Julian Carr has a mantra. "Storytell, Produce, Monetize". Following this guideline, accompanied with excellent task management skills, Julian has not only become one of the most interesting professional skiers today but he has created two successful businesses; Discrete Clothing and the Cirque Series running events.
Reine Barkered is a Freeride World Tour Skier from Åre, Sweden. He is also a former World Champion. Since winning the overall title in 2012, Reine has been a consistent threat at every FWT event since. With his fast, hard charging, take no prisoners style of skiing, a podium finish is never out of the question.
Tyler Curle, like most of the guests on this show, grew up in a skiing family. Born and raised in Reno, both of Tyler's parents worked at Mt. Rose, the smaller, lesser skied hill in the Tahoe area. His dad was a groomer and his mom has had her hand in almost everything thing else at the mountain.
Jackie Paaso has been a competitive skier for most of her life. Originally from Foxborough Massachusetts, about an hour south-west of Boston, Jackie and her family ended up moving to Maine where she would harness her talent as a up and coming mogul skier. She would go on to collect many accolades throughout her mogul career and was touted as one of the best in the country. For some reason though, perhaps politics, she wasn't chosen for the US Olympic Team, which was her ultimate dream.
Markus Eder is one of the most well rounded skiers on the planet. It's easy to fall into hyperbole when trying to describe the merits of someone who you believe is the one of the best. In his case, it's the truth. Raised in Klausberg, in the German speaking area of Northern Italy, Markus started ski racing like most kids there did. After a few poor experiences, at age 14 Markus decided to tell his parents he was done with racing. His love for skiing and life took a huge turn when he was given a ...
New Zealand's Jossi Wells has established himself as one of today's most versatile freeskiers. He's represented his country at the Olympics and has won X Games medals in 3 separate disciplines including big air, halfpipe and slopestyle where he won gold in 2016. He's achieved a lot in his career and there are two things he attributes his success to above all else; family and faith.
Tanner Hall has always been a polarizing figure. Most people have a opinion on who they think he really is. I've come to learn that those opinions are usually wrong. Tanner is competing on the Freeride World Tour and we connected in Golden BC, at the event at Kicking Horse . I expected we'd talk about things like his run and the mental and physical preparation leading up the events. The conversation we had got much deeper and far more personal.
Chris Booth is a fascinating person. He just spent the last 4 years building Black Crows Skis into one of the hottest and most desired brands in the industry. When a company has that rare type of momentum and is experiencing yearly, exponential growth you'd think that would be a time to reap the rewards of a lot of hard work. Perhaps even revel in your success. Not for Chris.
If you have been a consumer of ski culture over the last 15 years or so theres a good change you already know the name, Mike Rogge. Many of Mike's major life decisions to have been heavily influenced by his passion skiing.
Andrea Byrne, or "Dre" as she prefers to be called, is another fresh face on the scene. Dre recently moved from her home in Fernie to Whistler, BC to be embraced by the "arms of opportunity". For an up and coming skier, Whistler is definitely a place where opportunity abounds.
Speak softly and carry a big stick. In the case of Sam Kuch, its big skis. Based in Nelson BC, Sam grew up on the slopes of Whitewater ski resort and his skiing of late has has everyone else talking. Sam tells us that he considers this past season as his coming out party. Check out all the LPP: https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast
Jonny Moseley is one of the reasons why this podcast exists. We discuss navigating social media as older guys who didn't grow up with it. We chat about his family life and his current life in the ski industry working with brands such as K2, Warren Miller Films and his home mountain Squaw Valley.
Remember the name Alex Armstrong or just "Army" as she prefers to be called. It won't be hard because you will soon be hearing it a lot. Army is an up and comer and a hustler who is working hard at making a name for herself in the mountains and on the screen.
Scott Serfas has been shooting action photography for 25 years. We talk about his evolution as a photographer, bagging covers and being the go-to guy shooting for Red Bull.
Jeff Thomas is without question one of top ski film makers in the industry. In this episode Jeff tells us about the arc of his career working for Poor Boyz, moving on to Switchback Entertainment and eventually Origin Design, where he made the amazing Whistler Blackcomb sponsored "Magnetic".
Chris Burkard is one of the most accomplished and sought after photographers today. Chris tells us how he got his start in photography and through several great stories about hard work, mistakes and sacrifice, we learn about how those lessons taught him to succeed in business, art and life.
Simon D'Artois is Canadian Olympian and X-Games Gold Medalist in the halfpipe He came to LPP fresh off his experiences at the Peyongchang Olympic games.
Michelle fills us in on her current filming projects with MSP and Redbull including a wild mission to Western Australia to test her limits of performance and endurance. We also talk about singing and playing music, house renovations, contract negotiations, self awareness, and the importance of humility and being present
Nikolai Schirmer is working on his weekly web series, "Schirmer in the Field", a running documentary on ski culture, seen through his eyes during his travels and experiences. We chat we talk about the process of completing his weekly episodes, his home in Norway way above the Arctic Circle, learning how to sled in BC, Law School and how all of these tie together.
Kajsa Larsson and Malou Peterson join us to talk about their new web series KM Days. This winter the two young skiers from Sweden have been releasing a weekly episode of their adventures traveling around Canada. The two met on a surf trip in Biarritz, France and while sitting on their boards waiting for waves. They hatched a plan to move to Revelstoke, BC and spend a season documenting their life as ski bums.
Originally from SLC, Freeride World Tour veteran, Drew Tabke, now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest. We sat down in the basement of a fancy ski-in ski-out chalet at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort where he talks about the spending the last 13 years travelling and skiing with the Tour. We talk about the fraternity of skiers and how travel and competition, tragedy and triumph all contribute to shape who he as and create tight, family style bonds.
This episode is a full, behind the scenes look into a week at Freeride World Tour. Recorded during the event in Golden BC at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.
Greg Hill, is a skier, guide, and environmentalist who is leading the way by proving what we can do to become sustainable adventurers. It's a a theme that is building momentum within our community and Greg, with help from his skiing and travel partner Chris Rubens, is leading the charge. Travelling to ski and adventure in the mountains has a big carbon footprint and Greg is doing his best to find sustainable alternatives.
McKenna Peterson's life has been very closely tied to and influenced by her family. In the Winter she grew up in Sun Valley Idaho skiing with her parents and her siblings. In the Summer the clan hopped on a commercial fishing boat and sailed North to Alaska. Her life changed last year with the passing of her father who was the victim of an avalanche. As a professional skier, being in the mountains is her job, her passion, her history. As a member of the family business, McKenna has now taken ove...
Thayne grew up in the Church of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake city Utah before deciding at age 15 that the Church wasn't how he wanted to live his life. Having an understanding and supportive family has been key to Thayne's development as a skier and as a person. It's proven in the way he carries himself and in the respect he shows others and the people who continue to influence him. In this episode we talk about Thayne's 7 year history working for 4FRNT and how the recent changes there have af...
Marcus Caston is a skiing purist. The SLC native believes that we should all be back on straight, skinny skis for the sole reason that it will separate the good from the average. Marcus, who's turns and face shots have graced the cover of many a popular ski mag, talks about a lot of the contrasts in today's ski culture. Blackcomb vs Whistler, Alta vs Snowbird, hucking big cliffs vs throwing tricks off of little ones are just some of the topics covered. This self professed, "Ski Dork" is un apolo...
