THESE PEOPLE. 

Hadley Hammer grew up in Wyoming in a ski family, but she never imagined herself becoming a professional skier. She started her life by attending school at the University of New Hampshire studying hospitality before making her way to Washington D.C. where she studied to become a sommelier. Eventually, Hadley realized that the hustle and bustle of the city just wasn't for her, and she moved by to Wyoming.

With the help of her brother, who was on the US Ski Team, she started training and becoming stronger. It wasn't long before she got invited to compete on the Freeride World Tour with the best there was on the world stage. Now, you can see Hadley crushing it on the Freeride World Tour stage, filming with Teton Gravity Research, and sending massive trips with The North Face.

Taylor Lundquist is a professional skier known for her smooth style, unique take on Urban skiing, and impressive flow on a skateboard.

Lundquist grew up skiing in Park City, Utah. Through skiing during the days and working during nights, Taylor was able to travel around from competition to competition in order to make a name for herself in the industry. She has been competing in international competitions such as the Grand Prix Tour, along with local events like Rails 2 Riches, where she took hold the top spot in back to back years. Although she is involved in the competition scene, Lundquist finds her true passion through filming and street skiing. With her smooth and effortless style, she is always fun to watch, and it is not hard for her to blow up the internet. As one of the top emerging female athletes in the freestyle scene, keep an eye out for Taylor.

Eric Pollard is a professional skier, artisit, and film maker from Welches, Oregon. Pollard grew up skiing at Mount Hood surrounded predominately by snowboarders. Skiing with snowboarders and using thier lines as his inspiration, EP is always seeking out new ways to ride terrain or carev down a steep face.

This creativity is most noticeable in the way that he designs a ski. From unique rocker profiles to swallowtail designs and convex technology, Pollard know what it means to be innovative. Through a labor of love Pollard and LINE Skis have worked together for over 15 years carving the way to the future of skiing.

Tom Wallisch is a professional skier best known for his success in slopestyle competitions, full-length movie segments, and his own personal projects.

Tom began skiing at a young age just outside of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, Wallisch moved to Salt Lake City for post-secondary education at the University of Utah where he pursued a degree in the school of business. While attending University, Wallisch won first place in the coveted 'Superunknown' competition put on by Level 1. From this point on Tom exploded onto the freeskiing scene. Wallisch beholds raw talent on skis and is well regarded for his smooth yet complex spins and composed style. He has won numerous Gold Medals through the likes of the Dew Tour, X Games, and FIS (International Ski Federation) Championships. In 2015, Wallisch joined the LINE Skis team and was able to create his own pro model ski, the Tom Wallisch Pro. Nowadays, you can find Tom ripping the park with his signature ski, filming with his production company known as 'Good Company,' filming projects with The North Face and even announcing events like the X Games.

Rob Heule, a Canadian skier known for his fancy mustache, sewing skills, and love of analog photography often ponders this question. “So many people would be in shock because they wouldn’t know what to do with their lives,” he says.

Heule started skiing at age 2 in Fernie, British Columbia, eventually taking a serious interest in pipe skiing in the late 2000s. But after finding enjoyment in making season edits, his enthusiasm shifted to powder and park, allowing for more creative expression and less pressure on serious progression. His style today is peculiar and intriguing; his videos are packed with nose butters, wall rides, laughter, and shots of him eating. He’s on Instagram, but he shoots strictly film photos, and the few shots that make it past the hardcopy and onto the internet embody the notion that skiing is, simply, fun.

Will Wesson is a professional skier known for his insane rail tricks, the LINE traveling circus, and his all-around nice guy personality.

Wesson started skiing at a young age in New York. He actually started cross country skiing befor=e downhill. But, as soon as he experienced the thrill of freestyle skiing, he was all in. He didn't have much access to terrain parks where he grew up, so instead, he would build his own. After skiing throughout his college years Will set off with Andy Parry to start the LINE Traveling Circus, and now 11 years later, he's still doing it. Will has become known as one of the best rail skiers in the world, proving this statement by winning a Gold Medal at the first-ever WInter X Games Real Ski competition. .

