Pillow Popping with Parkin Costain

About this episode

Parkin Costain discusses his journey in big-mountain skiing and shares insights on techniques, training, and his new film.

Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis. 26-year-old Parkin Costain grew up in Whitefish as a skiing prodigy. For the last decade, he has been pushing big-mountain skiing with a high-speed, swift-footed style in the heaviest, most technical terrain around. With bust-out performances (like stomping a ridiculous double backflip into Corbets at Kings and Queens) and jaw-dropping segments in Warren Miller and TGR, Parker's fluid, athletic style is helping to define today's big mountain skiing. In this episode of Next Level Skiing, Parker discusses emulating Candide to get banned from his home hill in Whitefish, blending a life on a bike with his globe-trotting adventures on skis, knee-stabilization exercises, unwinding from a ski day, and his new film, "Flipbook." Topics: 2:25 Booted from Whitefish. "It was always such a funny little feud we had going on." 6:00 Honing aerial tricks and bringing them into the backcountry / big mountain terrain 7:10 Being comfortable and confident at each step of learning 8:15 Growing up on mountain bikes, "I almost try to mountain bike like I ski." 9:20 Building trails with his dad, finding inspiration for ski…

People in this episode

Host: Wagner Skis

Guest: Parkin Costain

Topics covered

• big-mountain skiing
• skiing techniques
• athletic performance
• ski career development
• preventative maintenance
• adventure sports

Keywords

• big-mountain skiing
• Parkin Costain
• Wagner Skis
• ski techniques
• Flipbook
• Warren Miller
• TGR
• preventative maintenance
• adventure sports

Sponsors

Wagner Skis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Flipbook, Warren Miller, TGR

Places: Whitefish, Big Sky

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