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Profile and significance Émile “Bmile” Bergeron is a Québec-born freeski original whose reputation rests on memorable street segments and a benchmark X Games result. Raised in the Lac-Beauport / Québec City corridor, he moved from early park edits into a film-first path, earning a silver medal at X Games Real Ski 2020 with a part that mixed high-consequence architecture, meticulous speed control, and clean, readable landings. Years of clips with Quebec crews and frequent cameos in projects anchored by Phil Casabon and Brady Perron had already put him on the radar; Real Ski confirmed to a global audience what the core scene knew: Bergeron is a case study in readable difficulty.... Read more on the Athlete page

Freeway in spring slush Late spring at Breckenridge, the snow in Freeway terrain park goes grey at the edges and fast in the apron. Liam Downey’s 2014 “Rainbow Demon” edit lives in that kind of light: soft slush on the lip, a quick setup into the feature, then a clean read of the park without a contest bib anywhere in sight. FREESKIER described him then as a former Level 1 stalwart, and that frame lands closer to the truth than any points list.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Mike Hornbeck is an American freeski icon from Michigan whose street-first approach, butters and presses helped define the look of modern park and urban skiing. Rising through the mid-2000s film era, he became one of the most recognizable riders in Level 1’s catalog with standout appearances in titles like Realtime, After Dark, and other projects that centered style and originality over podiums. A long-time member of the Armada team, he later carried his aesthetic into rider-led web parts and brand pieces that many skiers still study frame by frame.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Philip “B-Dog” Casabon is a Canadian freeski icon from Shawinigan, Québec, whose style-first language—presses, butters, nollies, reverts, and shiftys that breathe—reshaped modern park and urban skiing. He rose through night laps at his local hill, Vallée du Parc, and became one of the most influential riders of his generation by proving that creativity, definition, and flow can outweigh brute force. His cultural footprint is matched by hardware: back-to-back gold medals at X Games Real Ski in 2018 and 2019, plus the 2018 Fan Favorite nod, cemented his status as a peer-elected standard.... Read more on the Athlete page

Overview and significance Bittersweet Ski Resort is a compact, high-energy hill in Otsego, southwest Michigan, designed for volume laps, night sessions, and steady progression. The resort reports 350 feet of vertical drop, 20 runs, six chairlifts including two high-speed chairs, plus carpets and rope tows—an efficient package for quick turns after work or all-day family mileage. Its location between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo makes it the go-to day trip for a large local community, and its terrain park program keeps Midwest freeski culture active even when the big mountains are far away.... Read more on the Location page

Brand overview and significance Armada is widely recognized as skiing’s pioneering athlete-founded brand. Launched in 2002 by a crew of influential freeskiers and creatives, it set out to build equipment around how modern skiers actually ride—park, powder, streets, and big, natural terrain—rather than filtering innovation through traditional race heritage. The brand’s identity has remained anchored in rider input and film culture, with a product line that mirrors the creative, playful approach that reshaped freeskiing in the 2000s and beyond.... Read more on the Sponsor page