Episode 31: Odds & Ends

After a long break, we're back and joined by Noah Curry and Garrett Jurach to talk about what's been going on in our worlds. We talk summer X Games which lead into a conversation about Ai judging and the push that X Games CEO, Jeremy Bloom has been putting on it.Jason gives us his 2025-2026 season "Power Rankings" for halfpipe, male and female, and they're maybe not what you expect.We'll be doing more power rankings in the new few episodes for the upcoming season in all the disciplines, so stay tuned.Love you guys

Jason, Pete and Noah talk the non FIS contests from the last month, SLVSH cup, Jib League, Swatch Nines, Natural Selection Ski, Super Unknown and TBL sessions as well as anything else we've missed. We got a little political, talking about how the tariffs will effect the ski industry and more.Great Mt Rushmore this week as well at the end.Love you guys

Back after a month long hiatus, Jason and Pete break down Tignes Slopestyle and big air, as well as World Champs in St. Moritz. Jason was out in Switzerland Judging the World Champs and gives us the inside perspective of all the contests. Love you guys

Jason and Pete talk about the first ever Snow League in Aspen. The event only had snowboarding for the first round, but with the expectation of having skiing in the next three events next season, it was a very interesting new take on a snowboard contest. Huge production and on a major streaming platform, as well as a completely new contest format left us excited to have skiing involved.We also talked SLVSH Cup Grandvalira, 3 games down and we can't wait for more. Also the inclusion of a women's bracket, this is going to be another must watch. We did our own bracket breakdowns and picks, which are sure to be way wrong. Love you guys

Jason and Pete recap the most recent Slopestyle event in Stoneham. Jason was out there as the head judge for the contest, so he gives us a first hand insight on what went down in the course, as well as during his trip to the famous red ledge. It was a rail heavy course that lead to some really interesting runs, and wild tricks. We got into how the SBS scoring system worked on a smaller course, as well as broke down some of the top runs in both the women's and men's Finals. With just a few contests left this season the FIS overall crystal globe standings are heating up between Luca Harrington and Matej Svancer. Love you guys

Noah Curry and Garrett Jurach are back, joining Jason and Pete on the show to talk about the final Halfpipe contest in Calgary, King and Queens of Corbet's, Apik, and more. G Money tells us about his judging experiences so far, and how he's going to steal Jason's job.Mt. Rushmore of favorite skiers we thought would blow up, but didn't and Garrett gives us a very mediocre seltzer review. Love you guys

The Aspen World Cup is a wrap. Jason and Pete break down the 2 weeks of contests that followed X Games at the same location, Buttermilk. From a heated Slopestyle, to some of the best Halfpipe and Big Air comps we've seen in... about a week.Does the Ferreira vs Goepper back and forth this year have a little bit of a Tanner vs Simon feel? We get into all of it.Love you guys

X games 2025 is a wrap. Jason and Pete break down all the events from the perspective of the announcer as well as from the judging booth. We talk about how the new formats worked, as well as how some of them didn't play out as well as we had expected. Drop us a comment or question and we can answer it on the next episode. Love you guys

Laax Open slopestyle wrap up, we talk the women's and men's top runs, including Eileen Gu's victory after not competing in slope for a year. As well as the Birk Ruud and Mac Forehand battle for the top spot.And the moment you've been waiting for, the big X Games Preview. We break down all 10 events, including the new Ski Street Style. There's a lot of new for this year in Aspen, including a huge format change, and some scoring changes.We wrap things up with the Mt. Rushmore of our favorite X Games moments throughout the years.Excited for a big week in Aspen!Love you guys

Jason and Pete recap the second big air in Austria, the world cup in Kreischberg. Luca Harrington goes back to back, while Flora Tabanelli gets her first world cup victory. We get into the upcoming release of the 6th edition of Knuckle Mag, coming out January 16th and how it's now available in the US through Joystickskiing.com. We also talk about the exciting new reformatting of the Jib League, and what a huge opportunity for Am and unnoticed skiers it is. We wrap things up answering your questions from the last week, thanks for all of them! Comment on the instagram post with more we can answer for next week! Love you guys