It was a really good opening weekend at Snowbasin. Who wouldn't want to enjoy four days of getting back on the sticks and knocking the rust of your edges? The resort keeps impressing more and more each year. This year they brought in a new park specific groomer and absolutely crushed it for the first mini park. Now I'm not a park guy, but if I was, I would be super stoked for the new layout and the possibilities of what's to come.
I did happen to put together a quick and dirty edit of the weekend activities. Now this isn't my best work technically and I'm just not that happy with it as nothing really flowed through me as I edited. And I may have blown a few good shots or two (extremely underplayed) which contributed to the outcome. But here's the video, and feel free to share it and this site if you feel like doing so. One more thing, I have an announcement coming up soon about my new ski sponsor.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Still Alive and Still Adventuring
Here’s an update that’s been a long time coming. That being said, it’s also been a very busy, busy year. And it’s finally slowing down just in time for the arrival of winter, which in my neck of the woods has just knocked on the door. I woke up to a wonderfully crisp morning in the 20’s. There was snow in the mountains and frost on the ground. And there is snow making going on at Snowbasin. That makes me really excited, to which I’ll explain more later.
So back to the catching up, it’s been a very good and busy year for Cutting Edge Tree Professionals. We have seen more business come our way this year than the previous season and an half. As we celebrated our two year anniversary, we also scored the largest job we’ve ever had; removal of 36 cottonwood trees and a willow. Now all of the cottonwood trees were in the 70-90 foot high category. We brought in a 60 foot boom lift for the job and combined with my rigging skills and techniques, we were able to get everything down, even those over fences and structures, without having to bring in an 85 foot boom lift. And now that we’ve finished up that job I’m finally starting to feel a little rested. You see it was a bit tiring working 72 plus hour weeks for a month straight and having to go from work to trees and changing in the car for a month. And to think, Seth put in even more hours on site than I did; I know he was exhausted and even happier to be done with the job than myself.
Now onto the exciting news with Snowbasin; the resort decided to put together a freeride team for the upcoming season and I was chosen to fill the telemark slot. It’s a great opportunity for me and I’m glad to be associated with such a good mountain and community. This will be my third season at Snowbasin and by far the most anticipated one for me. My team profile can be seen here.
In addition to Snowbasin, I’ve also started working with another great company, Flylow Gear. I love their products, both pants, jackets, and now finally bibs, oh how I love bibs. Flylow goods are technical, durable, and really stylish. I’m really blessed to have this opportunity to start a relationship with them and hopefully it’ll progress to a full sponsorship throughout the season.
And as for the visual treats, here are a few videos. The first is my promo video I created a few months ago with what little footage of myself I had. I definitely didn’t get much personal filming done this last year with the blood clot.
This is an edit giving a short glimpse into the work Ski Patrol does at Snowbasin. I had a good time creating this one.
And here’s one of stop number two of the Friday Night Lights Rail Jam Series that took place at Snowbasin last year. Another one that I was satisfied with producing.
So back to the catching up, it’s been a very good and busy year for Cutting Edge Tree Professionals. We have seen more business come our way this year than the previous season and an half. As we celebrated our two year anniversary, we also scored the largest job we’ve ever had; removal of 36 cottonwood trees and a willow. Now all of the cottonwood trees were in the 70-90 foot high category. We brought in a 60 foot boom lift for the job and combined with my rigging skills and techniques, we were able to get everything down, even those over fences and structures, without having to bring in an 85 foot boom lift. And now that we’ve finished up that job I’m finally starting to feel a little rested. You see it was a bit tiring working 72 plus hour weeks for a month straight and having to go from work to trees and changing in the car for a month. And to think, Seth put in even more hours on site than I did; I know he was exhausted and even happier to be done with the job than myself.
Now onto the exciting news with Snowbasin; the resort decided to put together a freeride team for the upcoming season and I was chosen to fill the telemark slot. It’s a great opportunity for me and I’m glad to be associated with such a good mountain and community. This will be my third season at Snowbasin and by far the most anticipated one for me. My team profile can be seen here.
