Another Level

Freedle Coty and Parker White join Conor Smith to discuss the state of union for ski movie culture, count down their top 5 favorite movies of the year, and hit a few other fun "best-of" categories. Visit www.podcast.level1.ski for more dank podcasts.  First aired 2/7/22.  Intro music: "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind. 

Brady Perron joins to talk about filming with B-Dog, his creative process, his career as a pro skier (kinda), working with Mango, and much more.Visit podcast.level1.ski for more dank podcasts. First aired 1/14/22. Intro music: "The Sheikh Pull up U Shake the Masjid" - Tha God Fahim

Jonah Elston and Nash Lisac from Carnage join the podcast to talk about Jonah's Tumalo Falls gap, how Carnage got started, the Beartooth road gap, making movies with your friends, and much more. New Carnage movie "Wasted Potential"  is coming out soon - stay tuned to their Instagram (@ski_carnage) to make sure you don't miss it.  Visit https://podcast.level1.ski for more dank podcasts.  First aired 10/15/21.  Intro music: "Age of Consent" - New Order

Parker White and Freedle Coty join the podcast to talk about last year's film "Nothing" including the vision for a multi-sport film, choosing ski movie soundtracks, their upcoming project "Nothing New", and a ranking of Parker's top 5 favorite video parts of all time.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch the films we talked about here, including Parker's top 5 favorite video parts. First aired 9/29/21. Intro music: "It's My Life" - Jim Ford

Flat Stan join the podcast to talk about people overhyping their ACL injuries, GOATs in skiing, the Cromat video he was part of and much more. Visit www.podcast.level1.ski for more podcasts and to watch a few of the films discussed. First aired 9/08/21. Intro music: Ennio Morricone - "The Ecstasy of Gold" 

Strictly's street dogs join the podcast to talk about rules in street skiing, their upcoming project, making their first films 70/30 and Banged Up, helmets and head injuries and much much more.  Visit www.podcast.level1.ski for more podcasts and to watch a few of the films that we talked about in this episode. First aired 8/24/21. Intro music: Frank Sinatra - "Forget Domani"

For the first episode of Season 2 of Another Level, B-Mack joins the podcast to talk about skiing as a coping mechanism for anxiety and depression, critiquing consumerism through his Finesse video part, making his own music, the dream of the 5-minute spot, and much much more.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski for more podcasts and to watch a few of B-Mack's films that we talked about in this episode. First aired 8/16/21. Intro music: "Feel The Feeling" - B-Mack

As an epilogue to our Season 1 interview series, Josh Berman, Freedle Coty and Conor Smith discuss the standout ski movies in 2020. We count down our top 5 favorite movies, throw out some honorable mentions, talk about the best songs, discuss standout snowboard projects, and chat rider of the year.Favorite movie discussion starts at 27:00 in case you want to skip the life updates and big picture reflections.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch all the movies we talked about in this episode. Music: QuarterPiece: "Lookin 4 Ya" and Good Morning: "Best Supporting Actor". First aired 12/31/20.

Henrik Harlaut (@hharlaut) joins Josh Berman and Conor Smith to discuss his 2-year project Salute, which you should view before listening at this link.  Henrik talks about his session on the Baker road gap, hitting the biggest jump of his life in Jackson, first try stomps on NBD tricks, the high points of founding an apparel brand, and much much more.  This episode of Another Level is brought to you by Pit Viper - use the code "anotherlevel" for 15% off anything at www.pitvipersunglasses.com   Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch the Refresh Mammoth segment and older Henrik movies. First aired 11/15/20. Intro music: "Represent" - Nas

Pär Hägglund (@thepeyben) joins the podcast for the penultimate episode of Season 1 to discuss the pull of “real life” and why he’s determined to keep making amazing ski movies, creating 2019’s “color”, nicknames in The Bunch, the upcoming #IsThereTimeForMatchingSocks film, Mother Russia and creepy teddybears, hauling 600 pounds of gear to go tent camping for two weeks, and much much more.Visit www.thebunch.se to watch "color" and many more vibrational videos featuring skiing and filming by Peyben.Intro track: "Genesarets sjö" - Kjell Höglund. First aired 10/19/2020

Nick Martini (@nickmartini) joins the podcast to give us the rundown on what Stept has been up to including some "Salute" discussion, revisit some of the high points from the Stept catalog, share some insight into their editing process and how they approached storytelling, drop some advice for up-and-comers, and much much more.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski for a collection of relevant Stept segments.First aired 10/12/20. Intro music: "Killing Pablo" - Alex Kane. 

