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Few skiers have had such a lasting impact on their sport like Mike Douglas. From Olympic-caliber bumper to freeskiing pioneer to ski design innovator to influential filmmaker, Whistler\u2019s.

Douglas has been at the forefront of skiing for more than 25 years. There\u2019s a good reason everyone calls him \u201cthe Godfather of Freeskiing.\u201d He pushed his young moguls skiers \u2014 like Vincent Dorian, J.P. Auclair, J.F. Cusson and Shane Szocs \u2014 into \u201csnowboard parks\u201d in the mid 1990s, where the crew became known as the New Canadian Air Force. Their FIS-dissing trickery chafed against international rules that forbid mogul skiers from getting inverted.\xa0

Douglas and his crew designed their perfect ski, which became the Salomon 1080 and changed skiing.\xa0

Douglas has spent his life exploring skiing from the perspective of athlete, coach, ski designer, instructor and filmmaker. Tune in as the Godfather holds court.

3:57: Moving to Whistler for a quick year before university, Douglas signs up for moguls contests and ends the season ranked third in British Columbia.\xa0

5:00: Making a run for the Lillehammer Games in 1994, Douglas works with the Canadian Freestyle Team.

5:25: Bad habits plagued his early skiing. The worst? The heavy head. \u201cThe world slows down the farther you look.\u201d

8:00: Started coaching in Whistler Blackcomb, teaching the next generation of mogul skiers.

9:15: Top athletes were grating under the strictures of FIS mogul skiing. Snowboarding was blowing up. Skiers wondered why they couldn\u2019t do that same tricks as snowboarders.

10:30: Back then, if you wanted to change a trick, it took two years to win FIS approval. \u201cMeanwhile we were watching snowboarders innovating every week.\u201d

11:10: Douglas and top bumpers started poaching the snowboard-only terrain parks after moguls practice.

12:04: The skills from mogul skiing transferred to the park. Balanced at speed.\xa0

13:20: Trial-and-error skill development in the park predated trampolines and airbags.

14:32:: The creation of the Salomon 1080. \u201cWe knew we needed a ski that was different.\u201d

19:45: Absorbing the fire he sparked in freeskiing. \u201cEvery day I see something ridiculous that melts\xa0 my brain.\u201d

22:18: Longevity on skis comes from a drive to keep moving and keep improving.\xa0

27:10: Almost every day on the same skis and boots.

29:44: The technology that enabled the one-ski quiver.

31:35: Lessons from 18 years teaching at Chile\u2019s Superstars Camp.

33:35: Three most basic principles of skiing. Simple is better. \u201cIf you can do those three things you can ski well anywhere."

36:16: Seeking the secret to longevity and \u201cThe Fountain of Youth\u201d in Japan with Everest skier Yuichiro Miura and his son Gota.\xa0\xa0

39:50: Step by step. \u201cYou got to have a goal.\u201d

42:28: Notching wins for the climate as a driving force behind Protect Our Winters Canada. Motivating skiers to write 23,000 letters to the government, forcing a coal mine expansion to undergo intensive environmental review. \u201cWe may have saved 15 million tons of carbon dioxide from going into the air every year.\u201d\xa0