Thursday – April 11
Westin Ballroom
Doors @ 6PM | Show 7 PM – 10 PM
Intersection is an event that pushes crews of artistic snow sports visionaries to their limits as they aim to create a masterpiece that truly captures the beauty of ski and snowboard culture. Six crews will have 12 days to shoot, edit, and submit a 4-6 minute winter action sports edit all filmed within 100km of Whistler, BC. This show will take place April 11th and judged by a panel of industry experts as well as the audience.
Prizes Up For Grabs
$10,000
1st Place
$5000
2nd Place
$2000
3rd Place
$500 Gibbons Whistler Gift Card
People’s Choice
Meet The Crews
Meet This Year’s Wild Card
Crew Captain: Joey Kraft
Team: The Reserves
“Group of skiers based out of the sea to sky having as much fun as possible and trying to land something in the process.”
Meet The Judges
Alex Armstrong
Alex Armstrong, or as her friends call her, Army, is a professional big mountain skier based out of Squamish, British Columbia on the unceeded ancestral territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation. As an ex-ski racer from Ottawa, Ontario and ex-ski patroller, she combines her technical skiing skills and mountain sense to reach the high mountain peaks of Western Canada and shred them on the way down.
After self-producing the Skier Rich series and receiving a nomination for Female Performance of the Year at iF3 in 2021, Army has graced the big screen with the likes of Blank Collective and TGR
Chris Rasman
Chris Rasman is a local professional snowboarder who quickly rose from hometown hero, to a well respected name on the international snowboard scene. With over a decade of backcountry video parts under his belt, magazine covers, pro model gear, and impressive results at the Natural Selection tour, Chris has the resume to back up his position as a judge in the Intersection film contest.
Jeff Schmuck
Jeff Schmuck is the Editor of Forecast Ski Magazine, Canada’s premiere ski publication, and is a distinguished media figure and historian in the sport of freeskiing. Originally from Rossland, British Columbia but now based down the road in Vancouver, Jeff has been working in the ski industry for over 20 years, during which time he’s travelled the world to cover countless film and photo shoots along with nearly every major freeskiing event on the planet, and has additionally served as the Head Judge of the iF3 Film Festival for the last 10 years.
Jody Wachniak
I snowboard, a lot. Host of the Air Time Podcast. I like beers, bonfires, mountains, poker, sushi and steak.
Gabe Langlois
Gabe Langlois is a Filmmaker and DoP based in Pemberton BC. He cut his teeth working as a Principal Cinematographer for the legendary Brainfarm Cinema on such films as “That’s it That’s All” and “The Art of Flight”. Since then he has found his way as a DoP or Director on some of action sports most acclaimed films and commercial projects. Currently Gabe finds himself as a senior staff DoP for Burton Snowboards creating high end films and brand story content.
The Evening Will Be Hosted By
Robjn Taylor
An ally of the unusual, Robjn navigates ridiculousness with a straight face and a steady hand. But above all, his filmmaking is grounded firmly in the pursuit of communicating ideas in entertaining ways.
