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 Lev...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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 inte...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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. ...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 at a small hill, being influenced by legends like David Crichton, The east coast scene in the 2000's, filming with Meathead Films, 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 scen...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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 s...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 s...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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. Episode presented by A...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 skii...
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 , Planks clothing , Treefort lifestyles , J skis and Axis boutique...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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...
Feb 12, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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 , J skis , Treefort li...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Discussion with Freeski pioneer and ski industry legend Jason Levinthal We discussed skiing in the east coast, entrepreneurship in skiing, the evolution and trends in skiing and much more. Episode presented by Axis boutique , Treefort lifestyles and J skis
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Discussion with freeski legend 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...
Jan 18, 2021•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Discussion with Pro skier and olympic gold medalist Mikael Kingsbury We talked about his upbringing and how he got to be as dominant as he is, the current state of mogul skiing, his experience at the 2018 olympics and his plans for the future. Episode presented by Axis boardshop and Treefort lifestyles
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Discussion with pro skier, X Games gold medalist and style master Vincent Gagnier Subjects include his current 2-year movie project with the SLVSH crew, dealing with back-to-back knee injury in 2017 and 2018, breaking his back in 2014, the current state of competitive skiing and much more. Episode presented by Axis Boardshop & Treefort lifestyles
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Discussion with pro skier Alexi Godbout Presented by Axis Boardshop & Treefort Lifestyles ranging from his early days getting picked up by Salomon , to his competition days traveling the world competing in the world's biggets events , and his focus to backcountry and big mountain skiing since 2015...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Discussion with 2x X Games Gold medalist and freeski legend Phil Casabon. Presented by Axis Boardshop ( www.axisboutique.com ) & Treefort Lifestyles ( www.treefortlifestyles.com ) we talked about his two X Games real ski gold medals 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94SC2fRxJ2Q 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgJPoHTPKy4 his 2020 short movie ''Ensemble'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrSDk84MOo and his upcoming animated project ''The lost crystals''...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
