"In the Meantime" A Tanner Hall Film [FULL VIDEO]

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 California is a global reference for modern skiing and freeski culture. The Sierra Nevada’s granite bowls and vast tree zones pair with robust snowmaking and long seasons to deliver high-volume laps and a deep filming/training scene. In the north, Palisades Tahoe (host of the 1960 Winter Olympics and recent World Cup stops) offers iconic steeps and a strong park tradition.... Read more on the Location page

Overview and significance Japan is a global benchmark for resort-accessible powder and night-lap culture, with two complementary ski archetypes that keep freeskiers coming back: the storm-socked island of Hokkaidō in the north and the higher, more rugged ranges of Honshū around Nagano and Niigata. Hokkaidō’s cold Siberian air streams over the Sea of Japan and drops light, forgiving snow across birch forests famous for repeated face shots. Honshū’s Japanese Alps add bigger relief, steeper valley walls, and storm cycles that build deep bases, plus a broad network of resorts and towns that hosted the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics and still reflect that legacy.... Read more on the Location page

Overview and significance Montana is a big–snow, big–space state where resort skiing still feels close to the mountains. The headliners are unmistakable: Big Sky Resort with tram-served Lone Peak and vast in-bounds acreage; Whitefish Mountain Resort above the town of Whitefish and near Glacier National Park; the locals’ favorite Bridger Bowl outside Bozeman; and character-rich areas like Montana Snowbowl, Discovery Ski Area, Red Lodge Mountain, and the border-straddling Lookout Pass. What ties them together is a snow climate that trends colder and drier than the coastal West, leg-friendly fall lines that ride well for days after a storm, and a culture that prizes mountain craft over spectacle.... Read more on the Location page

Overview and significance Sweden is a country-scale ski destination with a distinctive two-track appeal: reliable, well-lit parks and quick-lap resorts in the south-central mountains, and late-season freeride in Lapland under very long spring days. The national headline for big-resort variety and event pedigree is Åre, which has repeatedly hosted World Cup racing and the World Championships. Freestyle focus gravitates to purpose-built venues such as Kläppen Snowpark in Sälenfjällen and the park network across SkiStar’s Swedish resorts.... Read more on the Location page

Brand overview and significance Armada is widely recognized as skiing’s pioneering athlete-founded brand. Launched in 2002 by a crew of influential freeskiers and creatives, it set out to build equipment around how modern skiers actually ride—park, powder, streets, and big, natural terrain—rather than filtering innovation through traditional race heritage. The brand’s identity has remained anchored in rider input and film culture, with a product line that mirrors the creative, playful approach that reshaped freeskiing in the 2000s and beyond.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Brand overview and significance Ruroc is a UK-based helmet specialist best known in snow sports for the RG-series full-face concept and for integrating optics, audio and safety tech into a cohesive system. Launched from Gloucester in the late 2000s, the company grew a direct-to-consumer following by pairing bold design with practical features—magnetic lens swaps, detachable face coverage, and liners tuned for impact management. The brand is polarizing for its aggressive aesthetic yet widely recognized on storm days and sled-access shoots where wind, spindrift and speed punish conventional open-face setups.... Read more on the Sponsor page