Red Bull ski photography shootout
Though the results have been out for weeks, the Red Bull Snowthrill of Alaska took the stage at the 2003 POWDER Magazine Reader Poll and Video Awards on Tuesday, January 28, to honor the champions of this first-of-it's kind ski photography shootout. Hosted by Scott Gaffney, the Snowthrill award ceremony acted as the preamble to the third annual Reader Poll and Video Awards, held at The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Over the course of seven days last winter, twelve skier/photographer teams from all over the globe were allotted film, processing, and heli-time in Haines, Alaska in a unique contest combining the artistry of skiing and photography. Besides slaying powder and lapping up the Alaskan lifestyle, the teams battled over cash prizes in a variety of categories. Winners were formally presented with checks and framed prints of their winning photographs as part POWDER'S yearly ski-film awards show.
Red Bull International awarded teams in three categories as follows:
Red Bull Snowthrill of Alaska Event Shot: Sverre Liliequist and Jean-Marc Favre
Red Bull Action Shot: Hugo Harrison and Ulrich Grill
Red Bull Choice award: Sverre Liliequist and Alexander Klun.
A crack team of professional photo editors judged another six categories:
Best Powder Turn and Best Fly on the Wall: Guerlain Chicherit and Dan Ferrer.
Best Action Sequence: Pierre-Yves Leblanc and Jean-Marc Favre
Best Alaskan Lifestyle and Best Air: Enak Gavaggio and Seb Leon
World Champion's / Men: Chris Davenport and Scott Markewitz
World Champion's / Women: Andrea Binning and Tony Harrington.
People's Choice Award
(as voted by the public on the official Snowthrill website):
David Reddick and Jamie Burge.