Gustav Cavallin (@gustavcavallin) and Jens Nilsson (@jnillagrams) join the podcast to talk through the high points from the Bunch catalog over the years from the Trilogy to India Kash to Interpretation, with a discussion of how their collaborative process as a crew evolved, and how they think about evoking emotion in ski movies.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski for a collection of relevant Bunch movies. You should also visit www.thebunch.se for merch and vibrations.First aired 10/5/20. Intro music: "Gyöngyhajú lány" - Omega

Andy Parry (@parryandy) and Will Wesson (@willwesson) join Josh Berman and Conor Smith for the oral history of Andy+Will, from growing up together and H8ing NY, living and dying by #vanlife, whether Line Traveling Circus has an expiration date, an Andy Parry Rant Session™ to finish it off, and much more.This episode of Another Level is brought to you by Pit Viper - hit the direct link pitviper.biz/level1 to recieve 15% off your entire cart at checkout!The auction is over, but you can still donate to help Soren McFalls at www.32auctions.com/helpsorenVisit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch relevant LTC episodes and IH8NY videos.  First aired 9/28/20.  Intro music: "Our Mouths Were Wet" - Oh No! Oh My!  

Eric Iberg (@inspiredmediatv) joins Freedle Coty and Conor Smith for a deep dive on his 2001 film "Royalty," from how he assembled an insane crew of riders for his first film, to his approach to the soundtrack, to collecting $40,000 checks at the age of 20.A ton of insight into how ski films are made, the early days of modern freeskiing, and the mind of one of skiing's most iconic creators.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch Royalty and other relevant films. First aired 9/21/20. Intro music: "Devil's Pie" - D'Angelo

Emily Childs, Tonje Kvivik, and Janelle Yip (collectively @the_blondes_) join the podcast to discuss how they made a name for themselves having fun and drinking beer, the highs and lows of backcountry snowmobiling, shooting for the 2020 Matchstick film, and much more.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch some relevant Blondes footy. First aired 9/14/20. Intro track: "Barracuda" - Heart

Connor Gaeta and Alex Hackel join Freedle Coty and Conor Smith to dive into HG Skis two-year project Eat The Guts, including some of the most memorable shots and stories from these years, their goal of making street skiing approachable+accessible, the rise and fall of HG Skis as a company, and much much more.  Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch a handful of relevant content collected for your convenience. First aired 8-31-20. Intro track: "Somebodies Gonna Get It (Live On WWE Smackdown)" - Three Six Mafia 

Jacob Wester joins Josh Berman and Conor Smith to talk about his role in unlocking the double cork era, producing DIY big-mountain content, navigating being an influencer, and much much more.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch some highlights from Jacob's career collected for your convenience. First aired 8-24-20. Intro track: "Let's Dance to Joy Division" - The Wombats.

Taylor Lundquist and Laura Obermeyer join Freedle Coty and Conor Smith for a conversation about their short film Jyosei, the value of both filming with all-ladies groups and mixing it up with the boys, Taylor's hectic 2020 season, future endeavors, and more.Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch Jyosei as well as a handful of other relevant content collected for your convenience. First aired 8-17-20. Intro track: "REALiTi (Demo)" - Grimes

Andrew Mildenberger and Gavin Rudy join Josh Berman and Conor Smith for a conversation about how Strictly got started, their recent film "Welcome", the challenges of ski filmmaking, and much much more. This episode of Another Level is presented by Tall T Productions!  Use the code "Level1" at checkout and get 20% off anything in the Tall T store.  Free shipping in the USA for any order over $100 at: www.talltproductions.com Check out www.strictlycreate.com for the list of influences we discussed in the podcast.  As always, visit www.podcast.level1.ski to view some relevant videos and movies collected for your convenience.  Intro track: "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross.  First aired 8/10/20.

Kim Boberg joins Freedle Coty and Conor Smith for a conversation about the 2014 Armada team movie "Oil & Water", his "Strengthening and Lengthening" exercise program, how filming in his hometown of Älvdalen shaped his approach to street skiing, his relationship with filmer Andreas Olofsson, shooting for the 2020 Bunch project, and much much more. Visit www.podcast.level1.ski to watch Oil & Water as well as a handful of other Kimbo content rounded up for your convenience. First aired 8-3-20. Intro track: "Sanitarium" - Metallica