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Once again this year, RedBullSkiing.com is a proud partner of the Powder Video Awards set to go down in Aspen on Saturday, January 30th. It's the monumental 10th anniversary for the only ski movie award show in the industry and it's sure to be poppin' off. If you won't be in Aspen like most of the world won't be, don't fret, you can get a front row seat to all the action with the live webcast. There's sure to be some good action from the Red Bull Skiing camp this year, especially with Sean Pettit's heavy-hitting segment in MSP's In Deep. Pettit had breakthrough performer last year, this year (yes, we're calling it now) Pettit will win Best Male Performance.

Make sure to tune in to powderawards.com, in the meantime check out some of the madness that went down last year.

C.R. Johnson gave us access to his helmet cam footage. Here's a nice little look into how a Linecatcher athlete picks through the course and figures out their line...

Most of the skiers arrived to France in Marseille on the Mediterranean Sea. An inch of snow covered the palm trees outside the airport and our shuttle driver said it snows in Marseille once every 10 years. This was a good sign.

After an interesting drive to Vars in a front wheel drive van, we arrived with only one side of the tire chains functional. A meter of snow had turned the little French Alps town into a winter wonderland.

The Red Bull Linecatcher event couldn't have gone off more perfectly. One day to shred and fight off the jet lag, and two days of bluebird for the qualifications and the final event to go down. The eventual winner was Candide Thovex in his first comp since his injury. Red Bull's Sean Pettit took second and the "Sick Bird" award for a 360 off a 50-footer in an uncharted part of the course. C.R. Johnson also had a comeback of sorts in his first podium since his head injury in 2006. 

Check out the Super Gallery for all the pics!

Considering all the variables working against an event like Red Bull Linecatcher, it's really amazing how well it went off yesterday. The Vars valley in France was hit with a meter of cold powder the day the athletes arrived in town. After a successful qualifying event, two french skiers were pulled into the elite field including Red Bull's own Sean Pettit, Richard Permin, Sven Kueenle, and Bene Mayr.

France's own Candide Thovex topped the field to take the title, while Sean Pettit stood aside him in second and C.R. Johnson took third. Check out the video below:

Over at Newschoolers.com, members had the opportunity to download and edit footage from this year's Red Bull Cold Rush. All the edits are up and the voting is live until April 10th. The winning clip editor will win a trip to slay the world famous pow at Rettallack. Go check it out!

You'd think a day where canceling the comp due to weather was a bad thing. Not so when you're at Retallack and the alternative is slaying pow in the trees. Check out this nice little clip of what happens at Cold Rush when the comp is on hold. Enjoy.