The Mountain in My Mind - Trailer

THE MOUNTAIN IN MY MIND - A Mental Health in the Ski Industry Film

This breakthrough film is the first of its kind to interview skiers across the "Suicide Belt" in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States.

Topics Include: Suicide, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Sexual Assault, Substance Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Eating Disorders, Body Dysmorphia, etc.

The Goal: Destigmatize Suicide for in the skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling worlds.

Live Premiere: The Emerson Center, Bozeman, Montana October 14 at 7PM
Level Nine Sports Downtown Salt Lake City, November 19 at 7PM
Denver, Seattle, Bend, Driggs, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, Revelstoke, Jackson and more (Follow our Instagram for tickets and updates)

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mountaininmymind/

Full Movie Release: November 28 at 12p.m. MST (Noon) on our YouTube (. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZfIQvrhVu7bnsYlElv-Seg )

Directed: John Padilla

Edited: Allen Jimenez

Filmed: John Padilla

Graphics: Randy Fugler, Fortified Graphics

Locations: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, British Colombia, Washington State, Oregon, California, Colorado, and Nevada.

Additional Cinematography: Alex Saad, Kyle Dudgeon, Derek Shreiner, Sarah Dolan, Jordan Skattum, Dead West Creative, Tyler Stevens, Jack Clark, Payton Voss, Forrest Coots, and Many More...

Sponsors: The ski and the mental health communities, no seriously this was mostly crowd funded! And FlyLow, LINE Skis, LOOK Bindings, VIIA Hemp Co., PitViper, BombSnow Magazine, Treefort Lifestyles, PowTech, JackStrong17, Crystal Mountain, Alta Ski Area, Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, Phunkshun Wear, Armada Skis, 686, 4FRNT Skis, JSkis, and Bark Technologies.

Song: School's Out by MEMBA

Mountain In My Mind 2: Tragedy Into Triumph [4K FULL FILM]

Tragedy Into Triumph is the 2nd film from Mountain in My Mind and John Padilla. The Newschoolers-born film features male and female professional skiers and snowboards and their words about mental health in the snow sports industry. This breakthrough film follows in the footsteps of last year's film by interviewing skiers across the “Suicide Belt” in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States, as well as showcasing their skiing abilities.

The film has one goal: Destigmatize talking about mental health and suicide in the ski industry.

The film features nearly every type of skiing and boarding, including: backcountry skiing, backcountry freestyle jumps, olympic halfpipe skiing, park skiing, resort skiing, freeskiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, rail skiing, and freeriding.

Athletes and Interviewees include (in order of appearance): Benni Harrington, Alex Thisted, Derek Shreiner, Ski Patroller Eric, Sarah Dolan, Jack Clark, Bobby Sullivan, 10th Mountain Freeride, Matty Marks, Ashlyn Baird, Logan Smith, Jerome Anderson, and John Padilla.

Presenting Sponsors Include: FlyLow Gear, LINE Skis, Solvista Health, and Yellowstone Club Community Foundation.

Supporting Sponsors Include: PitViper, VIIA Hemp Co., BombSnow Magazine, Treefort Lifestyles, Zipline Ski, PowTech MFG, Phunkshun Wear, Titan Straps, PWR Gum, Newschoolers.com, and JackStrong17.

The film will screen in more than 20 locations across the world for Suicide Prevention Month in September (and October) including: Bozeman, MT; Big Sky, MT; Denver, CO; Salt Lake City, UT; Logan, UT; Westcliffe, CO; Canyon City, CO; Salida, CO; Leadville, CO; Summit County, CO; Vail, CO; Steamboat Springs, CO; Boulder, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Bend, OR; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Lake Tahoe, CA; Driggs, ID; Jackson, WY; Revelstoke, BC; Wanaka, NZ; and more!

