Scott Schmidt - The Original Freeskier

Scot Schmidt - The Original Freeskier

Episode #36

Brought to you by Ikon Pass 

My guest today is the legendary Scot Schmidt:

• Scot was the very 1st professional freeskier in North America
• He created the genre and he did it with style
• Scot's intro into the ski industry was him dropping a 100' cliff at Squaw Valley Palisades Tahoe, California in the 1983 Warren Miller Ski Movie and as he drops the monstrous cliff Warren says:  "Scot Schmidt, his parents raised him wrong."
• Scot has been in at least 46 ski movies
• His style is smooth and tight and cameramen ate it up upon first sight
• Scot was discovered by a Warren Miller filmmaker who was visiting Squaw Valley in 1983 - all the filmmaker had to do was say:  "I wanna film whoever it is making those tracks"
• It was Scot who was making "Those tracks" the tracks that stood out and took him to the highest heights of ski stardom
• Scot traveled the world making ski movies for 25-years before settling down in Big Sky, Montana so he could ski more (there's a lotta standing around in ski movie making)
• Scot was even a stunt double for Dexter Rutecki in the legendary Hollywood ski movie:  "Aspen Extreme"
• Scot has been sponsored by the North Face for 30-years and while there he designed a line of ski mountaineering clothing called Steep Tech that is worth 3 times more than what it sold for back in the 80s and 90s.
• Scot has seen it all in this industry and he helped reinvent it.
• His stories of skiing all over the world are truly an inspiration

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