Ed's note: Poaching his way across the nation, Powder Intern Max Santeusanio recently stumbled his way into the Moment Skis factory in Sparks, Nevada, where he proceeded to conduct a four-way interview with Moment's owners/operators: Casey Hakansson, Luke Jacobsen and Ben Eide-Hughes. And poach a couple of decent photographs, too...

By Max (The Poacher) Santeusanio

POWDER.COM: What do you guys do and why do you do it?

CASEY HAKANSSON: We make skis because we love the sport and we love making something that drives the sport we care about.

LUKE JACOBSEN: Casey's past profession and what I went to school for was all just about making things. To make something you're super interested in, and that you care about as a sport, especially when we run the manufacturing facility and we make things that are really rewarding.

How did Moment come about?

Casey: In 2004, and it came about when I had the opportunity to build a pair of skis. [After] the first pair, friends and family wanted pairs also, so it eventually grew from a hobby into a business.

How do your backgrounds factor into running a ski company?

Casey: My background was masonry construction, so that helped just because I was already building things. It being my passion also was a huge help.

Read full interview HERE.