Low Pressure Podcast: Skiing's First Podcast

Isabelle Hanssen is a professional halfpipe skier from the flat-land nation of the Netherlands.  She became obsessed with skiing after travelling to France her family's yearly ski vacation,  "Dutch Week".  Living in the Netherlands, Isabelle had to work hard to get her turns in.  She would travel for hours on public transit, with all of her gear,  just for the chance to ski at one of the countries...

Maude Raymond's home is where her dog is and they are usually hanging out together in her beloved VW Westfalia camper van.  After a long, awful year of terrible luck, injuries and personal setbacks Maude decided to simplify her life so she got a dog a van and hit the road.  As a very creative person, she realized that she needed less to create more and that the nomad life offered her an opportunit...

Freedle Coty has been a filmer and director for  Level 1's annual ski movies for the past 17 years.  He's seen and done a lot within the ski industry including producing his own short-lived, ski themed podcast, "Snowblower"!

The always entertaining Parker White with his trademark mullet and quick wit joins the LPP this week.  Skiing has been all he's really known but is also what he still really loves.  

Leslie Anthony is a journalist, traveller, editor and has been telling (tele-ing) skiing's stories for the better part of three decades.  He has literally written the book on it with 2010's, "White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Global Ski Culture".  Les has been published in virtually every ski publication in the world and has been on the masthead of several magazines including editor of Powder and  ...

Julian Carr has a mantra.  "Storytell, Produce, Monetize".  Following this guideline, accompanied with excellent task management skills,  Julian has not only become one of the most interesting professional skiers today but he has created two successful businesses; Discrete Clothing and the Cirque Series running events.

Reine Barkered is a Freeride World Tour Skier from Åre, Sweden.  He is also a former World Champion.  Since winning the overall title in 2012, Reine has been a consistent threat at every FWT event since.   With his fast, hard charging, take no prisoners style of skiing, a podium finish is never out of the question.

Tyler Curle, like most of the guests on this show, grew up in a skiing family.  Born and raised in Reno,  both of Tyler's parents worked at Mt. Rose, the smaller, lesser skied hill in the Tahoe area.  His dad was a groomer and his mom has had her hand in almost everything thing else at the mountain.

Jackie Paaso has been a competitive skier for most of her life.  Originally from Foxborough Massachusetts, about an hour south-west of Boston, Jackie and her family ended up moving to Maine where she would harness her talent as a up and coming mogul skier. She would go on to collect many accolades throughout her mogul career and was touted as one of the best in the country.  For some reason though...

Markus Eder is one of the most well rounded skiers on the planet.  It's easy to fall into hyperbole when trying to describe the merits of someone who you believe is the one of the best.  In his case, it's the truth.  Raised in Klausberg, in the German speaking area of Northern Italy,  Markus started ski racing like most kids there did.   After a few poor experiences, at age 14 Markus decided to te...

New Zealand's Jossi Wells has established himself as one of today's most versatile freeskiers.  He's represented his country at the Olympics and has won X Games medals in 3 separate disciplines including big air, halfpipe and slopestyle where he won gold in 2016.  He's achieved a lot in his career and there are two things he attributes his success to above all else; family and faith.

Tanner Hall has always been a polarizing figure.  Most people have a opinion on who they think he really is.   I've come to learn that those opinions are usually wrong.   Tanner is competing on the Freeride World Tour and we connected in Golden BC, at the event at Kicking Horse .  I expected we'd talk about things like his run and the mental and physical preparation leading up the events.   The co...

Chris Booth is a fascinating person.  He just spent the last 4 years building Black Crows Skis into one of the hottest and most desired brands in the industry.  When a company has that rare type of momentum and is experiencing yearly, exponential growth you'd think that would be a time to reap the rewards of a lot of hard work.  Perhaps even revel in your success.   Not for Chris.

If you have been a consumer of ski culture over the last 15 years or so theres a good change you already know the name, Mike Rogge.   Many of Mike's major life decisions to have been heavily influenced by his passion skiing.

Andrea Byrne, or "Dre" as she prefers to be called,  is another fresh face on the scene.  Dre recently moved from her home in Fernie to Whistler, BC to be embraced by the "arms of opportunity".  For an up and coming skier, Whistler is definitely a place where opportunity abounds.  

Speak softly and carry a big stick.  In the case of Sam Kuch, its big skis.  Based in Nelson BC, Sam grew up on the slopes of Whitewater ski resort and his skiing of late has has everyone else talking.  Sam tells us that he considers this past season as his coming out party. Check out all the LPP: https://linktr.ee/LowPressurePodcast

Jonny Moseley is one of the reasons why this podcast exists. We discuss navigating social media as older guys who didn't grow up with it. We chat about his family life and his current life in the ski industry working with brands such as K2, Warren Miller Films and his home mountain Squaw Valley.

Remember the name Alex Armstrong or just "Army" as she prefers to be called.  It won't be hard  because you will soon be hearing it a lot.   Army is an up and comer and a hustler who is working hard at making a name for herself in the mountains and on the screen.

Scott Serfas has been shooting action photography for 25 years. We talk about his evolution as a photographer, bagging covers and being the go-to guy shooting for Red Bull. 

Jeff Thomas is without question one of top ski film makers in the industry. In this episode Jeff tells us about the arc of his career working for Poor Boyz, moving on to Switchback Entertainment and eventually Origin Design, where he made the amazing Whistler Blackcomb sponsored "Magnetic".

Chris Burkard is one of the most accomplished and sought after photographers today. Chris tells us how he got his start in photography and through several great stories about hard work, mistakes and sacrifice, we learn about how those lessons taught him to succeed in business, art and life.