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Episode 44 - Tom Wallisch

Discussion with X-Games gold medalist and freeskiing legend, Tom Wallisch

Tom is the GOAT of freeskiing. He’s one of the most influential freeskier of all time. He’s won every competition there is and has filmed countless segments with pretty much every production company there is. Since stepping away from competitions in 2015, he's still been super active on the scene by producing films with 'Good company' while also hosting his own events and being the voice of freeskiing on television.

In this episode, we discussed Tom’s work as the voice of freeskiing on television covering the biggest events including the X-games and the olympics. We also talked about his film production company “Good company” and the story behind its inception in 2015. We then go in depth about his new film “crescendo” ! The challenges of producing ski movies, putting together a full segment at 35, filming with long time friends AJ Dakoulas and Tim Mcchesney, filming with skiers of the new generation like Tucker Fitzsimons and Walker Woodring, witnessing someone on top of his game like Colby Stevenson and much much more!

Episode presented by
Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic anns restaurants

 

Episode 43 - Alex Hall

Discussion with pro skier, X-Games gold medalist and Olympic gold medalist, Alex Hall

Alex is one of the best and most well-rounded skier in the world right now. While the sport has gotten hyper specialized  in the last decade, Alex thrives in so many aspects of the sport winning X-Games big air, Olympic slopestyle while also filming some of the best street skiing and backcountry videos in between competitions. Alex is a true freeskier at heart and it's awesome to see him push all aspects of the sport.

In this episode, we discussed about everything that happened since our last episode together 2 years ago. Winning X-Games gold in 2022 with a switch 2160, going on to win the 2022 Olympics in China. Switching it up this season with a different mindset for competitions. Working on the soon to be released 'Magma 3' with friends Hunter Hess and Owen Dahlberg. Filming for Faction's upcoming project 'Abstract'. His recent push on social media regarding FIS's pay of freeski events compared to other sports.

Episode presented by
Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic anns restaurants

 

Episode 42 - Colby Stevenson

Episode presented by K2 skis !

Discussion with Olympic medalist, 3x X-Games gold medalist and freeski legend in the making, Colby Stevenson!

Colby is a skier from Park city, Utah. He first blew up on the scene starting in 2014 with shots in Stept's 'Ten and two, followed by appearances in Good Company and Level 1 films. He also got great results in competitions, shined in events like West Coast sessions and in video content like the SLVSH games. Despite some setbacks with major injuries, Colby kept going and eventually established himself as one of the top freeskiers in the world. Its been incredible to see Colby Evolve in the past years not only as a top tier skier, but also as a person who showed great perseverance through the personal challenges he faced.

In this episode, we went through all of his insane 2023 season. we discussed his recent shoulder injury that happened during last fall's Stubai world cup. We talked about the incredible season he has despite this injury. Getting a podium in Stubai, Winning gold at X-Games slopestyle and bronze at X-Games Knuckle huck, Winning Kings & Queens of Corbet, Winning Dew Tour and 2nd at Red Bull unrailistic. We also talked about Colby's time in between comps where he filmed for the upcoming Good Company, MSP and TGR movies.

Big thanks to the sponsors
K2 skis, Planks clothing, axis boardshop and Dic anns restaurants

 

Episode 41 - Scott Reeves

Discussion with Axis boardshop owner and co-founder, Scott Reeves!

Scott is an entrepreneur from Québec with a big passion for action sports. After many years working in a shop while completing an engineering degree, Scott teamed up with 2 friends to start Axis boardshop in 2002. What started out of a passion for action sports turned into an immediate success. Axis quickly became a staple in the Québec action sports scene with their deep involvement in the freeskiing, snowboarding and skateboarding scene. After a decade in business, Axis had a total of 9 shops open in the province of Québec before going back to only one physical location in the mid-2010s. Axis is now over 20 years old and still going strong in st-sauveur, Québec.

In this episode we talked about a bunch of stuff! Scott's entrepreneurship story, opening a boardshop in the early 2000s, the challenges of handling rapid growth in a business, the importance of giving back to the community and much much more

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Planks clothing, axis boardshop and Dic anns restaurants

 

Episode 40 - Jonah Williams

Discussion with pro skier and 2022 'Skier of the year', Jonah Williams!

