January at Red - Through the Eyes of Jeff!

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2011 Junior Canadian Open

Once again the Canadian Open has come and gone.  This year I was coaching the Red Freeski Academy rather than competing which was quite a big change, but still fun nonetheless.  Everyone killed it but my favourite runs were skied by Xander Sterpin, Keegan Capel, and George Rodney - watch out for these guys! 

On Saturday we were rewarded for our 7AM rise with a beautiful sunrise atop Granite mountain - I snapped these photos.

The sun rose, kids tore Link's apart, then I took a late afternoon lap through the pits with the boys.  Large thanks to Vinzzzzzzzzzzzzenz Keller for theses next photos!

Todd bflippin'

Siggers flatspinnin'

Jacob handdraggin'

Vicky shiftyin'

Jacob switch 180in'

Lil Mack blunt grabbin'

Me 3in'

Siggers 3in'

Graham sendin'

Aaaaand, here are the top 3 skiers in every category and some podium photos I stole from Vinz.

Girls 7-11 

1st - Jemma Capel

2nd - Olivia Moseley

3rd - Erin Flood

Boys 7-11

1st - Parkin Costain

2nd - Sam Howard

3rd - Jackson Phillips

Girls 12-15

1st - Mackenzie Flood

2nd - Erin Kempt

3rd - Sally Steves

Boys 12-15

1st - Xander Sterpin

2nd - Aaron Mackay

3rd - Kelley Humpherys

Girls 16-18

1st - Alex Bachmeier

2nd - Claire Mason

3rd - Dayna Mortimer

BOYS 16-18

1st - George Rodney

2nd - Keegan Capel

3rd - Michael Brush

Dylan's Urban Project

Siggers has been working hard all fall putting together this edit.  It's quite a bit different from the regular backyard rail edit. Check it!

G.N.A.R. - A Movie Everyone Should Watch.

Click this link --> http://unofficialnetworks.com/gnar and take the time to watch this movie!  It's my favorite movie and will always remind me how much fun I can have not only skiing, but in everyday life with my friends. 

R.I.P. Saucer Boy.

POW!

Over the past couple days we have officially received 33cms (13") of fresh pow, but due to wind loading on the north/northeast aspects of the hill, there are places with probably 50cms of that fluffy white stuff.  The past two days have been incredibly fun and I've gotten some pretty fun gopro footage that will go into my "January" edit which I'll post here in the future.  In the meantime, here are some screenshots!

Droppin'

Turnin'

180in'

Faceshottin'

Backwards Ridin'

Earning Turns

I got some turns in on Grey today. The snow's great up there! so much better than the snow inbounds despite Red Resort's completely fabricated snow-laden reports. Whoever's in charge of that gets two big thumbs down from Jeff. There's no point in lying about snow conditions...

Backflip of the Week

This bflip comes from the jump session that went down in my previous post.  Last hit on a beautiful day.

The Red Goblet

On New Years Eve I partook in a an "Out Cold" inspired race down Back Trail on Red Mountain. The goal of the race was simple - to make it down the hill as fast as possible and spill as little beer as possible. Luckily, I'm a skier and therefore had quite an advantage over the snowboarders so I ended up winning!

Cheers!

Cole's RedBull Linecatcher Edit - Watch It.

Colston VB RED BULL Linecatcher 2011

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  I hope everyone had fun!  Here is a fun Christmas Day edit from Fernie-shredding Dylan Siggers and one I put together last Christmas.

And here are some gopro photos from the past little while.



Opening Weekend Edit From David Peacock

Last week when the hill opened, I skied an afternoon with friends David Peacock and Mike Hopkins. We slashed some pillows, bonked some trees and David put together this tight edit of Mike filmed over the first few days. I have a little cameo too. Check it!

What's in the Fridge?!

Home boys Cole and Rob killing it.
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What's in the Fridge? : A Lifestyle Film from Jah Raven Creation on Vimeo.

Opening Days at Red

December 13th and 14th Pow at Red Mountain from Jeff Amantea on Vimeo.

So, Red (Mountain) Resort finally opened this past weekend starting with just the Silverlode on Saturday, the Red Chair on Sunday, then the whole mountain on Monday after a solid dump of great base making snow.  I've been shredding hard everyday with all the homies trying to get my legs back to where they should be.  Check out the edit I threw together from predominantly today, and a little yesterday!

Sunset Skiing on Granite.

