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Peakz: What's the name of that peak you skied this spring thats in
your Theory 3 Media segment and in the Peak Performance movie, Stop Go Stop?

Kev: I don't know its real name but we call it Slabatha.

Peakz: Cool name, would you be willing to tell us about the approach?

Kev: For sure, I don't really believe in keeping secrets about zones.
It was a nasty 2-3 hour slog through tight trees to get to the alpine.
We just parked along the access road to the resort. We haven't really
found an easy way in there. Once I was at the peak I climbed skiers
left onto the ridge to get to the summit.

Peakz: It must be a sketchy line because when you look at that peak in
the summer it's just rock slab underneath. How did you plan to ski a
mountain like that safely?

Kev: It's definitely a sketchy line. There are no anchors for the snow
so I was waiting all winter for a super stable window. When I did
it, we had been filming and skiing in the SSV backcountry for a few
days. It was freezing overnight and I just felt I had the feel for the
conditions. The whole experience was a race against the heat. I skied
the line by 10 am both times I did it.

Peakz: Was it scary?

Kev: Yeah, I was pretty nervous on top of it. The top is a big convex
and I couldn't see the top air until I was doing it. I couldn't see the
landing before either because the take off was overhanging. The first
time I skied it I was up there by myself and that was intimidating.

Peakz: How big were those airs?

Kev: I dunno, I hate putting numbers to cliffs. The top one was maybe
20 ft. The bottom one (third) was bigger.

Peakz: Has that line been skied to your knowledge?

Kev: I've never seen tracks on it. I know [Andrew] Sheppard skied the
peak back in the day, but I'm not sure if he did the cliff line that I
did. Colin Puskas has skied up there too.

Peakz: Sweet, so this was a first descent?

Kev: Dude, don't call it a first. That would be lame.

Peakz: Ha ha, we'll see buddy. Gotta give credit where credit is due. I
watched Stop Go Stop video by Peak Performance and I was stoked that you were
the second rider. Is there another movie planned?

Kevin: I'm not sure. Peak always comes up with something new. They did
the VAST awards for a bit and then their own movie last year. We will
have to see what they have planned for this winter. It is a cool initiative though, producing a fully fledged film and making free for download on the Peak Performance website.

Peakz: You had a killer winter last season. You filmed, wrote for several magazines, went to Kashmir with a TV show, and you seemed to be shredding everyday it was good. Who does one have to thank in order to live a life like that?

Kevin: Well besides the Lord and my wife, I have to thank Scott USA,
Rossignol, BCA and of course Peak Performance.

Peakz: Whats slated for this winter for you?

Kevin: More of the same. I have some magazine articles coming up and
I'm going to do a lot more ski touring this year.

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Vid thanks to Theory 3 Media and Colin Puskas