Dakota Connole

Taos, New Mexico / Park City, Utah | Active public archive: 2016-present | Known for: Child Labor street films, SuperUnknown XIX, Wasteland, Vishnu Key Dakota Connole Pro | Disciplines: street skiing, park skiing, creative jib

Mammoth Sun On The SuperUnknown Course

The Mammoth Unbound course sat bright under Sierra spring light, rails still cold in the morning before soft snow started pulling speed from every landing. Dakota Connole dropped into the SuperUnknown XIX setup with a crew of young street and park skiers trying to make one week feel like a full season.

That 2022 Level 1 finalist week is one of the cleanest public markers in Connole’s profile. SuperUnknown XIX placed him at Mammoth with skiers such as Jackson Doremus, Mathieu Dufresne, William Kalfoss, Sam Lobinsky, Camden Williams and Benjamin Carlund. It was not a World Cup start gate. It was a peer-facing test of style, rail skill, park creativity and how quickly a skier could produce clips inside a private spring setup.

Taos Name, Park City Sheet

Connole’s official FIS record gives him a narrow but useful formal base. FIS lists Dakota Connole as a United States freestyle skier, FIS code 2532516, born in 1998, attached to Team Park City United and currently marked not active. His visible FIS results include Nor-Am slopestyle starts in 2016 at Canada Olympic Park and Buttermilk Mountain.

That competition sheet does not explain why his name matters in modern freeski culture. The better public geography comes from 686, which lists him from Taos, New Mexico. Between Taos identity, Park City competition traces and Salt Lake City street-film crews, Connole’s archive sits in a western American lane where park skill, street rails and crew videos carry more weight than federation rankings.

The Strike Put Him First In The Order

Child Labor’s The Strike, released in 2019, is the first major street-film anchor for Connole. Newschoolers lists him first in the appearance order, ahead of Garrett Whaley, Andrew Egan, Andy Hoblitzelle, Zach Sturtevant, Patrick Ring, Joe Fusare, Thomas Stone, Sam Gnoza, Ryan Funke, Blake Rolfing and Cal Carson.

That order matters because The Strike was not a random montage. It was Child Labor’s first full-length street movie from the 2018/2019 season, filmed on HVX200a and edited by Garrett Whaley and Patrick Ring. The format placed Connole inside a Utah-centered crew whose identity was built through rails, wallrides, icy approaches, concrete landings and the repetition needed to make a winter street part work.

Don’t Fret And The Salt Lake Rail Years

Don’t Fret followed in 2020 and kept Connole inside the core Child Labor roster. Newschoolers lists Andrew Egan, Garrett Whaley, Bennie Osnow, Thomas Stone, Blake Rolfing, Dakota Connole, Zach Sturtevant, Cal Carson and friends, with Garrett Whaley filming and editing alongside Zach Sturtevant on camera.

FREESKIER described Child Labor as a Salt Lake City-based group of rail skiers, which fits the way Connole’s name spread. The project was not about a single polished contest run. It was about streets, spots, repeated impacts, shovel work, camera patience and tricks that had to survive replay by skiers who understand how hard a rough rail really is.

Take 3 Across Minnesota And Salt Lake City

Take 3, listed by iF3 in 2021, gave Child Labor a larger travel map. The film was shot mostly in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Connole appeared with Blake Rolfing, Cal Carson, Garrett Whaley, Bennie Osnow, Andrew Egan, Zach Sturtevant, Thomas Stone, Sam Gnoza, Ryan Funke, Joe Fusare and friends.

Those two regions change the skiing. Minnesota brings cold rails, industrial architecture, long handrails and snow that can be packed into a street inrun for hours. Salt Lake City brings dry snow, schools, ledges, concrete walls and a deep local skier network. Connole’s role in that film placed him inside one of the strongest American street-skiing circuits of the early 2020s.

Why Not? And All In Good Time

Why Not?, released in 2022, was Child Labor’s fourth consecutive full-length street skiing film. iF3 lists the locations as Utah, Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa, New York and Quebec, with Connole again in the skier list. That amount of travel matters because street skiing changes in every city: rail shape, snow storage, security pressure, landing room and weather all decide whether a spot can work.

All In Good Time followed in 2023 as the crew’s fifth straight street film. Newschoolers lists Connole with Blake Rolfing, Garrett Whaley, Sam Gnoza, Zach Sturtevant, Thomas Stone, Bennie Osnow, Seamus Flanagan, Cal Carson, Andrew Egan, Joe Fusare and Ben Marmer. By then, Connole was no longer a one-project name. He was part of Child Labor’s long street-film spine.

How Connole Skis Metal And Jumps

Connole’s skiing sits between street precision and park power. He is not only a soft-flex press skier, and he is not only a jump skier. The details to watch are rail entries, compact rotations, shoulder control, switch exits, gap choices, speed into the next feature and whether a trick keeps its shape after leaving the rail.

That mix explains why his profile travels well from Child Labor streets to SuperUnknown and Level 1. A street skier needs patience, but a spring park session asks for fast adaptation. A jump line needs commitment, while a rail clip needs balance. Connole’s public archive keeps returning to that middle zone: enough strength for bigger features, enough looseness for jibs, and enough visual style for crew films.

Wasteland And The Level 1 Anniversary Crew

Wasteland gave Connole his most visible high-profile film credit. Level 1’s 2024 featurette celebrated the company’s 25th anniversary and was directed by Owen Dahlberg and Andrew Mildenberger. The film featured Jonah Williams, Jake Mageau, Harald Hellström, Anni Kärävä, Parker White, Lucas Wachs, Oscar Weary, Taylor Brooke Lundquist, Chris Logan and Dakota Connole.

That roster matters because Wasteland was not a local street film. It was a curated Level 1 project with a global freeski audience, presented by 686 and Rossignol. Newschoolers described it as a film chasing ten selected skiers across streets and backcountry, which placed Connole’s style beside riders known for very different approaches to snow.

Vishnu Key And The 686 Thread

Vishnu gives Connole the clearest ski-equipment marker. Newschoolers lists the 2025 Vishnu Key Dakota Connole Pro, built around a more traditional park-skiing direction than Vishnu’s softest street models. The listed dimensions are 128-95-118 mm, with camber underfoot, medium tip rocker, minimal tail rocker and a medium flex designed for jumps, speed and larger features while staying maneuverable on rails.

That ski matches the public reading of Connole’s style. His footage is rail-heavy, but he is not boxed into one soft street-ski identity. The 686 team listing adds the outerwear context and places him from Taos, New Mexico. Together, those two references give his page a verified brand frame without needing to invent boot models, binding settings or a full sponsor roster.

Park City Games And The Current Archive

Connole also appears in the SLVSH archive, including a Park City game against Kellan Baker. That kind of format fits the off-contest side of his skiing: call a trick, answer it, adjust quickly, and show enough rail and park vocabulary to hold up under direct comparison.

The strongest skipowd.tv tags for Dakota Connole are Taos, Park City, Salt Lake City, Child Labor, The Strike, Don’t Fret, Take 3, Why Not?, All In Good Time, SuperUnknown XIX, Wasteland, Vishnu, 686, street skiing, rails and creative park. The current endpoint is Wasteland and the Vishnu Key Dakota Connole Pro, with future updates best focused on new Child Labor projects, Level 1 clips, Vishnu edits and any verified personal film part that expands his archive beyond the crew roster.