Long Underwear

Raised in the Seattle area, Tyler Ceccanti joined the K2 athlete roster at the age of 14. Today, he’s been in seven Warren Miller films, going on eight. When Tyler isn’t skiing, he can be found doing pretty much everything else: mountain biking, wake boarding, snowmobiling, riding motorcycles and working hard at his family-owned company. Listen to him talk about life in Washington, his general pet peeves, his forever young attitude, why the advice ‘just send it’ is sometimes a bad idea, his closeted love for comic books and a legendary tale from his wedding night.  

Idaho raised McKenna Peterson is a professional skier who calls both Alta and Sun Valley her home mountains and has been in two Warren Miller films in the last five years. By summer, she is a female skipper who seine fishes in southeast Alaska. Discover what life as a female boat captain while living on a 58-foot boat with four other people is like, what Spice Girl she most identifies with, her dream of being on the LPGA Tour and the highs and lows of first time homeownership. 

New Zealand born Sam Smoothy spent six years on the Freeride World Tour and has been featured in countless ski films, including the 2011 Warren Miller film, “Like There’s No Tomorrow”. Listen as Smoothy entertains host Amie with his stories about his “visceral" cheese dreams, his nearly 16 years of endless winter, bridging the gaps between the human race with technology and his community restoration project back home in New Zealand. 

Idaho grown Lexi duPontentered the Warren Miller scene a decade ago when she was a green nineteen-year-old. Today, she’s a world-renowned big mountain skier and has been featured in a multitude of films. Listen to her talk about her dream of piloting a flight over the Amazon Rainforest, how she realized fruit bats are her spirit animal, the highs of witnessing the birth of her nephews, building an off-the-grid Canadian home and the hilarious (yet awkward) moment on a date when things turned south.   

With around a dozen Warren Miller films under his belt, extreme skiing pioneer Scot Schmidt helped to carve out freeskiing as we know it today. These days he can be found splitting his time between California and Montana. Listen as he talks about taking cues from the universe, teepee pitching, and the tricks in mechanics one can learn from a life of homesteading.

Along with her partner in the Team Spring at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Minnesota native Jessie Diggins brought home the first gold medal the US Cross Country Ski Team has ever won. Learn the landscape of the cross-country skiing world, what clocking 47 miles per hour on skis with no metal edges is like, why loving our bodies is so important, how her house flooded right before she competed in the Olympics, and about those summers at a lake house when she learned how to be brave. 

A Vermonter who relocated to Jackson, Wyoming at 22 years-old, Jim Ryan has always felt at home in tight-knit communities. It’s been a big year for Jim with his first cameo in a ski film and his professional career really taking off. Listen to him talk about how anyone can be a better listener, why digital detoxes are best done on a river, which honors he received in his high school’s yearbook and about that time at French camp when he found himself laughing hysterically on top of a mountain. 

Utah native Marcus Caston has lost count of how many Warren Miller films he’s cameoed in (he thinks it’s six). Marcus is known for his impeccable hop-turns, sense of humor and the summer ski camp for kids up at Mt. Hood he co-founded. Uncover why he’s the peoples’ coffee lover, how taking a break from drinking has helped him discover old passions, why surf bum life calls to him (hint: it’s not the long hair), and where he's been sleeping these days. 

A humble guy with two decades of professional skiing under his belt, Dash Longe  has always been known for his floaty airs and fast, steep lines. Raised in Tahoe, Dash calls Alta, Utah home today. Get a taste for what it’s like to be an identical twin, how fatherhood can profoundly change a ski pro, the power of pragmatism when discussing the environment and why letting go of control and believing in the process is probably our best bet.   

A Midwest gal with west coast cool, Kaylin Richardson has a magical way of keeping it real while staying positive. She’s a former Olympian turned big mountain skier, and a lover of words and people. Listen to her lessons on finding happiness in others’ success, why she’s the #1 aunt, her perception of a divided world and solo missions as a form of self-care. 

This commercial fisherman once won the Freeskiing World Tour and may be a little bit of a Mama’s boy. Forrest has daydreams about the simple life outside: prospecting for gold in the Last Frontier and cooking in the woods with his Dutch oven. Learn about his hopes to travel to southeast Asia with his mom, why empathy is his superpower and about that one time he mystified some tourists while chest-deep in a creek and on crutches. 

As a Washington native who splits his time between the Pacific Northwest and Chamonix, Michael “Bird” Shaffer is one of a kind. When he’s not speedriding or skiing, he’s a wildland firefighter with a knack for bird puns. Discover the origin of his nickname, what it was like being raised on a hippie commune, life hacks for finding balance and why getting hurt and discovering boundaries was one of the best things that ever happened to him. 

When Olympian slopestyle skier Anna Segal pinpoints a dream, she chases it down. But, somehow, even with that goal-driven focus, she’s managed to maintain an Aussie, laid back charm about her. Among other things, we learn if Anna’s younger self would think she was cool, why trashing her car is a bad idea, how meditation can be accessible to everyone and about one particular childhood family vacation that ended with a “code brown”. 

Don't miss "Long Underwear", coming this fall.