Throwback! Doing some spring cleaning and came across the original files from our 10-edit Turbosode series- behind the scenes, extra footy, and stories from the making of our 2008 flick, Turbo.

In the Keystone/Eclipse edit we join Tom Wallisch, Adam Delorme, Mike Hornbeck, Duncan Adams, and Jon Brogan for some spring fling Colorado park shoot action at Keystone and Eclipse.

Alright- we know what you’re saying- how the #@%$ did someone who wasn’t even a finalist walk away with the win? Well, first off, Lucas should have been a finalist, but somewhere during the process of selecting a dozen of the top vids from nearly 100 entries some signals got crossed and Lucas got the short end of the stick. Once his vid went live, it was pretty much the unanimous top choice of all the athletes in our crew, and with this year’s contest being such a tough one to judge we offered up our input and handed this one over to our riders to make the final call.

There’s no doubt that this year’s field was the most talented to date and any one of the Finalists could have easily walked away with the win- Dom Laporte arguably has the most impressive urban shots this contest has seen; Mikkel Jøraandstad has the deepest bag of tricks and some of the smoothest jumping style out there; Torvinen, Boville, and Doan crush everything with super unique style, and Emile Bergeron and Alex Beaulieu are well on their way to becoming the next big QC exports; and we could go on…

“You could put together a crew from this year’s entries and probably make a movie that rivals any pro flick out there- the level of talent was insane,” said Level 1′s Josh Berman. “A few years ago we’d be able to narrow the field down to the top 2 or 3 entries, but these days its almost impossible to say that one Finalist is more deserving than the others. Every one of them will undoubtedly be destroying edits and vid segments over the next few years, landing on top of podiums, and otherwise making names for themselves on a global scale.”

Last year’s Superunknown XIII winner Sig Tveit had this to say: “Honestly my pick out of all of them would be Lucas Stål-Madison. In my opinion I think he is the rider who would have the most to give Level 1. He definitely offers some creativity and different flavor that has been unseen for the Level 1 viewers, and viewers of any other production company in that matter.”

Parker White: “Lucas has completely his own style and seems like a hilarious kid, he’s really got something unique going on with his skiing. My Vote is Lucas.”

Phil Casabon: “It’s hard (to pick a winner since the) talent pool is so deep. My favorite is not a finalist but I think has most flavor and uniqueness out of all- Lucas Stål-Madison.”

Ahmet Dadali: “I thought he was ill man- from the moment I saw it I said there’s something different with this guy that keeps my eyes on the computer screen. So many entries were ill, but Lucas brought his own style into the mix.”

Mike Hornbeck: “LSM’s Superunknown entry was a video that I re-watched a couple times and it still left me wanting to see more. His style, edge control, and his tricks are all so dialed, and you can really tell he knows what he is doing because there isn’t any pizza in his video.”

Lucas had the following words and pix to offer:

“When Berman told me I won superunknown , I lol’d. I did’nt even make finals how could I win? But then he said the whole crew where really stoked about the video and I was like, wait he’s serious. HE IS FUCKING SERIOUS GAAAAAAHHHH

I was so damn suprised and so damn happy, that my hand started shaking like crazy. So all the words that I was gonna write back to Berman got all messed up and his first impression of me was probably pretty wierd, haha. At first I wasn’t even sure I was gonna enter the contest or not, since I didn’t have any big tricks in it. But decided that I’d put together an edit of shots that I think is ill and we’ll see what happens. And boy, am I glad I did!

Can’t wait to go out next season and put all my energy to try get something that stands out!

I wanna give a shout out to all enteries this year, especially kids like Austin and Dominic and everyone else killing it this year! Also shout out to all my friends who believed in me and pushed me to keep doing my own thing.

Peace!”

Join us in beautiful Mt Hood, OR as Level 1 takes over Windells! Ski with your fave Level 1 pros, partake in some awesome Level 1-themed contests, pick up all kinds of fresh schwag! More details coming soon!

Level 1 is stoked to officially announce the release of the rules and entry info for the 9th annual Superunknown contest!

What was the first video talent-search contest is still the biggest and the best- pulling in entries from across the globe, last year’s Superunknown IX contest brought in well over 100 entries from 15 different countries, and we expect this year’s to bring in even more, as the hungriest and most talented up-and-comers in the game try to follow in the footsteps of past winners like Corey Vanular, Mike Clarke, Tom Wallisch, Niklas Eriksson, Logan Imlach, and last year’s winner, Sig Tveit.

Download the official rules and entry form here, then get to work putting together your submission- just over 8 weeks until they’re due!
We’re streamlining things this year- all entries should be submitted online through the upload form below! Upload your vid in Quicktime format and email your entry form to superunknown@level1productions.com and you’re good to go!

For the second year in a row we’ll be awarding a special prize for “Best Trick.” This doesn’t necessarily mean we’re looking for some wild new quad flip- that s#&t was only cool in the late 1970s. We’re just looking for something that stands out as the singular most impressive trick in all of the Superunknown IX submissions.

Sorry, end of the competition. Entries wont be accepted anymore.

Check vids from some of our past winners!

Mike Clarke (Superunknown III)

Tom Wallisch (Superunknown IV)

Jon Brogan (Superunknown V)

Niklas Eriksson (Superunknown VI)

Logan Imlach (Superunknown VII)

Sig Tveit (Superunknown VIII)

Ahmet Dadali followed up his film-opening segment in our 2010 flick “Eye Trip” with the much-coveted closing part in 2011′s “After Dark.” In the process of logging 4 minutes of mind-blowing urban and backcountry content that made the film, there was plenty of other solid stuff that hit the proverbial cutting room floor- check it here along with a few bangers straight out of the film that we just had to see one more time…