"Activity" A film by Phil Casabon and friends

Catch a glimpse of style savants, Phil 'B-Dog' Casabon and his peers, on their hibernal journey as seen through the attuned lenses of Brady Perron and Raph Sevigny.

From the iconic Kimbo sessions terrain park, to the choccolate hills like snow dunes of Vermont, and finishing up in the remaining lost ruins of Phil’s native city—Shawinigan.

So it begins—lights, camera, Activity.

Credits
Shot by-
Brady Perron & Raphaël Sevigny
Music by-
Nicholas Craven & Mike Shabb - Save The Joker
Pootie - All I care About
Nicholas Craven & Mike Shabb - All Greatness

Athletes

Brady Perron Cole Gibson Daniel Bacher Henrik Harlaut Kim Boberg Liam Downey Mike Hornbeck Philip Casabon Quinn Wolferman

Locations

Kläppen Snowpark

Brady Perron

Brady Perron is an American freeskier from New Hampshire, now based in the western U.S. He first gained attention with his smooth style and impactful segments in 4bi9 and Level 1 films before shifting focus to ski filmmaking and editing. He holds two gold medals from the X Games Real Ski and is known for his creative approach, blending park, street, and backcountry while emphasizing style and visual aesthetics. Collaborations with athletes like Phil Casabon and Henrik Harlaut highlight his influence in the freeski culture through artistic storytelling

Cole Gibson

Cole Gibson is a North American street and park skier whose work helped define the look and feel of urban freeskiing in the mid-to-late 2010s. Emerging from the East Coast scene where winter is cold, snowfall is inconsistent, and spots are often built rather than found, he honed an approach grounded in problem solving, patience and style. Instead of chasing contest schedules, he invested his energy in film segments, web edits and crew projects that prize originality, clean execution and a narrative of exploration. That decision placed him within a lineage of riders who treat the city as a creative partner, using stairs, ledges, handrails and tight run-ins to produce skiing that is as architectural as it is athletic. Gibson’s progression followed a path familiar to many influential street skiers. Early seasons focused on the fundamentals that travel well from spot to spot: balance through impact, precise edge control on short approaches, and grabs that frame rotations without overpowering them. He learned to read speed on marginal snow, to salt and shovel with intention, and to accept that a single clip might require a full day of setup and trial. This craftwork is visible in his segments, where lines are built to make sense on camera and to feel rhythmic underfoot, with switch entries, surface swaps and pretzel exits tied together so the sequence reads like one coherent sentence. A defining feature of his output is restraint. In an era when spin counts climb and impact tolerance is a badge of honor, Gibson often foregrounds clarity. Takeoffs are decisive, axes are set early, and landings show quiet shoulders that let a skier ride away clean into cramped runouts. The result is footage that ages well: tricks remain understandable years later, and the viewer remembers the way the skier used the spot rather than only the number of degrees turned in the air. That philosophy also reflects the realities of winter in the streets, where wind, light and snow texture change by the hour and athletes must pick their battles carefully. Collaboration is central to his story. Gibson’s best work lives inside crew films where feedback flows freely, camera angles are chosen to honor the spot, and music serves the skiing rather than smothering it. Within that environment he contributed a technical vocabulary that includes nose and tail presses that actually carry weight, switch-ups performed on imperfect steel, and redirections that treat walls and banks as extensions of the rail line. Filming across small cities and college towns, he and his peers built a catalog that demonstrates how much range street skiing can have when riders commit to thoughtful locations and patient preparation. Equipment literacy underpins the performance. Street segments demand durable edges, predictable swing weight and bases that keep speed on contaminated snow. Gibson refined his mount points to stay centered for quick setup turns without sacrificing landing stability, maintained edges to survive repeated kinks and gaps, and balanced flex so skis pop cleanly off small lips while absorbing harsh transitions. Boots and binding ramp were tuned for ankle articulation and faster re-centering after surface changes, details that matter when a fraction of a second determines whether a skier locks or washes on contact. Injuries and setbacks are part of urban skiing, but the response can define a career. Gibson’s approach emphasizes incremental exposure to impact, single-leg strength for efficient pop on short run-ins, and visualization that rebuilds confidence before returning to heavy features. He carries that same professionalism into travel and scheduling, using weather windows to stack clips and accepting that some ideas must wait for the right week. This measured pace preserves longevity and keeps the work enjoyable, an underrated ingredient in multi-year projects. The influence of his segments extends beyond any one winter. Younger skiers study how he sequences a line, how he tempers difficulty with readability, and how he treats the environment with respect by restoring spots and keeping sessions orderly. Brands value that credibility, not only for the footage but for the product feedback it produces: edges that hold, bases that glide on dirty snow, shapes that feel neutral when the landing angle is unknown. In sum, Cole Gibson’s career shows that street skiing thrives when craft, community and creativity converge. He may not have pursued the biggest podiums, but his catalog remains a touchstone for riders who want their skiing to make architectural sense, to reward rewatching, and to carry a clear signature from the first frame to the last.

