Core Shots: Matej Svancer

14:32 min • 24/12/2025

From skipowd.tv :

Matej Svancer navigates the high-altitude park at the Red Bull Performance Camp in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Technical rail slides and massive rotations on the glacier kickers highlight his innovative approach to slopestyle skiing. Capturing the session, Simon Bartik follows the athlete as he focuses on landing new tricks during autumn training. These laps showcase complex grabs and fluid transitions across perfectly groomed features in the Swiss Alps. Glacier terrain provides the ideal platform for testing new combinations on the rails and jumps.

From Youtube :

Welcome to a special holiday edition of Core Shots! This fall we headed out to the Red Bull Performance Camp in Saas-Fee, Switzerland to link up with the one and only Matej Svancer. This episode of Core Shots is presented by Red Bull Film & edit: Simon Bartik #skiing #freeskiing #downdays ___ We curate #Freeskiculture on a daily basis: https://www.downdays.eu Subscribe to Downdays on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/downdaystv Downdays on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downdays Downdays on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/downdays_eu/ Downdays on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@downdays_eu

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Matej Svancer

Profile and significance Matěj Švancer is a Czech-born, Austrian-representing freestyle skier who has rapidly established himself as one of the most complete and dangerous athletes in slopestyle and big air. Born March 26, 2004 in Prague and based at SC Kaprun in Austria, he burst from junior dominance into elite status in just a few seasons—capturing his first World Cup win in October 2021 at the Big Air in Chur and eventually earning the overall Crystal Globe for the Freeski Park & Pipe category in the 2024-25 season. His mix of amplitude, trick innovation, and execution excellence positions him as a generational athlete and a key figure for media, fans and aspiring skiers alike.... Read more on the Athlete page

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Saas-Fee

Overview and significance Saas-Fee is a high-alpine, car-free ski village in the canton of Valais in southern Switzerland, set at around 1,800 metres and surrounded by a ring of eighteen 4,000-metre peaks. Marketed as the “Pearl of the Alps”, it sits at the head of the Saas Valley on a high shelf of glacier terrain, with lifts climbing to around 3,600 metres on the Allalin and neighbouring peaks. The local ski area offers roughly 100 kilometres of marked pistes, while the broader Saas-Fee/Saastal region reaches about 150 kilometres when you include neighbouring sectors.... Read more on the Location page

Core Shots: Matej Svancer

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