This past weekend my brother of another mother earned himself a gold medal at the Red Bull Cold Rush. Kye placed first with JP Auclair in second and Rossi team rider Sage Cattabriga-Alosa in third. Peep Kye’s switch cork 5 to STOMP, lofty flat spin 7 and some fun and creative lines. Log in to www.newschoolers.com to watch the video and vote on your favorite runs. Yeeeah buddy!
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23.03.
Hey hey,
It’s been snowing non stop since the 16th when I got back from Japan. I’ve been skiing everyday! Lately I’ve been getting back to my roots and re discovering all of my favourite lines on Whistler Mountain. In the last few seasons I’ve been getting more days on Blackcomb, so it’s been refreshing exploring new areas.
Yesterday I went snowmobiling up Sproat Mountain (south of Whistler) with Dan Carr. I had lots of fun looking for fun features and lines and skiing deep untracked snow. We spent all day on one lap and at the end we finished it off with a nice skin back to the snowmobile up top.
All this snow in town has raised our spirits here in Whistler after a considerably weak season. Keep an eye out for my next webisode with Epic Mountain Video, it should be out within the next few days.
Wanted to send my best to my bros Callum, Sean, Kye and Dane over in Nelson for Cold Rush. Get some boys! Hope the snow’s been good!
Have fun out there everyone, and play safe.
Ciao for now. :)
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19.03.
The flight from Tokyo was long! The first couple of hours weren’t so fun do to some violent turbulence caused by our harsh tailwind. I got a ride up from Vancouver with Abma when I landed; sounds like he’s been lucky with snow this year having just come off 8 sunny days in Haines with Sean P and Eric H for MSP. It was raining in Vancouver and much to my delight the heavy water drops on the coast began looking more like big flakes the closer I got to home. Today I ski’d whistler and even got a little filming in between faces shots. Check back for my next webisode that should be online within a couple of days! Ciao for now.
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15.03.
A little system blew through Cortina after our first day of riding so we decided to go back for seconds the next day. Our tracks had blown in for the most part but the freezing level rose and the traverse from the backside started to get noticeably heavier. After lunch in the gigantic hotel at the base we made our way back out and dropped off the frontside into the trees just out of visibility from the chair lifts. If we were caught skiing this are we would’ve most likely had our passes taken again. An infinite field of fresh, light snow through typical Japan trees with the added thrill of not being seen made for my most enjoyable day of the season so far. Japan has the goods, I will definitely be going back next year!
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12.03.
On the third day we hopped on a bus for half an hour to another resort called Cortina. When I arrived in the parking lot at the base of the hill the first thing I noticed was a massive hotel hovering high above the ski lifts. Skiing at this place was like something out of my dreams. Two chair lifts going straight up the mountain and a traverse at the top that you can drop in on either side. We spent the morning shooting in the trees off the backside of the resort. There were maybe two locals that ski’d this area, the rest of the people stuck to the groomers and mogul runs (this made for never ending powderific lines for our lucky group of foreigners).
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11.03.
Day two we went back to Happo resort and we were lucky enough to score some more tickets despite our reputation as outlaws from the previous day. Bryn and I did a tour of the resort (this time staying mostly on marked runs). Before lunch we scoped some water dams that were made of big pieces of stone. We made a trip back to the lodge to grab the lighting equipment and headed back one of the dams. I sessioned it as a bomb drop for awhile and after about to tries it started snowing big flakes. The anticipation of powder made my sesh much more enjoyable and the Bryn’s pictures are amazing.
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10.03.
Our gang arrived at around 2 in the morning at the Morino Lodge in Hakuba after a 4 hour bus ride from Tokyo. In the morning I was glad to learn that the mountain was a 5 minute walk from where we were staying. After a light breakfast we made our way down some switchbacks from the lodge to the base of Happo Mountain. The light was good but it clearly hadn’t snowed in a couple of days and warm temperatures made for some slushy snow. Our crew took about three runs to scope the mountain and look for some good areas to shoot. We ended up skiing a run called Onigiri (named after the triangular rice snacks) that was apparently closed. Near the top we heard a voice come over a loudspeaker and by the time we reached the bottom of the run the local ski patrol were arriving on a snowmobile complete with sirens and a flashing red light. They explained that the run we had ski’d was in plain view of their patrol hut and that it was a permanently closed area. They took our day passes and we had to ski down the mountain. After a little reflection on the walk home we realized that we’d have to be very stealth on our trip if we expected to ski full days. Time for some ninja missions.
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09.03.
Well I finally arrived safely in Hakuba. The light looks really nice here today and I can’t wait to get the ski’s on and poke around. Yesterday as I arrived in Tokyo from Vancouver I noticed a very large crowd in the airport, complete with film/photo crews and a mob of people with their cell phone cameras handy. I thought obviously someone had tipped off the press that I’d be arriving and as I pushed my cart through the lobby I waved like Queen Elizabeth would. It was then that I heard the crowd start screaming and I turned around to see none other than Tom Cruise, his wife Katie Holmes and their family. I snapped a couple photos myself and carried on. Well, time to go shred, ttfn!
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08.03.
Hey all! I’m sitting in the Vancouver Airport waiting to load my flight to Tokyo! I’m going to be skiing some pow for the next week with Bryce Phillips and Bryn Hughes. We’re doing a story for Skiing Magazine and The New York Times. It’s been a goal of mine to ski in Japan for a few years. I remember seeing some amazing photos of Mike Douglas amidst the oriental trees and blower pow when I was just a young wipper snapper, and now I can finally get a taste of the goods. Check back soon for some photos and updates!
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07.03.
Well, I just got the call that I’ll be heading back to Asia this season. This time around I’ll be skiing in Japan! Couldn’t be more excited to check out some new terrain and eat some authentic sushi, yummm.
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04.03.