Yesterday, local PRO SKIER/BIKER Mike Hopkins and I went for a late afternoon skin up Granite with Mike's aunt's new dog who's name is either Arrow, John, Paul, Ringo, George, or 2PAC.

2PAC

Mopkins, gamefaced.

After a fun skin up, periodically interupted by trekker related troubles, we arrived at the top of Main Run.  Because of an inversion yesterday, Main Run, which we were planning on skiing had a delightful sun crust on it from about 1600m up so we looked on over the other side of Buffalo Ridge and decided to ski Short Squaw which was protected from the sun's harsh rays.  With the sun already below the mountains, I started down the first window ahead of Mike and waited below the main steep pitch at a safe spot in the trees...  Half an hour passed with no Mike, no 2PAC, and no sun.  I knew that it would take a bit longer for Mike to get 2PAC to come down but apparently 2PAC straight up refused to run down to Mike, coercing him to bootpack a couple hundred feet of chest deep snow back up to 2PAC.  Finally, Mike called down to me, telling me to keep on shredding and that he would take 2PAC down crusty, rocky Main Run.  I got to the bottom after a couple minutes of skiing blind, in the dark on track packed, death cookied, creek riddled Long Squaw.  45 minutes later when it was pitch black... headlamp laden Mike and 2PAC showed up.  Casual afternoon walk.

Sunset on Short Squaw - December 6th from Jeff Amantea on Vimeo.

Dylan Siggers' Summer Demo Reel

My hombre over in Fernie shot this compilation over summer. He killed it on the filming/editing front and I will be posting more of his stuff on here as time progresses.
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My Summer Demo Reel from Dylan Siggers on Vimeo.

49 Degrees North

Shreddin down in 'murica with the Red Freeski Academy. Snow is good and the sun is shining. Free wifi at the lodge - booyah!

Todd Loukras' 09/10 Promo

My buddy Todd's skiing.  Filmed by my buddies Andre and Dale.  Edited by my buddy Nathan.
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Todd LOUKRAS PROMO! from Nathan Rose on Vimeo.

November 30th

Yesterday I went for another walk up the mountain while it was puking snow.  15-20cm accumulated throughout the day on top of 10cm of previous pow.  I skied Southern Belle and it was sick!  So much fun, but a bit wind affected and as you can see in the video it was a bit grabby and unpredictable.  Really fun though, the mountain is starting to come alive!


November 30th on Southern Belle from Jeff Amantea on Vimeo.

Later that night I got a call from my buddy Evan to come hit a step up in the ski hill parking lot.  I rolled up to see a gnarly sled tow into a vert lip before a retaining wall - gnar.  It wasn't that big or scary to hit, but it was sure scary to watch other people hit it.

Buck has a large head.

  

RIG

BVG sending the wall on a GT

I Love Trekkers!

I went for a skin up Granite yesterday morning to try the snow on a different aspect. I was having a good ol' slog up, listening to the Rick Steves podcast in the sun when a screw on the pivoting part of my trekkers decided to fall off and bury itself somewhere on the skin track.  So, not really wanting to turn around on such a beautiful day, I busted out my trusty roll of duct tape and temporarily fixed the problem.  After skinning for two hours and re-duct taping 4 times, I made it to the top. 

New runs on Grey.

And because I'm an idiot, I forgot to turn my gopro on for my run down Southern Belle, which was actually really sick!  There was a very breakable rain crust covered in 5-10cms of pow and I didn't hit anything on the way down. 

I got to the bottom and saw some pals building a little kicker on Indian Flats so I stayed and seshed with them for a bit. 

Vinzenz was killing it.

Jay was killing it.

Deremie cut his ankle cast off they day before and was killing it. (i dont recommend this)

And I sent some backies.

Solid day in the mountains, and it feels great to get back in the air.

Thank you to Vinz and Pat for the jump photos.

I suck at this...

Blogging is difficult.  I apologize for not blogging for the past few weeks...  As you probably know, I'm back in frigid, snowy Rossland.  I've been skiing everyday at Jubilee, and this past Monday I went for a skin up Granite to see how the snow's building up.  I skied down Main run, and even it was pretty sketchy.  There just isn't a base so I was riding on rocks and bushes the whole way down.  Here's some footage I shot, I'm not too happy with it because I used the wrong setting on the gopro, I was skiing super cautiously, and it was pretty foggy but here it is anyways.


November 22nd on Main Run from Jeff Amantea on Vimeo.