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Name: Dane Tudor
Nickname: Dune Tador’s. Daneis
Age: 20
Specialty (ies): Big Mtn, Park, Rippin
Nationalities: Australian, American
Home Mountains: Red Resort, Rossland, BC
.::Favorites::.
-My Skis: Salomon Suspects, Salomon Czar
-Spots to ride: parks, pipe: Breckenridge, Keystone, Snowpark
-Spots to ride back country: Whistler, Red, Kooteneys
-Riders to watch (besides you!): Everyone
-Riders to ride with: My bruthas
-Music to ride with: Rap and Reggae
-Own ski movie segment: Theory-3 media “The Journal”
PBP opening segment “Everyday Is A Saturday”
-Other riders ski movie segment: So may good seges hard to choose.
-Sports besides skiing: Motocross
-Dreams: To live them. To be recognized as a skier who changed our sport and to be known globally outside the ski industry.
-Sponsors “Shout outs” Salomon Scott, Red Resort, Discrete Headwear
and my shredder mum. Thanks to all for believing.
.::Portrait::.
Dane is a determined, focused all round athlete. Whether shredding lines in the backcountry, hitting booters in the park, riding rails, his fluidity and steeze shine bright. He is a ripper! Dane possesses a unique ski imagination that allows him to turn a big mountain venue into a natural terrain park. Dane’s big genuine smile and quiet demeanour compliment his confidence on skis. The fusion of big mountain and park; Dane is the hybrid skier to watch.
.::Results in both Big Mountain and Park::.
2009:
1st Canadian Freeskiing Open
2nd Tignes Airwayves: Team USA
Awards : IF3 Male Pro Skier of the Year
2008:
1st Canadian Freeskiing Open
3rd US Extreme Freeskiing Championships
4th Redbull Cold Rush
2007:
1st Lake Louise Smith Optics Junior Big Mtn
1st Fernie Junior Freeskiing Championships
2nd Junior Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships
4st Lord Of The Parks, Slopstyle
2nd Ontic Rail Jam
2nd Industrial Surf Triple Crown, Slopestyle
3rd NZ Armageddon Slopestyle
2006:
1st US Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships. (USA)
2005:
1st US Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships. (USA)
2004:
1st US Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships. (USA)
1st BC Provincials Slalom. (Canada)
1st BC Provincials GS. (Canada)
1st BC Provincials Overall Champion. (Canada)
.::Interview::.
What were you best shoots and sessions last winter and how was AK?
Damn that’s a tough one! Pretty much every shoot has been super sick for me this year. Got to shred some awesome pow in the Interior of British Columbia. Seshed a bunch of step-downs in the Whistler Backcountry. Learned my first double at the park shoot in Ski Bowl and got to jib a lift cable, a life long dream of mine since I was a kid. Learned another double at our shoot in Hood that I’m really stoked on! Even though I grew up in Alaska, this trip gave me such a different perspective. Being able to hover over such massive mountains in a heli with two of the pioneers of our sport was such an awesome experience. To be able to learn from them and understand how they approach the mountains. We had 8 sunny days out of the 15 days we were there, lucky! And to get that as a first trip! Sick, I feel honoured by the snow/sun gods! They were on our side. I got to step in to some really fun lines with amazing snow, learning how to charge more and more every time I got to drop in. It’s all about being aware and learning, always learning up there. I hope to some day ride some Jeremy Jones type lines.
What is your background?
Started skiing when I was 2. Always going for the trees and the jumps. Began ski racing at 4. I guess my skiing background comes from ski racing and being able to ski lots of powder and tight tree lines.
Tell us about your unique style and how you have merged your style from Big Mountain into your park skiing?
My style, well, maybe it comes from being on skis so young, it came naturally. Ski racing helped me to charge hard in the mountains, and growing up on the slopes of Red Mountain I got to shred tons of powder and when I figured out how fun tricks where I just started to incorporate them on everything, off cliffs, tree taps etc. Then I started hittin up the park. Doing the tricks I learned in the pow on the jumps in the park. My mum filmed me a lot so I got to watch what I was doing, seeing when I was flailing and always trying to improve, to make everything smoother. Smooth is the ultimate to me and that’s what I try to show in my skiing.
