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[VIDEO] Caldor | Josh Daiek Navigates Personal Tragedy in the Wake of The Caldor Fire

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The summer of 2021 turned California into an inferno. Years of relentless drought culminated in the largest wildfires in the stateโ€™s history. The Caldor Fire ravaged the Sierra Nevada, destroying homes, ski resorts, and everything in its path. As the fire closed in on Lake Tahoe, professional skier Josh Daiek and the local community were forced to abandon their homes [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | November 22, 2024
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SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 70 | Josh Daiek โ€“ One of the Most Badass Freeskiers on Earth

This brand new episode of the SnowBrains podcast is brought to you by Club Med. Josh Daiek hails from the Midwest but currently resides in Lake Tahoe. He is one of the most rowdy, badass skiers on the planet. Some of his most notable achievements include throwing a 100-foot backflip over Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe and releasing a [โ€ฆ]

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Podcast | November 5, 2024
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[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 10 โ€“ #1 Line of the Winter

This episode marks the pinnacle moment of this series thus far. Weโ€™ve made it through the list to my #1 line of 2023. This line is my favorite from last season for a number of reasons. First, itโ€™s a line that rarely fills in making it unique and very desirable. Secondly, itโ€™s sporty, with multiple airs and a tight couloir [โ€ฆ]

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[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 7 โ€“ Best Zone in the Sierra Nevada

โ€œI always say itโ€™s either feast or famine in the Sierra Nevada. Iโ€™ve seen 700-plus inches of snowfall in a year but Iโ€™ve also seen somewhere less than 100 inches in a year. You never know what youโ€™re going to get here, but if youโ€™re not picky thereโ€™s always fun skiing to be had. Thatโ€™s a long-winded intro to say [โ€ฆ]

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[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 6 โ€“ Taking Advantage of Rare Conditions

This weekโ€™s episode on One Track Mind is all about seizing the day and not missing out on unique opportunities. The cold winter of 2023 not only delivered copious amounts of snow, but also filled in low elevation zones that rarely get snow. It was awesome to take advantage of these conditions and ski zones that have likely never been [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | March 26, 2024
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[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 4 โ€“ No Place Like Home

  After a couple weeks in the desert, it was time to head home and dig out. There was non-stop snowfall in Tahoe in the winter of 23, so it was no surprise coming home to snow removal and another pow cycle. I was only home for a few days and was happy to get a casual/fun day in with [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | March 11, 2024
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[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 3 โ€“ If Youโ€™re Not Crashing. Youโ€™re Not Trying.

In the third episode of One Track Mind I find myself, well, in Nevada of course! I was filming with the Mountain State crew, bouncing along the highway 50 corridor. After getting weathered out a few days in a row, we stumbled upon this cool โ€œmini golfโ€ zone. This episode sheds light on some of the challenges of film skiing [โ€ฆ]

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[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 2 โ€“ Failure & Redemption โ€“ Josh Daiek

Courtesy of friend of SnowBrains Josh Daiek This weekโ€™s episode takes us into the heart of Nevada for a line that overtook my thoughts, kept me up at night and literally almost took my life. This is a story of mistakes, stubbornness, and redemption, bittersweet as it may be. After successfully skiing the line Iโ€™ve obsessed over, another beautiful couloir [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | March 1, 2024
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Lake Tahoe-Based Pro Skier Josh Daiek Releases Bad Ass New YouTube Series Giving Viewers Behind-the-Scenes Looks at What Goes Into Skiing Rowdy Lines

Welcome to โ€œOne Track Mind,โ€ a new series dedicated to giving you a behind-the-scenes perspective of skiing rowdy lines, exploring new mountain ranges, film skiing, winter camping, and much more. Strap in and join the adventure. โ€œTo kick this series off Iโ€™m recapping my top 10 lines from the winter of 2023, the best winter of my life. Episode 1 [โ€ฆ]

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[VIDEO] Mountain State 2.0: Josh Daiek is Back in Search of Nevadaโ€™s Best Hidden Ski Spots

Redemption. In the end, that was the objective for Josh Daiek and his crew in this sequel to last yearโ€™s adventure. In the first Mountain State, they embarked on a quest to find solitude and challenging lines in the middle-of-nowhere Nevada. But that one line had gotten the best of them, and there was no way they werenโ€™t going back [โ€ฆ]

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VIDEO: Lake Tahoe Pro Skier Josh Daiek Gets Technical in the Backcountry with This Spicy Drop In