In addition to Snowbasin, I’ve also started working with another great company, Flylow Gear. I love their products, both pants, jackets, and now finally bibs, oh how I love bibs. Flylow goods are technical, durable, and really stylish. I’m really blessed to have this opportunity to start a relationship with them and hopefully it’ll progress to a full sponsorship throughout the season.
And as for the visual treats, here are a few videos. The first is my promo video I created a few months ago with what little footage of myself I had. I definitely didn’t get much personal filming done this last year with the blood clot.
This is an edit giving a short glimpse into the work Ski Patrol does at Snowbasin. I had a good time creating this one.
And here’s one of stop number two of the Friday Night Lights Rail Jam Series that took place at Snowbasin last year. Another one that I was satisfied with producing.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Ups and Downs of the New Year
I know, I know. I kept saying that I would post about everything and then I didn't. It's been quite the busy month and an half let me tell ya. A lot of good and a lot of not so good things have gone down.
Let's just start this back in December about 2 weeks before Christmas. Things were going good, I had film projects lined up with Snowbasin, there was fresh snow every few days, I had just taken a new job with ARINC, a definite huge step up from my previous employer of three years, and I was also starting to see a certain woman more frequently. Things were really good.
Now let's jump to December 21st; minor, very minor knee surgery to clean up some believed torn menicus, which was proving to be a more frequent issue than I could take for a whole season. I was back at work the next day after surgery and my knee was feeling good. It was only to be a matter of two weeks off a skiing and then back to training for the. Good........at least it seemed that way.
Christmas Eve finally came and I hoped on a plane back to Wisconsin. It'd been a whole year since I had been back and it was good to see my family. My little niece Masha Mae actually spoke with me and didn't just cry every time that I acknowledge her or looked at her. YESSS!!! Progress. She really is a very cute and sweet girl. I had an awesome Christmas in which my beloved mother got me not one, but two, yes TWO Warrior Nut Huts. I was sooooo stoked, to the point at which I put one on over my clothes and walked around. And my thoughtful awesome brother got me this really cool knife, against my mother's advice, which totally surprised me and is used almost everyday. I was able to head over to visit Jay and Jeanie Kraemer before I left and touch base with my other family. Every thing was going well, until I had to leave and I realized that 3 1/2 days a year isn't enough time for my family. At that point I didn't want to leave yet. I wanted to stay there and take care of my mother's needs with the house, my brother, the dogs, the yard, and whatever else I could do for her. My mother and I even got in our annual rummy game. Due to our crazy schedules we decided to head to the airport a little early and play in the lobby before my flight. Ah, it was good to the soul to beat her in a few quick games and remind her of how well and ruthless she taught me how to play.
But it was really sad and hard saying goodbye, especially as she sat in front of the security area at the airport and watched me the whole way through. I kept looking back and seeing her loving and concerned eyes watching over me, trying to get one last glimpse of me before I would be gone, heading to my home in Utah. I couldn't help myself from letting a couple of tears roll down my face as I returned her gaze.
Now moving onto the following Wednesday, post-op follow up visit with the Doc. "What's that Alex, your calf really hurts does it? How about when I squeeze here? Wow did you really just hit your head on the ceiling?" Yeah not good. I was then sent down to get an ultrasound for a D.V.T., a deep vein thrombosis, or POS blood clot, as it's commonly referred to around my place. Yeah at the moment the doc confirmed it, even though I knew I had one before the results were read to me because the rad-tech couldn't keep her eyes and demeanor from divulging the truth, I sank. How does this happen to a fit, active 29 year old? Why does this have to happen to me, when I'm getting ready to compete this year, when the season is just starting, when I'm to start filming for a with Telemark Skier Mag, when I just started talking to SkiLogik about riding for them?!?!?!? ARGH!!!!!!
I was absolutely devastated. When everything was going so, so well, it came crashing down on me....so it seemed. So you're telling me my knee looks great and it wasn't as bad as once thought, that I'm a healthy person and strong enough to ski, but that there's this little itty bitty thing sitting there in my calf that could kill me if I slip on the ice?!? Great........no skiing, no lifting, no work, and no hockey. Now Alex, you have to sit at home for two weeks, shoot this lovenox in your stomach twice a day, not eat any of your favorite greens, and also wear these tights 24 hours a day. Deal? Oh do I have a choice? Haha.......not so funny. It really bummed me out and was kind of hard to deal with at first.
