Kai Jones’ Falling into Place Wins Best Action Sports Film at Winter Park Film Festival

Winter Park, CO — September 7, 2025 — Kai Jones' Falling Into Place, the powerful documentary from Teton Gravity Research (TGR) featuring professional skier Kai Jones, was awarded Best Action Sports Film yesterday at the Winter Park Film Festival. The honor marks another milestone in the young skier’s extraordinary journey and the film’s growing momentum on the global festival circuit.

Born into the legacy of TGR, co-founded by his father, acclaimed filmmaker Todd Jones, Kai Jones has lived his life in the spotlight of action sports. By the age of twelve, he had already become a professional skier. By fourteen, his explosive edits and film segments were earning millions of views and critical acclaim, leading to four consecutive Skier of the Year nominations at an unheard-of age. His fearless lines and playful creativity quickly established him as one of the most exciting new voices in freeskiing.

But on March 7, 2023, everything changed. At just sixteen, Kai suffered a near-fatal, potentially career-ending crash deep in the remote backcountry of Wyoming. The accident triggered a dramatic rescue and left him facing months of uncertainty. Multiple surgeries, grueling rehabilitation, and the challenge of learning to ski again forced him to ask the unthinkable: was his career—and the life he had built around skiing—over before it had truly begun?

Falling Into Place captures that battle in raw, unfiltered detail. More than just an action sports film, it is a story of resilience, self-discovery, and the mental and physical strength required to return to the mountains after trauma. The film reveals Kai’s struggle not just to ski again, but to decide whether skiing was still worth the risk.

The Winter Park " Best Action Sports Film" award adds to a string of accolades already earned. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Coast Film Festival and took home both Best Wyoming Documentary and Audience Choice for Best Feature Documentary at the Wyoming International Film Festival. Its next major stop will be the Breckenridge Film Festival on September 20th at the River Walk Center, where audiences will have a chance to experience Kai’s story on the big screen and meet Kai and Todd Jones.

For those eager to see the film at home, Falling Into Place is streaming now on Red Bull TV, Prime Video, and Apple TV.

With its blend of breathtaking skiing, intimate storytelling, and a universal theme of perseverance, Falling Into Place is fast becoming one of the most celebrated action sports documentaries of all time.