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  • Jason Arens

    Episode #30

    Release date: July 26, 2022

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    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.

  • Jason Arens

    Episode #31

    Release date: August 5, 2022

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    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.

  • Jason Arens

    Episode #48

    Release date: August 22, 2025

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    Discussion with skier, Freeski judge and marketing director, Jason Arens.

    Jason is heavily involved in freeskiing, both as a marketing director and co-owner at surface skis / joystick / causwell and as a freeski judge.

    He’s been involved as a judge for over 10 years now and has become the worldwide reference for freeski judging. The events he’s been a part of include the Olympics, X Games, Dew tour, world championships, world cups and much more.

    In this episode, we followed up on our last talk from episodes 30 & 31, that were the inception that led me into judging 3 years ago now. We went deep into judging, talked about the 2025 X Games, the current state of pipe skiing, the intricaties of freeski judging and his upcoming role as head judge of next winter’s Olympics in Italy. Plus, we also touched on the business side he’s involved in with Surface skis and how the industry is shaken with USA tariffs and last season’s rebirth of the outerwear brand Causwell.

  • Jason Arens

    Episode #30

    Release date: November 24, 2025

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    Jason Arens is the Head Judge for the upcoming Olympics and is the Owner/Operator/Team Manager of Surface Skis, Joystick, and Causwell.