Daniel Bacher

Daniel Bacher, born in 2004 in Innsbruck, Austria, is a young freestyle skier specializing in slopestyle and Big Air. He started skiing at age three, quickly refining his skills in his family’s small Stubaital snowpark, where he developed a style that is both creative and highly technical. At just 12, he entered FIS competitions, and by 17 was one of the youngest competitors at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In 2024, he won a bronze medal in Big Air at the X Games in Aspen and secured his first World Cup podium. Backed by Armada and Monster Energy, Daniel Bacher stands out as a rising figure in freestyle skiing, blending stylistic innovation with top-level performance.

Henrik Harlaut

Henrik Harlaut, born on August 14, 1991 in Stockholm and raised in Åre, Sweden, is widely celebrated as one of the greatest freestyle skiers of all time. Known by nicknames like “E-dollo” and “Bloody Dollaz,” he brings unmatched creativity, flair, and jaw-dropping technical innovation to the slopes. Henrik’s signature moment came in Aspen at Winter X Games XVII, where he landed the first-ever nose-butter triple-cork 1620 in Big Air, scoring a perfect 50 and securing the gold, along with silver in slopestyle. With a record 13 total X Games medals — 8 gold and 5 silver — he holds the most podiums in skiing history. He has represented Sweden at multiple Winter Olympics, finishing sixth in slopestyle in Sochi 2014 (famously performing with his pants around his knees and a “Wu-Tang is for the children” salute) and earning bronze in Big Air at Beijing 2022. Beyond the Olympics, he claimed silver at the 2019 World Championships (Big Air) and dominated the World Cup circuit, winning the Big Air crystal globe in 2017 with multiple event victories. More than a competitor, Henrik stands out as a cultural icon. His style — from dreadlocks and baggy clothes to fearless trick execution — challenges norms while embodying pure joy and expression. He balances competition, filmmaking (notably in “The Regiment”), and community involvement, remaining a powerful influence shaping freestyle skiing’s evolution.

Kim Boberg

Kim Boberg is a Swedish freeskier born in 1991 in Älvdalen and based in Kläppen, the resort where he grew up skiing. A long-standing Armada athlete (over 16 years), he became known for his standout video parts and major influence on freeski culture. He is best known as the founder and organizer of the renowned Kimbo Sessions—a spring park gathering at Kläppen that brings together the world’s top skiers in a laid-back, creativity-focused “anti-stress” atmosphere. His park, designed and built under his direction with expert shapers, features unique modules and skate-inspired transitions, with every inch fully skied. Kim embodies community spirit, style, and innovation, making him a living legend in the freeski movement.

Liam Downey

Liam Downey is an American freerider from Vermont, active since the 2000s and a prominent figure in ski films by Level 1. He became known for his authentic style and humor in memorable segments like Forward (2005) and Long Story Short (2006). In 2011, he joined the KLIŅT collective, continuing to bring a personal, creative approach to frontcountry and powder skiing. Downey has always favored film segments over competitions, believing that it’s the footage that truly stays in collective memory.

Mike Hornbeck

Mike Hornbeck, from Bangor, Michigan, has established himself as a key figure in urban and freeskiing thanks to his fluid style and creativity on rails and features. He rose to prominence in Level 1 films like Real Time and After Dark, later joining Armada and working on ambitious video projects with his own crew. A humble, hard-working Midwesterner, he’s balanced skiing with carpentry to support his family. A true street skiing icon, Hornbeck inspires with his straightforward, authentic approach, championing skiing as something accessible to everyone.