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Josh Daiek (@joshdaiek) Extra spicy sauce with this line, please!  Pro skier and Lake Tahoe local Josh Daiek just shared another video that makes our hands sweaty.  He wrote in the videoโ€™s caption: The entrance on this one is a real doozy. Talk about a โ€œmake or breakโ€ move. [โ€ฆ]

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VIDEO: Watch Josh Daiek Ski a Huge Eastern Sierra Line at Mock-Looney

Tahoe local and friend of SnowBrains Josh Daiek tackled some serious projects this past winter. A lot of which, were in his own backyard in the Eastern Sierras of California. This video shows him skiing a massive chute somewhere in the Sierras with a bit of a funny entry to the line. RELATED: VIDEO: Pro Skier Josh Daiek Sends Biggest [โ€ฆ]

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VIDEO: All California, All High Elevation, All Scary Ski Movie

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VIDEO: Insane Clip of Josh Daiek Off Sonora Pass, CA (we think!) Skiing One of His Wildest Lines in Yearsโ€ฆ Woah!

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  View this post on Instagram   This is definitely one of the wildest lines Iโ€™ve skied in years! The slough factor was insane. Want to see what our camera guru, @scotty_titterington, saw as my slough swallowed me mid flight??? Then check the link in my profile for this clip and a hell of a lot more rowdy action from [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 22, 2019
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VIDEO: Pro Skier Josh Daiek Sends Biggest Road Gap on Skis EVER | 150โ€ฒ Out, 100โ€ฒ Down

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  View this post on Instagram   Took two tries to ride โ€˜er out! Iโ€™ve been eyeing this gap for the last decade. With a banner year in the Sierra last season the landing finally filled in and was ready to send. The gap was roughly 150โ€™ take off to landing and over 100โ€™ vertical drop! So stoked to check [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 14, 2019
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โ€œTahoe Tenโ€ Backcountry Mission: 10,000 Vertical Feet, 5 Peaks, & 20 Total Miles

[iframe id=โ€https://www.youtube.com/embed/dsfb9wZ8UgA?ecver=2โ€ณ] Professional skier and Tahoe local Josh Daiek and snowboarder Abe Greenspan took some time last December to complete what Josh has dubbed the โ€œTahoe Tenโ€: 10,000 vertical of hiking over five peaks on a 20 mile route. They also skied five epic lines off aforementioned peaks, and even if you could keep the pace during the hike, you wonโ€™t [โ€ฆ]

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Sergei Poljak | February 1, 2017
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Crash of the Week: Monster 50-Foot Backflip to Vicious Faceplantโ€ฆ

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CrashBrains | August 27, 2016
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This May End Up Being the Ski Movie of the Year: โ€œBlank. the movieโ€

This really is a movie made by skiers for skiers. โ€œThe boysโ€ if you will, made this movie. Pro skier and all around great guy KC Deane produced, directed, and starred in this movie. We ran into these boys while filming up on Haines Pass, AK [โ€ฆ]

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Miles Clark | August 24, 2015
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โ€œTerminal Cancer,โ€ A Ruby Mountain Oddessy | by Josh Daiek

I inhaled a deep breathe of cold winter air, gasping with each step closer to the top. This hike seems never ending, I thought. I continued one foot after the other, post holing with every step in the steep boot pack. It felt like I time traveled. Nearly twenty four hours prior I was in the comforts of my own home, celebrating the new year with my lady. When I received a call from my friend Justin โ€œWhatโ€™s your plan the next couple days?โ€ โ€œUhhhhโ€ฆskiingโ€ I replied. โ€œWant to go to the Rubies tomorrow?โ€ he asked. Without hesitation I blurted out โ€œYea!โ€ The Rubyโ€™s have been on my radar for the [โ€ฆ]

Josh Daiek | January 13, 2015
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Pushing the Limits at Sonora Pass, CA โ€“ by Josh Daiek

With yet another slow start to the ski season in Tahoe, morale was low and diminishing rapidly. A few wet storms got us on our feet in December and a nice Christmas dusting made for ideal ski conditions over the holidays. Still as I ventured to my favorite Tahoe zones, coverage was sparse and rather rocky. It was time to think outside the box, time to get creative. After a brief discussion with my friends Justin Befu and Jeff VanHee, we decided our best bet was to journey south to see how conditions were holding up at higher elevations in the Sierraโ€™s. We busted down to Sonora Pass, where via snowmobile you can access steep lines and [โ€ฆ]

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Josh Daiek | January 6, 2015
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