Eric Blehm is a former editor of Transworld Snowboarding Magazine and is a New York Times best selling author specializing in adventure biographies. He's here to talk about his latest book, "The Darkest White" which is a deep look into the life and tragic death of the legendary snowboarder, Craig Kelly. Kelly is arguably the most influential Snowbo…

NewSchoolers.com has been the leader in skiing's freestyle / jib / park culture since 1999. In that time it has been bought, sold and restructured by their parent companies more times than you can count on two hands. Even though they we're being passed around like "Pokemon Cards", NS was the "cockroach" that just kept on surviving the mergers and d…

Emily Childs is one part of the three person crew of fun loving, hard charging skiers, The Blondes. Earlier this year The Blondes released their film, "How Did We Get Here?" , which answers that exact question, sharing a quick look into the histories of the three athletes and friends. Emily had a busy winter this year with several big ski trips and…

Janelle Yip is one part of the three person crew of fun loving, hard charging skiers, The Blondes. Earlier this year The Blondes released their film, "How Did We Get Here?" , which answers that exact question, sharing a quick look into the histories of the three athletes and friends. This week we dive deep. Janelle or "JY" as she is usually called …

Tonje Kvivik is one part of the three person crew of fun loving, hard charging skiers, The Blondes. Earlier this year The Blondes released their film, "How Did We Get Here?" , which answers that exact question, sharing a quick look into the histories of the three athletes and friends. This week we dive deep. Tonje grew up in Norway before making he…

Marielle Thompson is the 2024 Ski Cross, Crystal Globe winner. It's actually her fouth overall title which she can now place on the mantle alongside her gold and silver Olympic medals. We talk about the evolution of Ski Cross as a sport and why Team Canada has been so dominant over the years. She also shares how she manages the extensive travel spe…

Ming Poon is a very accomplished photographer and environmental advocate based in the outdoor Mecca of Lake Tahoe. His path up to this point took a very unexpected detour when he was thrust into the world of big business and a move to China after the death of his father. We talk about Ming's constant evolution from aspiring guide to expat executive…

Josh Daiek returns to the LPP! This time we spoke in his kitchen in South Lake Tahoe on one of his rare off days. Josh is a true workhorse with an energy dedicated to the projects he creates that is hard to rival. One such project is the third installment to his "Mountain State" film project which highlights the lesser traveled mountain ranges in N…

This is the full RECAP of the FWT24 Yeti Verbier Xtreme This fifth, and final, event of the season was the cherry on top of an amazing, record breaking cycle of the Freeride World Tour. This comp had drama. It had suspense. It had runs that once again pushed forward progression of the sport and it had riders who wouldn't know if they'd be champions…

Je Paq literally launched onto the scene when the clip of his triple front flip off the backside of Whistler Mountain went super viral. One trick doesn't make the skier though as he has been consistently showing us that his skiing ability isn't relegated to a single impressive moment. Je Paq is a true "ski bum", living in his car skiing and every s…

The fourth event of the season saw the FWT make its return to Fieberbrunn, Austria and the legendary Wildseeloder face. This was the first event after the cut with the field of athletes being reduced to half. This is also the only event of the season where the riders get two runs. We talk about record breaking runs, the new, Men's Snowboard Champio…

Emil Granbom is a skier you may know from World Cup Big Air and Slopestyle competitions or SLVSH games. Or you may know him as part of The Bunch. After talking with Emil we've learned that the list is only getting longer. We talk to Emil about his story, starting as a teenager attending a ski academy to finish his schooling up to now, travelling th…

The field of FWT24 riders has been cut in half and we're here to talk about what comes next. Those riders who got cut and those who qualified through the 4* events will now meet in the Challenger Series. We introduce you to some of the names you should to pay attention to including the Challenger Wild Cards. We learn about an athlete who has qualif…

Stinius Skjøtskift ( pronounced Shot-Shift) is a Norwegian skier who's path to becoming a pro athlete has been determined by several fateful moments and his willingness to just "go with it". Trying to join the military and being denied, then accepted led to him winning a couple freeride comps all while Dj-ing nightclubs on the weekends, as a teenag…

The third event of the season saw the FWT make its way to the country of Georgia for the very first time and this event was the cut! We saw Victor de le Rue win his third consecutive event and Marcus Goguen tie the record for the highest scoring run. The ski women suffered a lot of crashes and the Ski Men had 7 men score in the 90's 0:00 - Travel t…