The good thing that came out of this is the awesome amount of time I was then able to spend with Mercedes. She decided that she was going to take care of me, keep me company, and keep my spirits up. This girl drove through a blizzard to come up and make me dinner the day I found out about the clot. She even brought up her spare TV from the corporate apartment so I could watch movies while I laid around for the first week. This wonderful woman seriously dedicated the last bit of her vacation to making sure that I was well and comfortable. But I couldn't let her sit in the house when there was good snow falling in the mountains and had to kick her out a couple of times. Now I want to talk more about her and how awesome she is, but I'll save that for a later post, one just about her.
So you might be wondering how I got the clot. Some think that it was the plane ride after surgery that eventually caused it. But after thinking about it and finally understanding that it was a blood clot causing the pain, and knowing that I had that pain since the very next day after surgery, I eventually put some things together to figure out what happened. So two days before the surgery I had a bad crash that bruised my calf pretty good. I dropped a small cliff that I do all the time and dropped it to a surprisingly hard landing, which was due to the slope beneath the cliff naturally sliding under the weight and temperature of the new 10 inches of snow. So I landed, bounced with the harder than expected surface, rolled forward, came up going backwards, only to have the tails of my skis dive down under the snow surface, get stuck, and throw me backwards over the tops of my boots. I hurt my calves so bad that I couldn't ski down to the car without unbuckling my boots and also only take a few turns and then stopping to rest. I couldn't even straightline down the groomer without being overcome with pain. Now imagine the deep tissue damage that was done, fast forward two days to the surgery, and think about all the broken blood vessels in my calf just waiting to clot up. And now where was this clots you say? Well it's right where I bruised my calf, where the boot top jammed into my calf.
So what have I done since then. Well I have helped Mercedes move into her new apartment, installed a shelf in the laundry room for her, and put up an arc shower rod, spent way too much time at IKEA for my first visit, put furniture together, and shopped for countless other items that she needed to get for her new place.
And just this last weekend I finally got OKed by my physician to go ski some groomers. Oh how nice that was to not have to work Friday and get to go ski. I can tell you that it was truly a calming to my spirit. I needed that more than anything else at the time. I felt so rejuvenated while trying to use my legs that had not received any ski conditioning for 6 weeks. And to top it off, I got to ski with Mercedes on Saturday while she worked up at The Canyons. I skied the first two hours by myself ripping up the groomers and probably going faster than I "should" have, but I was still conservative nonetheless. Then I got to head all over the mountain with MAV for the next three hours. It was fun watching her shred and carve all over the mountain. She made me smile and laugh every time that she tried throwing a shifty or would throw spread eagles with me as we goofed off of the groomers. What a good day to spend together before having to send her off to Connecticut for two weeks work trip.
Life is good.
Chris and Me in Wisco
The Mother and Me
Family
Mercedes and Me
Let's just start this back in December about 2 weeks before Christmas. Things were going good, I had film projects lined up with Snowbasin, there was fresh snow every few days, I had just taken a new job with ARINC, a definite huge step up from my previous employer of three years, and I was also starting to see a certain woman more frequently. Things were really good.
Now let's jump to December 21st; minor, very minor knee surgery to clean up some believed torn menicus, which was proving to be a more frequent issue than I could take for a whole season. I was back at work the next day after surgery and my knee was feeling good. It was only to be a matter of two weeks off a skiing and then back to training for the. Good........at least it seemed that way.
