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Cartel team rider Julien Lange spends most of his winter refining his skills and stacking footage in the backcountry, but that doesn't mean his park skills are being neglected. Nope, by the looks of this three hit kicker line Julien's skills in the terrain park are as sharp as ever.

Victory in VARS

Cartel skier McRae Williams is on fire this season. Over the last few months McRae has developed his slopestyle runs, taking him from finals contender to podium regular. McRae just added a 1st place in VARS to his 2nd place at the X Games.
On Monday McRae qualified first in his heat for the final of the SFR Tour stop in Vars, France. Today McRae will compete against the likes of Oscar Westor, Alex Bellemare and Vincent Gagnier to secure more important AFP Tour points.

McRae Scrapping in Vars

Fresh off his huge win at the European XGames Slopestyle last week, McRae has been hiding out in the Southern French Alps with a crew of world class riders for the Vars Tournament. Based on a similar concept to SKATE but using the letters of the host resort, the tournament, held over three days, pits [...]
So if you keep-up with the European and particularly the Spanish freeski scene, then you’ll know that Luka won this year’s annual ATS Primetime comp. As his prize Luka got to go on an ATS (Alltheski.com) video shoot with the guys from POPTHESPOT to the French resort of Vars, which is nestled in the Alps [...]
The white gold starts to cover our mountains =) Time for some remembers of a big day of pow with my friend & photographer Stephane Candé. This shot was taken in January 2010, somewhere in the forest of Vars, Fr. Enjoy these wet & cloudy dayz =) Mati
Hi All, I keep updating you with my little Contour HD edits. All the footage is recorded in Vars, Fr, during the closing week … such a shame the resort’s closed !! I could have done more, but yeah … it’s like that … Economy rulez !! ENJOY =°) Happy Mati
Hi All, A quick one to post a little “end of season” edit, showing Mati Imbert the last week of opening in Vars, FR. BLASHPEMY !!! Enjoy!! Happy =) Mati

A day in Mati’s office =)

Hi All, Here is a little resume of what happens for the future of skiing: The Red Bull LineCatcher. Pimp a freeride face with kickers, use naturals features, everything is accepted as soon as you throw tricks into your run! Candide won for his come back into comps, and I ended up 9th with  big [...]
Hi all!! A quick one to present you the RedBull Line Catcher 2010, in Vars, FR. I confirmed my participation to this event, and wanted to present you the concept. “Send some tricks in the middle of a Big Mountain venue” … Easy, isn’t it ??? I would say that this kind of event represents [...]

Time For Motocross !

Yes, but not really … winter doesn’t want to end up now … so we do with !!!Enjoy these shots of our Motocross Gap Session in Vars. 100km/h in spring snow, Chol’s are still here !! Mati
…to drive back home!!! jijijijijijji!!! Mati in Vars Park // photo Gilz@àë33