Venture Beyond | Ep. 5 | Mind The Gap

Professional action sports athletes always circle back to the same question eventually: “Can I go bigger?” For Backcountry athlete @NilsMindnich, the search for his own limit landed him on the backside of an abandoned mine tailing in Little Cottonwood Canyon-infamously known as Chad’s Gap. Spanning 120ft in all its glory, it’s the most iconic jump of all time for snowboarders and skiers.
After years of doubting his own future in snowboarding, Nils faced internal demons on his journey to the gap. Chad’s Gap served as the culmination of his snowboarding career in many ways, but also reminded him of his level of acceptable risk. After overcoming his fears, Nils reels in his expectations and puts on quite the show in the process.
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[@NilsMindnich]

Such a wild day. Thank you for capturing the process!!

[@samsol3090]

The production is insane !

[@calebhawkins4030]

Nils mindset is nothing short of inspiring

[@Sora_Digital]

Such a gnarly gap! It blows my mind how fast they ride and to be able to come in to it just right and throw down a 3, 5, or 7! Just can't comprehend it.

[@alpenglowcinema]

Some insane shots in this 👏🏻

[@bigmountainmarissa]

Amazing work Nils!

[@SageKotsenburg]

Yeah Nils!!

[@Tyler_R91]

Nils you're a legend, so cool to see you open up and be honest with yourself. Stoked to see you hit that back 7 on chads soon

[@taylorbuck5131]

This jump has so much history - so rad to see Nils take it on! Takes some serious courage to commit to that drop.

[@rukunuddin2653]

😮😂😂ও্জ

[@TheBombHole]

So rad Nils!

[@evanschauer8831]

Insane

[@jenniferhawkins2872]

Wow he is incredible! Love that he shared his process. Also so many shots in this are so so good.

[@mcmikee510]

Love the honesty and reality of this 👏

[@connectionsmovement]

Killer edit, so cool seeing what goes on behind the scenes on this legendary jump. Crazy speed going into it, good job Nils!

[@sirliftalot808]

One of the sickest videos ive seen in a long time, what a beautiful retrospect of your experience.

[@Beef_thief]

We know you’ll get next time nils 💪great video

[@fieldworkcreative]

Such a ledge Nils

[@BlakeNyman]

Legends hitting legendary jumps! Great episode!

[@yakked]

What a journey. Love this!

[@chase5145]

Nils is just getting started! Amazing edit... Had to go watch that Tanner Hall crash... brutal. You know what your up against. Live to ride another day!

[@kendallzylstra5957]

Nils is so real, it’s cool to see how open he was about the mental battle. Chad’s is gnarly! 🐐

[@Adnan-yt9rv]

😅Dkdd

[@AbouAmir-le7oe]

😮

[@leonardorubio7963]

Nils is one of the nicest person and awesome snowboarder in the planet.

[@duffmeister6480]

🏂👀😮🏆

[@TomGriffin-v5h]

Lame. I thought it was going to be skiing. I guess Chads has become too easy for skiers though, so I get it.

[@jovantrendmaker4722]

Lol skiers copy everything snowborders do except it looks lame like skating and rolerblading lol

[@TomGriffin-v5h]

@@jovantrendmaker4722 yeah you guys really took over, huh. Go to any hard core ski area and it’s still like 70% skiers

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