LJ Strenio, an east coaster known for his insane real ski segments, consistent determination, and most recently a computer science intern at NASA, is no stranger in the world of freeskiing.

Strenio started skiing at the young age of 7 at Smuggler's Notch, Vermont and was quickly began skiing competitively. In high school, he attended an academy with a renowned freestyle program called Waterville Valley Academy in New Hampshire. His freestyle skiing career began at the age of 16 when he won the 3rd Avila Young Gun Open, beating out over 100 other competitors and gaining him exposure in the freestyle skiing community. Since then, LJ has been featured in countless ski films, competing in prestigious competitions such as the Jon Olsson Invitation, and he even won an X Games medal. It's safe to say LJ has a very impressive resume.

Khai Krepela, a skier from Park City known for his smooth style and massive rail tricks, has been riding for LINE skis for 5 years now.

Krepela has been featured in a spectrum of full-length films. From multiple shoots with Level 1 to filming with Toy Soldier Productions and Poor Boyz Productions, Krepela has made quite the name for himself in the film scene of skiing. However, he has also made quite the impression in the competition world as well. From winning Rails 2 Riches at Killington Mountain to competing in the Winter X Games through their Real Ski competition, Khai is one well-rounded skier.

Sami Ortlieb, a Swiss skier known for his creativity and film making, is a guy with some seriously unique, mind-blowing talent. While the typical park skier spends hours upon hours perfecting every dub in the book, Sami spends his time thinking about how he can hit a feature different than everyone else, how he can stand out from the crowd.

As far as skiing goes, he’s something of an enigma. He isn’t one to self-promote, probably to his detriment as he’s tended to disappear from the public eye for a year only to pop back up with something mindblowing. It took too many years for the wider public to stand up and take any kind of notice of his skills. Now with a presence in films by Level 1 and his own feature films such as Zermatt Glacier Days, Ortlieb has become a common name in the ski industry and one that you can always expect to bring something new to the table.

Leo Taillefer grew up in the 1990s in the French Alps. Starting his ski career among racers at a young age, it wasn't long before Taillefer noticed the alure and freedom of twin tips and opted to venture away from the race team. At the age of 16, with the support of his parents, Leo decided to drop out of school to chase the dream of skiing and traveling.

Eventually Taillefer become involved in a handful of video segments along with his own POV segments that have gone viral such as the GoPro Line Of The Winter. From traveling and skiing all over the world to consistently putting out insane content, Leo is certainly one to keep your eye on.

Andrew Whiteford is a professional skier living and skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Whiteford grew up on the east coast amongst Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. He began skiing at the age of 7 at Mount Southington and started to take ski lessons, did some racing, and immediately fell in love with the sport. After taking a trip to Jackson Hole during his college years, he knew Jackson was where he wanted to end up, and after college, he and a few friends made the move west. Through working hard as a guide during the weeks, Whiteford is able to take his free weekends to crush big mountain lines all day long. Most notably, Whiteford recently took on the rarely attempted 'Talk to Central' line on Cody Peak that was most certainly mind-blowing.

Andy Parry, an east coaster best known for the Traveling Circus, along with his wizard tricks, and the Tell A Friend Tour, is no stranger to the Freeski industry.

Parry started skiing in New York at a young age. In high school, he and fellow LINE athlete Will Wesson started getting more into freestyle skiing and started up the 'I Hate New York' production company. While attending Green Mountain College in Vermont, Andy was introduced to Meathead Films among other pro skiers, and it wasn't long before he started filming more. After college, Andy and Will knew they didn't want typical jobs, so they came up with the idea of the Traveling Circus and with the help and a little funding from LINE Skis, the circus was born. Andy is still heavily involved in the traveling circus to this day, but he has also started his own venture known as the Tell A Friend Tour, or TAFT for short. Through TAFT, Andy is able to travel around North America throughout the winter and ski with thousands of young aspiring freestyle skiers.

