Nicolas Hale Woods is the CEO and founder of the Freeride World Tour. On the eve of the 2021 FWT Season, we connected with Nico to find out what we can expect this season from Freeriding’s premiere event. Covid has affected everyone and everything and the FWT is no exception. The tour has cancelled some…
Cy Whitling has emerged as skiing’s unofficial illustrator. It seems the demand for unique skiing content has never been higher. We’re fatigued from constant access to everyone’s sick lines, from the insta-fluencers posing pretty and from scrolling through post after post of branded content. Due to this, ski memes are hot right now and so…
Chris Turpin has been your favourite skier’s, favourite skier. For the last 20 years he’s been on the fringes of freestyle. He was there from the early days of the New Canadian Air Force to when he put down the first ever, fully switch halfpipe comp run. Recently he’s been coaching and moulding the upcoming…
Taylor Lundquist is pushing the limits of what’s possible in street skiing. The urban scene seems to be the last corner of our sport that has yet to recognize an influx of female riders. This year, Taylor is the first female to compete in the XGames Real Ski competition and we can’t wait to see…
Guillaume Tessier has been one of the principal cinematographers for MSP for the last 2 decades. In that time he has captured some of the most iconic lines and memorable segments in the history of ski films. He lives behind the scenes and behind the camera so we’re excited to help share his story. Originally…
RMU Skis founder Mike Waesche and I have known each other for a little over a year. In that time we’ve skied and ridden chairlifts together, enjoyed beers and had many conversations where we have gotten to know each other’s personalities quite well. In all that time I have never asked Mike about the origin…
Caite Zeliff is blowing up! We’re not just talking the bomb-holes at the bottom of a huge, double-stager cliff either. She is truly on her way to being one of the next superstars in skiing. The self professed goofball has had a dream of becoming a pro skier for a long time but her journey…
Paddy Graham, Pro Skier, Englishman, and all around good guy joins us to end the year on a strong note! Paddy is a rarity. He’s a pro skier from England. He’s also a RedBull Athlete and a co-founder of Legs of Steel. He grew up in the city of Sheffield and took his first turns…
Isaac Freeland is the 2020 Freeride World Tour Champion and Rookie of the Year. That’s right, he took the overall title in his first season on the circuit! Now he’s on the LPP and we get to find out more about this relative newcomer who is shaking up the scene. Issac grew up in San…
The legendary Chris Benchetler returns to the LPP! Chris is busier than he’s ever been blending together his ski career, his Grateful Dead collabs and being a parent of one, with another on the way. (We recorded this during nap time.) He joined us from his home in Mammoth California to explain how he fits…