Runners - ExtremeCarving 2014

2004/05 Extremecarving in action

An apple and a new challenge on the snow ! Extreme Carving with an EC founder and the Swoard team. Filmmaker : Fabio Catalano

Opus 4 "Lifted" was filmed in Switzerland in 2004. It shows the Swoard team in action, using Swoard Extremecarver model and their extremecarving technique. You can learn more about extremecarving on http://www.extremecarving.com. Basically the technique used is rotational turns with stiff torso/leg link and few other things: it can be resumed ( as you can see in the vids ) in the right timing between: - rotation turns ( no shoulder / hip dislocking: the shoulders move first, and the legs fo...

Opus 2 "Extreme Dreamer" shows the Swoard team in 2001-2002 using the final prototypes that lead to the Extremecarver model, the first extremecarving board of the market. The ride technique developed by the team was new at that time. Now 15 years after, this is known as extremecarving (EC), as it has been named by the founders Patrice Fivat and Jacques Rilliet. The trend has grown worldwide and contributes to a renewal of alpine snowboarding. To learn more about extremecarving and the boards...

Opus 3 "Stoked" was shot in 2002-2003. It shows the Swoard team in action, using Swoard Extremecarver model and their extremecarving technique. You can learn more about extremecarving on http://www.extremecarving.com. Basically the technique used is rotational turns with stiff torso/leg link and few other things: it can be resumed ( as you can see in the vids ) in the right timing between: - rotation turns ( no shoulder / hip dislocking: the shoulders move first, and the legs follow - Push...

Film by Mustafa Ceylan. 13th ExtremeCarving Session, Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2016, Zinal, Switzerland. Swoard channel: http://www.zapiks.fr/profil/swoard Original extremecarving boards: http://www.swoard.com Swoard-EC technique: http://www.extremecarving.com The film was shot on Saturday morning, cut in the afternoon and screened during the dinner ! Selection of best pictures is available on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1204376122909162.1073741837.723706264309486

Film by Antoine Bosson and Julien Dewarrat. 15th ExtremeCarving Session, January 27-29, 2018, Zinal, Switzerland. 15th Birthday of Extremecarving and SWOARD Snowboards... created together and indivisible :) Swoard channel : http://www.zapiks.fr/profil/swoard/ Original extremecarving snowboards : http://www.swoard.com Swoard-EC riding technique : http://www.extremecarving.com