SLVSH || Ry Mann vs. Townsend Reed at Kicking Horse, BC

Active: 2019-present | Known for: Kicking Horse SLVSH game and IFSA Challenger competition | Disciplines: freeride, big mountain skiing Cloud covered Kicking Horse in April 2025 when Ry Mann and Townsend Reed took the SLVSH format away from its usual terrain-park setting. The two skiers worked through the British Columbia mountain using cliffs, chutes and natural terrain for their calls. FREESKIER later described the day as socked in, while the finished game included flips, 360s, backflips and straight airs.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Whitefish, Montana | Active: 2024-present | Known for: 2024 junior freeride title, Kicking Horse Challenger podium in 2026 | Sponsors: Faction Skis | Disciplines: freeride, big mountain skiing Cloud and flat light covered Kicking Horse in April 2025 when Townsend Reed met Ry Mann for an all-mountain game of SLVSH. Instead of rails and shaped jumps, the two skiers worked through cliffs, chutes and natural transitions around the British Columbia resort. Backflips, 360s and straight airs became the calls.... Read more on the Athlete page

British Columbia freeride resort above Golden | Known for: 3486 acres, 4314 ft vertical, 85+ inbound chutes, Golden Eagle Express gondola, Stairway to Heaven, Ozone FWT face, Wrangle The Chute, and steep Purcell Mountain terrain | Season: winter into April depending on snowpack | Best for: advanced freeriders, POV skiers, chute hunters, FWT followers, powder crews, and riders who want lift-served big-mountain terrain without a huge resort-village feel Golden Eagle Express Into The Purcell Steeps Kicking Horse Mountain Resort rises above Golden in British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains, with a top elevation of 2505 meters and a vertical drop of 1315 meters, or 4314 feet. The lift story is unusually direct: the Golden Eagle Express gondola carries skiers from the base toward the alpine in one long upload, then the mountain opens into ridges, bowls, chutes, spines, chalk panels and long runouts. The official numbers explain why Kicking Horse matters to freeskiers: 3486 acres, 120+ runs, 85+ inbound chutes, and a terrain split where advanced and expert skiing dominate the resort’s identity.... Read more on the Location page

Global freeski matchup league and media platform | Known for: SLVSH games, SLVSH Cup, head-to-head trick battles, park matchups, Grandvalira events, YouTube releases and peer-driven freestyle competition | Focus: turning park skiing into a game of creativity, pressure, trick calling and rider-versus-rider style without traditional judges. The freeski game that made park battles simple SLVSH is not a ski manufacturer, outerwear brand, boot company or traditional film studio. It is a freeski media platform and matchup format built around one of the cleanest ideas in park skiing: take the playground logic of HORSE or SKATE, put it on skis, and let riders call tricks against each other until someone spells SLVSH.... Read more on the Sponsor page