Phil Meier Sets Off a Huge Avalanche and Skis Out Like a Boss | 100% Skiing, Ep. 1
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In the first episode of 100% Skiing, the filmmakers sit down with Swiss super shredder Phil Meier and take us through the last five years of his skiing travels. Follow Phil deep into the mountains of Austria, Canada, Tulsequah, Georgia, Russia, and his home of Verbier. He rides some incredibly steep lines, sets off more than a few avalanches, and has the time of his freaking life while making sure to always get home to his family.
My name is Phil Meyer, I live in Switzerland in Verbier since about 13 years now.
I've been lucky to be able to film and to travel a lot.
My goal is just to, not necessarily discover new places, but just go to random places where something is different or something is epic or something is great to ski.
I think there are many, many trips that I really love. There are a couple of ones that were pretty incredible.
We were in Tulsiqua, which is between Canada and North America.
It was pretty epic because we just landed in the middle of nowhere.
That made it pretty strange because there was nothing around.
I don't think I could pick one trip which was the best. I can definitely pick the worst one.
The day we came in, it was bluebird and we flew out and after maybe 5-6 minutes the helicopter turned around and there was no more light in the helicopter.
Nothing except of the mechanic things, nothing else was working.
Then we had 10 straight days of bad weather.
Then I think after about 2 weeks we were able to go up again and then I got avalanche out and I hurt my ACL in the shoulder.
It was one of these trips where you try to force things and it just doesn't go and doesn't go and doesn't go and finally you crash and get hurt.
The planning of a trip depends. I mean, the best way is to go with people you know because there is so much confidence you need to have up in the mountains.
So if I'm speaking with a cameraman and I say, OK, I don't see my line, where can I go?
And he says, OK, you just 200 meters and then this or that or 10 meters and you have to turn, I need to be able to trust him.
When you travel you always look back home on your phone and say, OK, it's not 10 centimeters, maybe it would be good to be there.
But I think it's something, it's maybe human but it's so stupid because you should just be able to enjoy where you are.
Sometimes we need to be patient but it's hard.
Of course being a dad, sometimes I feel so selfish if I go on a trip and I come back home.
I'm super happy to see my whole family but if it's snowed, I just need maybe two hours to go on top of Montpellier or on top of Montfort.
My wife knows where I am and I just leave home and say, I'm sorry, I just need to go and check.
If you're able to do what you love as a job, I think it's pretty cool.
I think even when I stop my ski carrier, I don't stop skiing.
It's just the feeling you need to have or the wind or the cold.
You can speak with any skier or any, I don't know, runner or biker or cyclist.
When you love it, you cannot fight it.