Episode presented by
Rossignol !

Jonah is a pro skier from Utah,  he quickly blew up on the scene in 2015 winning Superunknown XII and making waves online with his flawless style and tech skills. 8 years later, Jonah is recognized as one of the best all-around skiers in the world.

Through the years, We've seen Jonah kill it in the streets, parks, and backcountry with Level 1, the coterie and more recently with Strictly. Jonah had an insane year in 2022. He released Life N stuff a compilation of his best shots from years prior and also had the closing segment in strictly's last film 'Delete'. Following these 2 insane video projects, Jonah won the prestigious 'skier of the year' award at the 2022 newschoolers awards. Last season, Jonah joined Rossignol and put together a plan to team up with friend & filmmaker Gavin Rudy to produce a video project together.

In this episode we talked about a bunch of stuff! His youth in Utah, Winning. superunknown XII,  recently going to SUXX in Mammoth, filming with Strictly, Signing with Rossignol and much much more

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Episode 39 - Torin Yater-Wallace

Discussion with pro skier, 8x X Games medalist, Torin Yater-Wallace

Introduced to the world when he joined the Armada team at only 14, Torin quickly became one of the best skiers in the world with his unique style, deep bag of tricks and incredible results in halfpipe competitions. For close to ten years, Torin dominated the pipe competition scene with constant podiums in the worlds biggest events. He finished his competitive career with multiple Dew tour and world cups podiums, a total of 8 x games medals including 3 gold and 2 olympics appearances (Sochi and PyeongChang). In the past four seasons, Torin fully transitioned to the film side of the sport, starting his own production company, Deviate Films. He now spends most of his seasons producing and starring in ski movies skiing everything from Street, to pow and parkshoots for our viewing pleasure

In this episode we talked about a bunch of stuff! The life of producing ski movies with Deviate, The fine details of filming street and pow, the current state and future of pipe skiing and much much more.

Big thanks to the sponsors Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

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Episode 38 - Quinn Wolferman

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Quinn Wolferman

Episode presented by Armada skis!

Quinn is a pro skier from Montana. He made his name through the years starring in SLVSH games, Level 1's superunknown XIII and many other edits and movies. Through the years Quinn also climbed up the ranks of comp skiing, Eventually Competing in world cups and missing out on the 2018 olympics by one spot on the mighty US team. In the past couple years, While still competing at X Games and winning a gold medal in the 2022 knuckle huck competition, Quinn has put his focus into the film aspect of the sport. Following his 2021 Peep the game segment with the SLVSH crew, He joined Torin Yater-Wallace and the Deviate crew last season to put together a banger pow segment for their new movie Chameleon.

In this episode we talked about it all ! his youth, competing, the SLVSH games, joining armada skis, x games, filming with deviate and much much more 

Big thanks to the sponsors Armada skis, Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

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Episode 37 - Mainio Ormio

Discussion with pro skier and member of the Forre crew, Mainio Ormio

Episode presented by SURFACE skis!

Mainio is part of the infamous Forre crew who have been putting some incredible ski films in the past few years. Mainio joined the crew in 2021 for their film 'Forrmula' and made waves with his unique and impressive segment. He ended up winning the 'trick of the year' award at the 2022 Newschoolers award for his segment's closing shot. Last season, Mainio got back to work with Forre and starred in their new film 'Cast' that won the 'best short film' award at High Five festival last fall.

In this episode we discussed Mainio youth, how he got into park skiing and how he eventually joined Forre. We get deep into his 'Forrmula' and 'Cast' shots. We also go in every direction regarding street skiing and what it entails.

Big thanks to the sponsors SURFACE skis, Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

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Episode 36 - Harald Hellstrom

Discussion with pro skier and member of the Forre crew, Harald Hellstrom

Episode presented by SURFACE skis!

Harald is part of the infamous Forre crew who have been putting some incredible ski films in the past few years. The creative approach to his tricks and spot selection mixed in with his eagerness to go big makes him standout as one of the best street skiers in the world right now.

In this episode we discussed his youth and how he got into park skiing. How the Forre crew came to be. All of the Forre movies up until their most recent one, 'CAST'.  We also went deep into street skiing talk and some of his most iconic shots.

