In a new web series from Peak Performance dubbed A Skier Knows, Swedish big-mountain masters Matilda Rapaport and Henrik Windstedt document the incredible feeling that skiing provides. In episode one, the duo takes on the mighty mountains of Alaska. They talk about the struggles of down days, what it takes to choose an AK line and Rapaport finds redemption after getting caught in an avalanche in Alaska last season. Be on the lookout for the rest of A Skier Knows this fall.

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