An attempt at getting Mikee's sled out of the backcountry. The chain case busted so the track would not turn.
It was a failed attempt, he had to wait for a better snow-pack.
A few weeks later and it's almost disappeared!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
YES. Sledshred! Video
Posted On Apr 13 2012, 02:55 PM by asayer
 YES. nowboards dropped another banging edit this one featuring some heavy sleding as well as riding in the Whistler backcountry. Snowmobiling in the backcountry isn't all faceshots and hot lunches as the edit shows. Busted sleds and getting stuck occur on a regular basis, but the terrain it gets the team too is more than worth it. Check it out. Not sure if any team is stacked with so many backcountry heavies. "The crew sleds, gets stuck, crashes, and shreds the Whistler backcountry." |
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Friday, March 30, 2012
BILLABONG Team Shoot in Alberta
I just got back from a Billabong Shoot based in Banff. We rode Lake Louise, Sunshine Village, and Fortress Cat Operation. I can't think of a more beautiful place in the world:)
Our massive entourage! At one point there were 23 people with us... and leading the pack was the amazing Andrew Hardingham, our guide for the trip.
Photographer and my roomie, Ashley Barker. Her thoughts on sunscreen are quantity over quality, obviously:)
Enich actually ordered beers to the top of the mountain while we were building a jump.. haha!
The last day we went heli-boarding at Fortress, one of the best days ever!
Last night, enjoying a few too many beers with Eero and Romain!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
... Longest Day Ever
So the forecast was looking good. It had snowed a few feet and it was now about to become sunny. What a great time to head up to the SECRET zone that the YES guys discovered a few years back. The boys even went up to blaze part of the trail a few days prior.
I got no sleep the night before due to nerves, wake up at 4:45 am, drive to Squamish, then head out to the secret headquarters, another 45 min drive along a logging road. We unload the sleds, another 25 km til we had to start digging the trail in more... Holy hell.. we don't stop digging til 1:30, when we at last arrive at the zone.
YAY! Then, oh wait, avalanches are SO bad, JP triggers one on the smallest hill. We have to head back into the trees. Oh jeez, the snow in the trees is too low, we must go higher. Awesome! We have a good 2 hours to hang (even though we're all way too tired).. and now we have to start heading back since one hill climb needs to get dug out. Another 2 hours and we've all somehow made it up this sketchy hill. It's dark now and we still have 30 km to go. A few more sticky situations and we get back to the trucks.
But.... Romain isn't there. He was behind me but I thought he passed me when I had to pull-over due to an engine overheat. JP, Stian, and I wait about 20 minutes. Now JP unloads his sled and goes searching. Romain was a few km's back with an empty gas tank. Bummer. Now drive back and get to the highway around 9:45. Wowee.. as I said before, .. longest day ever.
~ Digging a trail
~ Pascal on top of a tree, trying to break it so he can get his sled un-stuck
~ Mini slide... yikes!
~ The moon... and we weren't even close to being done our trek back.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Helen's Close Call
Helen Schettini drops a little cliff, and sets off a pretty nice bit of windslab, about 30 metres away. Lucky!!!
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