MEMORY BANK; I will be digging through my archives finding old favorites or photos that have never been seen or used to be published here for you to check out every Wednesday.

Date: May 10th 2008
Rider: Pat Moore
Location: Snowboarder Superpark 12: The Son of Berserker –  Mammoth, California.

The 2008 Superpark 12 at Mammoth was another first for me.  I remember back in middle school the first time I had read about Superpark in Snowboarder mag in particular the photo sequence of Travis Rice doing an insane 100 + foot rodeo.  I remember studying all the photos as well reading the funny stories about Bridges rolling around on a sled shooting poachers with a paintball gun.  Well I had finally gotten my chance to come to Superpark, not to ride as I had imaged when I was younger but to help document everything that went down.  Day one was pretty chaotic but after each day and each bigger feature opened most riders were weeded out while only the best and gnarliest were left standing.  One of the main standouts being Pat Moore. This wasn’t a surprise after his showings from the last couple of Superparks, he sure knows how to leave his mark.  This year was no exception expect I was able to witness it first hand.  He killed it and here’s the proof.

You can find all the insane heli footage from Superpark compiled into a mini edit in the bonus features of That’s it That’s All.

Here’s a few snaps of Lonnie Kauk sending Wicked Bender 5.13b this past weekend in Echo Canyon Utah.  He almost on- sighted this beast managing to red point the route second attempt.  The dry wall at Echo offers some interesting afternoon climbing on embedded cobble stone right off the I-80.  Just hope a train doesn’t roll by when your at a crux… this place is pretty damn noisy.
All photos shot with a canon G10.

MEMORY BANK; I will be digging through my archives finding old favorites or photos that have never been seen or used to be published here for you to check out every Wednesday.

Date: February 2nd 2008
Rider: Gigi Ruf
Location: Quiksilver Natural Selection – Dicks Ditch, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Every time I look at this particular shot it always brings me right back to that cold, dark, misty day in Dicks Ditch. This was my first trip to Jackson and it could not have been at a better time. For one Travis Rice had hand picked 17 of the worlds  best freestyle riders to come to Jackson for a all natural new approach to a big mountain freestyle contest.  Everyone was posted up for a seven day window competing on only the best two days. To top it off both selected zones on the mountain had been closed off a week or so prior letting mother nature blanket over three feet of snow on top of another 2 during the week.
If I remember correctly Gigi was probably the 4 or 5 rider to test his luck on day one in the buried course down the popular Dicks Ditch run. The course had around ten packed lips scattered down the gully with each landing having a nice fluffy cushion of about 3 – 4ft of deep pow. As you can see it was pretty white out conditions with those three black specks on the right photo serving for a lip marker.  After his first hit Gigi had a bit of trouble getting a ton of speed through the sea of un-tracked snow opting for a classic method disappearing into a whiteout through the nipple deep landing. These two photos combined were my favorite shots from the trip.

I have never had the chance to catch any good firework shows without having to drive a long way, deal with insane parking and paying for tickets.  Luckily this being my first year I have spent the 4th of July in Salt Lake we had a killer show right in our backyard.  Armed with my Canon G10 and a table tripod we took a five minute walk down to Sugarhouse park, found a spot on the grass and enjoyed a rad show.