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• The Way I See It The Way I See It

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    Rider: James Heil Filmed By: James Heil This is an edit of me skiing Whitefish Mountain in Montana. It is shot with a GoPro. Edited on iMovie 11
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• Where I Ski Where I Ski

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    Rider: James Heil Filmed By: Dad James and friends skiing Whitefish Mountain in Montana
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• All Aboard To Whitefish, Monta All Aboard To Whitefish, Montana

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    The best way to get to Whitefish, Mont., is by train. The Amtrak will definitely be late, but they’ll provide complimentary KFC when it is. Also, there’s an extended stop in Spokane, so if you have a friend that lives there, it’s a good idea to have them bring you a bottle of Evan Williams, or, if want to make party on the overnighter, a box of Franzia. While making new friends and trying to sleep on a train, it helps to be under the influence, obviously.

    Whitefish, Montana. Getting here is half the fun. Photo by Brian Schott.

    Whitefish is a classic ski town rich with Montana culture. It’s totally acceptable to ski around in Carhartts, and typical to see a dead buck in the back of a truck. It’s affordable, too. The Hibernation House Special is one of the sweetest deals in skiing. For $79 a day, visitors can stay on mountain, get a lift ticket and breakfast. Then there’s Miller Mondays at the Northern, where a High Life will cost a dollar, and an octogenarian will kick your ass in ping-pong.

    When you get into town you’re likely to be hungover and hungry. In the Bulldog, the wallpaper in the bathroom is a lovely collage of nudes of the opposite sex from the ’80s and ’90s. Jenny McCarthy anyone? The restaurant has cheap and tasty burgers and BFPs, which stands for Big Fucking Pitcher.

    Once you’ve had your fill, go skiing. Whitefish Mountain Resort isn’t known for big dumps, but steady snowfall kept cold by low Montana temps. The East Rim area has short but technical lines that will cliff you out, while the Hellroaring Basin offers a huge bowl and tight tree skiing. Beyond the boundaries are plenty of sidecountry stashes. Skiers can hike up to Flower Point, which offers sustained vert into a canyon and a short walk back to Chair 7.

    Cody Townsend rips Whitefish. Photo by Brian Schott.

    For the more ambitious, Greg Franson of Bluebird Guides offers an array of tours near Glacier National Park. Franson and his guides specialize in tours around interior British Columbia and Northwestern Montana. Franson has experience guiding with film companies like Matchstick Productions, and clients can sign up for multi-day trips or one-day tours.

    Whitefish is close enough to the Canadian border that some call it the Tijuana for Alberta. Canadians come in droves to do some affordable shopping and skiing, and to out-drink the locals. Their presence makes for a lively nightlife at Whitefish watering holes.

    Back at Whitefish Mountain Resort, ski patrol crowns a weekly jackass as the ‘Frabert’ winner at the Bierstube. The award includes a chalice of beer, to be chugged in front of the large crowd that shows every Wednesday for the event. It’s another tradition in Whitefish, like the weary train ride in, that keeps the community here rich, and the ski culture thick.

    Wonderful Whitefish, Montana. Photo by Brian Schott.

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• Whitefish Montana by Brian Sch Whitefish Montana by Brian Schott

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• News: Benjamin Ogilvie, Lexi D News: Benjamin Ogilvie, Lexi Dupont Win Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier In Revelstoke

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    Revelstoke, BC – Revelstoke’s Separate Reality venue was host to Thursday’s Qualifier for the Swatch Freeskiing and Freeride World Tour. With few spots up for grabs in today’s Day 1 of competition, skiers pushed the limits of big mountain freeskiing to earn their spot. Taking first out of 60 competitors in the Men’s field was Benjamin Ogilvie from Fernie, BC. In first for the Women is Snowbird local Lexi Dupont from a stacked roster of 23 ladies.
    
