Evan Friesen

North Shore ski scene | Active public archive: 2021-present | Known for: 21 Gun Salute, WTRP: Grouse, Exit Strategy, skier-filmer work | Current: crew-video skier and filmer

Grouse Snow With A Camera In Hand

The park line at Grouse Mountain was still holding together under coastal snow, with riders dropping between fog, soft takeoffs, and the sound of skis crossing metal. Evan Friesen’s public ski archive begins in that practical North Shore setting, where the filmer is often also one of the skiers.

Friesen is not documented as a major FIS, X Games, Olympic, or World Cup athlete. His profile belongs instead to the skier-filmer side of freeskiing: small crews, local park sessions, Newschoolers uploads, shared camera work, and recurring credits around Grouse Mountain, Seymour Provincial Park, and CHEF-linked videos. The right angle is creative crew skiing, not a conventional competition biography.

21 Gun Salute And The Dual Credit

21 Gun Salute, published by Harukivanv in June 2021, is the clearest first marker for Friesen. The listing credits Haruki van Veenendaal, Evan Friesen, Thomas Kok, and Simon Burns as filmers. It also lists Evan Friesen among the skiers, alongside Lochlan Wilson, Chris Grillman, Bryce Menning, Simon Burns, Ryder Bartlet, Marcus Vanheyst, Joel Macnair, Haruki van Veenendaal, Thomas Cok, Ronan Hoey, and other riders.

That double credit matters. A skier who films the same project he rides in is part of the working structure, not only the talent list. He helps define the shot, the pace of the session, and the way the terrain is shown. For Friesen, 21 Gun Salute gives a clean skier-filmer identity from the start.

Grouse And Seymour As The First Map

The locations attached to 21 Gun Salute are Grouse Mountain and Seymour Provincial Park. Those two names place Friesen inside the Vancouver-area North Shore ski map, where coastal weather, compact terrain, park laps, rails, street-adjacent features, and quick filming windows shape the footage.

Grouse gives the archive a park base. Seymour adds a rougher mixed-terrain context, with trees, side hits, local lines, and a less polished feel than a large destination snowpark. For a skier-filmer, that mix is useful. The same person has to read snow quality, choose a trick, judge where the camera can stand, and decide whether the spot will still work after another attempt.

WTRP: Grouse And The CHEF Link

Friesen appears again in CHEF’s WTRP: Grouse, published in March 2022. The video describes Grouse as a special place to the crew and lists riders in order of appearance, including Will Penrose, Alex Thucydides, Mark Bramwell, Cole Deyman, Mikee French, Lexi Pence, Aidan Mani, Eric Moores, Kevin Xu, Nick Thucydides, Leif Wilson, Steven Kahnert, Tyler Crickmore-Thompson, Nick Saunders, Austin de St Croix, Stephen Siska, Mitch Steven, Andre Dreyer, Evan Friesen, Jordan Holonko, and Ben Lynch.

This credit connects Friesen directly to the CHEF orbit. It also reinforces the Grouse identity. CHEF’s Grouse videos are usually less about formal athlete promotion and more about preserving the feel of a session: the park crew’s work, the line order, the people holding cameras, the slushy landings, and the way a local hill becomes a shared studio.

Opening Weekend And The Smaller Upload Trail

CHEF’s 2022 upload ...? gives Friesen another compact rider credit. The listing describes Grouse opening weekend and includes Will Penrose, Mark Bramwell, Joel Macnair, Alex Thucydides, Eric Moores, Nick Thucydides, Stephen Siska, Evan Friesen, Ben Lynch, Chris Grellier, Jarl Whist, Liam Goldie, Nick Hamilton, Aidan Mani, Cole Deyman, and Nick Suchy.

That kind of small upload is important for low-profile skiers. It may not carry the weight of a feature film, but it shows continuity. Friesen appears not only in one Harukivanv project, but also in CHEF’s recurring Grouse timeline. The archive remains narrow, yet it is more than a single isolated credit.

Filming The War Of 1812

Friesen’s camera role appears again in CHEF’s the war of 1812, published in October 2022. The rider list includes Stephen Lindsay-Ross, Bryce Menning, Alec Henderson, Jimbo, Mitch Steven, Aidan Mulvihill, Tate Garrod, Steven Kahnert, and Brayden Willmont. The filmer list includes Steven Kahnert, Evan Friesen, Stephen Lindsay-Ross, Bryce Menning, Caoimhe Heavey, and Mitch Steven.

This credit strengthens the skier-filmer reading. Friesen is not only a rider who happened to film one early project. He appears again in a production role, inside a video connected to Canadian park and crew skiing. That gives his profile more editorial value than a simple one-paragraph mention.

Exit Strategy And The Feature-Film Marker

Exit Strategy, published by CHEF in October 2023, is Friesen’s strongest feature-length crew marker. The roster lists Stephen Lindsay-Ross, Alex Thucydides, Leif Wilson, Aidan Mani, Ben Lynch, Alec Henderson, Will Penrose, Kai Martin, Everest Hughes, Mark Bramwell, Cole Isfan, Steven Kahnert, Stephen Siska, Nick Thucydides, Liam Golding, Nick Hamilton, Skye Clarke, Evan Friesen, and Matt Lim.

That appearance places Friesen inside CHEF’s transition from smaller web edits into a more complete film identity. For his page, it matters because Exit Strategy is not just a local opening-weekend upload. It is part of the crew’s larger public archive, built by Nick, Leif, and Steven, with riders who had spent years filming around British Columbia parks and street spots.

How Friesen’s Skiing Reads From The Record

The verified record supports a park and street-adjacent reading, but it does not support claims about a signature trick, sponsor roster, podium history, or national-team status. The safest technical vocabulary is rail entries, short-feature speed control, switch movement, press balance, compact landings, and camera-aware skiing around local park setups.

His camera credits add another layer. A skier who films understands how a trick sits in the frame, where the landing needs to happen, how the light affects the shot, and when a feature is worth more attempts. In Friesen’s archive, the skiing and filming roles are connected rather than separate.

Where The Current Archive Fits

Friesen’s current public profile is compact but coherent: 21 Gun Salute in 2021 as both filmer and skier, WTRP: Grouse in 2022, ...? from Grouse opening weekend, filming credit on the war of 1812, and a rider credit in CHEF’s Exit Strategy in 2023.

For skipowd.tv, the best classification is North Shore crew-video skier and filmer, connected to Grouse Mountain, Seymour Provincial Park, Harukivanv footage, and CHEF’s British Columbia ski archive. Future updates should track new CHEF credits, additional Newschoolers uploads, and any verified solo project that gives Evan Friesen a larger individual profile beyond the shared crew-film record.