It’s amazing looking back at some of your previous efforts. It is insane to think how far my skiing and filmmaking has developed since this film was made in 05/06.

It was my third year in BC. I was still developing a new sense of what was possible in the mountains compared to my humble beginnings in New Mexico. Watching locals in Whistler tee off was a site to behold. While I’ve been freeskiing my whole life, constantly trying to go faster and higher, this was the beginning of my transformation into a solid, strong, and smart skier.

The previous year I had been rejected from the UBC Film Production Program. I made a terrible application film where my grand ideas of philosophical ponderings and beautiful images was a complete failure, and I knew it while sending the package in. So I decided to make something I was passionate about the next year, that I really knew deeply. This is that film and I got in.

I am embarrassed by my skiing and the filmmaking, but at the same time I am proud at the evolution of my physical and creative sides into what they are now.

My two passions will be combined with great intensity in the future. I know it and it brings a giant smile and nervous anticipation every time I think about it.

Here’s the film. Juggling Educational Moments.