By Will Eginton

Last year, Cody Townsend showed up in Matchstick Productions' The Way I See It as an alternate. Now, he's here to stay. If you've seen the new MSP trailer (here), you probably noticed Cody, clad in bright blue and yellow pants, pow-diving and hucking backies. Here, Powder.com chats with the perennially stoked, disturbingly mustached Californian about how things have changed since a 2010 Alaska trip that put him on the map.

POWDER.COM: So how did you end up getting that call to go to Alaska last year with Matchstick?

CODY TOWNSEND: Essentially, Abma blew his knee and they needed a replacement. It was a Salomon Skiing trip, and a lot of people were busy. I was at the bottom of the totem pole waiving upwards, yelling, "Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!"

Would you consider last year your breakout season? For sure. You know, I've been competing and filming a little bit over the years. I've been sort of successful as a professional skier, but I've never really broken into that next level. I think last year really did that.

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