Pär Hägglund (@thepeyben) joins the podcast for the penultimate episode of Season 1 to discuss the pull of “real life” and why he’s determined to keep making amazing ski movies, creating 2019’s “color”, nicknames in The Bunch, the upcoming #IsThereTimeForMatchingSocks film, Mother Russia and creepy teddybears, hauling 600 pounds of gear to go tent camping for two weeks, and much much more.
Henrik Harlaut (@hharlaut) joins Josh Berman and Conor Smith to discuss his 2-year project Salute, which you should view before listening at this link. Henrik talks about his session on the Baker road gap, hitting the biggest jump of his life in Jackson, first try stomps on NBD tricks, the high points of founding an apparel brand, and much much more.
As an epilogue to our Season 1 interview series, Josh Berman, Freedle Coty and Conor Smith discuss the standout ski movies in 2020. We count down our top 5 favorite movies, throw out some honorable mentions, talk about the best songs, discuss standout snowboard projects, and chat rider of the year.
For the first episode of Season 2 of Another Level, B-Mack joins the podcast to talk about skiing as a coping mechanism for anxiety and depression, critiquing consumerism through his Finesse video part, making his own music, the dream of the 5-minute spot, and much much more.
Luca Harrington is a freestyle skier from New Zealand. He is a World Champion, X Games gold medalist, Monster athlete, and one of the biggest rising stars in skiing today.
Marie Martinod is a freeski legend having the first ever women’s pro model, co-founder of Queen’s Cup, and a lengthy competitive career. Marie has a movie about her return 2014 to skiing called ‘Au Nom Des Miens’. Good luck finding it in the U.S.!
Ethan Cook, aka E Cook, is a filmer that has worked with some of the biggest names in skiing. Since his last interview on the Two Planker Network, he has continued to grow his creative empire including several new videos, a yearly video contest, and the creation of 4Closure in Salt Lake City.
Khai Krepela is known for his prowess on rails, he made a career out of it, but really, he had a pro ski career because he realized what he was good at and he went all in on that aspect of the sport. But Khai didn’t stop at pro athlete, while he still had a little gas left in the tank, Khai found himself behind a desk at K2 for the beginning of his post pro ski career. On the podcast, we talk about inline skating, Park City, Detroit, filming, the X Games and more. Olympic Head Judge Jason Arens asks the Inappropriate Questions.
Khai Krepela Show Notes:
4:00: His name, growing up in Park City, getting sponsored for elementary school, finding blading and skiing through McRae Williams and getting sponsored by Louie Zamora personally for Deshi
13:00: From blading to skiing, rail skiing is easy, Vice Skis, Surface,
22:00: Toy Soldiers, contests, SIA, money, PBP, Detroit, Will Wesson, and Level 1,
40:00: Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.