Where did summer go?

Yesterday was sooo nice in San Diego...On the way to the airport Justin, Katie, and I decided to shoot this photo idea I've had for a few months...we didn't have quite enough time to get exactly what I wanted but this works.Now im back in SLC and its 17degrees. A cold winter of travel starts Monday.

3 Filmers 3 photog's and 1 small jump

Last spring we had a super productive shoot in Flauchawinkl, Austria. Towards the end of the shoot it was getting so hot out that most of the features had disappeared and there were rivers running down the slopes. On this particular day everyone was trying to get as creative as they could to shoot the last jump which wasn't the most photogenic thing ever. Andro and Luka had a crane out. Blotto, Cyril, and Howzee were running around everywhere trying to get the shot and I was doing what a I could to make things interesting. It was a fun atmosphere and we ended up getting some pretty cool stuff.This was one angle that I really liked. Yea, I know its been done a million times, I still like it. Maurer, bs rodeo

Check out Andro's super good edit from the session:

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We actually got kicked out

One of the nice things about being a filmer/photog in the snowboard world is the fact that everywhere you go you run into friends you dont normally see more than one or two times a year. This particular night was the night of X Games big air....I had snuck through the fence to get a side angle of the big air jump. As I got into position I realized Silent Greg and Chris Wellhausen had the same idea as i did. We hung out for bit and eventually were asked to leave...Not really sure why but we obliged.

I decided since its a recession I might as well save mega-pixels and shoot Greg and Travis at the same time.

After Travis's heat he came over to check the shots and recover from the extremely flat landings. I need to give Greg this photo for Xmas or something...

The next night I snuck back through the fence to shoot Shaun...This time i didn't get kicked out. Since Shaun was doing 23ft bs airs the security dude decided I could stay.....

Craig Kelly Proto Facility

Burton just opened up a new factory in Burlington to build and test new products. The place is amazing. All kinds of crazy machines everywhere...the crew filmed a quick video about the new place with Jake B while Blotto ran around and snuck in behind the scenes photos when he could.I haven't the slightest idea what half of this stuff does?

Working with Tim and Andro is always a pleasure.

Jake nailed the interview 1st try

Corey Koniniec (foreground) and I have been working together since the Neoproto's Some Kinda Life, about 6 years or so. Any time we get a chance to shoot together is dope.

Thanks for the photos Blotto!

Thats a good crew!

We had a great media/team planning meeting in Burlington this week. Its always good for everyone to catch up before the craziness begins.These guys/gals are amazing to work with.

This doesn't look quite right?

Runke and I headed to the Paramount lot in Hollywood last week. We had a little trouble finding the correct sound stage and at one point ended up on the set of what looked like "Little House on the Prairie part 2."

Watch Out Backstreet!

Slice of Life

This photo of Kailee cropped pretty sweet!!

Favor for a friend

My good friend Brennan decided that he needed some engagement photos for his upcoming wedding.

His fiance Kailee didn't quite agree....HA...
In all honesty...Shooting with these guys was great. Especially since I am a huge rookie to using strobes and all that. I'd love to get more practice

Its Not Everyday.....

You go to private Metallica show and stand 20ft from the stage....not a bad birthday.Runke had the biggest smile on his face the entire night. Honestly, the guy was sooooo stoked.
Kirk Hammit still rips...Metallica only played 2 new songs. Which means so many of the classics were played.

This was the 3rd time i've seen old ass Metallica and by far better than the last. Maybe not as good as the 1st (Lollapalooza, 1995) but still all time. Many thanks to SWE who hooked this up!!

My Brother Has A Mop

Not too sure how many species live in here but I'm sure Darwin would've been stoked

There are Street Gaps at Whole Foods

I know a total of about 10 street spots in SLC. We happened to be down the road from one of them the other day and decided to snap a quick shot.

Notice the landing being a 5ft long manny pad. Not ideal (I dont know why I didn't shoot the action shot from this angle)

Levi didnt seem to have a problem with it.