Christmas Eve finally came and I hoped on a plane back to Wisconsin. It'd been a whole year since I had been back and it was good to see my family. My little niece Masha Mae actually spoke with me and didn't just cry every time that I acknowledge her or looked at her. YESSS!!! Progress. She really is a very cute and sweet girl. I had an awesome Christmas in which my beloved mother got me not one, but two, yes TWO Warrior Nut Huts. I was sooooo stoked, to the point at which I put one on over my clothes and walked around. And my thoughtful awesome brother got me this really cool knife, against my mother's advice, which totally surprised me and is used almost everyday. I was able to head over to visit Jay and Jeanie Kraemer before I left and touch base with my other family. Every thing was going well, until I had to leave and I realized that 3 1/2 days a year isn't enough time for my family. At that point I didn't want to leave yet. I wanted to stay there and take care of my mother's needs with the house, my brother, the dogs, the yard, and whatever else I could do for her. My mother and I even got in our annual rummy game. Due to our crazy schedules we decided to head to the airport a little early and play in the lobby before my flight. Ah, it was good to the soul to beat her in a few quick games and remind her of how well and ruthless she taught me how to play.
But it was really sad and hard saying goodbye, especially as she sat in front of the security area at the airport and watched me the whole way through. I kept looking back and seeing her loving and concerned eyes watching over me, trying to get one last glimpse of me before I would be gone, heading to my home in Utah. I couldn't help myself from letting a couple of tears roll down my face as I returned her gaze.
Now moving onto the following Wednesday, post-op follow up visit with the Doc. "What's that Alex, your calf really hurts does it? How about when I squeeze here? Wow did you really just hit your head on the ceiling?" Yeah not good. I was then sent down to get an ultrasound for a D.V.T., a deep vein thrombosis, or POS blood clot, as it's commonly referred to around my place. Yeah at the moment the doc confirmed it, even though I knew I had one before the results were read to me because the rad-tech couldn't keep her eyes and demeanor from divulging the truth, I sank. How does this happen to a fit, active 29 year old? Why does this have to happen to me, when I'm getting ready to compete this year, when the season is just starting, when I'm to start filming for a with Telemark Skier Mag, when I just started talking to SkiLogik about riding for them?!?!?!? ARGH!!!!!!
I was absolutely devastated. When everything was going so, so well, it came crashing down on me....so it seemed. So you're telling me my knee looks great and it wasn't as bad as once thought, that I'm a healthy person and strong enough to ski, but that there's this little itty bitty thing sitting there in my calf that could kill me if I slip on the ice?!? Great........no skiing, no lifting, no work, and no hockey. Now Alex, you have to sit at home for two weeks, shoot this lovenox in your stomach twice a day, not eat any of your favorite greens, and also wear these tights 24 hours a day. Deal? Oh do I have a choice? Haha.......not so funny. It really bummed me out and was kind of hard to deal with at first.
The good thing that came out of this is the awesome amount of time I was then able to spend with Mercedes. She decided that she was going to take care of me, keep me company, and keep my spirits up. This girl drove through a blizzard to come up and make me dinner the day I found out about the clot. She even brought up her spare TV from the corporate apartment so I could watch movies while I laid around for the first week. This wonderful woman seriously dedicated the last bit of her vacation to making sure that I was well and comfortable. But I couldn't let her sit in the house when there was good snow falling in the mountains and had to kick her out a couple of times. Now I want to talk more about her and how awesome she is, but I'll save that for a later post, one just about her.
So you might be wondering how I got the clot. Some think that it was the plane ride after surgery that eventually caused it. But after thinking about it and finally understanding that it was a blood clot causing the pain, and knowing that I had that pain since the very next day after surgery, I eventually put some things together to figure out what happened. So two days before the surgery I had a bad crash that bruised my calf pretty good. I dropped a small cliff that I do all the time and dropped it to a surprisingly hard landing, which was due to the slope beneath the cliff naturally sliding under the weight and temperature of the new 10 inches of snow. So I landed, bounced with the harder than expected surface, rolled forward, came up going backwards, only to have the tails of my skis dive down under the snow surface, get stuck, and throw me backwards over the tops of my boots. I hurt my calves so bad that I couldn't ski down to the car without unbuckling my boots and also only take a few turns and then stopping to rest. I couldn't even straightline down the groomer without being overcome with pain. Now imagine the deep tissue damage that was done, fast forward two days to the surgery, and think about all the broken blood vessels in my calf just waiting to clot up. And now where was this clots you say? Well it's right where I bruised my calf, where the boot top jammed into my calf.
