Dylan Patee
Profile and significance
Dylan Patee is a park skier and filmer who sits right in the middle of the modern grassroots freeski scene: Midwest rope-tow nights, Mt. Hood summers, small-hill contests and dense rail gardens captured from just a few metres away. Under the handle “dylanpatty_” he describes himself as an ATCH CORP and Vishnu freeski artist, which is a good shorthand for what he does: ski with style, film his friends, then turn the footage into tightly edited park and urban-style clips. His own season edits and appearances in crew projects show a rider who is as comfortable behind the lens as he is on the rail set, which is exactly what today’s independent ski media ecosystem runs on.
Instead of chasing FIS points, Patee’s name shows up in YouTube credits, Newschoolers video descriptions and industry write-ups. He filmed and cut multi-rider projects like “Vahalla Dreaming,” appears in Hood edits such as “These Days,” and is one of the recurring skiers in ATCH CORP drops. A SnowSports Industries America terrain-park contest article even lists him as part of the Gunstock Terrain Park Crew, tying his work to the New Hampshire resort’s park programme. Put together, that places him in a growing class of rider–filmers who document how freeskiing really looks for most riders: floodlit nights, creative mid-sized features and the constant repetition that builds real skill.
Competitive arc and key venues
Patee’s “competitive” arc is less about bib numbers and more about where his skiing and filming show up. On the resort side, his name is attached to Gunstock’s terrain park crew in coverage of a national park-building contest, reflecting the way he has helped shape, ride and document features at the New Hampshire mountain. That kind of recognition matters: terrain-park contests are judged by industry peers, and crews that make the cut are the ones whose features both ride well and look good on camera.
On the rider side, he appears in park edits that surface repeatedly in the online freeski ecosystem. At Trollhaugen in Wisconsin, ATCH CORP’s “Birds Of The Nest” is presented explicitly as a Midwest park answer to a low street-skiing winter, and Patee is one of the skiers whose rail lines and jump tricks carry the piece. Edits from Mt. Hood’s public parks and spring lanes show him taking that same style to bigger jump sets and longer lines, often during the summer operations at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood. These videos might not have live scoring or podium ceremonies, but within the freeski community they function like results sheets: they show who is progressing, who is filming consistently and who has something distinctive to say on skis.
How they ski: what to watch for
On snow, Dylan Patee skis exactly like someone who spends a lot of time staring down a rail through a camera viewfinder: he understands what reads well on screen. His runs in Midwest and Hood edits are defined by a low, compact stance and deliberate edge use on rails and tubes. Approaches are rarely frantic; he sets speed early, squares up to the feature and lets the trick unfold cleanly. Expect to see surface swaps, front swaps and spin-on, spin-off combinations that rely more on timing and lock-in than on sheer risk. When he exits a rail, he often lands already thinking about the next feature, which is why his park lines feel like one long thought instead of a sequence of disconnected moves.
On jumps, he leans into classic, repeatable slopestyle tricks rather than giant, one-hit bangers. Cork 7s, switch spins and well-held grabs show up in his season edits, usually done at a speed that keeps the landing forgiving and the style visible. Body language is relaxed and shoulders stay relatively quiet, which makes his skiing feel approachable for viewers who want to imagine themselves learning the same tricks with enough laps. For anyone trying to study his clips, the key details are speed control on approach and how early he commits to a line: there is very little last-second hesitation, which is exactly what keeps rail skiing safe and stylish.
Resilience, filming, and influence
Patee’s impact is most obvious when you look at ATCH CORP as a whole. The brand’s own site frames the project as a small, personality-driven ski media label, shouting out “Patty” as a ski rapper whose personal side conquest includes ATCH CORP Radio and a stream of edits. That mix of music, skiing and DIY web presence is a good snapshot of his wider role: he is not just a skier appearing in front of someone else’s camera, but a creative force helping shape what Midwest- and East Coast–centric park media looks like.
Through ATCH CORP’s YouTube channel and social clips, he has helped document events like the Open Haugen rail jam anniversary at Trollhaugen and the Encounter Jam series in the Valhalla park zone, giving local riders high-quality footage from nights that might otherwise disappear into memory. When there is no street snow, edits like “Birds Of The Nest” pivot to park-heavy storytelling, making the most of the rope-tow rhythm and dense rail builds that define Midwest skiing. For younger skiers watching from similar hills, the message is clear: you do not need a huge budget or a full-time film crew to put your scene on the map—what you need is a couple of motivated riders, a camera that can survive winter and someone willing to edit until the story feels right.
Geography that built the toolkit
The geography behind Patee’s skiing and filming is a triangle of very different places. On one side is the Midwest, anchored by Trollhaugen in Wisconsin. Trollhaugen is famous for its rope-tow terrain parks and late-night sessions, with multiple parks packed into a modest vertical drop. It is exactly the kind of place where you can stack dozens of rail hits in a single evening, and ATCH CORP edits show Patee and friends doing just that, using every tube, wall and transfer option available.
Another vertex sits in New England at Gunstock Mountain Resort in New Hampshire, where the terrain park crew—listed in industry write-ups alongside his name—builds features overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. Working and riding in that environment means dealing with variable weather and tight build timelines, which in turn teaches patience, versatility and respect for how much labour goes into every feature. The third point is the Pacific Northwest, centred on the near year-round terrain parks at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. Summer and spring edits from Hood place Patee in long, flowing slopestyle-style lanes where the snow is soft, the light is bright and tricks can be dialled over thousands of repetitions. Together, these locations explain why his skiing looks both precise and adaptable—he has learned to read very different parks and snowpacks.
Equipment and partners: practical takeaways
Although he is not marketed around a single pro model, Patee’s gear choices are easy to read from his clips. He often rides symmetrical, soft-flexing park skis from indie brand Vishnu Freeski, models built specifically for rails, presses and urban-style lines. That setup pairs well with the kind of skiing he does: lots of switch approaches, surface swaps, nose and tail butters and repeated impacts on metal. For everyday riders, the practical takeaway is that if your winter looks like his—rope tows, small jumps and rail gardens—a durable, centre-mounted park ski with a forgiving flex will help more than a stiff, directional freeride plank.
On the softgoods side, ATCH CORP’s own hoodies and collab pieces appear frequently in his edits, signalling a preference for gear that can survive slams and late nights as well as look good in frame. Because much of his skiing happens in cold, windy Midwestern or New England weather, layering and outerwear that stay warm while lapping chairs or rope tows are just as important as skis and boots. His projects also highlight the value of a small, reliable camera kit—gimbals and action cameras that can handle repeated cold starts and still deliver stable follow-cam footage.
Why fans and progressing skiers care
Fans and progressing skiers care about Dylan Patee because he represents the real texture of modern freeski life: working on terrain parks, skiing with the crew after dark, saving for that Mt. Hood trip and then turning all of it into edits that make people want to clip in. He is not a World Cup slopestyle star or an X Games headliner; instead, he is part of the backbone that keeps park culture evolving at the local level. His work with ATCH CORP, his presence in multi-rider edits and his role in crew projects at places like Trollhaugen, Gunstock and Timberline show that you can have a meaningful impact on freeskiing without ever stepping onto a FIS podium.
For riders coming up on similar hills, his path is a blueprint. Learn to treat your local park as a creative space. Help build or maintain features when you can. Film your friends and yourself, even if the first edits are rough. Use rope-tow nights and spring laps to refine tricks until they feel automatic. Watching how Patee skis and how his edits stitch small moments into coherent stories turns his career into both inspiration and instruction for the next wave of park and street-focused freeskiers.
