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Innsbruck, Austria | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, knuckle huck | Verified: 2022 Olympian, 2021 Junior Worlds double silver, Chur 2023 World Cup podium, X Games Aspen 2024 Big Air bronze | Current: Armada and Monster Energy athlete profile, style-led video presence Buttermilk When The Tail Butter Held Buttermilk Mountain was loud under the Aspen lights, with the big-air ramp glowing above packed Colorado snow. Daniel Bacher came in switch, pressed his tails across the lip, then released into a double cork 1440 with the landing running fast below him. X Games Aspen 2024 gave Bacher the clearest international marker of his senior career.... Read more on the Athlete page

Lorraine, Quebec, Canada | Active: FIS status active; World Cup step-back announced June 2025 | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, rails, creative filming | Verified: 2021 World Championships big air silver, 2019 Junior Worlds slopestyle gold, Beijing 2022 Olympian, World Cup podiums | Current: Edjoy creative ski path Aspen When The Headstand Said Everything The Buttermilk big-air jump sat under Colorado floodlights, with the landing glazed by heavy impacts and the crowd waiting for scores. Édouard Therriault had kicked a ski on takeoff, still completed the trick, then fell through the landing with the kind of chaos that made people keep watching. At X Games Aspen 2022, his rookie appearance did not end with a medal, but it gave Edjoy a clear international image.... Read more on the Athlete page

Oppegård / Oslo, Norway | Born: July 17, 1998 | Active: 2015-present public ski career | Known for: X Games slopestyle medals, Olympic finals, Capeesh Fashion House, Jib League, rail-heavy creative park skiing | Current: creative projects, Jib League, Capeesh, Vishnu, Monster Energy, Phaenom Aspen Steel Before The Score Sheet The Buttermilk rails looked cold under January light, each takeoff brushed by wind and camera lenses before the jump line opened. Ferdinand Dahl came through the top section with shoulders low, skis quiet, and the timing of someone reading metal like a skate spot rather than a scoring zone. That language became his clearest public signature.... Read more on the Athlete page

Stockholm / Kläppen, Sweden | Active: 2013-present public ski record | Discipline: Slopestyle, Big Air and Creative Park Skiing | Known for: World Cup Big Air podiums, Beijing 2022, Jib League, Capeesh Milan Under The Big Air Lights The scaffolding jump in Milan rose above the city night, bright enough to flatten the landing and loud enough to turn every stomp into a public answer. Hugo Burvall dropped into the 2017 Big Air World Cup with Sweden’s next contest generation watching closely. He put down a nose-butter double cork 1260 safety, then followed with a switch double cork 1440 double Japan.... Read more on the Athlete page

Ogden / Park City, Utah, USA | Active: 2013-present public record | Known for: SuperUnknown 21, Jib League, Hazard Network, Capeesh, street and jib skiing | Current: DaleBoot athlete and new-wave street skier Mammoth Rails With No Warm-Up Mood The rail line at Mammoth looked oversized in the spring sun, metal stacked across the SuperUnknown 21 course with fast snow feeding into every feature. Jackson “Tito” Jenkins came at it without the careful body language of someone checking if the setup was too much. FREESKIER’s coverage of the event noted Jenkins and Evelyn Mule coming out swinging on XXL features during the opening stretch.... Read more on the Athlete page

Wānaka, New Zealand | Active: 2013-present public record | Focus: slopestyle, big air, creative ski films, Wells Brothers projects | Current: Wells Brothers producer/skier and Monster Energy-supported rider Cardrona Low Tide And Southern Light Cardrona’s spring snow ran thin over brown New Zealand ground, with wind crust in the shadows and soft takeoffs catching late Southern Hemisphere light. Jackson “Wacko” Wells pushed into the line anyway, skiing the low-tide mess with the same looseness that once carried him through Olympic slopestyle and X Games big air. In recent Wells Brothers films, the setup rarely looks perfect.... Read more on the Athlete page

