Freeskiing Museum

Tag: Low Pressure Podcast

  • Sammy Carlson & Yu Sasaki

    Episdoe #223

    Release date: December 16, 2022

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    We had such a good time with Sammy Carlson and Yu Sasaki, we kept it going.  This is an extention of PART 1.   In this one we tell some good stories about getting into car accidents on the same day,  keeping wild animals as house pets and going to crazy Japanese festivals.  Sammy shares why he skis on King Pins and tells us about the huge amount of footage that we haven’t seen yet. That then leads into a conversation on the current changes taking place in ski culture and content.

  • Sammy Carlson & Yu Sasaki

    Episode #223

    Release date: December 15, 2022

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    Sammy Carlson and Yu Sasaki have been skiing and filming together in their adopted home town of Revelstoke for the last couple years.  We all met up at Sammy’s log cabin in the woods to record a mega episode.   This is part 1.   Yu tells us about originally moving to Whistler when he graduated highschool and working in a sushi restaurant because that was one of the only jobs for a non- english speaking Japanese skier to find.   He decided that Canada was where he wanted to stay and got married,  had kids and started a successful food truck business all while competiing on the Freeride World Tour.    Sammy tells us about his terrific new film, “YUP”, how the soundtrack came together, how the two started to ski with each other and lots, lots more.

  • Grete Eliassen

    Episode #220

    Release date: November 24, 2022

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    Grete Eliassen Returns! The last time we spoke Covid had just reared its ugly head and we connected over Zoom. Grete is in the LPP studios this time and tells me that our conversation was big confidence boost in her return to the ski industry. A lot has changed for her since then including a big move, with her family, to BC. Her favourite place to ski.

  • Jacob & Sofia Wester

    Episode #218

    Release date: November 10, 2022

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    With their film, A Part of US, Jacob and Sofia Wester seem to have made the first, true-love story told within a ski film. The two, long term partners wanted to create a more relatable film that showcases real vulnerability and the true emotion that we all experience in the mountains. The two talk about how their long relationship has evolved to them working together on these projects and the importance of communication and understating.

  • Maggie Voisin

    Episode #214

    Release date: August 29, 2022

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    Maggie Voisin is a 3 Time US Olympian and 7x Medalist at the X-Games and she’s only 23 years old!   She talks about growing up quickly in the ski industry and tells the personal story about injuring herself during training at her first olympics in Russia.  She opens up about the death of her brother by suicude and how her career, family and the way she approaches the world has changed.

  • Colby James West

    Episode #272

    Release date: February 27, 2025

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    Colby James West is an entertainer. He used to ski. He still does, but he used to too.

    We chat about his desire to create music and films, inspired by his crazy experiences travelling the world as a professional skier. We chat about current influences and mentors as well as his plans for multiple, ski-themed films, and how he plans to make them happen. He also shares that he’s not as comfortable preforming live as we all may think.

    Listen to the end of the episode for LPP Unplugged – An exclusive performance of “My Friend is a Pro” – with Colby James West.  Recorded in the LPP Studios.

  • Henrik Windstedt

    Episode #212

    Release date: April 7, 2022

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    Henrik Windstedt’s career has spanned the entire golden age of Freeskiing and he’s been involved in every corner of it. From his arrival on the scene in the late 90’s he’s flirted with Olympic Moguls and was at the leading edge of the freeskiing movement in Slopestyle and Halfpipe.  He then went on to win the first ever  Freeride World Tour title before establishing himself as one of the best film skiers in the world.   We talk about raising his family during the second half of his career, his backyard ski hill equipped with lifts, grooming and snowmaking and the connection to stress and injuries and much, much more.

  • Giray Dadali

    Episode #271

    Release date: February 20, 2025

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    Giray (Gr-eye) Dadali is a pro skier and mechanical engineer of Turkish heritage who grew up in Bristol Valley, New York. Upon moving west to attend school and ski bigger mountains, he became known for many years as “Ahmet’s Brother”, referring to his pro skier brother Ahmet Dadali. Giray is shedding that moniker now as his personal brand and list of accomplishments keeps growing.

    Giray used his engineering degree to co-found, Daymaker Touring, a binding adapter system to enable you to use your downhill ski gear to go touring on. He’s also a filmmaker producing “Of The Black Sea” in which he travels to Turkey to combine his love for skiing while discovering more about his Turkish heritage.

  • Ethan Stone

    Episode #211

    Release date: April 1, 2022

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    Ethan Stone is the editor of Downdays which is the driver of English language ski content in Europe. Curated on the web as well as in their yearly, hardcover book, “Ski Stories”,  Downdays features the stories you need to know spanning the whole spectrum of freeski culture.

  • Colby Stevenson

    Episode #270

    Release date: February 13, 2025

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    Colby Stevenson is one of the most versatile, and accomplished, skiers on the planet. He won an Olympic silver medal in Halfpipe in 2022, he was crowned King of Corbets in 2023 and also won Standout Male Skier of the Year at the 2023 iF3 Movie Awards.

    We talk about a lot on this episode of the LPP. He shares his plans for competing at the next Olympic games, and about his new film “Proof”. We chat about close calls with avalanches, his serious vehicle accident, no boarding, saunas and lots more.