What are your motivations, goals and dreams for the coming season?
Skiing motivates me. I want to be on top of the sport and seeing the level of skiing rise and rise all the time just drives me that much harder. I have some big goals for the coming season but can't give that away! Just going have to wait and see next season’s movie.!!!!!
Tell us the story of how you have become a Pro skier from Rossland BC, what has the journey been like and who have been your influencers growing up?
Well long story short, I was homeschooled since 4th grade, because my mum and I lived in Palmer, Alaska and Rossland, BC. Alaska in the summer, British Columbia in the winter. Homeschooling enabled me to ski every day, something most kids don’t get to do. I ski raced since I was 4 until I turned 17, and shredded pow every chance I got. I used to kill to ski with the older guys, Kevin Erwin aka Weiner, James Heim, Dono Skelton, they shredded so fast, big GS turns through the powder, down the towers on Granite, and me 10 years old, just flyin, hangin on, keeping up. At a ski race I talked to a rep from Salomon asking who to send a resume to regarding sponsorship, the next day he showed up at Red and we shredded together, he went back to the office and mentioned my name to the Salomon athlete manager, at that time Scott Jewett. The next race I went to Scott was there, watched me race and offered me a grassroots sponsorship on their freeride team. That’s when I began competing in junior Big Mountain events. At 17 I finally got fed up with racing, tired of slipping powder off the course to ski through gates. At this point I really wanted to get into more park and start filming, so I talked it over with my mum, who has always encouraged and helped me pursuer my dreams, she agreed it would be a good move for my career to base myself out of Whistler. So I did, and started filming with Jeff Thomas, Theory-3 Media. I had a great season and got my first segment in “The Journal!” Then Jeff moved over to PBP and that’s how I made the transfer to PBP. And that’s pretty much where I’m at in my skiing career to this point!!!!! It’s great!!
Name: Dane Tudor
Nickname: Dune Tador’s. Daneis
Age: 20
Specialty (ies): Big Mtn, Park, Rippin
Nationalities: Australian, American
Home Mountains: Red Resort, Rossland, BC
.::Favorites::.
-My Skis: Salomon Suspects, Salomon Czar
-Spots to ride: parks, pipe: Breckenridge, Keystone, Snowpark
-Spots to ride back country: Whistler, Red, Kooteneys
-Riders to watch (besides you!): Everyone
-Riders to ride with: My bruthas
-Music to ride with: Rap and Reggae
-Own ski movie segment: Theory-3 media “The Journal”
PBP opening segment “Everyday Is A Saturday”
-Other riders ski movie segment: So may good seges hard to choose.
-Sports besides skiing: Motocross
-Dreams: To live them. To be recognized as a skier who changed our sport and to be known globally outside the ski industry.
-Sponsors “Shout outs” Salomon Scott, Red Resort, Discrete Headwear
and my shredder mum. Thanks to all for believing.
.::Portrait::.
Dane is a determined, focused all round athlete. Whether shredding lines in the backcountry, hitting booters in the park, riding rails, his fluidity and steeze shine bright. He is a ripper! Dane possesses a unique ski imagination that allows him to turn a big mountain venue into a natural terrain park. Dane’s big genuine smile and quiet demeanour compliment his confidence on skis. The fusion of big mountain and park; Dane is the hybrid skier to watch.
.::Results in both Big Mountain and Park::.
2009:
1st Canadian Freeskiing Open
2nd Tignes Airwayves: Team USA
Awards : IF3 Male Pro Skier of the Year
2008:
1st Canadian Freeskiing Open
3rd US Extreme Freeskiing Championships
4th Redbull Cold Rush
2007:
1st Lake Louise Smith Optics Junior Big Mtn
1st Fernie Junior Freeskiing Championships
2nd Junior Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships
4st Lord Of The Parks, Slopstyle
2nd Ontic Rail Jam
2nd Industrial Surf Triple Crown, Slopestyle
3rd NZ Armageddon Slopestyle
2006:
1st US Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships. (USA)
2005:
1st US Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships. (USA)
2004:
1st US Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships. (USA)
1st BC Provincials Slalom. (Canada)
1st BC Provincials GS. (Canada)
1st BC Provincials Overall Champion. (Canada)
.::Interview::.
