The Mayrand podcast

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Finley Melvile-IvesFinley is currently one of the best halfpipe skier in the world. He's been on a stratospheric rise in the past two seasons earning 4 world cup podiums including 3 wins, winning world champs in 2025 and winning x games gold in 2026.In this episode we talked about his upbringing, growing up in New Zealand and getting into skiing. His rise in the comp scene going from a relatively unknown skier to being the guy to beat in a span of 2 years. His thought on pipe skiing and its progression. His love for skiing and getting into all sides of the sport. His recent experience at the Milano Cortina olympics and the disappointment that came with not qualifying for finals. Living the pro skier life alongside his twin brother and pro snowboarder Cam and much much more.thanks to the sponsors  Axis boutique and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier, X Games gold medalist and olympic medalist, Luca HarringtonLuca is a pro skier, X games gold medalist, Olympic medalist and currently one of the most dominant comp skier in the world. In this episode we talked about Luca's upbringing in New Zealand and how he got into skiing. We talked about his inspiration from past legends from New Zealand and what's in the water over there that creates so many pro skiers. We went deep into his meteoric rise within the competition scene in the past 2 years. Where back to back world cup wins in Kreischberg and Klagenfurt started a run of 8 world cups podiums, 4 x games medals, 1 crystal globe and 1 olympic medal. We talked about the intricacies of slopestyle and big air comp skiing as well as the judging behind all of it. We also talked about this season's Milano Cortina Olympics and the accomplishment and disappointment that came with it for him.We also went into many other subjects including but not limited to bringbacks, cindy grabs, esco grabs, being a x games alternate, having your brother as a fellow pro skier, having a US citizenship, choosing to focus on slopestyle and big air despite promising results in halfpipe and much much more.thanks to the sponsors  Axis boutique and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier and X Games gold medalist, Troy PodmilsakTroy is a pro skier, X Games big air gold medalist and part of a new generation that is pushing the boundaries of big air skiing. He blew up onto the scene as a grom showcasing great promise through his online videos. As a teen, Troy climbed the competition ladder and eventually made it on to world cups as part of the US team. Ever since he made in the big leagues, Troy has been progressing and cementing his spot as one of the best big air skiers in the world. His accolades include winning both slopestyle and big air at the 2022 FIS Jr world championships, Winning the 2023 FIS world championships big air and winning the 2024 X Games big air.In this episode we talked about troy's upbringing and how he got into park skiing. His rise in the competitive scene of freeskiing and the challenges of making it in such a dominant country. We went deep into the big air scene with the new tricks, the trends, the airbags, the training, the strategies, the different comps, jumps and formats. We talked about his relationship with his coach being freeski legend TJ Schiller. We talked about last years x games where the level was insane and where troy placed 4th with a perfect trip 21 mute and almost landed a trip 23 mute.this was a great talk with one of freeskiing's most dominant big air skierside note this episode was recorded before the first 2 big air comps of the season, which troy ended up winning. Troy ended up winning the secret garden and steamboat big air world cups and is now qualified for the olympics.thanks to the sponsors  APIK fest, Axis boutique and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with ex pro skier, freeski legend and industry professional, Khai KrepelaKhai is one of the Greatests of street skiing. He blew up onto the scene in 2012 with his standout segment in Toy Soldier productions' Act natural. Khai then went on a legendary 10 year roll where he filmed with Poor Boyz in 2013 and then joined Level 1 for their films Less, small world, pleasure, habit and romance. His contribution also includes shots in 4bi9 and good company projects, competing in X Games real ski, multiple appearances in LINE's traveling circus and numerous Good enough edits. After his ski career, Khai hustled and managed to get a job at K2 as a senior Marketing manager. After a few years there, khai moved on and is now in a new role as the CEO at Hinterland skis.In this episode we talked about Khai's upbringing and what lead him to pursue the goal of becoming a pro skier. We talked about filming with toy soldier productions,Linking up with Poor Boyz for the detroit segment in Tracing Skylines, one of freeskiing's most unique segment ever. Joining Level 1 and filming with them for many years, always taking time to film with his crew at Good Enough, filming with Line Traveling Circus, the transition from a pro skier career to working in the industry, how it was working at K2 skis, his new job as CEO at Hinterland skis and much much more.Thanks to the sponsors Axis boutique and Dics Anns restaurants

