Emile Bergeron
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
Liam Downey
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
Mike Hornbeck
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
Philip Casabon - B-Dog
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