    “In today’s qualifier, it was definitely clear that skiers needed to step up in every aspect of the criteria; they had to have great technique, control and fluidity,” notes Head Judge Jim Jack on the selective cut. Out of the deep qualifier field, 13 men and 4 women will advance to today's Day 1 competition on North Bowl’s Unlimited Assets. “It was a very competitive cut, so congratulations to the skiers that made it in,” said Jack.
    
    On the women’s side, athletes skied very smart and safe and 99 percent of the competitors stayed on their feet. “Winner Lexi Dupont skied fast and fluid, with direct fall-line skiing,” remarked Announcer Max Kuszaj. “Its no surprise she is sitting in the top qualifying position going into Day 1.” Canadian Crystal-Rose Lee was a close second. For the men, the majority of the skiers made the best use of the terrain and the style/creativity category by adding newschool tricks into their run, which benefited their scores. “A standout for me would be Fernie BC’s own Luke Nelson with his fast, fluid technical skiing on the top of Separate Reality, and smooth 360 at the bottom, encompassing all aspects we encourage in a competitor’s run,” says Kuszaj.
    
    Skiers on the mountain experienced a mix of sun and snow with great conditions and visibility of the venue. “Conditions for this event are definitely shaping up to be some of the best we’ve had here at Revelstoke. The consistency of the snow will make landings cleaner and provides athletes a venue to showcase their abilities. Day 1 of the Swatch Freeskiing and Freeride World Tour starts today and will be broadcast live on www.freeskiingworldtour.com.
    
    Tune in to www.freeskingworldtour.com for live non-stop action January 6-8.
    
    Friday Jan 6: Day 1 Skiing
    
    Saturday Jan 7: Snowboarding
    
    Sunday Jan 8: Day 2 Skiing Finals
    
    QUALIFIER RESULTS
                                   
    Ladies     Result     Name     Home Mountain     Country     Score            
        1     Alexis Dupont     Snowbird     USA     29.40            
        2     Crystal-Rose Lee     Whistler     CAN     29.33            
        3     Gillian McKercher     Sunshine Village     CAN     28.93            
        4     Lauren Goss     Revelstoke     USA     27.43            
    
    Cut-Off                                
        5     Julie Thomas     Lake Louise     CAN     26.23            
        6     Kim Bastedo     Revelstoke     CAN     26.17            
        7     Kasie Stroshin     Whistler     CAN     25.90            
        8     Jenny Strong     Whistler     CAN     25.30            
        9     Rachel Findler     Whistler     CAN     24.97            
        10     Alex Riedman     Crested Butte     USA     24.53            
        11     Zoya Lynn     Revelstoke     CAN     24.53            
        12     Alexandra Taran     Snowbird     USA     24.47            
        13     Lucy Sackbauer     Vail / Big Sky     USA     24.43            
        14     Maddie Crowell     Telluride     USA     24.40            
        15     Lindsey Cannon     Telski     USA     24.03            
        16     Jill Young     Whistler     CAN     23.83            
        17     Karissa Tuthill     Jackson Hole     USA     23.70            
        18     Hadley Hammer     Jackson Hole     USA     23.47            
        19     Chloe Williams     Lake Louise     CAN     23.33            
        20     Katrina Devore     Aspen     USA     23.10            
        21     Jacqueline Knutson     Alta / Snowbird     USA     22.23            
        22     Tracy Chubb     Sun Valley     USA     22.07            
        23     Kelsey Boleski     Mad River Glen     USA     16.87            
                                   
    Gents     Result     Name     Home Mountain     Country     Score            
        1     Benjamin Ogilvie     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     38.20            
        2     Jake Sakson     Aspen Snowmass     USA     36.37            
        3     Luke Nelson     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     36.30            
        4     Blake Clarkson     Snowmass     USA     36.20            
        5     Rylan Kappler     Revelstoke     CAN     34.73            
        6     Ben Paciotti     Crystal Mountain     USA     33.93            
        7     Conor Pelton     Crystal Mountain     USA     33.53            
        8     Patrick Westfeldt     Aspen Snowmass     USA     32.07            
        9     Sean Collin     Squaw Valley     USA     31.73            
        10     Christian Boucher     Whistler     CAN     31.60            
        11     Jason Jones     Adanac Ski Hill     CAN     31.40            
        12     Sean Cochrane     Revelstoke     CAN     30.73            
        13     Richard Small     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     30.63            
    