Directed and Narrated by John Padilla
Edited by Jack Dana
Filmed by John Padilla, Sarah Dolan, Chris DeJohn, and Derek Schreiner
Title Animation by Randy Fugler - Fortified Graphics
Artwork by Liam Johnston - Ooz Blue

Made Possible by:
FlyLow Gear - Noah Howell and Dan Abrams
LINE Skis - Jake Dube, Connor Clayton, and Steven Hartl
Solvista Health - Jill Anderson, Brian Turner, Patrick Dressel, and Sarah Briggs
PitViper - Justin Latimer
VIIA Hemp Co. - Max McKendry
BombSnow Magazine - Todd Heath
Yellowstone Club Community Fund - Shannon Steele
Treefort Lifestyles - Kevin Perron
Zipline Ski - Chuck Heidenreich
PowTech MFG - Riley Daily
Phunkshun Wear - Jay Badgley
Titan Straps - Cam Lawson
PWR Gum - Isaiah Renner, Jakim Ricketts, and Kyle Stone
Newschoolers.com - Twig, David Zorko, and Peter Matlashewski

Special Thanks to:
The athletes and interviewees: Benni Harrington, Alex Thisted, Derek Shreiner, Ski Patroller Eric, Sarah Dolan, Jack Clark, Bobby Sullivan, 10th Mountain Freeride, Matty Marks, Ashlyn Baird, Logan Smith, and Jerome Anderson
Everyone’s Mom and Dad, you are our heroes.
Grandma Maggie
The Landon, Fitzgerald, Velasquez, and Jimenez Families
Mindy Marriot - Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide and Mental Health Coalition of Teton Valley - Sara Mckeown White
Utah Freeskier Society - Sophia Paradis and Teigen Edmundsen
Mac Toblerone, Karsen Kramer, Cayden Lang, Alex Nikiforuk, and Cam Mahoney
Level Nine Sports, Valians Sports, and Out of Collective
UNR Lake Tahoe, Lone Pine Gear Exchange, and Avid Cider Co.
Beaver Creek Resort, Copper Mountain Ski Resort, and Monarch Ski Area
CSU Snowriders, CU Freeskiing, PhD Skis, U of U One Love
Teddy Goggin, Miranda Galbraith, 860 Media, and Alex Schlopy
Big Sky Youth Empowerment, Alta Community Enrichment, and Clare Chapman
Weston Boards, Monster Army, Marker/Dalbello/Volkl, Smith Optics, Wear Leathers, WNDR Alpine
MSU Exponent - Liam Gray, RMC Counseling SLC, Wasatch Magazine
Blair Anne Hensen - Open Routes Adventures, Roundhouse Sports - James, and Michaela Nestelberger
Zach Thomson, Matt Lefebre, Chesney Boal, and Bradley Harvey
JackStrong17 - Rick and Jeanine Padilla, Gio, Lily, Nina and more.

The Mountain in My Mind - A Ski Film about Mental Health

Presented by LINE Skis and FlyLow Gear, the Mountain in My Mind has one goal: destigmatize talking about mental health and suicide in the ski industry. The film is a ski and snowboard film about mental health. Directed by John Padilla, who lost his 15-year old brother to suicide, this breakthrough film is the first of its kind to interview skiers across the “Suicide Belt” in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States.

After nine live premieres in towns across the Rocky Mountains, the film releases online for FREE on YouTube and Newschoolers.com https://youtu.be/of6WgkCuhZ4 (@MountainInMyMind).

Topics include: Suicide, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Sexual Assault, Substance Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Eating Disorders, Body Dysmorphia, etc.

The film features nearly 50% men and 50% women and has all types of skiing, including: urban/street skiing, ski mountaineering, sled/snowmobile-assisted skiing, terrain park skiing, snowboarding, pillow skiing, powder skiing, resort/in-bounds skiing, and more!

We traveled to British Columbia, California, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon and Nevada and interviewed selected folks on their experience with mental illness and then enjoyed and filmed our shared passion for skiing.

The film started as an Newschoolers.com thread and after one year, 36,000 miles of traveling, 10 states and provinces, 9 live-premieres across the Western US, news appearances, podcasts, and 14TB of footage; the film is now online for free!

Sponsors: LINE Skis, Flylow Gear, BombSnow Magazine, VIIA Hemp Co., Phunkshun Wear, PitViper Sunglasses, Treefort Lifestyles, LOOK Bindings, PowTech Sledski Racks, Yellowstone Club Community Fund, Crystal Mountain, Alta Ski Area, JackStrong17, Newschoolers.com, JSKIS, Armada Skis, 686 Snow, 4FRNT Skis, Titan Straps, Gastro Gnome, REPS Steamboat (Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide), Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, TGR Bozeman, PhD Skis Bozeman, ReelWorks Denver, AVID Cider Co., Industry SLC, Lone Pine Gear Exchange SLC, Sanitas Brewing Boulder, MAP Brewing Bozeman, Bridger Brewing, Sidewall Pizza Bozeman, UNR Lake Tahoe Student Activities Club, IKON, CU Freeskiing, Utah Freeskier Society, CSU Snowriders, Big Sky Youth Empowerment, Westminster College, University of Utah, University of Nevada Reno at Lake Tahoe, Spyder Freeski, Faction Skis, Giro Snow, Bark Technologies, and the hundreds of private donors who generously donated to our GoFundMe!