Maxime Chabloz is a RedBull athlete for two different sports and he competes on two different World Tours, simultaneously! One being The Freeride World Tour, which he won in 2022, and the other he kite boards on the GKA Kite World Tour. Max explains how he's able to juggle both, sometimes flying from one event in the mountains to another on the bea…

Lily Bradley is a competitor and event winner on the Freeride World Tour who identifies as Queer / Non Binary. They are in the short film. "People Like Us", that explores queer identity in mountain towns and snow sports. Lily talks with Mark about the inherent difficulties growing up in a sport feeling very different from everyone else and figuring…

The second event of the FWT season saw the tour return to Canada at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, BC Canada. The comp couldn't be held on the OZONE face as intended due to poor conditions and was switched to T1 South, the same face as 2022. As expected the riders did their thing including another level unlocked by a Ski Women's competito…

Listen to THE FREERIDE GUIDE right when it's released. Find and Follow the channel on your preferred podcast app. It will be released on the LPP a day or two later all season. -- Stan Rey has been announced as a Wildcard! Mark and Derek are discussing the Injury and Wildcard updates coming from the FWT ahead of the Kicking Horse Golden Pro event ne…

Simon Hillis is a pro skier who was born in Bali, Indonesia but grew up in Rossland, BC skiing at Red Mountain. It's a good thing his family ended up in settling in the Kootenay Mountains because he's proven he belongs on a pair of skis. As a child Simon was hard to beat on the Junior freeride circuit consistently winning North American and Local c…

Dane Tudor has been a pro skier for the last 15 years. Among many awards and accolades he won Standout Skier of the Year in 2009 and again in late 2022. He talks about the journey his career took in between those achievements and offers a rarely heard, and very frank, point of view on his relationships with past sponsors and the struggles of negoti…

This is the Full RECAP of the FWT Verbier Pro Event with Hosts, Mark Warner and Derek Foose The first event of the season was organized by the FWT in just under a week after the originally planned event in Baqueira Beret was cancelled and the action did not disappoint. 4:44 - The Backslap segment fan emails & insights from the commentary booth with…

This is all the info you need to know about all the new riders for the 2024 FWT season. We're covering the Rookies and Wildcards as well as notable athletes returning to the tour. Get yourself informed ahead of the first event in Verbier! We want to hear from you! We'll be reading listener's emails in our new segment called, The Backslap. Send your…

Brooklyn Bell is an important person at the forefront of the movement responsible for raising awareness and building representation in not only skiing but also mountain biking and the greater outdoor industry. This is a conversation I was grateful to be able to have because I haven’t had many like this. I'm grateful to Brooklyn for being able to as…

BIG NEWS out of the FWT this week. The first scheduled stop of the 2024 tour at Baqueira Beret, Spain has been cancelled! Hey LPP Nation, help us grow the new show ! Please find and follow the Freeride Guide Podcast's independent channel to get all the episodes, extended interviews and special features. Not everything will be posted here. Thanks! S…

The Freeride Guide Podcast is your guide to in-depth analysis, commentary and insider information about the Freeride World Tour and all your favourite, ski and snowboard freeride events. Your hosts Mark Warner and FWT broadcast commentator Derek Foose are back with this brand new podcast and start the show clearing up a few unanswered questions abo…

Grant Gunderson has established himself as one of the ski industry's all time great photographers. Fuelled by a insatiable love for skiing an unique need for creativity, he's spent the last 25+ years showing us the best of what skiing can be. Grant opens up about the events of last season's tragic avalanche in Japan that took the lives of Kyle Smai…

Kye Petersen Returns to the LPP to talk about his excellent 5 part film series, "Sacred Grounds". We discuss the changes he's seen and experienced in the ski industry since he entered it as a kid and what inspires him now. He also tells us about the lifecycle of Kye Shapes, the ski brand he founded and much more. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode …

Izzy Lynch is carving a path for professional athletes that are figuring out how to balance a family and manage their careers. The Revelstoke based mom of two, talks about her role in growing Protect Our Winters Canada, how the ski industry is adjusting to the new reality of motherhood in our sport, her insatiable need for new projects and how to k…

Ski Photographer Andrew Chad has a unique approach to his craft. You could possibly call it the no plan, plan. There's something to be said about being in the right place at the right time and he's a real believer in those special moments that you can't expect. Raised in Dallas Texas, Andrew tells us that his career has been heavily influenced by r…

Katie Burrell returns in the lead up to "Weak Layers" her first feature length, Hollywood Film! Over the last 6 years, Katie has been consistently levelling up with her filmmaking and she credits that to her ability to invest in herself. Set for a theatrical release on Jan 5, 2024 Weak Layers is a refreshed take on the ski comedy genre, with a far …

