1st D. Pakidaille - Val D’Isère, France (Entry #49 Short Film of the Year Awards 2020)

Who would have known that I would run one of the gnarliest rapid of my life less than a kilometer from home ? That in between the two very famous ski resorts of Val d’Isère and Tignes, there is a 3km gorge that looks  just like the amazing rivers of Pakistan. And that in this gorge there is a huge ephemeral rapid which forms when heavy snowmelt meets the perfect level in the lake reservoir. There is only a couple days where the water covers up the bottom unrunnable chaos of rocks without flooding the entire