Featured Picture: Robin O’Neill | Skier: Eric Hjorleifson
On Film Monday, FREESKIER brings you free films from the large world of snowboarding. With a mixture of outdated and new, that is the place yow will discover your weekly dose of freeski historical past, adrenaline and cinema mastery multi function.
This week on Film Monday, FREESKIER is thrilled to current a biopic ski movie that dives into the lifetime of a skier who wants no introduction. He is without doubt one of the biggest to ever partake on this beloved sport, and has had a hand in several areas of the ski business for practically 20 years. After all, we’re speaking about Eric Hjorleifson, AKA the one and solely Hoji.
Launched in 2018, ‘Hoji’ takes an extended take a look at this one-of-a-kind pioneer. As a freeskier, engineer, ski mountaineer and innovator, there are only a few corners of snowboarding that Hoji has not touched. He’s a exceptional particular person; the type who walks his personal path with none hesitation or insecurity. His totally fluid type landed him in MSP segments for years. However by no means earlier than have we gotten to see Hoji on this gentle. From humble beginnings in Canmore, Alberta to touring the world via a life lived with ambition, creativity and ingenuity within the mountains, ‘Hoji’ explores the individuals and locations which have outlined this legend.