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Declared Best Freeride Skier of the Century by the specialised medias, the readers as well as the internet users at the Board Awards in Paris, Dominique Perret has defined himself and his career by the passion to look beyond the norm, to travel a path where there are no pioneers and no finish lines. For Dominique, skiing was - and remains - not about winning or losing. Its much more. Its an attitude, a lifestyle. Freeriding embraced that lifestyle and Dominique became a legend. 2013 - 1990: More than 26 films, including 21 movies in "Solo". 2004: The US magazine “Skiing” presented Dominique as one of the 12 Stars who are changing the sport. 2000: Declared Best Freeride Skier of the Century by the specialised medias, the readers as well as the internet users from all the disciplines of the Surf Culture at the recent Board Awards in Paris. 1998: Accomplishing the Vertical Descent World Record of 353,600 feet (some 120,000 meters) in 14.5 hours of non-stop skiing in Blue River/BC, Canada. 1996: Dominique together with Jean Troillet attempted to ski Mt. Everest on the Tibetan side via the North Face. Climbing non-stop and without oxygen: they made 3 attempts on the mountain, but were turned back by cold (-60°C), snow, and storm (+200 km/hr winds). Nevertheless, they successfully skied down from 8,600 meters on the final attempt. 1991: Clocking a speed skiing velocity of 211.825 km/hr. in Portillo,Chile. 1990: World Record in "cliff jumping" (height of 36.4 meters/120 feet).