So what have I done since then. Well I have helped Mercedes move into her new apartment, installed a shelf in the laundry room for her, and put up an arc shower rod, spent way too much time at IKEA for my first visit, put furniture together, and shopped for countless other items that she needed to get for her new place.
And just this last weekend I finally got OKed by my physician to go ski some groomers. Oh how nice that was to not have to work Friday and get to go ski. I can tell you that it was truly a calming to my spirit. I needed that more than anything else at the time. I felt so rejuvenated while trying to use my legs that had not received any ski conditioning for 6 weeks. And to top it off, I got to ski with Mercedes on Saturday while she worked up at The Canyons. I skied the first two hours by myself ripping up the groomers and probably going faster than I "should" have, but I was still conservative nonetheless. Then I got to head all over the mountain with MAV for the next three hours. It was fun watching her shred and carve all over the mountain. She made me smile and laugh every time that she tried throwing a shifty or would throw spread eagles with me as we goofed off of the groomers. What a good day to spend together before having to send her off to Connecticut for two weeks work trip.
Life is good.
Chris and Me in Wisco
The Mother and Me
Family
Mercedes and Me
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| Trying to smile with my teeth...didn't quite work out. |
Friday, January 14, 2011
Snowbasin Friday Night Lights Rail Jam Series Stop 1 Video
I know it's been awhile since my last post. I have one in the works. But for now here's an edit of Snowbasin's new rail jam series called Friday Nights Lights. The comp was held Friday December 17th.
Snowbasin Friday Night Lights Stop 1 from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
Snowbasin Friday Night Lights Stop 1 from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Another Great Weekend Come and Gone
Today marks the end of another awesome weekend of skiing for me. I was lucky enough to get another 4 day weekend to ski, hit some fresh pow, ski new terrain, drop a few cliffs, test out some new sticks, and get above and out of the nasty inversion in the valley.
Friday started out with a film day at Snowbasin. The new PR Director, Jason, had scheduled a shoot with some local pro and up and coming riders. It was my first shoot with solely snowboarders, and I enjoyed the riding differences and opinions on terrain that they brought. The plan was to show the early season riding promoting Snowbasin, and to send the video to Transworld Snowboarding Magazine. Unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side and we shot in a grey bird setting. The footage turned out decent despite the lighting, but we're planning on getting a reshoot later on. We'll use the reshoot footage to send to Transworld.
Saturday was great with Snowbasin finally opening up the John Paul lift. I was so toked to finally get off the flat groomers and be able to ski the steeper terrain. The snowpack was only about 12"-24" deep but it still allowed for some great riding. After a short session I headed to Scout Steed's brithday bash up in Farmington Canyon. Her two year birthday party was a sledding session high up in the mountains. It was a lot of fun playing in the snow, eating chili, drinking wassel, and sitting by a fire with friends and family. I built up a jump for the sled and ending up launching everyone, including myself, about 10 feet off the ground, which made for good laughs and heart pounding excitement.
Sunday brought in another full day of skiing followed by a good game of hockey. Boy do I love my Sunday night hockey games.
And yesterday was spent skiing at Solitude. I had good company and good snow which made for a great day. I skied all over the mountain, enjoying all that there was to offer. The snow was soft and deep enough in some places to hit some cliffs. I finally dropped my first cliff of the season on a series of three 10 foot cliffs.
Now after all of that, of course I'm in a great mood. Here's to my last week of work.
Sunday was
Friday started out with a film day at Snowbasin. The new PR Director, Jason, had scheduled a shoot with some local pro and up and coming riders. It was my first shoot with solely snowboarders, and I enjoyed the riding differences and opinions on terrain that they brought. The plan was to show the early season riding promoting Snowbasin, and to send the video to Transworld Snowboarding Magazine. Unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side and we shot in a grey bird setting. The footage turned out decent despite the lighting, but we're planning on getting a reshoot later on. We'll use the reshoot footage to send to Transworld.
