Haines AK with Matty

April 14th, 2010

skiing las lenas early september

October 1st, 2009

A Day In The Tantalus Range(teaser edit)

May 20th, 2009

Thanks to Derren at Black Tusk,Crossland,PK,Dan and Matty for making it happen out in the unreal super coastal mountains.We were able to ski three lines in the Tantalus range this day by using 4 or 5 heli assists.We climbed and skied the west rib of mt serratus,we reached the next line from the back of mt dione’s south ridge by climbing through a little notch in the ridge then descending the east facing side that spills onto the north end of the serratus glacier(a steep exposed face running onto an open glacier),we then went to look at this couloir on the west face of tantalus and dione and it was perfect so after being dropped on the dione glacier we made a short traverse on mid 5th class rock and snow(which can be harder than you think with alpine ski boots and fat skies) to the entrance of the couloir and it was a couloir in the true sense 50 degrees on average and 300 metres or more in length.We named it the ratty couloir after matty richard sent it first.This was one to remember for sure and quite possibly a first descent on the west side of mt dione.These mountains hold so much beauty.Big spirits in the red tit col.cawww caww.

 

For more check out TGRs re:session and the edge of forever.

 

tantalus blog from paddy kaye on Vimeo.

Some clips from Oxbow Invitational

May 18th, 2009

Oxbow back to powder - Kye Petersen

Cold Rush

March 31st, 2009

 Some cold rush content for ya.REttallack is the sht!

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com
  the free day,killer pow runsshreddin free runs in tabernac(one of my rettallack favorites

 

shreddin the cliff zone for the event

shreddin the cliff zone for the event

 

 

the freeride zone

the freeride zone

I was just at the redbull cold rush on the 16 17 18th of march and it was a blast.Skied lots of pow and visited all the bros at rettallack.The comp went off.It is rider judged,with a backcountry big air,a cliff/pillow zone and a freeride zone.Its an all around skier invitational.And at the end I was lucky enough to go home with the gold so check it out.

 

the bros in the cat sending happy vibes, classic rettallack

the bros in the cat sending happy vibes, classic rettallack

 

the cliff zone

the cliff zone

 

sean an i chillin before the shred

sean an i chillin before the shred

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Last year highlights

March 31st, 2009

 

Tantalus peak on our way in to the jib haberl hut in mid morning when it was warming up dangerously

Tantalus peak on our way in to the jib haberl hut in mid morning when it was warming up dangerously

 

 

sunset in beautiful makah bay

sunset in beautiful makah bay

 

   

makah bay

makah bay

paddling out in between sets in playa carmen costa rica last fall

paddling out in between sets in playa carmen costa rica last fall

View from inside the jim haberl hut

 

 

View from inside the jim haberl hut

Last year I had a great year.I had some great adventures around home,skied some cool peaks,went to the north cascades,Chamonix,had a great summer/fall,won the breakthrough performer from the powder mag awards and just had the most pow at home in whistler skiing the gnar behind the scenes.Pure fun and adventure,no cameras just friends.The real thing.heres some shots.

Oli and i on serratus in the tantalus range

Oli and i on serratus in the tantalus range

 


climing west rib of serratus on the way to the north face descent

climing west rib of serratus on the way to the north face descent

 

oli starting up the dione south ridge on the way to the south west coulour

oli starting up the dione south ridge on the way to the south west coulour

 

dione southridge east side from serratus summit

dione southridge east side from serratus summit

 

alpha is one we didnt hit in tantalus but theres lots of lines

alpha is one we didnt hit in tantalus but theres lots of lines

first day in the heli last winter in pemby

first day in the heli last winter in pemby

Mt cook and mt weart from alpine meadows

Mt cook and mt weart from alpine meadows

 

Wedge mt south face which i hike last april to ski the northwest coulour with 2 good friends and ski parteners.RIP STEVE.with

Wedge mt south face which i hike last april to ski the northwest coulour with 2 good friends and ski parteners.RIP STEVE.I went to a cool cabin in the duffey lake area over christmas 07 with some of my dads friends who built it.