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Episode 35 - Max Moffatt

Discussion with pro skier, X Games medalist, Olympian and all around style boss, Max Moffatt!

Max is a Canadian skier from Ontario who has been on the world stage competitions since 2017. He made a name for himself with his super technical rail and jump skills mixed in with a top tier style. After many years making his place as one of the top skiers in the game, Max had his big break last season by winning his first X Games medal in slopestyle in what was a super successful season with podiums in 2 world cup events and a first Olympics participation.

We talked about the process going into winning his first X Games medal, his first olympics participation and everything that was involved: a stressful selection process, a false-positive test leading to a 36hour lockdown in his hotel room, being part of the first ever Olympic big air competition and the disappointment of not landing his slopestyle run perfectly. We also touched on his times competing in SLVSH games, his recent move from Liberty to Armada and his plans to put efforts into video projects in the coming season and much more.
Note: this episode was recorded before Max's signing with Red Bull so the subject wasn't discussed.

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Episode 34 - Megan Oldham

Discussion with pro skier, Olympian and 5x X Games medalist, Megan Oldham

At only 21, Megan has already cemented her place as one of the top freeskiers in the world. She has been on the world cup circuit for 4 seasons now. In that time, she earned 1 crystal globe, 5 X Games medals and recently went to the Olympics in Beijing for both slopestyle and big air competitions. At only 21, she already cemented her place.

We discussed her freeskiing start as a teenager after many years of gymnastics and figure skating, getting into competitions and quickly going up the ranks, finding quick success and getting on the world stage pretty fast, winning the crystal globe on her first year on the world cup circuit, getting great results at X Games, going to the olympics and much much more.

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Episode 33 - Henrik Harlaut part 2

Discussion with freeskiing GOAT, 13x X Games medalist and Olympics medalist, Henrik Harlaut

The man needs no introduction but lets still go ahead. He has won 13 x games medals including 8 gold medals. He won or podiumed at every major competition there is. He created and starred in one of the most influential web series of all time with the B&E show with fellow legend Phil Casabon. Since 2008, he gathered legendary movie segments with companies such as 4bi9 media, level 1productions, field productions and many more. In the recent years he also self produced movies like 2014's road to zion, 2018's the regiment and 2020's salute.
Henrik is one of the GOATs of freeskiing and it was a pleasure to chat with him

In this 2nd part of our discussion we talk about more and more skiers staying relevant in the industry in their 30's, Getting his first shot at filming with a production company with 4bi9 media, starting his own clothing brand 'Harlaut apparel', producing their first team movie 'Wun' in 2021, working on a new team movie in 2022 in which he filmed some of his best shots ever and much much more.


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Episode 32 - Henrik Harlaut

Discussion with freeskiing GOAT, 13x X Games medalist and Olympics medalist, Henrik Harlaut

The man needs no introduction but lets still go ahead. He has won 13 x games medals including 8 gold medals. He won or podiumed at every major competition there is. He created and starred in one of the most influential web series of all time with the B&E show with fellow legend Phil Casabon. Since 2008, he gathered legendary movie segments with companies such as 4bi9 media, level 1productions, field productions and many more. In the recent years he also self produced movies like 2014's road to zion, 2018's the regiment and 2020's salute.
Henrik is one of the GOATs of freeskiing and it was a pleasure to chat with him

We talked about his 2022 season and everything that went into it. His approach towards an olympics year, missing x games due to covid, the current state and future of big air competitions and much much more. Our talk will be split into two parts so be ready for part 2 where we talk about his film projects and his brand Harlaut apparel.


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Episode 31 - Jason Arens part 2

Discussion with skier, FIS judge and Surface skis / Joystick poles marketing director, Jason Arens

Jason is heavily involved in the ski industry as he's been travelling the world judging the biggest events for years now. Some of those include Dew tour, X Games, world cups and recently the Olympics in China. Aside from that, Jason is a great guy who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about skiing. In this part 2 we continued our discussion around judging, his experience going to Beijing for the Olympics, His job over there as a trick caller, some judging controversies over the years, the current golden age of women's comp skiing and his role at Surface skis/Joystick poles.


