Low Pressure Podcast: The Podcast For Skiers

Host Mark Warner is joined by Mountain Guide, Steph Skrobar to discuss the tour's snow safety initiaives that the athletes practice at the beginning of season. We also bring you up to date with the current news with Challenger Series. - https://www.freerideworldtour.com/ Visit FWT - https://www.freerideworldtour.com/

JF Houle is a legend of Freestlye Skiing.   From the streets of Quebec to the podiums at XGames, JF was a leader in Urban and park skiing.  We talk about his skiing career and his current transition into full-time filming and the new doors that are opening up for him with it. We also discuss the current state of freestlye competition and its accessibility as well as his injuries over the years and his new, arm's length experience with the Freeride World Tour and much more. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r57YFL001hQ Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING

Abe Kislevitz has been working with GoPro from the first edition of the Hero and has been an instrumental piece in the growth of the company.  He we will downplay the praise but as GoPro's,  "Creative Fellow",   with the content he has curated to market the personal cameras, he has had a huge influence on how the world views action sports, which in turn has pushed the awareness and progression of those sports.   Abe talks about how his path has been directed by his love of skiing.  Creating a carpool app for his university ski club to designing top sheets for 4FRNT to editing ski videos long before the GoPro existed, all of these components led to his dream job at GoPro.   Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_n3hh0Tht9Q Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING  

This the Full RECAP of the third stop of the FWT23 Season at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, Canada with Mark and co-host Derek Foose.   13:20 - Snowboard Men 19:33 - Ski Men 22:39 - Max Hitzig 43:03 - Ski Women 52:00 - Snowboard Women   Join our FunBet FWT Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticgames.fr/ RedMark Media - https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast  

Carl Regnér is a Freeride World Tour Athlete who has been competing for 5 years.  It would have been 6 if he hadn't broken his hands while skiing just days before his very first event!  Carl has a slightly different, and refreshing perspective on the risk and hazards that come with competing in an extreme sport.  He isn't a big fan of high levels of risk and although he is capable of doing things on skis that most of us can only dream about, he's most comfortable when that risk is measured. In this episode Carl talks about studying economics and filling in as the Peak Performance Team manager for the summer. We talk about skiing in Sweden, his love for Tennis and whether or not he's good enough to be a guitarist in a band. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_n3hh0Tht9Q Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING    

Molly Armanino has been making her name known across the freeride competition scene over the last couple seasons.  After scoring two podium runs in her first two FWT events this year and new contract with Scott Freeski to back up her uniquely agressive skiing, Molly is impressing her stamp on the freeski community and its fun to watch. We met up in Spain before the FWT event in Baquiera to talk about competition nerves and learning to trust intuition, losing most of her big toe to frostbite, unique pets and much more! Enjoy! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_n3hh0Tht9Q Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING

This the Full RECAP of the second stop of the FWT23 Season at Ordino Arcalis, Andorra with Mark and co-host Derek Foose. 4:05  - Snowboard Women 7:00 - Katie Anderson 12:45 - Snowboard Men 22:25 - Ski Women 36:30 - Ski Men 56:23 - Valentin Rainer    Join our FunBet FWT Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticgames.fr/

Birk Irving is a Redbull athlete currently competing on the World Cup Half Pipe circuit. We connected in Calgary, hours before an event, which was preceded by a few days of skiing in the interior of BC.  He's earned Silver medals in his last two events including the X-Games and we talk about the dynamics of competition and the intricacies in the various halfpipes on tour.  He also shares a couple funny stories about being mistaken as Mexican athlete as and golfing for tattoos. Enjoy! Watch on YouTube: https:/https://youtu.be/he-2yaJGh88 Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING

This the Full RECAP of the first stop of the FWT23 Season at Baqueira Beret with Mark and co-host Derek Foose. We had an emotional storybook ending to Aymar Navarro's FWT career, an unexpected event on the face and amazing action from the entire roster of riders. 0:00 - Baqueira's Warm Welcome 3:09 - The Aymar Affect 10:43 - Forerunner / Avalanche on the Face 13:53 - Snowboard Women 21:10 - Snowboard 26:16 - Holden Samuels Interview 31:30 - Ski Women 40:16 - Addison Rafford Interview 47:10 - Ski Men Join our FunBet FWT Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticgames.fr/  

This episode is in memory of Kyle Smaine.  We went skiing then had some beers and a great talk.  I'm grateful that this exists.   Originally released in 2020

Justine Dufour-Lapointe is a Canadian Gold and Silver Olympic medalist in Moguls.  After attending 3 separate games, she's ready for a new challenge and is joining the Freeride World Tour.   She talks about embracing freeride culture and how refreshing and exciting it is to be exposed to a completely new style of skiing.  Justine also explains how welcoming and supportive the freeride community has been as she becomes fully immersed in her new reality. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zh6gkl276p4 Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING

Host Mark Warner is joined by the head of the FWT's sustainability program, Alicia Cenci as well as Vibram athlete, Michael Mawn, to discuss the tour's sustainability initiaives for the 2023 season and onward. We're also joined by Derek Foose to get you set up with the Peak Performance Fun Bet. 0:30 - Injury Updates and New Wildcards 4:54 - Welcome Alicia Cenci 19:38 - Welcome Michael Mawn 28:28 - Welcome Derek Foose / Peak Performance Fun Bet   Visit FWT - https://www.freerideworldtour.com/

