Finding that Feeling

I have been offline for a while here. Life is super busy working in Calgary hanging Christmas Lights to finance my trip to Kashmir this coming winter to make a film with b4apres. I spent the last 2 weekends in Banff at the Banff Mtn Film Festival watching a copious amount of great films. All work and television though left me really eager to get out and breathe some fresh mountain air.

Colin Puskus and I ventured into a hut over the weekend just gone to get our ski legs underneath us and run my new video camera. I picked up a Panasonic HVX 200 P2 from the Sweetgrass crew in Banff and am excited to get some experience with it. Below is a quick edit from the weekend with my new favorite toy.

I can't wait for next weekend.

Art and Science Collide- James Balog

James Balog is an acclaimed nature photographer for National Geographic among others. In this "TED Talk" he explains his work creating time lapses of receeding glaciers and the implications of climate change. I'll let me him explain the rest.

Haglofs Catalog

I just got a copy of the new Haglofs winter catalog with a collage of my photos from Kashmir this February. There are a few shots of Ptor's in the mix also. Many of the shots were taken on our base camp trip into Aru, a remote village in Kashmir. Our crew consisted of Haglofs creative director, Roddy Darcy, Haglofs athlete and globe trotter Ptor Spricenieks, their wives Katelijne and Karin, Steve and myself. Very stoked on the outcome.

Haglofs is a Swedish outdoor company making extremely nice outerwear, sleeping bags, packs and a myriad of other products. Check out their webite at www.haglofs.com

Whistler's Ragin' Cajuns- The MDK Posse

I wrote this piece 2 years ago and pitched it to some ski magazines. All the editors knew Matty, Dom and Slicer, but no-one could find a place to publish it. Maybe becasue these types of characters exist in every ski town and it would open the door for every ski bum story, but none I am sure, are quite like these three.

Since then, they no longer live under the same roof, Slicer has had knee surgery, Dom a reconstructed wrist from mountain biking and Matty doesn't compete anymore. One thing is still the same though, they ski as much as they can together.

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There is no shortage of uber-talented shredders in Whistler, but few possess the infamy of the MDK Posse. It stems not just from their skiing, but also the uniquely distinct orb that they form as a trio. They are a soap opera, a ski-de-force, and a brotherhood of grommets with spaghetti sauce running down their chins. They are Matty Richard, Dominic Melanson and Kris Cormier.

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Published in the Swedish Ski Magazine Aka Skidor

I learnt today that a photo Jordan Manley shot of me skiing up the Duffey two winters ago was published in a Swedish ski magazine Aka Skidor. The full page shot on the right side is yours truely.

This was an amazing day of skiing where we simply went exploring above and around the Anniversary Glacier. We spent a night at Keiths Hut and ski toured both days finding some incredible snow and magic light. This was on of my favorite ski trips that season.

The Kashmir Project

Yesterday I booked a ticket to New Delhi departing Vancouver on the 30th Dec 2009. I am going to Kashmir to make a film. I am still coming to terms with what I am setting out to do here, but I am excited and more than a little nervous.

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Sand Animation- Ukraine's got Talent

This is amazing. Beautiful stuff.

Seven Summits MTB Trail, Rossland POV

In August two friends from Germany, Christoph and Markus, came to visit in BC. There is nothing like having friends from foriegn countries to get you off your arse to go do all things you have wanted to do. In this instance it is the Seven Summits mountain bike trail in Rossland.

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How To Make A Soccer Ball From A Condom

Saw this on AfriGadget, a super cool site. The film is one of fifty 90sec films put together by a team called Take Five from Belgium for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Quoted in Mens Journal Resort Guide

In August 2008 I spent some time in Revelstoke researching the history of skiing in Revelstoke leading up to the development of the new ski hill. In town at the time was a writer from Mens Journal and I landed a quote in her resort review of revelstoke. I just stumbled upon an online version of the article.