COVER Gigi Rüf grabs tail while Elias Elhardt follows at Rocca Calascio, a ruined fortress in central Italy. For the full feature on a week of fine Mediterranean mini-shred, see page 056. Photo: Carlos Blanchard UP TOP 01 “Arthur Longo’s got mind-bending pop. I imagine photographers always have to keep the frame a little bit wider for him when it comes to jumps like this. Frontside three, deep into the blue skies of the Whistler, BC backcountry.” Photo: Aaron Blatt 02-03 In the deep snowboard talent pool of Salt Lake City, Jake Welch stands out for his ability to send it deep from the city to the Wasatch. Here, his lowland prow-ess is on display with a backside lipslide in SLC (left) and a pole-jam backflip (right) in Ogden, UT while filming for Videograss’ Visitors . Photos: Bob Plumb 04 “Levi Luggen was one of the first riders I shot with almost a decade ago. We don’t get to ride together that much these days, but it’s always nice when we do. Here, he airs a favorite spot with a sketchy runout right under the chair at my home mountain of Aletsch, Switzerland.” Photo: Silvano Zeiter 05-06 “Mark Carter has enough horsepower to wrangle cattle in the summer and tame mountains in the winter. He has enough punch to break the deepest of trails on a sled, and he’s got enough pull to get everyone else’s sleds out of that deep snow. He doesn’t tend to wear a big hat, but if he did he’s got the big ranch to back it up. I’d be willing to bet the January snowflakes were riddled with fear when they saw Carter coming in for this hard left hook (left) and front seven (right) in the Jackson, WY backcountry.” Photos: Aaron Blatt 07 “Mt. Shuksan dominates the skyline from White Salmon Lodge at Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA. Although Shuksan provides a constant photographic opportunity on a bluebird day at Baker, it’s rare to find a new way to capture her presence. While hanging in the beer garden after a fine powder day this March, which included a few laps out Shuksan Arm, I sat looking away from the mountain for once and found this composition.” Photo: Colin Wiseman 08 “I spent three weeks in Haines, AK with Morgan Hebert and Ryland Bell last sea-son. They are part of the hardcore AK community, and we rode a lot. This shot of Morgan dropping in was the last photo and last run of an unforgettable trip.” Photo: Tsutomu Endo 09 “Ben Ferguson wrapped up filming in Alaska with Absinthe and flew straight down to this pipe in Aspen, CO. The kid hopped out of the cab, slapped some snow pants on, strapped in and within three runs was airing triple-overhead. This frontside hack speaks to the fact that the kid’s got it all and he always has fun doing it—a true snowboarder.” Photo: Aaron Blatt THE SNOWBOARDER’S JOURNAL 015
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