Music (In order of appearance, licensed through MusicBed via LINE Skis):
Lux by Ryan Taubert
With Me All Along by Bronze Radio Return
Lightning by the YeahTones
Growing Pains by Layup
Brave (Feat DAKK and EVAN GIIA) by MEMBA
Shake Shake Shake by Bronze Radio Return
Light Me Up by Bronze Radio Return
The Storm by Bronze Radio Return
Bad by Royal Deluxe
Further On by Bronze Radio Return
Dancing to the Beat by Clarence Murray
Rest of Our Lives by The Light & the Heat
Yes Y’all by Justalyricist
Halfway Up by The Brook and the Bluff
Absolute Zero by EVAN GIIA
Masks (Live) by The Brook and the Bluff
Not the End of the World by Faded Paper Figures
Mutha (Clean Version) by Beware of Darkness
Baby You Got It by Clarence Murray

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Please share the link to our film far and wide and keep up with next year's project on our Instagram @MountainInMyMind and our website: http://www.jackstrong17.org

Thank you again to all the event organizers, mentors, sponsors, athletes, editors, filmers, photographers, friends and family who helped make this film a reality. We hope to continue the conversation for years to come!

If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, text or call 988.

Director/Fundraiser/Producer: John Padilla (@john.padilla on Instagram)

Editors: Allen Jimenez and John Padilla

Cinematographers: John Padilla, Kyle Dudgeon, Alex Saad, Jordan Skattum, Dead West Creative, Derek Shreiner, Sarah Dolan, Jack Clark, Payton Voss, and Tyler Stevens.

Graphic Designer: OozBlue

Animator: Randy Fugler - Fortified Graphics

Athletes/Interviewees (In order of appearance): Audrey Friess, Bobby Sullivan, Forrest Coots, Clare Chapman, Jack Clark, Jed Water, Sarah Dolan, and John Padilla

Guest Athletes (In order of appearance): Seb Gralla, Ramzi Stech, Joe Nichols, Cameron Klepper, AJ Yang, Payton Voss, Mac Harrison, Derek Shreiner, and Tucker FitzSimons.

Follow along on our Instagram @MountainInMyMind or at our YouTube @MountainInMyMind :)

Mountain in My Mind 2: Tragedy Into Triumph (Trailer) [4K]

Tragedy Into Triumph is the 2nd film from Mountain in My Mind. The film features male and female professional skiers and snowboards and their words about mental health in the snow sports industry. This breakthrough film follows in the footsteps of last year's film by interviewing skiers across the “Suicide Belt” in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States, as well as showcasing their skiing abilities.

The film has one goal: Destigmatize talking about mental health and suicide in the ski industry.

The film features nearly every type of skiing and boarding, including: backcountry skiing, backcountry freestyle jumps, olympic halfpipe skiing, park skiing, resort skiing, freeskiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, rail skiing, and freeriding.

Athletes and Interviewees include (in order of appearance): Benni Harrington, Alex Thisted, Derek Schreiner, Ski Patroller Eric, Sarah Dolan, Jack Clark, Bobby Sullivan, 10th Mountain Freeride, Matty Marks, Ashlyn Baird, Logan Smith, Jerome Anderson, and John Padilla.

Presenting Sponsors Include: FlyLow Gear, LINE Skis, Solvista Health, and Yellowstone Club Community Foundation.

Supporting Sponsors Include: PitViper, VIIA Hemp Co., BombSnow Magazine, Treefort Lifestyles, Zipline Ski, PowTech MFG, Phunkshun Wear, Titan Straps, PWR Gum, Newschoolers.com, and JackStrong17.

The film will screen in more than 20 locations across the world for Suicide Prevention Month in September (and October) including: Bozeman, MT; Big Sky, MT; Denver, CO; Salt Lake City, UT; Logan, UT; Westcliffe, CO; Canyon City, CO; Salida, CO; Leadville, CO; Summit County, CO; Vail, CO; Steamboat Springs, CO; Boulder, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Bend, OR; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Lake Tahoe, CA; Driggs, ID; Jackson, WY; Revelstoke, BC; Wanaka, NZ; and more!

