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Skiing the Silk Road Skiing the Silk Road is an expedition which encapsulates the spirit of adventure and exploration that we hope to foster in younger generations.

Introducing the story of a group a good mates from New Zealand setting out to ski the length of the silk road – from Beijing to Venice – exploring skiing’s cultures and origins. The search for something different, looking for the unknown in travel, the most epic road trip on earth undertaken for the first time from a skier’s perspective. We are going on a journey along the Silk Road from Beijing t

o Venice, to ski in the backcountry of some of the most remote areas on earth, while exploring the history, cultures and origins of skiing throughout a diverse range of political, geographical and economic situations. We hope to share our story with the masses through video blogs and ultimately, a feature length documentary.

24/05/2021
Beijing hasn't changed!
22/05/2015

Beijing hasn't changed!

17/07/2013

A good wee hustle at the NZMFF just recently. Did anyone see Blair and Dave presenting the behind the scene dealio?

Righto film. It's time for you to go to Canada. Have fun over there.
23/08/2012

Righto film. It's time for you to go to Canada. Have fun over there.

07/08/2012

The Banff submission is happening soon. A wee T&C - "the Festival and has the right to distribute, exhibit and promote the film, in or through all media formats now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, the Internet throughout the universe."

03/08/2012

Some late nights have been going down on this Banff Mountain Film Festival edit! Nearly done. We may have to have a few "review/preview" evenings soon!

11/07/2012

Hands up if you saw our edit in the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka on Monday night??? Let us know what you thought! The guys are hard at work on a longer edit to submit to the Banff Mountain Film Festival and possibly others as we speak! Rough cut of the footage has been viewed by some of the team and its looking pretty epic!!

Our feature in the latest www.nzskier.com magazine is on shelves now! Get 'em while you can kids..
15/05/2012

Our feature in the latest www.nzskier.com magazine is on shelves now! Get 'em while you can kids..

Now in itʼs 8th year, the North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand, presented by Völkl, is proud to announce that it is officially an AFP World Tour Gold level event.

25/04/2012

Niki Begg and Cameron Mccalister headed out on the last big adventure of any of the silk road team today. They started the 6 day ski tour called the Haute Route. This runs from Chamonix, France to Zermat in Switzerland and covers 100km through the Alps!

Good Luck!

04/04/2012

Charlie and Mark are living the dream in Austria. In deep!

30/03/2012

Just arrived in Frankfurt from Venice. Nothing like a high speed, German train to end with... What a journey. This is Johnsy, signing off.

25/03/2012

After 4 months of nailing every train, bus or plane, daylight savings finally got us...
To the troops in Mostar, the stragglers in Sarajevo are now on the 9am bus!

24/03/2012

had a pretty exciting live viewing of the freeride world tour today in Sarajevo... big ups to Janina and Sam for representing so hard!

15/03/2012

And... When it comes to a no-pants party... Bulgaria...

14/03/2012

For a mind blowing ski holiday cheap as chips head to bulgaria!

13/03/2012

Iran was a big highlight for those of us who travelled there. Here's a brief insight. Peace, Dave
http://www.skiingthesilkroad.com/2012/03/14/iran/

We entered Iran under headlines of threatened Israeli airstrikes, the EU announcing full scale oil embargos and carrier groups from the US 5th Fleet steaming through the Strait of Homiz. However, on arrival I instantly felt at ease. Mr Mousavi, probably the most helpful hotel manager in existence, s...

08/03/2012

MUST REMEMBER they drıve on the other sıde of the road over here......

Our latest webisode - covering some epic skiing from southern Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.....
06/03/2012

Our latest webisode - covering some epic skiing from southern Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.....

The third installment, just for you. Dave talks about his stoke on the trip. Nick C gives us a modern speal on this ancient road that we find ourselves along. Following this, we meet a self taught ski touring “legend” in southern Kyrgyzstan . Finally, Pete gives us a few yarns about the factors that...

05/03/2012

Speeding fine in turkey :(

05/03/2012

Driving in turkey with the window down. Bit cold when it's -3 outside and the window refuses to go back up!

04/03/2012

Webisode temporarily down to fix technical difficulties

The cave even has Wifi - mean!
03/03/2012

The cave even has Wifi - mean!

Got a bit lost today but managed to find a cave to sleep in..
03/03/2012

Got a bit lost today but managed to find a cave to sleep in..

29/02/2012

The southern crew are jumping on the train to Turkey tonight. Mark joined us a week ago here in Iran and we all had some great skiing up at Dizin, Shemshak and Darmansar. Super friendly country. All expectations exceeded! Dave

29/02/2012
26/02/2012

The no pants party has gone global

Mmmm maybe Lebanon is worth it?
24/02/2012

Mmmm maybe Lebanon is worth it?

What about this storm that just hit Lebanon -
12 meters (39 feet) in 5 days.

17/02/2012

Check out a bit of upside-down action from the crew. Not too many clean landings but oh well...

17/02/2012

3 go South (via Iran), 6 go North (via Gorgia).

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