mitch blog

Splittboarding tahoes backcounty

Mar 05, 2010 by mitch in WINTER NEWS

after a good storm it cleared up and i was invited to join jeremy jones and the deeper crew on a splittboard mission in lake tahoes backcountry. the other rider that came along was josh dirksen who seems to be fully into splittboarding to get were the powder is. although the weather moved in when we were ready to ride our lines it was a nice day out that did show me again that the best terrain is waiting for us to be accessed by hiking.

josh dirksen is getting ready just before the weather moved in, it is already the 10th splittboard he did build...

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US westcoast

Mar 02, 2010 by mitch in WINTER NEWS

Squaw Valley is the first destination of my travel also to take part in the 3rd stop of the FWT. I did hear a lot about this place close to lake Tahoe and a lot of the `big names´ in freeriding/skiing come from Squaw. After riding a few days in the resort i understand why so many strong riders come from this place, it seems there are endless options to ride fun little lines and huck of cliffs. Robb Gaffney even brought out a book called `Squawllywood´that tells you all the names of lines and rocks you can hit off piste plus the difficulty and the hero factor…riding California!

The famous forbidden fruit, Tram face is out of bounds and only opened for the competition

view from the top, because of the bad snow conditions we didnt get to ride it.

the competition and show was on in silverado than as the tram face was not ready to go on. for more on the comp check www.freerideworldtour.com

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Squaw is fun

Mar 01, 2010 by mitch in WINTER NEWS

Häusl and myself enjoing the dirt shred before the storm…

us dreck shred, that was the finish of a fun shred day in the natural clif park of squaw valley, usa

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Chamonix Freeride Worldtour 2

Feb 02, 2010 by mitch in WINTER NEWS

stoked winning the first tour stop of the season

the view from brevent where the contest takes place over towards the mont blanc

From the beginning: Finally a nice morning, at this time everybody thought the face is loaded with fresh snow, but after the forerunner martin winkler came down the face it turned out that the conditions were tricky. The steep parts didnt hold the fresh snow of the last days and turned into an icy slope, the flatter parts were filled with the powder.

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Chamonix Freeride Worldtour stop 1

Feb 02, 2010 by mitch in WINTER NEWS

To be part of a freeride worldtour competition in chamonix, the freeride, off piste, alpine mekka of the alps and of the world is most probably what it is for the surfing community to surf at a world tour stop on oahu, hawaii.

The mountains around are spectacular big and if i have the chance i always go and take the cable car up the aiguille du midi and do a run down the famous valle blanche.