The Mayrand podcast

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

We talked about his 2022 season and everything that went into it. His approach towards an olympics year, missing x games due to covid, the current state and future of big air competitions and much much more. Our talk will be split into two parts so be ready for part 2 where we talk about his film projects and his brand Harlaut apparel.

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Discussion with skier, FIS judge and Surface skis / Joystick poles marketing director, Jason Arens

Jason is heavily involved in the ski industry as he's been travelling the world judging the biggest events for years now. Some of those include Dew tour, X Games, world cups and recently the Olympics in China. Aside from that, Jason is a great guy who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about skiing. In this part 2 we continued our discussion around judging, his experience going to Beijing for the Olympics, His job over there as a trick caller, some judging controversies over the years, the current golden age of women's comp skiing and his role at Surface skis/Joystick poles.

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

Discussion with skier, FIS judge and Surface skis / Joystick poles marketing director, Jason Arens

Jason is heavily involved in the ski industry as he's been travelling the world judging the biggest events for years now. Some of those include Dew tour, X Games, world cups and recently the Olympics in China. Aside from that, Jason is a great guy who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about skiing. We talked about his youth and how he made his place in the ski industry. We then talked about competitions, judging, X Games, World cups, the olympics and much much more. We had so much stuff on our plate that our discussion will be split into two parts.

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

Discussion with pro skier turned filmmaker Brady Perron

Brady perron made a name for himself with his unique style and numerous video parts with 4bi9 media. He eventually made the switch to being behind the lens in the ski world, starting with his involvement in 2016's 'Be inspired' starring Henrik Harlaut and Phil Casabon. Since then, Brady has worked with the biggest names (Phil Casabon, Tanner Hall, Jossi Wells, Jake Mageau) and brands in skiing (The North Face, Monster energy, Armada skis).

In this episode we discussed Brady's switch to filmmaking. The making of many of his projects including 'Be Inspired', his 2 gold medals at X Games with Phil Casabon, 'En Particulier', 'Nuance', 'Ensemble', 'Freehand' and more. We talked about skiing, filmmaking, business and a bunch of other stuff.

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Discussion with member of the legendary Real skifi crew from Finland, Juho Kilkki

Since the release of their first episode in 2011, Real skifi became one of the most popular freeski crew and web series of all time with their highly creative and innovative approach to skiing. Since their start as teens, they've made dozens of videos getting millions of views. They've worked with some of the biggest brands in skiing and outside of skiing for years.

With his friends, Juho has managed to create his own path as a professional skier and it was super interesting talking with him. We talked about so many things from the start of real skifi, their creative process, working with big brands outisde of skiing like fishermans friend, motorola and Mountain dew, gaining a massive following while staying true to their finnish roots and much much more

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Discussion with Freeski legend and street skiing GOAT, Cam Riley

Cam is one of the most prolific film skier of his generation. He starred in movies every year from 2005 to 2020, Filming with Stept productions, poor boyz productions and TGR. His streak of segments from 2010 to 2015 were some of the best street skiing segments of all time. Cam is also unique being not only a skier, but also a filmer and director who helped shape Stept into what is it today.

With such a big career, we touched on many different subjects and moments ranging from his first breakthrough segment in Stept's network, Filming for the documentary 'For lack of Better', getting an invite for X Games Real ski, filming with TGR and much much more.

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Discussion with legendary freeskier and 8x X Games gold medalist, Kaya Turski

Kaya is one of freeskiing's GOAT. She pushed women's freeskiing during her whole career, by dominating the sport for years earning a total of 10 X Games medal.

We talked about the end of her career and the impact head injuries had on it. The sochi olympics and the huge challenge of getting back from a knee injury in record time. Filming street with Level 1 productions. Dominating X Games from 2009 to 2014 and much much more.

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Discussion with freeski legend, 2x X Games gold medalist and recent inductee to the Newschoolers’ Hall of Fame, Phil Casabon

We talked about his 2020-2021 season coming back from a knee injury. His mindset being hungry but also having to deal with continuing covid restrictions. Producing the web series ‘‘prospecteurs’’ chasing powder in Québec with friends. Producing ‘‘the spirit of the thing’’ a video from his summer trip at Oregon’s Mt Hood. Producing ‘‘Superview’’ a funky gopro video starring Hornbeck, Downey, Bergeron and himself. Working on ‘‘Snow Seed’’ a short video highlighting Phil’s best of 2021 and also an update on Phil’s passion project ‘‘the lost cyrstals’’

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Discussion with pro skier Keegan Kilbride & pro filmmaker Cam Willis

Cam Willis has been working in skiing for years making ski films, including winning an X Games medal with Émile Bergeron in 2020 for the real ski contest. Keegan is a pro skier known for his epic segments in Level 1 movies , producing some of the best segments out there since his superunknown win in 2016. Keegan also won an X Games medal in 2018's real ski contest.

For this episode, we focused on the duo's team-up movie ''Slim to none''. A movie directed by Cam, starring Keegan and friend skiing backcountry, park and urban all across the USA. We talked about everything that went into producing this film from financing it, to going on their first backcountry trip, dealing with their own work schedule, doing last-minute parkshoots, filming street in Maine and much much more!

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Discussion with pro skier and street skiing king , Sam Zahner

Presented by J skis

Sam Zahner is a skier from NJ who made a name for himself with his top-tier rail skills and his banger urban segments. After many years putting out quality content with his online edits, self-produced movies, X Games real ski video and Strictly movies, Sam is now widely considered as one of the best street skier of his generation.

It was a great chat with Sam, we touched on his youth getting into skiing on the east coast and his rollerblading background. We talked about his many head injuries, how they affected him and how they have changed his outlook when filming street and the future of his ski career. We also talked about his new movie 'Most Gutter' with his crew 'strictly' amongst many other subjects.

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