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Another episode from Mammoth! This time with Mr. Luke O'Brien. Tune in for a conversation about stye, progression on rails, beefing with haters, and more.

Show Notes:

0:00:00 Welcome Luke

0:01:05 What brings Luke to Mammoth

0:01:45 Growing up in New Hampshire, Going to Utah for school

0:02:55 When did the spinning start

0:04:00 Tanner Hall watching from the lift

0:05:40 Opinions on spins, Blocklist, Street part

0:08:25 "The Runge", Sponsors and getting on J Skis, Trick jibberish

0:14:05 Progression and Stonezone

0:15:55 Major spin game players, Style

0:18:05 Early influneces, Favorite parts

0:20:20 Super Unknown, Not drinking

0:24:10 Visualization, Lips getting tracked out

0:27:25 Goals in skiing, Favorite rail

0:31:30 Coaching

0:44:30 Audience questions

We're here at Mammoth and sat down with Monty Wright to talk about growing up skiing in England, getting sponsored by Armada at 14, working at a tattoo shop, riding at Laax, and more.

Show Notes:

0:00:00 Intro at Mammoth

0:02:05 Growing up in England, Living in LAAX

0:05:50 Being Colorblind, Tattoos, Childhood

0:17:55 Kicked out of school at 14

0:29:45 Getting into Skiing

0:34:30 Influences

0:44:20 England Winter and dreamspots

0:49:00 Worst and best accents

0:52:15 SuperUnknown

0:56:25 Armada, Projects

In this episode, we sit down with Mac Forehand to discuss his 2022 - 2023 season. We cover all the athlete invitationals, filming backcountry + urban for the upcoming Faction movie, Mac's insane performance at X Games Big Air, get some insight into the personalities on the US Ski Team, recap Kimbo, and more. Shoutout to Mac for holding it down in all areas of skiing.

Show Notes:

0:00:00 Intro checking in

0:00:50 Past season first impressions

0:03:15 Jossi Wells Invitational, Jesper's Invitational, Mac Forehand East Coast event?

0:07:45 Staying fresh, Travel

0:11:10 Filming,

0:13:45 Getting into Backcountry

0:17:00 Filming street in Japan

0:22:35 Faction movie, Park shoots

0:25:10 Red Bull

0:27:15 Stubai World Cup, Copper Big Air

0:28:35 Xgames, Slopestyle & Winning Big Air, Competeing at Mammoth World Cup right after

0:52:25 Weather

0:55:00 US Ski Team Netflix Show?, Athelte to Judge meetings, Pretzels "Locks" on jumps,

1:05:05 First year at Kimbo Sessions

1:10:50 Reflecting on the season

1:11:55 Viewer Questions

Got back from Mt Hood and received the following DM from our good friend Tall T Dan: "How bout I get on as guest host and interview you about hood trip?"

Annabelle Santerre is an arctic expedition guide and slopestyle skier from Quebec. She is a badass. Stay tuned for the women's SLVSH game from Hood.

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Dominick Pucherelli is the template for being a functioning member of society and a member of the ski community at the same time. Sponsored by Icelantic, former coach for the Western Colorado freestyle ski team, housing inspector for the county in Fairplay, he does it all!

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Barclay Weyhrauch is from Alaska. He also worked for Warren Miller, got fired from Level 1, lives in Breck, rallied the troops to go to Illumination, and was throwing down at Spring Pass. Stay tuned for the recap edit.

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Show Notes:

0:00:00 Pronouction, background

0:02:50 Growing up in Juneau, Alaska, getting into Skiing

0:11:00 Western Colorado University

0:18:50 Filming, Season edits

0:27:30 Graduating from college, Working for Warren Miller, Level 1 and Zeal

0:41:00 Working at Snowbond coaching, moving to Breck and working remote, Pilgrimage

0:48:55 Competing in Freeride World Tour qualifiers

0:52:05 Alaska

Chris Bechtold is the king of spring pass and is on his 12th year of coming out to Mt Hood. He's been a camper, counselor, and most recently a member of Keep Standing. Tune in for Chris' life story, a Sugarbush update, behind the scenes from Hypertunnel, and more.

Show Notes:

0:00:00 Where does the @ comes from?

0:01:55 12 Summers at Hood

0:06:25 Shoutout Grant Harris

0:07:00 Level 1 Railjam at Sugarbush

0:10:00 Bush hands landings

0:12:05 Sugarbush Scene

0:14:10 Living in Park City and Salt Lake City, moving back East

0:26:50 Keep Standing crew, Spins, Favorite clip from Hypertunnel

0:42:15 Chris' Dog, Bartending

0:48:25 Audience/viewer question

Ryan Barrick (@thatyoungskibum) is the reason I went out to Hood and the reason we got these episodes done. He lives in his RV full time, has worked in the ski industry for years, and is one of the best dudes there is.

Show Notes:

0:00:00 First in-person episode

0:00:40 Spring Pass

0:01:45 Ethan's Hood update, Ryan's Rv setup

0:04:00 Living on the Oregon coast, Deviation demo tour

0:06:05 Rv life work balance, Road 39

0:14:55 Spring Pass journey, Community

In this episode, we sit down with LINE Skis' marketing coordinator/social media manager/team manager/photographer, Jake Dubé. Tune in for a candid conversation about working in media, managing professional athletes, what it means to be pro, running a huge instagram account, alleged ski durability issues, and more!

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Show Notes:

0:03:15 What's going on right now, Jake's job title and what he does at LINE Skis

0:07:10 History/background, Getting into the Ski Industry and getting the job at LINE,

0:36:05 What it takes to be Athlete manager, Working with Tom Wallisch

0:53:15 Going pro for LINE Skis, Flow to Pro ,What it means to be Pro

1:09:00 Lisa Zimmermann interview reaction

1:15:10 Team trip experience. Choosing who goes on the team shoots,

1:29:55 Involvement with Full Tilt

1:35:00 Line Skis Durability, Ski Construction, Social media

2:03:50 Best Connor Clayton roast and shoutouts