LFH: Tanner, Seth, Dana and Kye explore the range
By: Todd Jones | Friday, February 27, 2009
Fresh off winning the Dew Tour, Tanner Hall joined us up at Last Frontier Heliskiing. It is a pretty epic crew spanning all types of riding. There is not much that the team of riders we are with can not do. Here are some short bios on the Oakley crew that is up filming this segment.
Kye is a big mountain charger. He loves to ski big lines, travel around Europe making big classic ski descents, climb mountains, and to top it all off he can throw a nasty arsenal of tricks when the time is right. “I can’t wait to see what he does in the years to come.” says Seth Morrison.
Tanner has won countless Xgames, Dew Tour and other contests, made multiple movies and is a sick big mountain rider.
Dana Flahr is a hard charging all around skier. He has a ton of sick tricks in his quiver, skis crazy lines, hits huge cliffs and all around rips.
Seth Morrison is one of the sickest big mountain skiers in the world. He hucks huge cliffs, skis fast, and is simply the man.
We have had multiple days of -20 temps and bluebird skies. We have been hitting spines, couloirs and natural features. Down days have been few and far between. Here are some shots from our days of playing and exploring these incredible mountains. Our lead guide Michael has been showing us around and everyone at the Bell 2 lodge has taken amazing care of us. More to come
Callum Petit – Hole In One
By: Rick Johnston | Monday, February 23, 2009
Pretty crazy day, yesterday, in Rutherford Creek. After waiting for sun to roll around on this face, Callum rallied up for his first shot of the day. He came off the ridge dropped a monster 50ft. cliff into a tight apron, ragdolled for about 100 ft, then completely disappeared from view. We charged up to the face and after a quick search we found Callum standing on a shelf 10 feet down in a crevasse hole that was literally only 2 feet wide, and dropped for about 40 ft. straight down. Super thankful he was o.k. we decided to call it a day and named his drop, The Hole in One
Last Frontier Heliskiing: Seth, Kye, and Dana
By: Todd Jones | Saturday, February 21, 2009
The TGR crew just arrived at Last Frontier Heliskiing, based out of the Bell 2 lodge. We are deep, deep in Northern British Columbia. Seth Morrison, Dana Flahr, Kye Petersen, Greg Strokes, Chris O'Connell, Corey Gavitt and myself make up the crew. We are being joined by Tanner Hall in a few days, after he completes the finals in the Dew Tour, which he is potentially going to win.
We hopped on a charter plane in Vancouver and flew 4 hours north, landing on a remote snow covered airstrip in the middle of nowhere. The nearest town is Stewart, over 2 hours away. We are in the thick of some pretty amazing mountains.
Today was the first of the trip and we woke to grey skies and rumors of a storm coming in. Anxious to get out and check out the terrain, we headed into the mountains early. Despite grey skies, we had a great look around and got a few shots. The snow is great and the terrain even better. I was here ten years ago when we filmed Uprising with Micah Black, Jeremy Jones, Dave Swanwick and Rick Greener. They have spruced the place up since then, when it was a few cabins and a helicopter behind a remote gas stop on the Stewart Cassiar Highway, the infamous road that runs west of the Skeena Mountains and east of the Coast Range, taking you through the heart of some of B.C.’s coolest mountains.
The remote village that makes up the LFH base is completely buried in snow. They have been having a great winter up here and we are all excited to be out of the low tide snowpacks in southern BC and the lower 48. Check back for more updates as we explore and film these incredible mountains.
