PROMISED LAND

Denmark | Active: 2010s-present public record | Known for: Danish street skiing, DM Big Air title, double cork 1260, Natural Ice, Bungee Breakers | Current: Danish freeski scene rider Umeå Rails And The Danish Street Thread Umeå and Sundsvall gave Jakob Ahlers the kind of winter surface Denmark rarely guarantees: real snow against city rails, cold approaches, and enough urban texture for a full-length street project. In “Promised Land,” Ahlers appears inside the Bungee Breakers crew, far from a conventional resort contest lane. That is the clearest way to frame him.... Read more on the Athlete page

Copenhagen, Denmark | Active street skier, filmmaker, event organizer | Known for: Common Language, Tell Me I Belong, LINE x CopenHill, Natural Ice, Scandinavian Team Battle | Main lane: street skiing, dryslope culture, European film crews Stockholm Rails After Dark The Stockholm streets were cold, hard, and bright under city lamps, with handrails cutting through patches of winter snow like metal lines on a map. Jakob Ebskamp stood inside that setting for Tell Me I Belong, not only as a skier, but as the person shaping the film around five European friends. The project followed Christian Moser, Jonas Hofer, Christian Gander, Markus Boa, and Ebskamp through a street-skiing trip built on rails, crashes, jokes, injuries, and small windows of usable snow.... Read more on the Athlete page

Denmark | Active: 2021-present | Known for: Bungee Breakers street-ski films, documentary direction | Current: Director and producer Mathias Skaarup Schmidt is a Danish director and producer whose documented place in freeskiing is behind the camera, not in a verified contest record. The credits also separate him from Scum of Skiing: Promised Land (2022) names Skaarup and Jakob Ebskamp as filmmakers, while Scum of Skiing is part of the skier cast. Shot on winter street missions in Umeå and Sundsvall from late December 2021 into early January 2022, that first Bungee Breakers feature established his role in a crew built around bungee-assisted run-ins, rail spots and fast-changing Scandinavian snow.... Read more on the Athlete page

Urban ski city on Sweden's northeast coast | Known for: Södra Berget, Sidsjöbacken, Nolbybacken, compact city-access slopes, and documented street ski projects | Season: winter snow window from December to March depending on conditions | Best for: street crews, rail-focused skiers, local park laps, and Scandinavian city-snow filming Södra Berget Above a Stone City Grid Sundsvall sits on Sweden's northeast coast in Medelpad, with the city centre rebuilt in stone after the 1888 fire and hills rising close enough to keep skiing inside the urban map. 5 kilometres from the city centre. That distance defines the place for freeskiers.... Read more on the Location page

Scandinavian ski region from Jämtland to Lapland | Known for: Åre, Kläppen Snowpark, Sälen, Riksgränsen, Stockholm street skiing, Swedish rail culture, SBMC and late spring Arctic freeride | Season: November to May depending on latitude and resort | Best for: park riders, rail skiers, spring freeriders, street crews and skiers who value repetition, clean logistics and long northern light Åreskutan And The Northern Ski Map Åre sits under Åreskutan, a 1420 meter mountain in Jämtland, and gives Sweden its most complete resort anchor. SkiStar lists 89 slopes and 47 lifts across the Åre system, while Visit Sweden describes the country as having more than 100 ski resorts. That national spread matters.... Read more on the Location page

Urban freeski city in northern Sweden | Known for: Bräntberget city laps, UHSK freeski training, Harlaut Apparel street footage, rails, small jumps and regional hill missions around Västerbotten | Season: December to March depending on cold and snowmaking | Best for: rail skiers, street crews, young park riders and filmers using compact winter terrain Bräntberget Five Kilometers From The City Bräntberget is the reason Umeå works as a freeski location instead of only a university city in northern Sweden. 6 kilometers from the city center, close enough that Visit Umeå highlights local bus access. The same tourism page lists big jumps, rails, sledding, a 48 meter fall height and a longest slope of 260 meters.... Read more on the Location page

Danish freeski and snowboard crew | Founded in 2021 by riders and creatives who wanted to make something of their own | Known for: urban edits, handycam fisheye filming, BB Goggles, BB Shades, limited apparel and the Bungee Breakers Open in Trysil | Focus: DIY street riding, community events, raw Scandinavian snow culture and rider funded film projects 2021 in Denmark and the bungee powered street idea Bungee Breakers is not a ski manufacturer, boot company or traditional production studio. It is a Danish freeski and snowboard crew that grew from a simple idea: make something of their own with riders, cameras, street spots and the kind of DIY energy that usually appears before the industry notices. The official story places the start in 2021, when the crew broke onto the scene with urban riding, old handycam footage and fisheye visuals that felt closer to skate videos than polished resort marketing.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Norwegian rider-led freeski apparel and streetwear label | Founded in 2020 by Ferdinand “Ferdi” Dahl and two childhood friends | Known for: baggy pants, woven belts, Big Puffy, Bombshell, Revamp, Fancy Pant, Pantaloni, interchangeable patches, oversized silhouettes and park-street styling | Focus: clothing for skiers who treat outerwear as part of the trick, the edit, the crew and the visual language of modern freeskiing. Norwegian park roots and the fashion house idea Capeesh Fashion House, also known online as Capeesh Supply, is not a ski manufacturer, binding company or traditional outerwear giant. It is an independent Norwegian ski apparel and streetwear label created in 2020 by freeskier Ferdinand “Ferdi” Dahl and two childhood friends.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American freeski manufacturer | Founded in 1995 by Jason Levinthal and built around the early twin-tip revolution | Known for: Bacon, Chronic, Tom Wallisch Pro, Blend, Honey Badger, Optic, Vision, Pandora, Sakana, Pescado, Blade and the Traveling Circus culture | Focus: playful, creative skis for park, street, freeride, powder, touring and skiers who want the mountain to feel less serious and more possible. 1995 garage roots and the birth of a freeski attitude LINE Skis is one of the defining brands in modern freeskiing. The company was founded in 1995 by Jason Levinthal, at a time when skiing was still heavily shaped by racing, straight skis, traditional technique and a narrow idea of what the sport should look like.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Danish ski and watersports retailer | Founded under the Nautic name in 1982 | Known for: Copenhagen and Herning stores, ski gear, snowboard equipment, bootfitting, ski service and Scandinavian Team Battle support | Focus: connecting Danish riders with equipment, advice and year-round snow culture. From Nautic roots to One Open Sky One Open Sky is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio. It is a Danish retailer with a strong winter-sports and watersports identity, best understood as a shop and service platform for skiers, snowboarders, surfers and outdoor users.... Read more on the Sponsor page

European ski travel operator | Founded in 1991 in the Netherlands | Known for: package holidays combining accommodation, lift passes, transport options, rentals and lessons | Focus: making ski travel easier to organise across major Alpine and Nordic destinations for families, friends, beginners and regular mountain travellers From student ski trips in 1991 to a European mountain platform Sunweb began in 1991, when Dutch founder Joost Romeijn started selling ski trips to young travellers. The original idea was practical: remove some of the friction around a winter holiday by combining transport, accommodation and mountain access instead of making every traveller assemble the trip alone. As online travel became central to holiday planning, the company developed from a ski-trip organiser into the flagship consumer brand of Sunweb Group, a wider European travel business with operations across several markets.... Read more on the Sponsor page