VORTEX - Full Ski Film
Roslyn, Washington / Pacific Northwest | Active public archive: 2022-present | Known for: OS Crew, VORTEX, absORB, Magnetic, Beavus x OS at Hood | Discipline: street skiing, park, filming, editing
The rail lane at Boise’s Idaho Potato Drop looked icy under city lights, with snow hauled into place and spectators packed close enough to hear every edge scrape. Keegan O’Brien was not only part of the skiing culture around the setup; he was one of the people helping capture it.
OS Crew’s 2023 Urban Air recap listed O’Brien among the camera crew, alongside Ryan Bethal, Aron Bayreuther, Mitch Lambert, Hunter Smith and John Webster. The riders included Ben Fethke, Anton Holter, Jeff Gill, Ian Russell, Kyle Johnston, Jake Barrett, Justin “Juice” Kennedy and Mason Kennedy. That position behind the lens gives the cleanest entry point into O’Brien’s profile.
One of O’Brien’s clearest early archive credits is Beavus x OS at Hood, published through Newschoolers in November 2022. The edit was described as a re-edit of Beavus footage from Mount Hood, built from folders of clips supplied by Justin “Juice” Kennedy.
The credits matter because they put O’Brien in two roles at once. He was listed among the filmers with Ian Russell, Justin Kennedy and Hannah Wolff, and he was also credited as the editor. Mount Hood gives the piece its texture: slushy summer snow, camp-style rail laps, soft landings, quick resets and a park environment where crews can stack tricks long after most North American resorts have closed.
Magnetic, released in 2023, moved O’Brien into a larger OS Crew production. Downdays described the project as OS Crew’s eighth urban ski film and framed the crew as one of the most active street-ski groups of the past decade. The rider list included Aden Moore, Ian Russell, Audrey Friess, Zac Scheuerman, Josh Karcher, Kyle Johnston, Queso Dubois, Jake Barrett, Ridge Dirksmeier, Aron Bayreuther, Graham Gray, Mason Kennedy and Juice Kennedy.
O’Brien was not listed as a main rider in that write-up. He was credited as helping film, with Hunter Smith and Crosby Cre. That distinction is important. His public role is not built only from tricks. It is built from the work around street skiing: angles, takeoffs, attempts, landings, slams, batteries, snow patches and the patience needed to make a rail mission into a coherent film.
O’Brien’s value in the archive sits between skier, filmer and editor. Street skiing needs that overlap. A good filmer has to understand where the skier will pop, how fast the inrun is, whether the rail sound matters, and how much landing space exists beyond the frame.
The same eye matters in editing. Beavus x OS at Hood shows him arranging park laps into a rhythm rather than simply dumping clips online. With OS Crew, that sensibility fits a group that mixes rails, pow, spring builds and private park shoots. The skier in front of the camera matters, but so does the person deciding when the shot starts and when it cuts.
absORB, listed by iF3 as OS Crew’s ninth annual film, gives O’Brien a stronger on-screen credit. The festival page lists Justin “Juice” Kennedy as director, OS Crew as production, and athletes including Kyle Johnston, Jake Barrett, Jake Cress, Josh Karcher, Aden Moore, Emma Jones, Carson Sharp, Mason Kennedy, Julian Gluck, Ian Russell, Keegan O’Brien, Graham Gray and Juice Kennedy.
The film’s description emphasized the work behind the piece and the idea of absorbing the good times while they happened. That fits OS Crew’s style: street spots, heavy rails, small crews, road-trip weather, long winter days and enough behind-the-scenes grind to make each landed trick feel less casual than it appears in the final cut.
VORTEX became O’Brien’s most visible public marker. FREESKIER described it as OS Crew’s tenth annual ski film, with street and backcountry riding, spring kicker sessions and mid-winter powder. The roster included Mason Kennedy, Kyle Johnston, Trevor Hattabaugh, Ben Moxham, Ian Russell, Graham Gray, Anton Holter, Josh Karcher, Jack Feick, Nikolay Dobrianov, Lucas Sizzla, Danner Brummer, Colin Dexter, Nathan Goddard, Chris Colgan, Keegan O’Brien and Juice Kennedy.
KCSSC’s 2025 movie-premiere listing gave a more personal framing, calling O’Brien a Roslyn local and videographer and saying the audience would see OS Crew’s VORTEX through his eyes. That phrase gives the page its strongest angle. O’Brien is not only appearing in the roster; his camera perspective helps define how the film is watched.
Newschoolers’ OS Crew listing for the full VORTEX film described the project as the crew’s tenth annual movie, built from street, powder, spring builds and a private park shoot. The same page lists O’Brien among the skiers, with the riders collectively handling filming and Justin “Juice” Kennedy editing the final piece.
That range matters because O’Brien’s archive should not be filed as rail-only. OS Crew’s recent language includes street, pow and spring-built features, which means the skiing moves between urban handrails, soft snow, booters, slushy transitions and park-style sessions. For a filmer-skier, each environment changes the job: a street rail needs precision, powder needs movement, and a spring build needs timing before the snow collapses.
There is not enough reliable public information to build O’Brien’s page around FIS results, X Games starts, Dew Tour podiums or a confirmed personal sponsor roster. The public record points instead toward OS Crew films, Mount Hood edits, camera credits, editing credits and a modern crew-based version of freeski visibility.
That limitation keeps the profile honest. O’Brien belongs in the street-film and creative-ski archive, not the Olympic contest archive. His name appears where independent ski culture often lives: Newschoolers uploads, crew films, premiere listings, rail-jam recaps and credits that viewers might miss if they only scan for medal winners.
The strongest skipowd.tv tags for Keegan O’Brien are OS Crew, VORTEX, absORB, Magnetic, Beavus x OS at Hood, Mount Hood, Boise Urban Air, Roslyn, street skiing, park skiing, filming and editing. His page should connect rider clips with behind-the-camera work rather than separating the two.
The safest current endpoint is VORTEX in 2025: OS Crew’s tenth annual film, with O’Brien listed in the skier roster and described externally as a Roslyn-based videographer. Future updates should focus on new OS Crew films, verified editing credits, rider parts, premiere listings and any confirmed sponsor or project role that becomes public.