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)

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.