Episode presented by Surface skis Discussion with skier, Freeski judge and marketing director, Jason Arens.Jason is heavily involved in freeskiing, both as a marketing director and co-owner at surface skis / joystick / causwell and as a freeski judge. He's been involved as a judge for over 10 years now and has become the worldwide reference for freeski judging. The events he's been a part of include the Olympics, X Games, Dew tour, world championships, world cups and much more. In this episode, we followed up on our last talk from episodes 30 & 31, that were the inception that led me into judging 3 years ago now. We went deep into judging, talked about the 2025 X Games, the current state of pipe skiing, the intricaties of freeski judging and his upcoming role as head judge of next winter's Olympics in Italy. Plus, we also touched on the business side he's involved in with Surface skis and how the industry is shaken with USA tariffs and last season's rebirth of the outerwear brand Causwell.Thanks to the sponsors surface skis, axis boutique and dic anns restaurants

Discussion with legendary filmmaker Kyle DeckerKyle has been working in skiing for close to 20 years now. His immense resume includes working on some of the most classic level 1 films like Realtime, Turbo, Refresh, Eye trip, Afterdark and Sunny. Directing 2013's the wallisch project. Working alongside AJ Dakoulas on numerous Good Company videos. Putting out some of the best edits in skiing like the New Era videos, the original Jiberish breck edit or Tom Wallisch's real ski videos to name a few. Kyle's contribution to freeskiing is gigantic.In this episode we talked about growing up in Ohio as a skier, Joining Level 1, being a part of their golden years, the evolution of ski filmmaking and street skiing, Filming this season with Tom Wallisch and Keegan Kilbride and much much more!Episode presented by Axis Boutique and Dic Anns restaurants

Discussion with freeski legend and X-Games medalist, Parker Whiteparker is a freeskiing legend. He has now been a pro skier for over 15 years, cumulating legendary film segments with level 1, in X Games' real ski competition, through his web series The big picture and more recently with his trilogy of films ( nothing nothing new and something). Last season , Parker led the charge for a level 1 full movie comeback . In their movie Wasteland parker produced a banger segment split between street skiing and Alaska skiing.In this episode we talk about a bunch of stuff ranging from the production of Wasteland, getting back into the streets after a 10 year break, filming in Alaska for the first time and much much more.episode presented by Axis boardshop and Dic Anns restaurants

Episode presented by K2 skis!Discussion with pro skier, X Games medalist and street skiing legend, Keegan Kilbride!In the past decade, Keegan has established himself as one of the top pro skiers in the film word with his street segments in Level 1 movies and in others projects like HG skis' ''Eat the Guts'', 2018's X Games real ski and his self-produced project ''Slim to none''. This December, Keegan dropped ''Videopart'' a 2-year street project that shows why he's considered one of the best street skier in the world.In this episode, we talked about Keegan's life in the past 2 years since our last talk (from episode 24). His move from Maine to Los Angeles and his current work at Stept studios. We discuss his ski sponsor move joining the K2 team. Even though Keegan is focused on filming, we take some time to talk about the many events he's done including X Games knuckle huck, dew tour, Level 1 rail jams & superunknown XX. We chat about Keegan joining the monster team and the story on how the team up came to life. We close off the episode going in detail into his new ''Videopart'', an incredible short film.Thanks to the sponsors, K2, Axis boutique, Dic Anns & Planks clothing

Discussion with X-Games gold medalist and freeskiing legend, Tom WallischTom is the GOAT of freeskiing. He’s one of the most influential freeskier of all time. He’s won every competition there is and has filmed countless segments with pretty much every production company there is. Since stepping away from competitions in 2015, he's still been super active on the scene by producing films with 'Good company' while also hosting his own events and being the voice of freeskiing on television. In this episode, we discussed Tom’s work as the voice of freeskiing on television covering the biggest events including the X-games and the olympics. We also talked about his film production company “Good company” and the story behind its inception in 2015. We then go in depth about his new film “crescendo” ! The challenges of producing ski movies, putting together a full segment at 35, filming with long time friends AJ Dakoulas and Tim Mcchesney, filming with skiers of the new generation like Tucker Fitzsimons and Walker Woodring, witnessing someone on top of his game like Colby Stevenson and much much more!Episode presented by Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic anns restaurants

Discussion with pro skier, X-Games gold medalist and Olympic gold medalist, Alex HallAlex is one of the best and most well-rounded skier in the world right now. While the sport has gotten hyper specialized  in the last decade, Alex thrives in so many aspects of the sport winning X-Games big air, Olympic slopestyle while also filming some of the best street skiing and backcountry videos in between competitions. Alex is a true freeskier at heart and it's awesome to see him push all aspects of the sport.In this episode, we discussed about everything that happened since our last episode together 2 years ago. Winning X-Games gold in 2022 with a switch 2160, going on to win the 2022 Olympics in China. Switching it up this season with a different mindset for competitions. Working on the soon to be released 'Magma 3' with friends Hunter Hess and Owen Dahlberg. Filming for Faction's upcoming project 'Abstract'. His recent push on social media regarding FIS's pay of freeski events compared to other sports.Episode presented by Axis boardshop, Planks clothing and Dic anns restaurants