Since 2013, Low Pressure is still the best place to hear fun conversations with the skiers, photographers, creatives and all the important people who dedicate their lives to skiing.
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Since 2013, Low Pressure is still the best place to hear fun conversations with the skiers, photographers, creatives and all the important people who dedicate their lives to skiing.
#LISTENTOSKIING
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
Gus Rowley is a 4th generation Merino wool farmer from New Zealand's South Island. The thing about New Zealand farmers is that many, if not all of them, are also ripping skiers. In this episode we get the actual origin story of one of the most important pieces of gear we pull on to start a day in the mountains, the Merino base layer.
Reuben Krabbe is an action sports photographer that seems to enjoy choosing projects that pushes himself out of his comfort zone. Those projects are figuratively, and quite literally, astronomical.
Evan McEachran is a professional Slopestlye and Big Air Skier from Canada. We met up and recorded this episode in Montreal at the Newschoolers.com offices after a big night at the IF3 festival. Evan decided at the last minute he was going to drive 6 hours from his home in Oakville Ontario to catch a couple movies, join the party and sit down for a chat with us.
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. Today he is my guest on the Low Pressure Podcast! Today also happens to be International Podcast Day!
September is ski movie hype month. All the trailers for the year's big ski films drop raising stoke levels and enticing skiers to go buy tickets for all the high energy premieres. These days there are dozens of offerings for our viewing pleasure and Jeff is one of the lucky few who gets to watch virtually all of them.
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 to work hard to get her turns in. She would travel for hours on public transit, with all of her gear, just for the chance to ski at one of the countries few indoor slopes...
Maude Raymond's home is where her dog is and they are usually hanging out together in her beloved VW Westfalia camper van. After a long, awful year of terrible luck, injuries and personal setbacks Maude decided to simplify her life so she got a dog a van and hit the road. As a very creative person, she realized that she needed less to create more and that the nomad life offered her an opportunity to do just that. To be completely free to learn what she does and doesn't want in life.
Freedle Coty has been a filmer and director for Level 1's annual ski movies for the past 17 years. He's seen and done a lot within the ski industry including producing his own short-lived, ski themed podcast, "Snowblower"!
The always entertaining Parker White with his trademark mullet and quick wit joins the LPP this week. Skiing has been all he's really known but is also what he still really loves.
Leslie Anthony is a journalist, traveller, editor and has been telling (tele-ing) skiing's stories for the better part of three decades. He has literally written the book on it with 2010's, "White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Global Ski Culture". Les has been published in virtually every ski publication in the world and has been on the masthead of several magazines including editor of Powder and SBC Skier.