DIVINE COUNCIL | WELLS BROTHERS

Profile and significance Beau-James Wells is a New Zealand freeski halfpipe specialist whose résumé combines Olympic finals, national stewardship, and a conscious pivot toward filmmaking. Born in Dunedin and raised within the Wānaka scene, he emerged from the same family pipeline that produced Jossi, Byron, and Jackson, but carved his own lane in the halfpipe. He reached a global mainstream audience as New Zealand’s flag bearer at the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony and then finished fourth in the men’s halfpipe final—one of the strongest Olympic results ever by a Kiwi freeskier.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Jackson “Wacko” Wells is a New Zealand freeski original whose imprint sits at the junction of contest progression and film-first creativity. The youngest of the Wells brothers, he emerged from Wānaka with a style-forward approach to slopestyle and big air, and a knack for doing famous tricks in unfamiliar ways. His headline breakthrough arrived in 2016 at Cardrona Alpine Resort, where he used a net landing to safely push airtime and execute what was widely recognized at the time as the first quad cork landed on skis.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Jossi Wells is the benchmark New Zealand freeskier whose career spans X Games gold, Olympic finals, and a long-running role as a cultural organizer through his namesake invitational. Born in 1990 and raised in Wānaka, he established himself early as an all-terrain modernist who could win on the biggest contest stages and still shape the sport’s style language through films and projects. His defining competitive moment came at Aspen 2016, where he won men’s ski slopestyle at the Winter X Games, becoming New Zealand’s first X Games gold medalist.... Read more on the Athlete page

Fischenthal, Zürich, Switzerland | Active: 2011-present | Known for: Youth Olympic halfpipe gold, multiple X Games big air medals, two World Cup big air wins | Current: retired from competition since 2020 and focused on freeski projects outside the contest circuit Kühtai first, Aspen next. In January 2012, Kai Mahler was still young enough to be framed as a prodigy. The pipe at Kühtai gave him a different label.... 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

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