Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

Valerie Festavan pivots from the Freeride World Qualifier circuit to a two-year personal project focused on creative expression and technical progression. Collaborating with friends like Dillon Flinders and Finn Reddish, she navigates diverse backcountry terrain while landing tricks previously reserved for practice sessions. Her performance highlights a seamless blend of aggressive freeride lines and freestyle maneuvers on both skis and a snowboard. These sessions capture a newfound confidence as she explores natural features far from the constraints of competitive judging.

A two year personal season project put together by one of LINE's athletes Valerie Festavan.

I had been competing in Freeride World Qualifiers and had been super close to making it on the tour. All I needed was a clean run and I decided to push the envelope and try a trick I hadn't done in competition. After a bit of heartbreak and wondering what I was even doing there. I had been trying to prove myself as a skier in the competition scene when my best skiing came from skiing with all the homies back home. I decided to take a step back and rekindle my fire and film with my friends. It's nothing super crazy... just a start of where I want to go, but it's my own.

I'm super stoked that LINE supported my vision and Allowed Me to create something that is my own and progress my skiing to new levels. I found a new level of confidence in myself and in my skiing that I was unsure of before.

That being said.... Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself... my name is Val :)



Credits

Editor / Sound / Color Valerie Festavan
Skier / Snowboarder Valerie Festavan
Post Production Assistant Pierce Kempton


Filmers
Lucas Billingsley
Roman Yalowitz
Dillon Flinders
Jess Hotter
Molly Armanino
Finn Reddish
Josie Alexander
Bird
Jay Burrows
Addie Rafford
Toby Rafford
Ryan McElmon
Trey Roeseler
Valerie Festavan


Other Skiers
Dillon Flinders
Finn Reddish
Trey Roeseler

Special thanks to all the homies :)