Dania Assaly is a pioneer of Women's freestyle skiing. She was part of the first wave of women, which included Sarah Burke and Kristi Leskinen, who would lead the way to create more opportunities, higher visibility and better pay for female ski athletes. She now coaches the next generation of shredders and helps keep the current roster of stars sta…

The legendary sender Hugo Harrisson emerges to talk about his influential skiing career and explains the sequence of events of how he became one of the best big mountain skiers of all time. Included are stories of not falling in his first 5 years of filming, the skis he used to keep him on his feet, transitioning into FWT judging and eventually ste…

Jonathan Rollins is next on the list of the up and coming skiers you need to know. The Rossland BC native, who was just nominated for the IF3 "Breakout Skier of the Year" award, talks to us about finding a Mentor in Dane Tudor, goal setting, getting put through "Style" boot Camp while working as a digger at Momentum and that he loves nothing more t…

In 2015 during the WSI World Tour Finals, Jamie MoCrazy suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) so severe that she really shouldn't be here today. Fast forward 8 years and Jamie is here with her sister Jeanee to talk about their new film, "#MoCrazyStrong", which documents almost a decade of recovery and what the MoCrazy family learned through the p…

Xander Guldman just won the iF3 Award for, "Breakout Skier of the Year" with his performance in the HEAD Freeski Team Film, "Unified". It didn't hurt that he also impressed in this year's MSP film, "The Land of Giants" and competed on the Freeride World Tour. Get to know Xander in this great conversation where we talk about growing up in Tahoe, bec…

Alex Hall is an Olympic Gold Medalist for the USA in Slopestyle. Last year, most of his winter season was spent travelling and competing with the national team. He managed to find the time to connect with his friend, Hunter Hess, to produce the third instalment of their award winning ski film series, Magma. Alex tells us that dedication to the proj…

Introducing Marcus Goguen and Wei Tien Ho, two of the most exciting, up and coming big mountain skiers in the scene. The two Whistler locals have been friends since they were kids and are now starting to make their names known, not only through their impressive feats displayed on their instagram feeds but also in competition. Marcus proved himself …

Craig Murray returns to the LPP with his filmer, friend and collaborator Finlay Woods. They talk about their excellent film, "Highway Seventy Three", which highlights the skiing and culture of the the Club Fields along New Zealand's famous Alpine Highway. Craig also talks about his feelings about the transition between the FWT and filming full time…

Featuring: Ludovic Guillot-Diat, Valentin Rainer, Max Hitzig Hosts Mark Warner and Derek Foose discuss the events leading up to and after the cancellation of the season's final event, the Verbier Extreme, and the effects from that decision on the overall standings. We're also looking back at the full FWT23 Season. New champions were crowned, vetera…

Jeremie Heitz is following in the footsteps of the first real ski mountaineering pioneers from the Alps. We talk about his landmark film La Liste and those mentors that allowed him to take skiing those lines to the next level. Included are the Falquet brothers who brought him into the world of ski films and how close they still are to this day. Hei…

We have a conversation with Reine Barkered who has decided to hang up the skis after 15 Seasons on the FWT. We also check in with the riders during a weather hold in Verbier and to learn how they pass the time. 1:36 - Waiting it out with the Athletes 10:48 - Our chat with Reine Join our FunBet FWT Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticg…

Tom Ritsch is in Canada for the first time and is fully embracing the differences that the North American ski culture provides. We talk about the difficulty of skiing pillows and the quick access to big terrain that sled sking offers. He also explains the story behind the hilarious, pre-recorded, and somehow "Live Streamed" event, Ritsch's Roll, pr…

This is the Full RECAP of the fouth stop of the FWT23 Season at Fieberbrunn, Austria with Mark and Co-Host Derek Foose 12:50 - Snowboard Men 19:08 - Ski Women 20:40 - Katie Anderson 30:43 - Ski Women 44:30 - Ski Men 47:07 - Andrew Pollard Join the FWT Podcast FUN BET Fantasy League - https://peakperformance.pronosticgames.fr/login RedMark Media Pod…

Veronica Paulsen is the Backflip Queen... of Corbet's. Over the last several years she's had a clear vision of what she wants and where she wants to be with her skiing and her place in the industry. That vision also brings awareness and the ability to pivot and adapt when things may not be going to plan. Veronica is about to launch a brand new web …

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 accessibi…

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 tur…

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://lin…

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 r…