Liam Morgan - Freeride Skier Canada

Hometown: Fernie, Canada | Active: 2017-present | Known for: Burrrlapz films, LINE Skis backcountry projects and a 2021 iF3 Breakout Skier nomination | Sponsors: LINE Skis | Disciplines: freeride, backcountry freestyle

In February 2017, junior freeriders dropped into Big Bang at Fernie Alpine Resort with fresh lines to choose through the competition face. Liam Morgan was skiing on home terrain in the 15–18 men's category, surrounded by riders from Fernie, Whitewater and other western Canadian mountains. The event belongs to an earlier part of his skiing, before snowmobiles, film crews and backcountry jumps became the dominant ingredients in a career rooted in the same British Columbia town.

Fernie 2017: Ben Woodward leads juniors

Morgan finished second in the 2017 Jeep Junior Freeski competition at Fernie, behind Ben Woodward and ahead of Jesse Thurston in the 15–18 men's category. The result fits the competitive background retained by the Freeride World Tour, which also records Morgan as a Canadian ski athlete with Junior World Championship experience. Neither result qualifies for the main competition list under the criteria used here, but they establish his route through junior freeride before filmmaking became central to his skiing. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="0"}

British Columbia 2021: Burrrlapz builds Football

Football documented the Burrrlapz crew's 2020/21 winter in British Columbia. Morgan joined Dylan Siggers, Mikel Witlox, Sophie Perrault, Garrett Capel, Joshua Lloyd, Josh McSkimming and other friends in a home movie built collectively by the riders themselves. FREESKIER identified Morgan and Siggers as two central figures in the project, while nine people received filming credits. Football also put Morgan on the 2021 iF3 shortlist for Breakout Skier of the Year, alongside Cole Richardson, Dennis Ranalter, Harald Hellström and Joona Sipola. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="1"}

Grand Targhee 2022: Clag Monsters forms

Low cloud and fog covered Grand Targhee during the five-day LINE Skis shoot that became Clag Monsters. Morgan skied with Jonnie Merrill, Dylan Siggers, Jake Hopfinger, Wing Tai Barrymore and Garrett Capel. The terrain moved from in-resort gullies and cliff drops to backcountry jumps, giving the group several types of natural and built features inside one project. LINE created the film around its Blade Optic collection, with the weather itself supplying the title. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"}

Fernie 2022–24: LINE meets home terrain

Morgan's relationship with LINE also brought larger team shoots directly to Fernie. In March 2022 he joined Dylan Siggers and Rob Heule among the local skiers guiding a fifteen-athlete crew through Fernie Alpine Resort and Fernie Wilderness Adventures. After several lift-accessed days, a snowcat carried the group roughly 40 minutes into the neighboring backcountry for fresh snow and hand-built booters. By 2024, FREESKIER still described Morgan as a Fernie skier producing film projects and riding for LINE Skis. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="3"}

Valemount 2024: LINE asks What's Your Number?

In February 2024, Morgan joined the LINE freeride team for three weeks in the northern Rocky Mountain Trench around Valemount, British Columbia. What's Your Number? combined snowmobile access, powder turns, natural lines and backcountry jumps with a crew including Dylan Siggers, Garrett Capel, Ben Richards, Ana Eyssimont, Jake Hopfinger, Jonnie Merrill and Rachael Anderson. Nick Nault and Lucas Reid filmed the trip, while Siggers edited it. The film later entered the iF3 catalogue under LINE Skis DIY. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="4"}

Austria 2024: SPLIFF crosses three countries

SPLIFF paired Morgan with Dylan Siggers and Evan Marineau across Canada, Sweden and Austria. Its filming credits included Paul Genovese, Seth Quinnett, Sophie Perrault, Sam Tuff, Lucas Reid, Sindre Sandström, Siggers and Morgan himself. Downdays highlighted switch landings from Austrian side hits to Canadian backcountry terrain, while iF3 credited Dylan Siggers as director and production. The project placed Morgan both in front of and behind the camera within the same collaborative film process. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="5"}

Fernie 2026: LINE and sled access remain

Morgan remains listed among the professional athletes on the current LINE Skis team. His Backcountry Rack profile identifies Fernie as his hometown, says he began skiing at two and started treating skiing seriously at sixteen, and describes snowmobile access as a major part of his skiing. That access lets him carry equipment into undeveloped backcountry zones around British Columbia, connecting his professional ski work with the filming that has shaped much of his public career. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="6"}

Selected filmography

2024 — SPLIFF — Dylan Siggers — Full segment
2024 — What's Your Number? — LINE Skis DIY — Short segment
2022 — Clag Monsters — LINE Skis — Full segment
2021 — Football — Burrrlapz — Full segment

Selection of his main film projects. Not a complete filmography.