Saturday was great with Snowbasin finally opening up the John Paul lift. I was so toked to finally get off the flat groomers and be able to ski the steeper terrain. The snowpack was only about 12"-24" deep but it still allowed for some great riding. After a short session I headed to Scout Steed's brithday bash up in Farmington Canyon. Her two year birthday party was a sledding session high up in the mountains. It was a lot of fun playing in the snow, eating chili, drinking wassel, and sitting by a fire with friends and family. I built up a jump for the sled and ending up launching everyone, including myself, about 10 feet off the ground, which made for good laughs and heart pounding excitement.
Sunday brought in another full day of skiing followed by a good game of hockey. Boy do I love my Sunday night hockey games.
And yesterday was spent skiing at Solitude. I had good company and good snow which made for a great day. I skied all over the mountain, enjoying all that there was to offer. The snow was soft and deep enough in some places to hit some cliffs. I finally dropped my first cliff of the season on a series of three 10 foot cliffs.
Now after all of that, of course I'm in a great mood. Here's to my last week of work.
Sunday was
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thanksgiving Weekend
Talk about a busy extended weekend; the most over-hyped storm of the season, two Thanksgiving dinners, the Holy War, sliding on snow, and getting a new mattress. Buy but it's been a good four days off of work, especially with the lifts now spinning.
Trying to get my legs back in shape after sitting in an office for months on end has definitely not been easy, specifically because the only open runs at Snowbasin are pretty flat. Not that fun. But overall opening day was pretty awesome. There was boot to knee deep powder covering the slopes. Best opening I've ever experienced.
Saturday brought in the annual Holy War: BYU versus the University of Utah football game. This year I spent the afternoon watching the game with Andy, Vanessa, and Andy's parents at Maggie McGee's Sports Bar. I finally got lucky with the Maggie raffle and won the halftime prize; an awesome Utah bomber's wooly winter cap. I was stoked to get it and sport the colors of my future alma mater as they ended up winning the game by blocking a gimme field goal as time expired. Good times.
Even better than all this, I finally got a new mattress and box springs. Andy and Vanessa bought a new bed and decided to give me theirs, which is in great condition. I'm so stoked to have it and slept great last night. Now getting it home from Salt Lake City to Layton was quite humorous and daunting. I mean how many times do you see a Subaru driving by on the highway at 70 mph with a matterss and box springs tied to the top.
Here's some pictures to let you know how it was.
Opening day pow turns
Me at the end of opening day
Andy tightening things up
Trying to get my legs back in shape after sitting in an office for months on end has definitely not been easy, specifically because the only open runs at Snowbasin are pretty flat. Not that fun. But overall opening day was pretty awesome. There was boot to knee deep powder covering the slopes. Best opening I've ever experienced.
Saturday brought in the annual Holy War: BYU versus the University of Utah football game. This year I spent the afternoon watching the game with Andy, Vanessa, and Andy's parents at Maggie McGee's Sports Bar. I finally got lucky with the Maggie raffle and won the halftime prize; an awesome Utah bomber's wooly winter cap. I was stoked to get it and sport the colors of my future alma mater as they ended up winning the game by blocking a gimme field goal as time expired. Good times.
Even better than all this, I finally got a new mattress and box springs. Andy and Vanessa bought a new bed and decided to give me theirs, which is in great condition. I'm so stoked to have it and slept great last night. Now getting it home from Salt Lake City to Layton was quite humorous and daunting. I mean how many times do you see a Subaru driving by on the highway at 70 mph with a matterss and box springs tied to the top.
Here's some pictures to let you know how it was.
Opening day pow turns
Me at the end of opening day
Loading up the mattress on the Subaru
Andy tightening things up
Sunday, November 21, 2010
How Shall This Winter Be??
Waking up to a beautiful white blanket of heaven's finest this morning brought a smile to m face. Winter is finally here in a three part storm cycle that is sure to bring a couple of feet to the mountains. And it's doing so in great fashion; just in time for the lifts to start turning this Thursday at Snowbasin.
And with that comes another year's worth of goals to shape up and guide the season.
Now it's just time to keep the moment from Portillo going.......
And with that comes another year's worth of goals to shape up and guide the season.