    Cut-Off                                
        14     Amon Barker     Taos     USA     30.53            
        15     Ryan Price     Donner Peak     USA     30.50            
        16     Adam McCraw     Brimacombe     CAN     30.40            
        17     Ryan Sullivan     Whistler     CAN     30.10            
        18     Daryn Edmunds     Alta/Snowbird     USA     29.63            
        19     Johnathan Lee     Snowbird     USA     29.50            
        20     Paris Tolmachoff     Squaw Valley     USA     29.37            
        21     Frank Howard     Snowmass     USA     29.30            
        22     Simon Brandelind     Brantberget     SWE     29.20            
        23     Rasmus Ekman     Sweden     SWE     29.03            
        23     Evan Haines     Tahoe     USA     28.63            
        25     Brent Malysh     Whitewater     CAN     28.20            
        26     Drew Fisher     Alpine Meadows     USA     27.73            
        27     Matt Potter     Breckenridge     USA     27.43            
        28     Tommy Ellingson     Mt. Baldy     USA     26.63            
        28     Tim Swartz     Jackson Hole     USA     25.37            
        30     Brett Dawley     Powder King     CAN     24.60            
        31     Darrell Haggard     Arapahoe Basin     USA     23.93            
        32     Gabriel Ohlson     Bridger Bowl     USA     23.47            
        33     Collin Adams     Albequerque     USA     22.83            
        34     TJ David     Aspen Snowmass     USA     22.77            
        34     Kyle Taylor     Whitefish     USA     22.63            
        36     James Johnson     Mt. Rose     USA     21.30            
        37     Andreas Hasselbeck     Whistler     GER     20.83            
        38     Yu Sasaki     Whistler     JPN     20.83            
        39     Henry Worobec     Bridger Bowl     USA     20.73            
        41     Davis Souza     Alpine Meadows     USA     19.80            
        42     Wiley Chubb     Sun Valley     USA     19.67            
        43     Jason R. Frazier     Snowbird     USA     19.07            
        44     austin ross         USA     18.13            
        45     Ryan Walters     Bridger Bowl     USA     18.10            
        46     Simon Reeves     Mt. Olympus     NZ     17.17            
        47     JJ Vinet     Revelstoke     CAN     16.67            
        48     Eric Young     Mt. Seymour     CAN     16.27            
        50     Roland Forbes     Bogus Basin     USA     15.87            
        51     Deven Bennett     Crested Butte     USA     15.60            
        52     Will Collin     Squaw Valley     USA     14.87            
        53     Cody Erwin     Lk. Louise / Kicking Horse     CAN     14.83            
        54     Matt Francisty     Whistler     CAN     14.43            
        55     Conrad Yarmocoy     Fernie Alpine Resort     CAN     14.17            
        56     Josh Anderson     Squaw Valley     USA     14.00            
        57     Vegard Helgesen     Tryvann     NOR     13.13            
        58     Todd Mansfield     Canada Olympic Park     CAN     11.53            
        59     Trevor Haley     Vail     USA     11.40            
        60     Drew Rouse     Vail     USA     11.30            
        61     Griffin Dunne     Smugglers Notch     USA     0.00            
        62     Scottie Williams     Lost Trail / Powder Mtn.     USA     0.00    

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• Whitefish Mountain Jesus Chris Whitefish Mountain Jesus Christ Statue Stands In Limbo

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    October 26, 2011

    — John Clary Davies

    Jesus stands at the top of Chair 2. As skiers and snowboarders unload the Whitefish Mountain chairlift and ski around a swath of firs, a life-size figure in a turquoise cloak stands with his head bowed and hands held high.

