Howdy everybody. Welcome back to another episode of The Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network.

My name is Luke Kappa. I am the managing editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we are doing and reviewing over at blister review.com.

Today, I'm joined by James Woods, aka Woodsy, to discuss one of my favorite recent developments

in the skiing world, Ghibliq.

A few years ago, Woodsey and fellow pro skiers Ferdinandall and Oistine Broughton founded

Giblee to fill some voids that they were noticing in the free skiing world.

What they came up with proved to be a unique event series that's been loved by athletes and

viewers like me alike, and they recently wrapped up their third season.

So I sat down with Woodsy to get the whole backstory.

We figure out how and why he and the other co-founders decided to put in all the work to make

Jibble League happen,

the specific aspects they wanted to incorporate, and how they differ from the other current

competition formats, and what they've learned over the first few years.

We also get into the importance of open-style events like Jib League, these events where anyone could show up and have a chance

to compete against the best in the world, and how those styles of events formed

Woodsey's own professional skiing career. We also dive into the media production side of Jib-League,

including their unique approach where they allow various filmmakers and editors to provide their

own spin on each episode,

as well as the origin story of The League, which is an exceptional documentary about Jib League,

and is still one of my overall favorite bits of ski media from the past several years.

Now, as you'll hear right away, Woodsy truly loves all aspects of free skiing, and his passion for it is contagious.

So regardless of whether you've ever hit a rail or gone off a jump, I think you'll really enjoy this conversation.

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