The Off-Season I Didn’t Expect | ALL IN Ep. 2

Описание: After qualifying for the Freeride World Tour, I thought it would finally feel like I had made it. But the moment I stopped pushing, my body dropped out of survival mode. Injuries flared up, emotions I’d been holding down finally surfaced, and reaching the next level didn’t come with the stability I had expected.

This off-season became something completely different than I had planned. Less heavy lifts, more therapy, embracing rest and new forms of movement, and learning how to slow down and listen to my nervous system. At first it was frustrating, letting go of identities and expectations always is, but necessary to build new ones that would carry my forward in this next chapter.

What I didn’t realize was that this off-season would become the most important training block of my life - not physical training, but for my mind, identity, and nervous system. I started asking bigger questions: What does “making it” actually mean? How can I build more peace and presence? What do stability and freedom look like for me now? And can both exist at the same time?

I worked on reconnecting with myself, even when (especially when) it was messy. And a trip to Chile gave me the best riding of my life, alongside some of the hardest emotional moments I’ve experienced.

This episode of ALL IN is about what happens after you achieve the success you’ve worked so hard to attain and the off-season that forced me to slow down, heal old patterns, rethink my mindset, and prepare not just for the Freeride World Tour, but for the life I want around it.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
0:00 Emotions After Qualifying For The Freeride World Tour
1:13 Off-Season Strength Testing
2:56 The Hidden Cost: What Qualifying Really Took
3:33 How I Train In The Gym As A Snowboarder
4:31 My Body Shutdown: Injuries, PRP
5:00 Identity Shift: Letting Go of Proving Myself in the Gym
5:57 AKAMP Girls Ride Day
6:28 Healing From Living In Survival Mode
8:11 Snowboarding In Chile, Best Riding of My Life, Hardest Emotions Of My Year
11:30 Reflecting On 2025 And Looking Ahead

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CREDITS
Production:
Natalie Allport / @natalieallport
Assisted by Jérémie Perreault / @_jayperreault_
Footage provided by:
Reggie Crist, Stellar Adventure Travel (Chile Heli-boarding) / @stellaradventuretravel @reggiecrist
Sam McMahon (Nidecker footage from ‘Who Is Ned?’) / @samuelmcmahon
Jérémie Perreault (AKAMP Girls Ride Day) / @_jayperreault_
Mark Morrison (Baldface) / @markandmorrison @baldfacelodge
Ethan Herman, Pangea Collective (Arapahoe Basin Challengers Stop 3) / @pangeacollective
Brennan Metzler (various Chile iphone clips) / @methodfreeride
Sophia Jensen (various gym footage) / @sophia_jensen_123

Film locations:
Chelsea Athletica (gym footage) / @chelseaathletica
Sport Science Rehab and Performance Ottawa / @sportscienceottawa
El Colorado Ski Resort / @elcoloradofare

Photography:
David Soo (Thumbnail) / @trainingdaymedia
Music licensed via Epidemic Sound
Please contact me ([email protected]) if you were missed and would like to be credited.

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CONNECT
Instagram: @natalieallport
TikTok: @natalieallport
Website: natalieallport.com

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ABOUT THE SERIES
ALL IN is a multi-episode documentary series following my journey preparing for and competing on the Freeride World Tour. The series will continue following each stop of the Tour through the winter.
THANK YOU to my family and friends for being there for me when I needed you most over this past off-season. To Brennan, Michaela, and Warren for being there for me in Chile, and Kyle and Reggie for making heli-boarding happen. Enrique at El Colorado for the lift tickets and Focha for the hospitality. Brent, Ryan, Dave, Leanne, Minh, Kirsten and Dr. Pozgay at Sport Science Ottawa. Jeremy Sheppard at Canada Snowboard. And Jay for helping organize my ADHD brain and ideas to finally sit down and make this series happen.