Iconic as always: Candide Thovex in Les Tufs

After the iconic three-part “One Of Those Days” POV series that helped him cement that title—not to mention any number of additional projects, like “Ski The World” or the documentary “Few Words,” Candide has kept us on the hook with a steady drip of consistently jaw-dropping skiing.

For the past several years, though, his drops have been mostly minimalist—one absolutely jaw-dropping clip now and again that rips us out of our reverie and reminds us why we started calling Candide the GOAT in the first place.

Now, Candide has shaken up that state of play with the drop of “Les Tufs,” his longest piece in years, in which the legend gives us a generous almost five minutes of skiing on a fantastical landscape in Tignes, France. Candide fans—which is pretty much everyone at this point—are ecstatic to see Candide’s riding for longer than 15 seconds at a time. And as per usual, it’s in the most flabbergasting way possible—making a face that most of us wouldn’t even consider skiable into his own personal playground.

And then, of course, there’s the snow. To hijack the top comment on YouTube: “I’ll never complain about conditions again.”

The long radio silences broken by unexpected drops are part of Candide’s mystique. And there’s probably no skier on the planet who controls their footage more tightly. So, color us thankful that Candide has finally opened the floodgates again and let us enjoy a longer video. (Look at me in the year 2026, calling a four-minutes-and-fifty-seconds video long.)

No doubt about it, the GOAT is still the GOAT. But if I may critique—and yes, this seems crazy but I’ll do it anyway—we know Candide has obsessed over every second of this video. So, my dog—where’s the landing on that cork 7 bleezy at 1:47?

Alas, I digress. Les Tufs is the most Candide we’ve gotten in years, and we’re here for every outrageous second of it.