty South’s longer projects became more visible.

Grandvalira And The Hanging Mittens Chapter

Hanging Mittens, Chapter 1 took Dirty South Media into Andorra and the snowparks of Grandvalira. The edit listed Robin Romera, Antony Fait and Miki Magister, with thanks to the Grandvalira shapers. That setting is useful for understanding Fait’s park side. Grandvalira gives quick laps, compact creative lines and enough rail-to-jump rhythm for skiers to build full sequences rather than isolated tricks. The edit was presented as the park chapter of a trilogy, which also shows how Dirty South was thinking beyond single uploads. The crew was already shaping seasons into chapters.

Abstract With No Budget And No Clean Plan

Abstract, released in 2016, is the clearest early long-form marker. Downdays described it as the first Dirty South Media movie, put together by Antony Fait and Jules Jonville after a winter spent chasing snow with touring skis and shovels, without budget, sponsors or a precise plan. Newschoolers lists the project as filmed and edited by Fait and Jonville, featuring Fait, Jonville, Robin Romera, Tim Baud, Fabrice Dompnier and Jessy Cornu, with locations in France, Japan and Switzerland. That project matters because it turned a local crew into a film unit. The point was not polished perfection. It was proof that a group could make a ski movie through travel, friends, powder, nights out and persistence.

Vars Park Tape And The Home-Hill Language

Park Tape 2018 brought the focus back to Vars. The Zapiks listing describes the Dirty South Media project as filmed and edited by Robin Romera, with riders including Sacha Moretti, Seb Konijnenberg, Kimani Metsch, Quentin Ladame, Gaëtan Carlier, Antony Fait and others. Vars is important because it gives Fait’s skiing a home language. The resort has long park lines, high-altitude snow, spring slush and a French freestyle history that makes rider-driven edits feel natural. In that environment, Fait’s skiing reads through rhythm: rail approach, pop, slide, exit, glide, then enough speed left for the next feature.

From Skier To Cinematographer In The Same Crew

The later Dirty South archive shows Fait moving deeper into production work. A 2025 Mael Collado video part credits Antony Fait in the cinematography list alongside Cylian Cotto, Colas Attia, Grimy Tanguo and Robin Romera. That detail matters because his current value is not only what he does on skis. It is how he helps document younger or newer French street riders around him. In grassroots ski scenes, the filmer role is often as important as the athlete role. Without someone willing to stand in the cold, carry gear and understand the trick, the clip never exists.

Off The Leash And The Street-Edit Format

Fait’s appearance in Off The Leash Video Edition 2024 gives him a more recent street-specific marker. The format places short edits beside riders from several countries and scenes, asking each skier to communicate quickly through spot choice, trick clarity and style. That suits Fait’s profile because Dirty South has always lived close to the edit-first approach. The value is not a single sanctioned result. It is whether the part holds attention: the build, the rail, the landing, the pacing, the music and the overall feel of the skier’s decisions.

How Fait Skis And Films Small Margins

Fait’s verified archive points toward a skier who values economy. In park and street settings, he appears most at home when the trick needs controlled speed rather than oversized drama. The terrain around him suggests the technical base: rail balance, pretzel exits, switch entries, presses, grabs, compact spins, side hits, soft-snow adjustment and the patience to let a spot work on camera. As a filmer-editor, he also understands what makes a clip readable. The approach cannot be too rushed, the landing has to finish cleanly, and the cut has to let the trick breathe.

The Dirty South Lane Now

Antony Fait’s public profile is not broad in the mainstream contest sense. There is no major FIS résumé, X Games medal record or Olympic storyline to build around. The verified record is still coherent: Cardrona footage in 2014, Hanging Mittens at Grandvalira, Abstract with Dirty South Media, Park Tape 2018 at Vars, Off The Leash Video Edition 2024, Last Round in 2025, and cinematography work for newer Dirty South projects. His value for a ski-video archive is specific: French street and park skiing, Southern Alps crew culture, rider-filmer crossover, and a long-running commitment to making local winters visible.