I had never met Bryan Fox or Austin Smith and barely knew Curtis Ciszek before this trip. Bryan cold-called me—after probably calling every other photographer—to see if I wanted to go on a strike mission to AK and said they were leaving in 24 hours. I was in Haines the next day. Little did I know how these guys roll: super loose and always hilarious. Bryan was feeling bad about starting to go bald, so he convinced everybody to shave their heads. 086 THE SNOWBOARDER’S JOURNAL