    Jesus’ place on the mountain has come under scrutiny. On Aug. 24, Flathead National Forest Supervisor Chip Weber decided not to renew the Knights of Columbus’ special use permit. However, last week, Weber withdrew his earlier decision to deny that permit to the Catholic men’s group that placed the statue nearly 60 years ago. Weber reversed his decision after an archeologist reported the statue could qualify for the National Registrar for Historical places. While they plan to reissue the permit, Weber intends to take a 30-day public comment period beginning next week. The final decision will be made after Jan. 1.

    The Knights of Columbus erected the statue in 1955 as a way to commemorate the service and sacrifice of veterans of World War II. According to Phil Sammon, the Forest Service media coordinator for the area, the idea came from the 10th Mountain Division, the army unit that specializes in harsh terrain, who frequently passed by similar statues while moving through mountains during the war. 

    Originally, Weber decided not to renew the 10-year lease after a group from Wisconsin, called Freedom From Religion, issued a letter of complaint that alluded to a recent court decision and potential Supreme Court violations of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. Weber received legal advice to not issue the permit given the information they had at the time, said Sammon.

    Since then, the Forest Service has received hundreds of emails and calls decrying their decision. Sammon also said they have since learned that given the length of time the statue has been there and the purpose for which it was initially erected, it could qualify as a historical site. Even Montana Republic Congressman Denny Rehberg asked them to change their mind, and ultimately they did. 

    

    “It’s been a part of the skiing history and local heritage there for nearly six decades,” said Sammon, “and gosh, I heard from people who have had kids who have had their birthday party there, and people who have gotten married at the statue, and people who go there for their first run to get a picture and some people who go there every year to pray for a good season.”

    Annie Laurie Gaylor, the co-president of Freedom From Religion, disagreed with the statue’s significance.

    “I was born in 1955,” said Gaylor. “I am not a relic. I’m not historic. This is bogus. This is cement. This is a dime a dozen tacky Jesus statue. This is not a Michelangelo. This is nothing. It means something to Catholics. It doesn’t mean something to anyone else.”

    The mission of Freedom From Religion is to keep religion out of government by upholding the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Gaylor said they’ll ask the Forest Service to again reverse their decision. 

    “We’re not a Christian bureaucracy, we’re a secular republic,” said Gaylor. “We can’t support Jesus shrines on federal property. When the government gets behind one religion that religion is entitled. There are plenty of skiers out there that are entitled to use this mountaintop that are not religious, or are not Christians. They’re claiming this is a war memorial. This is bogus. This is a sham. It excludes all the brave Jews and atheists that fought in World War II.” 

    Gaylor said that public comments are irrelevant because it’s a constitutional issue and called the move a stalling tactic. Undeterred, she said her group had a smoking gun — evidence that the government called the Jesus statue a shrine, not a memorial, which she says would disqualify it from becoming a historical site. 

    “You can’t just call a devotional shrine a memorial and get away with it,” said Gaylor. “I think it’s just ridiculous. I think it’s a political machination. This member of congress interfering and the Forest department running scared I guess, but they need to stand up for the constitution.”

    Nathan Hafferman, a Whitefish atheist snowboard instructor who’s lived in the area for 14 years doesn’t see what all the controversy is about. 

    “I think Jesus should stay,” said Hafferman. “It comes down to who is he really hurting?” 

    

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• Whitefish Mountain Jesus Chris Whitefish Mountain Jesus Christ Statue

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• Fishbowl Training Sessions Fishbowl Training Sessions

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    Rider: James Heil Filmed By: Mark Heil (Dad) James doing some training in the Fishbowl Terrain Park at Whitefish Mountain in Montana.
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• News: Team Armada Wins The Bat News: Team Armada Wins The Battle Of The Brands In Denver

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    January 25, 2010

    Denver, Colorado – Giant snowflakes weren't the only things descending from the sky in downtown Denver Tuesday night as team Armada's Spencer Milbocker (Otsego, MI), Alex Bellemare (Westford, MA) and Ben Moxham (Boise, ID) topped the world's best freeskiing athletes at the the Nature Valley Big Air Challenge Battle of the Brands. A crowd of around 10,000 packed Denver's Civic Park to watch the skiers launch off the 106-foot high scaffold in the opening night event of the Denver Big Air presented by Sprint.

