"Activity" A film by Phil Casabon and friends

Profile and significance Cole Gibson is a Vermont-bred freeski rider best known for street and park segments that helped define the East Coast’s modern urban-ski voice. Rather than chasing ranking points, he came up through rider-led crews and the Burlington–Montpelier corridor, earning wide attention with full parts in the Vermont-based HG Skis films “Children of the Guan” (2015), “The Promocabana” (2016), and the two-year project “Eat The Guts” (2017), which drew industry-festival recognition. His clips travel because they are readable at full speed—clean lock-ins, calm outruns, and trick choices that protect line speed.... Read more on the Athlete page

Fulpmes / Medraz, Stubaital, Austria | Active: 2016-present | Known for: Beijing 2022 Olympic start, Chur 2023 World Cup podium, stylish switch and butter-heavy big air skiing | Current: public competition status unclear after Ski Austria's 2025 farewell list, but still strongly associated with Monster Energy, Armada and the Austrian park-video scene Chur, night lights, and the jump that changed the scale. The city big-air setup in Chur never feels relaxed. The in-run is steep, the landing looks tighter under artificial light, and every trick carries a little extra theatre because the whole thing happens inside a festival atmosphere instead of a quiet resort lap.... Read more on the Athlete page

Åre, Sweden / Andorra | Active: 2011-present | Known for: X Games big air record, Olympic big air bronze, style-led film projects | Current: active skier and filmmaker working with Armada, Monster Energy and CHIMI, with recent projects including Lo & Behold and ORNADA Sochi did not introduce Henrik Harlaut as a medalist. It introduced him as a force. On the first Olympic freeski slopestyle course in 2014, Harlaut dropped in wearing pants so loose they became part of the run.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Kim Boberg is a Swedish freeski original whose influence runs well beyond podiums. Born in 1991 and raised in the rural municipality of Älvdalen, he emerged through athlete-led films and Europe’s scene-driven culture before becoming a longtime pillar of the Armada Skis team. His career threads through Field Productions segments, a standout part in Armada’s “Oil & Water,” the web series “Shred ’n Breakfast,” and an all-urban entry at the X Games Real Ski 2019 video contest.... Read more on the Athlete page

Freeway in spring slush Late spring at Breckenridge, the snow in Freeway terrain park goes grey at the edges and fast in the apron. Liam Downey’s 2014 “Rainbow Demon” edit lives in that kind of light: soft slush on the lip, a quick setup into the feature, then a clean read of the park without a contest bib anywhere in sight. FREESKIER described him then as a former Level 1 stalwart, and that frame lands closer to the truth than any points list.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Mike Hornbeck is an American freeski icon from Michigan whose street-first approach, butters and presses helped define the look of modern park and urban skiing. Rising through the mid-2000s film era, he became one of the most recognizable riders in Level 1’s catalog with standout appearances in titles like Realtime, After Dark, and other projects that centered style and originality over podiums. A long-time member of the Armada team, he later carried his aesthetic into rider-led web parts and brand pieces that many skiers still study frame by frame.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Philip “B-Dog” Casabon is a Canadian freeski icon from Shawinigan, Québec, whose style-first language—presses, butters, nollies, reverts, and shiftys that breathe—reshaped modern park and urban skiing. He rose through night laps at his local hill, Vallée du Parc, and became one of the most influential riders of his generation by proving that creativity, definition, and flow can outweigh brute force. His cultural footprint is matched by hardware: back-to-back gold medals at X Games Real Ski in 2018 and 2019, plus the 2018 Fan Favorite nod, cemented his status as a peer-elected standard.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Quinn Wolferman is an American freeski standout from Missoula, Montana whose calm, creative movement has translated across edits, SLVSH games, World Cups and the broadcast stage. Born in 1997, he grew up lapping Montana Snowbowl before basing in Utah and splitting his days between Park City Mountain and Alta Ski Area. His breakout moment came at the X Games in 2022, where he won Ski Knuckle Huck gold with a run built on patient nose-butter takeoffs, inventive body slides and the kind of timing that reads perfectly in slow motion.... Read more on the Athlete page

Overview and significance Kläppen Snowpark is Sweden’s reference venue for park skiing—a purpose-built freestyle precinct inside the Kläppen Ski Resort area of Sälenfjällen, Dalarna. For scale and intent, it stands apart in Scandinavia: a dedicated park zone with national-level build quality that hosts championship weeks, team camps, and progression sessions throughout the season. The resort’s official materials emphasize just how much room the shapers have to work with—an area equivalent to roughly 14 football pitches—allowing long, flowing lines and large features when winter cooperates.... Read more on the Location page

Brand overview and significance Armada is widely recognized as skiing’s pioneering athlete-founded brand. Launched in 2002 by a crew of influential freeskiers and creatives, it set out to build equipment around how modern skiers actually ride—park, powder, streets, and big, natural terrain—rather than filtering innovation through traditional race heritage. The brand’s identity has remained anchored in rider input and film culture, with a product line that mirrors the creative, playful approach that reshaped freeskiing in the 2000s and beyond.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Brand overview and significance K2 is one of skiing’s foundational manufacturers, born in Washington State in 1962 and long associated with pioneering fiberglass construction, playful shapes, and a culture that flows easily between racing heritage, freeride, and park. Today the brand designs from the Pacific Northwest with an innovation hub in Seattle, and fields a full ecosystem—skis across piste, all-mountain, freeride, freestyle, and touring; boots ranging from three-piece freestyle shells to BOA®-equipped all-mountain and hybrid-touring models; plus poles and skins. On Skipowd, our curated hub for K2 groups the brand’s stories, edits, and rider projects in one place for quick reference.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Brand overview and significance Tyrolia is one of skiing’s foundational binding makers. Founded in 1847 in Vienna and now part of the HEAD Group in Schwechat, Austria, the company has spent decades refining how power transfers to the ski—and how that power releases when it should. Tyrolia’s catalog spans race, frontside, all-mountain, freeride/freestyle, junior, rental/demo systems, and touring, making it a true full-line specialist rather than a niche label.... Read more on the Sponsor page