Maximilliam Smith

Profile and significance

Maximilliam “B-Mack” Smith is a Swedish, gender-fluid freeski athlete and creator whose name is synonymous with the new wave of street and park skiing. Coming out of the Swedish scene and later basing life and work in Oslo, they have built a reputation as one of the most original minds in modern freeski, blending rail technique, dance-like body language and a strong visual identity into something that looks as much like performance art as it does traditional slopestyle. Long before “swerve” became a mainstream buzzword, B-Mack was already showing how butters, reverts and odd line choices could completely reframe what was possible on a simple jump or rail.

That creative drive now runs through everything they do. Smith has a long history with the influential crew The Bunch, appeared in Level 1’s Superunknown contest as an honorable mention and, in recent years, become one of the standout riders on the ON3P Skis team. As a skier, filmmaker and musician, they treat each project as a full aesthetic package: the tricks, the pacing, the camera work and the soundtrack are all aligned to express a specific mood. For fans of freeski culture, their work shows how far you can push the idea of “style” without losing the core of skiing itself.

Competitive arc and key venues

Before the street-heavy persona took over, Maximilliam Smith came up through classic slopestyle pathways. Under the Swedish federation umbrella, skiing for the Västra Alpin region, they progressed from national youth events to representing Sweden in slopestyle at junior-level championships and World Cup starts. Reports from the Swedish ski association highlight “Maximilian Smith” as a promising rider selected for the national team, junior worlds and World Cup, underscoring that the creativity seen today is built on a solid base of competition-level fundamentals.

As the freeski world shifted toward video-driven careers, B-Mack followed a similar path. They gained early international attention with a Superunknown VII honorable mention and memorable SLVSH games against riders like Lucas Stål Madison and Jake Mageau, where their unconventional rail tricks stood out even in elite company. Film-wise, segments with The Bunch in projects like “Far Out,” “Lean” and “Finess” helped define an era of Scandinavian street skiing. More recently, Smith’s profile has been boosted by their MVP-winning performance at the Danihell Hanka Invitational in Destne, Czechia, where their entry combined original skiing with self-produced music, and by the ON3P team movie “ON3P 7,” a street-focused film that sent the crew to spots in Norway, Estonia, Japan and North America. Between those trips, Smith continues to mine their adopted home of Oslo for spots, from city rails to the indoor slopes of SNØ and the park at Skimore Oslo.

How they ski: what to watch for

Watching B-Mack, the first thing to notice is how little of their skiing is about brute force. Instead, everything flows from edge feel and timing. They often approach a spot at moderate speed, then use subtle edge changes, presses and body position to unlock movements that most riders would never even consider. Nosebutters blend into reverts, skis scrape sideways up a wall and then somehow drop back into the fall line, and small benches or ledges become canvases for multi-step combos that look improvised yet land perfectly on beat with the music.

Another defining trait is how they use their whole body to communicate. Shoulders, hips and hands move with a deliberate softness that can read as traditionally feminine, while the stance and commitment to the rail remain uncompromisingly strong. That contrast is part of what makes their turns and landings so compelling: a heavy technical trick might end with a relaxed, almost nonchalant posture, as if it was just another step in a dance. When you watch their footage, focus on the moments between the obvious tricks—the way they enter and exit a rail, the tiny speed checks before a wallride, or the decision to simply swivel across a feature instead of spinning. Those transitions are where B-Mack’s style really lives.

Resilience, filming, and influence

Behind the playful footage is a story of resilience. In interviews, including a long conversation for Level 1’s “Another Level” podcast, B-Mack has talked about using skiing as a coping mechanism for anxiety and depression, and about a serious knee injury and ACL surgery that forced them to rebuild both their skiing and self-image. That period of rehabilitation led to a more intentional style—less chaotic, more controlled—and deepened their interest in how personal growth and creativity feed into each other. The result is skiing that feels introspective without ever becoming self-pitying.

As a filmmaker and musician, Smith multiplies their impact. Edits like “Finess” with The Bunch, the “CITYSKIING” and “City skiing” videos from Oslo, and their MVP-winning Danihell Hanka Invitational piece show a rider who thinks in sequences rather than isolated clips. They often use their own tracks or heavily curated selections, cutting on small gestures and edge changes rather than only on big spins or disasters. Combined with appearances in the ON3P film “ON3P 7” and regular drops on their personal channels, this approach has made B-Mack a reference point for street skiers who want their parts to feel like cohesive short films instead of trick compilations.

Geography that built the toolkit

Smith’s skiing is shaped by a mix of Scandinavian cities, indoor snow and iconic summer venues. They grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden—a coastal city with no big mountains—which pushed them toward urban spots, small local hills and road trips rather than traditional alpine training. That background is part of why benches, handrails and city architecture still feel so natural in their skiing today. When the chance to travel arrived, they added layers to that foundation by spending multiple summers at the Palmer Snowfield above Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, where long days of glacier laps and DIY jumps encouraged experimentation with grabs, corks and switch landings.

In adulthood, Oslo has become home base. Living downtown, teaching skiing and hunting spots around the Norwegian capital, B-Mack splits their time between classic resort laps at Skimore Oslo, year-round laps inside the indoor slope at SNØ and street missions in Scandinavian winters. Add in film trips for ON3P and The Bunch to places like Zermatt and various European cities, and you get a rider whose toolkit is equally comfortable on a glacier booter, a kinked handrail or a knee-high ledge in a back alley.

Equipment and partners: practical takeaways

For years, Maximilliam Smith has ridden for ON3P Skis, a Portland-based brand known for durable, handmade twin-tips. That partnership makes perfect sense: ON3P’s symmetrical shapes, stout construction and carefully tuned flex are well suited to the kind of repeated impacts, nose presses and sideways landings that define B-Mack’s skiing. Watching their footage, you can see how a supportive but playful ski lets them lean heavily onto the tips, smear sideways without hooking and still come out of a sketchy landing in control. For skiers inspired by this style, the lesson is less about any one pro model and more about choosing a ski that invites you to explore butters and odd edge angles instead of punishing every experiment.

Equally important is the environment they ride in. Facilities like SNØ and the park at Skimore Oslo provide consistent snow and repeatable features, ideal for refining intricate movements and rail ideas. Protective gear, especially a good helmet and supportive boots, is non-negotiable when you spend seasons bouncing off concrete, steel and indoor ice. For fans trying to apply B-Mack’s approach at their own local hill, the practical takeaway is to set up equipment that feels forgiving and trustworthy, then use small, safe features to test new movements long before you bring them to a high-consequence street spot.

Why fans and progressing skiers care

Maximilliam “B-Mack” Smith matters because they demonstrate that freeski progression is not just about spinning bigger or sliding taller rails. Their career traces a line from federation-backed slopestyle athlete to deeply personal artist, without ever abandoning sound technique. Along the way, they have helped define what many people now think of as “Bunch style” skiing, while still maintaining a clearly individual flavor within that movement. The MVP nod at the Danihell Hanka Invitational, the spotlight in “ON3P 7” and the ongoing Oslo and SNØ edits are all signposts of a skier whose influence runs through both core culture and everyday park laps.

For progressing skiers, B-Mack offers a different kind of role model. They are open about using skiing to navigate mental health, about fluidity in gender expression and about embracing “weird” ideas that might not look cool at first glance. Their advice, repeated in interviews and expressed through their segments, is essentially to explore: treat skiing as a way to discover new sides of yourself, not just as a scoreboard of tricks learned. If you watch their videos closely, then step onto your own local rail or side hit with that mindset, you are already participating in the creative lineage that makes Maximilliam Smith one of the most important street-oriented freeskiers of their generation.