Phil Casabon's "Ensemble" (2020)

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

Urban freeski city in Quebec Mauricie | Known for: B-Dog Off The Leash, Parc de la Rivière-Grand-Mère, Phil Casabon roots, Vallée du Parc park access and winter street filming | Season: December to March for street and resort laps | Best for: Quebec street skiers, jib crews, event riders and park-to-urban progression Grand-Mère Steel And A City Built Beside The Saint-Maurice Parc de la Rivière-Grand-Mère, at the corner of 11e Rue and 7e Rue, gives Shawinigan its clearest freeski marker. The city sits on the Saint-Maurice River in Quebec’s Mauricie region, about 90 minutes from both Montreal and Quebec City according to the municipal portrait, with more than 800 square kilometers of rural and urban territory. That mix matters for street skiing.... 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

Austrian snow, skate, surf and streetwear retailer | Founded 1988 in Schladming by Gerfried Schuller after the Blue Tomato Snowboard School | Known for: European shop network, multilingual webshop, freeski gear, snowboard roots, team riders and action sports community events | Focus: connecting riders with products, brands, service and culture across snowboarding, freeskiing, skateboarding, surfing and streetstyle. Schladming in 1988 and the snowboard school that became a retail engine Blue Tomato is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio. It is one of Europe's most important action sports retailers, with deep roots in snowboarding and a strong presence in freeski, skate, surf and streetwear.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American ski boot brand | Relaunched in 2006 around the classic Raichle Flexon three piece design and merged into K2 FL3X from 2022 onward | Known for: Drop Kick, First Chair, Descendant, B and E, Tom Wallisch Pro, Seth Morrison models, Intuition liners and swappable tongues | Focus: progressive flex, shock absorption, easy fit tuning and freestyle driven boot feel for park, street, moguls, freeride and all mountain skiers. Raichle Flexon roots and the 2006 Full Tilt revival Full Tilt was not a ski manufacturer. It was a ski boot brand with an outsized influence on how freestyle and freeride skiers thought about flex, fit and comfort.... 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

Denver based freeski apparel and micro studio | Known for: tall tees, heavyweight hoodies, baggy snowpants, rider supported videos and park street culture | Focus: clothing and media that keep freeski style close to the crews, edits and everyday laps that shaped it. Denver roots and the tall tee idea behind the name Tall T Productions sits in a specific corner of freeski culture: the overlap between clothing, crew media, park laps and street inspired identity. It is not a ski manufacturer in the traditional sense, and it is not a large film studio with a decades long catalog.... Read more on the Sponsor page