Philip Casabon

Philip Casabon, known to skiers around the world as B-Dog, is a Canadian freeski legend from Shawinigan, Québec, whose influence on street and park skiing spans more than a decade of groundbreaking video parts, signature products and era-defining style. He emerged in the late 2000s and early 2010s as a rider who could make complex tricks look effortless, pairing technical precision with a relaxed body language that reads clearly on camera and in person. While many athletes built careers around podiums, Casabon built a catalog around originality and storytelling, proving that progression in freeskiing is measured not just by spin counts, but by ideas, rhythm and the way a skier uses terrain. Casabon’s breakthrough years were intertwined with a creative partnership with Henrik Harlaut under the B&E banner, culminating in invitational events that showcased style, flow and unconventional features. Those projects amplified a philosophy that still guides his skiing today. Lines are designed like sentences with a beginning, middle and end. Approach speed is chosen to preserve cadence rather than to force difficulty. Takeoffs are decisive and axes are set early so rotations remain readable and landings ride away clean. The result is footage that ages well and remains instructive for younger riders studying how to combine rails, walls, gaps and banks into coherent sequences. The contest world eventually embraced video-based formats, and Casabon became a benchmark there as well. In X Games Real Ski he delivered all-urban segments that balanced heavy enders with subtle touches: nose and tail presses that carry real weight, surface swaps performed on imperfect steel, redirected spins that treat walls and banks as extensions of the rail line. Those edits demonstrated mastery of spot selection, logistics and risk management under tight timelines. They also highlighted a symbiosis with filmer and editor Brady Perron, whose eye for pacing and framing magnified Casabon’s skating-inspired approach to edges, balance and transitions. Equipment is a central part of Casabon’s story. His signature park and street skis became known for playful flex in the tips and tails, supportive underfoot platforms and shapes that feel neutral on unknown landing angles. He is meticulous about mount points that keep swing weight balanced without sacrificing landing stability, and he is vocal about edge durability, torsional support and base speed on contaminated snow. In boots, he gravitated to progressive designs that preserve ankle articulation and rebound for presses and quick recentering after surface changes. This product literacy turns gear into a creative partner rather than an afterthought, and it informs a steady stream of feedback to designers who translate rider needs into shapes and constructions that withstand urban abuse. Casabon’s training habits reveal why the style looks so effortless. Off snow he emphasizes hip and ankle mobility, single-leg strength for efficient pop on short run-ins, and trunk stability to manage off-axis rotations without letting the upper body flail. Trampoline and air-awareness sessions break big tricks into components, rehearsing set mechanics, grab timing and spotting before full-scale attempts. On snow he builds lines from low-consequence moves, scaling them patiently into heavy features once speed, angles and snow texture are predictable. That incremental method reduces injuries and preserves longevity in a discipline where impact tolerance is often mistaken for progress. Storytelling is another thread that runs through his career. Casabon treats each project like an album rather than a single, choosing music, color and pacing that serve the skiing. He shows the process in behind-the-scenes moments: shoveling and salting to control speed, testing inruns at dawn when light is flat but traffic is light, cleaning spots and restoring environments out of respect for neighborhoods. This transparency sets a standard for urban filming etiquette and keeps doors open for future crews. It also explains why his films are rewatchable; they offer both the satisfaction of heavy tricks and the narrative of how those tricks were made possible. Community impact rounds out his profile. Casabon mentors younger riders by translating complex technique into simple cues: align early on the inrun, commit to a clean set, keep shoulders calm through impact, and ride away with purpose. He is honest about fear management, using visualization and measured increments to turn nerves into information rather than noise. In camps and informal sessions he shares the small adjustments that create big gains, from binding ramp angle to edge bevels that keep rails viable on cold mornings. As freeskiing continues to evolve, Casabon remains a reference point for authenticity. He releases tightly curated video parts, appears at select events, and collaborates with brands in ways that preserve the integrity of his style while pushing product design forward. His legacy is not confined to medals or one winter’s highlight reel. It lives in a generation of skiers who learned that creativity can be systematic, that style is a skill built on fundamentals, and that a line that reads beautifully will always matter. For fans and aspiring riders, Philip Casabon stands as proof that street skiing can be both refined and raw, both disciplined and free, and that the most enduring progression happens when craft, culture and community move together.

