A WEEK IN TORONTO | Tom Wallisch & Evan McEachran

Profile and significance Evan McEachran is a Canadian freeski slopestyle and big air specialist known for elite contest longevity and one of the most technical rail games in the field. Born March 6, 1997, in Oakville, Ontario, he grew up lapping the small hill at Glen Eden before moving to Craigleith Ski Club, where repetition, fast laps, and a strong park scene built the timing and board-feel that define his skiing today. He reached a broad audience as a finalist in the men’s slopestyle event at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, finishing sixth, then returned at Beijing 2022 to make the inaugural men’s freeski big air final and place ninth.... Read more on the Athlete page

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Park City, Utah, USA | Active: 2007-present | Known for: Level 1 breakout, 2013 world title, technical rail skiing and “afterbang” style | Current: FIS inactive, still shaping LINE park skis while working in street projects, event production and ski media The Ogden rail that made the internet blink. Before Tom Wallisch was a world champion, he was a rumor passed from laptop to laptop. In the opening of Level 1’s Refresh, filmed in Ogden in February 2009, he hit the Gagnier quad kink with the kind of balance that makes a rail look shorter than it is.... Read more on the Athlete page

Overview and significance Toronto is Canada’s largest city and one of North America’s key urban bases for lift-access skiing and snowboarding. Sitting on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, it has no mountains of its own, but it anchors a dense ring of Southern Ontario ski areas that line the Niagara Escarpment and the snow-belt north of Barrie. Within roughly two hours’ drive you can reach Ontario’s biggest resort at Blue Mountain, the park powerhouse of Mount St.... Read more on the Location page

Brand overview and significance Monster Energy is a global beverage brand that became a fixture in freeski culture by backing athletes, contests, and film projects across park, pipe, street, and big-mountain skiing. Launched in the early 2000s by the company now known as Monster Beverage Corporation, the “claw” logo migrated from motocross and skate into winter sports and quickly showed up on helmets, sled decks, and banners at major venues. In skiing, Monster’s value is less about hardware and more about platform: funding rider-driven media, supporting athlete travel, and amplifying edits so lines and tricks reach audiences far beyond a single premiere.... Read more on the Sponsor page