Its that time of year again. All the snow starts to melt and we think what is going on? Is it spring already? Far from it. It simply means that its time for Fur Rondy. The weather seems to know that Anchorage is attempting to have a winter festival with lots of fun activities necessitating snow over many parts of downtown. So all the snow begins to melt in an attempt to thwart the fun. But this year doom/love is prepared. We have been secretly stashing our snow piles for the purpose of making our favorite high flying event a reality. Rondy Big Air. We are at it again...

Yesterday

thursday from doomslashlove on Vimeo.

Today and Monday, B$ and I went up to arctic valley for some turns. Monday the snow was super light and today it was much more dense as it has been blowing in the mountains the past few days. Both days were pretty rad. Turns that you have to hike for are just so much more rewarding.
Heres a few clips from Monday.

a minute at arctic valley from doomslashlove on Vimeo.

The view

Dramatic sign

Military circled over head a few times

My tracks

B$ turn

During the hike today my mind started racing with thoughts of how awesome these kind of hikes around anchorage would be with a noboard. Once home, I started scoping some videos on youtube, and I got more and more excited, and then I watched a video of Wollie Nyvelt that really sealed the deal. After a stop at wally world and about ten minutes of constructing, I had myself something that closely resembles a noboard. I was way to excited to try her out so i rolled down to the closest sledding hill to see if she was all i dreamed she would be. And she was. I really only got a taste but it was all i needed.

After taking about 6 or 7 runs, I pulled out my camera and snapped a few Mike Basich style self portraits*. I had tried it before with a timer but I hadn't tried it with a remote. Definitely difficult to get the timing especially since im pretty sketchy on the noboard. Kind of a refreshing way to shoot photos though.

*For those of you that dont know, Mike Basich has captured some of the most epic snowboard shots ever by himself using a high powered remote. Scope here.

Rachele and I drove out to Jackson Hole to hang out and Party with the Hogland's on New Year's Eve. We "splurged" and brought a $30 bottle of champaign to the party... little did we know that they would be popping Christal all night. Pete, Madeline, Rach and I woke up early and headed to the mountain to shred 15 inches of fresh. Here is my first run of 2010. Rachele got this song stuck in my head so this one is dedicated to her.

After the day was done we headed back to Denver so I could catch my flight to Istanbul.... Turkey footage will be coming out soon.

Havent really pulled the camera out since ive been back until two days ago. Heres a still grab for you.

Ian added some words to some of our previous turkey posts that were wordless. Scope for a few mini stories and explanations if you havent already.

Get nostalgic

B$ and I (ram) went home to maine for the holidays. While there, I took my camera out and made some memories. Theres some boardin in there, you just have to wait for it.

christmas time again from doomslashlove on Vimeo.

Now im done with that video, im on to the turkey footage, so look forward to a video next week.

Matt and Andy have started a band called DingDang. Whatch out for these guys they are going to be coming up hard... Respect.

Butteryfresh hits up Tincan

Here are some photos of Matt Wild, Travis Reid, Logan Imlach and crew hittin up Tincan a few weekends ago. We've been slacking on the posts lately but we have a lot of good media to share, so... Check back tomorrow for more.