Category: Salt Lake City

Roxy Pop Drop

May 30th, 2008

This year, we are doing another 3-day Roxy water ramp camp at the Utah Olympic Park.

Calling all Girls! Don’t miss this great opportunity to Water Ramp with Roxy!

ROXY POP DROP CAMP

Come up to the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah this summer where you will transcend the boundaries between mountains and water with the raddest female coaching staff and the finest facilities in the country! This three-day camp, sponsored by Roxy, will allow you to learn general air sense, refine your current skills and add some new moves to your bag of tricks! Perfect your flips, spins, and grabs on water ramps and trampolines before taking them to the snow next winter. This camp is perfect for all ages and abilities. Come jump with these fun, daring girls and get ready to rip with the best.
Rock on Roxy Girl, we’ll see you there!
When: June 26th – 28th
How: Go to http://www.axisfreeride.com for registration or e-mail [email protected] with questions.

Here are some pictures from last year’s event:

Go to http://www.powdermag.com/gallery/00007-roxypopdrop/popdrop-gallery/index21.html for more pictures.

Posted in Salt Lake City, Skiing

Mt. Tuscarora

March 11th, 2008

Yesterday, March 10th, I woke up to a call from Richard Cheski, a photographer and videographer I’ve worked with for the past few years.  He wanted to meet up at Brighton Resort in Big Cottonwood for a hike and to shoot some photos.  The weather lately has been so mild and beautiful.  It’s nice to have a taste of spring, although I can’t wait for another wintry storm.

We met up in the parking lot, and decided to head up Milicent lift.  After boot-packing up to the top of Milicent, we decided to head for Mt. Tuscarora.  I skied this line with Cheski two years ago, and was stoked to get back to it.  I’m going to quote Andrew McLean again from The Chuting Gallery because he does such a nice job summing up this chute.  The line we skied is called the Seagull and it’s “A Chute with all the classic elements.  It starts right from the peak with a long steep rock lined couloir that twists and turns before it empties out onto a divine apron.  Tuscarora is best seen from the Brighton ski area, but best approached from Alta, via Catherine’s Pass.  From Brighton, the upper chute forms a backwards “3,” or with a little more imagination, a vertical seagull.”

We dropped in at the top of the obvious chute, but instead of skiing straight down the seagull, we cut out to the looker’s left and skied through the opening to the side.  The snow in there was light and deep, which was surprising to find given the warm temperatures lately.

Here’s a picture of me with Tuscarora in the background, right after skiing it.

Below: Richard Cheski on his cell-phone and rider, Ricky Bauer.     

Overall, it was a great day to be out in the backcountry!  Now let’s pray for some more snow.

My plan for the rest of the week involves possibly doing another hike tomorrow, and then heading up to Jackson Hole again for the Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open.  I’m not 100% sure I will compete yet, but it looks like the snow might be pretty good.  If not, it will be a fun weekend of skiing the backcountry with some of my best girlfriends.  I’m planning on heading up with Sue Larson, Cait Phillips, and Michelle Manning, so the Roxy girls will be out in full force.

Check back for updates.  And don’t forget to check out my photo gallery.

Posted in Film & Photography, Gear, Salt Lake City, Skiing

Solitude Blog

November 26th, 2007

November 23, 2007

Please check out Ski Utah and Solitude for information about openings, conditions, and to keep up on my blog.

I woke up the day after Thanksgiving, or “Black Friday” as it is often called, feeling still slightly groggy from the overindulgence in Tryptophan in the turkey. As I got out of bed, I started contemplating how to spend this glorious day without work or school obligations. It felt so good to have a day of freedom, a day to myself. I had heard about all the great sales going on, and almost thought about going down to the mall to get a head start on my Christmas shopping (and to see if there were any good deals for me). However, as I was getting dressed, I realized that I hate the mall when it is crowded; the brushing up against other customer’s while shifting through an over-merchandised rack and the lines and the lack of attention from the sales people. I decided instead that my time would be much better spent going up to Solitude to take a couple of runs and find my inner-peace. As I made those first couple of turns down the wide-open groomer (Apex is now open!), I was so thankful not to be trying to find a parking spot in the mall garage. So this weekend, instead of stressing yourself out trying to find that perfect gift (Internet shopping is always great), give yourself a treat and head up to the mountains. Trust me, it’s a much better way to spend your money and you will feel so much better at the end of the day.

Posted in Holidays, Salt Lake City, Skiing

Thanksgiving

November 26th, 2007

Here are some photos from my Thanksgiving this year.  My family and I actually ate our Turkey dinner last Saturday because that was the only day the entire family could be home.

After eating the most delicious turkey (see photo below) for five entire days, I was relieved when my mom said she was going to make fish and chips for the real Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.

Drew and I spent the day hiking before the feast, and after working up an appetite, we thoroughly enjoyed dinner.  Old friends and new were in town for the holiday weekend, and I had so much fun skiing around Solitude and going to fabulous holiday get-togethers.  With 16 credit hours of online classes, sometimes it is hard to find time to be social, but this weekend made up for my many months of being a recluse.  Now I just can’t wait to go hike for some freshies!!  THINK SNOW everyone!

Posted in Holidays, Salt Lake City

Spring Snowbird Shoot

November 20th, 2007

Posted in Film & Photography, Gear, Salt Lake City, Skiing, Style & Design