
Danny Arnold
Born and raised (location)? Grand Haven Michigan
Current location? Colorado
Age? 18
Favorite conditions? all types!
Home slope? Mulligans hallow ski bowl
Other sports? Wakeboard, Mountain Bike
Best music to ride to? No music
Alex Blais
Where are you based out of? ... Whistler.
Highlight of last season? ... 7th place in Revelstoke, stop #2 on the Freeskiing World Tour. Ski segment in the Dendrite Studios movie: Out of the Shadows.
Biggest accomplishment to date? ... 2010: 7th place at Freeskiing World Tour stop in Revelstoke.
2010: Film segment for ‘Out of the Shadows’ by Dendrite Studios. 2007: 1st place at Crystal Mountain Freeskiing Championship. 2007: 4th place at Red Mountain Canadian Freeskiing Championship.
Bryan DePauw
Born and raised (location)? Born and raised in otsego michigan
Current location? still living at home in otsego
Age? 20 years old
Favorite conditions? favorite conditions are when its not to hot where the snow is slushy but not so cold that you cant ski because your bones will break.
home slope? bittersweet ski resort is my home slope/hill.
Ryan Lanham
Born and raised (location)? ... Midland, MI
Current location? ... Salt Lake City, UT
Age? ... 18
Favorite conditions? ... Chowder for days
Home slope? ... Shanty Creek!
Other sports? ... Wakeboarding, Skateboarding
Best music to ride to? ... Ricky Rosay
Jon Whelan
Born and raised (location)? … Nelson BC
Current location? … Nelson BC
Age? … 18
Favorite conditions? … Pow, pow, and more pow.
Home slope? … Whitewater resort
Other sports? … I climbed a lot this summer, as well as playing some soccer.
Sam Zahner
Born: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Raised St. Louis Missouri
Current Location: Sparta New Jersey
Age: 15
Favorite conditions: Freshly groomed park
Home slope: Mountain creek
Other sports: Jumping on the trampoline
Best music to ride to: Wu-Tang, any thing with a good beat
Johara Sykes-Davies
Born and raised (location)? ...North Wales, UK
Current location? ... Watergate Bay, Cornwall, UK… well if there is no snow or wind, at least there are waves!
Age? ... 28
Favorite conditions? ... Fresh powder, clear blue sky, nice steady breeze, good friends.
Home slope? ... Occasionally we get good conditions at home in North Wales on the Denbigh Moors, but mostly I head to the Col du Lautaret or Chamonix in France.
Guide Team:
Brian Lull
35 years old, Skiing/snowboarding since 6 years old, 10 years guiding, Operations Manager at FWA,
Fly fishing guide in the summer for FWA, Avid mountain biker, Dad of 2 kids, Love powder, love my job
Professional member of Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA)
CAA Level 3 certified
Advanced wilderness first-aid certified
Avalanche blasting ticket
Andrew McAloon (aka Mac)
Let me begin with your ski company holds a special place in my heart as I grew up on a 200ft high ski hill in eastern Canada so your tree on the base keeps me connected to my roots.
I have been skiing since i was two years old and it has taken me around the world in search of new mountains and friends to ski with.
Currently i live in Whistler, British Columbia and ski guide with Powder Mountain Heli/Catskiing and Gaia Evolution Co backcountry experiences and sponsored by Arcteryx clothing.
I am a certified Canadian ski guide and avalanche technician with 17 years guiding experience.
Matt Noseworthy
Matt Noseworthy has been working for FWA Catskiing as a guide for 9 years since he graduated from the Mountain Activity Skills Training (MAST) program at the College of the Rockies in Fernie, British Columbia.
A professional member of the Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA), his certification are as follows:
CAA ski operations level 2;
an EMP advanced level 3 first aid;
work safe BC avalanche control/hand bombing.
Mitten Media Productions
We started out making edits with our friends and realized that we have a lot of young and extremely talented skiers so we figured they needed to be documented more.
We focus on getting exposure for our riders and through that get exposure for our company. We feel that Michigan alone has a ton of potential as it continues to grow with talent. Next year we will have more riders, filmers, and a much better feel on what the community wants from us.
Feel free to like our fan page on facebook for all updates on our team and where we are filming!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mitten-Media/150316465012616
Switch Up Productions
Switch Up Productions is not just a group of guys trying to make it in the skiing community, its a group of friends doing what they love. Skiing is the center point of all of our lives. We never stop thinking about the next time we can click our boots into our beloved skis or even thinking about the next season already. This sport has evolved beyond measure, and to stay in the times you must evolve too. We have taken skiing and have revolved our lives around it, and that makes all of us the happiest fellers in the mitten.
Next Generation Media
We are a crew from outside Oslo, Norway. We started up January 2011, making some webisodes so we could get our name out there. Our focus in our edits, is to make a lot of good atmosphere, and show the viewers how much fun skiing is, and how much fun we have making them!
So check out our website and Facebook-page to get the latest news from us, and to follow what we do!

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Danny Arnold just hit us up on text to let us know that he got 2nd place today in the Arapahoe Basin Rail Jam on his Epic Planks Spinners. Blue bird conditions and a blind switchup to kfed on a railbonk to down flat, got Danny to the podium. ...
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