This week on the Stoked Podcast we were lucky enough to be joined by New Zealand ski royalty, and one of the shreddiest people we know - Jess Hotter.
Hotter recently qualified for the world's most elite freeride ski tour - if you're unfamiliar with exactly what that means, see the video above. Mostly it involves launching oneself off a mountain in the most controlled manner possible, as insane (and it is) as that sounds.
Hotter explained to us how she tried a backflip in her first competition of the year, the first-ever attempted by a female skier in the location, and although it "exploded" she's still all good.
In her second competition of the year, she found herself atop the podium - others weren't so lucky.
