The League - a Future for Freeskiing

“Nearly a decade after freeskiing became an Olympic discipline, three of the sport's leading figures create a new competition in direct opposition to the established system.”

2024

41m

Documentary

Director: Mathias Skaarup Schmidt

Overview

A decade after freeskiing became an Olympic discipline, many riders are longing for an alternative to the current trajectory of the sport. Instead of rigid contest structures and national teams, they dream of a new kind of freeski event, something more true to the sport’s unruly origins. And so, in the fall of 2022, an idea begins to take form… THE LEAGUE is the untold story of how the Jib League came to be. It’s an intimate documentary following Ferdinand Dahl, James “Woodsy” Woods and Øystein Bråten on their path to creating one of the most instantly beloved events in freeskiing.