Par 'Peyben' Hagglund, a skier from Sweden known for his insanely creative approach to skiing and a lighthearted personality has blown up in the freeskiing scene over the past few years.

Peyben joined LINE skis about 5 years ago now and has been ripping on the Blend ever since. Fun fact he invented the #bendyourblends hashtag. With impressive showings in edits put out by The Bunch, along with taking home a Silver X Games Medal for his Real Ski segment, and creating full-length films such as 'Color,' Peyben has been making waves int he freeskiing industry and we don't expect he'll slow down any time soon.

Dylan Siggers is a Canadian skier known for his all-mountain ripping, brown pow shredding, and all-around good times attitude.

Siggers started skiing at a young age in Fernie, British Columbia. At around the age of 7, he would strap on a pair of snowblades and point it down the hill armed with his poles and a full-face helmet. As he grew older, he and his dad would go skiing more and more often. It wasn't long until Dylan got introduced to the world of videography, and he found a huge passion for mixing both skiing and filming. Through working for the local ski and bike shop along with contracted film-making, Dylan was able to find a schedule that allowed him to progress his skiing. In his early twenties, Dylan got together with some buddies and started the film company known as Burrrlapz. Through fish-eye edits mixed with some rock music, Burrrlapz quickly emerged onto the freeride scene and is now a common name in the industry. Dylan spends his winters filming and crushing it on his Sick Days and his summers on his mountain bike, working at the bike shop, and playing drums for his band.

Kevin Salonius, LINE Skis AM Team

Daniel Loosli, LINE Skis AM Team

Karl-Kristian Muggerud, LINE Skis Am Team

Kim Gubser, LINE Skis AM Team

Jamesa Hamilton, LINE Skis Pro Team 

Robert Andre Ruud, LINE Skis AM Team

Quentin Ladame, LINE Skis AM Team

Mack Jones, LINE Skis AM Team

Paul Marik, LINE Skis AM Team

Thomas Trifonitchev, LINE Skis Am Team

Richard Thomas, LINE Skis AM Team

Jed Waters, LINE Skis AM Team

Mikiya Tanno, LINE Skis AM Team

Peter Koukov, LINE Skis AM Team

Tucker FitzSimons, LINE Skis AM Team

Erik has been killing it since before Newschoolers even existed and yet continues to fly under the radar to this day. He can ski anything and everything with style, but because he's not afraid to speak his mind and do things his own way.

An excerpt from The Garrett Russell Experience, curated by friend, Paddy O'Connell

Enter skiing’s savant and savior of its soul: Garrett “G-Funk” Russell. At the base of it all, skiing is a fulfillment of childlike joyous desires to speed across the frozen canvas, the journey of the smile. The genius of Garrett’s style and creativity is his ability to summon childhood feelings and desires and translate them through the powers of his manhood and artistic process. The result is a supreme fullness. He translates the transcendent command of his body, molding it to fit his artistic vision. This communication is written in the speech of his skis upon the great snowy page. It lives within the turn. Garrett dances with the mountain with every memory from the past and hope for the future. The here and now explodes in brilliant aesthetic significance. Who he is and what he creates is one and the same. Every palpitation of his process is self-sustaining and it thickens the bedrock of his entire existence.

Words by Ethan Stone

Jeff Curry's skiing lifestyle hasn't always been so enviable. His first stomping grounds were Bousquet Mountain, a small hill near his hometown in Pittsfield, Mass. When his dad entered him in a local ski race, eight-year-old Curry smoked the competition by several seconds. "It was then," he says, "that I started to feel like I might have a knack for skiing." After several years of racing, Curry was introduced to newschool skiing.

Curry is a specialist in the field of style, not only as a coach but also as a skier himself. "I like to do things that are kinesthetically pleasing," says Curry. "Doing a 360 mute doesn't give me a good feeling at all, but doing a 360 safety and tweaking it out so that I'm almost blowing my knee with my grab ... that gives me a good feeling."