Karl Fostvedt Explained

Karl Fostvedt
Birth Place:Ketchum, Idaho
Home Mountain:Sun Valley
Skis:ON3P
Sponsors:ON3P Ski Company, Anon Optics, Dakine, Blackstrap
Updated:November 2023

Karl Fostvedt is an American Freeskier from Ketchum, Idaho.[1] He is sponsored by Dakine,[2] K2 Sports, Anon Optics (a sub-brand of Burton Snowboards),[3] Lethal Descent,[4] Full Tilt Boots.[5] He is known for his urban, backcountry, and big mountain skiing abilities.

He has been featured in movies by D.O.S. Media, 4bi9 Media, Toy Soldier Productions and Poor Boyz Productions. During the 2009-2010 Winter Karl competed in the Dew Tour slopestyle competition.[6] He competed as an invited athlete at War of Rails [7] [8] winning the contest in 2014.[9] In September 2012 he won the IF3 International Freeski Film Festival (IF3) Rookie of the Year award[10] for his segment in the Red Bull Media House and Poor Boyz Productions produced film WE: A Collection of Individuals. The following year, he led a group of skiers to Detroit, Michigan to film an urban ski segment for the 2013 film, "Tracing Skylines".[11] The Detroit segment of the film received attention worldwide with the video being watched over 750,000 times on YouTube as of Nov 30, 2023.[12] [13] With the success of the Detroit segment, the following year he went to Sarajaveo to ski the ruins of the 1984 Winter Olympics.[14] With the success of these films, his profile continued to grow.[15] [16]

Fostvedt's transition from primarily being known for his urban abilities to establishing himself as one of the best backcountry and big mountain skiing was completed in 2018 when he won the inaugural Kings and Queens of Corbet's Competition.[17] [18] He would go on to finish 2nd the following year and then winning again in 2021.[19] [20] During this time his segments in ski films were primarily filmed at big mountain locations including Alaska, Japan, Chile, British Columbia, and Idaho. In December 2021, Fostvedt was named the Idaho Mountain Express's 'Athlete of the Year' for 2021 with the newspaper editor's saying "it was the easiest choice we’ve made all year".[21]

In 2021, Fostvedt established his own production company, Native Earth Productions, to start creating his own films.[22] His first film "Brap Ski - Volume One" combined two of his passions, snowmobiling and skiing, in order to find backcountry terrain that would otherwise be inaccessible. The success of Brap Ski - Volume One has led to two follow-on films, "Brap Ski - Volume Two"[23] and "Brap Ski -- Volume Three".[24]

Awards

Freeskiing movies

- Teton gravity research Make believe (2020)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: Karl Fostvedt talks Poor Boyz in the November issue of FREESKIER. Freeskier Magazine. Freeskier Magazine. 19 November 2012.
  2. https://www.dakine.com/en-us/dakineteam/team/member/id/19/team/2/
  3. Web site: Anon Optics. anonoptics.com.
  4. Web site: Krazy Karl . www.lethaldescent.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825092547/http://www.lethaldescent.com/karlfostvedt.htm . 2012-08-25.
  5. Web site: Team Athletes - Full Tilt Boots. fulltiltboots.com.
  6. Web site: 2009-10 Competition Year in Review: Slopestyle. Shay Williams. Freeskier Magazine. 6 January 2011.
  7. Web site: Bear Mountain - Big Bear's Best Snowboarding & Golf - Official. bearmountain.com.
  8. Web site: Tom Wallisch wins 2012 War of Rails. Henrik Lampert. Freeskier Magazine. 26 February 2012.
  9. Web site: War of Rails - Home. War of Rails.
  10. Web site: The 2012 iF3 Movie Awards | iF3 2013 -- Montreal . 2013-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130703154626/http://2012.if3.ca/2012/09/the-if3-movie-awards-2012-presented-by-monster-swatch-moment-pioneer-steez-skipass-zapiks-la-clusaz-and-sandisk/ . 2013-07-03 . dead .
  11. Web site: Professional skiers take to Detroit's inner city slopes; watch video of a bold urban adventure. www.mlive.com.
  12. Web site: The hazards of urban skiing. www.bbc.com.
  13. Web site: Karl Fostvedt drops POV clip showcasing skiing in Detroit . www.freeskier.com .
  14. Web site: Video: Skiing the Ruins of the 1984 Olympics . www.nytimes.com.
  15. Web site: A Skier of Circumstance: Why Karl Fostvedt owes his career to a single flip (of the coin). freeskier.com.
  16. Web site: The Art of Persistence, with Karl Fostvedt. www.power.com.
  17. Web site: Kings and Queens of Corbet's Jackson Hole . www.jacksonhole.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213200600/https://www.jacksonhole.com/kings-queens-corbets.html . 2018-02-13.
  18. Web site: Karl Fostvedt’s Winning Run at Jackson’s Kings and Queens of Corbet’s Was Insane.
  19. Web site: Kings and Queens of Corbet's Jackson Hole . www.jacksonhole.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213200600/https://www.jacksonhole.com/kings-queens-corbets.html . 2018-02-13.
  20. Web site: Kings and Queens of Corbet's. 17 February 2019.
  21. Web site: 'King' Karl owned 2021. www.mtexpress.com.
  22. Web site: In ‘Brap Ski,’ a local legend shoots for the stars . www.mtexpress.com.
  23. Web site: Crazy Karl showcases Idaho skiers. www.mtexpress.com.
  24. Web site: Karl Fostvedt’s ‘Brap Ski 3’.
  25. Web site: Kings and Queens of Corbet's Jackson Hole . www.jacksonhole.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213200600/https://www.jacksonhole.com/kings-queens-corbets.html . 2018-02-13.
  26. Web site: Kings and Queens of Corbet's. 17 February 2019.
  27. Web site: Recap: First-ever Kings and Queens of Corbet's blows minds at Jackson Hole. 4 February 2018.
  28. Web site: Nominees Announced For 2013 Powder Awards. 15 January 2013. POWDER Magazine.
  29. Web site: Return to Send'er. November 2019 .
  30. Web site: D.O.S. Media presents its teaser for "Collab" - Freeskier. Henrik Lampert. Freeskier Magazine. 9 August 2012.
  31. Web site: Films - Toy Soldier Productions. toysoldierproductions.com.
  32. Web site: WE: A Collection of Individuals (2012). 11 September 2012. IMDb.
  33. Web site: WE: A Collection of Individuals. poorboyz.com.
  34. Web site: 4BI9 Media. 4bi9media.com.
  35. Web site: Keep Looking - Official Trailer - downdays.eu . 2013-03-02 . https://archive.today/20130412143419/http://freeski.downdays.eu/videos/06/02/2013/keep-looking-official-trailer/ . 2013-04-12 . dead .
  36. Web site: Tracing Skylines - Poor Boyz Productions Store. poorboyzstore.com.

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