The Mayrand podcast

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Finley Melvile-Ives Finley is currently one of the best halfpipe skier in the world. He's been on a stratospheric rise in the past two seasons earning 4 world cup podiums including 3 wins, winning world champs in 2025 and winning x games gold in 2026. In this episode we talked about his upbringing, growing up in New Zealand and getting into...

Discussion with pro skier, X Games gold medalist and olympic medalist, Luca Harrington Luca is a pro skier, X games gold medalist, Olympic medalist and currently one of the most dominant comp skier in the world. In this episode we talked about Luca's upbringing in New Zealand and how he got into skiing. We talked about his inspiration from past legends from New Zealand and what's in the...

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Troy Podmilsak Troy is a pro skier, X Games big air gold medalist and part of a new generation that is pushing the boundaries of big air skiing. He blew up onto the scene as a grom showcasing great promise through his online videos. As a teen, Troy climbed the competition ladder and eventually made it on to world cups as part of the US team. Eve...

Discussion with ex pro skier, freeski legend and industry professional, Khai Krepela Khai is one of the Greatests of street skiing. He blew up onto the scene in 2012 with his standout segment in Toy Soldier productions' Act natural. Khai then went on a legendary 10 year roll where he filmed with Poor Boyz in 2013 and then joined Level 1 for their films Less, small world, pleasure, habit and r...

Episode presented by Surface skis  Discussion with skier, Freeski judge and marketing director, Jason Arens. Jason is heavily involved in freeskiing, both as a marketing director and co-owner at surface skis / joystick / causwell and as a freeski judge.  He's been involved as a judge for over 10 years now and has become the worldwide reference for freeski judging. The events he's been a...

Discussion with legendary filmmaker Kyle Decker Kyle has been working in skiing for close to 20 years now. His immense resume includes working on some of the most classic level 1 films like Realtime, Turbo, Refresh, Eye trip, Afterdark and Sunny. Directing 2013's the wallisch project.  Working alongside AJ Dakoulas on numerous Good Company videos. Putting out some of the best edits in skiing...

Discussion with freeski legend and X-Games medalist, Parker White parker is a freeskiing legend. He has now been a pro skier for over 15 years, cumulating legendary film segments with level 1, in X Games' real ski competition, through his web series The big picture and more recently with his trilogy of films ( nothing nothing new and something). Last season , Parker led the charge for a level...

Episode presented by K2 skis ! Discussion with pro skier, X Games medalist and street skiing legend, Keegan Kilbride! In the past decade, Keegan has established himself as one of the top pro skiers in the film word with his street segments in Level 1 movies and in others projects like HG skis' ''Eat the Guts'', 2018's X Games real ski and his self-produced project &ap...

Discussion with X-Games gold medalist and freeskiing legend, Tom Wallisch Tom is the GOAT of freeskiing. He’s one of the most influential freeskier of all time. He’s won every competition there is and has filmed countless segments with pretty much every production company there is. Since stepping away from competitions in 2015, he's still been super active on the scene by producing films with...

Discussion with pro skier, X-Games gold medalist and Olympic gold medalist, Alex Hall Alex is one of the best and most well-rounded skier in the world right now. While the sport has gotten hyper specialized  in the last decade, Alex thrives in so many aspects of the sport winning X-Games big air, Olympic slopestyle while also filming some of the best street skiing and backcountry videos in between...

Episode presented by K2 skis ! Discussion with Olympic medalist, 3x X-Games gold medalist and freeski legend in the making, Colby Stevenson! Colby is a skier from Park city, Utah. He first blew up on the scene starting in 2014 with shots in Stept's 'Ten and two, followed by appearances in Good Company and Level 1 films. He also got great results in competitions, shined in events like Wes...

Discussion with Axis boardshop owner and co-founder, Scott Reeves! Scott is an entrepreneur from Québec with a big passion for action sports. After many years working in a shop while completing an engineering degree, Scott teamed up with 2 friends to start Axis boardshop in 2002. What started out of a passion for action sports turned into an immediate success. Axis quickly became a staple in the Q...

