Day 10—Prince Rupert to Ketchikan April 14, 2009 We enjoyed previous night out in Prince Rupert-late start the following day. Beautiful day with lots of patches of blue sky to do the 90-mile border run to Ketchikan, USA. Auto-pilot seemed...
Whistler, BC – Spring in Whistler has long been known for its high-level of competition. From the party-infused Westbeach Classic and eventual morph to the big-ticket World Ski and Snowboard Festival, the best riders and party-friendly tourists and industry types...
Sea to Sky…Gulf of Mexico to the Peaks of Alaska…amazing. Air travel is an extraordinary privelege that makes it all possible. Last week the Curtes family rendezvoused on the Western coast of Florida for an Easter Holiday in the sun,...
Day 5: Alert Bay to Safety Cove, Calvert IslandApril 9, 2009We continued through Queen Charlotte Strait in decent weather and even took advantage of the open-water winds to sail during the night. Steve, Dave, and Taylor took turns “riding the...
Crystal Mountain, WA – You Wax? April 8th, 2009 Hey Spring. I don’t know, man, but it’s not that cool of you to be here right now. The warm winds are giving me sinus pressure, which makes things blurrier, more...
“April 5, 2009: Bellingham, WA to Nanaimo, BCAfter a short delay leaving, we traveled about seven hours to White Rock where we cleared Canadian Customs formalities. On the beach was actually a “white rock” the size of a small house...
The crew is comprised of Bellingham’s David Ghan who will be approaching the mountain on a split board, a Moonlight Basin ski patroller named Taylor Woodward on AT gear, and two climbers, Steve Hyatt and Tauru Chaw, who will be...
Above: This is what it is all about. Wide open, few to no tracks and an unlimited canvas. Here Dennis Nazari takes his Powder Surfer for a spin. Nick was tempted to mount up his 190cm Summit board for the...
Each day so far has presented windows of blue and each day crews of riders have gone out by sled and heli. Crews have departed the base camp and headed out to the front country directly above our base camp...
The weekend started off Friday with a nice, cold 30-pack of Busch, sunny skies, and a handful of skaters in attendance. After several road shots of hot pow, the 10 of us helped almost legendary snow skater and park creator...
Up here, you are in the mountains – peak after peak line up around every corner, and trails cut off in different directions, giving easy access to surrounding mountain terrain. We were in a small group, led by Ryan McCune...
Valdez, AK – My friend and fellow media maniac Mark Sullivan from Mountain Ops was kind enough to send us this dispatch and images from his Valdez Tailgate Alaska event, hosted with another friend from back-in-the-way-back Nick Perata. For any...