Mike Douglas (filmmaker)

Mike Douglas (born November 15, 1969) is a Canadian skier and Filmmaker from Whistler, Canada. He is known as the ‘Godfather of Freeskiing’(1), thanks to his involvement in creating the first high-performance twin-tip ski, the Salomon Teneighty (2), and for his pioneering feats on snow in the sports of freestyle skiing and freeskiing. He has appeared in more than 30 ski films and has a signature trick named after him, the D-Spin (3). In 2003, Mike won Powder Magazines’ ‘Male Performance of the Year’ (4) and has been called one of the most influential freeskiers of all time (5). He was a TV commentator for the skiing events at ESPN’s X Games between 2001-2014. (6)