Quinn Wolferman

Quinn Wolferman is a professional freestyle skier from the United States, born in 1997 in Missoula, Montana. He first made a name for himself on the freestyle scene through his appearances in Level 1 films and in the popular SLVSH head-to-head battles, where his smooth, technical style quickly stood out. Initially focused on slopestyle and Big Air, he competed in multiple international events, even coming close to Olympic qualification, before shifting more toward backcountry skiing and unique formats. It was in the Knuckle Huck event that he achieved his biggest competitive success, winning a gold medal at the 2022 X Games in Aspen with creative, unexpected tricks that perfectly embodied his approach to skiing. A long-time member of the Armada team, Quinn now moves fluidly between park, street, backcountry, and personal film projects. He’s known for pushing style boundaries by blending ease, amplitude, and inventiveness, all while staying deeply connected to the original spirit of freeskiing. Highly respected by fellow riders, he continues to inspire a new generation with his genuine, joy-driven commitment to skiing and progression without compromise.

Kläppen Snowpark

Kläppen Snowpark, located in Sälen, Sweden, is the country’s largest snowpark, covering an area equivalent to 14 football fields. It features three zones: a junior park, an intermediate Blue Line, and a professional-grade National Arena, all meticulously maintained. The park boasts a wide array of features including kickers, rails, boxes, and a superpipe, and is regularly used by the Swedish national freeski and snowboard teams. Centrally positioned within the resort, it offers easy access via gondola and a dedicated lift. Kläppen Snowpark stands out for its freestyle-focused atmosphere, providing a fun yet high-performance playground for riders of all levels.

Armada’s origin story is inseparable from the rise of newschool skiing. Instead of adapting race tools for creatives, the brand started with what riders actually needed: symmetric and directional twin tips that press, pivot, and land switch; floaty shapes for deep days; and durable constructions for rails and hard landings. Over two decades, the catalog matured without losing that voice. The brand joined a larger sports family later on, leveraging European manufacturing while keeping athlete-led development and media at its core. The result is a blend of indie energy and big-factory consistency. Product ecosystem Armada’s freestyle roots remain visible in the ARV series (all-mountain/park) and the women’s ARW line, built for playful daily laps that can handle everything from corduroy to side hits and rail gardens. Signature pro models such as the Edollo and BDog reflect two distinct philosophies of park skiing—pop and power versus buttery, press-friendly feel—while the JJ and its descendants carry the powder-freestyle torch with surfy rockered shapes and smearable tips and tails. On the freeride/all-mountain front, directional platforms add stability and edge hold for technical terrain and variable snow. For human-powered missions, the lightweight touring family uses lively wood cores and weight-savvy laminates to keep skintrack efficiency high without turning skittish on the descent. Construction and feel Durability and “feel” are through-lines across the range. Thick, impact-oriented edges, sintered bases that take wax well, and rubber damping in key zones help skis stay quiet at speed and survive seasons of abuse. Rocker-camber-rocker profiles are tuned by length and use case: more camber and contact length for resort drive, deeper rocker lines and tapered tips for soft-snow release. Mount points are thoughtfully chosen—center or near-center for park, more traditional for directional freeride and touring—so buyers can land on a predictable stance without fighting the ski. Boots, bindings, and compatibility Armada’s skis pair naturally with modern alpine and hybrid bindings, including models that allow efficient uphill travel and elastic downhill performance on one setup. Many riders run one-ski/one-binding quivers for travel and resort powder weeks, while park skiers opt for lighter alpine bindings with predictable release and solid elasticity for repeated switch landings. Athletes, media, and culture Armada’s team has long included influential freestylers and film leaders whose styles span urban, park, and backcountry freestyle. Pro models like the Edollo, BDog, Whitewalker, and various JJ iterations come straight from that collaboration loop: riders push lines in the streets or high alpine; product teams translate those needs into shape, flex, and construction tweaks; films and seasonal edits close the loop with proof on snow. The brand’s YouTube and social channels showcase this process with product walk-throughs, team movies, and behind-the-scenes clips that keep skiers connected to the why behind each ski. How to choose Resort-first skiers who split time between groomers, trees, and park will feel at home on ARV/ARW models sized to nose-eye height for agility; add length for stability if your speed runs high. Powder-minded riders who value playful line choice should look to JJ-style shapes for float and drift. Directional chargers who want bite on wind-buff and firm afternoons should target the all-mountain/freeride family with a slightly rearward mount. For touring, match waist width to your snowpack: narrower, lighter for big vert and spring missions; mid-fat for mid-winter soft snow with enough backbone for refrozen exits. Yes—Armada maintains an active YouTube presence, signature pro models tied to its athletes, and ongoing collaborations with film crews. The brand’s evolution from core freeski upstart to full-line manufacturer never abandoned its central idea: skis should be built around the way skiers actually ride.