Widely recognized for the biggest airs in skiing, Julian Carr has been featured in seven Warren Miller films, developing a reputation not only for big airs, but for all around skiing. He's received a "Photo of the Year" award from Powder Magazine, won the prestigious Sickbird Award on the Freeskiing World Tour, and holds two world records in cliff height. Julian serves as an ambassador for Protect Our Winters (POW) as well as The Climate Reality Project, and he's the founder of Discrete Clothing. Most recently, Julian founded a mountain running series, The Peak Series, which is in its second season.
JOURNEY /
RECORDS /
World Record Invert, 210' Cliff - Front Flip Engleberg, Switzerland - 2006
World Record Cliff in Competition, 140' Cliff - Front Flip - 2006 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - Snowbird, Utah
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ORGANIZATIONS /
Discrete Clothing, Founder Peak Series, Founder Protect Our Winters POW, Ambassador Climate Reality Project, Ambassador
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COMPETITION /
2006 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - Snowbird, Utah (semi-finalist)
2005 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - Snowbird, Utah (semi-finalist)
2004 13th Annual U.S. Extreme Freeskiing - Crested Butte, Colorado (semi-finalist)
2004 WT U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - Snowbird, Utah (tdq)
2003 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - Snowbird, Ut (22nd qualifier)
2003 Canadian Freeskiing Championships - Whistler, BC (semi-finalist)
2003 Slug Magazine Slopestyle - Brighton, Ut (6th)
2001 Badass Extreme Championships - Berthoud, Co (finalist)
2001 U.S. Freeskiing Championships - Snowbird, Ut (DQ'd, out-of-bounds)
2001 Brighton Super Slopestyle - Brighton, Ut (9th)
1999 Brighton Super Slopestyle - Brighton, Ut (4th)
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Education/
B.S. Economics, University of Utah
AWARDS /
2007 Photo of the Year - Powder Magazine
2007 Two Nominations - Photo of the Year - Skiing Magazine
2006 2nd Place - Ultrasport World Photo Challenge
2006 SKIING Magazine "Slayin It" Award - category: big air
2006 "Sickbird" Award - 2006 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - Snowbird, Utah
2006 Grand Jury Award, Banff Film Festival, Person As Projectile
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Writing/
Skiing Magazine, featured story, Having Fun In Utah, March 2009
Powder Magazine, MORPHENE, 25 People You See On The Hill Everyday, Nov 2007
Skiing Magazine, DROPPING The GLOVES persuasive essay, Is going big a natural evolution of skiing or a brainless stunt, Dec 2006
Freeride Magazine, last page columnist
Freeride Magazine, featured article, Calmly Stepping To Another Level, Volume 1:1
The daily Utah Chronicle, guest editor, Oct 2000
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SPEAKING /
Ted Talks,
Aspen, "Flow State"
Powder Mountain Summit
FILM /
2012 Flow State - Warren Miller
2011 Like There's No Tomorrow - Warren Miller
2011 Winter - Ski Channel
2009 Children of Winter - Warren Miller
2008 Playground - Warren Miller
2008 Enjoy - RAGE films
2008 Fall of 07 - Levitation Project
2007 Off The Grid - Warren Miller
2007 Respect - Wink Inc.
2007 Corduroy - Rage Films
2006 Echo - Team Thirteen
2006 The Waiting Game - Wink Inc/Klutch Productions
2005 AltaVision - Wahsatch Powder Productions
TV /
2010 RideGuideTV Powder Cowboy
2010 RideGuideTV Island Lake
2006 Fox Sports Net / Outdoor Life Network / Fuel TV - Fusion TV
2004 Channel 5 Eyewitness News - interconnect feature
2004 National Commercial - Solitude Ski Resort
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Involvement/
2002 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals Qualifier, Snowbird, Ut - Judge
2002 North American Freeskiing Championships - Kirkwood, Ca - Venue Coordinator
2002 Red Bull Huckfest - Snowbird, Ut - Volunteer Coordinator
2002 U.S. Skiercross Nationals - Snowbird, Ut - Line Judge
2002 U.S. Freeskiing Nationals, Snowbird, Ut - Volunteer Coordinator
Your attitude, not your aptitude, determine your altitude.