Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Finley Melvile-Ives

Finley is currently one of the best halfpipe skier in the world. He's been on a stratospheric rise in the past two seasons earning 4 world cup podiums including 3 wins, winning world champs in 2025 and winning x games gold in 2026.

In this episode we talked about his upbringing, growing up in New Zealand and getting into skiing. His rise in the comp scene going from a relatively unknown skier to being the guy to beat in a span of 2 years. His thought on pipe skiing and its progression. His love for skiing and getting into all sides of the sport. His recent experience at the Milano Cortina olympics and the disappointment that came with not qualifying for finals. Living the pro skier life alongside his twin brother and pro snowboarder Cam and much much more.

thanks to the sponsors Axis boutique and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier, X Games gold medalist and olympic medalist, Luca Harrington

Luca is a pro skier, X games gold medalist, Olympic medalist and currently one of the most dominant comp skier in the world. In this episode we talked about Luca's upbringing in New Zealand and how he got into skiing. We talked about his inspiration from past legends from New Zealand and what's in the water over there that creates so many pro skiers. We went deep into his meteoric rise within the competition scene in the past 2 years. Where back to back world cup wins in Kreischberg and Klagenfurt started a run of 8 world cups podiums, 4 x games medals, 1 crystal globe and 1 olympic medal. We talked about the intricacies of slopestyle and big air comp skiing as well as the judging behind all of it. We also talked about this season's Milano Cortina Olympics and the accomplishment and disappointment that came with it for him.

We also went into many other subjects including but not limited to bringbacks, cindy grabs, esco grabs, being a x games alternate, having your brother as a fellow pro skier, having a US citizenship, choosing to focus on slopestyle and big air despite promising results in halfpipe and much much more.

thanks to the sponsors Axis boutique and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Troy Podmilsak

Troy is a pro skier, X Games big air gold medalist and part of a new generation that is pushing the boundaries of big air skiing. He blew up onto the scene as a grom showcasing great promise through his online videos. As a teen, Troy climbed the competition ladder and eventually made it on to world cups as part of the US team. Ever since he made in the big leagues, Troy has been progressing and cementing his spot as one of the best big air skiers in the world. His accolades include winning both slopestyle and big air at the 2022 FIS Jr world championships, Winning the 2023 FIS world championships big air and winning the 2024 X Games big air.

In this episode we talked about troy's upbringing and how he got into park skiing. His rise in the competitive scene of freeskiing and the challenges of making it in such a dominant country. We went deep into the big air scene with the new tricks, the trends, the airbags, the training, the strategies, the different comps, jumps and formats. We talked about his relationship with his coach being freeski legend TJ Schiller. We talked about last years x games where the level was insane and where troy placed 4th with a perfect trip 21 mute and almost landed a trip 23 mute.

this was a great talk with one of freeskiing's most dominant big air skier

side note this episode was recorded before the first 2 big air comps of the season, which troy ended up winning. Troy ended up winning the secret garden and steamboat big air world cups and is now qualified for the olympics.

thanks to the sponsors APIK fest, Axis boutique and Dic Anns restaurants