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Episode 30 - Jason Arens

Discussion with skier, FIS judge and Surface skis / Joystick poles marketing director, Jason Arens

Jason is heavily involved in the ski industry as he's been travelling the world judging the biggest events for years now. Some of those include Dew tour, X Games, world cups and recently the Olympics in China. Aside from that, Jason is a great guy who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about skiing. We talked about his youth and how he made his place in the ski industry. We then talked about competitions, judging, X Games, World cups, the olympics and much much more. We had so much stuff on our plate that our discussion will be split into two parts.


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Episode 29 - Brady Perron

Discussion with pro skier turned filmmaker Brady Perron
Brady perron made a name for himself with his unique style and numerous video parts with 4bi9 media. He eventually made the switch to being behind the lens in the ski world, starting with his involvement in 2016's 'Be inspired' starring Henrik Harlaut and Phil Casabon. Since then, Brady has worked with the biggest names (Phil Casabon, Tanner Hall, Jossi Wells, Jake Mageau) and brands in skiing (The North Face, Monster energy, Armada skis).
In this episode we discussed Brady's switch to filmmaking. The making of many of his projects including 'Be Inspired', his 2 gold medals at X Games with Phil Casabon, 'En Particulier', 'Nuance', 'Ensemble', 'Freehand' and more. We talked about skiing, filmmaking, business and a bunch of other stuff.
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Episode 28 - Juho Kilkki

Discussion with member of the legendary Real skifi crew from Finland, Juho Kilkki

Since the release of their first episode in 2011, Real skifi became one of the most popular freeski crew and web series of all time with their highly creative and innovative approach to skiing. Since their start as teens, they've made dozens of videos getting millions of views. They've worked with some of the biggest brands in skiing and outside of skiing for years.

With his friends, Juho has managed to create his own path as a professional skier and it was super interesting talking with him. We talked about so many things from the start of real skifi, their creative process, working with big brands outisde of skiing like fishermans friend, motorola and Mountain dew, gaining a massive following while staying true to their finnish roots and much much more


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Episode 27 - Cam Riley

Discussion with Freeski legend and street skiing GOAT, Cam Riley

Cam is one of the most prolific film skier of his generation. He starred in movies every year from 2005 to 2020, Filming with Stept productions, poor boyz productions and TGR. His streak of segments from 2010 to 2015 were some of the best street skiing segments of all time. Cam is also unique being not only a skier, but also a filmer and director who helped shape Stept into what is it today.

With such a big career, we touched on many different subjects and moments ranging from his first breakthrough segment in Stept's network, Filming for the documentary 'For lack of Better', getting an invite for X Games Real ski, filming with TGR and much much more.


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Episode 26 - Kaya Turski

Discussion with legendary freeskier and 8x X Games gold medalist, Kaya Turski

Kaya is one of freeskiing's GOAT. She pushed women's freeskiing during her whole career,

by dominating the sport for years earning a total of 10 X Games medal.

We talked about the end of her career and the impact head injuries had on it.

The sochi olympics and the huge challenge of getting back from a knee injury in record time

Filming street with Level 1 productions.

Dominating X Games from 2009 to 2014 and much much more.
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Episode 25 - Phil Casabon

Discussion with freeski legend, 2x X Games gold medalist and recent inductee to the Newschoolers’ Hall of Fame, Phil Casabon

We talked about his 2020-2021 season coming back from a knee injury

His mindset being hungry but also having to deal with continuing covid restrictions

Producing the web series ‘‘prospecteurs’’ chasing powder in Québec with friends

Producing ‘‘the spirit of the thing’’ a video from his summer trip at Oregon’s Mt Hood

Producing ‘‘Superview’’ a funky gopro video starring Hornbeck, Downey, Bergeron and himself

working on ‘‘Snow Seed’’ a short video highlighting Phil’s best of 2021

and also an update on Phil’s passion project ‘‘the lost cyrstals’’

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Episode 24 - Keegan Kilbride & Cam Willis

Discussion with pro skier Keegan Kilbride & pro filmmaker Cam Willis

For this episode, we focused on the duo's team-up movie ''Slim to none''

A movie directed by Cam, starring Keegan and friend skiing backcountry, park and urban all across the USA

We talked about everything that went into producing this film from financing it, to going on their first backcountry trip,

dealing with their own work schedule, doing last-minute parkshoots, filming street in Maine and much much more!

