REAL.media Mixtape Vol. 3

This is such a well put together edit of a great mix of skiing. I'm really stoked on their other mixtapes, but this one takes the cake by far.
Jammin tunes + pow n' pillows + raw urban = http://www.vimeo.com/22029718?ab

autoplay is super annoying... click the link to watch the video.  complain to vimeo while you're at it too.

Knee is Gone.

Today was my first day not skiing since January 4th...
I went down pretty hard yesterday rippin through some tight trees. My instincts thought that the only way to make it through was to dive head first through the only opening in the extra tight bunch, but my left ski got hung up and subsequently my knee popped out. At first I thought my leg was broken for sure but I soon recognized that slow, bone grinding feeling of bones slipping back into their rightful place albeit, not properly attached. Took me a while to gather myself to ski down, but I made it. Went to see the doctor today, he can't really tell much from tugging on my knee but I can sure tell it's not attached very well. Mr. MD is saying blown MCL, probably ACL and possible PCL, sooooo on Monday I'm going to get a consultation from the surgeon who did my shoulder. In the mean time, the knee feels ok. Really unstable, but I can still walk and doesn't hurt too much - way less than a shoulder. I guess that it was inevitable that I'd blow a knee at some point and this isn't a bad time to do it - if I can get into surgery soon. Time to get on the mend!

Getting Squirrelly

This is possibly the fastest I've gone on skis. Off-piste anyways.

Backflip of the Week (really sick edit)

Check out this edit from some fins in Finland. They really know how to get it done and this whole edit just radiates fun. plus the backflip at the end is ridiculous and I need to do it now.

Bali Edit - Part 2

Check out the action from Kuta beach, Waterbom park, and all over Nusa Lembongan.

Nacht

Last night I went to nearby Trail with amigos Nathan and Vinzzz to try to get some longish exposed photos.  This is what I got.

COMINCO

Good ol' Columbia River

Jungle

rigs, units, and systems

Reflection

Gute Nacht!

February - Through the Eyes of Jeff

Here's my little edit from February. I had a harder time putting this together for various reasons (shoulders exploding, minimal snow, etc...) but by the time I got around to throwing everything together (i hate editing, but i'm trying to get better) I was pretty stoked on how it turned out + I'm on a Beatles binge.



If you have an NS account you can check it out on there and rate it if you like it at - http://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/413787/member_id/85354/

[Kolabo] Media is doing it right.

If you haven't seen the first two webisodes from Kolabo, check em out. The boys in Kimberley sure make due without having a park.

How do you get home from the ski hill?

One of my favorite parts about living in Rossland is the proximity to the ski hill and the ability to ski home. Before I put this little video together of me skiing home I thought it was going to be cool to watch. I was wrong. Someone might find it interesting though I guess.

Bali Edit - Part 1

It's taken me a while to get this done, but here is a ghetto chronological compilation of my gopro shots from my trip to Bali this past fall.



im going to go ski powder now.

Whitewater and Big Red Cats

On Tuesday I jumped on the opportunity to shred Whitewater with racer friends Mackensey, Sarah, Mick, Phil, and Nathan.  Wh20 had just been graced with 50cms in the past 3 days so needless to say the skiing was sooooooper fun and I was finally able to ski the new Glory Chair which exponentially increased the epicness of the day. 

Sarah's dreamcatcher/trinket/rig.

Gettin' so artsy with picture effect apps.

Racer ready!

You can't really tell, but Mackensey's hair is casually red.

yo nate.

Then on Wednesday, Nathan and I were fortunate enough to go cat skiing with Big Red Cats to shoot some photos.  Our cat was filled with a solid group of shredders and even though the weather was nowhere near conducive to getting banger photos, we had an awesome day shredding some amazing pow.  HUGE thanks to Paula and Kieren for letting us tag along for the day!  Check out - http://bigredcatskiing.com/ they have some super cheap standby seats right now.

Crew

RIG



Here are the shots that Nathan got, check out his flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanrosephotography/

Tyler boostin.

Myself, getting amongst some snow.

Only photo with good light.

I'm under that snow somewhere...

Pillow poppin.

Tailgunner Chris.



Today, I did a quick lap on DL's trees on Mount Roberts.  I'm an idiot and left my skins+trekkers at home so I spent 45mins bootpacking through shin to mid thigh deep snow.  It was totally worth it though!

Then after a couple inbounds laps, I skied home...

casual waterskiing in the casual bayou

Pow Turns.

The past couple of days have been incredible!  Lots of wind loading has made these seemingly insignificant snowfalls very significant!  I don't like writing very much, so I'll let this little clip do the talking.

                               

The biggest lineup I've ever seen for the Motherlode.

hi tessy, and sarah.

Nate's imaginary dubdate at the most romantic cafeteria in Salmo.

Backflip of the Week

I pray for you brotha.


And here's a photo I shot on the gopro today...

Happy Birthday Trav.

miss you.

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

The BOYS at Revy

Check out this edit Peacock put together from Revy a couple weeks ago!  Mike was on a murder mission.

Temporary Setback...

Last Monday (feb 7th), I made a bad judgement, didn't commit, landed weird, and dislocated my shoulder again. Just another day in the life of jeff i guess. I posted this video thinking it would give people an idea of what it's like to have your shoulder out of it's socket, but it really doesn't. I may sound pretty calm, but my head sure isn't. It's pretty frustrating to have put so much time into making it better, just to be back to square one because of a little mistake, but whatevaaaaaaaaaaa, I didn't miss a day, and I'm skiing at about 95% right now so I'm happy.

Review: Icebreaker Merino Wool Socks.

For Christmas this year, I received socks and underwear.  And I LOVE them.  My favourite of all would definitely have to be my Icebreaker ski socks.  Merino wool is an amazing material, and Icebreaker is doing it right!  One thing I like about Icebreaker is the "Baaa" code that comes on all of their products.  You can type this code in on their website to find out what farm the sheep that grew the wool for your Icebreaker product came from.

Because I ski everyday, I go through a lot of ski socks and I know what works best for me - Icebreaker Midweight ski socks!  I can wear these rig units skiing, hiking, adventuring multiple days in a row without them smelling.  They're miracle socks and I reccomend them to everyone.

PS - I'm in no way affiliated with Icebreaker, but I would love to be.

The Best GoPro Edit I've Ever Seen!

Big ups to Spriggs and crew for slayin all the snow that has been falling in CO.  I may have to bite the backpack pole mount because it looks soo illllllllll.

Seth Morrison - The Ordinary Skier Trailer

Seth had been one of my favourite skiers for a long time, always sending the biggest backflips and skiing some of the gnarliest lines along with a badass attitude makes him a very impressionable person. Check out the trailer for his new movie.

The GAME Rail Jam

The Game rail jam went off this year! It's always the funnest event of the year and this one was no exception. I spent the whole time just jammin hotlap trains with all the bros, having fun the way it should be! I'd like to give major props to Todd Loukras, Vinzenz Keller, Adam Whitehead, and the guy who was snowboarding and skiing for killing it really hard.

Here's an edit that Nathan threw together from that day. Enjoy!