Mark Abma
Mark Abma is a professional freeskier from Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia. He has won numerous awards, including the Powder Video Award for Best Male Performance in 2007 and 2005. Abma was first known as a mogul and park skier, but moved on to the back country and heliskiing later in his career. He has been featured in many extreme skiing movies.
Career
Abma started skiing on Sasquatch Mountain in 1994 when the Hemlock Ski Club was first developed. He was a part of that program until 1998, when he moved to Whistler to join the provincial freestyle ski team. Abma first starred in a Matchstick Productions film in 2003, shortly after he won “skier of the year.”Projects
Recently, Mark has started up an advocacy group called One Step, whose goal is to help skiers and ski resorts reduce their carbon footprint.Moreover, Abma helped Salomon to design their ski called the "Shogun".
Career achievements
Competition results:Awards
- 2010: Powder Video Awards - Best Natural Air
- 2009: Powder Video Awards - Best Powder
- 2007: Powder Video Awards - Best Male Performance
- 2005: Powder Video Awards - Best Male Performance
Filmography
- Into The Mind by Sherpas Cinema
- Superheroes of Stoke by Matchstick Productions
- All.I.Can by Sherpas Cinema
- Attack of la Niña by Matchstick Productions
- The Way I See It by MSP
- In Deep: The Skiing Experience by MSP
- Everyday Is Saturday by Poor Boyz Productions
- Claim by MSP
- Reasons by PBP
- Seven Sunny Days by MSP
- Push by MSP
- The Hit List by MSP
- War by PBP
- Session 51 by Warren Miller
- Yearbook by MSP
- Impact by WM
- X = 10 by PBP
- Ready, Fire, Aim by PBP
- Focused by MSP
- Forward by Level 1
- Abma appeared in over a dozen Salomon Freeski TV episodes.
- Abma also appeared alongside Sean Pettit in the Red Bull series "Keep your tips up"