There was an incident on the first day of Level 1 Production's Alaskan adventure last spring heretofore known as the Easter Day Miracle. Long story short, some skis and backpacks but no lives were lost to a crevasse. Naturally, the boys, including Stefan Thomas, Duncan Adams and Wiley Miller, rebounded from this setback, and as early as Day 2 of the trip. Photographer Jeff Cricco was along for the wild ride and, in Cricco's debut gallery for ESPN Freeskiing, he breaks out the banger selects from L1P AK... a continuing thread of backstory on the resulting film, Refresh, which is creating sizable buzz this fall (at theaters and federal courthouses both).
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John Symms
My friend is a pro. In fact, many of my friends are pros. How else do you think I got this job?
Tim Mutrie
Journalist and blog-a-neer, big mtn. correspondent Tim has a desk-sized condo in a little place called Aspen.
Seth Morrison
If you don't know who Seth is, just click out of this blog and walk away. (Seth is a big mtn. legend, you see.)
Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
Sage went from washing dishes professionally to freeskiing professionally — aka "professional growth."
Ingrid Backstrom
World traveler, prolific ripper, reader and smiler, Ingrid lives in a cabin at the base of Squaw Valley.
Nate Abbott
Driven by coffee, powder, music, laughing, books & possibilities, photographer Nate is a lurker with Leica.
Liam Downey
Vermonster, Level 1 vet and large animal veterinarian, Liam's 6'5" frame makes him a large animal himself.
