Low Pressure Podcast: Skiing's First Podcast

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 Champion, the freestyle vs. freeride argument and lots m...

  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 the world and jumping on as many projects as p...

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 qualified for both the Ski and Snowboard categories incl...

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 teenager. Listen to him tell his fascinating journey.  ...

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 to Georgia / Katie Burrell Commentating / Georgi...

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 beach and back again.  The Swiss born Chabloz is as...

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 out how to navigate that maze. They also realize...

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 competitor. 0:00 - Snow Conditions / Sit Skier forerunner...

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 next week. We've learned that Simon Perraudin and...

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 championships alike. He's since shifted his focus t...

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 negotiating contracts.   #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH Dane's...

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 Derek 16:24 - Snowboard Men 25:00 - Snowboard Wom...

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 questions, comments or glowing praise to: ba...

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 ask her, someone from the BIPOC community, about the...

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! Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3njhQT...

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 about the switch away from the Freeride World Tour Po...

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 Smaine and Christoph Schöfegger. He explains the diffi...

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 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pgPa4vr8tSo Latest...

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 keep thefeelings of "Imposter Syndrome" at bay.  ...

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 rad, outdoor women and he's had success by taking...

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 more realistic take on ski town life, from Kati...

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 stay in shape through her Freestyle Fit personal trai...

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 stepping away to focus on his family and enjoying bei...

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 than skiing. #LISTENTOSKIING WATCH this episode You...

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 process.  It has empowered them to form their ch...