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Alizée Dufraisse: Just My StyleFri Night Vid

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This week's Friday Nighter is from prAna . It's a video profile of top French climber Alizée Dufraisse.

Alizée introduces herself:

I started climbing when I was 8 years old on the legendary French cliffs in Verdon, Buoux. At the age of 15, I had sent my first 8b+ (Putain Putain) and had become a climbing Junior World Champion

I decided to take a break from climbing so I could devote myself completely to the pole vault as it was something that I was really excited about. I vaulted for 3 years and became champion of France only to realize that climbing was my means of expression and a lifestyle that suits me. I can not live without climbing.

Travelling, meeting new people, learning and challenging myself is the life I want. I have improved my climbing abilities (multiple 8c & a 8a block) and competition results (3rd in the European Championships - Imst). Ceuse & Spain are the places where I feel the best climbing and want to be more often. I discovered Bishop in the U.S. and Smith Rock and they are a different world!

Now I want to discover more climbing hot spots in the United States. I think I can still push myself, to express my passions at an even higher level and push my limits!


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8 Jul, 2011
I don't know if it's just me but I no longer have the ability to watch these videos in full screen mode. Also, starting with this video the controls are no longer present. No progress bar means I don't know how long it is and more importantly, how far ahead of my watching the file is 'buffering' (broadband connection isn't brilliant here). I know it's nice to have minimal UIs and simple embedding of these videos but I'd like to be able to control how I see them. Or am I whinging over nothing?
9 Jul, 2011
This is probably connected with the browser you are using. The controls and full-screen certainly appear for me. You could submit a fault report if you like but I doubt if it is anything we have control over. Alan http://www.ukclimbing.com/general/bug.html
9 Jul, 2011
Re the full-screen thing, I have to start the vid in regular mode, then once it's up and running a few seconds, switch to full screen. (running windows 7, Firefox 3.6.18) Re the vid: nice enough, but it's basically just a fashion/glamour shoot. More climbing and less teen-posing please. This sort of thing just isn't going to make me buy prAna gear - lower prices and more "honest" climbing might just. But I'm just a price-tart!
9 Jul, 2011
Ah, thanks Alan. I'm on Mac OS X 10.6.7 running Chrome. Talk about marginalise myself! Thanks for all the videos anyway, not sure why there are so many nob-heads criticising them these days.
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