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Hometown: Izaourt, France | Active: 2017-present | Known for: ninth at the 2024 Chur World Cup big air, French slopestyle and big air titles in 2026, Mediappiness | Disciplines: big air, slopestyle, backcountry freestyle In April 2024, Andreas Herranz moved through the Lyngen Alps on snowshoes with Julian Caillet, Leo Fourcade and Hugo Monmont, carrying shovels into the mountains above the Norwegian fjords. The group spent a month away from prepared snowparks, reaching their terrain without motorized access and shaping freestyle features by hand. Jumps grew as the trip progressed, transferring the movements of park skiing into natural snow.... Read more on the Athlete page

Innsbruck, Austria | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, knuckle huck | Verified: 2022 Olympian, 2021 Junior Worlds double silver, Chur 2023 World Cup podium, X Games Aspen 2024 Big Air bronze | Current: Armada and Monster Energy athlete profile, style-led video presence Buttermilk When The Tail Butter Held Buttermilk Mountain was loud under the Aspen lights, with the big-air ramp glowing above packed Colorado snow. Daniel Bacher came in switch, pressed his tails across the lip, then released into a double cork 1440 with the landing running fast below him. X Games Aspen 2024 gave Bacher the clearest international marker of his senior career.... Read more on the Athlete page

Lorraine, Quebec, Canada | Active: FIS status active; World Cup step-back announced June 2025 | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, rails, creative filming | Verified: 2021 World Championships big air silver, 2019 Junior Worlds slopestyle gold, Beijing 2022 Olympian, World Cup podiums | Current: Edjoy creative ski path Aspen When The Headstand Said Everything The Buttermilk big-air jump sat under Colorado floodlights, with the landing glazed by heavy impacts and the crowd waiting for scores. Édouard Therriault had kicked a ski on takeoff, still completed the trick, then fell through the landing with the kind of chaos that made people keep watching. At X Games Aspen 2022, his rookie appearance did not end with a medal, but it gave Edjoy a clear international image.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Annecy, France | Born: 2001 | Active: 2019-present | Known for: Mediappiness ski films, Level 1 FilmerUnknown winner in 2026 | Current: skier and filmmaker In April 2024, snowshoes and shovels replaced lifts for Hugo Monmont and the three skiers beside him in Norway. Andreas Herranz, Julian Caillet, Léo Fourcade and Monmont spent a month crossing the snow of the Lyngen Alps on foot to build their own backcountry jumps among the fjords. Monmont was not only skiing: he was also filming the trip that became Smash.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Grenoble, France | Active: 2014-present | Known for: 2018/19 Coupe de France slopestyle overall win, Young's World, Mediappiness | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air, backcountry freestyle In April 2024, Julian Caillet, Andreas Herranz, Leo Fourcade and Hugo Monmont moved through the Lyngen Alps on snowshoes with shovels strapped into the day's equipment. Their objective was not an existing terrain park: the four spent a month in northern Norway climbing into the mountains and shaping their own backcountry jumps above the fjords. Caillet had spent years in slopestyle parks and contest lines; in Lyngen, the same freestyle approach had to begin with the approach, the snow surface and the work of building each feature by hand.... Read more on the Athlete page

La Clusaz, France | Active: 2018-present FIS record | Known for: World Cup big air, European Cup wins, Youth Olympic Games, creative freeski | Current: Faction, Oakley, The Roster, Alpina, DB Journey Corvatsch When The Big Air Number Held The Corvatsch jump sat bright above the Engadin valley, with spring light bouncing off a hard Swiss landing. Kadi Gomis had to carry speed through the inrun, set the takeoff clean, hold the grab, and trust the landing before the scoreboard turned the run into a result. On April 12, 2025, Gomis won the men’s Freeski Big Air at the Corvatsch European Cup Premium.... Read more on the Athlete page

Prague, Czech Republic / Austria | Active: 2019-present | Focus: big air, slopestyle, knuckle huck | Current: Austrian national team, Red Bull, Faction, K2 FL3X, LOOK, Smith and Capeesh Livigno Snowfall When The Bronze Was Still Open Livigno Snow Park was filling with heavy February snow, flakes cutting through the floodlights while the final men’s big air round waited at the top. Matej Svancer had already landed two high-scoring jumps, but Mac Forehand and Tormod Frostad were pushing the numbers into rare territory. Svancer dropped again, switch takeoff, skis locked together in rotation, a landing clean enough to keep him in the medal fight.... Read more on the Athlete page

