Splittboarding tahoes backcounty

Mar 05, 2010 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.
beautifull morning around tahoe
looks like back home
little beauty
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 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!
San Francisco Airport
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.
under the californian sun
the trees are differnt too
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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