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Catching Up With Dennis Ranalter | Growing up, inclusivity in skiing and his plans for the season

by MattMasson
Jan 17th 2024 - 8 comments

Descendance is pretty thought-provoking, as ski movies go and not in an arty/The Bunch kind of way. If you haven’t seen it it’s about North Face Austrian/Ghanaian skier Dennis Renalter, exploring his heritage (descendance). We spoke to him when he got home in Salzburg, where he moved to six-months-ago from his childhood home of Stubai. Obviously we touch on his differences and challenges, but he was more than happy to talk about skiing too!

Catching Up With Nick Goepper: A Very Short Retirement & Social Media Clout

by MattMasson
Nov 20th 2023 - 13 comments

Nick Goepper had a pretty successful career as a slopestyle skier. Six X Games medals, three Olympic ones and a couple of World Championship bronzes. He announced his retirement at the start of 2023. If you’d been keeping up to date with his stories, maybe you won’t be too shocked by this announcement. Here’s a clue, I spoke to him at a halfpipe camp in Kaprun…

A tribute to Tof Henry

by MattMasson
Oct 18th 2023 - 4 comments

All too often in free skiing, we have to say goodbye to friends and legends. Last week Tof Henry and, Chilean mountain guide, Juan Seronet were killed in an accident on the Puntiagudo volcano in Chile. Tof was a friend and I wanted to share a little tribute, because always told me how much he loved NS.

The Matej Svancer Interview: X Games Judging, Switching passports and who would win that game of SLVSH

by MattMasson
Feb 1st 2022 - 19 comments

To many people, Matej Svancer won the Big Air at X Games 2022. The, newly confirmed Olympian and Austrian schoolboy, explains what actually happened last weekend. We spoke while he was driving across Austria from his hometown of Kaprun to Salzburg, to get a COVID test in preparation for Beijing 2022, so we had time to cover a few more things, you might be surprised to hear what his plans are after he graduates school...

The Gus Kenworthy Interview (Part 2): The Olympics, Being a Brit, Fry-ups and his Future after Comps

by MattMasson
Jan 27th 2022 - 14 comments

After Gus Kenworthy opened up about his past, in both his skiing and personal lives, part 2 talks about his present and future, but not before he sets a few things straight about his Olympic past and why he made the switch to represent Great Britain at Beijing 2022. After his final X Games appearance, last weekend, will the Olympics be his last contest?