Glen's Shrine Series
John Summit
DJ. Producer. Skier. Chicago legend. The man who went from an accounting degree to headlining every festival on Earth. Expert-only everything.
“EXPERTS ONLY WHISTLER 🤟 let the games begin baby”
Photo: John Summit's Facebook
First Full Marathon
LA Marathon — 3:30:12
Was shooting for sub-4. Hit 3:30. On his FIRST marathon. Negative split — he got faster in the middle (8:08 pace at 5K down to 7:46 at 25K). Took a tequila shot from a stranger at mile 20, threw up immediately, kept going. Doesn't remember the last mile. Almost passed out at the finish.
“That was legit the hardest thing I've done in my life but the LA energy was absolutely electric. I was honestly tearing up the whole race.”
Photos: John Summit's Facebook · His mom's sign says it all.
3:30
First marathon (sub-4 goal)
200M+
Streams on 'Deep End'
1
Accounting degree (unused)
0
Bunny slopes visited
Superpowers
The Accounting-to-Festival Pipeline
Got an accounting degree from the University of Missouri. Started producing house music during COVID. Within 2 years was headlining Ultra, Tomorrowland, Lollapalooza, and EDC. The most violent career pivot in the history of finance.
Expert-Only Mentality
Posts 'EXPERTS ONLY' from Whistler double blacks, Ibiza main stages, and warehouse raves. The man has never done anything at intermediate level. There is no bunny slope in John Summit's universe.
Where You Are (The Song)
Released 'Where You Are' and it became the song that plays in your head at 2 AM when you're exactly where you're supposed to be. It's not just a track — it's a feeling. Glen plays it on repeat.
Social Media as Art Form
Most DJs post set videos. John Summit posts himself skiing, partying, and living the most unhinged life possible with zero filter. His Instagram is a masterclass in 'I'm having more fun than you and I'm not sorry about it.'
Off The Grid (Festival)
Created his own music festival — Off The Grid. Because why play someone else's festival when you can build your own? Chicago kid builds Chicago festival. Full circle.
Skiing
Expert-only runs in Whistler. Posts photos throwing the horns with skis on expert terrain while most DJs are poolside in Vegas. This man charges mountains between sets.
The Rise
Born in Chicago. The city that invented house music. This matters.
Graduates with an accounting degree from the University of Missouri. Briefly pretends this is his path.
Starts producing house music. Files are rough. Energy is not.
COVID lockdowns. While everyone else is baking sourdough, Summit is in his bedroom making bangers.
"Deep End" goes nuclear. 200M+ streams. The accounting career is officially deceased.
Headlines Ultra Music Festival. Signs with Darkroom/Interscope. The trajectory goes vertical.
Launches Off The Grid festival in Chicago. Creates his own thing instead of playing everyone else's.
"Where You Are" becomes the anthem. Global touring. Residencies. The man doesn't sleep.
Expert-only Whistler runs. Headlining every major festival on Earth. Building an empire.
Whistler Expert-Only Guide
The runs John Summit would (and probably did) send. No bunny slopes. No greens. No intermediates. Expert only.
Peak to Creek
Expert5,280 feet of vertical. The longest run on the mountain. Summit would blast a set from the gondola on the way up.
Summit Rating: “Would send it”
Couloir Extreme
Expert Only45-degree chutes. No margin for error. The kind of run where you either commit or you don't go. Very John Summit energy.
Summit Rating: “EXPERTS ONLY”
Spanky's Ladder
Expert Only20-minute boot-pack hike to access. You earn this one. The DJ equivalent of building your own festival.
Summit Rating: “Boot-pack & send”
The Cirque
Double BlackOpen bowl above the treeline. The kind of place where you stop, look around, and realize you're exactly where you're supposed to be.
Summit Rating: “Album cover terrain”
7th Heaven
ExpertIconic Blackcomb zone. Wide open, fast, and the views are festival-grade. If Whistler had a headlining slot, this is it.
Summit Rating: “Main stage of the mountain”
About “Where You Are”
There are songs you listen to, and there are songs that become part of your operating system. “Where You Are” is the second kind. It's the song playing in your head when you're at the top of the mountain and you can see everything. When you're in the middle of a crowd and everyone is moving to the same thing. When you realize that right now, right here, is exactly where you're supposed to be.
Glen plays it on repeat. Unironically. It's a perfect song.
7 Things Glen Would Do If He Were John Summit in Whistler
Unsolicited. Unrequested. Probably bad ideas. Definitely fun.
Play a surprise DJ set at the top of Whistler Peak. No announcement. Just show up with speakers and a generator. Let the mountain hear it.
Build an ice bar at 6,000 feet that only opens after you ski an expert run to get there. No gondola access. You earn your drink.
Release a ski edit set to 'Where You Are' — full GoPro, powder turns, cliff drops, timed to the drop. The internet would not survive.
Host an 'Experts Only' after-ski party in a Whistler lodge where the entry requirement is showing your lift ticket from a double-black.
Collab with Rossignol on a limited-edition ski with the Off The Grid logo. Sell them exclusively at the festival.
Do a sunrise set at the peak. First gondola up, speakers set up by crew at 5 AM. Audience skis down as the sun comes up. Once in a lifetime.
Open a Chicago-style deep dish spot in Whistler Village called 'Deep End Pizza.' The menu is all Summit puns.
Glen's Take
John Summit is what happens when someone with genuine talent decides they're going to go all-in and never look back. An accounting major who said “nah” and built a global music brand from his bedroom during a pandemic. That's not luck. That's a decision.
And the skiing? Most artists rest between shows. Summit charges double-black diamonds in Whistler. The “experts only” thing isn't a brand — it's a lifestyle. There is no casual mode. Everything is full send.
His set on Miami Beach a couple months ago was absolutely unreal. I was there. Since then I've been hooked. The energy he brings to a crowd is different — it's not just music, it's a full-body experience. And then he goes and runs a 3:30 marathon on his first try. And then he sends expert-only runs in Whistler. The man doesn't have an off switch.
If you're reading this, John — Glen from Miami Beach built you a shrine on his website because “Where You Are” is a perfect song, your Miami Beach set changed my life, and your Whistler photos go hard. Egal what anyone else thinks.
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