Deep Winter is back
05/01/10 11:05 Filed in: Photography
Right now there are
five photographers that are totally exhausted. They
are competing this week, in the Deep Winter photo contest that
Arc’Teryx and Whistler/Blackcomb
have been putting on
for the last several years. The idea behind this
contest was to highlight the fact that some of the
best riding that ever takes place in Whistler is
during storm season, and the first week of January
is a fairly safe bet for storms.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow the photographers head up the mountain and shoot enough photos to present a 3 to 5 minute slide show on Thursday night in front of 700 or so people. The rules state that you have to shoot in bounds and during regular operating hours. That essentially gives you less than 24 hours of total shooting time. Having done this contest twice, I can tell you that it is the most exhausting and exhilarating week of the season.
This week I’ll be judging the slideshows, so come out to the Fairmont Whistler on Thursday night and watch the work of some of the best photographers in the business. Jordan Manley has won it twice, Paul Morrison has won it and I’m really looking forward to first time competitors Colin Adair and Nicholas Teichrob.
Here are some of my favourite shots from my two efforts and you can watch my second slideshow here.
Good luck out there guys.
-Dano
Yesterday, today and tomorrow the photographers head up the mountain and shoot enough photos to present a 3 to 5 minute slide show on Thursday night in front of 700 or so people. The rules state that you have to shoot in bounds and during regular operating hours. That essentially gives you less than 24 hours of total shooting time. Having done this contest twice, I can tell you that it is the most exhausting and exhilarating week of the season.
This week I’ll be judging the slideshows, so come out to the Fairmont Whistler on Thursday night and watch the work of some of the best photographers in the business. Jordan Manley has won it twice, Paul Morrison has won it and I’m really looking forward to first time competitors Colin Adair and Nicholas Teichrob.
Here are some of my favourite shots from my two efforts and you can watch my second slideshow here.
Good luck out there guys.
-Dano
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Thinking of Kevin Pearce
02/01/10 00:13 Filed in: snowboarding
Here is a shot from a few years ago of Kevin Pearce.
Kevin was hurt riding halfpipe the other day and is
in a Utah hospital as we speak. Head injuries are
always scary but the best thing about them is that
they can end up with no long term effects. Everyone
is crossing their fingers for Kevin.
I only met him this day. He was quiet, shy, new to the media circus. Now, in the run-up to the 2010 Olympics, his crash makes the US national news.
Send him good vibes here or drop by the frends site. Snowboarding is a massive brotherhood and we're all thinking of this little brother today.
-Dano.
I only met him this day. He was quiet, shy, new to the media circus. Now, in the run-up to the 2010 Olympics, his crash makes the US national news.
Send him good vibes here or drop by the frends site. Snowboarding is a massive brotherhood and we're all thinking of this little brother today.
-Dano.