Back to the Kootenays for the 2009 Rossignol Team shoot with Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Ian Macintosh, Lyndsey Dyer, Kye Petersen, Austin Ross, and Mike Hopkins. Mixed conditions at Revelstoke resort and Valhalla Powder cats make for some good times and great photos. Check out the video by Eric Crosland and a few pics from the trip [...]
Category Archive for ‘Winter 09’ 
Helly Hansen Selkirk Wilderness Cat, April 09
Selkirk Wilderness is the very first cat operation in Canada. Shooting with Mark Gallup and a huge crew of skiers and snowboarders including Mark Abma, James Heim, Chris Davenport, Eric Hjorleifson, JP Solberg, Lisa Filzmoser, and Murray Wais from Matchstick got to shred some late season powder in this awesome terrain. Our steam was knocked [...]
Red Bull Cold Rush Retallack Cat, March 09
This turned out to be one of the coolest events I have ever seen. Filmed daily by the boys at Freeride entertainment, the footage was then judged by the skiers and posted on the internet for the word to see. A modernized big mountain event with a freestyle component to find out who was the [...]
Rossignol trip to Tantalus Range Mar 09
Everybody that has driven to Whistler has see the jaw dropping view of the Tantalus range in Squamish always wonders why people don’t ski there very often. The reason is because its gnarly and really difficult to access. With the recent construction of the Jim Haberl hut at the top of the Serratus col, Kye [...]
Matchstick in Haines Alaska Feb 09
A mid winter trip to Haines is always a bit of a gamble. Short, cold days and lots of snowfall and weather make the odds stock against you but if you get a good high pressure of weather, its pretty much the best skiing you will ever have. Nothing short of a miracle happened for [...]
Nike 6.0 Team trip Baldface and Snowater Feb 09
Cat skiing in the Kootenays once again at Baldface and Snowater with Simon Dumont, TJ Schiller, Jossi Wells, and Sammy Carlson. Along with Shin Campos as our backcountry mentor to the boys. Super fun times and great snow conditions made it a great trip. We were only missing Nike team manager Riley Poor that put [...]
Matchstick at Fairy Meadows, Jan 09
At the top of Rogers pass on the side of the highway, is a heli port shuttle access to a series of Alpine Club of Canada Ski touring huts. The first trip of the year started with a week at Fairy Meadows hut with Eric hjorleifson, Hugo Harrisson, James Heim, Chris Rubins, and Dustin Lingrin [...]
