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Now 23 years later, theyвЂ™ve made dozens of movies, won heaps of awards and are one of the leading action sports media companies in the country. вЂњWe were dirtbag ski bums, trying to find a way to continue doing what we were doing,вЂќ Todd said. HeвЂ™s also the son of TGR co-founder Todd Jones, who started TGR with his brother, Steve, and friends Dirk Collins and Corey Gavitt in 1995, in Jackson, Wyoming, compiling money they earned ski guiding and commercial fishing to buy camera equipment to film their friends on skis. Last winter, he won the under-12 overall title on the International Freeskier AssociationвЂ™s big-mountain competition circuit. He just turned 12 years old, and already, heвЂ™s one of the most promising young skiers in the country right now. HereвЂ™s what you need to know about Kai Jones. Kai Jones and his dad, TGR co-founder Todd Jones. вЂњI donвЂ™t think she knows what Smart Bastard is,вЂќ he told the others around him with a laugh.

They chatted for a few minutes about the rest of his day, then he hung up. вЂњMom, I stomped Smart Bastard,вЂќ he said proudly into the phone. At the bottom, he borrowed a cellphone to make a call. With that, Kai was off, nailing the line in one clean, fast sweep. вЂњYouвЂ™re Kai Jones,вЂќ Durtschi said to him.

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вЂњAt one point, I was like, I donвЂ™t know about this.вЂќ But then his friend and mentor Tim Durtschi, a pro skier and longtime TGR athlete, gave him a pep talk. вЂњYou see the edge of the cliff and itвЂ™s super intimidating,вЂќ he said later. Kai is standing at the top, waiting for his cue to go. Kai and the TGR film crew are at Smart Bastard, a classic and notoriously bold line outside the gates of Jackson Hole that requires skiing above an exposed cliff, then launching a mandatory 35-foot air into an apron of snow. Instead, heвЂ™s in the backcountry surrounding Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, in Wyoming, filming a segment for Teton Gravity ResearchвЂ™s fall 2018 film, Far Out, presented by REI. But unlike his peers, Kai isnвЂ™t spending his week off from school playing video games or visiting a theme park. ItвЂ™s late March 2018 and Kai Jones, a pint-sized skier from Victor, Idaho, is in the middle of his spring break from sixth grade. The most surprising star of Teton Gravity ResearchвЂ™s new ski film, Far Out? A preteen grom named Kai Jones, who grew up, quite literally, in the TGR family.

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