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Watch ‘Best Line of the Winter’: Athletes Submitted Their Raddest Runs for $120,000 Prize

Skiers and riders from around the world submitted videos to GoPro of their best runs of the year. GoPro had a panel of professional athletes judge them and select a lucky winner.
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GoPro’s request was simple: Submit a video of your best line all winter. The action and adventure sports brand wanted to put together a montage video of freeride skiers and snowboarders using a GoPro camera on their raddest runs all year. GoPro would assess the entries, make a sick edit, and one lucky skier or rider would go home with a $120,000 prize.

The brand put together a panel of all-star freeride judges — Ingrid Backstrom, Scott Gaffney, Elena Hight, Adam Jaber, and Sage Kotsenburg — to choose who would win the grand prize. Hundreds of clips were submitted from around the world, and GoPro’s judges watched them all.

The winner? You’ll just have to watch and see for yourself. GoPro’s half-hour film Best Line of the Winter is an exposé of dreamy, creamy, powder-filled ski slopes. Skiers and riders shred in bounds, out of bounds, and everywhere in between. If you’re ready to start getting excited for skiing, now’s the time.

For more videos like this one, check out GoPro’s YouTube page.

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