Japanisation - A ski movie across Japan

In January 2017, Julien Colonge, Sébastien Varlet, Loïc Burri and Pierre Houillon headed to Nagano region, deep into the island of Honshu, Japan. The arrival was quite disappointing: it's pouring! Indeed Japan had been affected by new meteorological phenomena called Pineapple Express. Fortunately for us, things quickly went back to normal, and more than 2m50 of Japow fell from the sky in about 8 days. Enough to get drowned in powder whilst thinking a lot about Pierre Colonge. But Japan...

Résumé de l'hiver 2017 de Julien Colonge, du Japon à Chamonix, en passant par le Kirghizistan et l'Islande. Freeride, pente raide, poudreuse et haute montagne, un peu de tout! SEND IT FOR PIERRE

Partez skier en immersion avec Julien Colonge au coeur de l'île d'Hokkaido, l'île la plus septentrionale du Japon. Une semaine de voyage entre poudreuse, temples et ramens! Saurez-vous reconnaître les différents spots, et les différents plats? Réalisation Ubac Images #senditforpierre

Today is a great day of winter 2015!!! Not only it is dumping, but above all it is the release of the second episode of Ubac Images! Initially, the idea was for Pierre and Julien to climb the Roc d'Enfer and to ride down a nice couloir. Unfortunately, conditions were more suitable for snow-kite than freeriding, and snow accumulations looked very unstable. Change of plans, let's go to Verbier, where Seb greeted us with a good 20cm of fresh snow. Champagne powder, amazing lights, the per...

Since the beginning of the season, we were green with envy watching all the pictures and videos from Japan, where snow conditions looked amazing. We then decided to go there as well, but our bank advisors said no. Our disappointment didn't last for long, as Japan itself decided to come and visit us on the first week of February 2015. With more than 1m50 of fresh snow on the resorts of the Portes du Soleil in Haute-Savoie, we finally turned our dream of skiing in Japan into reality. On t...

My ski edit from this year ! 2017 has been with great, some up and down moments, injuries and rad ski trips. Thanks to all my sponsors who made this possible and all the friends who filmed. Have fun watching it, Looking forward to 2018 Editing : Sébastien Varlet Filming : Adrien Hildebrandt, Florent Demaere Robert Aaring Johan Ghio - Ultimate Family Louis Charnaud #senditforpierre