The Mayrand podcast

Episode presented by K2 skis !

Discussion with Olympic medalist, 3x X-Games gold medalist and freeski legend in the making, Colby Stevenson!

Colby is a skier from Park city, Utah. He first blew up on the scene starting in 2014 with shots in Stept's 'Ten and two, followed by appearances in Good Company and Level 1 films. He also got great results in competitions, shined in events like West Coast sessions and in video content like the SLVSH games. Despite some setbacks with major injuries, Colby kept going and eventually established himself as one of the top freeskiers in the world. Its been incredible to see Colby Evolve in the past years not only as a top tier skier, but also as a person who showed great perseverance through the personal challenges he faced.

In this episode, we went through all of his insane 2023 season. we discussed his recent shoulder injury that happened during last fall's Stubai world cup. We talked about the incredible season he has despite this injury. Getting a podium in Stubai, Winning gold at X-Games slopestyle and bronze at X-Games Knuckle huck, Winning Kings & Queens of Corbet, Winning Dew Tour and 2nd at Red Bull unrailistic. We also talked about Colby's time in between comps where he filmed for the upcoming Good Company, MSP and TGR movies.

Big thanks to the sponsors K2 skis, Planks clothing, axis boardshop and Dic anns restaurants

Discussion with Axis boardshop owner and co-founder, Scott Reeves!

Scott is an entrepreneur from Québec with a big passion for action sports. After many years working in a shop while completing an engineering degree, Scott teamed up with 2 friends to start Axis boardshop in 2002. What started out of a passion for action sports turned into an immediate success. Axis quickly became a staple in the Québec action sports scene with their deep involvement in the freeskiing, snowboarding and skateboarding scene. After a decade in business, Axis had a total of 9 shops open in the province of Québec before going back to only one physical location in the mid-2010s. Axis is now over 20 years old and still going strong in st-sauveur, Québec.

In this episode we talked about a bunch of stuff! Scott's entrepreneurship story, opening a boardshop in the early 2000s, the challenges of handling rapid growth in a business, the importance of giving back to the community and much much more

Big thanks to the sponsors Planks clothing, axis boardshop and Dic anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier and 2022 'Skier of the year', Jonah Williams!

Episode presented by Rossignol !

Jonah is a pro skier from Utah,  he quickly blew up on the scene in 2015 winning Superunknown XII and making waves online with his flawless style and tech skills. 8 years later, Jonah is recognized as one of the best all-around skiers in the world.

Through the years, We've seen Jonah kill it in the streets, parks, and backcountry with Level 1, the coterie and more recently with Strictly. Jonah had an insane year in 2022. He released Life N stuff a compilation of his best shots from years prior and also had the closing segment in strictly's last film 'Delete'. Following these 2 insane video projects, Jonah won the prestigious 'skier of the year' award at the 2022 newschoolers awards. Last season, Jonah joined Rossignol and put together a plan to team up with friend & filmmaker Gavin Rudy to produce a video project together.

In this episode we talked about a bunch of stuff! His youth in Utah, Winning. superunknown XII,  recently going to SUXX in Mammoth, filming with Strictly, Signing with Rossignol and much much more

Big thanks to the sponsors Rossignol, Planks clothing, axis boardshop and Dic anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier, 8x X Games medalist, Torin Yater-Wallace

Introduced to the world when he joined the Armada team at only 14, Torin quickly became one of the best skiers in the world with his unique style, deep bag of tricks and incredible results in halfpipe competitions. For close to ten years, Torin dominated the pipe competition scene with constant podiums in the worlds biggest events. He finished his competitive career with multiple Dew tour and world cups podiums, a total of 8 x games medals including 3 gold and 2 olympics appearances (Sochi and PyeongChang). In the past four seasons, Torin fully transitioned to the film side of the sport, starting his own production company, Deviate Films. He now spends most of his seasons producing and starring in ski movies skiing everything from Street, to pow and parkshoots for our viewing pleasure

In this episode we talked about a bunch of stuff! The life of producing ski movies with Deviate, The fine details of filming street and pow, the current state and future of pipe skiing and much much more.

Big thanks to the sponsors Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Quinn Wolferman

Episode presented by Armada skis!

Quinn is a pro skier from Montana. He made his name through the years starring in SLVSH games, Level 1's superunknown XIII and many other edits and movies. Through the years Quinn also climbed up the ranks of comp skiing, Eventually Competing in world cups and missing out on the 2018 olympics by one spot on the mighty US team. In the past couple years, While still competing at X Games and winning a gold medal in the 2022 knuckle huck competition, Quinn has put his focus into the film aspect of the sport. Following his 2021 Peep the game segment with the SLVSH crew, He joined Torin Yater-Wallace and the Deviate crew last season to put together a banger pow segment for their new movie Chameleon.

