Sam Smoothy is damn good at skiing, as evidenced by a second place finish in the 2014 Freeride World Tour (FWT) rankings. Sam Smoothy is also from New Zealand, and when he’s done tearing up the FWT, he heads home to explore new terrain with old friends. In this web episode presented by The North Face Australia and New Zealand, Smoothy and friend Fraser McDougall explore backcountry zones in their homeland.

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