Chris Rubens, for the first time in his career, has switched sponsors.  He tells us that after 19 years with Salomon, the switch to Atomic Skis and Picture Organic was a breath of fresh air.  Like most things do, the relationship ran it's course and Chris is very excited to now put more energy into helping develop and refine the products of his new partners. Chris has also recently become a farmer. He explains the process of finding and buying the land for "First Light Farms" in his home of Revelstoke. He's been learning on the fly while figuring out the almost infinite details of cultivating the land and running a business at the same time.   Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ODjToo1eGRQ Everything LPP:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Summer Adventures Peak Performance Fat Tire RMU Mtn Culture Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden  #LISTENTOSKIING    

Here's all the the info you need to know about all the new riders for the 2023 Season right here.  We're covering the Rookies and Wildcards as well as notable returnees to the tour.   Get yourself informed ahead of the first event in Baqueira Beret, Spain! Visit FWT - https://www.freerideworldtour.com

Evelina Nilsson's passion for skiing is woven together with her lifelong journey through spirituality. She and her siblings were inspired by their father's enthusiasm for skiing, in their home town of Luleå tucked right under the Arctic Circle, where she started ski racing at the early age of 6.  At the age of 12, Evelina's life would take a serious detour as she developed a "severe" eating disorder. She explains how through hospitalization, support from her family and leaning into her spirituality helped her overcome the disease and put her on the path towards curating positive energy in her own life and encouraging the same in others. Evelina went on to compete in moguls then in freeride. She would go on to win her very first competition at the Scandinavian Big Mountain Championship which put her on the path to the Freeride World Tour. We speak about her love of Yoga, her current goals in skiing, filming with The Bunch, almost buying a hostel with her brother and lots more.   Watch on YouTube: https://youtu

CMH President and COO, Rob Rohn,  is the third guest of a three part conversation series with the some of the important people who are in charge of giving you a next level experience when visiting a CMH Lodge for a Heli Skiing trip.  In this case, the Bobbie Burns Lodge. Rob Rohn started his career with CMH as a guide in the winter of '84/'85.  He became the area manager of the Bobbie Burns in '91 for about 10 years before moving into the "office" on the operations side of the business.   CMH has an incredible workplace culture and Rob explains how they try to make sure that, every year, employees working in the office get an opportunity to spend some time heli skiing and experiencing the lodge life. We discuss the challenges during the height of Covid when they didn't run a trip for an entire season as well as what we can expect in the future.  Rob is a life long CMH guy and embodies the true spirit of the company that Hans Gmoser founded back in 1959   #LISTENTOSKIING Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing a

Area Manager and Guide, Matt Dellow,  is the second guest of a three part conversation series with the some of the important people who are in charge of giving you a next level experience when visiting a CMH Lodge for a Heli Skiing Trip.  In this case, the Bobbie Burns Lodge. We speak about the culture of having the staff and guests integrated in lodge to create a casual and welcoming atmosphere.  His lodge, The Bobbie Burns, has recently completed a multi-million dollar renovation.  He tells us about the differences between summer and winter operations, the lodge's amazing wifi and some of the different programs skiers can partake in. Matt has been with CMH for the better part of two decades and has a lot of knowledge about the daily operations of a CHM lodge including how often the heilcopters need to filled in a day, avalanche bombing and safety protcols and much more.  #LISTENTOSKIING Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Sumnmer Adventures, Peak Performance, Fat Tire RMU Mtn Culture Kicking Horse Mo

Lead Guide, Lindsay Andersen,  is the first guest of a three part conversation series with the some of the important people who are in charge of giving you a next level experience when visiting a CMH Lodge for a Heli Skiing Trip.  In this case, the Bobbie Burns Lodge. Even as a teenager Lindsay knew she wanted to be a guide,  often skipping school to go skiing.  She started her career ski patrolling at Lake Louise around the same time she was entering local freeride comps.  She was even featured in the Warren Miller film, "Wintervention".  On her days off, she'll tell you she loves nothing more than going for a good ski tour.   We talk about her 20 year career at CMHI'll tell you, if you get Lindsay as a guide on a trip, you're going to have a good time. #LISTENTOSKIING Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Sumnmer Adventures, Peak Performance, Fat Tire RMU Mtn Culture Kicking Horse Mountain Resort / Tourism Golden    Everything Happening in the LPP is right here:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast

Sam Cohen and I met up in Golden BC as he was about to join his Scott teammates for a couple weeks of skiing and stacking content.   We talked about his upbringing in Alta, and how being the son of legendary ski photographer Lee Cohen had a big affect on the routes he took in his own skiing career.  We talk about planning big adventurous ski missions and the toll they take on the body and mind,  specifically his recent film project, Finding Fury.   Sam also talks about adapting to life after the loss of his good friend and lots more.   Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lAO15LruX10 Enter Here to Win - 2 day Ski and Dining Experience at Kicking Horse Mtn. Resort & Golden BC - Draw Date - Dec 23, 2022 Our Awesome Partners: CMH Heli Skiing and Sumnmer Adventures, Peak Performance, Fat Tire RMU Mtn Culture #LISTENTOSKIING Everything Happening in the LPP is right here:  https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast  

The FWT Podcast Returns!    We are covering the big news: The FWT has been aquired by FIS.  FWT Founder and CEO, Nicolas Hale Woods, joins the show to tell us how it happened and what that means for the tour moving forward.  We review the highlights and important moments of the 2022 season,  we clarify the new titles and structure of the FWT Pyramid and hype up the new season! Enjoy! Freeride World Tour - https://www.freerideworldtour.com/ Presented by:  Peak Performance - https://www.peakperformance.com/ca/en/ Vibram - https://us.vibram.com/