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• Reid Smith Twacked Out Reid Smith Twacked Out

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• Reid Smith Spicy Reid Smith Spicy

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• Reid Smith Hikes Reid Smith Hikes

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• Reid Smith Upside Down Reid Smith Upside Down

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• Reid Smith Rodeo Reid Smith Rodeo

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• TTR/Swatch Trophy Design TTR/Swatch Trophy Design

  • From: almostawesome
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    My entry for the TTR/Swatch Trophy Design Competition. Photoshop Digital painting, No pics used.
  • 11 months ago
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• DFD DFD

  • From: almostawesome
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    Digital painting in Photoshop. All hand painted except for the city. If I ever get the time, I'll replace it and paint it in.
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• XDance schedule XDance schedule

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    XDance schedule
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• Sean Genovese Chillen Sean Genovese Chillen

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    Sean Genovese Chillen
  • 1 year ago
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• Sean Genovese Sean Genovese

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    kicking it with Sean Genovese
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• Further Training Day - Riding Further Training Day - Riding The High Sierra With Jeremy Jones

  • From: sethlightcap
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    November 21, 2011

    The pictures we had seen didn’t lie. Despite the grim November snowpack in the Sierra, it was out there: glorious powder snow deep enough to shred lay hidden in the deepest, darkest crevices of the high country. It was only a matter of finding it.

    On Nov. 16, Jeremy Jones, Ryland Bell, Morgan Hebert and I decided we could wait no longer. It was time to start the backcountry season and hit the trail to earn some pow turns. The destination we decided upon was a steep north facing High Sierra couloir outside of Bridgeport, California. We knew climbing the couloir would be a big effort for the possible pay-off, but it seemed reasonable enough to make it worth it. Not to mention all of us were long overdue for a blow-out day in the mountains.

    The adventure that ensued became a "Further" training day for more reasons than one. Driving home to Tahoe after the mission, Jones summed it up:

    “Ninety percent of the steps we took today could have been hazardous to your health,” cracked Jones. “I don’t know how else to describe it other than the perfect extreme training day. We climbed up miles of sketchy talus, front pointed up ice, hammered home the axes, rode down with our axes out and scored some pow turns.”  

    There is no denying that the hike-to-ride ratio hit a new low for our crew on the trip, but the fun meter was still pinned throughout the full-value day. Check out the photos and share in our first snow stoke ... and a little bit of suffering.

    — Seth Lightcap

    

    This is what we were dreaming about when we rationalized punching it up to the couloir — pow turns in a steep alpine hallway. Fantasy became reality for Ryland seven hours after leaving the trailhead.

    

    The Movember Mario Brother, Jeremy Jones, had gotten a glimpse of the remanent snow in the couloir on a scenic plane flight three weeks earlier. We were betting that the wall to wall layer of last year’s snow was plastered with a couple feet of stable pow. Only one way to find out.

    

    The five mile, 3,400-foot climb to the base of the coolie allowed us plenty of time to look around. I spent more than a few minutes daydreaming that I had my climbing rack in my pack instead of my snowboard. Sure looked like better conditions for sending splitters than shredding.

    

    We did find a few spots to bust moves on granite. Climbing the slabs gave us a brief respite from the endless snow-covered talus fields.

    

    Our boots finally bit into a legit snowpack at the entrance of the coolie. Snow conditions were variable, as expected. We found anywhere between 0 inches and 18 inches of wind-packed powder on top of a firm, icy base. The dense, new snow was bonded pretty well at the base of the chute but we knew that might change the higher we climbed.

    

    The foreshortened view of the couloir on the approach had me thinking it would be a short climb. In reality, the couloir snaked up way farther than expected with several pitch changes. The low snow levels also made it as steep as it ever gets. How steep was it? Not sure, didn’t measure, but the top half must have been 50 degrees plus.

    

    Just up ahead the climbing got more technical as the snow was shallower. An icy bulge 150 feet from the top of the climb marked the end of the new snow. The couloir was scoured clean above the bulge and required front pointing and ice axe placements to keep climbing. Our bodies relished the tenuous moves while our heads processed the adrenaline of such bold steps on the first day of the season. 

    

    Dropping in off the top was an exercise in survival sliding. Everyone inched down on their toe edge, lowering themselves off of ice axe placements until after the icy bulge. Once back on the fresh snow the conditions got exponentially better, but the steep pitch and firm base made for spicy turns. Morgan Hebert milked the deepest snow on the far skier’s right wall.

    

    The middle pitch of the coolie held the best snow. If you railed too hard your edges would hit the ice but if you floated into the fall line you could stay above it. Ryland Bell stayed light on his feet and linked up the pow turns.

    

    Everybody kept it in first gear including Jeremy, but we all got a taste of what we had come for — steep rideable pow. The Sierra need another few feet of snow before you’ll find much rippable pow out there.

    

    Hanging out in the shadow of the walll had made for a wild outing on this sunny November day. Between the classic climbing routes and the couloirs, no doubt this zone is a year-round alpine playground, even in the shoulder season.

    

    Moving through the icy boulders on the long descent pushed our bodies into overdrive. Thankfully we made it down the talus fields before night fall. Our headlamps clicked on as we hit the climbers trail and picked up the pace racing out of the basin. Twelve hours after leaving the trailhead we cracked beers back at the car celebrating a safe and successful mission. We had found some pow turns and thoroughly wasted ourselves. "Further" adventures in the Sierra will only get more rewarding from here on out.

