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Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski slopestyle and big air | Verified: 2018 Olympic bronze, 2019 Worlds big air bronze, 5 X Games medals | Recent: Whistler, backcountry skiing, media work Phoenix Snow Park On The Second Run Phoenix Snow Park was sharp with February light when Alex Beaulieu-Marchand left the start gate in PyeongChang. The rails flashed orange below him, the landings looked chalky, and the Canadian needed one clean second run to stay inside a final that had no space for hesitation. 40 held through the last two riders.... Read more on the Athlete page

Niedernsill / Kitzsteinhorn, Austria | Active: 2010s-present | Known for: Völkl, Legs of Steel, 121, Salute, TGR Legend Has It, Kitzsteinhorn park and backcountry | Current: Völkl-linked freeride-freestyle skier Kitzsteinhorn Before The Park Laps The morning above Kitzsteinhorn started with cold light on glacier snow, coffee already finished in Niedernsill and off-piste lines waiting before the park softened. Tom Ritsch’s skiing makes sense in that sequence: freeride first, park next, then whatever feature the mountain gives him. He is not easy to reduce to one label.... Read more on the Athlete page

Canadian freeski province from the Coast Mountains to the Rockies | Known for: Whistler Blackcomb scale, Interior powder, Kicking Horse freeride, Rogers Pass touring, BC film culture | Season: late November to April with spring park and alpine windows | Best for: freeriders, park crews, storm chasers, and backcountry skiers planning multi-resort trips Coast Mountains Scale Meets Interior Storm Cycles The Coast Mountains rise above Whistler with Whistler-Blackcomb listing 8,171 acres, 200 plus marked runs, 16 alpine bowls, and 3 glaciers across two linked mountains. That single footprint explains only half of the province. British Columbia stretches from the Sea to Sky corridor into the Selkirks, Monashees, Purcells, Okanagan Highlands, and Canadian Rockies, so one winter trip can move from maritime storm snow to colder Interior powder without leaving the same province.... Read more on the Location page

Italian ski boot manufacturer | Founded 1974 by Alessandro and Giovanna Dal Bello after Swiss bootmaking roots | Known for: Cabrio three-piece construction, DRS race precision, Veloce Space BOA fit systems, IL Moro freestyle boots and Quantum touring models | Focus: progressive flex, anatomical fit and boot performance from race pistes to freeride landings and uphill missions 1974 in Asolo and the bootmaker path from leather to plastic Dalbello is one of skiing’s clearest specialist stories: an Italian company built around ski boots, not a wider catalog of skis, bindings or apparel. Alessandro and Giovanna Dal Bello learned the craft of boot building in Switzerland in the 1960s, then returned to Italy and began producing under their own name in 1974. That timing matters.... Read more on the Sponsor page

German ski binding specialist | Founded 1952 in Garmisch Partenkirchen by Hannes Marker | Known for: Duplex safety binding heritage, Royal Family freeride models, Duke PT hybrid touring, Kingpin, Alpinist and Comp race bindings | Focus: reliable retention, predictable release and direct power transmission for resort skiers, racers, freeriders and touring athletes across modern boot standards. 1952 Garmisch origins and the safety binding idea Marker Bindings is one of the defining equipment names in skiing because it sits at the exact point where power, safety and trust meet. The brand was founded in 1952 by Hannes Marker in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, after the presentation of the Marker Duplex, an early safety binding concept built around a releasing toe.... Read more on the Sponsor page

German ski manufacturer | Founded in 1923 and based in Straubing, Bavaria | Known for: Mantra, Revolt, Racetiger, Peregrine, Blaze, Rise, V-Werks, Shine, 3D Radius Sidecut, Tailored Titanal Frame, Tailored Carbon Tips and Made in Germany ski construction | Focus: precise, powerful and technically advanced skis for race, carving, all-mountain, freeride, touring and freestyle skiers. 1923 Straubing roots and the German precision story Völkl is one of the defining ski manufacturers in the world. The brand was founded in 1923 and is based in Straubing, Bavaria, where it still presents itself as the largest and one of the last remaining ski manufacturers in Germany.... Read more on the Sponsor page