    "This was probably the most fun event ever. You can't even imagine how happy I am. The crowd, the energy- it was great," Milbocker said.

    The night's competition pitted 14 teams of three seeded into brackets of two against one another for a last man standing, winner-takes-all night event in the heart of Denver- the first time the city has ever seen a winter sport transplanted into the middle of town.

    Interested crowds gathered around the big air jump throughout the day as teams prepared for the ultimate big air battle. As the jumps got bigger, the crowd got louder. National music act, Switchfoot, rocked the scene and set the stage playing a concert right before finals.

    In the end, it all came down to team Line, which was comprised of Joss Christensen (Park City, UT), LJ Strenio (Salt Lake City) and Mitch Gillman (Whitefish, MT). Gilman took a hard spill in round one, leaving his team of two to fend for itself in the best of two jumps judging. But, thanks in large part to Stenio's string of three incredible double corked jumps, Line found itself in a final up against Armada.

    Milbocker took the first run, landing a solid jump for Armada, but Line's Christensen answered back with an aired out switch double rodeo 10 with a Japan grab. Bellemare upped the ante with a double 12 tailgrab – a trick he had only been able to land once before.

    "I had just landed my trick for the first time today [in finals]. I knew I could have had it. I just hoped for the best and sent it," Bellemare said. "Go big or go home!"

    Strenio had one shot to push Line past Armada, and appeared to do so for a moment with a technical switch double rodeo 1080. It all came down to Moxham, who was a late addition to the Armada team, and the kid knocked it out of the park with his double 1080 mute grab.

    "Being the last one on my team to jump made me just think, 'I have to land it,'" Moxham said. "I saw everyone else land their tricks. I needed to step it up and land. I came through and it worked out. I'm stoked."

    Adding to the night was the award for "Best Trick of The Night," which went to Colorado's own John Spriggs (Vail, CO) whose double cork 1260 mute grab was incredible.

    "I took it pretty deep. I think what impressed the judges the most was the amplitude," Spriggs said, adding his compliments to the Big Air event as a whole. "This jump was sick. I've hit London, Barcelona, San Francisco and this is the best big air jump."

    The action in Colorado continues Wednesday with the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup at the Denver Big Air presented by Sprint. To catch the high-flying action on TV, tune in to NBC Jan. 30 at 1:30 p.m. EST or catch it on Versus Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. EST.

    OFFICIAL RESULTS
    Nature Valley Big Air Challenge Battle of the Brands
    Denver, CO – Jan. 25, 2011

    1. Armada - Spencer Milbocker, Otsego, MI; Alex Bellemare, Westford, MA; Ben Moxham, Boise, ID
    2. Line Skis - Joss Christensen, Park City, UT; LJ Strenio, Salt Lake City; Mitch Gillman, Whitefish, MT

     

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• Helmet Cam Whitefish,MT Helmet Cam Whitefish,MT

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• cliff drop cliff drop

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    Sweet drop i found in Whitefish Montana
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• East Rim East Rim

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    Hunter Schutt, on a creative line in Montana.
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• Taylor Creek Powder Taylor Creek Powder

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    Sarah Lyman in Taylor Creek at Whitefish Mountain Resort, Montana
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• Zak Anderson in Canyon Creek Zak Anderson in Canyon Creek

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    Zak Anderson getting after it in the Canyon Creek Drainage, Whitefish Mountain Resort, Montana
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• Zak Anderson in Canyon Creek Zak Anderson in Canyon Creek

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• Zak Anderson in Taylor Creek Zak Anderson in Taylor Creek

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    Zak Anderson skiing the deep in Taylor Creek at Whitefish Mountain Resort, Montana
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