CANDIDE THOVEX AND HER BEST FIVE VIDEOS

For those of you who don't know him Candide Thovex is one of the freeriders who has managed to descend the slopes in the most amazing way you've ever seen. This French rider hits it off on social media with his skiing videos with which he leaves his thousands of followers speechless. In addition, not only is he a viral person on networks, but at the age of 35 he has become a freerider with a career that few can match. He is the only rider who has managed to win three gold medals in the Winter X Games in three modalities and years later to win the Freeride World Tour.

However, in this article we are going to show you how incredible this ski professional is in his five best videos. We have two series of videos, the first called Quattro which contains two, and the second called One of those days which contains three. You're going to love it!

1. THE TARANTINO OF SKI VIDEOS: QUATTRO

In this video in collaboration with Audi quattro we see how Thovex destroys everything that comes his way with his skis, dodging every tree and every obstacle. The speed at which it goes will not cease to amaze us no matter how many times we watch the video.

The video is recorded in the commune of Megevé in the French Alps. The combination between the impressive scenery and the “skigrass” edits that Thovex puts into it is as if we were seeing something magical.

The skier has a team that knows how to make his videos special and Thovex handles the skis on the grass as if he was born with them.

2. THE SUCCESS OF THE SECOND PARTS: QUATTRO 2

Candide Thovex decided to take her videos to another level in such a way that no surface could resist her. They are all skiable anywhere in the world and as the Audi slogan says, which sponsors their videos, “all conditions are perfect.” And so much so, since in this video we see how Thovex descends through rocky mountains, the desert, the jungle, even the great wall of China!

You may wonder how long it took him to make this incredible video that has already reached 5 million views. Well, they were 3 months of travel full of emotions between getting to know new cultures, falls, exhaustion or repeating scenes with all the cameras on set. In fact, the experience marked the entire team so much that a documentary called “behind the scenes” was made where you can appreciate all the making off of Quattro 2.

A 3-month job focused on 4 and a half minutes of cultures and freeride. However, we must also take into account the 9 months that they were looking for the best spots in countries like Iceland, Jamaica, Turkey, Peru, Wales, Iran, China, Italy and Spain. In our country, the incredible backflip that triumphed on social networks was recorded.

As you can see in Quattro 2 there were no limits neither in skiing nor in creativity. Since it is a mixture of the two that shows us that with effort and passion nothing is impossible.

3. THE SAGA BEGINS ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Like a magical movie saga, Thovex is back on the scene with some incredible videos under the title One of those days. The impressive thing about this series is that he dispensed with all the camera equipment and will only be him with a gopro placed on his head which will make you feel that you are the freerider. Watching this clip you will be the one on the skis, jumping in the air and dodging the most difficult obstacles.

A sensation of speed will go through you when you watch the video that you will hallucinate, Thovex takes freeride to another level with this series. Which starts strong, because if you stay until the end of the video you can see how Thovex edits in slow motion the jump he takes over a police car so we can appreciate what an incredible feeling it must be to fly over some skis

4. FLYING WITH ONE OF THOSE DAYS 2

In this new video that was presented a year after the first in the series, as expected, the French rider wanted to improve himself. Although with the same camera format on the head and some skis, it has been renewed making the heaviest lines you have ever seen in the French resort of Val Blanc . He collaborated with this station to be able to make this second part of One of those days.

Recorded, edited and produced by the skier himself, this video will leave you paralyzed. After watching it, many critics have already claimed that Thovex is the best skier on the planet and that this film is the most fun skiing has ever had.

In this video, which lasts a minute longer than the previous ones, we will see how he leaves a kind of house in the mountains, puts on his skis and hits the slopes. This clip shows little bits of humor when you see people freaking out over Thovex's jumps or when he shows skiing on the terrace of a restaurant. The most unimaginable places to ski have been covered by this adrenaline lover.

5. THE GRAND FINAL OF ONE OF THOSE DAYS

With the huge success of One of those days 2, Thovex couldn't leave his fans and followers wanting more. Therefore, this third part is another impressive and successful clip full of somersaults, backflips and triple twists. The video starts where the previous one ended, leaving the chairlift. At first we see how it passes under the legs of a skier and even reaches a frozen lake, which he surfs with his own skis. As you can see, for Thovex limits do not exist.

If you've been wanting to keep seeing Candide Thovex's content, all you have to do is follow him on his Instagram account you'll be able to enjoy all the posts he uploads daily. All of them full of snow and the most extreme tricks. We think after reading this article it is clear that Candide Thovex has already gone down in history as one of the best riders in the world.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• WHEN DID CANDIDE THOVEX'S LOVE FOR SKI BEGIN?

Candide Thovex's love for skiing began when she was little, since she grew up in the French resort of Val Blanc where her father was a ski instructor. At just 4 years old he already began to do his first jumps. A year later he joined the town ski team.

• WHERE WERE THE THREE VIDEOS OF ONE OF THOSE DAYS FILMED?

The three videos for One of those days were recorded at their local station in La Clusaz in the Val Blanc area. This station in the French Alps offers 130 kilometers of slopes.

• WHAT WERE YOUR MOST SERIOUS INJURIES?

Candide Thovex's most serious injuries have been a torn cruciate ligament when he was only 18 years old, discover here how to prevent this injury while skiing, and three years later the right ligaments. He recovered without problem from both. In 2007, he broke his back and doctors questioned whether he would be able to return to skiing.

• ARE YOUR VIDEOS DIFFECTED?

The answer is no. To surprise you, we think Candide Thovex's videos are not doctored, although in Quatro's it was inevitable to touch up some shots in post-production. However, never affecting the action itself.

• WHAT IS THE CANDIDE INVITATIONAL AT THE CLUSAZ?

The Candide Invitational in La Clusaz is an event organized by Candide Thovex himself and which consisted in the creation of a completely revolutionary snowpark due to the highly original shapes of the jumps. It took place in the years 2002-2007.

• HOW DID YOUR PASSION FOR FILMMAKING COME FROM?

It all started with his injuries in 2007 that made him stay in bed for a while. In this way, his desire to return to the slopes increased and he wanted to record what he enjoyed in the snow with his camera. In this year of rest, he was introduced to the audiovisual world, trying to learn everything about it.

• HOW MANY MEDALS DOES CANDIDE THOVEX HAVE?

Candide Thovex has three incredible gold medals that also correspond to different modalities within the Winter X Games. Specifically to the Big air, Superpipe and Slipestyle categories.

• WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATEST AUDIOVISUAL SUCCESS?

His greatest success at the audiovisual level has been with the film Few Word for which he won awards and was screened in up to 24 different countries. But this was just the beginning of an entire era of video.

• HAVE YOU ACHIEVED ANY RECORDS?

Candide Thovex was a pioneer in jumping the famous Chad's Gap, a 37 meter jump to reception and 12 meters high above a ravine that was the entrance of an old mine.

• DOES CANDIDE THOVEX HAVE BROTHERS?

Candide Thovex has a sister, named Mirabelle. She is a lover of snow in the Halfpipe discipline which has made her a direct rival of the Spanish Queralt Castellet in the World Cups.