Monday Mix – August 16, 2021

We’re a little late with this week’s edition of the Mix, but technically speaking it’s still Monday in North America so we’re sticking with the standard title. For anybody NOT in NA, you can either just pretend it’s still Monday or you can grab a Sharpie and scribble TUESDAY on your screen over the headline for this article (please don’t do this).

Actually, we’re more than just a few hours late on this edition of the Mix – it’s now been a couple of weeks since we last checked in, as we took the opportunity for a little midsummer regroup while the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games take centre stage in the sports world through late July and into August. 

But we are BACK, and so is your weekly collection point for all that good, good content.

Let’s get you started on your personal top-to-bottom journey through this week’s Mix with a top-to-bottom burner from none other than Red Gerard at Woodward Copper. We’re less than six months away from Beijing 2022, where Red will be looking to defend his PyeongChang 2018 slopestyle gold, and the man is putting in some serious late-season work (i.e. having fun in the slush) in preparation…