[VIDEO] Caldor | Josh Daiek Navigates Personal Tragedy in the Wake of The Caldor Fire The summer of 2021 turned California into an inferno. Years of relentless drought culminated in the largest wildfires in the state’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 […] SnowBrains | November 22, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast Ep. 70 | Josh Daiek – 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 […] Podcasts Podcast | November 5, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 10 – #1 Line of the Winter This episode marks the pinnacle moment of this series thus far. We’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, it’s a line that rarely fills in making it unique and very desirable. Secondly, it’s sporty, with multiple airs and a tight couloir […] Backcountry SnowBrains | April 25, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 7 – Best Zone in the Sierra Nevada “I always say it’s either feast or famine in the Sierra Nevada. I’ve seen 700-plus inches of snowfall in a year but I’ve also seen somewhere less than 100 inches in a year. You never know what you’re going to get here, but if you’re not picky there’s always fun skiing to be had. That’s a long-winded intro to say […] Backcountry SnowBrains | April 3, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 6 – Taking Advantage of Rare Conditions This week’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 […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 26, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 4 – 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 […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 11, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 3 – If You’re Not Crashing. You’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 “mini golf” zone. This episode sheds light on some of the challenges of film skiing […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] One Track Mind Ep. 2 – Failure & Redemption – Josh Daiek Courtesy of friend of SnowBrains Josh Daiek This week’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 I’ve obsessed over, another beautiful couloir […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
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 “One Track Mind,” 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. “To kick this series off I’m recapping my top 10 lines from the winter of 2023, the best winter of my life. Episode 1 […] Backcountry SnowBrains | February 20, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Mountain State 2.0: Josh Daiek is Back in Search of Nevada’s Best Hidden Ski Spots Redemption. In the end, that was the objective for Josh Daiek and his crew in this sequel to last year’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 weren’t going back […] Backcountry SnowBrains | October 18, 2023 0 Comments
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 video’s caption: The entrance on this one is a real doozy. Talk about a “make or break” move. […] Backcountry SnowBrains | December 11, 2020 0 Comments
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 […] Backcountry SnowBrains | May 2, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: All California, All High Elevation, All Scary Ski Movie [arve url="https://youtu.be/idvv1uZFm08"] SnowBrains | April 17, 2020 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
VIDEO: Insane Clip of Josh Daiek Off Sonora Pass, CA (we think!) Skiing One of His Wildest Lines in Years… Woah! View this post on Instagram This is definitely one of the wildest lines I’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 […] SnowBrains | October 22, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Pro Skier Josh Daiek Sends Biggest Road Gap on Skis EVER | 150′ Out, 100′ Down View this post on Instagram Took two tries to ride ‘er out! I’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 150’ take off to landing and over 100’ vertical drop! So stoked to check […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 14, 2019 1 Comment
“Tahoe Ten” Backcountry Mission: 10,000 Vertical Feet, 5 Peaks, & 20 Total Miles [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/dsfb9wZ8UgA?ecver=2″] Professional skier and Tahoe local Josh Daiek and snowboarder Abe Greenspan took some time last December to complete what Josh has dubbed the “Tahoe Ten”: 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 won’t […] Sergei Poljak | February 1, 2017 0 Comments
Crash of the Week: Monster 50-Foot Backflip to Vicious Faceplant… [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmikedouglas%2Fvideos%2F10153887548354639%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] “There have been a couple of grande @joshdaiek backflips fly across my edit screen this week, but nothing quite as epic as this beauty from a few years back. Funny what happens when you go so big that wind resistance over-powers gravity.” – Mike Douglas Crash CrashBrains | August 27, 2016 0 Comments
This May End Up Being the Ski Movie of the Year: “Blank. the movie” This really is a movie made by skiers for skiers. “The boys” 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 […] Featured Video Miles Clark | August 24, 2015 0 Comments
“Terminal Cancer,” 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 “What’s your plan the next couple days?” “Uhhhh…skiing” I replied. “Want to go to the Rubies tomorrow?” he asked. Without hesitation I blurted out “Yea!” The Ruby’s have been on my radar for the […] Josh Daiek | January 13, 2015 0 Comments
Pushing the Limits at Sonora Pass, CA – 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 Sierra’s. We busted down to Sonora Pass, where via snowmobile you can access steep lines and […] Conditions Report Josh Daiek | January 6, 2015 6 Comments
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