Freeskiing New Zealand's Highest Mountain | The Sky Piercer (Full Movie)

4 freeskiers tackle New Zealand's highest mountain, Mount Cook, in our Monday Premiere!
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What you'll see in The Sky Piercer is quite literally the stuff of legend. Snow athletes Sam Smoothy, Xavier De Le Rue, Nadine Wallner and Fraser McDougall take on the challenge of skiing down New Zealand’s highest mountain, the notorious Mount Cook (Aoraki). Will extreme weather and icy conditions defeat them? Aoraki mightn't be the world's tallest mountain, but it is one of the youngest, and still growing by about 7mm a year, though in the last few decades erosion of the ice cap means it's 30m or so shorter after massive falls of rock and ice. Where it differs from bigger mountains in the Himalayas or European Alps is that it's exposed to whatever westerly weather systems the Tasman Sea throws at it, meaning strong winds, heavy snow, and thick cloud that can make visibility a serious problem, and this goes for the eastern side, too, if the wind changes.
The Sky Piercer director Hancox has mentioned that there has to be an understanding between the protagonists and the crew that cuts both ways, and that The Sky Piercer works so well is a reflection of the mutual respect. """"The film maker needs to understand that the athlete isn't an actor,"""" Hancox has said in interviews. """"The athlete also needs to understand that it takes more than just skiing or 'action' to create an engaging film.""
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What's your go to skiing/snowboarding place? Let us know in the comments!

[@Schibbe]

Chamonix

[@Phin258]

Zillertal

[@JakkeJakobsen]

Home! Lofoten Islands in northern Norway

[@milk2656]

Japan, Myoko

[@nomadtrails]

Teine, Japan

[@redbull]

Thanks everyone for joining the premiere! We have more snow movie premieres coming up the following weeks, so make sure to subscribe and set those notifications on!

[@dallasbennett5052]

Amazing... I miss home, Aotearoa NZ. Had me tearing up, all that emotion and Passion for living Life!!

[@ewalisiecka1051]

Andrea boczeli

[@Marionetax]

Absolutely insane. Absolutely beauty. Totally stoked. What an epic adventure buddies! Thank’s for sharing.

[@TimothySilvesterplus]

4 seasons in one day 😀. Love my country

[@LakeLads]

Mt. Cook is truly a gnarly creation of mother nature. This is an epic video thank you Redbull, Sam Smoothy, Xavier De Le Ru, Nadine Wallner and Fraser McDougall for this amzing movie.

[@Edddabest1]

I lived in Mt Cook Village for 4 months and we’d often go 1-2 weeks without even seeing the peak. Insanely lucky conditions but what an epic video :)

[@souleymanediarra5565]

Kudos to all of you for not only descending Aoraki but in such style. There is homage to be paid to the ski descent from the summit by Bruce Grant and snowboarding from the summit by Mark Whetu in earlier times. Perhaps you might make another movie about skiing/snowboarding the NW Ridge of Tititea/Mt Aspiring...

[@zhahirunisha786]

Reminder Has Been Set.......Whooooooohoohoooo

[@redbull]

Woohoooo can't wait for Monday!

[@reckless5785]

Yep New Zealand is my home country. Still live there it’s my favourite land on the world

[@dawsonbroadhead714]

You guys are legends

[@zhahirunisha786]

Red Bull is Awesome......

[@alanbrooke144]

Shame there isn’t a video of Enrico Mosetti, Ben Briggs and Tom Grant’s descent of Mt Cook’s Caroline Face in 2017 - that is one super impressive line!

[@davidjudkins1387]

Loved every minute.

[@redbull]

Same here! 😀

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Join us in our FIRST EVER premiere for a freeskiing movie! Send out your questions and we'll answer them all right here and in the live chat!

[@TheDeezlaweez]

I love vids like this!

[@BOOMBoarding]

Awesome trip!👌 Thanks for sharing! 🙂

[@rickybobby5883]

Pure, raw... Amazing.

[@maxwright4387]

super beautiful film. the gliders were incredible, looked like the things in end of evangelion lol

[@mattgodfray2745]

The soundtrack for this movie is absolutely unreal. (if anyone has a list of the tracks used I would LOVE that.)

[@mzlittle]

Top-notch!

[@joakimheusermann1805]

Absolutely insane

[@marcelosanchez3986]

can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@redbull]

It will be worth it! 🎬

[@marcelosanchez3986]

I agree

[@BurkhalterMedia]

Yeah

[@siktiktv6370]

Red bull best

[@QuicknStraight]

I think I'm a pretty good skier, but Mt Cook would be a bridge too far! Insane!

[@pluelagoon]

im so exicted :D

[@inkognito_8080]

Woo-hoo!!!! ❄️👌🔥🤘🤙

[@Plastic117]

I'm a simple man. I see NZ. I click like

[@tubsward]

12:26 anyone know where exactly this is? I plugged in the coordinates and they obviously aren't correct, somewhere on the East side of the Naumann range judging by the drive up the Dobson River by the looks of it.

[@JohnSmith-oo9mr]

Hopkins Vally? I can ask one of the guys who’s actually in it if ya really want

[@tubsward]

@@JohnSmith-oo9mr oh yea that'd be cool, but yea either the Hopkins or Dobson by the looks of it

[@leowei2575]

Wooaow!!!

[@arnehoffmann9895]

Whats the song called at 20.43 ?:)

[@Sub_Cruce_Candida]

Searching and finding? HARD

[@tryreact371]

Nice viedeo guys 🖒👏

[@cheekykent]

Purakaunui, not Puraukanui...

[@True-work]

Dungeon

[@chrisbreezy1403]

Hi brave

[@thetoastnbutterpodcast64]

My grandad has climbed this monster

[@Regotorus]

Peut-on avoir les sous-titres en français ?

[@louislombard6649]

What's the song called at 18:45 please ?

[@mineceaftssgamer5425]

Hi

[@vonPauls]

I‘m the only People🧐

[@TheSalsers]

Anyone else see a "face" in the slopes at the beginning of the video?

[@urielalfaro672]

Wuu

[@berndkorthaus5082]

Not a good idea for beginners to do such challenging soaring flights without any acclimatization before. Because you will not be able to enjoy that incredible experience. It will be quite horrible instead.

[@SebSoGa]

Who knows the song @ 17:05 ? Thx

[@Tomi168]

they didn't actually ski from the summit? what the hell is this.

[@nupongpangsam3582]

oh oh yes""""

[@MachineHeadDissent]

🤙😎🤘🥃🍺🍻

[@marcelosanchez3986]

SUGARBUSH VT

[@daniellins7165]

Primeiro

[@vapel815]

🖕

[@simonc3639]

New Zealand anyone?

[@milk2656]

35:21 thank me later

[@redbull]

That one is intense! 😱

[@milk2656]

Sorry, I’m actually skiing in New Zealand at moment and I am loving it. And I can’t believe I just got a reply from RED BULL them self, sorry but I got a little bored during the intro. But amazing film. Sorry

[@GroundCRow]

This is 1 ugly car! Especially to explore nature...