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Episode 23 - Sam Zahner

Discussion with pro skier and street skiing king , Sam Zahner presented by J skis

It was a great chat with Sam, we touched on his youth getting into skiing on the east coast and his rollerblading background.

We talked about his many head injuries, how they affected him

and how they have changed his outlook when filming street and the future of his ski career.

We also talked about his new movie 'Most Gutter' with his crew 'strictly' amongst many other subjects.

Episode presented By J SKIS, AXIS BOUTIQUE , PLANKS clothing

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Episode 22 - Tom Wallisch part2

Discussion with freeski legend, X Games gold medalist and pretzel man, Tom Wallisch

In the second part of our discussion we talked about the new Good Company movie ''Fresh squeezed'' ,

X Games' real ski competition and its evolution through the years,

putting on his own rail jam in 2020 , the current of state of competitions in freeskiing and much much more.

Tom was a super guest to have on, a must listen to discussion with a legend of the sport who is still more relevant than ever going into 2022.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE , PLANKS clothing and Daymaker touring

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Episode 21 - Tom Wallisch

Discussion with freeski legend, X Games gold medalist and pretzel man, Tom Wallisch

We talked about so many interesting subjects ranging from producing Fresh Squeezed with Good Company,

looking back on his superunknown and filming with level1, getting the world-record for the longest rail slide at 424ft, Announcing at events like X Games and much much more.

Tom was a super guest to have on, a must listen to discussion with a legend of the sport who is still more relevant than ever going into 2022.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE , PLANKS clothing and Daymaker touring

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Episode 20 - Alex Hall

Discussion with pro skier, X Games gold medalist and Olympian, Alex Hall

We talked about his 2021 season, skiing in mammoth and riding some halfpipe, going to the Olympics in 2018,

filming for his self-produced video projects ''Magma'' and ''Magma 2'', the current state of slopestyle skiing, the mindset

and strategy going into events like X Games and filming street for his incredible 2021 real ski video.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES, J SKIS and PLANKS

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Episode 19 - Jeff Thomas

Discussion with legendary filmmaker Jeff Thomas

We talked about his upbringing in Vancouver playing a lot of baseball while being a weekend warrior.

Getting into skiing in his teens and being hooked on freeskiing when he first when to High North summer camp in Whistler.

Going to film school while starting his own company, Theory 3 media, with which he produced 6 movies.

Joining Poor boyz productions to work on their classic ''Everyday is a saturday'' and ''revolver''.

Then, working for multiple years with Mike Douglas on Salomon freeski TV

and more recently working a lot with the Blank collective crew.

It was a really great chat with Jeff talking about skiing, filmmaking and a bunch of other stuff.

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Episode 18 - Alex Bellemare part 2

Part 2 of a discussion with X Games medalist & olympian pro skier Alex Bellemare

In this second part, we discussed Alex's progression leading him to be one of the top slopestyle skier on the planet.

Having a knee injury right before the Sochi olympics and having to miss out.

Achieving a childhood dream of winning an X Games medal in 2015. T

rying to stay at the top of an ever progressing sport where tricks get gnarlier every year.

Winning the Olympic world cup test event in 2016 and eventually qualifying for the Canadian team

and going to the 2018 PeyongChang olympics. Great talk

once again with Alex who had great stories and insight into the ups and downs of being a pro athlete

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Episode 17 - Alex Bellemare part 1

Discussion with pro skier, X Games medalist and Olympian Alex Bellemare.

We talked about Alex growing up in a small town in Québec.

Being influenced by JP Auclair and Phil Casabon.

Skiing as much as he could, which led him to eventually make a name for himself by dominating the Québec scene for a couple of years. Traveling to whistler, Mt hood and Colorado to take his skiing to the next level.

Eventually making a name for himself starting in 2011 by filming his classic Afterdark segment with Level 1 productions.

Having his dream come true of becoming a pro skier in the following year with back to back results at Dew tour and X Games.

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Episode 16 - Félix Rioux

Discussion with ski industry legend Félix Rioux

We talked about Félix's upbringing in Montréal and how he got to work in the ski industry.

