SNOWBRAINS — In this hilarious teaser for the film “Here, Hold My Kid,” mother Elyse Saugstad challenges societal expectations by continuing to send it. With a belief in the significance of women’s sports, she highlights the importance of supporting one another. The clip features a friendly competition between her and Jackie Paaso, emphasizing their different levels of competitiveness.

COMING SOON: Two professional skiers, two new mothers, one sponsorship. A quirky documentary style film capturing the highs and lows of two women determined to succeed with side-splitting, hilarious moments.

Starring: Elyse Saugstad, Jackie Paaso, Cody Townsend, Reine Barkered, Leanne Pelosi, Indiana Townsend & Tor Paaso.

Written, directed, filmed and edited by: Adam Gendle, John Verity & Hersha Patel.

By Ian Greenwood on POWDER.com — Cody Townsend fans, you're in luck -- more The Fifty Project content is on the way.

Yesterday, August 28th, Townsend teased what we can expect from The Fifty this upcoming season.

Typically, episodes of The Fifty are 20-30 minute YouTube videos covering Townsend's journey towards skiing all of the lines featured in the classic book The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America.

Powder reached out to Townsend to get to the bottom of this somewhat vague Instagram post. He graciously shared exclusive details that have not been released elsewhere. (Thanks, Cody!)

Townsend confirmed that there will be four total "episodes" for this season of The Fifty. Two episodes will fit the regular 20-30 minute format, and two will be feature length films with run times around 55 minutes.

Townsend shared the titles of the episodes, and the star-studded list of athletes joining him:

-'Comstock' featuring Mali Noyes and Greg Hill (regular length)

-'Bloody' featuring Josh Daiek, JT Holmes, Elyse Saugstad, Michelle Parker, Drew Peterson, Greg Lindsey, Ming Poon, Forrest Shearer (regular length)

-'Split' featuring Nick Russell (feature length)

- 'The Polar Star' featuring Vivian Bruchez (feature length)

All four projects were filmed by everybody's favorite cameraman- Bjarne Salén.

Release dates are TBD, but are slated for "around October". 

'The Polar Star' will screen at the High Five Festival in Annecy, France at the end of September, and at IF3 in October before releasing online.

Cody Townsend looks over the dramatic landscape of Baffin Island in 'The Polar 

Bjarne Salén/The Fifty Project

In equally exciting news, the editing team behind these upcoming videos is stacked, including Scott Gaffney, Lou Currie, and Team Thirteen.

Yup, that Scott Gaffney.

Last fall, Gaffney announced that he was leaving his filmmaking and director role at Matchstick Productions -- a legendary ski movie studio -- to expand the breadth of projects he could participate in. 

It seems working with Townsend was one of his new post-MSP gigs.

Stay tuned to Powder; we'll have you covered as more news about The Fifty emerges.

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By Matt Lorelli on POWDER.com — Professional skier Cody Townsend traveled to Canada's remote Baffin Island this winter for an epic descent of The Polar Star Couloir.  Salomon Freeski, one of Townsend's main sponsors, posted a clip on the morning of August 9th, 2023 to tease the yet-to-be-released full video of the expedition. 

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By Matt Lorelli on POWDER.com — Being a professional skier has its obvious perks, but there are risks and sacrifices that simply aren't for the faint of heart.

The clip below come from Matchstick Productions' 2014 film called 'Days Of My Youth'. It shows professional skiers Cody Townsend, Markus Eder, and Richard Permin having a candid conversation about regularly overcoming fear as part of their jobs.

THE INERTIA PODCAST — Check out this great conversation on The Inertia Podcast. Joe Carberry talked with Cody about The Fifty’s success, if he can actually finish it, and balancing danger with fatherhood.

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Cody’s 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 4×4 was outfitted for use as a camper by Alpine Vans in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

SNOWBRAINS — Cody Townsend is selling the trusty van that has transported him thousands of miles around North America during his YouTube quest to ski all 50 lines chronicled in the book, “The Fifty Classic Descents of North America” by Chris Davenport, Penn Newhard, and Art Burrows.

10% of the sale will be donated to Share Winter Foundation, dedicated to helping disadvantaged kids get into the mountains and on skis.⁠

The sale is an auction, and bidding ends Wednesday, 26th April 2023. At the time of writing, the auction price is at $77,007.

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