Levi, Finland | Active: 2012-present | Discipline: Creative Park, Street, Backcountry Freestyle and Slopestyle | Known for: Keesh, Jib League, X Games Knuckle Huck, SuperUnknown Ruka In October Before The Rest Of Winter The park at Ruka opened under cold Finnish light, weeks before most of Europe had reliable snow. Joona Kangas was there with filmmaker Arttu Heikkinen, stacking early-season clips on rails and jump takeoffs while the ground outside the lanes still looked half autumn. Ruka sits below the Arctic Circle, far enough north for October laps to feel normal in Finland and strange almost anywhere else.... Read more on the Athlete page

Fischenthal, Switzerland | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, halfpipe | Verified: 2012 Youth Olympic halfpipe gold, 2014 Olympian, 4 X Games Big Air medals, 2 World Cup Big Air wins | Current: retired from competition since 2020 Aspen When The Teenager Went Bigger The Buttermilk jump was lit hard against the Colorado night, the landing scraped by repeated heavy impacts. Kai Mahler came in as a sixteen-year-old rookie, left the lip with his skis crossed, and sent a Big Air trick into the X Games final like he already belonged there. Winter X Games Aspen 2012 made Mahler visible outside Switzerland.... Read more on the Athlete page

Prague, Czech Republic / Austria | Active: 2019-present | Focus: big air, slopestyle, knuckle huck | Current: Austrian national team, Red Bull, Faction, K2 FL3X, LOOK, Smith and Capeesh Livigno Snowfall When The Bronze Was Still Open Livigno Snow Park was filling with heavy February snow, flakes cutting through the floodlights while the final men’s big air round waited at the top. Matej Svancer had already landed two high-scoring jumps, but Mac Forehand and Tormod Frostad were pushing the numbers into rare territory. Svancer dropped again, switch takeoff, skis locked together in rotation, a landing clean enough to keep him in the medal fight.... Read more on the Athlete page

Sandvika / Bærum, Norway | Active: 2017-present | Known for: 2026 Olympic Big Air gold, Jib League overall title, X Games Knuckle Huck bronze, World Cup podiums | Current: Faction, Capeesh and Norway freeski team Livigno Snow Before The Last Jump The Livigno jump disappeared into snowfall, lights catching every flake before Tormod Frostad pushed toward the takeoff. Mac Forehand had just thrown down a score that could have won almost any big-air final, and Matej Švancer had already forced the level into dangerous territory. Frostad did not answer with the most rotations in the field.... Read more on the Athlete page

Kongsberg, Norway | Active: 2015-present public ski appearances | Discipline: Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Big Air and Creative Park Skiing | Known for: Youth Olympic bronze, Kongsberg Freestyleklubb, Capeesh projects Oslo Pipe Bronze Under Youth Olympic Lights The halfpipe at Oslo Vinterpark carried a hard February brightness, with cold air sitting over the walls and the Youth Olympic start list packed with future names. Trym Sunde Andreassen dropped in for Norway against Birk Irving, Finn Bilous and Alex Hall, holding enough amplitude and control to keep the podium alive. 20.... Read more on the Athlete page

Norwegian rider-led freeski apparel and streetwear label | Founded in 2020 by Ferdinand “Ferdi” Dahl and two childhood friends | Known for: baggy pants, woven belts, Big Puffy, Bombshell, Revamp, Fancy Pant, Pantaloni, interchangeable patches, oversized silhouettes and park-street styling | Focus: clothing for skiers who treat outerwear as part of the trick, the edit, the crew and the visual language of modern freeskiing. Norwegian park roots and the fashion house idea Capeesh Fashion House, also known online as Capeesh Supply, is not a ski manufacturer, binding company or traditional outerwear giant. It is an independent Norwegian ski apparel and streetwear label created in 2020 by freeskier Ferdinand “Ferdi” Dahl and two childhood friends.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American energy drink and action-sports sponsor | Launched in 2002 by Hansen Natural | Known for: black-and-green claw logo, X Games visibility, Monster Army, freeski athletes, street edits, park contests and backcountry film projects | Focus: funding athletes, amplifying ski media and turning freestyle, freeride and youth culture into a global sports platform. 2002 cans, black-and-green branding and the rise of the claw Monster Energy is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio, but it has become one of the most visible sponsor brands in modern freeskiing. Launched by Hansen Natural in 2002, the brand entered action sports with a loud identity: black cans, green claw marks, heavy event branding and a marketing language built around intensity rather than traditional beverage advertising.... Read more on the Sponsor page