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The indubitable truth I love this view Mandatory group heli shot. L to R: Me, Richard Permin, Steve Reska and Mark Abma Can you find Richie? Richie found an avalanche and wasn't happy. Merk Abner sending the pink elephant Some fun tracks. Gnar Bar Face Afternoon Delight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Last Frontier Heli. Bell 2 Lodge. Northwest British Columbia. February. 2012. Guided by the gulls, heading West to Vancouver Island No need to explain how beautiful this was The road north through Vancouver Island. Bryn Hughes, photographer, getting iced on the long ferry to Prince Rubert.  This would be the first of many many icings. Trails Bell 2 lodge.  Day 1 broke sunny and

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I recently embarked on my first trip to Japan, and while I'd love to do a write up right now about how simply amazing Japan is, Ian Millar from F-Stop Bags, just did an amazing write up on the Salomon team's recent film session in Hakuba Japan. Read the tease and click the end link to read on. I live in a small town that goes by the name Hakuba. It is located at the base of the North Alps.

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aWith the most exciting thing going on in Tahoe being watching three skydivers air into the snowless Squaw Valley, it was time for Elyse and I to go find some snow.  Problem was, it wasn't snowing anywhere but Alaska.  The problem solver though was the fact that Elyse's parents live at the foot of Alyeska ski resort in Girdwood Alaska. Time to escape to AK. Can you spot JT, Jesse and Charles?

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Oh hello there, nice to see you again, it's been too long. After developing a decently regular habit of posting, suddenly a few new projects have taken their course and robbed this site of its precious content. What projects you may ask, well one in particular is called Arcade and its a company a couple friends and I started. It's been interesting starting a company. I've learned more than I

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If you haven't seen it, you'll be that much older when you do. Attack of La Niña Trailer HD from MSP Films on Vimeo.

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Last week on my last day of shooting with MSP in Terrace, BC, I sent one of the larger cliffs I've ever sent, in the middle of one of the cooler lines I've ever laid eyes on. The run was going great until the moment I left the ground and started sailing over the final big exit cliff. Suddenly I realized that the trajectory, slope angle and rock face was far different than what my 20 minutes of

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Skis with sub 80mm waists are about as relevant to me as a map is to a goose. They're just not really needed anymore. But alas, I have found an exception; to have a shit ton of fun while raising money for one of the best charity foundations in sports. So without further adieu, I'd like to announce the Arcade/High-Fives Foundations "Skinny Ski-A-Thon" on March 28th. What I'm hoping to do is to

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January in interior BC serves up more powder that Pablo Escobar at a Lindsey Lohan party. So much so that just like the former addiction, film companies have become addicted to the waist deep cold smoke that blankets the region year after year.This year I was fortunate enough to be invited on my first cat skiing trip with MSP for their first film trip of the year. Sitting here pondering about

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See who is the real victor!

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So last season I filmed with MSP up in Alaska for their flick The Way I See It. The movie portrays a happy-go-lucky crew having the time of their lives in the best of possible conditions.But the truth is that Henrik and I were fighting for a spot on the Salomon team so we were forced to mercilessly battle it out to win the praises of our team manager and keep getting paid our hefty 4 digit

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This summer my plans stood strangely void of skiing. But for every South American turn I missed, I made it up with fishy tales and one hell of a road trip. In early August, the misses decided to head down to the snowy southern Andes for some extracurricular filming and guiding. Upon learning that I was most likely not joining her, I decided to plan a bachelor trip of Manwich proportions.

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Skiers sure are a zealous bunch. We anxiously await, travel from hundreds of miles around and pay exorbitant early season lift pass prices just so we can go ski icy white ribbons of death in October. The catalyst to this zealousness can usually be blamed on the stimulating effects of the Fall ski movie season. Flickering images of stupidly deep powder, sickly steep Alaska and sky rocketing

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It's that time of year where skiing is starting to infect my brain like a vengeful virus. Seems like the only cure is watching ski flicks. While I'm preparing for the MSP World Premiere in Boulder on September 18th, I care to pass the time with watching ski flicks like this.Chris Bentchetler, Pep Fujas, Andy Mahre and Eric Pollard have been on a separate but definitely not equal path than many

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August. Skiing's antithesis. The time when the heat of summer has expired its novelty and the yearns of winter start to materialize. So in lieu of summer time surfing, fishing and road tripping trip reports (which I do have a lot of) I opted to post up a photo essay of the past winter season. My favorite photos from my lenses in 2010.

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To make a long story short, I filmed for both TGR and MSP this year. Not typical for sure, but typical isn't my middle name (James is). So here are the trailers for both. One of them I ski in (2:28ish), the other I'm not. But regardless of my personal appearances, you should see both, because skiing is more kick ass than Kung Fu and you can never have too much Kung Fu. The Way I See It - 1920

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I'm super psyched to now be representing a company that might save your life. I am now a representative of ABS: Avalanche Air Bag Systems. I chose to partner up with ABS because I believe in the technology's ability to save lives in the mountains and I want to help promote it's faculty to a relatively uninformed North American market. While nothing can replace avalanche awareness, good

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The day is half. Standing under the monolith of Peak 6500 we wait for the heli. The day is far from over yet. Spine Cell now stands in the light. I just skied arguably the best line of my life. Usually life altering moments are great times to take a break, reflect for a second, maybe cheers a beer. That time is not now. We load into the heli. Fly past dozens of peaks and round the corner

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You often hear skiers middling about the audience of a ski movie never seeing an accurate representation of what is "really going on" in Alaska. It's a noteworthy complaint but in all honesty, I wanna see you shred, not whine about standing on top of a line for two hours. To me, talking in ski movies is like Long Dick Johnson and Steamy McHole trying to "act" in between their doing-it scenes.

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The extended hiatus has left this blog cold and empty or late. For that I'm sorry. While the vacation continues please let me introduce you to a duo of videos. They're quite ski related, but in a more sarcastic, harsh and off-beat way than the typical tone of this blog. Anyways, it's worth the time to see a sarcastic look at 'mountain' culture. If you're now depressed, sorry. The stoke will

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...you'll learn to ski pretty good. These are some of my friends. They ski really really good.

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Awesome on so many different levels.

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There is a reason that the best skiers in the world are obsessed with Alaska. That reason...well, it's hard to explain. Sure I could blast you with the typical superlative skiing adjectives like 'steep', 'spiny', 'powder' and 'epic'. But words don't really encompass the feeling that Alaska imparts on you. I've heard every description of Alaska you could ever think of, and guess what, none of

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I've driven through hundreds of times. Been sniffed out by its speed trapping highway patrol. Seen desert for hundreds of miles around. Been glazed over by the monotony of endless highways. Yet never have I taken it for what it really is; a solitary skiing nirvana. Nevada has eluded me. That is until last week. Joining up with Captain of all things weird, Hans Ludwig, in a state that is

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What I'm about to ski down is the scariest fucking thing I've ever skied down. It's been years since I was this legitimately scared on top of a line. A toxic brew of adrenaline and fear boils in my veins while waiting in the start gate. Suddenly the competition stops because Julien Lopez just played a poker hand with Señor Reaper. Dr. Death lost this hand but a helicopter still needs to come

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