Birk Irving and Ben Smith were featured in “The Tuffy Tapes” throughout the last winter, documenting their work at creating a ski movie while also managing competition and side jobs. Birk Irving is both an Olympian and an X Games athlete. Ben Smith is a dope skier. Together they make quite the pair, and “A Tuffy & A Dream”, presented by Spyder, covers a winter of deep backcountry skiing in Montana.
Side note and personal opinion: starting a short ski movie with anything by Masayoshi Takanaka is an A+ move. If you like listening to some funky tunes while skiing, give a listen to some of his stuff.
““A Tuffy & A Dream” follows Birk Irving and Benny Smith through a deep winter in the Montana backcountry. One sips Red Bulls at X Games and the other bangs nails on the job site, but get these boys some sleds, brews, and deep snow and they’re a match made in heaven.“