Montréal, Québec | Active Public Record: 2019-present | Known for: SuperUnknown XIX, MTL, MTL 2, Word To The Wise, Seasons, J Skis Poutine collab | Current: Montreal street skiing and Xavier Mayrand film projects Montréal Concrete With Barely Enough Snow The rail sat above Montréal concrete with just enough snow to make the run-in possible. Mat Dufresne, known across the street-skiing scene as Mat Duf, had no clean mountain landing, no park crew resetting the feature, and no safety margin from perfect winter conditions. The shot depended on timing, commitment, and the kind of quiet confidence that has become central to his skiing.... Read more on the Athlete page

A and Bon Diez | Current: freeski judge Rails, jumps and crashes filled Maxence Gumuchian's 2013/14 winter across a succession of Alpine ski areas. A season edit made when he was 13 shows the young French skier moving between park sessions and competitions before returning to Les Deux Alpes for summer training. That early footage fits a career that would later shift away from result sheets and toward collaborative films: first through a generation of French park riders, then inside Hugo Monmont's Mediappiness projects.... Read more on the Athlete page

A and Bon Diez, Movement's Les Frouzes | Disciplines: freestyle, park skiing On 8 November 2024, a seven-minute ski film opened an evening screening at L'Arlequin in Paris. Les Frouzes brought together Maxime Vogt, Mäel Collado, Yan Le Gros, Hugo Monmont and Baptiste Cibat Theil, five French riders skiing for the Swiss brand Movement. A, he also worked behind the camera.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Järna, Sweden | Born: 2002 | Active: 2017-present | Known for: Youth Olympic slopestyle silver in 2020, 2021/22 European Cup overall title | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air Sunlight covered the Leysin course on 20 January 2020 when Melvin Morén dropped into his third slopestyle run at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The Swedish skier had two lower scores behind him and one final attempt on the rails and jumps above Lausanne. When he reached the finish, Swedish supporters and other competitors applauded before the judges posted his score.... Read more on the Athlete page

A and Bon Diez | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air In December 2021, Mirco Ferrari joined a group of friends capturing the first footage for Bon Diez at Chamrousse before the crew travelled to Austria for the end of the winter. The setting was familiar territory: Ferrari grew up at the resort below the Belledonne mountains, first skiing alpine disciplines before concentrating on freestyle. His older sister Eleonora Ferrari followed the same path, and both became part of the Dauphiné freestyle group built around big air and slopestyle.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Gap, France | Born: 1999 | Active: 2017-present | Known for: fourth in Tignes World Cup big air in 2026, Asian Winter Games slopestyle bronze in 2025 | Sponsors: Commencal | Disciplines: big air, slopestyle At Gore Mountain in January 2023, Paul Vieuxtemps faced a rail section where the features sat close enough together to leave little room for mistakes. The jumps were smaller than those he encountered at many international venues, but he described the rails as demanding and enjoyable. Vieuxtemps was skiing for Thailand in New York State while studying at Université Grenoble Alpes, combining the competition schedule with gym work, trampolines and summer airbag training.... Read more on the Athlete page

Born: 2001 | Active: 2019-present | Known for: Olympic Winter Games 2022, World Championships and Mediappiness ski films | Current: Finnish World Cup skier | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air Snowpark sessions across Austria, Quebec, the United States and France filled Simo Peltola's 2019/20 winter away from start gates. The Finnish skier joined an international group assembled for Young's World, moving between park jumps and rails with Matej Svancer, Hugo Laugier, Jeremy Pancras and other riders. Hugo Monmont, Julian Caillet, Andreas Herranz and Titouan Goguillon directed the project.... Read more on the Athlete page

American action camera and snow filming brand | Founded 2002 by Nick Woodman | Known for: HERO cameras, MAX 360 capture, HyperSmooth stabilization, Quik editing, helmet mounts, chest mounts and ski pole POV systems | Focus: helping skiers, riders, athletes and film crews capture immersive first person skiing from resort laps to Freeride World Tour faces and backcountry film segments. 2002 surf frustration that became the default ski POV GoPro is not a ski manufacturer, crew or traditional film studio. It is an action camera brand that changed how skiing is recorded, shared and remembered.... Read more on the Sponsor page

French freeski film collective from Les Deux Alpes | Known for: park edits, a DIY visual language and the backcountry film Smash | Focus: building rider-led projects that connect French freestyle sessions with Nordic travel and an emerging local event format From Les Deux Alpes sessions to a French film collective Mediappiness is a French freeski crew and film collective rooted in Les Deux Alpes. It should be understood first as a rider-led production group rather than a ski manufacturer or a conventional media company. Its public work is built around the people who ski, film, edit and travel together, with Hugo Monmont repeatedly credited as the central filmmaker and editor.... Read more on the Sponsor page