Mike Douglas (born November 15, 1969) is a Canadian skier and filmmaker from Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. He is known as the "Godfather of Freeskiing" due to his involvement in creating the first high-performance twin-tip ski, the Salomon 1080. For his pioneering feats in the sports of freestyle skiing and freeskiing, he is considered to be one of the most influential freeskiers of all time.
Douglas is also a documentary filmmaker. In 2004, he founded Switchback Entertainment, a small production company also based in Whistler, Canada. Switchback Entertainment produces documentary and adventure films, as well as commercials. Douglas and Switchback Entertainment produced the web series Salomon TV between 2007 and 2023.
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Other interests
Douglas was a TV commentator for the skiing events at ESPN's X Games from 2001 until 2014.
In 2018, Douglas helped found the Canadian chapter of the environmental non-profit organization Protect Our Winters, and was the chairman of its board until 2023. He is also on the board of the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, a role he has held since 2013.
Douglas has been voted "Favorite Whistlerite" seven times by the readers of Pique Newsmagazine, a locally-produced weekly newspaper in his hometown of Whistler, British Columbia.
Awards
The Freedom Chair – 2011 Best Mountain Sports film – Banff Mountain Film Festival, Most Inspiring Story – 5 Point Film Festival
Tempting Fear – 2012 Best Action Film – Adventure Film Festival, Best Story X-Dance Film Festival
Snowman – 2014 Best Mountain Culture film – Whistler Film Festival, Best Script – Bilbao Mendi Film Festival
Whistler Blackcomb: Fifty Years of Going Beyond – Skade Award – International Skiing History Association
Eclipse – 2016 Best Snow film – Banff Mountain Film Festival, Best Mountain Culture Film – Whistler Film Festival, Best Adventure Film – New York Wild Film Festival
Live Along the Way – Grand Prize – NZ Mountain Film Festival
Sam and Me – Best BC Film – BC Environmental Film Festival
Ski filmography
Smart Mogul Skiing (1994) – Momentum
Bump2Bump with Jean-Luc Brassard (1995) – C3 Productions
State of Mind (1997) – Poor Boyz Productions
Fistful of Moguls (1998) – Greg Stump
Degenerates (1998) – Poor Boyz Productions
Skiing's Last Stand – Mike Hilb
Fifty (1999) – Warren Miller
Global Storming (1999) – Matchstick Productions
13 (1999) – Poor Boyz Productions
Area 51 (1999) – Teton Gravity Research
Supershow (1999) – Mike Hilb
Ski Movie (2000) – Matchstick Productions
The Game (2000) – Poor Boyz Productions
Ski Movie 2: High Society (2001) – Matchstick Productions
Propaganda (2002) – Poor Boyz Productions
Ski Movie 3: The Front Line (2003) – Matchstick Productions
Happy Dayz (2003) – Poor Boyz Productions
Focused (2004) – Matchstick Productions
Ready, Fire, Aim (2004) – Poor Boyz Productions
