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The Northwest has been getting pouned on this month and WildCard riders Andy Bergin-Sperry & Tim Carlson know where to find the goods during two balls deep days up at Stevens Pass WA.
Music- Jon Wayne and the Pain “Relax Myself Inside”
I have spent the last three weeks riding some of the most powder Mt Baker and the rest of the Northwest has ever seen. So many days where we woke up to 20 inches of powder in the snow report. Days where it snowed 30 inches during daylight. It was like I was a snow yeti, hiding amongst the trees in search of visability, frozen particles of ice sticking to everything in sight.
There was so much powder coming down, I would have to shake a few centimeters off my camera bag every couple minutes. Its quite a challenge, but if you have a porta-brace cover it will protect your video camera quite well.
Seth Hill came out to visit. We were hanging out at Stevens Pass hitting some sick jumps, like this cattrack gap.
Andy Bergin-Sperry is an up and comer with a great attitude and hammertime style. He executes unique tricks and has a fun time doing it. In this photo he’s miller flipping from behind the pillow.
Madison Ellsworth is full of style. He has been on the scene for a while and whenever he’s riding his board he makes it look easy. Here he is enjoying one of the many powder days we had during March 2012 at Mt Baker.
Colin Spencer is on a tear, he has been getting photos and stomped tricks since the moment I met him. He came out to the Northwest with fellow YES Snowboards rider Madison Ellsworth on a mission to ride as much pow as possible. This photo was so full of stoke, that Mt Baker Ski Area featured it on their homepage for a week.
CHeck out this edit as some of the WC boys and the Lib Tech Team gets “stranded” at Crystal Mountain Washington during the Storm Factory catalog photo shoot.
Once again the Mt Baker LBS went down in a style that can only go down at Mt Baker. Everyone was there, good times were had, and people won some cool custom stuff from Gwyn Howat and the team at Mt Baker. Some of the Wildcard guys participated in the races and they raced fast down the hill. Its hard to explain why riding in the drizzling rain can be so rewarding as long as there’s some tasty food and warm beverages to drink in the Racer’s tent. Terje proved once again that he is the world’s greatest snowboarder. He told Duncan that he loves the new Raven Hut lodge they’ve built at the mountain. Who doesn’t, after a hand plant session went down during the salmon bake on saturday. Laura Hadar takes a piece of duct tape, she’s fast!!! We all enjoyed the vibes and we’ll be back next year for sure.
Tube City at Snoqualmie
GNU presents Tube City: Population Radness at Snoqualmie Pass. Sponsored by GNU, Lib Tech, Poler, Snowboarder Magazine. Arnette, Gnu Girls. Hosted by Two Term Mayor of Tube City Forest Bailey, fresh off his X Games Gold Medal. Starring Jesse Burtner, Krush Kulesza, Forest Bailey, Brandon Hammid, Andy Bergin-Sperry, Jacob Krugmire, Nick Ennen, Kurt Jenson, Bart Patitucci, and Stefan Krumm.
Andy Bergin-Sperry hits up Crystal Mountain for some early season pow riding. The sun was out and the snow was dry. Check this great POV edit with the new Contour.
One week passed since our last shoot. That night of trial and error left everyone with a bad taste in their mouths and the crew was starving for another try at keeping the jib a blaze long enough to get the shot.
I arrived on the scene after an hour and a half of searching the backwoods town of Plain WA. I was pleasantly surprised when I spotted an illuminated field with a significant build already completed. Apparently the boys got their hands on a backhoe and went to work a few hours prior.
With the feature already prepared the shoot was underway shortly after my arrival. Once the speed was dialed, WC filmer Scott Studach set the obstacle on fire and the riders took to the air. Scott played a scary roll in this project. He would douse the jib with a fresh cup of gasoline while the rider was on the in run and hurry back to his camera just in time to get the shot!
The shoot went smoothly and everyone was happy with the sessions outcome. Joe Bosler stalled out a few frontside 360 taps for the camera. Andy Bergen-Sperry floated a backside 360 bonk and threw down a couple miller flip attempts. We also had the pleasure of working with Austria’s Sebi Geiger that night who is spending a few weeks shooting in the US with the WC crew. This guy is as smooth as they come. Sebi didn’t hit the feature a whole lot, but each air of his was timeless.
Before I could wipe the dust from my eyes the next morning, my phone was vibrating off the table. The crew was rebuilding the feature and the session was planned for that evening! I quickly got all my batteries charging and trouble shooted through the previous nights images.
While the remnant sent of mixed flammables lingered, night fell and once again I was more then impressed to see what the crew had put together in the daylight hours. With the knowledge of the previous nights shoot, they were able to push the obstacle to its limit. A ‘wooden rail’ was added and the landing was pushed out farther in anticipation for bigger airs.
This shoot was epic! I got to apply some creative lighting techniques and the addition of some smoke bombs I’d been carrying around in my pack for the past year made the place look like a hollywood movie set. I would like to thank everyone involved in this production. I am so grateful to live this lifestyle and for the opportunity to surround myself with such creative and talented individuals.
With shoots of this caliber coming together so early in the season, I can only begin to imagine what is in store for the coming winter months!
word & photos by
Additional photos by Dan Manning
In association with WildCard Movies
Another summer season has passed and the snow is stacking fast in the NW! It’s November 22 and there is already a solid four feet of snow in my front yard with much more on the way over the next few days. Scott Studach of WildCard Movies isn’t wasting anytime this year and has already organized and executed our first shoot of the 2012 season.
After a morning of preseason shredding around the resort, the crew headed East of Stevens Pass to a friend’s house to set the jib before night fall. By the time I showed up the boys were just hoisting the rainbow and inserting it into a hefty wedge they had stacked. After a few rebuilds the jump held the weight of the tree and we quickly to iced everything over to make sure it set before it was ridden.
With the in-run and landing dialed Scott (filmer) and myself got to work on lighting the feature and prepping all sorts of camera gizmos. After about an hour of placing lights, shielding lights from the dumping snow, tinkering with cords, leveling dollies and adjusted settings I concluded that I didn’t properly understand how to use any of my new camera gear! I then proceeded to spend another half hour tearing down and packing my kit and resorting to use my trusty setup from last year. Sweating and frustrated I looked over to Scott to see him in a similar state as myself, struggling to dial in new equipment.
Finally everything was in position and the jib was looking good. It was dumping snow which added to the dramatic lighting created for the shoot. The boys fired up the sled and did a few passes to check the speed and began sending it. The right speed was crucial due to the pliability of the rainbow, too much speed and you would shoot past the transition to flat, not enough and the rainbow would bow leaving you face deep in the backside of the landing. After a few tries all of the riders had put down a solid line across the feature, now it was time to start the show. Set that baby on fire!
We doused the jib in gasoline and took a blow torch to it. To our dismay the flames were small and diminished as quickly as they had come. We proceeded to try other flammable household items we had on hand and decided to ‘call it’ after a jug of potent lacquer gave little results. How hard is it to set a tree on fire in dumping wet snow?
Though no one caught fire on this shoot, our seasoned riders Joe Bosler of Arbor Snowboards slayed a solid board slide across the knotghty rainbow and Andy
Bergin-Sperry of Lib-Technoliogies closed out the shoot with a flawless nose press from end to end.
Words and Photos
jordaningmire.com
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