Phil Casabon & Mike Hornbeck's

Michigan, United States | Former contest outsider, active street and park skier, Armada athlete, Level 1 film figure | Public markers: Realtime, Refresh, Eye Trip, After Dark, Sunny, X Games Real Ski 2018, Wreckallections, Wrebirth, Ornada | Main lane: butters, presses, rails, small-feature creativity Michigan Ice Before The First Press The Midwest hill was short, cold, and hard enough for every edge mistake to feel public. Mike Hornbeck came from that kind of snow: three-month winters, small parks, icy takeoffs, rope-tow rhythm, and nine months of thinking about the next trick. His skiing never needed a huge jump to hold attention.... Read more on the Athlete page

Vallée du Parc / Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: street skiing, creative park, urban, jib, backcountry-influenced freestyle | Verified: X Games Real Ski gold in 2018 and 2019, B&E / Blackout, Keynote Skier, Nuance, Armada BDog pro model | Current: B-Dog films, Off The Leash events, Armada design work Quebec Steel When The Trick Slowed Down The rail was low, cold, and half-buried in Quebec snow, the kind of street feature most skiers would hit fast to survive. Phil Casabon came in slower, knees loose, skis drifting across the metal like the trick had time to breathe. That is the B-Dog problem in one image.... Read more on the Athlete page

Midwest ski region shaped by the Great Lakes | Known for: Upper Peninsula lake-effect powder, Mount Bohemia glades, Boyne Mountain parks, night-ski repetition, Copper Peak ski flying and Michigan street-ski roots | Season: December to March for most hills, with stronger Upper Peninsula winters in cold years | Best for: park riders, night-lap crews, Midwest street skiers, powder chasers and skiers building technical control on compact terrain Lake Superior Snow And The Midwest Repetition Machine Michigan’s ski map is split by water, distance and snow behavior. The Lower Peninsula runs on dense access: night skiing, snowmaking, short drive times and small hills that turn repetition into skill. The Upper Peninsula changes the tone, especially near Lake Superior, where lake-effect bands can stack snow over Marquette, Big Snow Country and the Keweenaw Peninsula.... Read more on the Location page

American ski brand | Founded in 2002 as one of freeskiing’s first athlete-founded companies | Known for: ARV, ARW, Declivity, Whitewalker, Zero Collection, Tanner Hall, JP Auclair, Phil Casabon and Sammy Carlson | Focus: freestyle creativity, freeride progression, athlete-led design and modern skis built for park laps, powder days, side hits, touring missions and video-part culture. 2002 roots: the AR5 rewrites freeski from the inside Armada belongs to the rare group of ski brands that changed not only what people bought, but what they imagined skiing could look like. Founded in 2002, the brand grew out of a moment when freeskiing was pulling away from traditional alpine identity and building its own language through park, street, powder, film parts and athlete-led creativity.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American ski and snowboard manufacturer | Founded 1962 in Washington State as a fiberglass ski pioneer | Known for: Mindbender freeride skis, Reckoner playful all mountain shapes, Omen park skis, Wayback touring skis, Disruption piste tools and K2 Factory Team culture | Focus: building skis, boots and snow equipment that connect Pacific Northwest design roots with freeride, freestyle, touring, piste and athlete driven progression worldwide. 1962 Washington State roots and the fiberglass leap K2 Skis is one of the foundational American ski brands. Founded in 1962 in Washington State, the company became closely associated with the transition from traditional ski construction toward fiberglass reinforced designs, helping move the sport into a more modern materials era.... 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