My buddy Jeff Hawe had a photo show in Helena recently…here’s his email and some photos.

Hey Liam,

I put a few pics into a folder from my show in helena. if you can post a little something on your blog that would be sweet i’d be so stoked….anyway the opening party for the show was friday the 14th of Nov. which coincided with the one year birthday of Papu’s store Four O Six. so there was a celebration of that too, which is what the photo with all the cups raised is all about. the photos i chose were taken either last winter here in the U.S. or from the winter i spent down in NZed. I printed five different action shots really large (60 inches long side) and several vertical landscapes really large as well (80 inches long side). The show overall was a mixture of really large prints, and smaller prints grouped together in three different series. The photos were of action shots, landscapes found while out n about, the lifestyle of snowboarding, and the faces of people that shred. All the prints were simply hung on the wall from wooden dowells, no glass, keeping it simple (and cheap, haha).

So anyways, too bad you can’t take it in with your own eyes. I think it would stoke you out, it really pumped me up to see these up on the wall! Some pictures just really come alive when they are this big right in front of your eyes!

For more of Jeff’s work click (here)

Growing up riding at Mt. Hood Meadows I remember seeing Scotty tearing around. Whenever I saw him I’d always try to keep up. Never could.

This video comes from the people at Holden (here for more) or (here).

And this one is a Whitey Film (here)

MT. Baker

SNOW REPORT

Most Recent Update:

Wednesday Nov. 19: Things are looking up! After talking with our super weather forecasters, it looks like we could have 16 - 24 inches of snow on the ground at the ski area by Monday afternoon. At that point we will be able to reassess the forecasted incoming weather for mid-next week and the possibility of opening during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.

The storm fronts forecasted for this Thursday and Friday look strong and we should get a fair amount of snow, so keep the faith!

Remember. . . .we need approximately 20-36 inches of snow on the ground before we can start things up for the season.

For Opening day info and stoke in general click here to go to www.mtbaker.us

Here’s some of the other boarder blogs out there in cyberspace….

“The Most Handsome Blog You’ll Ever Meet”

http://zebcocardinalthree.blogspot.com/

A Bunch of Idiots

http://sfksnow.blogspot.com/

Nobody Does This

http://www.apehangersandmonkeybars.blogspot.com/

Robert Sell

http://news.activerideshop.com/category/snow/robbie-sell/

Big Sky Snow Report….

Was reminded of my old home on the way to work this morning. Heard on NPR that the Yellowstone Club (here), this uber-extravagent private resort that sit adjacent to Big Sky, just filed for bankruptcy. Apparently they’re 340 million dollars in debt (read the full-story here). Bummer, but not that surprising. The place was too good to be true. Will be interesting to see what happens. I’ll be the first to squat in any one of those 100 million dollar mansions if it comes down to it. The shredding there is something else.

Anyway..across the gully Big Sky (here) is getting snow. And if this winter’s anything like last..oh boy…If you’ve never been, make this the winter to check it out. It’s gnarly.

Recently Matt Edgers (my crazy ass roommate) and myself decided that we would head up to Mt. Baker and do something to give back to the mountains that give us so much year after year. We were not doing anything in late October so we decided to head up to out local Mt. Baker and collect some trash from some areas we knew had experienced heavy traffic from snowboarders and skiers during the last few seasons and just check out the mountains before the season got under way.

We walked in the rain together for about two hours finding old cigarette butts, recyclable cans, 6 pack tops, beer cans, etc? It made me think about the importance of each and every person doing his or her part. It does not always have to be some hyped up thing with company banners, a beer garden or some jib contest. Sometimes it is up to each and every one of us to go to the mountains and give back a little bit.

I don?t mean to hippy out to hard on the world or anything like that. I just know the importance of what the mountains give each and every one of us and what small ways that we as individuals can give back a bit. I suggest that before the snow falls head up to one of your favorite resorts by yourself or with a friend and pick up couple buckets worth of trash.

Believe me it will make you feel better about yourself, your impact on the mountains, and most importantly it will keep the mountains as beautiful as we all know that they are. Not only for us but for our kids and their kids. Thanks for lending your ear and thanks to Matt for rolling up that sketchy hike with your arm in that sling and what not.

Came into work, cruised Mammoth web cam, seeing what the weekend brought, looked snowy, was then surprised to see that mountain was open for business. Freak out. I did. It’s on. Plans are in the works..look for reports tomorrow night…gone shredding.

Here’s the link…mammothmountain.com/webcams (here)