What were you best shoots and sessions last winter and how was AK?
Damn that’s a tough one! Pretty much every shoot has been super sick for me this year. Got to shred some awesome pow in the Interior of British Columbia. Seshed a bunch of step-downs in the Whistler Backcountry. Learned my first double at the park shoot in Ski Bowl and got to jib a lift cable, a life long dream of mine since I was a kid. Learned another double at our shoot in Hood that I’m really stoked on! Even though I grew up in Alaska, this trip gave me such a different perspective. Being able to hover over such massive mountains in a heli with two of the pioneers of our sport was such an awesome experience. To be able to learn from them and understand how they approach the mountains. We had 8 sunny days out of the 15 days we were there, lucky! And to get that as a first trip! Sick, I feel honoured by the snow/sun gods! They were on our side. I got to step in to some really fun lines with amazing snow, learning how to charge more and more every time I got to drop in. It’s all about being aware and learning, always learning up there. I hope to some day ride some Jeremy Jones type lines.
What is your background?
Started skiing when I was 2. Always going for the trees and the jumps. Began ski racing at 4. I guess my skiing background comes from ski racing and being able to ski lots of powder and tight tree lines.
Tell us about your unique style and how you have merged your style from Big Mountain into your park skiing?
My style, well, maybe it comes from being on skis so young, it came naturally. Ski racing helped me to charge hard in the mountains, and growing up on the slopes of Red Mountain I got to shred tons of powder and when I figured out how fun tricks where I just started to incorporate them on everything, off cliffs, tree taps etc. Then I started hittin up the park. Doing the tricks I learned in the pow on the jumps in the park. My mum filmed me a lot so I got to watch what I was doing, seeing when I was flailing and always trying to improve, to make everything smoother. Smooth is the ultimate to me and that’s what I try to show in my skiing.
What are your motivations, goals and dreams for the coming season?
Skiing motivates me. I want to be on top of the sport and seeing the level of skiing rise and rise all the time just drives me that much harder. I have some big goals for the coming season but can't give that away! Just going have to wait and see next season’s movie.!!!!!
Tell us the story of how you have become a Pro skier from Rossland BC, what has the journey been like and who have been your influencers growing up?
Well long story short, I was homeschooled since 4th grade, because my mum and I lived in Palmer, Alaska and Rossland, BC. Alaska in the summer, British Columbia in the winter. Homeschooling enabled me to ski every day, something most kids don’t get to do. I ski raced since I was 4 until I turned 17, and shredded pow every chance I got. I used to kill to ski with the older guys, Kevin Erwin aka Weiner, James Heim, Dono Skelton, they shredded so fast, big GS turns through the powder, down the towers on Granite, and me 10 years old, just flyin, hangin on, keeping up. At a ski race I talked to a rep from Salomon asking who to send a resume to regarding sponsorship, the next day he showed up at Red and we shredded together, he went back to the office and mentioned my name to the Salomon athlete manager, at that time Scott Jewett. The next race I went to Scott was there, watched me race and offered me a grassroots sponsorship on their freeride team. That’s when I began competing in junior Big Mountain events. At 17 I finally got fed up with racing, tired of slipping powder off the course to ski through gates. At this point I really wanted to get into more park and start filming, so I talked it over with my mum, who has always encouraged and helped me pursuer my dreams, she agreed it would be a good move for my career to base myself out of Whistler. So I did, and started filming with Jeff Thomas, Theory-3 Media. I had a great season and got my first segment in “The Journal!” Then Jeff moved over to PBP and that’s how I made the transfer to PBP. And that’s pretty much where I’m at in my skiing career to this point!!!!! It’s great!!
