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Low Pressure Podcast #191 - Sam Kuch
Sam Kuch returns to the LPP, freshly minted as the IF3 Male Standout Skier of the Year, Sam Kuch stopped by the Low Pressure Podcast Studios to talk about what’s changed going in his life in the 3 years since he was last on the show.
He tells us about...
Low Pressure Podcast #190 - Cole Richardson
If you’re impressed by Cole Richardson as a skier, there’s a chance you’ll be more impressed with Cole as a person. The 20 year old from Canmore, Alberta has, in a very short period of time, made himself known on the mountain but there's more to him...
#186 Daniel Hanka
Daniel Hanka is pro skier from the Czech Republic who has taken a unique path. One shaped from tragedy, a little luck, determination and some help from the right people at the right time.
As a teen, Daniel lost his father in an automobile accident and his life at home became...
#178 Cy Whitling
Cy Whitling has emerged as skiing's unofficial illustrator. It seems the demand for unique skiing content has never been higher. We're fatigued from constant access to everyone's sick lines, from the insta-fluencers posing pretty and from scrolling through post after post of...
#177 Chris Turpin
Chris Turpin has been your favourite skier's, favourite skier. For the last 20 years he's been on the fringes of freestyle. He was there from the early days of the New Canadian Air Force to when he put down the first ever, fully switch halfpipe comp run. Recently he's been...
#176 Taylor Lundquist
Taylor Lundquist is pushing the limits of what's possible in street skiing. The urban scene seems to be the last corner of our sport that has yet to recognize an influx of female riders. This year, Taylor is the first female to compete in the XGames Real Ski competition...
#172 Paddy Graham from Legs of Steel
Paddy Graham, Pro Skier, Englishman, and all around good guy joins us to end the year on a strong note. He is not becoming a Yogi and after testing it out, explains why.
Paddy is a rarity. He's a pro skier from England. He's also a RedBull Athlete and a...
#170 The legendary Chris Benchetler returns to the LPP!
Chris is busier than he’s ever been blending together his ski career, his Grateful Dead collabs while being a new parent, with another on the way. (We recorded this during nap time.) He joined us from his home in Mammoth California to...
#169 Coline Ballet-Baz
Cover Photo: Joc Cadieux
Coline Ballet-Baz is about to release her new project, SKIVAS. It's one of, if not the best all female ski film to date. The movie highlights big mountain lines, fun pow skiing, a gnarly urban segment and everything in between. SKIVAS highlights...
#168 Magnus Graner
Cover Photo: Alex Hackel
Magnus Graner is one of the best street skiers in game. He and The Bunch are always pushing the boundaries of what's possible with their skiing and films. We connected with Magnus at The Bunch H.Q. in Stockholm, Sweden where the team is finishing the...
#167 Hunter Hess
Hunter Hess is, as many pro skiers do, living the nomad lifestyle. We connected with the Bend, Oregon native in Utah where he filmed the recently released, MAGMA II. The follow up to the award winning MAGMA is the second instalment of the project that originated with...
#165 Torin Yater Wallace
Cover photo:Daniel Ronnback
Torin Yater Wallace has been at the top level of competitive skiing for a decade. He's only 24. We spoke to him at his home in Basalt Colorado, just a stone's throw from Aspen where he grew up skiing...
#164 Henrik Harlaut
Cover photo: Josh Bishop
Henrik Harlaut has created a SALUTE to skiing. A SALUTE to friends, family and fans. SALUTE is Henrik’s forthcoming ski film project. Over the last two years he’s been venturing into backyards and the backcountry stacking outstanding footage that we...
#161 Tanner Hall
Photo supplied by Frozen Ambrosia
Tanner Hall Returns to the LPP!! He's here to talk about his new film, "Tanner Hall Forever", that he and producer, Constantine Papanicolaou / Frozen Ambrosia are releasing this fall. If you are expecting this to be a ski film with bangers...
#158 GRETE ELIASSEN
Grete Eliassen, easily one of the best freestyle skiers of the 2000’s is returning to the sport she loves. Grete stepped away from skiing in 2013 to finish school, start her career and to have a family. Her love for skiing never waned and now she’s making a comeback...
Josh Berman has heavily influenced skiing as we know it today. The man behind Level1 productions joins us to talk about his final annual ski film, “Romance”, and the new direction for the production company that has been blowing our minds for the last 20 years.
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#141 Mark Abma
Mark Abma is a legend in skiing but you probably already knew that. He’s been a staple in MSP’s annual ski films for the last 18 years and has graced the pages and covers of most if not all of your favourite mags. Mark returns to the LPP today tell us what’s going on in his life...
#138 Evan McEachran
Evan McEachran is a Canadian, professional Slopestlye and Big Air skier. We met up and recorded this episode in Montreal at the Newschoolers.com offices after a big night at the IF3 festival. At the last minute he decided he was going to drive 6 hours from his home in...
#137 Jeff Schmuck - Ski Movie Hype
Jeff Schmuck is many things. He's the editor of Forecast Ski Magazine, head judge for IF3, ski media personality, confidant, mentor and friend to countless members of our glorious ski community...
#136 Isabelle Hansen - Dutch Halfpipe Skier
Isabelle Hanssen is a professional halfpipe skier from the flat-land nation of the Netherlands. She became obsessed with skiing after travelling to France her family's yearly ski vacation, "Dutch Week". Living in the Netherlands, Isabelle had...