The European Alps had been starved of snow, but fresh snowfall greeted the first day of WINTERPO, now in its second edition at La Rosiere ski resort in France. SOURCE headed there with the One Eyed Monster in tow. Check the full gallery here and stay tuned for day 2’s recap coming soon. Photos by SOURCE Editor, Harry Mitchell Thompson.
WINTERPRO 2023, La Rosiere. Snow came just in timeSnowy test villageSnow rolling inGood vives for apero at the end of day 1100%'s Simon Barbier and Clementine Saillard with their Norg and Snowcraft XL goggles686 boys talking business686's Pacome Allouis in a RVCA sandwich. With Alex Maillet on the left and Etienne Pinon on the rightAmplid's Peter Bauer and Conrad. The Souly Grail with 3D nose and anti-phase vibration system. On the right, Kodama, Japanese for forest spirts. Short swallow tail for great tree riding. Bataleon's 20Y anniversary model, showing all top and bottom graphics from past 20 years plus their all-new Fly binding. Bataleon's Rubby Kiebert and Mr Source, Clive RipleyBorealis' Ben holding their Artefact and Alpine Pro RVCA's Etienne Pinon & LABO Shop's Polo Capita's Charles Legüero with their Aeronaut (Arthur Longo pro model) and the Mega Death. Like the Black Snowboard of Death, but super lightweightComputer games at the 686 standDeeluxe's Aeris boot in Kevin Backstrom pro model with the DNA Pro boot. Shown by Frederic Bertrand from Slab DistributionEASY, out of Val D'Isere. Company owned Nico showing the Peak and their new look Killer with a more mellow easy grip with 5 points of contact on each edge.Goodboards' Josef Holub with their Wooden, all mtn camber board and their Pez, a free carve:freeride boardJones' Clement Charee with their Hovercratf 2.0 and the Freecarver 6000sKorua's Marko Reck (Int Sales Manager) with Cafe Racer + and the Uber EggLarrogs, AKA Julien HaricotMizu bottle lineupMovie screening after day 1Mr Source, Clive Ripley repping Dry Robe in the Alps...Nidecker - International Marketing Manager Tom WN with the best selling Supermatic in Olive & Nidecker French Agency Sport Polsion's Sherone Duclos with the Supermatic in whiteNidecker boysNidecker's Tom WN with the New Merc and Sherone Duclos with the Venus PlusRossignol's Arnaud Repo showing the XV Split (Xavier De La Rue pro model split) and the Juggernaut freestyle boardSalomon's Abstract (unisex) and the Dance Haul, also unisex and volume shifted. Shown by Frederic Bertrand from Slab DistributionSlash's PC Fayolle turning the screws on The Vertical, their piste and powder charger with 3D nose.SPY's Loick Riou and their MegaLith goggle and Galatic MIPS helmetUnion's Charles with the totally new Force binding and the ChargerYES.'s Marc Smith with their surfboard shaper, Jon Pyzel's collab board and the All-In, new all mountain board
