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Red Bull Ski Team ripper Grete Eliassen sent us a tale and some epic shots from a bit of summer skiing down under. Not Australia. Argentina. That's still "down under", right? Anyway, we're thoroughly jealous. She was cruising with her Oakley teammates Marie-France Roy (Red Bull snowboarder), Pep Fujas, and Seth Morrisson.

Check out her pics and read her firsthand account of powder in August!

Sounds easy, eh? It is. Here's how it goes: you have until Sunday midnight (Aug. 24th) to post a question to Tanner in the discussion thread (below The Wall) on The Massive Fansite on Facebook. The five best/most interesting questions will be related to Tanner and his responses will be posted here. In addition to getting their poignant question answered, winners will recieve a limited edition Red Bull Tanner Hall-The Massive T-shirt (like the one in the picture, but in your size...Sean Pettit and silver chalices not included). Pretty, pretty good. So, like your elementary school teacher said, put your thinkin' caps on and get to work. One question per person please.

Not a fan of The Massive yet? Not on Facebook yet? Get both in one fell swoop.

So listen, chances are when Tanner Hall's new flick, The Massive, drops in few weeks you're gonna be a huge fan. You might as well be official about it and link up with The Massive on your Facebook page. Right now there's only 5 fans. Get in early so at parties you can be like, "I knew The Massive, way back when...." Who knows, maybe we'll give away a couple t-shirts.

Click here to become a fan of The Massive!

Again, checking in on the Super Feature built for the final shoot of Tanner Hall's "The Massive." Up at Mt. Hood, we get super huckers Sean Fields, C.R. Johnson, and Ian Provo relating stories from the session to end all end-of-the-season sessions. Check out the exclusive video!

Last week I caught up with Daron Rahlves at Mt. Hood for a little bit of winter in July. With Timberline still holding ample snow, Daron and I found some sweet pockets of sugary goodness off to the west and proceeded to lay trenches down to the length of the Palmer lift. It was no mid-winter pow day, but for it being nearly August, well, let's just say we were both stoked to be back on snow.

Catch the quick interview with Daron here!

Check out the full gallery here!

This week's webisode from the making of Tanner Hall's "The Massive," captures in three minutes all the months of hard work and planning that came together perfectly for three days of an epic hip session up at Timberline in June. The last shoot of the season brought together an all-star crew, guru feature builder Frank Wells, a helicopter for filming, and of course Tanner himself for what went down as an appropriately off the hook cap to what's going to be an off the hook ski movie come fall. Check out the exclusive video!

Up next we have Poor Boyz Productions latest joint, "Reasons." The heavy hitting crew featured in "Reasons" is made up partially by  some of Red Bull Skiing's heavy hitters: Tanner Hall, Simon Dumont, and Jon Olsson. Johnny Decesare, and the rest of PBP's talented film and production crew, is no stranger to putting out critically acclaimed flicks, so make sure to keep an eye out for this one come fall.

We're in the thick of it. Summer. While you're chillin' at the river or shredding trail on your mountain bike, the movie makers, who's jobs you're violently jealous of, are tucked away in their dark, dank dens of edit. Many won't see sunlight until the September premieres, and will only emerge at night to seek out "my precious," aka cans of Red Bull.

First up, we have Matchstick Productions "Claim." They say it's the greatest ski movie ever. We don't know, we haven't seen it, but when a movie features Red Bull skiers Simon Dumont, Jon Olsson, Sean Pettit, and Shane McConkey, well, let's just say it's a damn good start.

The AST just announced dates for the innaugural winter Dew Tour. Why do you care? Well for starters the 1.5 million dollars in podium dough is going to attract the biggest names in the sport of skiing including Red Bull's Simon Dumont and...wait for it...Tanner Hall. Yes, Tanner is saying he'll ski the Superpipe portion of the tour at every stop. Last season Simon dominated nearly every Superpipe event he entered except for the Winter X Men's Superpipe--the only Superpipe competition Tanner entered last season. Both Red Bull rider are on top of the sport and finally spectators will get the head-to-head, multi-stop forum they've been wishing for to see who will best the other to dominate the sport.

From the AST: NEW YORK - July 14, 2008 - The AST, the umbrella brand and organization of today's most prestigious action sports events, today announced the host resorts and dates for the three stops of the inaugural AST Winter Dew Tour. The Winter Tour, which will feature freeskiing and snowboarding disciplines for both men and women, kicks off at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge, Colo., Dec. 18-21, 2008 continues at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vt., Jan. 8-11, 2009 and concludes at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe, Calif., Feb. 19-22, 2009.

“We’re entering unprecedented territory for a ski movie,” CP says as we roll up to the Log Cabin in Big Bear, California. It’s early in the morning and Tanner is still asleep back at Marc Frank Montoya’s The Block Hotel. He doesn’t need to be here yet, the crew of 12 still has a couple hours of setting up probably half a million dollars worth of rented lighting, dolly, sound, and camera equipment. Grips, gaffers, and boom operators—all dudes who regularly work in Hollywood—are slinging jargon faster then us bro-brahs can comprehend. When’s the last time you saw an effort like this to film a few seconds of opening scene for a ski movie. Never is the right answer.

Spending more money in one day—not even on shooting skiing—than most film companies spend in an entire season maybe gives you some kind of idea the scale that Tanner’s movie, “The Massive”, is on. The day wasn’t easy. The closed down diner had no A/C and the doors had to be shut to keep out traffic noise. Tanner goes through countless take and camera angles, and handles it like the handles the heat of the X Games Superpipe—like a champ.

Check out the rest of the shots from the day!

Speaking of hot, heard about Red Bull’s The Experiment? Going down Friday on the Santa Monica Pier. Check it!