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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...

The first trip of the year sent us to a tiny mountain hut in the Addaments just north of Rogers Pass BC on a ski touring trip. An all time crew with Eric Hjorleifson, Chris Rubins, James Heim, and Hugo Harrisson in front of the Camera. Dustin Lingrin, Dan Cambell, Guilliume Tessier, myself, and our guide Kirk Becker documenting the story. Mad amounts of pow and super good times with the boys made for a great trip. To see the rest of the photos click on : http://blakejorgenson.com/files/webgalleries/fairymeadows/index.html

The year is coming to an end and we want to send out a huge thanks to everybody for all your help and support. Thanks to all the awesome people that contributed to this year’s photography. 2008 took me to Sweden, Utah, Australia, Switzerland, South America, Colorado, and all over British Columbia. Shooting for Rossignol, Oakley, Red Bull, Salomon, Helly Hansen, and Kona bikes. Here is a collection of my favorite shots from 2008. This year also saw the birth of the Blake Jorgenson Gallery in my hometown of Whistler. The gallery space in the Westin Hotel has had an overwhelming response from the Whistler community, the mountainsport industry and the visiting public. Thanks so much to everybody that has helped out in so many ways to bring these photos into the world. I am super excited to see what 2009 brings.

Had a super fun time working on this years Rossignol winter catalogue. Great culture and such a beautiful landscape to shoot in. We had a really fun positive crew with Austin Ross, Lynsey Dyer, Matty Richard, Xavier De la rue, Kevin Rolland, Melissa Young, and of course PK, France, and Bouv. The lack of snow was made up in creativity and good times with everybody. Thanks so much. I cant wait to work with everybody again in the winter.

The final trip of the year for skiing brought Tanner and his Massive team down to Mt. Hood. Callum Pettit, Sean Fields, Frank Raymond, Chris Turpin, and CR Johnson came down to the monster hip jump that was hand built by Frank Wells and his crew Snow Park Technologies. The trip was completed with an end of the year bash with Reggae music’s Cali P performing for all the crew. An awesome way to end the year. See you next season!

The final trip of the year for skiing brought Tanner and his Massive team down to Mt. Hood. Callum Pettit, Sean Fields, Frank Raymond, Chris Turpin, and CR Johnson came down to the monster hip jump that was hand built by Frank Wells and his crew Snow Park Technologies. The trip was completed with an end of the year bash with Reggae music’s Cali P performing for all the crew. An awesome way to end the year. See you next season!

Summer started out in 105 degree heat for the first mountain bike shoot of the year in South West Utah. I headed down with Darren Berrecloth to find and build some new stuff for the latest NWD film. After Darren convinced me to buy a new kick ass dirtbike to go scout locations with, Big Red Ted from Squamish came down to start digging some awesome jumps and features. We then had camera dudes Rob Bruce and Dustin Lingrin come in to complete the team and crush it on a week straight of morning and evening shoots in this really unique terrain. It was all work on this trip except for mid day trips to the lake, shredding/scouting on the bikes, and one nasty night in Vegas.