Tue, 18 Nov 2008
Posted at 08:30:00 AM
The Jones Experience is a behind the scenes, point of view movie that I shot on a recent trip to Alaska. Although it is a pretty raw movie it is one of my favorite things I have been...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 12 Nov 2008
Posted at 11:00:00 AM
My morning wake up call came an hour early. My daughter was bouncing on my bed like it was Xmas morning. "Daddy, Daddy, get up, get up, IT SNOWED last night!...lets make a snow man!" The clock...Read Now! | Comments (2) |
Tue, 11 Nov 2008
Posted at 11:00:00 PM
The call came the night before. "Get down here tomorrow...offshore...overhead...80 degrees...." said my buddy Steve who lives in San Francisco. It was a quick conversation and although I had a...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sat, 18 Oct 2008
Posted at 04:30:00 PM
Summer is tough. Winter is easy During winter I know exactly what I 'm doing everyday: snowboarding. I might not know where, or when, or with whom, but no matter what I am going...Read Now! | Comments (1) |
Fri, 26 Sep 2008
Posted at 06:00:00 PM
It is so hard to explain what happen today so I will just stick to the facts. We drove for three hours up a valley that culminated with 12 switchbacks carved into the side of a 70-degree mountain...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sun, 20 Jul 2008
Posted at 12:30:00 AM
A year ago there was talk Teton Gravity Research was going out of business. It was not as close as people made it out to be but they were at a cross roads and this amazing lifestyle they...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Thu, 10 Jul 2008
Posted at 12:00:00 AM
Growing up on the East coast a lot of my time was spent dreaming of empty and perfect surf spots. The first spot at the top of my dream wave list was the Hollister Ranch. My...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
Posted at 12:30:00 AM
For months I have been trying to hook up with the Clif Bar Save Our Snow Tour. Each time it got pushed later into spring and the thought of riding together looked all but hopeless as the...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 23 May 2008
Posted at 12:00:00 PM
The AK with drawl is hard. I do not know if it is tapped adrenal glands or just the transition from the best lines of your life to summer time. Whatever it is I find myself wandering aimlessly...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Mon, 12 May 2008
Posted at 01:00:00 PM
Almost ten years ago to the day I finished my season with one of the best runs of my life down Pontoon Peak. Since that moment those experiences have held a place in my most cherished memory...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Tue, 6 May 2008
Posted at 08:00:00 PM
When I got approached by Travis Rice and Curt Morgan to shoot for "That's It, That's All" I was super stoked . Curt's movie making skills have always impressed me and I have...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sat, 3 May 2008
Posted at 01:00:00 AM
The thing I was looking forward to most coming to Valdez was getting to ride some bigger lines. Lately we have trended toward smaller lines 700 to 1200 vertical feet. For putting...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Posted at 05:26:58 AM
We check the weather sights multiple times a day. It is funny how excited we get when the forecast makes the slightest change from "snow likely" to "mostly cloudy" even though...Read Now! | Comments (1) |
Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Posted at 05:26:58 AM
Three weeks of unsettled weather has come to an end. It took a high pressure the size of Russia to clear things out but unfortunately the sunny skies have come with a strong north wind. It is the...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Posted at 05:26:58 AM
Two days into a high pressure and with stable conditions I am now in that world of butterflies and insomnia. When food and sleep become limited I know things are getting heavy. ...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 16 Apr 2008
Posted at 04:28:40 PM
From the moment I got of the plane the memories have been flowing threw my head as vividly as if they were yesterday. It was here in Valdez 14 years ago that my life got redirected on a coarse...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sun, 13 Apr 2008
Posted at 01:30:31 AM
We have been waiting a long time for this break. I pushed my departure back three times to get this day and I took full advantage of every minute. It has been a long time since I have...Read Now! | Comments (1) |
Wed, 9 Apr 2008
Posted at 12:48:32 AM
Eight years ago we had a problem on our hands. Valdez, the place that changed our lives and became an annual pilgrimage every spring was getting played out. Those endless horizons of unnamed peaks...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 4 Apr 2008
Posted at 04:06:21 PM
Published by Jeremy on April 4, 2008 in Uncategorized . Edit After days of bad weather and...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sun, 30 Mar 2008
Posted at 09:01:28 PM
Panic has started to set in. We have had a seven day stretch of bad weather and we find ourselves calling "40 % chance of snow" a good weather report. Desperation has led us...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sun, 23 Mar 2008
Posted at 05:51:52 PM
I am officially in that dreaded place that you never want to be in. I am in the waiting place. Days pile up and merge into one. Movies, hotel room work outs, games, books,...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 19 Mar 2008
