Episode #99
Release date: January 11, 2018
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Alex Beaulieu Marchand otherwise known as ABM has been skiing since he was in diapers. His parents would actually change them on the gondola in between laps. It seems like getting started at such an early age has done wonders for ABM. He tells us about being surprised with a spot as the only Canadian to compete in Slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics as a 19 year old and his outlook for the upcoming Games in Peyongchang, Korea.
Episode #96
Release date: December 14, 2017
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Chris “Rooster” James and Geoff McDonald created, SKI THE EAST, the rally cry and East coast skiing’s main identifier. The two friends met in college while creating a “Jackass” style show for the campus’ TV station. After multiple citations and several threats of getting kicked of school filming stunts for “Meathead Films”, the two took the energy they put into jeopardizing their education with filming college kids being idiots into filming skiers shredding the East Coast slopes.
During the decade of filming and releasing ski movies, the Ski The East phrase came from scribble on a chalkboard one night at a local bar and stuck. It perfectly summed up what they were doing. After attaching the label to t-shirts that were used as promotional accompaniments to the films, they realized that the monicker was building it’s own following and they decided to dive deeper into it. Fast forward a few years and SKI THE EAST has become a pillar of East Coast skiing culture that locals identify with.
Episode #95
Release date: December 7, 2017
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It can’t be measured what Jason Levinthal has done for the ski industry. He is an innovator. The steps he’s taken his entire career, whether he is aware of it or not, has progressed our sport not only with the equipment we use but also with the way we do business.
Episode #94
Release date: December 1, 2017
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This week we have German Freeskier, Sven Kueenle. I connected with Sven while at the IF3 festival in Montreal. He was there to support the latest Legs of Steel film, “Same Difference”. Sven spent more time travelling to the event than he was able to spend there having to go back to Germany for an appearance on a late night German sports show. Same Difference follows 3 different story lines and documents 3 different aspects and disciplines of skiing. L.o.S. portray the challenges and successes of an alpine racer competing on the circuit , freestyle skiers attempting to hit one biggest jumps ever built and freeriders tackling big lines in AK. The project plays like a film, not a traditional ski movie. It’s full of suspense, emotion and great skiing and was rewarded with the Best Editing prize at the festival.
Sven has a very diverse range of interests, buisnees and personal. He tells us about getting inspired by an Alaskan bush pilot to get his own pilot’s licence. He owns a real estate company as well as a restaurant in Munich. Much of diverse success is a product of goal setting, and more importantly , writing them down. This was in part developed in Sven after a traumatic life altering accident in Alaska. He had a cornice break away from under him during a film trip and fortunately wasn’t severely injured. Although he was physically ok, Sven went through a mental and psychological change where he started to look at life differently. He’s accomplished a lot since then and goal setting is a large part of that.
Episode #90
Release date: July 31, 2017
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James “Woodsy” Woods, has been travelling the world competing on the Slopestyle and Big Air circuit for the better part of a decade. He is still just as stoked about it now as he has ever been.
While in Whistler, Woodsy came to the LPP Studios for a chat during his yearly visit to Momentum Ski Camps on the Horstman Glacier. Born and raised in Sheffield England, he may seem like a bit of an anomaly. How does one of the most consistent competition skiers get to his level coming from a snowless town in the middle of the UK? The answer? A Dry Slope.
Sheffield Ski Village is where he caught the skiing bug even though he didn’t touch snow for a couple years. Woodsy shares his journey about coming up and skiing dry slopes and about the “fantastic” scene surrounding it within his home nation.
We chat about his Gyspy lifestyle, his unwavering and enduring love for skiing, the X Games vs Olympics debate as well as his activities away from skiing and his plans for the future. James is a great guy with positive, infectious energy. Soak it up!
Enjoy!
Episode #89
Release date: April 20, 2017
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Chris Logan has spent most of the winter travelling around BC with Parker White and the Big Picture crew. While in Whistler, as all skiers should, he stopped by the LPP Studios for a chat.
Logan, a native of Long Island NY, tells us about going to “ski” school at Mt. Snow in Vermont. It’s not what you’re thinking. He went to a ski high school where he attended classes some of the time and went skiing the rest of the time.
We cover a range of topics such as his big family of skiers including his sister, Sochi silver medalist Devin Logan and his big bro Sean Logan the filmer / editor MVP of their Big Picture crew. We talk sports, motivational books and my favourite, crock pots!!
Episode #88
Release date: April 15, 2017
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Swedish photographer, Daniel Rönnbäck stopped in at the LPP Studios while in Whistler to compete in the Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown at the World Ski and Snowboard festival. He decided to accept the invitation to the contest because it happened to coincide perfectly with the JP Auclair Memorial event. Daniel talks about shooting with JP as well as Andreas Fransson who happened to be a heavy influence in Daniel’s career trajectory.
Daniel spends 300+ days on the road shooting and working. He tells us about how he was forced to learn how to pack for big ski trips, how spending time in nature is where he is most comfortable and how he “doesn’t really know anything about cameras.
Episode #86
Release date: March 31, 2017
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Wiley Miller is originally from Billings, Montana and has found himself relocating frequently in the last few years. He’s lived in Salt Lake City, Revelstoke and is now currently in Pemberton BC. The topic of overcrowding and affordability within ski towns and their mountains is covered here as you can imagine.
In this episode we talk about Wiley’s foray into acupuncture for recovery as well as the dangers of prescription pain killers. He, like many of the past guests on this show is big into surfing in the off seasons and tells us about his desire to improve his Spanish speaking abilities.
I also ask him about the YLE, his pro model ski with 4FRNT, specifically how he plans on changing the design, if at all, as his own skiing style changes throughout his career.