The early days of freeskiing with the snowblade and inline skating influences.

Traveling the world with the best skiers as a professional photographer. Co-founding D-structure shop and IF3 festival.

Working as a marketing director for various companies and much much more.

Félix has been around the block since the inception of freeskiing and it was really interesting to get to chat with him.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES, J SKIS and PLANKS, Dic Anns

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Episode 15 - LJ Strenio

Discussion with pro skier, freeski legend and X Games medalist LJ Strenio

This was an in-depth discussion about street skiing. First discussing the 2021 edition of the X Games real ski contest where LJ was a judge. Then discussing his 2017 real ski video that got him a bronze medal.

In between these two main subjects, we got to talk about everything street skiing, the progression, injuries, working with a filmer, evaluating and dealing with risks, knowing when to push yourself and when to stop.

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Episode 14 - Giray Dadali

Discussion with pro skier, engineer and entrepreneur Giray Dadali

Super interesting discussion with Giray Dadali where we talked about a 1000 subjects including growing up in western New york, skiing moguls at a small hill, being influenced by legends like David Crichton, The east coast scene in the 2000's, filming with Meathead Films (@skitheeast ), moving to Utah at 18, Competing in all types of events, dealing with gnarly injuries, getting an engineering degree while pursuing skiing, working on the behind the scenes with @j_skis and @4frnt_skis and starting his own business, @daymakertouring .

Giray is not only a great skier, he is a super nice and smart guy who not only loves skiing, but also knows A LOT about it.

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Episode 13 - Paul Bergeron part 2

Discussion with Canadian ex pro skier, now filmmaker Paul Bergeron aka ''B-Paul''.

Paul is an ex pro skier who made a lot of waves in the ski industry with his unique style and world-class skills. He quickly made a name for himself filming with Quebec crews NSF productions and ESK media. Later on, he cemented his position as an influential skier competing on the world stage and filming with crews like Stept and Inspired media. With a series of injuries, Paul transitioned towards filmmaking. He since worked on projects such as JF Houle's HOULIGAN movie & 2016 Real ski silver medal video and Émile Bergeron's 2020 real ski silver medal video.

We discussed his whole career. His youth growing up in Lac-Beauport, Québec. His influences in skiing and what led him to get his first sponsors. The rise from a local guy to a skier known as one of the best in the world. The struggle of living the pro skier lifestyle in an era where the Olympics changed a lot of things. Dealing with multiple injuries and finally transitioning into filmmaking.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES, J SKIS and PLANKS, Dic Anns

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Episode 12 - Paul Bergeron part 1

Discussion with Canadian ex pro skier, now filmmaker Paul Bergeron aka ''B-Paul''.

Paul is an ex pro skier who made a lot of waves in the ski industry with his unique style and world-class skills. He quickly made a name for himself filming with Quebec crews NSF productions and ESK media. Later on, he cemented his position as an influential skier competing on the world stage and filming with crews like Stept and Inspired media. With a series of injuries, Paul transitioned towards filmmaking. He since worked on projects such as JF Houle's HOULIGAN movie & 2016 Real ski silver medal video and Émile Bergeron's 2020 real ski silver medal video.

We discussed his whole career. His youth growing up in Lac-Beauport, Québec. His influences in skiing and what led him to get his first sponsors. The rise from a local guy to a skier known as one of the best in the world. The struggle of living the pro skier lifestyle in an era where the Olympics changed a lot of things. Dealing with multiple injuries and finally transitioning into filmmaking.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES, J SKIS and PLANKS, Dic Anns

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Episode 11 - Pär ''Peyben'' Hägglund

Discussion with swedish pro skier and filmmaker Pär Hägglund aka Peyben.

Peyben is a 3 times X games medalist, one as a skier and the other two as a filmmaker. He is super creative on both sides of the lens and has shown it through videos with Level 1 productions, The Bunch and more recently through the X Games realski competition.
We talked about his 3 realski videos, filming with a crew like The Bunch, the dedication it takes to film street projects and a whole lot more.

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Episode 10 - Nick Martini

Discussion with ex-pro skier and filmmaker Nick Martini
We talked about his whole story, starting with how he got into skiing, becoming a pro skier.

