Backcounty Kicker session #1

You will rarely find me standing next to a kicker in the backcountry shooting photos. It’s not that I don’t enjoy shooting backcountry kickers or that I have anything against them. I just normally spend my time shooting POW. That being said last week was a bit different. On Thursday I spent most the day shoveling snow and shaping what I thought was a nice size kicker. On Friday I woke up at the butt crack of dawn and headed up Teton Pass. We hiked in when it was still dark and got setup at the kicker for a sunrise shoot. I was lucky to be shooting with David Duffy, Matt Arvidson and Discrete Headwear rider Ed Dujardin.

Despite it being 6am and the temperature being -5 they were throwing down some big tricks and we were definitely having a good time. The only issue was we needed the kicker to be about twice the size to really make them look good. Here are a few of the shots, check back soon for session #2 with a bigger and better kicker.

 Matt Arvidson

 Ed Dujardin

 David Duffy

 Matt Arvidson

 Matt Arvidson

 Ed Dujardin

Winter Starts with a POW

If you live in a cave you might not know that we have been getting pounded with amazing snow since Thanksgiving. But if you’re like most people who live in and around the Teton’s, you have been out getting the goods before the all the tourists show up. Lift lines have been unusually small at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and if you have had the pleasure of riding Targhee you have not waited in a line all year. Endless POW and locals only is the best way to start a winter!

Julie Velez slashes Grand Taghee

Gary Hansen gets some great Targhee POW

Dippy drops a cornice at Grand Targhee

Gary Hansen hitting a fun little hit at Targhee

Julie Velez getting lost in the white room

Back Country Kicker

Here are a few shots from a fun day up at Teton Pass. The kicker was good, the hike was beautiful, the snow.... well, the snow was soft that's about the only good thing I can say about it. It always blows my mind how fast great snow can turn to shit. Just 4 days ago it was cold and we were ripping two feet of fresh pow. Yesterday we were on north facing slopes in the trees and the snow was still pretty bad.

David Duffy

Cheers; Justin Koontz lounges back as Trevor Zarkwr take a drink

David Duffy

David Duffy

Board shorts and beers at 8,500 feet

Tetons get pounded

Over 50 inches of fresh cowboy powder fell in the Tetons last week, the snowboarding was epic! I wish every winter would end like this. As I write this, it's still puking and if NOAA is right it will keep coming till Wednesday. What a week, I was stoked to get on a snowcat snowboarding trip (thanks Shannon!) on Wednesday. It dumped all day Thursday. Friday morning the skies cleared for a few hours. It was nipple deep and blue bird! What else could you ask for on a Friday? The snow returned, dumped all night and all day. All roads into the area got shut down Saturday morning leaving Targhee empty. We had the whole mountain to ourselves. It was the best Saturday I have ever had at a resort, every run was untracked and we hardly saw another person.

Dippy

Grand Targhee snowcat guide Beach

Heath Leosh

Dippy

I'm Back

It has been a really long time since I posted anything on here. But in all fairness I hit a tree last year and I wasn't doing anything worth blogging about. With winter finally showing up in Jackson I have been out shooting a ton and getting a few good lines in as too.

Here's a link to Snowboard Magazine I have a few photos and word up on their blog
http://www.snowboard-mag.com/?q=node/37989

More photos coming soon