Book your ticket at http://www.MountainInMyMind.com

Follow along on our Instagram: @MountainInMyMind

What Dreams Are Made Of

Nelson, British Columbia
Whitewater Ski Resort
147cm in 5 days this January
Drop Cliffs Optics x The Shednecks
Deepest snow of our lives, ended up stuck in Nelson for 3 extra days and no one was complaining.

Brighton/Alta DEEEEP -The Shednecks

@john.padilla and @ben._greene took the Shednecks to Brighton and Alta, Utah for an mental weekend of DEEP POW.

Thanks to all the kind people that fed us, housed us, took us out, and drove us around in SLC. Wouldn't have been half the weekend it was without you.

sum corkz

a teaser for a season long project with @Sebskier and @thekat


shot on canon r5 at 4k 120fps by @kdugdeonphoto

UPDATE: it got better somehow

bbowltourin minilap, this doesn’t feel like november and i love it

Mountain in My Mind 3 - Trailer

Mountain in My Mind is back with our 3rd annual ski film about mental health. Get tickets to a show here: https://www.mountaininmymind.com/events

Presented by FlyLow and the Sam Aden Kindness Fund with support from LINE Skis, Pingora Gear, Zipline Ski Poles and Goggles, Cooke City Exxon, PowTech Sledski Racks, Grand Targhee Resort, PitViper, Phunkshun Wear, Treefort Lifestyles, PWRGUM, and Steamboat REPS.

Catch the full film at a premiere near you this September. You’ll have a chance to win gear from all sponsors and a chance to win a brand new 2023 SkiDoo Summit 850 complete with a ski rack from PowTech. All proceeds go towards local mental health and suicide prevention initiatives!

Follow us on IG for the full tour stop list ​⁠‪@MountainInMyMind‬

John Padilla Whitewater, BC Segment

165cm of snow and nowhere to go except pillowland!
Jan 2020
Nelson, BC Whitewater ski resort
Filmed by Ben Greene, Kat Panasuk, and Spencer Barton
Edited by John Padilla

Fast Laps at Bridger Bowl

couple quickies before we lost the light completely, another day of excellent bbowlslidin
insta: john.padilla @sliksports
filmed: jax braggins

First hit at Alta

first hit first run of the day at Alta in January

bridger sidecountry backy train

Bridger Bowl Preseason Laps

It's supposed to snow this weekend in Boozeman, which means this is coming SOON

Mountain in My Mind 3: A 3rd Ski Film About Mental Health

Mountain in My Mind returns with their third annual ski film about mental health in the mountains, Mountain in My Mind 3! The crew, which features New Zealand Olympian Benni Harrington and more, added some new names this year including street skier Brennan McClean, halfpipe and slopestyle skier Connie Brogden, and former freestyle mogul skier Lexi Wright in addition to interviews from Teton County Search and Rescue, Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrollers, and more. The crew also expanded its production and editing team and added the esteemed editor and drone pilot, Ben Kaden.

The film gathers a variety of industry insiders’ takes on topics such as suicide, depression, anxiety, addiction, substance abuse, trauma, first responder trauma, survivors guilt, therapy, and much more. The film aims to provide viewers with advice for handling life’s toughest moments with a special lens of mountain and snowsports enthusiasts. The crew got together in the remote town of Cooke City, Montana and shared a cabin for 10 days. They used sleds to access some of the best terrain Montana has to offer and the film features pow skiing, backcountry jumps, backcountry freeride, halfpipe, street, and resort skiing at Grand Targhee and Mammoth.

Director and Narrator: John Padilla
Editor: Ben Kaden
Filmers: John Padilla, Ben Kaden, Chase Martin, and Derek Schreiner
VFX: Will Curran
Graphics: Liam Johnston
Athletes/Interviewees: Benni Harrington, Connie Brogden, Brennan Mclean, John Padilla, Lexi Wright, Dan Rogers, Jack Clark, Derek Schreiner, Ben Kaden, Sarah Dolan, Chase Martin, and Henry Mcguire.
Presenting Sponsors: Flylow Gear and Sam Aden Kindness Fund
Supporting Sponsors: Line Skis, Zipline Ski, Pingora Gear, PitViper, Cooke City Exxon, PowTech MFG, Grand Targhee Resort, Phunkshun Wear, Treefort Lifestyles, Yellowstone Luxury Chalet AirBnB, and Steamboat REPS.