http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14051-one-crazy-winter-on-the-fwt-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14051-one-crazy-winter-on-the-fwt-max-kuszaj This winter I got the opportunity to travel the world with the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face. It was an amazing few months, jam-packed with travels all over the globe to Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, Courmayeur, Italy, Chamonix, France, Kirkwood, California, Fieberbrunn, Austia, and Verbier, Switzerland. The schedule was crazy, and the jet lag took a while to recover from, but the experiences of travel, freeriding, snow, and events were unbelievable. I cannot wait for what 2014 has in store for the FWT. Now I have a few free months... ]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:30:00 -0400 14051 2013-04-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130121-00274-1367271006.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130324-00428-1367271006.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130124-00289-1367271007.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130207-00337-1367271008.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130125-00295-1367271008.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130307-00380-1367271009.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130308-00394-1367271010.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13641-france-last-august-melissa-lacasse http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13641-france-last-august-melissa-lacasse This year has been a very busy working year for me. It may explain my lack of blogging recently. Since late is better than never, I am finally taking a few minutes to talk about my two weeks trip to France last august. Basically, it was a last minute decision. I just wanted to climb as much as possible in different places but also get some rest. Marc-Antoine and I came up with a plan: We flew to Marseille, rented a car and went to Buoux for scary vertical sport climbs, Ceuse for fitness and finally Les gorges du... ]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:37:00 -0500 13641 2012-11-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_016-1353519429.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_117-1353519430.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_157-1353519432.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_069-1353519433.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_138-1353519434.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_072-1353519436.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13366-some-tripping-kuutti-huhtikorpi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13366-some-tripping-kuutti-huhtikorpi Hello! It's been a "while" since my last post... Last summer I went to Rocklands and climbed a bunch of amazing stuff there. For examle Blackshadow, Shosholoza, Macho King, Amphiteater, to mention some of the ones I liked most. This summer I had a trip in Europe. First I visited Magic Wood. I felt really strong, but wasn't able to climb any of my projects. I was close to send One summer in Paradise at my last day, but hand slipped on the very last move. I would like to blame the hot... ]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:12:00 -0400 13366 2012-08-17 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-6796-1345180372.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-4848-1345180373.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-9432-1345180373.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-mg-2652-1345180373.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13280-hutchinson-united-ride-crankworx-and-french-champs http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13280-hutchinson-united-ride-crankworx-and-french-champs One week! That's how long was the race. One week, 4 races and 2 podiums.Starts with the dual climb on Tuesday. Basically you have to go up and down on the dual course, first to arrive at the bottom win. Mick was the only one from the team to race it cause he wanted to go for the overall. It has been a really hard race and after 8 up and down mick ended up with an impressive 2nd place. Good start of the week. ]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:01:28 -0400 13280 2012-07-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-7618-1342800428.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-8058-1342800429.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-7732-1342800429.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-7916-1342800429.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-7900-1342800429.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-7660-1342800430.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13280_-2012-guillaume-gregnanin-7599-1342800430.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13246-wingsuiting-in-france-ellen-brennan http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13246-wingsuiting-in-france-ellen-brennan I've decided to spend this year of my life living in France :) Not only to learn french, but to explore this mecca full of amazing mountains perfect for Wingsuitng, Speedflying and Paragliding. The first month here was challenging to say the least: the language barrier, navigating in a new country, Paper work- but once I finally got settled in I was able to start playing. Nearly every day after french class, I have the spent my afternoon either BASE jumping, speedflying or paragliding from the mountains in my backyard. The majority of BASE jumping isn't... ]]> Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:47:00 -0400 13246 2012-07-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_exiting-1341647245.PNG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_hiking-1341647246.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_victory-1341647247.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_waitingonclouds-1341647248.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_scoutingforajump-1341647249.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_backyardyump-1341647250.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_paragliding-1341647251.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13187-adventure-climbing-in-corsica-jasmin-caton http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13187-adventure-climbing-in-corsica-jasmin-caton Corsica is a mountainous French island in the Mediterranean, and according the The Lonely Planet Guide, "it's hard to find a better combination of nature, culture and pleasure". With a description like that, it's pretty hard not to want to make a trip there! But as I was planning my annual spring Euro climbing vacation, I found it hard to get a sense of the quality and quantity of the climbing in Corsica, and after visiting many of the ultra-classic French climbing zones like Ceuse, the Gorges du Verdon, Presles and the Gorges du Tarn, all of which I... ]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:05:00 -0400 13187 2012-06-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_jeef-1340406310.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p1050793-1340406311.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p1050901-1340406311.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_watercolour-1340406311.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p1050893-1340406311.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p1050824-1340406311.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_p1050912-1340406311.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12763-if-only-ryan-silven http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12763-if-only-ryan-silven Exactly one year ago today I returned from my first trip to Fontainebleau, France. If I had my way I never would have left. I took some footage from the trip and together with Jon Glassberg and Alton Richardson we made a little movie of my time there. There wasn't any rhyme or reason to the boulders I filmed, they were just things that looked nice, or were different than the standard Font fare, or I just happened to have the camera ready. The pictures in this post are courtesy of France and it's beautiful pastoral countryside. ... ]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:03:00 -0400 12763 2012-03-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_font3-1332291822.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_font1-1332291822.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_font2-1332291822.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_font4-1332291822.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12661-fontainebleau-1-brion-voges http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12661-fontainebleau-1-brion-voges We’ll here I am: a McDonald’s in Nemours, France. It’s raining which is nothing new. Certainly I expected some rain during the course of this 28-day trip but it’s a little depressing nonetheless. But really, I have nothing to complain about. I mean for the past couple weeks I’ve been climbing in Fontainebleau, I’ve been visiting Paris on rest days, and I’ve been eating French cheese, chocolate, pastries and wine. I don’t even remember what life was like before this. That is to say, I’ll be sad to go home. Before I do though I’m hoping to finish up... ]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:05:00 -0500 12661 2012-02-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_tristesse-1330099501.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_controle-technique-1330099501.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_shoes-1330099500.jpg