Maxime Chabloz is a RedBull athlete for two different sports and he competes on two different World Tours, simultaneously! One being The Freeride World Tour, which he won in 2022, and the other he kite boards on the GKA Kite World Tour. Max explains how he's able to juggle both, sometimes flying from one event in the mountains to another on the beach and back again. The Swiss born Chabloz is as unique as his story which is laid out in the recent film on his life, Petit Suisse, which follows him ...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Lily Bradley is a competitor and event winner on the Freeride World Tour who identifies as Queer / Non Binary. They are in the short film. "People Like Us", that explores queer identity in mountain towns and snow sports. Lily talks with Mark about the inherent difficulties growing up in a sport feeling very different from everyone else and figuring out how to navigate that maze. They also realize that understanding the nuance of a topic like this is difficult to understand and we discuss it toge...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 17 min
The second event of the FWT season saw the tour return to Canada at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, BC Canada. The comp couldn't be held on the OZONE face as intended due to poor conditions and was switched to T1 South, the same face as 2022. As expected the riders did their thing including another level unlocked by a Ski Women's competitor. 0:00 - Snow Conditions / Sit Skier forerunner Jay Rawe / Mark was the live event MC / No Rushing through the weather window. 13:00 -Snowboard Women...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Listen to THE FREERIDE GUIDE right when it's released. Find and Follow the channel on your preferred podcast app. It will be released on the LPP a day or two later all season. -- Stan Rey has been announced as a Wildcard! Mark and Derek are discussing the Injury and Wildcard updates coming from the FWT ahead of the Kicking Horse Golden Pro event next week. We've learned that Simon Perraudin and Taylor Dobbins have been forced to withdrawal because of injury. Due to personal reasons, Justine Dufo...
Feb 11, 2024•49 min
Simon Hillis is a pro skier who was born in Bali, Indonesia but grew up in Rossland, BC skiing at Red Mountain. It's a good thing his family ended up in settling in the Kootenay Mountains because he's proven he belongs on a pair of skis. As a child Simon was hard to beat on the Junior freeride circuit consistently winning North American and Local championships alike. He's since shifted his focus to filming after a chance to shoot Warren Miller as a teenager and hasn't looked back since. We talk ...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Dane Tudor has been a pro skier for the last 15 years. Among many awards and accolades he won Standout Skier of the Year in 2009 and again in late 2022. He talks about the journey his career took in between those achievements and offers a rarely heard, and very frank, point of view on his relationships with past sponsors and the struggles of negotiating contracts. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH Dane's episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NfhKwd2Bff8 Latest from the LPP: https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodca...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 30 min
This is the Full RECAP of the FWT Verbier Pro Event with Hosts, Mark Warner and Derek Foose The first event of the season was organized by the FWT in just under a week after the originally planned event in Baqueira Beret was cancelled and the action did not disappoint. 4:44 - The Backslap segment fan emails & insights from the commentary booth with Derek 16:24 - Snowboard Men 25:00 - Snowboard Women 32:00 - Ski Women 48:44 - Ski Men 1:19:07 - Fun Bet Results Watch this episode of THE FREERID...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 26 min
This is all the info you need to know about all the new riders for the 2024 FWT season. We're covering the Rookies and Wildcards as well as notable athletes returning to the tour. Get yourself informed ahead of the first event in Verbier! We want to hear from you! We'll be reading listener's emails in our new segment called, The Backslap. Send your questions, comments or glowing praise to: backslap@freerideguidepodcast.com Hosts: Mark Warner | Derek Foose ----- Help us grow the new show. Go to t...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Brooklyn Bell is an important person at the forefront of the movement responsible for raising awareness and building representation in not only skiing but also mountain biking and the greater outdoor industry. This is a conversation I was grateful to be able to have because I haven't had many like this. I'm grateful to Brooklyn for being able to ask her, someone from the BIPOC community, about their experience in this world we all choose to recreate and participate in. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH Broo...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 7 min
BIG NEWS out of the FWT this week. The first scheduled stop of the 2024 tour at Baqueira Beret, Spain has been cancelled! Hey LPP Nation, help us grow the new show ! Please find and follow the Freeride Guide Podcast's independent channel to get all the episodes, extended interviews and special features. Not everything will be posted here. Thanks! Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3njhQT56XhyrbwDyPpyOXT?si=08c57a7c09a44b21 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-freeride-...
