Ground Breakers Series: Vertical Zoo

Vertical Zoo: Dominique Perret is freeride skiing's pre-eminent athlete, engineer, entrepreneur and ambassador. Skiing since the age of two, voted Best Freeride Skier of the Century, Perret continues to set records and break new ground skiing and filming in the world's most unreachable From the film Timeless

areas, often under the most unwelcoming conditions. Through the outdoor sports production company he founded in 1990, Vertical Zoo, he's produced 45 films, including several winners at the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Perret is praised for his phenomenal skiing ability, impeccable safety record and films smooth as silk.
Mission: "In an increasingly hectic, urbanized, commercialized world, Vertical Zoo helps reconnect us to the natural elements — sun, wind, sea, snow and mountains — and redefine our physical and mental limits."

Wildest Experience: "With a friend, ascending the North Face of Mt. Everest, non-stop and without oxygen — in the pure alpine style — and skiing down from 8,450 meters."

P.O.V: "I look at my passion and my work like my ski tracks. I never look back — always to the uncut path ahead."

Featured Film: "Timeless"

Photo: "Timeless" is a crash course in the evolution of freeride skiing that begins in the mountains and fjords the Lyngen Alps in Norway and moves on to some of the most challenging terrain that the Swiss Alps offer. Finalist in the sport/short category at the 2001 Banff Mountain Film Festival. Timeless © Vertical Zoo

Groundbreakers:
• Black&White • Fresh Air • Peloton Productions • Serac Adventure • TGR • Vertical Zoo

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