2022 - Daymaker

FEATURED ATHLETE: CAM FITZPATRICK

 
Name a person who inspires you to be a better skier/rider?

Travis Rice, Willie Mcmillon and Rob Kingwill

 

Favorite chairlift and why?

The Tram at JHMR. You have so much side-country access from the top and you have crazy top to bottom terrain within the resort gates. The opportunities are endless.

 

What makes for the ultimate day on the mountain? 

The ultimate thing would be surrounding yourself with fun and trustworthy people!

 

 

FEATURED ATHLETE: CONNERY LUNDIN

 
Name a person who inspires you to be a better skier/rider? 

Marcus Caston. And anyone doing it with a fat smile on their face. The best skier is the one having the most fun.

 

What’s your most memorable or favorite Warren Miller film or segment – past or present?

Silverton Segment with Andy Mahre & Pep Fujas "Children of Winter" - 2008

 
Favorite chairlift and why?

KT-22 at Squaw Valley. From the top of KT you can access so much terrain. 

 
What makes for an ultimate day on the mountain? 

Shredding in a big group with your friends, skiing fast, not stopping, pushing each other, leaving your comfort zone and throwing out high fives after.

 

FEATURED ATHLETE: SIMON HILLIS

 
Where did you grow up & where did you grow up skiing? 
I was born in Bali, then moved to Canada when I was 3 and I’ve lived in Rossland BC ever since.

 

What’s your “Back in my day, we…”?
We used to look at the lines we ski today, 

 

Who has inspired your skiing the most?
Dane Tudor and Richard Permin.

 

How did Warren Miller the man influence your skiing/riding career?
He’s the OG for ski movies. 
 
 

FEATURED ATHLETE: RYLAND BELL

 

Growing up in the portage town of Fairbanks, Alaska, Ryland Bell hasn’t wandered far from the small town and towering peaks that opened the door to a life of commercial fishing and big mountain riding. As a commercial fisherman in the summer months, Bell spends 20-plus hour days on his boat casting for salmon and halibut while making time to explore the backcountry terrain that is his backyard. During the winter months, he resides in Lake Tahoe and rides Squaw Valley with some of snowboarding biggest icons like Jeremy Jones. 

As a kid, Bell and his family spent their winters in Fairbanks riding, skiing, sledding, and trekking through the mountains. At age 12 Bell discovered snowboarding and knew it held his future. When not hiking with family, Bell and his friends would use hay bales to build kickers at the aptly named Moose Mountain only to find the next day that herds of moose had eaten most of their jumps. So what would they do? Get back to it building jumps and other freestyle features.

After competing in several freeriding competitions, Bell’s passion for riding big lines extended to placing on the podium at competitions like The North Face American Big Mountain, Freewide World Tour stops in California, and the Swatch Freeride World Tour in Haines, AK in 2016 with a first place finish. Most days, Bell can be found skinning uphill on his splitboard in Haines or Juneau, Alaska or the Tahoe backcountry.

 

 
 
 
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FEATURED ATHLETE: MCKENNA PETERSON

 
Best advice you were ever given?

Keep your hands forward.

 

Where do you draw your inspiration from?

My family, my friends and the mountains.

 

What makes for an ultimate day on the mountain? 

Good friends, smiles and high fives are all that you need for the perfect day in the mountains.

 

 
 
 
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FEATURED ATHLETE: Marcus Caston

Name a person who inspires you to be a better skier?

The people sitting on the chair overhead.

 
Favorite classic ski film and why?

Beyond the Edge. Classic Warren Miller. 

 

What makes for the ultimate day on the mountain?

A good lunch break! I can't remember a bad day on the mountain with a good lunch.

 

 

 

FEATURED ATHLETE: Lexi duPont

Name a person who inspires you to be a better skier? 

Michelle Parker

 

Favorite chairlift and why?

The Stoke!!!! (In Revelstoke) Hot laps on the STOKE all day baby!!!! It provides access to my favorite terrain on earth. Nothing beats hot lapping the stoke with a sendy crew on a pow day!

 

Fictitious character you most identify with from a book, movie, etc. and why?

Cookie Monster! "Friend something better than chocolate Ice-cream... maybe friend somebody you give up last cookie for." It's as simple as that.

 

Favorite classic ski film and why?

Blizzard of Aahhh's. Greg Stump changed my life with that film. After watching It I knew I wanted to ski as much as humanly possible and maybe one day grow up to ski like Kim Reichhelm. I feel like it changed skiing and action sports film making forever.

 

FEATURED ATHLETE: JONNY MOSELEY 

 

 

Wish I could remember back that far. The photos are awesome. I do remember losing my sick Oakley blades I won when I was 10. Damn, I miss those still. I remember sleeping in the car a lot on long drives.

 

What career accomplishment are you most proud of?

Gold Medal

 

Any nicknames?

Jmo, JBAM, Slomo, Motown (Karaoke AE), Mozor, Kzor, Mose, Jonathan, Jonny F-in Moseley, Stinky

 

Favorite ski films?

Extreme Winter, Blizzard of Ahhhs, Degenerates, and Art of Flight.

 

 

FEATURED ATHLETE: MICHELLE PARKER

 
Who has been the biggest influence to you in your ski career?

Shane McConkey continues to inspire me and to influence me regularly. He was someone who I looked up to before he passed and continue to look up to. Ingrid Backstrom has always been a hero of mine as well as Eric Pollard. Eric is an incredibly diverse athlete outside of skiing with his art. JP Auclair, as well, has always been a great influence to my skiing and career.

 

What makes for the ultimate day on the mountain?

The friends you surround yourself with.

 

 
 
 
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Featured Athlete: Daron Rahlves 

 
Name one thing that makes for an ultimate day on the mountain?

Appreciation

 
Favorite music to shred to?

Nature

 

Who is your greatest influence in life?

Inspiring people, those who push themselves.

 

3 things you will make time for?

Family / friends, eating, skiing!

 

If you could have a drink with anyone who would it be?

Warren Miller!

 

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