Jan 23, 2024•34 min
The Freeride Guide Podcast is your guide to in-depth analysis, commentary and insider information about the Freeride World Tour and all your favourite, ski and snowboard freeride events. Your hosts Mark Warner and FWT broadcast commentator Derek Foose are back with this brand new podcast and start the show clearing up a few unanswered questions about the switch away from the Freeride World Tour Podcast. In this episode we revisit the highights and news from the FWT 2023 season including three si...
Jan 18, 2024•58 min
Grant Gunderson has established himself as one of the ski industry's all time great photographers. Fuelled by a insatiable love for skiing an unique need for creativity, he's spent the last 25+ years showing us the best of what skiing can be. Grant opens up about the events of last season's tragic avalanche in Japan that took the lives of Kyle Smaine and Christoph Schöfegger. He explains the difficulty of how such a traumatic event has affected how he views the sport he loves so much. We also ta...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Kye Petersen Returns to the LPP to talk about his excellent 5 part film series, "Sacred Grounds". We discuss the changes he's seen and experienced in the ski industry since he entered it as a kid and what inspires him now. He also tells us about the lifecycle of Kye Shapes, the ski brand he founded and much more. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pgPa4vr8tSo Latest from the LPP: https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Ad...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Izzy Lynch is carving a path for professional athletes that are figuring out how to balance a family and manage their careers. The Revelstoke based mom of two, talks about her role in growing Protect Our Winters Canada, how the ski industry is adjusting to the new reality of motherhood in our sport, her insatiable need for new projects and how to keep thefeelings of "Imposter Syndrome" at bay. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a-vQ42ShEAA Latest from the LPP: https:...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Ski Photographer Andrew Chad has a unique approach to his craft. You could possibly call it the no plan, plan. There's something to be said about being in the right place at the right time and he's a real believer in those special moments that you can't expect. Raised in Dallas Texas, Andrew tells us that his career has been heavily influenced by rad, outdoor women and he's had success by taking chances on new experiences and trusting himself. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode on YouTube: https...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Katie Burrell returns in the lead up to "Weak Layers" her first feature length, Hollywood Film! Over the last 6 years, Katie has been consistently levelling up with her filmmaking and she credits that to her ability to invest in herself. Set for a theatrical release on Jan 5, 2024 Weak Layers is a refreshed take on the ski comedy genre, with a far more realistic take on ski town life, from Katie's point of view that we've come to love. Katie explains the learning process in making this film was ...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Dania Assaly is a pioneer of Women's freestyle skiing. She was part of the first wave of women, which included Sarah Burke and Kristi Leskinen, who would lead the way to create more opportunities, higher visibility and better pay for female ski athletes. She now coaches the next generation of shredders and helps keep the current roster of stars stay in shape through her Freestyle Fit personal training programs. Freestyle Fit w/ Dania - 15% off with code - LPP15 https://www.freestylefit.ca/ #LIST...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 14 min
The legendary sender Hugo Harrisson emerges to talk about his influential skiing career and explains the sequence of events of how he became one of the best big mountain skiers of all time. Included are stories of not falling in his first 5 years of filming, the skis he used to keep him on his feet, transitioning into FWT judging and eventually stepping away to focus on his family and enjoying being a dad. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode YouTube: https://youtu.be/D5Fbl-1BIxs Latest from the L...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Jonathan Rollins is next on the list of the up and coming skiers you need to know. The Rossland BC native, who was just nominated for the IF3 "Breakout Skier of the Year" award, talks to us about finding a Mentor in Dane Tudor, goal setting, getting put through "Style" boot Camp while working as a digger at Momentum and that he loves nothing more than skiing. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode YouTube: https://youtu.be/xLLQLKHD_zU Latest from the LPP: https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awe...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 15 min
