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MIPS, the helmet safety technology company, is building a team of brain safety advocates.
This team will contain athletes from a bunch of sports and youre the first member.
What attracted you to the cause?
First of all, I always want to be a good inspiration for the youth.
Ive never really agreed with that.
I really dont think that the helmet, or the protection, is what defines whats stylish.
Also, Ive had friends that have had a lot of concussions.
Freeskiing is obviously a high-risk sport.
Do you ever think about the risk or would thinking about it distract you from competitions?
I try not to think too much about hitting my head or anything like that.
I just want to have protection so its there when I least expect it.
I would rather just be safe at all times.
Do you feel that helmet technology has improved, so theyre not as distracting?
Yeah, I definitely dont get distracted by it.
The technology now is so light that you barely even feel that you have a helmet on.
But for me now, I really dont get affected by it at all.
I always feel, at the end of my projects, that I could keep going for another year.
I think thats just how I am, as a person, never really satisfied.
I think thats just how I am, as a person, like never really satisfied.
Im very happy with it and very appreciative.
Thats for the future.
Just my own skiing, I always see what I can do better next time.
Mostly, right now, I just build jumps and do what I can do the best.
Ive definitely started to spend more and more time out in the mountains and I definitely really enjoy it.
I hope to spend more time there in the future.
Is there good backcountry in Andorra?
Yeah, there can be, but these last two years it was pretty horrible, unfortunately.
Just because of snow conditions, but in 2018, that season was amazing!
I got to ski some of the best powder days I ever had in my life, in Andorra.
So, the last two years: zero of those days.
Growing up skiing in Are, was there much variety of terrain?
I definitely skied a lot more park, theres not much backcountry, more sidecountry.
There is a lot of terrain and all types of terrain.
Ive always skied a lot of different things, thats why I think I got a good base.
Growing up though, my biggest goal was always to become one of the park skiers.
Will contest go normally or will they be difficult even if crowds cannot attend?
Unfortunately, I think a lot will be canceled.
We already have seen the Modena Big Air, in Italy, was canceled.
They canceled another slopestyle in Italy.
Font-Romeo is in a part of France thats quite affected.
How did you keep yourself busy in lockdown?
I was in Sweden for most of it.
Middle of March to the end of April I was in BC, Canada, actually.
In Sweden, it wasnt so heavy with rules.
I was lucky enough to go up to the very north of Sweden with some friends.
We went to Riksgransen with military tents and were isolated from anything, even phone service.
Just on the mountain, skiing, camping and enjoying being outside.
Trips like that must be pretty rare these days?
Yeah, for sure.
We were still filming forSalute,but also it was just so nice to be outside.
We were just trying to get out of the madness a little bit.
Do you have any plans or hopes for winter 20/21?
I hope to be in Andorra and just take a stab at progress my skiing to its full potential.
I want to have the time to really push what Im not as good at.
Yeah, I mean its always in my head.
I am pretty competitive, as a person, and I really enjoy the pressure that competition brings.
The Olympics is on a big platform, for the mainstream audience.
I would love to go to at least one more, its for sure on my mind.
Do you ever think about slowing down?
I havent seen that sign yet.
You won Big Air at X again last year, will we see anything new this year?
I think about skiing, pretty much, all the time.
I thought it was awesome.
It was so cool to compete in something that is not necessarily the biggest, craziest jump or rail.
There was a formula where they didnt have to go by the number of rotations or spins.
They could have just said; we wanna see something different with this.'
I dont think they did that.
Was that the general feeling amongst the skiers?
I just go strictly off my own feelings.
We watched ski movies and competitions, in the past, but theyre not necessarily as involved.
That can sometimes be lost these days.
Me, personally, I love the crowd.
Having the crowd there definitely adds something special.
When its a lot of people and its a vibe, I feed off that a lot.
I think everybody would rather have the crowd there than not.
I heard youve had a little change to your set-up, whats that about?
Ive actually started skiing a completely different ski this year, theArmada ARV 86.
Its only 86 under the foot and my ski is 98, so theARVis a lot skinnier.
Im just enjoying experimenting right now.
Instead of feeling too much on the side of the knees.
I just came from Italy and Saas-Fee, on these two trips I didnt ski anything but theARV 86.
