Freeskiing Museum

Tag: Low Pressure Podcast

  • 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.

  • Finn Bilous

    Episode #210

    Release date: March 24, 2022

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    Finn Bilous is a Slopestyle and Big Air athlete from New Zealand.  He’s a two time Olympian who had the honour of carrying his country’s flag into the Beijing Opening Ceremonies.  Finn’s talents don’t end there! We connected right after he competed as a Wild Card on the Freeride World Tour. 

  • Josh Berman

    Episode #151

    Release date: February 2, 2020

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    Josh Berman has heavily influenced skiing as we know it today. The man behind Level 1 productions joins us to talk about his final annual ski film, “Romance”, and the new direction for the production company that has been blowing our minds for the last 20 years.

  • Sammy Carlson

    Episode #119

    Release date: January 2, 2019

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  • Tim Durtschi

    Episode #150

    Release date: February 13, 2020

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    Tim Durtschi has arrived on the LPP! We met up with Tim at the Freeride World Tour event at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, BC. We talk about the new twist in his career of spending the season competing on the FWT. He explains the similarities, challenges and his approach to the tour in comparison to his regular routine of filming and skiing for photos.

  • Kyle Smaine

    Episode #146

    Release date: January 17, 2020

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    Kyle Smaine is a South Lake Tahoe based skier and an all around amazing athlete. He’s competed at a high level in almost every discipline in skiing including winning a World Championship in Halfpipe. I met Kyle at his home mountain of Sierra at Tahoe and we went and skied some pow in the trees.