 

bird outside the snow spider cabin say hi

bird outside the snow spider cabin say hi

flying in a white out in the cascades

flying in a white out in the cascades

flying toward the flutetopia zone that our crew made some first descents on

flying toward the flutetopia zone that our crew made some first descents on

the jung

the jungfrau on my tgr swiuze tripnate on the traverse after skiing the cosmique colour in cham

oli on the patio after skiing from the col du passion

oli on the patio in le tour after skiing from the col du passion

 

shot from a ski tour from flegere in the aiguille rouges with dave and stian

a shot of the run i skied on a ski tour from flegere in the aiguille rouges with dave and stian

 

makah bay surf trip in september

makah bay surf trip in september

the native way of cooking salmon in the makah reservation

the native way of cooking salmon in the makah reservation

Bell 2 Lodge/last frontier heli-skiing

March 31st, 2009

 

buzzing the road in the chopper

buzzing the road in the chopper

 

the crew just hanging in the mountains on a snow assessment run

the crew just hanging in the mountains on a snow assessment run

In late february I went on an oakley/tgr trip to northern BC.The crew was seth,dana,tanner and I.Pretty sick.There heli terrain was huge and remote.Also the lodge was 5 star.It had been sunny for 2 weeks before we showed up and was abit over cast the first couple days so we did some relaxing,cross-country skiing,beer drinking and foozball playing.When the sun broke we were in awe with the sights.We scoped a ton of terrain at first and then started by looking for stuff with light on it.The seconded mission was finding soft snow that wasnt blown away from the strong north winds that had been hitting the coast range aswell as the skeena range.The heli time we had booked was flying by from looking for nice terrain,picking up the 2 loads,finding light,snow and just working around all the variables the mountains brought us.We had such an awsome guide,pilot and crew so we had many good runs but the conditions were hard for doing the stuff we needed for filming but we picked away every couple days and had mostly high pressureand no new snow.It was great to ski the terrain up there.At the end we hit some fun spine lines,a windlip session and some of us made the second decent of the second highest peak in the skeena range with a gnarly tow in landing and a 4500 ft coulour on the northwest face,it was a mostly successful adventure.Thanks crew.

Oxbow Event/Chamonix Trip

February 5th, 2009

In late january and early february I got over to france for some turns.My trip started in Areches-Beufort,a small unknown ski area in the french alps.This is were the laurent favre oxbow back to powder invitational is being held.The area was sick with lots of minigolf terrain(for france)but long runs with alot of features.The comp is a 5 day thing with a long ridge of freeride terrain for the big mountain peice of the event,a nice table top kicker and wood jib(that was sketchy to say the least) for us to session,and a bundle of hand built jumps of the piste.Im not much of a competition shredder but this was more of a session so i was into it.It was a bit unorganized and snow conditions were not permitting gnarly ripping.In between parts of the event the rider got to go make some long runs with lots of natural feature in marginal snow.The table top ended up being a fun session for me to through all my tricks and the next day was the big mountain ridge that was canceled  because of firm snow and windy conditions so we went and hit the backcountry kickers.Every one was ripping and besides overshooting all the jumps I through alot of tricks and had a blast.Because of bad condition and since we were judging each other we decided to split all the prize money and just turn the event into a session and it ended well.Of course it started dumping a day after the comp and i decided to head to chamonix with Mike hopkins and julien regnier to do some shots for Weski magazine.We got lots of powder skiiing on real runs and I saw alot of good friends.Stoked.Skied in comayeur italy for the first time.There was more snow in italy than there has been for 5 years.After our crew left I decided to stay in cham for a bit longer and ski with Stain,Oli and all the bros.We had some really good days in Vallorcine and on the midi.My friend from canada Callum also showed up in cham surprisingly.So he had a great introduction to the chamonix valley with the best skiing either of us had experienced this season.It came to an end to fast and I had to go home to make it on a tgr trip in northern bc.Over all a big highlight of the year so far.

Behind the scenes with Blake Jorgenson in revelstoke

January 25th, 2009


Team trips to Revy from rossignol on Vimeo.

Rossignol team Kooteney trip

January 21st, 2009

This January I went on a ski trip to the kooteneys with most of the Rossignol team to have fun and get some shots.We all met up in Nelson and headed to Snow H2O cat/heli operation first to ski some trees.We had bad avalanche conditions and weird pow but managed to have a great time around the lodge skiing the forest up.After 3 days we headed to nelson to ski White Water ski area.It snowed 30cms and the most of the rossi team made some killer backsides and all kinds of fast laps in the woods.The last two days in nelhole we got two days at Valhalla Powdercats and the snow settled out alot more but we shredded some cool terrain.Blake linked up with us at this time and we started taking some photos aswell as continuing getting some shots with E roc.VAlhalla powdercats terrain stoked me up more than any of the cat spots in the koots beside Rettalack but we were on are way to revy the day after.Revelstoke brought warm temps and some fun leg burners but not alot of fresh.We ripped it up and headed toward home 2 days later for the rossignol product launch party at the blake jorgenson gallery in whistler village.Everything went good and im glad i am pivilaged enough to ski with such a rightous crew.thanks bros.

Rossi crew

Rossi crew

playing around with the terrain

playing around with the terrain

production crew

production crew

2 day edit of rossignol team at valhalla powdercats 

                             

 
team Rossi @ Valhalla Powdercats from rossignol on Vimeo.