Step-Up, Step/Step/Step-Up!

...bluebird days go along with the absence of new snow, but are more than tolerable when trying to get filming done. High pressure systems have been residing over the big sky area and we are making the most of it with a step-up just a little out of the way of the mountain traffic. this was a full day endeavor. the jump itself took a solid 2 hours to sculpt, and when it was done it was a slight disappointment. The real hazards of this experience came from the runway, which involved a blind turn going over some thin coverage as fast as possible. There was no way around this however if you wanted to make it up the step-up, so we just dealt with it. I think the snowpack was very uncondusive to hiking early on also, because getting up hill was a combination of walking and swimming. The first half the day we filmed a timelapse of the construction, which came out great with the clouds rolling over top.

I said the jump was a slight disappointment because it wasn't as lofty as it should have been,which had to do with our original placement of the jump- the runway was steep and the transition asked a lot out of your legs, so setup time was last-second. We were hoping for a better collection of trickery possibilities, but the session became a fs 3 fest, which is better than nothing i guess.

After lunch we returned for more, and after a few more times I was good on it. The day coulda been over then, but the repair shop gave me a 12 pack of beer, so we sat and drank in the sun. Not soon after a huck-fest ensued and everything got crazy. By 3 we left to take a few G laps and once thru Siberia to check another spot to build.

Stay tuned to catch all the recent blogpost footage to appear of Chapter 2...

The instrumental LP by Jay Dee, "Donuts" is whats up today with music.....speaking of which here we have Rob Gray eating some Doughnuts in front of the jump that morning.

Still Gettin Mine

It's Mid-January already...and the hits just keep on coming. Snowfall totals are unprecedented in the last 10 years...Kobe still can't pass...oh and to top it all off someones trying to prove to me human ears evolved from gills! Aight, well then we musta rolled something like this back then, which i definetly coulda gotten used to...

Music has been sporadic lately- most new stuff im hearing is what i hear from the OSN whose been slacking of late, so anyone with good recommendations should drop comments to provide inspiration- especially if ive hooked you up with good music in the past...

The Forbidden Gospel is soon to be released for the first time since its discovery in Egypt 30 years ago. It was written in coptic and has been translated. Supposedly the gospel will explain Judas side of the story and explain why he betrayed Jesus. This is all, well, barely relevant and only mildly entertaining- almost like previously trodden territories.
Yeah just forget it....

And while you're at it, forget about this too...

Ima end it with this...yeah that's The Game throwing up a gang sign on the slopes......jeeeeeeeeeesus....

Feelin' It

Mission Accomplished is all we could say...the rest of the day for the 3 of us was for just messing around because by 130pm we were finishing our mission and the arduous trek out of the Option Cliffs feelin' like we just got some good stuff done. I imagine this footage will show up in Chapter 2 of this epic Montana winter movie, coming in chapter segments steadily.

Anyways, this log was sick, and the shots came out great. We are keeping this tight under wraps because theres more shots to be had at this location, but for the specifics we'll just say this log was about 15 feet long coming off a cliff. The drop off the end of the log was between 15 to 20 feet off the ground and the landing wasn't exactly steep by any means. There was so much pow in the landing tho that it didnt matter- everything was cush.

Needless to say everyone was into it....

....til the next episode....

Back In Tha Game Now!

It's felt like a different season in itself....so much has gone down since my last post. My computer got warrantied and I've been without the internet for awhile now, what feels like a seperate season in itself. Well Christmas and the holidays have come and went, thats my crazy time of the year at the shop where I deal with the most people. From then out its mostly smooth sailing with a few busy weekends here and there. Right now though it is lovely- We have the mountain back to ourselves again and fresh snow keeps rolling in.

So the shop has kept me busy enough and the snow does the trick also....I've been collecting additional video footage for Chapter 2 to be put together. Basically we've been going into Marlboro Country and finding trees with huge pillows on them to ride and getting shots of it. Various recon missions have gone down also, like the one where we had a 300 ft rope out in the woods (dont ask nothing came of it) So keeping busy has been the name of the game. Theres trips and projects in the works for some backcountry soon, but waiting til the snowpack is stable enough out there is the key trick in the game.

On the home front dinners have been amazing....we've all been pitching in on cooking and the whole process, this is a pict of the new roomate Justin who's back from his Florida hiatus with skoolin last year to come back this epic season to shoot snowboarding. Here we find him preparing one of his infamous taco nights, which fall on the 1st and 3rd tuesday of every month, or whenever its convenient really, like last night. The poncho effect is only used on certain nights.

Well thats really it from out here for now- straight and simple. Anyone interested in that trip you've been talking about for so damn long should get on their ish and book that ticket, this is the year- im tellin you!

...but til then transimission complete from the Big Sky....