Teagan DuBois PowerHour 2026 & Interview

 I first met Teagan DuBois when he was just 17 years old and I immediately liked him. What struck me right away was that it didn’t feel like I was talking to a kid, but rather a grown adult who already knew a thing or two about life. 

Teagan is a naturally talented sledder, and watching his progression over the last few years has been a treat. He’s a hard worker, pays his own way, and is constantly pushing himself to become a better rider. Perhaps what I appreciate most is that keeps having a whole lot of fun doing as his priority. 

I caught up with Teagan to talk about his riding, his Power Hour experience, life in the logging industry, and a few things you might not know about this old-soul, young-gun rider from Invermere, BC.

Mountain Sledder: How old are you, where are you from, and how long have you been sledding?

Teagan: I’m 22, from Invermere, BC, and I’ve been sledding pretty much my whole life. Like 19 years, I guess.

How did you get started? Was your dad into sledding?

Teagan: Yeah, my dad was super into sledding before I was born, and then he kind of got out of it when he had us. But we had a couple of fan-cooled Tundra sleds for the trapline.

I just started going out with him and my grandpa, trying to have some fun on the side of the trail and not get stuck, because they’d just leave me there for the day.

So that’s where it all started.

What sled are you riding these days?

Teagan: I’ve got a 2027 9R.

What kind of riding do you enjoy most?

Teagan: It depends on the time of year. Early season and mid-season, mostly tree riding because that’s the best visibility.

If you get the odd bluebird day, I’ll try to get out and hit some jumps. But yeah, early and mid-season is mostly tree riding, and then springtime is just jumping and having a fun time hanging out in the sun.

Is there good snowmobiling around Invermere?

Teagan: Oh, absolutely. We have probably the best glacier riding I’ve ever ridden in my life, other than Alaska. That’s the only place that’s topped it.

I watched all the sled movies before going to Alaska and I was like, “Man, I don’t know why everybody’s driving so far,” because we pretty much have that right in Invermere.

We’ve got pretty crazy spring riding, huge glaciers, and kind of endless springtime terrain to go find jumps and all that good stuff.

What are you trying to accomplish in snowmobiling these days?

Teagan: Well, it’s all about just having a lot of fun for me. But I guess what I’m focusing on right now is getting better as a rider and seeing who I can get some support from, OEM-wise.

It’s pretty dang expensive these days, so I’m just trying to pick up whatever support I can and keep doing what I do. Have fun.

I’d like to get a lot better at 270s this year. That’d be pretty sweet. And then just keep getting better in the trees every year is kind of the goal.

You landed a couple of 270s in your Power Hour edit. Were those your first ones?

Teagan: Yeah, those were my first two ever.

The first one took like seven or eight tries or something, and I finally rode it out, kind of. Ended up backwards, but I didn’t get stuck or need any help, so I’m going to call it a win.

Then I wanted to clean it up the next weekend and ended up getting it second try or something. Rode it out pretty clean.

Hit my face a little bit on the sled, but still got it. I definitely call that one a win for sure.

You’ve now been on stage at Power Hour at Hay Days and at Beyond the Backcountry for Caleb Kesterke’s Progression III. What’s that been like for a kid from a small town?

Teagan: Honestly, it hasn’t really set in yet. The way I always think of everything is that it’s just a coincidence, but it’s definitely pretty sweet.

It’s kind of more than I can even take in. I haven’t really grasped it yet.

Definitely nerve-wracking getting up in front of that many people. Getting up in front of a class of 15 people in high school was nerve-wracking enough, rather than, I don’t know how many people were at Power Hour, probably at least 500. And then there were, I think, 900 at Beyond the Backcountry.

So definitely shaking in my boots quite a bit when I had to do that.

But it was cool to finally put my face out there because I don’t think anybody even knew what I looked like until Power Hour.

Do you feel the Power Hour experience was worth it, even though you didn’t win?

Teagan: Oh, absolutely, yeah.

Just the traction I got from it. I didn’t win, I didn’t get the money, which was a bummer, but it is what it is. Maybe we’ll come back and try it again in a couple of years.

But since then, just the recognition from it has been pretty cool. I think it really put me on the map a little bit, for sure.

It’s just a lot of exposure, so that’s pretty sweet.

You’ve had the opportunity to ride with Caleb Kesterke a little bit. What’s that been like?

Teagan: It’s pretty cool. It was pretty organic getting to know each other. We kind of just ended up on a couple of trips together, and our personalities actually work really well together. I wasn’t expecting that.

He puts on a super professional face for the industry, which I think is really, really awesome for him.

But then behind the scenes he’s a lot of fun and pretty loose. So we get along pretty well, or exceptionally well, I’d say.

Who else do you like to ride with?

Teagan: I’ve got a really good group from home. They all keep it pretty low-key online, so not very many people know them, but they’re awesome riders and just really awesome to go riding with.

I’d say Ty is definitely my go-to, and then Taras, my best friend who I work with, and my other bestie, Zach.

They all love to ride, and we’re all out there just to have as much fun as we can.

I actually love riding with them because they keep me in check. They don’t really even care if they get a video or anything.

A lot of the time we won’t even take a video, and I think that’s what it’s all about.

They couldn’t care about Instagram or sponsors or anything like that. They just want to go out and have a great time.

So we get along pretty well. Also Chase Mason is my guy.

What do you normally do for work?

Teagan: I usually run a feller buncher. I cut trees down and put them in piles for everybody.

How long have you been working in logging?

Teagan: Oh boy. I started right before I turned 17, and I’m 22 now, so five and a half years or six years or something.

Too long to remember now.

Teagan Running a Feller Buncher

In your Power Hour edit, there’s a pretty unique scene of you chasing horses on your snowmobile. What’s the story behind that? Are you a cowboy?

Teagan: Well, you could say I’m a city boy stuck in a country boy’s world, I suppose.

I’ve kind of tried to escape it as much as I can, but my dad’s a guide outfitter and we own 40 head of horses, so it always comes back to haunt me, being around horses.

I mean, they’re all right, I guess.

But it was actually my dad’s idea for that Power Hour intro.

I was like, “I don’t know what to do.”

And he’s like, “Man, just herd the horses in with your sled in the summer.”

I’d never seen that before, and I got thinking about it. I think we’re the first ones to do it, at least on film that we’ve seen.

I think a lot of stuff in sledding these days is kind of rinse and repeat, so it’s cool to do something for the first time, I think ever.

I mean, who in their right mind would chase horses on a sled in the middle of the summer? It was August!

I think you’re selling yourself a little short. You’ve spent a lot of time on horseback, haven’t you?

Teagan: Yeah, I sure have.

Pretty much before I started logging, that’s all I did was work for my dad.

We have trail rides. I worked at those for a while, and then going up on hunting trips and summer trips, and just farm stuff.

Every breakup, when we get laid off from work, I always end up going on a couple of trips and stuff.

That’s pretty rad.

I know horses a lot better than I’d like to, but it’s a nice skill to have.

Anyone you’d like to thank?

Yea special thanks to Mountain Motorsports, CFR, Ion2suspension and Mountain Sledder of course!