WHO WE ARE
The non-profit organization Snowboarders Of Solidarity (SOS) was created in 2021 to help snowboarders suffering from various forms of oppression in many corners of the planet. The primary focus is on refugee-snowboarders who fled politically unstable countries. SOS gives them a hand to rebuild their lives wherever they landed using snowboarding as a means for social integration.
Snowboarders of Solidarity is a France-based non-profit organization registered by the French government under the law of 1901. All members are volunteers.
contact@snowboarders-of-solidarity.com
Instagram @snowboardersofsolidarity
– FOUNDERS –
Victor Daviet is pro snowboarder & influencer since 2006 and was featured in major movie productions such as Absinthe Films, Pirate Movie Production, Rip Curl films, Almo film. Besides shootings and his involvement with brands, Victor created Safety Shred Days, a series of avalanche danger prevention events in France and Switzerland. He is also an active member of Riders For Refugees, an NGO focused on bringing warm clothing to refugees in cold countries.
Instagram : @victordaviet
–President-
Jérôme Tanon is a professional snowboard photographer, movie director and artist with a dozen years of travelling around the world and capturing the culture of snowboarding. He is the creator of the classic movie : « The Eternal Beauty Of Snowboarding » (2016) and the Pakistan adventure freeride film « Zabardast » (2018) ; as well as two artbooks : Zabardast and Heroes : women in snowboarding. His creativity and love of darkroom prints has led to many photo exhibitions and magazine publications. Jérôme is also involved with Riders For Refugees.
Instagram : @jerometanon
-Vice-president-
Laurent Pordié is the head of the French National Snowboard Commission and a social anthropologist specialized on Asia. Beyond his academic work as a Senior Researcher with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Laurent is involved since the early 1990s in humanitarian and social welfare programs‘ management in the Himalayas and South East Asia. He has provided expertise on the region to a variety of institutions ranging from NGOs’ projects to UN agencies and the European Union. Laurent is also a snowboarder at heart. He set up the Familha Snowboard in his native Pyrenees in 2012 and enjoys transmitting his passion to kids since then.
Instagram : @familha_snowboard
-Treasurer-
ACTIONS
The current priority of SOS is focused on young Afghan Sowboarders now refugees in foreign countries. The dozen members of the Afghan Snowboard Team had to flee immediate danger & death threats in Afghanistan in view of recent Taliban events. We work to help them with Visas & bring them a network for social integration and make friends through snowboarding by connecting them with local riders, events and associations. Learning new languages, continuing their studies and pursuing a carreer are also key to their new life. We also work on finding them snowboard gear and access to resorts to be able to train and keep their sport dream alive. We all are snowboarders, we love the mountain, so let’s reach out and help a brother/sister out. Look out for our GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign.
You believe you can help us ? Get in touch! Share the gofundme link!
UPDATE on the Afghan Snowboard Team! Feb. 2024. The 6 members of the Afghan Snowboard Team which had arrived in France with a Visa recieved the asylum refugee status from France. They are now legal to stay in France and pursue their dreams of snowboarding & education. Thanks to everybody who helped us along the way to achieve the impossible! Now all members of the team are safe in western countries. The snowboarders in Annecy are now totally independant, working and looking forward to resuming their studies at french universities next year. SOS is helping them in their integration and organising snowboard sessions and training camps for them.
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