In this episode we talked about it all ! his youth, competing, the SLVSH games, joining armada skis, x games, filming with deviate and much much more 

Big thanks to the sponsors Armada skis, Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier and member of the Forre crew, Mainio Ormio

Episode presented by SURFACE skis!

Mainio is part of the infamous Forre crew who have been putting some incredible ski films in the past few years. Mainio joined the crew in 2021 for their film 'Forrmula' and made waves with his unique and impressive segment. He ended up winning the 'trick of the year' award at the 2022 Newschoolers award for his segment's closing shot. Last season, Mainio got back to work with Forre and starred in their new film 'Cast' that won the 'best short film' award at High Five festival last fall.

In this episode we discussed Mainio youth, how he got into park skiing and how he eventually joined Forre. We get deep into his 'Forrmula' and 'Cast' shots. We also go in every direction regarding street skiing and what it entails.

Big thanks to the sponsors SURFACE skis, Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier and member of the Forre crew, Harald Hellstrom

Episode presented by SURFACE skis!

Harald is part of the infamous Forre crew who have been putting some incredible ski films in the past few years. The creative approach to his tricks and spot selection mixed in with his eagerness to go big makes him standout as one of the best street skiers in the world right now.

In this episode we discussed his youth and how he got into park skiing. How the Forre crew came to be. All of the Forre movies up until their most recent one, 'CAST'.  We also went deep into street skiing talk and some of his most iconic shots.

Big thanks to the sponsors SURFACE skis, Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier, X Games medalist, Olympian and all around style boss, Max Moffatt!

Max is a Canadian skier from Ontario who has been on the world stage competitions since 2017.  He made a name for himself with his super technical rail and jump skills mixed in with a top tier style. After many years making his place as one of the top skiers in the game, Max had his big break last season by winning his first X Games medal in slopestyle in what was a super successful season with podiums in 2 world cup events and a first Olympics participation.

We talked about the process going into winning his first X Games medal, his first olympics participation and everything that was involved: a stressful selection process, a false-positive test leading to a 36hour lockdown in his hotel room, being part of the first ever Olympic big air competition and the disappointment of not landing his slopestyle run perfectly. We also touched on his times competing in SLVSH games, his recent move from Liberty to Armada and his plans to put efforts into video projects in the coming season and much more.
Note: this episode was recorded before Max's signing with Red Bull so the subject wasn't discussed.

Episode presented By  AXIS BOUTIQUE ,  PLANKS clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier, Olympian and 5x X Games medalist, Megan Oldham

At only 21, Megan has already cemented her place as one of the top freeskiers in the world. She has been on the world cup circuit for 4 seasons now. In that time, she earned 1 crystal globe, 5 X Games medals and recently went to the Olympics in Beijing for both slopestyle and big air competitions. At only 21, she already cemented her place.

We discussed her freeskiing start as a teenager after many years of gymnastics and figure skating, getting into competitions and quickly going up the ranks, finding quick success and getting on the world stage pretty fast, winning the crystal globe on her first year on the world cup circuit, getting great results at X Games, going to the olympics and much much more.

Episode presented By  AXIS BOUTIQUE ,  PLANKS clothing and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with freeskiing GOAT, 13x X Games medalist and Olympics medalist, Henrik Harlaut

The man needs no introduction but lets still go ahead. He has won 13 x games medals including 8 gold medals. He won or podiumed at every major competition there is. He created and starred in one of the most influential web series of all time with the B&E show with fellow legend Phil Casabon. Since 2008, he gathered legendary movie segments with companies such as 4bi9 media, level 1productions, field productions and many more. In the recent years he also self produced movies like 2014's road to zion, 2018's the regiment and 2020's salute.
Henrik is one of the GOATs of freeskiing and it was a pleasure to chat with him

In this 2nd part of our discussion we talk about more and more skiers staying relevant in the industry in their 30's, Getting his first shot at filming with a production company with 4bi9 media, starting his own clothing brand 'Harlaut apparel', producing their first team movie 'Wun' in 2021, working on a new team movie in 2022 in which he filmed some of his best shots ever and much much more.

Episode presented By  AXIS BOUTIQUE ,  PLANKS clothing and Adrénaline urbaine