par Marita van Oldenborgh | 18/Oct/2015 | Uncategorized
Early October, POW France set out its stall at the High Five Festival in Annecy, the pre-season film festival and gathering of the freestyle and freeride community in France. We came to meet you all and listen to your ideas and suggestions for how you would like POW to act in France, and the response was awesome. At the same time, we held a brainstorming workshop with interested and interesting people from among the outdoor brands, pro athletes, destinations, the media and mountain organisations.
Our way to ensure POW truly represents the voice of the winter sports community in France.
We’re doubly inspired now and we’ll be working through all the comments, suggestions and offers of help to guide us in developing our actions and initiatives going forward. Please bear with us while we do that and we’ll have more to share with you soon. In the meantime, here are some images from the weekend. Thank you all!
par Marita van Oldenborgh | 21/Sep/2015 | Uncategorized
Fuel the stoke at the High Five Festival in Annecy 2-4 October, for a blizzard of ski movies, mountains of the latest gear, a chance to mix it with the pros… and meet POW.
Yes, we’re delighted to reveal POW is gearing up here in France and we’ll be at the Festival all weekend, so please stop by our stand at the entrance to the cinema to say hello, find out what we’re up to and join us to #protectourwinters.
Sure, there will be stickers, and some of the pros in the POW Riders Alliance will be stopping by, with the likes of Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Coline Ballet-Baz, William Cochet, Giulia Monego and Marion Haerty all in town for the festival.
Paradise Waits… wait no more
Some of the most anticipated films of the year are premiering here at the festival, so – tip from us – don’t delay in getting your tickets, they are available here.
Among them, there’s the new Teton Gravity Research movie, Paradise Waits, which stars no less than four POW Riders Alliance pros (know who?*) :
Then there’s The Search for Freedom, in which POW founder Jeremy Jones makes an appearance:
And, of course, loads more, with screenings dedicated to free rando, snowboard, surf and skate, as well as plenty of skiing action. POW France rider Coline Ballet-Baz features in a short film and several other big name pro-riders will be around, including Cody Townsend, Mike Douglas, JF Houle, Sean Pettit, Richard Permin, Sam Favret, Enak Gavvagio, Julien Reignier, Kevin Rolland, Joffrey Pollet Villard, Candide Thovex and Henrik Harlaut, to name but a few.
See you at the High Five!
par Marita van Oldenborgh | 17/Sep/2015 | Uncategorized
New to Protect Our Winters? Here’s a short video that gives you an idea of who we are and what we are about.
Want to do more in France and in Europe to act on climate? Please come and see us at our stand at the High Five Festival in Annecy, 2-4 October – we’d love to hear your ideas and suggestions. Or, if you can’t make it there, you can reach us by email or via our Facebook page – we’re listening!
And please do join us!
