18/09/2026
As a climber and mountain runner, my gut reaction to being given a theme of flow was embedded in movement within sport and how a good route or trail makes time disappear. But for this project, I wanted to ground “flow” in something deeper than sport. Thankfully, when I first found out I’d be participating in Squamish Exposed and before the theme was announced, I was immediately attached to making it about family, and this proved to be the vessel I was looking for to complement my sport connotations of flow.
My other flow thematic element was actually inspired by an injury I’ve been working through. For the last 2 months, I’ve been recovering from a high ankle sprain, so my usual preference of shooting in the alpine was not going to be possible. I think when people imagine flow, their thoughts are immediately drawn to water. So because I couldn’t access alpine environments, I decided that (almost) every location I would shoot at would have some element of water to it.
My friend and Arc’teryx athlete, Eric Carter, has a 3 year old daughter, and a conversation between her and Eric about flow, adventure sports, and bodies of water forms the backbone of my film. The themes that Eric and his daughter talk about are meant to introduce each location of the film. I also wanted to involve a lot of my Squamish family in this project, so all the different athletes/close friends you’ll see in this film have played a big part in making Squamish feel like home to me.
Squamish Exposed. Six creatives. Five days. One challenge: bring a story to life in Squamish. Tune in tomorrow to see the final Squamish Exposed story come to life.
Athletes:
Julian Larsen
Eric Tigges
Eric Carter
Flavie Cardinal
Noah Macdonald
Nick Ayers
Henry Stensland
Cassie Smith
Ethan Morf
Elise Coates
Izzy
Alannah Yip
Evan Beatty
Animations:
Kayli
Drone/Gimbal Assist:
Cody Shimizu
Guy Fattal Photography
Neil Seifert