Dodging Rain with Levi

This weekend I met up with some of the local SLC rippers to shoot a few skate images....One being this kid Levi Faust. Levi skates really well, good style, good pop. Unfortunately, day one turned into rain....we shot these couple of shots while warming up

I still cant figure out how to hi-speed sync my strobe to my 5d. Its rocket science apparently. The on-camera flash just couldn't quite hang.

King Kong lives in VT

Every time you drive through small town America you end up seeing some wild shit. On the way down to Stratton with Linn and Hot Wing last spring we came across King Kong.

Tourist photo, check.

Everything's a little brighter in Spain

Not sure what it is about Spain, but you always seem to walk with cool skate shots when your there. Sani and I pulled up to the boardwalk area in San Sebastian and there was this giant flatground spot that had a ton of people playing soccer, skating, hippy longboarding, and just hanging....It was getting near dusk and the mountain in the background was already having some pretty cool light on it. I pulled out the camera stuff as Sani ran to get some beersI was trying to think of a different type of photo to shoot other than a stock flat ground photo. We came up with this slow shutter idea. This is my favorite photo from the entire trip, (hopefully i didnt already say that somewhere else)...Sani and I just skated back and forth and eventually came out with a good shot that Im going to surely send to him for Xmas.
Mu and Hitsch chose surfing over skating...we didnt see them again until night.
After Sani got such a good photo I asked him to snap a quick shot of me ollieing as we had initially planned.
Dom walked up and was looking extremely fashionable so she got a shot too...

Im gonna miss summer:(

Where Are We?

On the way back from Biarritz we decided to head to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea for lunch...We were expecting to be in a town called Montpelier, France but ended up in this really weird 70's tourist town called Palavas les-Flots. The funny thing is, we had no idea what town we were in and everyone felt stupid asking a stranger where we were...a total American move, however, this time I was the only American.

Since we were in a tourist town Mu and Hitsch decided to play the part.

Right next to where we parked, there was a chairlift going over this small waterway. Urban chairlifts are always fun.

Here is one last shot of Mu and Hitsch, 60 years from now......Where are we again?

Josie is famous

Apparently, my friend Heathers dog is a celebrity now. She just starred in her 5th ad campaign...One of the most recent being for "The Champagne of Beers"-Miller High LifeHeather thinks is wise to feed Josie people food and beer. She doesn't ever give Josie dog food anymore and since Josie is the Miller High Life dog she has a lifetime supply of free beer. Poor Josie!

Beach Tourism

Apparently surfers need waves to surf on.....and when they dont find them everyone is bored.

So we find other thing to do.
There were some waves at this spot but also a less than clean river as well.
This was one of the coolest beaches we went too while in France. There were 100 people in the water though so everyone was kinda over it.

We just hung out and watched people get worked for while. Sani had an old Polaroid camera with him that shot really cool photos such as these..a little better than an iphone app.

Tired Eyes

Since I didn't sleep a wink on the plane, and the European night life doesn't allow for any sleeping, I was running on empty for a good 4 days straight...Here are a few random shots from the blurry time in Zurich
This is the bar Forum premiered their new movie at..Beers were a mellow $8.
Follow the line to escape the rain...It felt like Seattle
Cabs in Zurich are anything but cheap...$30 minimum

Hasi rules.

Cyril's New Mark III

Cyril and Caroline have been staying at my brothers place in So Cal while searching for this mobile hotel that they are going to pilot through Central America for the next few months...Rumor has it they were going to buy another van but after Cyril realized it was called the Mark III he couldn't pass it up.
I forgot to ask if it has a TV, VHS player and car phone.

Good Luckkkkkkk!

This place really exists

I almost had a heart attack when I drove by this place south of Biarritz. Are you seriousssss? Unfortunately, the surface doesn't look too skateable...I guess in the back of the roof they are actually going to have the bowl part that is skateable? I have a feeling Danny Way is shooting his next DC ad here.

I give this place a year before they make the surface smooth, it would be a waste otherwise