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Hometown: Grenoble, France | Active: 2014-present | Known for: 2018/19 Coupe de France slopestyle overall win, Young's World, Mediappiness | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air, backcountry freestyle In April 2024, Julian Caillet, Andreas Herranz, Leo Fourcade and Hugo Monmont moved through the Lyngen Alps on snowshoes with shovels strapped into the day's equipment. Their objective was not an existing terrain park: the four spent a month in northern Norway climbing into the mountains and shaping their own backcountry jumps above the fjords. Caillet had spent years in slopestyle parks and contest lines; in Lyngen, the same freestyle approach had to begin with the approach, the snow surface and the work of building each feature by hand.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Combloux, France | Active: 2020-present | Known for: Bleu Nuit, Banana Pepper, the Mediappiness Invitational | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air, street style In June 2026, sunlight reflected off the Les 2 Alpes glacier while Matéo Socquet worked around a summer snowpark with Julian Caillet, Hugo Monmont and Andreas Herranz. Rope tows kept the session moving as soft snow changed the feel of every take-off and landing. Before the invited riders arrived, the four had already spent time shaping the terrain themselves.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Gap, France | Born: 1999 | Active: 2017-present | Known for: fourth in Tignes World Cup big air in 2026, Asian Winter Games slopestyle bronze in 2025 | Sponsors: Commencal | Disciplines: big air, slopestyle At Gore Mountain in January 2023, Paul Vieuxtemps faced a rail section where the features sat close enough together to leave little room for mistakes. The jumps were smaller than those he encountered at many international venues, but he described the rails as demanding and enjoyable. Vieuxtemps was skiing for Thailand in New York State while studying at Université Grenoble Alpes, combining the competition schedule with gym work, trampolines and summer airbag training.... Read more on the Athlete page

Vars is a Southern French Alps resort in the Hautes-Alpes | Known for: 185 kilometres in La Forêt Blanche, four freestyle zones, Chabrières speed skiing and a 2750-metre high point | Season: December 5 2026 to April 11 2027 | Best for: park progression, spring filming, long all-mountain laps and high-speed skiing culture Chabrières Reaches 2750 Metres Above Vars Les Claux Chabrières rises to 2750 metres above Vars Les Claux, placing the top of La Forêt Blanche roughly 1100 vertical metres above the resort's main 1650-metre base. The linked Vars-Risoul domain currently advertises 185 kilometres of pistes and 36 lifts, giving the Southern Alps resort enough scale for full-day circuits rather than only park repetition. Larch forest defines much of the lower mountain, while upper sectors around Chabrières, La Mayt and the Col des Saluces open into broader terrain where wind, visibility and snow texture become more exposed.... Read more on the Location page

French freeski film collective from Les Deux Alpes | Known for: park edits, a DIY visual language and the backcountry film Smash | Focus: building rider-led projects that connect French freestyle sessions with Nordic travel and an emerging local event format From Les Deux Alpes sessions to a French film collective Mediappiness is a French freeski crew and film collective rooted in Les Deux Alpes. It should be understood first as a rider-led production group rather than a ski manufacturer or a conventional media company. Its public work is built around the people who ski, film, edit and travel together, with Hugo Monmont repeatedly credited as the central filmmaker and editor.... Read more on the Sponsor page