The X Games Real Snow contest is still going on and unfortunately Ethan Deiss didn’t make it to the next round.

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Luckily that doesn’t discount the tremendous hard work he put in earlier this season to make it happen. Watch this behind-the-scenes look at what it took to film his Real Snow segment and what it’s like throwing down hammers so early in the year. It looks like Ethan is off to a pretty good start this season, so kept an eye out for him.