Markus Eder

Biography

Markus grew up in South Tyrol where the spectacular mountains and colourful ski culture triggered an intense passion for skiing and adventure. He started out ski racing and was good at it, too, but it just wasn’t enough for creative, young Markus. Instead, he focused on freestyle skiing, a decision which changed the course of his career.

After sweeping the competition circuit in Italy he took on his first international comp, Nine Knights, in 2010. Thanks to a video competition he secured a wild card to compete as a rookie against some of the biggest names in freestyle skiing. And he only went and won the whole thing. This sent Markus down a new path. He took his floaty, trick-heavy park riding into the backcountry and won the Red Bull Linecatcher in 2011.

By 2014 he’d caught the eyes of MSP Films and was given a role in the movie Days of My Youth, which took him to Alaska to ride lines he’d only been able to dream about until that point. He then followed this up with Fade To Winter in 2015. He continued to film for a few years but in 2018 he decided to compete on the Freeride World Tour, coming second overall. He returned in 2019 and won the entire tour.

Now he wants to combine exploration with skiing, a mixture he tasted filming Ushba with Sam Anthamatten and Leo Slemett in 2017. And, as always, he’ll continue to bring his signature park style to the big mountains.