The return of the old school event | The Mediappiness Invitational

Riding the glacier under the June sunshine, with a massive crew of homies before heading down for skating, beers and reggae…does it get better? Anyone who was in Les Deux Alpes for a weekend of cultural celebration would undoubtedly argue that it doesn’t.

The Mediappiness crew gathered around 20 invited riders and welcomed nearly a hundred hungry amateurs to the brilliant glacier snowpark in L2A where—fresh off the back of shaping Kimbo Sessions—Julian Caillet, Hugo Monmont, Andreas Herranz and Mateo Socquet had built a slush skiing paradise.

After an insane session in the snowpark, with many of the french pro team throwing down on the challenge rail, everyone skied down off the glacier to a secret spot where Pierre-Emile Rochat and friends had shaped a hip. The session continued with cheering for every trick and every rider gaining more hype than the last from the increasingly stoked crowd. The incredible vibes continued through the afternoon where eventually everyone reconvened at the skate park where the Mediappiness Village hosted prize-giving and live music performances from local vinyl DJs and Guinean reggae artist Lyricson.

As the crowd skanked into the night to Lyricson’s basslines, La Clusaz legend and freeski coach Manu Pernet jumped on stage, took the mic and announced that this was the greatest celebration of freeski culture since the days of the Candide Invitational—a serious endorsement from an suitably intoxicated old-head.