The last couple days have been great. It is spring in the mountains which makes for long days and some great snow conditions. It looks like the weather is going to bring us another system with hopefully a full reset on the slopes. In the meantime I will have to spend some time on the river I guess, it is looking just as nice as the mountains these days. You can now subscribe to o.k. listen by email, just click the link at the top and fill out the form so you don’t miss any precious posts!
The photo issue for Snowboard Canada just came out and is packed with some great photos and articles. Feet and I worked together on a story in the issue, and I just put together a little slide show of some of the images that didn’t get used. I just wanted to take a minute and thank all the people that made it happen. The SBC crew for taking a chance and trying something a little different as well as offsetting the carbon cost for all our gas guzzling snowmobiles and trucks. Jay Greenway for the music. Ryan Proctor for the lift tickets at Whistler Blackcomb, and last but certainly not least all of the riders for their efforts and skills. Without them none of it would be possible. If you have two minutes check it out and let me know what you think.
One of my favourite images of Gaetan was recently used in a new Sims ad. One of the things that makes this photo so special is Gaetan is riding an original Noah Salasnek model including the low backs from the early 90’s. Back at that time I was probably still rocking my Craig Kelly and the whole crew was jealous when our buddy Domi showed up with that deck. Twin tip, skate inspired graphics, it was one of the first boards to bridge the gap between skateboarding and snowboarding and was much different then anything we had seen at that time.
The day we shot this I remember Gaetan pulling out that deck and all my memories of riding golf courses and Mount Chili as a kid came flooding back. However, we were never pulling corked sevens like him! They also used one of my images in his profile on their website, check it out he is holding down seniority over there next to Tom.
Thanks Gaetan.
The new Snowboard Canada just hit the stands, it has a bunch of great stories from all around the world in it.Benji and I didn’t have to travel very far to get this for the contact section. You can check out the color version here.
Ask anyone that knows him he is one of a kind, it is his birthday today if you see him buy him a beer and ask for a story, if not you should follow him on twitter @martingodfather the stories and tweets are worth it.
I just received my copy of the Playboard photo annual and I am so excited to have the cover. I shot this while out with the 8mile crew in Pemberton last winter, Shin came out for the day and warmed up with this method. As well I just updated my website with a new layout and images, my blog has also changed to Word Press so if you want to keep up with what is going on with me this winter you will have to change it in your blog reader.
See you in the mountains!
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