- Ski at least 45 days both frontcountry and backcountry
- Ski at least 600,000 vertical feet
- Ski the south face of Ben Lomond Peak
- Drop S&S at J-Hole
- Ski Superior
- Continue filming and putting edits together
- Enter a big mountain competition or two
- Call in sick to work at least twice for a 15 inch or more storm
- Solo Willard Peak ice drainage and ski down into Liberty
- More photos
- Throw more 3's
- Throw more front flips
- Stop being a girl when it comes to back flips
- Nail my line through the blond cliffs
- The usual male skier dream
Now it's just time to keep the moment from Portillo going.......
Friday, November 12, 2010
Where Has The Time Gone
Once again, as if clockwork, having the stars align, and the seasons change, it appears as if I have disappeared. Not necessarily, but I just haven't had much that I feel is exciting to post about. But as we roll into winter and the lifts at my resort are about to start turning, it's time to get back to posting.
I have been thinking about goals for this ski season and am about finished with it. I will definitely post those here in the next few days. But for now here are two edits that I have completed for two of the Portillo Big Mountain Telemark Camp first week campers.
The first completed goes to Ian Scobe. This kid was a hilarious jokester and made this fun with his carefully executed comments.
Ian Scobie - Mad Ballin' from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
The second edit out of the gates is for Matt Tilleard. This Aussie was such a great guy and funny nontheless. I love Aussie sarcasm. Here ya go Matt, I love this song you recommended.
Matt Tilleard - Aussie Power from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
I have been thinking about goals for this ski season and am about finished with it. I will definitely post those here in the next few days. But for now here are two edits that I have completed for two of the Portillo Big Mountain Telemark Camp first week campers.
The first completed goes to Ian Scobe. This kid was a hilarious jokester and made this fun with his carefully executed comments.
Ian Scobie - Mad Ballin' from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
The second edit out of the gates is for Matt Tilleard. This Aussie was such a great guy and funny nontheless. I love Aussie sarcasm. Here ya go Matt, I love this song you recommended.
Matt Tilleard - Aussie Power from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Portillo Big Mountain Telemark Camp Promo
So here's what I've been working on in all my free time for the past cople weeks. Thank goodness it's FINALLY done. I really enjoyed filming, being filmed, and editing this promo. Another cool thing is a shortened version of the promo is going to be apart of the Powderwhore TELEvision movie tour. The promo will play during the premovie pleasantries while everyone is arriving and getting their seats.
I've also been working on a new website for Free 2 Be Productions. That'll be finished soon (hopefully).
Well here's the edit. Enjoy.
Portillo Big Mountain Telemark Camp Promo from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
I've also been working on a new website for Free 2 Be Productions. That'll be finished soon (hopefully).
Well here's the edit. Enjoy.
Portillo Big Mountain Telemark Camp Promo from Free 2 Be Productions on Vimeo.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Pics n Stuff O'Chile - It's about time I post this
Alright I know that it's been a little while since I posted anything.....ok more like a long while. I've been working on a video promo for Nick and Kayo's Portillo Big Mountain Telemark Camp in between work trips, a Six Flags and Atlantic City day, skim boarding at Destin Beach in Florida, and setting up other business ventures. It's been quite the busy 8 weeks; the time has flown by and been one big blur. I'll be posting the camp promo video here next week, promise. And there'll be more posts of additional edits that are in the works.
I just totaled my stats from Portillo and this is what I got:
Ski Days: 13 (out of 15 potential)
Vertical Footage: 155,770 feet
I already have a good jump on my ski days and vertical footage for the season.
For now here's some pics of me in Portillo courtesy of the talented Luke Lubchenco.
I just totaled my stats from Portillo and this is what I got:
Ski Days: 13 (out of 15 potential)
Vertical Footage: 155,770 feet
I already have a good jump on my ski days and vertical footage for the season.
For now here's some pics of me in Portillo courtesy of the talented Luke Lubchenco.
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| My absolute favorite |
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| Yes I know the camera looks funny on my helmet |
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| At work |
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| First week powder goodness |
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| First day of Roca Jack |
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| More Roca Jack |
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| Lake Run Slash |
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| One last sweet lake run shot |
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