VIDEO: Inside Central Asia’s First Ever Freeride Comp

What are a Turkish-American Muslim pro skier and an Iraq War Veteran doing together in Kyrgyzstan? Ahmet Dadali has had a long career as a professional skier, striving to share the good it has brought to his life. Stacy Bare works to expand the power of the outdoors in dealing with life’s individualized hardships. The pair teamed up to help organize and produce central Asia’s first ever freeride comp: The Silk Road Freeride. As they absorb the Kyrgyz culture, skiing begins to reveal its deeper truth and shed light on the local cultures and how misunderstood they are by the West, culminating in sharing the experience of putting on a bib and throwing down with your friends in some of Asia’s best ski terrain.