Dylan Patee
Profile and significance Dylan Patee is a park skier and filmer who sits right in the middle of the modern grassroots freeski scene: Midwest rope-tow nights, Mt. Hood summers, small-hill contests and dense rail gardens captured from just a few metres away. Under the handle “dylanpatty_” he describes himself as an ATCH CORP and Vishnu freeski artist, which is a good shorthand for what he does: ski with style, film his friends, then turn the footage into tightly edited park and urban-style clips.... Read more on the Athlete page
Jack Kaiser
Profile and significance Jack Kaiser is a Midwest freeski park rider and filmer whose name has become closely tied to rope-tow culture, Trollhaugen laps and the DIY media world around ATCH CORP. Through a string of season edits on Newschoolers, appearances in the long-running “Human Being” series from Trollhaugen and his role in ATCH CORP videos like “Orientation,” “Nah,” “Encounter” and “Birds Of The Nest,” he has become one of the recognisable faces of the modern Midwestern jib scene. Rather than chasing FIS points or World Cup starts, Kaiser has built his profile through consistent presence in crew edits, small-brand collaborations and local events that show what freeski really looks like for most park skiers.... Read more on the Athlete page
Kian Barret
Profile and significance Kian Barrett is a North American freeski park rider and filmer whose name has become tightly linked with the rope-tow culture of Trollhaugen in Wisconsin and the wider Midwest jib scene. Through a long run of season edits under the handle “BianKarrett” on core platforms and recurring appearances in Trollhaugen’s Human Being web series, he has grown into one of those riders you keep seeing whenever Midwest park skiing shows up on screen. His early edits from the mid-2010s, filmed almost entirely at Trollhaugen and nearby JCK Terrain Park, documented his progression from “freeskiing for one year only” to a fully formed park skier with a distinct style and a clear understanding of how to make small hills look big.... Read more on the Athlete page