Oscar Weary - Off The Leash Video Edition (2024)

Profile and significance

Oscar Weary is an American freeski rider from Oregon whose blend of street fluency and resort-park volume has carried him from grassroots edits to a signature moment in modern freeski culture. He won the men’s title at Level 1’s SuperUnknown XVII+I finals in 2021 at Woodward Eldora, a milestone that put his name in front of a global audience on Level 1’s official stage. In the film lane, he features in ON3P’s sixth full urban movie and subsequent brand releases, the kind of projects that core fans replay to measure style and progression. That relationship with the Portland-built ski maker turned into a product story in the 2025–26 range with the release of the ON3P OSKI 102, a pro-model engineered with Weary’s input. The through-line is clear: a rider who wins on creative, rail-heavy courses, translates those habits to street and spring park filming, and now shapes equipment tuned for the same style of skiing.

Competitive arc and key venues

Weary’s competitive résumé mixes film-centric success with selective bibs. The centerpiece is SuperUnknown 2021, where he took the men’s crown in a finals week hosted at Eldora—an outcome documented on Level 1’s official SuperUnknown archive. Earlier and adjacent to that win, he logged FIS slopestyle starts and points before stepping away from federation starts; his athlete page on the International Ski Federation confirms his registration and status. Since then, the most visible results have come from venues designed for filming and repeatability. Spring and summer laps at Oregon’s Timberline and Mt. Hood Meadows hardwire both-way rail moves and early-and-held grabs. California trips to Mammoth Unbound supply bigger, faster lines and TV-ready feature spacing that mirror judged courses. Add in park mileage at Mt. Bachelor, and you get a circuit that explains why his skiing reads the same on a city handrail at dusk and a bluebird spring line.

How they ski: what to watch for

Weary skis with economy, favoring movements that read clearly at real speed. On rails he keeps a centered stance and quiet shoulders, letting spin-ons, swaps, and pretzel exits look deliberate rather than forced. His approach angles stay conservative until the precise moment of commitment; lock-ins ride decisively through kinks and gaps, and exits land with glide so the next feature still has room to breathe. On jumps—whether a compact street step-down or a maintained park booter—he places the grab early and holds it across rotation, which keeps axes obvious for cameras and, in jam formats, for judges. Rotation scales to the day’s speed window; instead of gambling on late corks, he protects landing quality and continuity, which is exactly why his lines hold up on rewatch.

Resilience, filming, and influence

Much of Weary’s progression happens on film, where constraints are real: short in-runs, imperfect landings, and limited light. His ON3P segments and crew edits show a repeatable process—scout and measure, shovel and salt, test speed, adjust angles, then roll when the make will cut clean. That workflow is the same one that wins rail-driven showcases like SuperUnknown. Off the hill, he has coached in Oregon’s camp ecosystem, including stints with Mt. Hood Summer Ski & Snowboard Camps and youth programs listed through US Sports Camps, a feedback loop where teaching reinforces the same fundamentals he puts on screen. The outcome is a rider whose clips are as useful to learn from as they are fun to watch—clean axes, held grabs, and lines that conserve momentum from the first hit to the ender.

Geography that built the toolkit

Oregon is the backbone of Weary’s skiing. Timberline delivers glacier consistency and massive repetition when most of North America has melted out; Mt. Hood Meadows adds midwinter variety and night-lap grit; and Mt. Bachelor contributes wind-buffed mornings and spring parks that reward early grab placement and speed control. When the calendar moves south, Mammoth Unbound scales up line length and compressions, a perfect stress test for tricks honed on Hood steel. That triangle—short-lift repetition, midwinter pace changes, and destination-park speed—explains why his footage feels composed across different builds and snow.

Equipment and partners: practical takeaways

Weary’s partnership with ON3P crystallized into a consumer-facing platform with the OSKI 102. The ski’s design notes mirror the priorities visible in his skiing: a near-symmetric feel that balances forward and switch carves, a rocker-camber profile built for pop and edge hold, and a recommended mount close to center (ON3P specifies a −2 cm reference) to support both-way spins and stable pretzel exits. For riders trying to reverse-engineer the feel, focus on the principles as much as the graphic. Keep a consistent tune with thoughtful detune at contact points to reduce hang-ups on steel without dulling pop for lip-ons; choose boots with progressive forward flex and firm heel hold so landings finish stacked when the snow is fast or chattery; and set bindings for predictable release across repeated impacts. Predictable, neutral, and repeatable is the recipe—and it’s the backbone of how his lines stay intact from street to spring parks.

Why fans and progressing skiers care

Oscar Weary matters because he turns fundamentals into footage you want to replay. If you’re learning to “read” modern freeskiing—freeski slopestyle logic applied to urban/street skiing and big spring parks—watch how he preserves glide through multi-feature rail decks so the final hit still has room for an ender, and how early-and-held grabs keep rotations obvious without slow-mo. If you’re building your own projects, study the process behind the shots as much as the trick list: measure the spot, test speed, commit to the version that will cut clean, then keep the style identical on the takeoff and the landing. Add the SuperUnknown win and a pro-model that codifies those choices, and you get a rider whose influence shows up in both edits and setups across the scene.