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Meet photog Cam Hunter

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:38:21 +0000

I’ve had the pleasure of shooting lots this year with a relatively newer face in the photography game here in Whistler; Cameron Hunter. He’s been a lot of fun to shoot with and I’m stoked on how quickly his work is adapting to the backcountry. Here’s some ‘B’ shots he snapped of me the last little while, and be sure to check out the rest of his blog post @ http://cameronhunterphoto.com/blog/?p=487

Little morning warmup

Josh Bauer & I Hiking

Me, Hiking

Gettin' my sled on!

Endeavor Team Edit – worth the watch!

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:31 +0000

Endeavor dropped the final part in their ‘Cold Front’ video series, with a full team edit. Check out the 15 mins of bangers below, my few shots are about half way through.

Cold Front Part 5: The Team Edit from Endeavor Snowboard Design on Vimeo.

The Endeavor Snowboards team edit featuring the majority of the Endeavor Team:

Kevin Griffin
Petter Kristiansen
Kareem El Rafie
Johnny Lyall
Jake Fine
Brody Pigeau
Gillian Andrewshenko
Leo Crawford
Risto Ruokola
Kale Stephens
Brendan Drury
Flo Corzelius
Adam Chuntz
Andy Nudds

Edited by Mikael Norrman
Mix by Brendan Fallis

Download the exclusive mix by Brendan Fallis over on the Endeavor site

Vans big air contest & new media coverage!

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:09:16 +0000

Been a while folks! I’ve been busy shreddin’ as much as possible, and sledding tons too. Finally the backcountry has settled down a bit, and the weather cleared up giving us a few days to get some work done back there. It was a good feeling to finally get some shots in the bag as it’s been a slow start to the film/photo side of snowboarding this year. I’ve been shooting a lot lately with Cam Hunter, who is relatively new to the backcountry, but so far, is killing it! Keep an eye out for his work and peep his blog here and his site here.

In other news, I just found out that I’ve got another shot coming out any day now in the new issue Snowboard Canada magazine. The photo is a double-page-spread in the contents section of the issue, and once again, captured by the talented Jussi Grznar. I was driving around with Taylor Godber while on a jib trip last year (location, undisclosed) and found this lumber yard that seemed like it had tons of potential. Somehow, we were able to drive in there and set this feature up, complete with a generator, lights, and a bungee, without anyone taking a second glance at what we were all doing. What you can’t see in this photo is the mini step up to sketchy log ride to shifty quarter pipe made from logs that made this all possible. Big thanks to the crew (Jussi, Taylor, D Watt, Jon V, and Ryan Kenny) for making this happen. Here’s a preview of the shot to show you what to look for in the magazine!

Here’s some shots of the area I took on my phone:

On another note, Vans is doing a 4-stop Canadian Big Air series this winter, where they’ve chosen to restrict the rotations to nothing over a 720, making style (photo by Colin Adair) the most important thing! So stoked this is happening! Get out to the stop nearest you, or make it to all of ‘em if ya think you got what it takes.

Check out Beaver Wax

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:58:51 +0000

In case you don’t know, you should check out one of my sponsors, Beaver Wax. They are an entirely Canadian company that has been supporting snowboarding for years with an environmentally conscious attitude. Swing by their online store to pick some up for yourself!

Watch out for big things next year from these guys. THANKS for the support Beaver Wax!

Breakin’ in the sled!

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:52:31 +0000

We had a super mellow day up Sproatt yesterday, but any day on snow right now is good as I’m trying to break in my new sled. Barely have 200km on it now, and it’s still a few hundred off from being fully broken in.

The light was terrible, but somehow as soon as we reached the alpine, it broke for about 20 minutes, so we went for a little roop.

Photographer Cam Hunter came up with us and snapped a few shots; here’s one of me sittin’ on my new toy. For more, check out Cam’s blog or click the image below.

US Police are a bunch of reets!

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:16:48 +0000

I wouldn’t normally post this kind of crap, but after seeing this video (thanks to a couple friends posting on Facebook), I feel like everyone needs to watch how retarded the US Police system is. These cops have no good answer when asked very clearly “what law” are these innocent people breaking and they have no good answer, which I guess will (hopefully) inevitably get them fired. One of the most ironic things about this video is in the video description itself “You can be arrested for dancing at the Jefferson memorial, a monument to freedom and democracy.”

Does being CANADIAN get any better!?

US POLICE = DUMBASS DOUCHEBAGS

Early season goofin’

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:53:05 +0000

Check out this little edit that the boys over at NuuLife Cinema (twitter: @nuulifecinema) put together the other day of us screwing around on the hill. We’ve been waiting for a few week for it to snow again, and snow-making is waiting to blow enough snow to get the rest of black park up and running. Small jumps but fun times with the boys!

Here’s a little coverage on it over at PUSH.ca, and here’s a link to a little piece they did on me a while back, if you feel like a quick read!

DECEMBEARD from NuuLife Cinema on Vimeo.

New shot in Transworld Snow

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:22:50 +0000

I haven’t seen the issue yet, but my buddy Arne Zeising pointed out that my board sponsor Endeavor snowboards posted a shot on their blog I got in the new TWsnow, which happens to be their annual ‘Photo Annual’. This shoot was a blast, and a big thanks goes out to Colin DWATT and Jussi Grznar for slipping into wetsuits and diving into an opening in a huge glacial lake to GTS (get the shot). Chris Rasman and I spent the morning riding this gnarly ice wall (hopefully one of those shots gets run in a magazine soon!), we then got prepped to tow each other in using our sled’s and rope. We clocked in at about 80km/hr on average to make it across the opening in the lake, because we needed to not only make it across the freezing water, but also make surf-style turns to get the shot we were going for.

Right before this was taken I was a little heavy on my front foot and took a tumble into the frigid grey/blue water, but luckily Colin was on the shore and scooped me out of the water quickly. If you look closely you’ll see that I am no longer wearing my SPY ‘Flynn’ sunglasses (they are likely sitting at the bottom of the lake, or maybe further down stream by now!), and my shirt is soaked through. Leave it to Jussi to convince you that ‘one more shot and I got it’ is all it will take, in this case, thanks for pressuring me buddy!

SPY Platoon day on Blackcomb

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:53:14 +0000

Super fun day with the SPY crew. Big thanks to Trini for makin’ it happen and all the support SPY gives me. Click below to view the video.

First day sledding 2011/2012 season

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:02:26 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve smelled 2-stroke exhaust, but today I finally did! The boys (Lucas, Jesmond, Adam, and I) went for a late day sled on our new toys for my birthday! I now have about 26km on my new Ski-Doo Summit 800 E-Tec from No Limits Motorosports.

Here’s a shot of me on the way out of the Brandywine bowl looking back at Black Tusk – not a bad view eh!

0.6km in the parking lot about to unload the new machine for the first time!

the toys…