Transworlds Photo Contest series

So I just entered a photo into the first of five photo contests for transworld snowboarding. This months contest was is suppose to be a backyard type of photo. I got the idea to hike along Falling Leaf Lake road and find something to hit. We came upon a cool cabin with a deck drop and some rails in the yard so we decided to stay. Go check the photo on transworlds website. Just copy and paste the link in your browser.


http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000141747/ugc/ugc-images/rail-tap-to-drop-backyard-contest/

A Couple Videos

Over the weekend we received about 5-6 feet of snow on the mountain. It was the perfect time to break trail in our secret spot. Heres a little first person view of what its like to shred some small pillows then tumble into an infinite amount of snow.




This video is from November when we got about 2-3 feet of snow. I had just gotten my new Nikon D7000 and I wanted to mess with the video. I went on a little hike in my backyard and found a nice little rock drop. So I set my camera up and pressed play.






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LRG Giveaway honorable mention

So last night Chris was cruising through facebook and stumbled upon a contest for Transworld Snowboarding and LRG Giveaway. You were suppose to send in the most "G" (gansta) photo of yourself for a chance to win $1000 in LRG clothing. Chris, Lauren, and I all submitted a photo. None of us won but both mine and Laurens were chosen as honorable mentions. Its on the site! Check it out! snowboarding.transworld.net

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000140383/featuresobf/1000-of-lrg-clothing-giveaway-winner/

First Competition of the season

On Saturday December 11, South Shore Fitted hosted their 3rd annual South Shore Throwdown rail jam in the center on Heavenly Village. There were tons of spectators along with sponsor booths and a live band. The vibes were great and contestants were THROWING DOWN! The contest was long, but in the end, proved to be a great success.

There were 3 divisions, Mens snowboarding, womens snowboarding, and Skiing.

Here are some photos from the event.

Getting Ready to drop in.


South Shore Fitted Rider, Nathan Owen


I don't know this girls name


Tasha supporting SteezTech with her Steez



Skier


SteezTech Rider, Merrick Williams, showing the judges what riding switch is all about.


Mens winners....Why wasn't Merrick in there? Oh ya, cuz i guess switch ups are better then switch tricks...BS!


Girls Winners... Tasha with the win!



We were pretty upset with how the judging turned out but everyone has their own opinion...just sayin.


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Heavenly Opens over 50% on 2nd day!

So last week I purchased a Nikon D7000. For the most part so far I have been messing with the video because its effing sweet! An edit will be coming soon. But this week I started shooting pictures with it. Its fast and sharp, can't wait to get the season going in full swing!

On Wednesday, November 24 Heavenly opened all of the terrain on the Cali side with over 5 feet of snow. I got the opportunity to go out and ride and shoot some of it before going to work. Here are a few shots.



Kyle Woodland gettin some!


Joe Marotta Smangin on some pillows!

Falling Behind

So I went to class today and realized that I am getting a little behind in photo requirements. So I went home and knocked out two of the assignments.

I decided to shoot my room mate Dave and his stapled elbow. He recently had surgery and the Doc cut a nasty gash on his arm. This photo covers the portrait requirement.



Next I needed a photo that is color dominant and/ or displays a certain mood. My other sub-room mate or Couch Guy volunteered...and yes I made him. I used a gel on one flash and made a snoot out of tin foil on the other flash to illuminate only his eyes.




I was kinda stoked after the shoot because I realized how short of a time it took me to set up and dial my flashes. I feel like I'm finally starting to memorize how my settings need to be in certain situations. Can't wait to keep practicing portraits!

First Snow in Tahoe

Last weekend it finally snowed after 6 months of waiting. The snow mostly accumulated in higher elevations but we got about an inch at lake level. Sine it was dumping on Sunday my roommate Merrick wanted to go jib something. So we set out on a short hike from the top of an access road and found a sweet mountain bike drop. We decided to do save that for Tuesday. We hiked 5 more minutes and he found this janky ass log perched on a rock. The run in was bushes, the landing was bushes, and there was a downed tree right after. Needless to say he slayed it!



Monday a small crew of us drove down to kirkwood where they received a foot and a half. I had plans to get to some mine cabins I had researched but that didnt work out too well. My car just couldnt plow through the snow on road anymore so we parked it and started hiking. Found another log jam option that was so so. The better part was the drive out when we saw an old wooden cattle fence and started sessioning over that.



Then Tuesday we went back and set up the mountain bike drop. So fun but sketchy as hell!



Can't wait til the season officially starts next week!