Skier: Vincent Prevost.
One skier took home more than just a sunburn and a hangover, earning the title of SuperUnknown champion.
http://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/867383/SuperUnknown-XIV-Finals-Part-1
Things started out mellow with the squad rolling in from their respective corners of the globe.
This years finalists hailed from Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, and the USA.
The Sierra at Tahoe park crew killed it all week long with some awesome features.
Not least among them was the whale tail jump.
The sun was shining and the dudes were stoked on the jump.
We headed back to the whale tail for a couple days to session the guac-bowls and infinite transition opportunities.
The rest of the crew opted for the bowls where they could get their swerve on.
Chase Morhman threw down some of the heaviest hits here, smacking tranny across the takeoffs and landings.
His style and tricks here would translate really well to an urban part, sucking up huge impact redirects.
I ended up going to Stowe High School, and now Im at UVM in Burlington.
So I kind of said I guess the next thing I can do is hit rails and jumps.
At the beginning, I taught myself.
Then I ended up getting some formal coaching and doing a few competitions through that.
At the time, I was unbelievably stoked on.
I was hyped to make it to that point.
Then all of my friends and family supported me a bunch.
Being at UVM was huge, too, I got a lot of support from that community.
This week has been so cool.
Ive been meeting guys Ive been watching in videos, and theyre all so good.
You see someone do a trick, and it pumps you up to try something else.
I grew up in Massachusetts, and started skiing in Vermont at Sugarbush.
Then I moved out to Utah, where Ive been living for the past five years.
Ive definitely been following SuperUnknown since I started getting into freestyle skiing back around 2009.
This is actually my second year putting together a SuperUnknown entry.
My first year out in Utah I made an entry.
This year I decided, kind of out of the blue, to put one together.
Mostly because I had the time without school.
I was stoked to hear I got into finals.
When I saw my friend Rory [Walsh]s name on the email list, I was stoked.
I called him up and was like Dude, check your email.
I know him from back east, we used to compete together back in high school.
Its really dope to come out here together.
I’m from Switzerland, actually from the French side.
I started skiing park at 13 or 14 years old.
I just loved being in the air.
At 14 I stopped racing and started skiing more park.
I feel like the competitions have changed a lot in these past few years, and theyre just spin-to-win.
That makes no sense to me anymore.
I like Torins style a lot, he really inspires me.
I also like The Bunch, because of the way they use creativity.
SuperUnknown is one of the best things that has happened in my life.
After I got that, I knew I had to make it here.
This is my first time in the US.
The resorts, and everything are so big here.
I like the landscapes here, but of course its more beautiful in Switzerland haha.
All of the finalists are so good, Ive really enjoyed it.
Its no stress, you just go for it.
Everyone is stoked to be here, and stoked on your tricks you do.
I started skiing at my local mountain in Norway when I was like three years old.
I live like two minutes away.
Its crazy, I can just walk to the slopes.
I was eight or nine then, when I started park skiing.
Right in the beginning is when I realized that is what I wanted to do.
Its the sickest thing to do.
Coming back to SuperUnknown is wild.
When I sent in the video this year, I didnt think Id make it.
Then I saw all of the Semi-Finalists, and I was super impressed.
Then I saw all of the other Finalists throwing down in their videos.
It is so sick to just be a part of this.
Its ill to be here.
The vibe this week has been so good.
I think thats the illest part, playing beer pong every day haha.
Skiing isnt that fun.
I went to a ski academy called Carabasset Valley Academy.
I started park skiing around when I was 10.
My first year out of high school I moved to Bear mountain.
I lived there for one winter.
The I moved to Utah, where Ive been for the last three winters.
I made my SuperUnkown edit last minute.
The day I made it, I woke up and realized that it was due two days later.
I made it in probably 20 minutes.
It was all of my footage from last year, with maybe a couple new clips.
Getting in was dope.
I was in bed one night and Chase hit me up and told me to check my email.
I checked it, and saw the email from Josh Berman, and that was sick.
Ive known Chase since we were like 13 or 14.
Coming out here with the homie is the sickest.
The kid is such a sick skier.
Skiing with all of the finalists is unreal, for real.
They have no fear when skiing.
Everyone wants to win, but I just want to ski well.