Discussion with pro skier and 2022 'Skier of the year', Jonah Williams! Episode presented by Rossignol ! Jonah is a pro skier from Utah,  he quickly blew up on the scene in 2015 winning Superunknown XII and making waves online with his flawless style and tech skills. 8 years later, Jonah is recognized as one of the best all-around skiers in the world. Through the years, We've seen J...

Discussion with pro skier, 8x X Games medalist, Torin Yater-Wallace Introduced to the world when he joined the Armada team at only 14, Torin quickly became one of the best skiers in the world with his unique style, deep bag of tricks and incredible results in halfpipe competitions. For close to ten years, Torin dominated the pipe competition scene with constant podiums in the worlds biggest events...

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Quinn Wolferman Episode presented by Armada skis ! Quinn is a pro skier from Montana. He made his name through the years starring in SLVSH games, Level 1's superunknown XIII and many other edits and movies. Through the years Quinn also climbed up the ranks of comp skiing, Eventually Competing in world cups and missing out on the 2018 olympi...

Discussion with pro skier and member of the Forre crew, Mainio Ormio Episode presented by SURFACE skis ! Mainio is part of the infamous Forre crew who have been putting some incredible ski films in the past few years. Mainio joined the crew in 2021 for their film 'Forrmula' and made waves with his unique and impressive segment. He ended up winning the 'trick of the year' award...

Discussion with pro skier and member of the Forre crew, Harald Hellstrom Episode presented by SURFACE skis! Harald is part of the infamous Forre crew who have been putting some incredible ski films in the past few years. The creative approach to his tricks and spot selection mixed in with his eagerness to go big makes him standout as one of the best street skiers in the world right now. In this ep...

Discussion with pro skier, X Games medalist, Olympian and all around style boss, Max Moffatt! Max is a Canadian skier from Ontario who has been on the world stage competitions since 2017.  He made a name for himself with his super technical rail and jump skills mixed in with a top tier style. After many years making his place as one of the top skiers in the game, Max had his big break last season...

Discussion with pro skier, Olympian and 5x X Games medalist, Megan Oldham At only 21, Megan has already cemented her place as one of the top freeskiers in the world. She has been on the world cup circuit for 4 seasons now. In that time, she earned 1 crystal globe, 5 X Games medals and recently went to the Olympics in Beijing for both slopestyle and big air competitions. At only 21, she already cem...

Discussion with freeskiing GOAT, 13x X Games medalist and Olympics medalist, Henrik Harlaut The man needs no introduction but lets still go ahead. He has won 13 x games medals including 8 gold medals. He won or podiumed at every major competition there is. He created and starred in one of the most influential web series of all time with the B&E show with fellow legend Phil Casabon. Since 2008,...

Discussion with freeskiing GOAT, 13x X Games medalist and Olympics medalist, Henrik Harlaut The man needs no introduction but lets still go ahead. He has won 13 x games medals including 8 gold medals. He won or podiumed at every major competition there is. He created and starred in one of the most influential web series of all time with the B&E show with fellow legend Phil Casabon. Since 2008,...

Discussion with skier, FIS judge and Surface skis / Joystick poles marketing director, Jason Arens Jason is heavily involved in the ski industry as he's been travelling the world judging the biggest events for years now. Some of those include Dew tour, X Games, world cups and recently the Olympics in China. Aside from that, Jason is a great guy who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable ab...

Discussion with skier, FIS judge and Surface skis / Joystick poles marketing director, Jason Arens Jason is heavily involved in the ski industry as he's been travelling the world judging the biggest events for years now. Some of those include Dew tour, X Games, world cups and recently the Olympics in China. Aside from that, Jason is a great guy who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable ab...

Discussion with pro skier turned filmmaker Brady Perron Brady perron made a name for himself with his unique style and numerous video parts with 4bi9 media. He eventually made the switch to being behind the lens in the ski world, starting with his involvement in 2016's 'Be inspired' starring Henrik Harlaut and Phil Casabon. Since then, Brady has worked with the biggest names (Phil C...

Discussion with member of the legendary Real skifi crew from Finland, Juho Kilkki Since the release of their first episode in 2011, Real skifi became one of the most popular freeski crew and web series of all time with their highly creative and innovative approach to skiing. Since their start as teens, they've made dozens of videos getting millions of views. They've worked with some of t...