His days as a competitive skier and filming with the biggest production companies in the business like Poor Boyz productions and TGR while also running his own production company, Stept.

Talking about Stept, we also discussed how it started by filming his friends when he was 12 years old, became one of the most influential production company in skiing

and is now based in LA working with some big time brands like Nike, Oakley, Ford and the NFL.

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Episode 9 - Phil Langevin

Discussion with pro skier and 2022 olympic hopeful for the Canadian ski slopestyle team, Phil Langevin

We discussed how Phil became a pro skier, the current state of slopestyle skiing and its progression,

his first experience at X Games making finals at 17,

dealing with a series of injuries and getting back to skiing this season aiming to be at X Games and the Olympics next season

Episode presented By DIC ANNS, AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES, J skis and Planks

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Episode 8 - Alex Beaulieu-Marchand

Discussion with pro skier, 5x X Games medalist, Olympic medalist and street skiing legend Alex Beaulieu-Marchand aka ABM

We talked right after the 2021 Aspen X Games about the event

and his experience with the whole the covid restrictions,

dealing with back pain and finishing 4th in both slopestyle and big air.

We also discussed skiing more backcountry and his 2019 realski part.

Episode presented By DIC ANNS, AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES and J skis

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Episode 7 - JF Houle

Discussion with pro skier, X Games gold medalist and freeski legend JF Houle.

We talked about JF's new step in his life, coaching the Québec slopestyle team

and how he uses his passion and experiences to teach the new generation of freeskier.

We also talked about the X games realski competition, how it is being a competitor

and also a judge as JF won the silver medal in the 2016 edition and has been a judge for the competition for 2 years now.

Episode presented By DIC ANNS, AXIS BOUTIQUE , TREEFORT LIFESTYLES and J skis

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Episode 6 - Jason Levinthal

Discussion with Freeski pioneer and ski industry legend Jason Levinthal

Following our discussion about his 2020 season, Phil Casabon and I discussed his entire career.

We discussed skiing in the east coast, entrepreneurship in skiing, the evolution and trends in skiing and much much more.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE and TREEFORT LIFESTYLES and J skis

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Episode 5 - Phil Casabon

Following our discussion about his 2020 season, Phil Casabon and I discussed his entire career.

From his youth all the way up until now.

We talked up all his major projects including bdog gone wild, X games, the Olympics, Refresh, Eye trip, the B&E show, The education of style, The Inspired demo tour, Let it flow, Keynote skier, BE inspired and Tempo.

With so many things on our plate we left out the X Games real ski to dedicate an entire episode to it in the future.

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE and TREEFORT LIFESTYLES

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Episode 4 - Mikael Kingsbury

Discussion with Mikael Kingsbury, pro mogul skier and olympic gold medalist

The current state of mogul skiing, its progression, rules & regulations

his olympic experience winning the silver medal in Sochi and gold medal in Pyeonchang

and his plans for the future

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE and TREEFORT LIFESTYLES

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Episode 3 - Vincent Gagnier

Had the chance to chat with Vincent Gagnier, pro skier and X Games gold medalist

We talked about growing up his upcoming movie project with the SLVSH crew

his competition success and recent back-to-back knee injures

We also talked about the current state of competition amongst many other things

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE and TREEFORT LIFESTYLES

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Episode 2 - Alexi Godbout

Had the chance to chat with Alexi Godbout, pro skier and freeski legend

We talked about growing up in Tremblant, Québec and getting picked up by salomon as a young teen

his competition career traveling the world and dealing with numerous knee injuries

We also discussed his move to BC to focus on big mountain skiing and starting Blank collective films

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE and TREEFORT LIFESTYLES

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Episode 1 - Phil Casabon

Had the chance to chat with Phil Casabon, a cool dude and a freeskiing legend

We talked about his 2020 season that was cut short due a knee injury

We discussed his two projects from this season, his short movie Ensemble and his soon to be release project ‘‘The lost crystals’’

We also discussed his back to back X Games gold medals in 2018 and 2019

Episode presented By AXIS BOUTIQUE and TREEFORT LIFESTYLES

Available on Spotify, Apple podcast & Google podcast