Sports

Wow! this season just keeps going, we had some more super light and dry blower powder today. We filmed mainly off the front side of the mountain. The first couple of hours we headed out “hogsback” looking for some shots with the lake as the back drop. Even with the size of Lake Tahoe, it’s really hard to get a good lake shot. I think we found a few goodies, check out the shot of Graham Raymond airing out towards the Lake. After hogsback, we got are usually snow-mo  ride from ski patrol to our secret filming grounds. Boy was it deep in there! what a way to cap off the season. My prediction is powder all month, sorry spring skiing lovers.

Had the pleasure of spending the afternoon filming with some of the local Heavenly Groms. These guys are were getting after it in the Groove terrain park, they are fearless. The group included; brothers Tony and Vinny Piccinono, brother/sister team of Preston and Veta Hallen, and last but not least Zion Gandolfo. It was a fun afternoon had by all, these guys make me smile. Check out my video from the day.

The second annual South Shore Rising RailJam took place this past weekend in the Hot Gossip parking lot. The guys over at On Course Events set up a cool little course with a “Chuck Norris” pole bonk, and a wall ride at the bottom. There was a great turn out, lots of little guys, definitely the rising generation of shredders here in South Lake Tahoe. My friend Graham Raymond took home the win and cash for the 18+ division (Check the blog below to see more of Graham Riding). Dane Henry shot this video all with the canon 5d mkII, and I put together the edit.

We got some really nice light and dry snow over night, the only problem..wish there was more. Great snow just but just not a whole lot. No worries, Graham Raymond and myself know all the good places to look. We had clearance to get on the mountain at 8, which gave us an hour to shoot before the general public. We worked many different places, got some good lines. Graham is a ripping snowboarder, I love watching him ride, even more fun to shoot with. To end the morning we got a snowmobile ride from ski patrol to an undisclosed place, which had by far some of the deepest snow we skied all day. Thanks to Graham as always for getting the shots. Here is the video from the morning.

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Heavenly puts on one rail jam a year for it’s employees, a great chance for co-workers to meet, and jib it up. This event isn’t supposed to be taken super serious, and neither is our video. Dane Henry shot the action shots, Megan Hammitt and myself cruised the crowd and had some fun. Check out the action.