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Winter Olympics Feb 2010 The Olympics went off with huge success here in Whistler with awesome weather and endless amounts of positive energy from all over the world. I was lucky enough to get a project working for VANOC and the official Olympic Commemorative Book that will be coming out in a few weeks. An all access pass to shoot these events turned out to be one of my most inspiring jobs ever. To view a sneak peak of the photos go to: http://www.blakejorgenson.com/files/webgalleries/olympics/index.html

Rossignol and Dynastar decided to send me down to Aspen, CO to shoot their roster of Superpipe hopefuls. Serious action from all disciplines raised the bar once again. Podium finishes for the Rossi team that included bronze medals for Roz Groenwoud, Xavier Bertoni, and gold from Kevin Rolland who threw down probably the best half pipe run of all time.

January means deep powder in BC and this years team shoot brought us back to Revelstoke Resort and Snowater Lodge in Nelson. A huge group this year that included Erik Roner, Rachael Burks, Duncan Adams, Tanner Rainville, Dan Treadway, Lynsey Dyer, Matty Richard, Kye Petersen, Mike Hopkins, Eric Crosland from Freeride, Josh Berman from Level 1, Bryan Ralph, Jason Newell, and Matt Rihm. Thanks to everybody on this one. To view some shots from the trip click on these links: http://www.blakejorgenson.com/files/webgalleries/revelstoke/index.html http://www.blakejorgenson.com/files/webgalleries/Snowwater:valhalla/index.html

The beginning of the winter brought me away from the snow and to the jungle in Chile to shoot legendary Kayaker Steve Fisher for Red Bull. A super impressive display by Steve as he ran an 80ft waterfall 17 times for the camera. Amazing. Special thanks to Nate and the Freeride boys Brad and Axl.

Figuratively and literally. This fall I went back to the old school shooting medium and large format landscapes on Fuji Velvia film with my Hasselblad and Linhoff 6 x 17 panoramic cameras. Hiking and exploring Whistlers iconic locations to create some stunning high res images for the gallery and the upcoming Olympics. I was also finally able to shoot some high alpine fall riding here in Whistler and Pemberton with all the local boys in the best indian summer I can remember. Also, thanks to the kids at Monster for bringing me out to some of their unbelievable events and premieres in Toronto and Vancouver this Fall and an over the top Halloween party in Calgary. The mountain opens this weekend so the next update should have some nice early season white goodness.

More mountain biking shoots in September starting with a trip to Mt. Washington BC with Darren Berrecloth, Cam McCaul, and AntHill Films. Sweet sunset single-track and fresh dirt jumps made by The Claw in his new excavator. Next was the Red Bull Exodus race here in Whistler. A mass start, Chinese downhill from the top of Whistler peak in the pouring rain made for one of the most memorable open races in Whistler history. Finishing up the last shoot for this years NWD film had us in a top secret location in the West Kootenays for a private shoot with Brandon Semenek. An awesome location and Brandon showing us his long list of tweaked out tricks made for some killer shots.

Artwalk, Crankworx and Freeride’s 10th Anniversary August has been super busy with nice weather bringing lots of people in to the gallery on the Artwalk tour, and of course the biggest mountain bike event in the world: Crankworx. On Aug 13th we co-hosted the 10th anniversary party for Freeride Entertainment and the NWD series of mountain bike films. In the gallery we have an exhibit of “one of a kind”, metallic light-jet prints mounted on aluminum from each of the 10 films. These special prints are currently being auctioned off for the spinal cord research charity “Wings for Life”. The auction ends soon so come in or get in touch with with us with your bid!

Well thats all folks! The last shoot of the year went down on the Pemberton Icecap with Matchstick productions and Whistler Heli Sledder. Sean Pettit and Bobby Brown bringing in some sweet whirlybird action. Extra thanks to Guilliaume for working hard to make this last shoot happen. The first trip of the year was ski touring ridiculous deep pow with MSP at the Fairy Meadows cabin north of Rogers Pass with Hugo, Hoji, Heim, Rubins, Dustin, Cambell, and Becker. Then off to the first Rossi shoot of the year at Valhalla Powder Cats and Revelstoke resort with Macintosh, Sage, Kye, Lyndsey, Hopkins, PK, Newell, and Bouv. Beginning of February took me to Baldface and Snowwater on a Nike 6.0 trip. Almost two weeks of great pow with Dumont, Schiller, Carlson, Tyler, Phil, and Campos. Mid Feb launched an all time trip to Haines Alaska with Abma, Hoji, Pettit, Tessier, Nash, and Winter. Ten days of bluebird and perfect snow made this a trip of a lifetime. March saw the short return to Whistler to do a few more shoots with Rossi in the Tantalus range with Petersen, Richard, and PK. As well as a few days in Whistler with the Treadway boys. Then off to the Red Bull Cold rush for a super successful back-country event at Retallack lodge with an all-star line up of young shredders. Thanks to the Red Bull team for pulling this off. Congrats to Kye! April saw one more Kooteney trip at Selkirk Wilderness Cat skiing with the Helly Hansen team for some more great powder. Finally returning to Whistler mid April to head up to the Tantalus a few more times and some sled days to finish her off. In the end this was my most productive and fun winter. Thanks to everybody for making it all possible. We just finished a huge reno on our gallery in the Westin and our grand re-opening is Wednesday the 24th. See you there!!!

I have always dreamed of going on a heli trip where I get off the plane, go get right into the heli, and have it perfect bluebird for 7 days straight. Of course it’s always been a myth…until this trip. On Feb 15th Mark Abma, Eric Hjorleifson, Sean Pettit, Steve Winter, Nate Nash, and Guillaume Tessier landed on quite possibly a never to be beaten trip in Haines. Ten days of sun and good snow on all aspects made shooting this trip a dream come true. Thanks to Sean Dawg and all the crew that helped us out from Alaska Heli Skiing.

After a week of shooting in the interior of BC with the Rossi team that included Sage, Kye, Mike, Ian, Austin, Lyndsey, along with PK, Bouv, Eric, and Jason... the crew headed to Whistler for the world launch of next years twin skis and SAS graphics. The opening party was a huge success with a bursting capacity crowd! Thanks to Monster, The Firerock, Dj’s John H and Scotty Arkwell, and all the awesome kids at Rossi. The SAS exhibit featuring the skis and artwork will be open to the public for the month of February. Here are some pictures from the exhibit, party, and ski shoot...