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Nathan Goddard

United States | Active public archive: 2014-present | Known for: Noddard edits, Hustle & Snow, OS Crew films, Bend park culture | Current public record: freeski coach, filmer and park skier



Boreal Rails And Hoth Fellowship Snow



The Boreal park line in March carries a hard California sound: skis scraping into rails, landings chopped by traffic, spring light flattening every takeoff. Nathan Goddard’s early public footage sits in that kind of terrain, where a skier can film a session, ride in it, and still make the edit feel like a crew document.

Goddard, often credited online as Noddard or Coach Noddard, is not documented as a World Cup skier or major contest athlete. His profile is built through park edits, filming credits, OS Crew projects, and coaching work. That makes his role more specific: a rider-filmer who helped preserve grassroots freeski scenes across Oregon, California, Colorado, and the American West.



Hustle & Snow At Boreal



Hustle & Snow, published on Newschoolers in March 2014, is one of the clearest early markers. The listing credits Noddard, names Nathan Goddard and Ryan Martin as both filmers and riders, and places the edit at Boreal. The project was released under The Hoth Fellowship banner, with a park-first tone rather than a polished brand-film structure.

That matters because Boreal has long been a proving ground for rail skiers, Tahoe crews, and early-season park riders. A short edit from that setting depends on simple things done well: clean rail slides, compact rotations, speed control, switch landings, and a camera close enough to show whether the trick was actually locked.



Mt. Hood And The Timberline Loop



Hustle & Snow 2 followed in September 2014 and moved the setting back to Mt. Hood. The Newschoolers listing describes Goddard riding Timberline with Ryan Martin, Adam Lindeman, Ford Bennett, Dallas MacKay, and Chris “Topher” Newett, with editing by Noddard and filming by Alex Rupp.

Timberline gives a different shape to the archive. Summer and late-season Hood skiing is built on repetition, slush, public park laps, and crews that return to the same rails and jumps day after day. For Goddard, that environment fits the rider-filmer identity: enough terrain to ski, enough people to document, and enough time to make a season feel continuous.



Noddard As The Person Holding The Timeline



Goddard’s public record is strongest when he is treated as both skier and media worker. His early edits show him riding, filming, and editing inside the same community. That matters in freeskiing because the person who edits the footage decides how a scene is remembered: who gets the opener, how a slam is used, when a rail line breathes, and whether a small trick gets the space it deserves.

His skiing reads through that same practical lens. The visible terrain is park-first: rails, jumps, side hits, rollers, boxes, and slushy landings. Instead of a single headline trick, the archive points toward mileage, crew energy, and the ability to make a session worth watching even when the stakes are local.



OS Crew And The FUEL Link



In 2021, Goddard appeared in FUEL, an OS Crew film listed by iF3. The film guide describes OS Crew traveling up and down the West Coast while filming mostly street skiing, with full parts from Jack Feick, Zach Schuereman, Graham Gray, and Mason Kennedy, plus a wider athlete list that includes Nathan Goddard.

That credit places him inside a broader independent film ecosystem. OS Crew is not a contest circuit. It is a production world where street missions, backcountry days, long drives, weather windows, and crew logistics become the framework. Goddard’s presence there expands his public trail beyond Hood and Boreal park laps.



Coach Noddard In Bend



Coach Noddard’s Chronicles of Cork, published in January 2025, gives Goddard his clearest modern identity. The Newschoolers listing introduces the series as a look into Bend, Oregon skiing and the Central Oregon freeski community. It specifically frames the episodes around corks, K-fed tricks, afterbangs, creative lines, wins, losses, and local park passion.

The series title is useful because it tells the viewer how to read him. “Coach” is not only a nickname. Goddard’s public role includes explaining, observing, filming, and giving structure to a scene. In Bend and around Mt. Bachelor, that means documenting a local culture where young skiers build style through park laps, not through a single championship result.



Durango And The Freeride Coaching Role



Durango Winter Sports Club lists Nathan Goddard among the coaches on its freeride roster. That gives his profile another verified layer beyond video. Coaching freeride athletes requires a different skill set from making a park edit: venue inspection, line choice, snow assessment, athlete confidence, risk management, and competition-day communication.

That role also explains why his skiing archive crosses formats. A park skier who films can read tricks and style. A freeride coach has to read terrain, exposure, landings, and decision-making. Goddard’s public record sits between those worlds, even if the video trail remains more visible than any formal competition résumé.



VORTEX And The OS Crew Tenth Film



VORTEX, OS Crew’s tenth annual ski film, keeps Goddard in the more recent film record. Prime Skiing lists the project in its 2025/2026 freeski film trailer roundup, while Skipowd lists Nathan Goddard among the riders for the full film beside names including Mason Kennedy, Kyle Johnston, Trevor Hattabaugh, Ben Moxham, Ian Russell, Graham Gray, Anton Holter, Josh Kärcher, Jack Feick, Nikolay Dobrianov, Lucas Sizzla, Danner Brummer, Colin Dexter, Chris Colgan, Keegan O’Brien, and Juice Kennedy.

That rider list shows the kind of company he keeps: independent skiers moving through backcountry, street, and park projects rather than a narrow contest roster. For Goddard, VORTEX acts as a current checkpoint. It confirms that his public ski archive did not stop with early Newschoolers uploads or Bend web episodes.



How Goddard’s Skiing Reads



Goddard’s skiing is best understood through park fundamentals. The repeated settings point toward rail slides, spin-ons, grabs, switch takeoffs, corked rotations, side-hit creativity, and line building across medium jumps and rail decks. His clips are not framed around the largest modern rotations. They are framed around usable skiing, crew rhythm, and features that can be linked into a full lap.

The filmer side sharpens that style. A rider who spends time behind the camera understands what makes a trick visible: a clean approach, a readable axis, a held grab, a complete rail slide, and a landing that does not disappear out of frame. Goddard’s value is in that connection between skiing and documentation.



The Current Public Shape Of Noddard



The verified record now gives Goddard several distinct markers: Hustle & Snow at Boreal, Hustle & Snow 2 at Mt. Hood, OS Crew’s FUEL, Coach Noddard’s Chronicles of Cork in Bend, a Durango Winter Sports Club freeride coaching role, and VORTEX with OS Crew.

That is enough for a complete profile, but not enough to frame him as a major contest athlete or a high-profile film star. The accurate reading is narrower and more useful: Nathan Goddard is a U.S. park skier, filmer, and coach whose public footprint connects grassroots edits, Central Oregon park culture, Durango freeride coaching, and independent OS Crew ski films.

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