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• Exploring Japan - Jeremy Jones Exploring Japan - Jeremy Jones' Further Unplugged Episode 1

  • From: TetonGravityResearch
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    Further Unplugged takes you behind the scenes of Jeremy Jones' two-year snowboarding film, Further. Get an inside glimpse of what goes on between the lines as Jones and other top riders including Terje Haakonsen, Xavier De Le Rue and Josh Dirksen travel to exotic locations such as Japan, the Arctic Circle and the Wrangell-St. Elias Wilderness. Challenges arise around every corner as this crew attempts to push their minds and bodies further.

    In the first episode of Further Unplugged, Jones travels to Japan to snowboard with Josh Dirksen and Forrest Shearer. With the help of Japanese mountain guide “Yeti” Dave, the group explores the Japanese Alps on splitboards and scores deep powder turns. But the true adventure begins when a blizzard moves in and the crew must hunker down in a high alpine refuge. 

    Stay tuned for 11 more Further Unplugged episodes, released once a month here on tetongravity.com.

  • 2 years ago
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• Jeremy Jones' Further Trailer Jeremy Jones' Further Trailer - Teton Gravity Research's 2012 HD Snowboard Film

  • From: TetonGravityResearch
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    Taking his lifetime expedition to the next level, Jeremy Jones leads his crew of world class riders, cameramen and guides to the far corners of the earth in the second installment of the Deeper trilogy: Further. Drawing upon a lifetime of experience Jones seeks out first descents and exotic experiences in an effort to evolve not only his snowboarding, but himself. The relationships forged from isolation and travel are almost as intriguing as the maniacal descents themselves. Join Jeremy and his crew in the Arctic Circle, Japan, the High Sierra and the remote Pickett Range among others as they push their minds and bodies Further. Athletes: Jeremy Jones, Terje Haakonsen, Xavier De Le Rue, DCP, Nicolas Müller, Lucas Debari, Josh Dirksen, Forrest Shearer, Ryland Bell Visit The Jeremy Jones' Further Film Page Here
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• nicolasmuller

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• Blending Snowboarding And Surf Blending Snowboarding And Surfing

  • From: forrestshearer
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    September 9, 2011

    For snowboarders, summer and fall represent the off-season, a time to hit the skate park or surf the ocean.

    My home base is in Salt Lake City, Utah, where there’s not very much surfing. So this summer, I took a break from the mountain lifestyle and spent some time in Leucadia, Calif., choosing to hit the ocean.

    Snowboarding and surfing have a strong connection. They both share this effortless glide. Snowboarding in powder is the best feeling ever. And when I’m floating through snow, it’s as if I’m surfing.
    
    Working with Jones Snowboards, we are always discussing board designs and testing new shapes and construction methods to take our riding to the next level. This summer, I’ve been on a similar progression with my surfing. I grew up surfing in Southern California and moved to the mountains to pursue snowboarding. My surfing roots are still really important and play a big role in my snowboarding.
    
    Lately, I’ve been obsessed with trying to surf on boards with no fins. I've been trying out a bunch of different boards to recreate the snowboard feeling on water. Bringing snowboarding to the ocean…

    Some of the boards I've tried are Alaia’s and this piece of foam called a Lord Board. An Alaia is a finless, thin plank of wood based on boards surfed by Hawaiians for thousands of years. They go so fast and get the most glide out of any surfboard I’ve ever ridden. Some of the most recent Alaia’s have been made famous by the Wegener brothers — Tom and Jon Wegener. 

    The Lord Board is a wide, unglassed, finless block of closed-cell foam ridden by Ryan Burch and friends in the famous surf film "Stoked And Broke" (all-time rad movie). This piece of foam is cool because it flexes, goes fast and with its size, it has a surf-skate style. The Lord Board can turn any surf session into a wild one.
    
    As a summer project I decided to shape an Alaia with the help of Jon Wegener. Starting from a primitive piece of Paulownia wood glued together to form a blank, we cut out a template of a shape I wanted.

    I chose a progressive shape featuring a parabolic outline with a concave bottom and a swallow tail. This shape rides much like a snowboard — like carving in powder. The length ended up being 6′8″ in size.

    

    Next step was to take a electric planner and wood carving tools and shave the Alaia down to the exact thickness I wanted on the deck, bottom and rails. For this part, I took the board home, set up shop in the backyard and let loose. It was a complete organic feeling working on the board. I took my time on it, worked with the wood and let my creation come to life.
    
     

    The wood chips that came off the board were recycled and added to the compost for the garden. Finally, I sealed the board with a few coats of linseed oil and it was ready to ride.

    

    Looking back on the shaping process, I see a similar movement with snowboarding and surfing as people are becoming more aware of their connection to nature. Without wild mountains, fresh powder and clean oceans, we can’t do the things we love. We are embracing change with our methods of construction and thinking outside the box of conformity. I’m excited to see what the future holds.

    

     

    Forrest Shearer's surfy POV footage from Haines, Alaska:

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• Spark R&D BLAZE splitboard bin Spark R&D BLAZE splitboard binding 2011/2012

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    Spark R&D re-introduces the BLAZE splitboard binding for the 2011/2012 season

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• Spark R&D BLAZE splitboard bin Spark R&D BLAZE splitboard binding 2011/2012

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    Spark R&D re-introduces the BLAZE splitboard binding for the 2011/2012 season

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