Moments in time - Matt Goodwill
06/05/09 18:01
After trying for years Matt Goodwill finally won
the Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom in 1999. Matt
was seriously one of the most exciting snowboarders
to watch, but very few people ever got to see him
in his element. He was a monster in big mountains
and his high speed Alaska attack predated Johan
Oloffson's reshaping of big mountain riding by
several years. Interestingly snowboarding doesn't
seem to pay him much attention or give him much
credit, but in my mind he was one of the people who
really rewrote the rules about how to ride the
steeps.
When he won the Banked Slalom it was as inevitable as it was awesome. He looked almost relieved to finally check it off the list. He raised the ceremonial drum that was the trophy that year, and let out a native Washingtonian whoop that everyone there felt in their soul.
A great moment in snowboarding's history for sure for Steven's Pass's favourite son.
I always loved this photo but it never had a home.
d.
When he won the Banked Slalom it was as inevitable as it was awesome. He looked almost relieved to finally check it off the list. He raised the ceremonial drum that was the trophy that year, and let out a native Washingtonian whoop that everyone there felt in their soul.
A great moment in snowboarding's history for sure for Steven's Pass's favourite son.
I always loved this photo but it never had a home.
d.
Sarah Conrad and Grenade Games
15/04/09 17:37
I was shooting with the WVSC today in the Blackcomb
pipe and met our Canadian National Halfpipe
Champion, Sarah Conrad. She's really
nice and she threw down for my camera for
awhile. Here is a sweet Japan to fakie. As we
get closer to the Olympics I'm sure you'll be
hearing a lot more of her name.
Throws down...
and super pretty. This girl has a future.
We're charging into the Grenade Games now and soon I'll be blogging on a different site for he duration of the event. I'll post a link when it goes live.
Cheers,
D.
Throws down...
and super pretty. This girl has a future.
We're charging into the Grenade Games now and soon I'll be blogging on a different site for he duration of the event. I'll post a link when it goes live.
Cheers,
D.
blue girl
19/10/08 22:03
Another friend.
04/10/08 14:36
This is a shot of my buddy Rob. We met in high
school and became fast friends. When I moved to
Whistler after high school, Rob did too and we
stayed together for the first couple months. When I
got interested in Fly fishing, I did it with Rob
and we spent days and days on the Birkenhead River tossing
out flies and learning how to fool the
exceptionally wily Birkenhead rainbow trout.
Eventually we knew that river as good as
anyone, and Rob became a guide while I chose
to keep fishing as a hobby.
As much as we did just about everything together, I never followed Rob into the water when he got into scuba diving. He braved the cold BC waters and was even considering doing his dive master. I didn't understand the appeal at all and left it to him. Fast forward 20 years and I'm completely enamored with diving and he must be laughing. He's coming to Maui for the wedding and after all these years I'm finally going to get to dive with my oldest friend. Amazing.
Robbie's dog Sedge was our faithful companion on all our fishing trips and when he finally passed on earlier this year it was a very sad day. He liked to lick trout while you were trying to release them. He thought they were like funny wiggly sticks put on earth just for him to chase. He was a good fishin dog.
As much as we did just about everything together, I never followed Rob into the water when he got into scuba diving. He braved the cold BC waters and was even considering doing his dive master. I didn't understand the appeal at all and left it to him. Fast forward 20 years and I'm completely enamored with diving and he must be laughing. He's coming to Maui for the wedding and after all these years I'm finally going to get to dive with my oldest friend. Amazing.
Robbie's dog Sedge was our faithful companion on all our fishing trips and when he finally passed on earlier this year it was a very sad day. He liked to lick trout while you were trying to release them. He thought they were like funny wiggly sticks put on earth just for him to chase. He was a good fishin dog.
A portrait of a friend.
02/10/08 10:10
Today I'm posting a picture of my friend Jon. He
will inevitably hate the fact that I chose this
portrait, but everything he hates about it is why
it's going up. I don't get to shoot pictures of my
friends nearly enough, and some simply despise
having their photo taken, much like I do. Jon is
different, he loves being in front of the camera,
becomes a total ham the instant a lens is on him,
and the results are always amazing. He however,
feels like the morning after a one night stand,
with lots of hand wringing and "i can't believe I
did that". Within minutes of taking this shot, Jon
was down to his cherry red Y-front undies, and
everyone in the studio was on the floor laughing.
Jon can't make it to my wedding, we haven't seen each other in a couple years now, and I miss him like a brother. This picture makes me feel like I do when we're hanging out. I'm pretty much always smiling around Jon.
Thanks buddy.
Jon can't make it to my wedding, we haven't seen each other in a couple years now, and I miss him like a brother. This picture makes me feel like I do when we're hanging out. I'm pretty much always smiling around Jon.
Thanks buddy.
Devun
22/07/08 19:28
Devun was over this morning
to do an interview for Frequency Magazine. It was
good to see my old friend again, we didn't
shoot at all this past season which definitely
bums me out. We shot some portraits and I
posted one in the Current Gallery.
Once again, shooting is so much more enjoyable than selling photos.
Let me know what you think. Oh ya, you can add me to your RSS feed or Google reader or whatever you use, and keep up with all my updates.
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Once again, shooting is so much more enjoyable than selling photos.
Let me know what you think. Oh ya, you can add me to your RSS feed or Google reader or whatever you use, and keep up with all my updates.
d.
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Stew
15/06/08 12:58
reconnecting with old friends is the best. me and Jon Stewart used to ride for Crazy Banana in the 80's...
