JakeCast

Ski Days this season: 63

Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 47
Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 7
UofU Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT: 1
Telluride, San Juan Mountains, CO: 3

Sorry for the massive delay in updating the Telluride FWT pictures, results, etc. I have been swamped in homework in the last week (only been skiing once during the latest storm cycle) and am trying to get done so I can ski some next week.

I should have some more pictures for Telluride uploaded sometime this weekend and I am working on updating my site a bit so I can post quicker updates in the future.

The long, nasty climb up Palmyra Peak (note the competitors in the upper saddle of the mountain)

Ullr, keep this storms system rolling while I am stuck in the Math lab please!
Jake

Ski Days this season: 60

Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 46
Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 7
UofU Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT: 1
Telluride, San Juan Mountains, CO: 1

Reporting live from Telluride, CO for the Freeskiing World Tour. Drove here on Wednesday with Kyle Wehmanen and Todd Ligare (the Ligre) and spent yesterday checking out the venue (which is super exposed right now). Today is round one and I get the lucky honor of following two of the best freeriders in the world, one of which is a Telluride local. That should make it fairly easy to impress the judges

Snowbird
Nik climbing for the goods last Sunday

Snowbird gives me a little going away present

Telluride
On the road through Southern Utah

View from the Telluride Town gondola

The venue, looking awfully uncovered

Carston on top of one of the possible finals venues

Jon, exhausted.

Dayrn, leading the charge

Gnar.

Ground Zero.

Ullr, this may be the only time I say this, but why not take a break for the FWT event today and tomorrow?
Jake

Date: December 29, 2008 – January 29, 2009
Location: Snowbird, UT
Featuring: Me (Jake Kirshner), Nik Aksamitn, Dex Mills, Brady Newton, Alex Mazurkewycz

High-Res Version: http://www.jakecast.com/helmetcast/helmetCast12.m4v
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Even though 2 and a half weeks of high pressure can be a drag, it doesn’t mean there still isn’t fun things to do on skis. I hope you enjoy this footage from deep days and not so deep days!

But wait! There’s more…
Pictures
As a bonus for the extra amount of time it took me to upload this, here are some pictures taken with awesome ski photog Adam Barker (http://www.adambarkerphotography.com/) in early January.

Stay tuned next week when I report live from Telluride, CO for the Freeskiing World Tour!

Cheers & Pray for Snow,
Jake

Ski Days this season: 54

Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 41
Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 7
UofU Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT: 1

High Pressure has left Utah and Powder has returned! The last few days have been all time as over 30″ of snow have hit Altabird in the last few days. My 12th HelmetCast should be done with footage after tomorrow morning and hopefully I’ll have it online by Thursday.

Welcome back Ullr! Please stay forever…
Jake

Ski Days this season: 48

Alta Backcountry, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Rocky Point, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 1
Collins Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 3
Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 35
Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT: 7
UofU Golf Course, Salt Lake City, UT: 1

I write this post as a plea to the great and powerful snowgods…Please end this high pressure and bring some fresh powder!

I am 73% done with the latest video. Just cutting out the rest of the footage. Here is a frame grab from some double staged air time.

Ullr!?! This hot weather caused me to stay inside the Marriott Library all day…this travesty should not repeat itself!
Jake