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March 28, 2012 It comes in fast and heavy, a thick and unstable grey mass of undulating darkness. Without warning, it begins pounding us with a relentless onslaught of “sky dandruff”, covering every surface with a blanket of cold white. Within those who know, an itch grows in intensity, spreading into every molecule of our bodies causing us to squirm and twitch. Feelings of ecstasy and anxiety rush in as we prepare ourselves for the first decent. And as quickly as it came, it’s over. We now stand breathless at the bottom of mountain, looking upwards in anticipation of repeating the process all over again.
Shooting photos of snowboarding is a great way to spend your money and energy. It is an incredibly rewarding activity that I’ve been doing for quite some time now. Like many things in life, it’s had it’s ups and downs, and I’ve been employing a more critical view of it lately. It’s a good idea for everyone to take a step back and look at what “they do” from a different perspective – just to ensure you don’t get jaded and burned out. After taking a short hiatus, I’ve again started shooting on a regular basis, just following the light and riders who don’t take themselves too seriously.
These photos are from March 2012, the month of non-stop pow turns, face shots, vertigo visions and riding by brail. The last few weeks have been stellar for anyone living in the Pacific Northwest. No matter what the ability, game plans, or board shape, the mountains were a real treat for anyone fortunate to have visited. But with all the good snow and big storms unleashing on us, we’ve also been forced to respect the real deal dangers that are out there. It doesn’t matter who you are, the snow knows no boundaries. So rather than expose myself and my friends more than necessary, we all have been playing it low key, shredding around for fun and avoiding dangerous terrain. As I type, a new storm system is moving in, hopefully starting the process all over again. —Dylan Hart–
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.
The WC crew checks out opening day Mt. Baker 2011. Pow slashes and high 5′s for everyone.
I headed up to Mt. Baker today with Nick Ennen , Tim Carlson, and Jeremy Dubs to have some fun and find some good pow. The intention was to get some turns and we instead ended up with some serious lines dropped by both riders. They guys hiked about 2/3 the way up Mt. Herman twice. It was a great first day to get out and shred.
Mt Baker Snowboarding with Nick Ennen & Tim Carlson for our first day of the season, Nov 14 2011. The snowpack was thin and there were some rocks underneath, but there was also pockets of decent pow. The Mt Baker Ski Area is going to open this friday November 18th since La Niña is bringing more snow this week in early November.
Memoirs of a Tripod { a journal of one WildCard filmer’s 2011 Season}
Cooke City Mountains
{Tri-log: 1-21-11}
Its 5:30 in the am,
Night terrors of high pressure and warm temperatures have provided me little sleep over the last few nights. If you’re in the PNW then you know what I’m talking about, la-Nina has really had her way with us as of late. My phone has been ringing constantly with updates from the crew {Nick Ennen, Joe Bosler, Forrest Burki and Andy Stern} on the road and the report is sounding like a wet dream right about now.
4 feet in the last 24 with a high of 15′ has left me scrambling to load my sled/equipment and pound out the 850 miles from Seattle to Cooke City, MT like a long-haul truck driver on the juice pulling an all- nighter.
After 14 solid hours on the road I am pulling into Yellowstone @ 3am with only 80 miles before I hit the Mecca, and let me just say those last 80 miles might of damn well been the craziest of my life. The snow is falling and the road is deep and un-plowed, the wind drifts start to reach the hood of my jacked up 4×4 and after a short while the only sign there is even a road in front of me is the faint prints of animal tracks making their way through the shallower patches of roadway. Wolves and coyotes no doubt, by the looks of things I might be spending the night out here and riding my sled into town in the morning until the road gets cleared, its getting too deep.
4 miles from town a snow plow finally passes me making the last part manageable, that was a close call, 3 hrs to go 80 miles has exhausted me for sure and I pass out in the truck for a few hrs next to the crews RV.
Cooke City Mountains
{Tri-log: 1-22-11}
The snow is better than I expected out here, and with another 2ft of fresh it is almost unmanageable with the sleds, we get stuck a lot but it’s worth it I should of brought my snorkel it’s so deep. Avalanche conditions are high and with the crew just having a close call with death the day before we keep it mellow and in the trees. The sun blesses us at the end of the day and we make sunset pow runs back to the cabin.
Joe Bosler straps in for some sunset pow runs.