Posted at 02:50:00 PM
Everything I have done up to this point was all for preparation, kind of a preseason. My 1st Goal every year is to make to AK healthy. My primary goal is to make home from AK healthy. Up until...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Mon, 17 Mar 2008
Posted at 11:33:21 PM
You have a better chance of winning on the craps table in Vegas then seeing the sun in BC. So with this in mind I assumed there was no when in hell that I would see blue sky on my four...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 14 Mar 2008
Posted at 08:24:49 PM
The push north has begun. It was bitter seet leaving home. Saying bye to my family was really hard but I am ready to get north and into the goods. It feels like a long time since...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Thu, 6 Mar 2008
Posted at 04:03:55 PM
Europe The feeling will hit you as second you step off the train and crank your head all the way back trying to see the top off the mountains. “Extreme”. Not the hyped up, mainstream...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 29 Feb 2008
Posted at 06:12:55 AM
If all freeride contests where like today I would compete in a lot more of them then I do. The face was one of the best I have ever ridden in Europe, we got to hike it, and we had a full...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 27 Feb 2008
Posted at 03:33:19 AM
Things started to get crazy last night around midnight. The terrain in zone two and snow was better then expected making for the best riding of the trip day or night. It was a full on...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 27 Feb 2008
Posted at 03:12:30 AM
The images on the screen blew me away. (Check www.huckandchuck.com for free downloads) Skiers fighting sluffs, bouncing off pillows and launching cliffs. It wasn't the skiing that had my jaw on...Read Now! | Comments (2) |
Sat, 23 Feb 2008
Posted at 05:17:47 PM
I learned a long time ago to that Europe is a lot more fun if you hook up with the locals. My first couple of trips over seas I traveled with a caravan of Americans. We would bumble around the...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 15 Feb 2008
Posted at 08:50:29 PM
"There comes a time when one must risk something or sit forever with their dreams." Trevor Peterson Today I rode a line I have looked at for 8 years and like so many times before it...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Wed, 13 Feb 2008
Posted at 03:26:55 PM
Voice Mail, July 2007 "My name is Chris Edmends , I am friends with Tom Burt...doing a film...would you be apart of it?" I wanted nothing to do with this but since he is friends...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Mon, 11 Feb 2008
Posted at 08:18:48 PM
This is one of the boldest overnight snow forecasts I have ever seen. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sat, 9 Feb 2008
Posted at 07:58:38 PM
"Core of Man's spirit comes from new experiences." Relin You know it is a good trip when you can sit content staring at the wall for hours reliving your experiences. Books,...Read Now! | Comments (4) |
Wed, 30 Jan 2008
Posted at 12:45:32 PM
It is so hard to explain what happen today so I will just stick to the facts. We drove for three hours up a valley that culminated with 12 switchbacks carved into the side of a 70-degree mountain...Read Now! | Comments (3) |
Mon, 28 Jan 2008
Posted at 03:26:10 PM
My first impression of these mountains was not great. They seemed featureless and flat. This is often the case when first stepping into new mountains. I remember thinking that about my first times...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 25 Jan 2008
Posted at 02:32:58 PM
A month ago I got an email from my contact from O'Neill Europe about going to Turkey. I didn't even make it to the bottom of the email before I said yes. My hast was not out of stupidity. A few...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Tue, 8 Jan 2008
Posted at 07:28:26 PM
I have a rule, never leave powder to find powder, so with this I found myself in a stare off with Jackson Hole. I had been there for three weeks, pushed my departure date three times but...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Sun, 30 Dec 2007
Posted at 09:08:18 PM
Jackson POW 12/30/07 All morning all I could think was, “your blowing it.” It wasn’t even January and I was walking to the lift carrying a 166 board I designed specifically for...Read Now! | Comments (2) |
Sun, 23 Dec 2007
Posted at 12:56:55 AM
My longest break from snowboarding in over ten years ended how I had hoped it would….with a powder turn. I had not planned on a 7-month break but a canceled Chile trip and a dry...Read Now! | Comments (2) |
Thu, 6 Dec 2007
Posted at 04:32:38 PM
Growing up on the East coast a lot of my time was spent dreaming of empty and perfect surf spots. The first spot at the top of my dream wave list was the Hollister Ranch. My inspiration...Read Now! | Comments (1) |
Sat, 13 Oct 2007
Posted at 01:03:41 PM
Last year I decided that I wanted to give back to the environment through profits from my Rossignol signature line of boards, boots and bindings. I was searching for a place to donate...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
Fri, 24 Aug 2007
Posted at 04:41:28 PM
With a heat wave bringing record temps to the mountains I started to Jones for some surf. I have not been in the water in over two months and the 90 degree temps made climbing and biking...Read Now! | Comments (0) |
