GoPro: Tanner Hall Ski Diaries 2

Kalispell, Montana / Park City, Utah, USA | Active: 1999-present | Known for: 11 X Games medals, seven X Games golds, athlete-founded Armada era, park-to-freeride influence | Current: film-driven big-mountain skier, FIS inactive, still central to Armada projects including ORNADA and selected for Natural Selection Ski in 2026 The scream under Chad’s Gap never left the sport. Spring light in Little Cottonwood can make a huge jump look clean when it is anything but. Tanner Hall came into Chad’s Gap in 2005 with the kind of confidence that had already made him the loudest young force in freeskiing.... Read more on the Athlete page

Overview and significance Alaska is the world’s archetype for big-mountain skiing—a place where steep, glaciated faces and ocean-fed snowpacks create the freeride lines that fill film segments and athlete highlight reels. From the Chugach above Girdwood and Valdez to the spine fields near Haines and Juneau, the state’s mountains have shaped modern freeskiing’s idea of scale, exposure, and flow. Lift-served laps center on Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, while helicopter and touring programs unlock vast terrain across coastal and interior ranges.... Read more on the Location page

Brand overview and significance GoPro is the reference name in action cameras and a cornerstone of modern ski media. Founded in 2002 by Nick Woodman, the company turned rugged, mount-anywhere cameras into a creative toolkit that reshaped how freeskiing is filmed—POV from the helmet or chesty on storm laps, pole-cam follow lines in the trees, and stabilized, edit-ready clips from lift to backcountry. For skiers, GoPro’s value isn’t just the camera; it’s an ecosystem of mounts, lens options, accessories, and the Quik app with cloud backup and automatic highlight videos.... Read more on the Sponsor page