Snowflakes on the Panasonic HPX170 Video Camera
{Tri-log: 1-23-11}
Holy shit another foot of fresh and blue skies! This is the life! The crew poaches continental breakfast @ the Super8, the hotel guy has been giving us the evil eye all morning, I think he’s on to our free loader ways I better watch my back.
We load the sleds and head out to check on some sick “AK” Montana lines the boys had dropped earlier in the week to see if they had recharged. The 100+ft drop Nick Ennen had hammered a couple days before that had left the town buzzing for several days was looking prime but as the clouds rolled in we decide to save it for tomorrow.
After that we destroyed everything we could find, pillows, cliffs, vert lines, even stacked a jump. The sledding today has been the best of my life, so friggin deep you can do over vert doughnuts and not get stuck. I am starting to think it’s time to move out here permanently.
Flat Top Mountain
More Cooke City Landscapes
Ice on Snowboard
Think I am in need of a sledge hammer for this ice build up!
{Tri-log: 1-24-11}
I wake up early to find it the clearest day yet. As the crew gets ready I can’t help but get excited at the possibilities that lay before us. The snow is epic and the temps cold. There is only one other film crew out here right now, “The Pirates” and we have the whole area to ourselves pretty much. The terrain is so vast we only see them @ the end of the day. Sounds like both crews killed it, we make some sunset pow runs together and log another one in the books.
Cooke City Sunset
Nick Ennen, Forrest Burki, Jordan Ingmire and the rest of the crew enjoy sunset.
Its no 5 star penthouse.
{Tri-log: 1-25-11}
Everyone is exhausted, the snow has been deep for over a week and the crew has been working overtime collecting bangers.
The counter clerk @ the Super8 has had it with our 9 days of poaching the contentital breakfast and as he slams his fists on the counter yelling “you boys are eating my breakfast again? no, No, NO,” we think our time here might be coming to an end. We decide it’s time to get the hell out of dodge before we over stay our welcome and the locals revolt on us.
The crew is heading to SIA in Denver, see you there.
{Tripod – 1} WildCard 2011
Scott Studach - Filmer
Wildcard visits Montana Day 1: Yellowstone, & Cooke City.
Wildcard RV Trip Montana
Article By Andy Stern
Photos By Jordan Ingmire
Arriving in Cooke City this afternoon couldn’t have been more rewarding. Nick Ennen, Jeremy Dubs, Jordan Ingmire, and Forrest Burki squeezed in the R.V. – while Joe Bosler and I rallied my truck just behind. Accompanied by about 2 hours of sleep up at Stevens Pass, WA (trenchal downpour), we gassed up and took off on our 3:30 am departure towards The United States of Montana.
It was almost 8pm by the time we made it into Bozeman and met up with locals Shane Stalling and Nathan Murphey. We’re all running on minimum-function mode by this point – Dubs, Joe and I passed out cold, while Nick and Forrest took blast to the past and hit up the local college rager for a couple mellow keg stands to put ‘em out before the final leg of the drive.
To access Cooke City, you’ve got about 80 miles of Yellowstone National Park to drive through – it’s epic, always, but especially during the winter months. About six bald eagles, hundreds of bison, and a couple coyotes later, Cooke “City” (not a city) emerges in the near distance. Within a half hour, we had the sleds unloaded and were ripping tits deep into some of the sickest zones I’ve ever seen. Forrest and Nick got into some pillows for the few hours of light we had left, while Joe and I stacked up a jump to hit tomorrow morning. All in all, it was a damn good day.
Andy Stern Cooke City
Andy Stern poses in front of some fun pillows.
Forrest Burki Cooke City
Forrest Burki GNU Dirty Pillow Slash.
Forrest Burki Cooke City
Forrest Burki getting some steep snowboard lines.
Nick Ennen Cooke City
Nick Ennen slash and drop, with a faceshot for dessert.
Longtime pro wakeboarder Nick Ennen and crew have just launched their all-new web series on Fuel.tv called AguaPlease. The weekly series will follow the stories of progressive wakeboarders, their tricks, and what it took to get them accomplished. Not just any wakeboard show, this will truly take you to the future of winch based Wakeboarding and wakeskating, with jaw-dropping never-before-seen obstacles like raging river rapids, log rides, and waterfall gaps. We have a bunch of great content from behind and around the boat as well, watch out for trips to hotspots like Texas, Florida, Alabama, California and more. Ride along as we take trips across the country and the globe searching for new features and creative new ways of riding.