In 2015 during the WSI World Tour Finals, Jamie MoCrazy suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) so severe that she really shouldn't be here today. Fast forward 8 years and Jamie is here with her sister Jeanee to talk about their new film, "#MoCrazyStrong", which documents almost a decade of recovery and what the MoCrazy family learned through the process. It has empowered them to form their charitable MoCrazy Strong Foundation with the purpose of raising awareness of brain Injuries and teaching ...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Xander Guldman just won the iF3 Award for, "Breakout Skier of the Year" with his performance in the HEAD Freeski Team Film, "Unified". It didn't hurt that he also impressed in this year's MSP film, "The Land of Giants" and competed on the Freeride World Tour. Get to know Xander in this great conversation where we talk about growing up in Tahoe, becoming known for the Screamin' Seamen, his summer job running a rafting company and how he's just about to settle into his groove. Enter to Win a Pair ...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Alex Hall is an Olympic Gold Medalist for the USA in Slopestyle. Last year, most of his winter season was spent travelling and competing with the national team. He managed to find the time to connect with his friend, Hunter Hess, to produce the third instalment of their award winning ski film series, Magma. Alex tells us that dedication to the project can sometimes come at the expense of family holidays, but in the end, is absolutely worth it. In addition he gives his thoughts on "Spin to Win", ...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Introducing Marcus Goguen and Wei Tien Ho, two of the most exciting, up and coming big mountain skiers in the scene. The two Whistler locals have been friends since they were kids and are now starting to make their names known, not only through their impressive feats displayed on their instagram feeds but also in competition. Marcus proved himself after receiving a wild card on the FWT this season and Wei Tien earned a spot on tour next year, qualifying through the Challenger tour. The guys are ...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 27 min
Craig Murray returns to the LPP with his filmer, friend and collaborator Finlay Woods. They talk about their excellent film, "Highway Seventy Three", which highlights the skiing and culture of the the Club Fields along New Zealand's famous Alpine Highway. Craig also talks about his feelings about the transition between the FWT and filming full time. We round out this great conversation with a story about getting shot at, a life sized decal of Craig on the side of Craig's Van, his fear of horses ...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Featuring: Ludovic Guillot-Diat, Valentin Rainer, Max Hitzig Hosts Mark Warner and Derek Foose discuss the events leading up to and after the cancellation of the season's final event, the Verbier Extreme, and the effects from that decision on the overall standings. We're also looking back at the full FWT23 Season. New champions were crowned, veteran riders retired, the rookies stepped up, we battled with the weather and saw spectacular competitions over the course of the season. RedMark Media - ...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Jeremie Heitz is following in the footsteps of the first real ski mountaineering pioneers from the Alps. We talk about his landmark film La Liste and those mentors that allowed him to take skiing those lines to the next level. Included are the Falquet brothers who brought him into the world of ski films and how close they still are to this day. Heitz talks about his YouTube series, "Daily Routine", a self filmed endeavour following his adventures around the Alps and if becoming a Red Bull athlet...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 16 min
We have a conversation with Reine Barkered who has decided to hang up the skis after 15 Seasons on the FWT. We also check in with the riders during a weather hold in Verbier and to learn how they pass the time. 1:36 - Waiting it out with the Athletes 10:48 - Our chat with Reine Join our FunBet FWT Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticgames.fr/ RedMark Media - https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast...
Mar 27, 2023•44 min
Tom Ritsch is in Canada for the first time and is fully embracing the differences that the North American ski culture provides. We talk about the difficulty of skiing pillows and the quick access to big terrain that sled sking offers. He also explains the story behind the hilarious, pre-recorded, and somehow "Live Streamed" event, Ritsch's Roll, produced by his Legs of Steel compatriots. WATCH On YouTube. https://youtu.be/9DCeZp-QBiA Everything LPP: https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Aweso...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This is the Full RECAP of the fouth stop of the FWT23 Season at Fieberbrunn, Austria with Mark and Co-Host Derek Foose 12:50 - Snowboard Men 19:08 - Ski Women 20:40 - Katie Anderson 30:43 - Ski Women 44:30 - Ski Men 47:07 - Andrew Pollard Join the FWT Podcast FUN BET Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticgames.fr/login RedMark Media Podcasts -https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Veronica Paulsen is the Backflip Queen... of Corbet's. Over the last several years she's had a clear vision of what she wants and where she wants to be with her skiing and her place in the industry. That vision also brings awareness and the ability to pivot and adapt when things may not be going to plan. Veronica is about to launch a brand new web series which will highlight the people and the stories she finds interesting mixed with a healthy dose of skiing. She tells us which is better between...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min
