Name: Max Kuszaj

Nickname: Metro BASE…don’t even ask.

Hometown: New Hartford, CT
Salt Lake City, UT

Birthday: August 1st

Sport: Freeskiing, BASE Jumping, Skydiving

Ranking: Number 1!

MEDIA, PHOTO and MOVIE EXPOSURE
"City Park City": Kingpin Productions
Featured athlete in fall 2006 Park City athlete movie. (1 million plus copy distribution)
“High Five”: Level 1 Productions
Featured athlete in ski film.
“Stimulus Response”: Rage Films/Team 13
Featured athlete in ski film.
“Volume Video Magazine #11”: Blue Ribbon Productions
Featured athlete in video magazine.
“Journey”: Warren Miller Entertainment
Featured athlete in ski film. 2003
“Salad Days”: Teton Gravity Research
Featured athlete in ski film. 2003
“Forward”: Level 1 Productions
Featured athlete in ski film. 2003
“Strike Three”: Level 1 Productions
Featured athlete in ski film. 2002
“Second Generation”: Level 1 Productions
Featured athlete in ski film. 2001

Powder Magazine:
Freeskier Magazine publication issues:
February 2003: Full page photo
October 2004: 4 pages of photos
November 2004: Full page sequence
December 2004: Half page lifestyle photo
January 2005: Full page photo in photo annual
November 2005: DNA full page ad, full page write up on Park City, UT
Freeze Magazine publication issues:
December 2002: Half page photo
March 2003: Full page photo
Powder Magazine
February 2003: Half page photo
DNA Product Advertisements (Print)
2002-current featured athlete in worldwide ad campaign for DNA outerwear. Print includes: Freeze, Freeskier, Powder, SBC Skier.
Volant Product Advertisements (Print)
2000-2004 feautred athlete in worldwide ad campaign for the Volant ski company. Print includes: Freeze, Freeskier, Powder, SBC Skier, Ski, Skiing.
European Television feature on Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Spring 2003: featured CBMR athlete in 1 hour television show highlighting the resort.

MAJOR EVENTS PARTICIPATED
2006 APOOPA Ski Base Event Lovers Leap at Lake Tahoe, California.
2005 ESPN Winter XGames judge and standby commentator
2005 OLN Winter Gravity Games Judge and standby commentator
2005 New Mexico Freeskiing Championships at Taos, New Mexico.
2000-2003 US Freekiing Open at Vail, Colorado.
Participated in multiple events including; Slopestyle, Big Air, Skier Cross and Half Pipe.
2001-2004 US Extreme Skiing Championships at Crested Butte, Colorado.
Finalist all years participated. 8th place in 2003.
2002 World Heli Challenge at Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.
3rd Place Heli Slopestyle
2003 Snow Park Invitational at Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.
1st Place
2002 Red Bull Rail Jam at Queenstown, New Zealand.
1st Place
2004 Canyons Big Air at Park City, Utah
4th Place
2003-2004 Freeskier Jib Fest at Mount Snow, Vermont, Aspen, Colorado, Copper Mountain, Colorado. Invite only photo shoots for featured articles.

COACHING AND OTHER EVENTS PARTICIPATED
New Zealand Freeride Camp. Head coaching position. Summers of 2002-2003. Lake Wanaka, New Zealand. www.nzfreeride.com
Camp of Champions, 2002 Freeskiing Coach. Whistler, BC Canada. www.CampofChampions.com
Players Run Road Rally, 2004 across the U.S. www.Playersrun.com
Celebrity, invite only, cross country road rally for charity.
Freeskier Jibfest Events across the U.S. 2002-2004
Invited athlete at numerous Jibfest events over the two ski seasons
Freeskier Magazine Monarch Pass Photo Shoot
Invited athlete on a private snow cat photo shoot for Freeskier
Freeskier Magazine Valdez Alaska Photo shoot, 2004
Invite only trip to Valdez, Alaska for an exclusive story in one of the 2004-5 Freeskier Magazine issues. Athlete selected by Senior Editor, Tom Winter.
Skiing Magazine’s Annual Ski Test at Irwin Lodge, CO
Featured in September 2001 and December 2001 Issues. Invited and participated in the Skiing Magazines 2001-2002 “Big Mountain SuperHero” ski test. To be published and released twice during the 2001-2002 fall and winter issues. Upcoming races/events in 2007: To film and travel as much as possible. You might be able to catch me at the US Extremes at Crested Butte, Colorado, US Nationals ay Snowbird, Utah, New Mexico Freeskiing Championships at Taos, The Colorado Freeride Series at Snowmass, Colorado, or the APOOPA Ski BASE Event at Lovers Leap, Lake Tahoe, California.Personal information you’d like to share (hobbies, spouse, etc.) Besides freeskiing and parachuting, surfing, skateboarding, mountain biking and golfing is a few of my hobbies.

When did you first get involved in your sport?
Skiing…longer than I can remember. (Approx. 15 years)
Skydiving: 2 years
BASE Jumping: 1 year

Why do you participate in your sport?
I participate in skiing and parachuting because they are my passion and allow me to travel to the most unique places on the planet with friends.

What has been your best moment thus far in your sport?
EVERYDAY.

What are some of your goals in your sport?
To have a much fun as possible and to open the eyes of others as to what is possible on the mountain or in the sports that I participate in.

Who has been an idol or mentor for you in your sport? Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Frank Gambalie, Miles Daisher, JT Holmes

Other sponsors: Nordica, DNA, Scott USA, Leki, Life-Link, Clif Bar, Giro, Black Eyed Saint Clothing, Alta Ski Resort, Park City Ski Resort

Pets: Three degenerate roommates, a Jesse Hall, a Dexter Mills, and the illegal Canadian, Scott Hibbert

Your website: www.myspace.com/shredgnarkill

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