Trench Town in Jackson Hole
By: Cody Townsend | Friday, February 20, 2009
With Jackson Hole being plagued by high winds and conservative snowfall for most of the early year, most snow searchers have scratched the legendary resort off their hit list. But if you were one of those JH deserters, then holy smokes did you miss out on the last two days of trench-town madness. A forecasted 'weak' storm ended up spewing multiple feet of plushy pow and created an empty playground of powder perfection. Todd Ligare, Schroder Baker and I (Cody Townsend) went out and proceeded to get our arching smiles plastered with pow, turn after turn and bell to bell. Don't believe me. Then check out the evidence. Toodles,
-CT
Sage, Tanner, and Seth sessioning North Cascade Heli
By: Todd Jones | Thursday, February 19, 2009
We wrapped up a great trip to North Cascade Heli Ski a few days ago. We had tons of bluebird pow and once again enjoyed the epic North Cascade terrain. It is a true privilege to shoot Tanner, Seth, and Sage in a remote location. These guys see so many cool lines in the mountains it is hard to grasp. Tanner pulled a 180 to fakie, fakie to forward, and 360 out the bottom of one 3 cliff line that was so sick. Sage was up to his usual business of big 360's off cliffs, crazy couloir lines, and general ripping. Seth off course was Seth. Big Airs, backflips, straightlines, etc. Much thanks to our amazing pilot Shamus, the awsome guides, and Dave Betts for taking care of us up in Mazama. Mazama is a one of a kind town. If you haven't been you are missing one of lifes great pleasures.
Sage & The Provo Brothers Session Some Pillows
By: Pete O'Brien | Monday, February 16, 2009
Sage & The Provo Brothers Session Some Pillows
Story & photos by Pete O’Brien
With some all time storm riding over the last week in Utah, it was nice to see the sun pop yesterday.
After overcoming some of the standard bluebird morning obstacles, Sage and I made it to a pillow zone where Ian and Neil Provo and friends had already begun to session. Neil had set a skin track with his splitboard in chest deep snow so the zone could be lapped by foot. There were plenty of unique lines to hit and the boys took advantage of some of the perfect natural take offs to rebate with some tricks. Neil’s switch pow riding on a splitboard was impressive.
Check out the shots.
TGR: Bluebird in the North Cascades 2009
By: Todd Jones | Sunday, February 08, 2009
We had a full bluebird day in the North Cascades. The boys are finding some good snow and lines to rip. Tanner, Seth, and Sage sessioning is a pretty sick thing. We have some more cool stuff picked out and are expecting snow so more stuff to come. The Sage rock ride was definetly a super cool line.
Return to North Cascade Heli 2009
By: Todd Jones | Saturday, February 07, 2009
We are back at North Cascade Heli skiing in Mazama, Wa. Seth, Sage and I got out for a little scope session yesterday. Although not over the head powder yet, this place is stacked and sick. We got up into the high country and got to check out some couloirs and different terrain. We got a couple of cool shots and got a feel for the snowpack. Tanner Hall drops in today. Looks like there is plenty of cool stuff to do. We are looking at a day of sunshine and then some more snow, which will be sick. Check back for more updates.
Throwing Down in Silverton
By: Dustin Handley | Friday, February 06, 2009
Nestled deep in the heart of the San Juan Mountain Range lies the sleepy town of Silverton, CO. After a huge row of storms, good stability and word of an extended High Pressure the crew decided to embark on a last minute trip with mini golf and wedges in mind. The posse consisted of Athletes Dash Longe, Dylan Hood, Wiley Miller, Still Photographer Adam Clark and TGR cinematographers Dustin Handley and Josh Nielson. Six days of blue bird sky's, warm weather, great terrain, bomber snow pack, and very nice snow. Old Mining shacks, Old West Bars and Greesy Senders. The Boys threw down and the vibe was all time, felt like spring break in January.
Wiley Miller & Dylan Hood hit some Utah Gap Jumps
By: Pete O'Brien | Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Wiley Miller & Dylan Hood hit some Utah Gap Jumps
Story & Photos by Pete O’Brien
Dylan and Wiley have been getting up early every morning to battle everything from crashed sleds, crusty snow, fog, and getting lost.
Dylan is LIVING the F**kstart right now.
A few lessons learned; track the route out with a GPS, so you can find your way home in the fog and always carry a fresh lighter : )