08:48 - A short freeski film by Josh Absenger

Schladming, Austria | Active: 2010-present public archive | Known for: Absolut Park, Austria powder films, Japan trips, Floating Gently, Towards The Sun, 08:48 | Current: Armada / Blue Tomato / Absolut Park-backed film and coaching profile Absolut Park Sun After A Schladming Storm The spring light at Absolut Park Flachauwinkl can make every landing look softer than it is. Josh Absenger knows that surface well: the fast park snow, the shaped jumps, the knuckles, the takeoffs that need patience before the spin begins. His public archive has grown from that rhythm into something wider.... Read more on the Athlete page

5 kilometers through seven shaped sections and around 100 obstacles. That scale changes how the venue skis. Riders are not dropping into one isolated feature zone; they are moving through a full freestyle corridor where jumps, rails, jibs, cross terrain, pipe walls, and beginner lines can all fit into the same day.... Read more on the Location page

Austrian multi-resort ski region across Salzburg and Styria | Known for: 760 km of slopes, 270 lifts, five regions, 25 resorts, Absolut Park, Cash4Tricks Tour, funslopes, marked freeride routes, and high-density Alpine travel | Season: winter operations across linked resorts with park and freeride windows depending on snow | Best for: park riders, resort-mileage skiers, families, freeride beginners, and Austrian road trips Five Regions Under One Austrian Pass Ski amadé is not a single ski resort. It is a multi-region Austrian ski alliance spread across Salzburg and Styria, with 760 kilometers of pistes, 270 lift and cable car facilities, 260 huts and restaurants, and 25 ski resorts operating under one pass structure. That scale makes it one of the most important ski-region profiles in Austria, even if the name is less tied to one iconic mountain than Kitzbühel, St.... Read more on the Location page

American ski brand | Founded in 2002 as one of freeskiing’s first athlete-founded companies | Known for: ARV, ARW, Declivity, Whitewalker, Zero Collection, Tanner Hall, JP Auclair, Phil Casabon and Sammy Carlson | Focus: freestyle creativity, freeride progression, athlete-led design and modern skis built for park laps, powder days, side hits, touring missions and video-part culture. 2002 roots: the AR5 rewrites freeski from the inside Armada belongs to the rare group of ski brands that changed not only what people bought, but what they imagined skiing could look like. Founded in 2002, the brand grew out of a moment when freeskiing was pulling away from traditional alpine identity and building its own language through park, street, powder, film parts and athlete-led creativity.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Austrian snow, skate, surf and streetwear retailer | Founded 1988 in Schladming by Gerfried Schuller after the Blue Tomato Snowboard School | Known for: European shop network, multilingual webshop, freeski gear, snowboard roots, team riders and action sports community events | Focus: connecting riders with products, brands, service and culture across snowboarding, freeskiing, skateboarding, surfing and streetstyle. Schladming in 1988 and the snowboard school that became a retail engine Blue Tomato is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio. It is one of Europe's most important action sports retailers, with deep roots in snowboarding and a strong presence in freeski, skate, surf and streetwear.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Italian ski boot manufacturer | Founded 1974 by Alessandro and Giovanna Dal Bello after Swiss bootmaking roots | Known for: Cabrio three-piece construction, DRS race precision, Veloce Space BOA fit systems, IL Moro freestyle boots and Quantum touring models | Focus: progressive flex, anatomical fit and boot performance from race pistes to freeride landings and uphill missions 1974 in Asolo and the bootmaker path from leather to plastic Dalbello is one of skiing’s clearest specialist stories: an Italian company built around ski boots, not a wider catalog of skis, bindings or apparel. Alessandro and Giovanna Dal Bello learned the craft of boot building in Switzerland in the 1960s, then returned to Italy and began producing under their own name in 1974. That timing matters.... Read more on the Sponsor page

eu, Videos, Stories, Events, Gear, Brand Guide, Resort Guide, Ski Stories yearbooks and European Skier of the Year | Focus: documenting freeski culture from park and street to freeride, touring, films, gear and grassroots events 2008 in Innsbruck and the home Europe needed for freeskiing Downdays is not a ski manufacturer, boot company or film studio in the traditional sense. It is a freeski media platform, publisher and community hub. The brand was founded in 2008 by four friends in Innsbruck, Austria, with a clear goal: unite the European freeski community.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Austrian ski binding specialist | Roots dating to 1847 with ski binding production from 1928 and Tyrolia branded bindings from 1949 | Known for: Attack freeride bindings, Protector Full Heel Release technology, Freeflex race platforms, PowerRail systems and Ambition touring frames | Focus: reliable retention, predictable release and direct ski control for racers, freeriders, park skiers, carvers and everyday resort riders. 1847 Austrian metalwork roots and the binding path from 1928 Tyrolia is one of skiing's most important binding names because its history reaches far beyond one product cycle. The company traces its roots to Austrian metalwork in the nineteenth century, produced its first ski bindings in 1928, and introduced bindings under the Tyrolia name in 1949.... Read more on the Sponsor page