Through breathtaking exclusive footage, skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe shares her emotionally charged first season on the perilous Freeride World Tour circuit. Pushing The Limits (Le grand saut : le pari de Justine Dufour-Lapointe) consists of 4 episodes, each 20 minutes long. The first two episodes will be available for free on ICI TOU.TV on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, with the final two episodes following on Tuesday, February 18.
The series follows Justine Dufour-Lapointe’s transition from the Olympics to the Freeride World Tour. After a difficult Olympic experience in Beijing, Justine begins to question her future. Invited as an observer to an off-piste skiing competition in Switzerland (freeride), she feels like she’s rediscovering her sport and finding the thrill of descending the slopes again. In freeride skiing, anything goes! Justine is flown by helicopter to some of the world’s highest peaks (in Spain, Switzerland, Andorra, Austria, and British Columbia) to execute spectacular and sometimes dangerous descents. She embraces this new freedom and adapts to her new responsibilities as a professional athlete.
Emotions and adrenaline take center stage during Justine’s first year on the prestigious Freeride World Tour, where athletes must take risks to impress the judges and deliver an exhilarating performance, all while facing the unpredictable challenges of nature and weather. As a newcomer, Justine will emerge as the 2023 World Champion.
Le grand saut follows Justine across all aspects of her life. Justine, her family, and her coaches reflect on the key moments of her professional and personal journey. The series also shares intimate moments, as Justine’s mother fights an aggressive cancer at home. Her mother’s death becomes a huge loss for the close-knit family, and Justine must rebuild herself without her greatest supporter by her side.
The series concludes at the start of the 2025 season, as Justine prepares to return to competition and take on the world’s peaks to defend her title in 2025—this time, with a more complete personal and athletic journey behind her.
Justine’s father, Yves Lapointe, her sisters Chloé and Maxime, her coaches Paul Gagné, Stefan Häusl, Derek Foose, and Jean-Paul Richard, as well as freestyle skiing analyst Dominick Gauthier, also appear in this captivating documentary series, which will be available for free on ICI TOU.TV.
THE 4 EPISODES
Episode 1
Following her Olympic career in freestyle skiing, Justine Dufour-Lapointe turns to freeride (off-track skiing). This sport will force her to rethink her practice, while also offering her a newfound sense of freedom.
Episode 2
Justine Dufour-Lapointe begins her training ahead of her first run in the Freeride World Tour. Expect to face some considerable challenges when you take on the highest mountains in the world.
Episode 3
Justine arrives on the Freeride World Tour circuit. In Andorra, Spain, Austria, British Columbia, Switzerland, the conditions are perilous and expectations are high.
Episode 4
Having been crowned champion, Justine comes back home to be at her mother’s bedside before her passing a few weeks later. She must now achieve her ambitions without her greatest accomplice by her side.
