• Source: Mike Douglas (filmmaker)

      • Mike Douglas (born November 15, 1969) is a Canadian skier and filmmaker from Whistler, Canada.


      Skiing


      He is known as the 'Godfather of Freeskiing', due to his involvement in creating the first high-performance twin-tip ski, the Salomon Teneighty and for his pioneering feats on snow in the sports of freestyle skiing and freeskiing has been called one of the most influential freeskiers of all time. He was a TV commentator for the skiing events at ESPN's X Games between 2001–2014.


      Filmmaking


      Douglas is also a documentary filmmaker. In 2004, he founded Switchback Entertainment, a small production company also based in Whistler, Canada. Switchback Entertainment produces documentary and adventure films, as well as commercials. Douglas and Switchback Entertainment produced the web series, Salomon TV, between 2007–2023.


      Other interests


      Douglas helped found an environmental non-profit organization, Protect Our Winters Canada, and was the Board Chair between 2018–2023. He sits on the board for the organization. He is also on the board of the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation. A role he has held since 2013. Douglas has been voted 'Favorite Whistlerite' 7 times by the readers of Pique News Magazine.


      Awards


      The Freedom Chair – 2011 Best Mountain Sports film – Banff Mountain Film Festival, Most Inspiring Story – 5 Point Film Festival
      Tempting Fear – 2012 Best Action Film – Adventure Film Festival, Best Story X-Dance Film Festival
      Snowman – 2014 Best Mountain Culture film – Whistler Film Festival, Best Script – Bilbao Mendi Film Festival
      Whistler Blackcomb: Fifty Years of Going Beyond – Skade Award – International Skiing History Association
      Eclipse – 2016 Best Snow film – Banff Mountain Film Festival, Best Mountain Culture Film – Whistler Film Festival, Best Adventure Film – New York Wild Film Festival
      Live Along the Way – Grand Prize – NZ Mountain Film Festival
      Sam and Me – Best BC Film – BC Environmental Film Festival


      Ski filmography



      Smart Mogul Skiing (1994) – Momentum
      Bump2Bump with Jean-Luc Brassard (1995) – C3 Productions
      State of Mind (1997) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Fistful of Moguls (1998) – Greg Stump
      Degenerates (1998) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Skiing's Last Stand – Mike Hilb
      Fifity (1999) – Warren Miller
      Global Storming (1999) – Matchstick Productions
      13 (1999) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Area 51 (1999) – Teton Gravity Research
      Supershow (1999) – Mike Hilb
      Ski Movie (2000) – Matchstick Productions
      The Game (2000) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Ski Movie 2: High Society (2001) – Matchstick Productions
      Propaganda (2002) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Ski Movie 3: The Front Line (2003) – Matchstick Productions
      Happy Dayz (2003) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Focused (2004) – Matchstick Productions
      Ready, Fire, Aim (2004) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Yearbook (2004) – Matchstick Productions
      X=10 (2005) – Poor Boyz Productions
      The Hit List (2005) – Matchstick Productions
      War (2006) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Focused (2006) – Matchstick Productions
      Seven Sunny Days (2007) – Matchstick Productions
      Reasons (2008) – Poor Boyz Productions
      Wave Skiing in Hawaii (2010) – Salomon Freeski TV
      Glacier Express (2012) – Salomon Freeski TV
      McConkey (2013) – Matchstick Productions
      Snowman (2014) – Switchback Entertainment
      Ruapehu (2015) – Salomon Freeski TV
      The Skier's Haute Route (2016) – Salomon Freeski TV
      50 Years of Going Beyond (2015) – Switchback Entertainment
      Fountain of Youth (2017) – Switchback Entertainment
      Sam and Me (2022) – Switchback Entertainment


      References

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