VIDEO RIP RAW – Episode 3, Macedonia

The Macedonian take on ski resorts. Image:: Courtesy Chris Booth

Rip Raw is an action based mini-series that follows winter athlete Chris Booth in the search for unique mountain experiences around the world. Follow Boothy as he collides with big mountains and even bigger personalities from Mt Cook’s Aoraki region to The People’s Republic of Macedonia, as Rip Raw takes you on an honest, eyes-open journey behind the images of Rip Curl’s 2011 winter marketing campaign.

Mark Twain once wrote that travel is fatal to prejudice bigotry and narrow-mindedness, but what he forgot to say is that its also susceptible to radness, endless shuckas and awesomeness occasioning a severely good time. Follow Rip curl athlete Chris Booth as he escapes the mediocre french winter and chases a storm into eastern Europe, to the People’s Republic of Macedonia, where travel warnings and common sense say ‘turn back’.