Low Pressure Podcast: Skiing's First Podcast

Marcus Goguen is the 2024 Freeride World Tour Champion. He opens up about the whirlwind year that led to his world title, what it's like navigating the business side of skiing at a young age, and how he's balancing competition, personal growth, and future planning. Marcus shares insights into his journey of finding an agent, managing real estate investments, and choosing independent study to enhan...

Mark Warner and FWT Commentator Derek Foose dissect all the action, share the news and provide deep insights into the Freeride World Tour and Natural Selection!  Only the event RECAP episodes will be posted here on the LPP channel.  Subscribe to  The Freeride Guide Podcast to get access to every episode including breaking news and event updates.  ------- This is the FULL event RECAP for the inaugu...

Mark Warner and FWT Commentator Derek Foose dissect all the action, share the news and provide deep insights into the Freeride World Tour and more!  Only the event RECAP episodes will be posted here on the LPP channel.  Subscribe to  The Freeride Guide Podcast  to get access to every episode including breaking news and event updates. ------- This is the FULL event RECAP for the sixth and final eve...

Mark Warner and FWT Commentator Derek Foose dissect all the action, share the news and provide deep insights into the Freeride World Tour and more!  Only event RECAP episodes will be posted here on the LPP channel.  Subscribe to The Freeride Guide Podcast to get access to every episode including breaking news and event updates.   Watch This Episode on YouTube:   https://youtu.be/thKUjRjtZbI The Fr...

Joey Kraft is an emerging talent in ski filmmaking, quickly making a name for himself with his unique vision and dedication to the craft. In this episode, we dive into his journey from working in the Kitchen at RMU and studying at the Whistler Adventure School to winning iF3 awards for his first two films, Water the Plants and The Harvest, which were supported by RMU. With mentorship from industry...

Colby James West is an entertainer. He used to ski. He still does, but he used to too. We chat about his desire to create music and films, inspired by his crazy experiences travelling the world as a professional skier. We chat about current influences and mentors as well as his plans for multiple, ski-themed films, and how he plans to make them happen. He also shares that he's not as comfortable p...

Giray (Gr-eye) Dadali is a pro skier and mechanical engineer of Turkish heritage who grew up in Bristol Valley, New York. Upon moving west to attend school and ski bigger mountains, he became known for many years as "Ahmet's Brother", referring to his pro skier brother Ahmet Dadali. Giray is shedding that moniker now as his personal brand and list of accomplishments keeps growing. Giray used his e...

Colby Stevenson is one of the most versatile, and accomplished, skiers on the planet. He won an Olympic silver medal in Halfpipe in 2022, he was crowned King of Corbets in 2023 and also won Standout Male Skier of the Year at the 2023 iF3 Movie Awards. We talk about a lot on this episode of the LPP. He shares his plans for competing at the next Olympic games, and about his new film "Proof". We chat...

Mark Warner and FWT Commentator Derek Foose dissect all the action, share the news and provide deep insights into the Freeride World Tour and more!  Only event RECAP episodes will be posted here on the LPP channel.  Subscribe to The Freeride Guide Podcast to get access to every episode. Watch This Episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/ztS18vASmv4 The Freeride Guide is Supported By :    Surefoot Sk...

This is the full RECAP of the FWT25 Stop #2 - Val Thorens Pro with special guest, Reine Barkered!   The second event of the season saw the FWT make its return to France where the riders attacked the Lac Noir Face, in powder conditions, on a spectacular bluebird day. For some, the deep snow proved to be more than they could handle. Mark Warner and FWT Commentator Derek Foose dissect all the action,...

The FREERIDE GUIDE has returned!    We're back with Mark Warner and FWT Commentator Derek Foose to dissect all the action, share the news and provide deep insights into the Freeride World Tour and more!  Only a few episodes will be posted here on the LPP channel.  Subscribe to The Freeride Guide Podcast to get access to every episode. This is the full RECAP of the FWT25 Baqueira Beret Pro by Movis...

Zoa Engineering has created a personal electric ski lift that's uniquely portable and easy to use. It's been designed to give skiers and snowboarders more out of their time in the backcountry. Zoa Founder Robert Button and Co-Founder and Marketing Director Andrew Zwicker join us to explain how their PL1 Portable Rope Tow System came to be, how it works and the story behind this potential game chan...

Peter "Peru' Chrzanowski has lived a live of adventure and mishap... and he's survived.  In his memoir aptly named,  "I Survived Myself", Peter tells stories of first descents, harrowing accidents, wild travel tales and much more. In this conversation we talk about the process and inspirations for writing the book about his life.  We dive deeper into some of the tales including his early days skii...

Peter Landsman's, "Lift Blog", is arguably the internet's most comprehensive website dedicated to ski area lift infrastructure, info and current events.  Chairlifts are his passion.  So much so, he works for Jackson Hole's lift operations department and has just completed the impressive feat of visiting every lift in the US and Canada... all 750 of them! We talk about his epic mission , is the 6 p...

Todd Lawson is the Publisher of Mountain Life Magazine has written his first book, "Inside the Belly of an Elephant".  Is the true story of his worldly journeys by motorcycle, inspired by his brother Sean, who passed away from preventable Malaria on his very first moto adventure. Lawson takes us through Africa, every country in Latin America, with his partner Christina, and back again to Africa. ...

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 Snowboarder of all time. His death in an avalanche in 20...

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 downsizing and restructuring. Now, the inmates are...

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 a lot of time spent in helicopters.  It's not...

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 made her way to Revelstoke after growing up in C...

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 her way to Revelstoke where she met Janelle Yip a...

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 spending weeks on the road at a time.  I ask her i...

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 to photographer, environmentalist and then fath...

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 Nevada that host the epic lines he has become k...

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 until the last rider crossed the finish. 0:00 - D...

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 single day. He tells us a few of his tips for keepi...