Jess Mooney Finds the Softer Side of Hump Day
After a few weeks of shaking things up, photographer Jess Mooney checks in for a mellow story about making it in the biz.
Back to the Boneyard
Waterville Valley takes a trip to the 90s, where men were men and pants were huge!
The 2009 World Quarterpipe Championships
The term “anti-contest” can’t really do justice to what went down at Timber Ridge on March 23.
Old Gold- The US Open Drinking Game
Three years later and nothing has changed. Also fun for watching the live webcast.
Blog Wars!
I have recently found myself engaged in a blog battle with photographer Bryan Soderlind. It all started because of a review I wrote about the highly-anticipated wakeskate video Fun Boots! In an attempt to spice things up, I opted to take the angle of how I made my boyfriend wait for action while I watched it, in order to illustrate how excited I was to see this movie. Bear, as he's known in the biz, decided to take my moment of vulnerability and run with it, posting this blog on his site. If you don't want to read, basically he said that I shouldn't ruin the mystique of lusting after…
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YoBeat’s Guide to Proper Goggle Care
No matter how many cool guys are rocking sunglasses these days, goggles are still a necessary part your snowboard kit. They protect you from the elements, keep your face warm, and give you amazing tan lines! But an often-unappreciated use of goggles is that with proper care, they can up the difficulty level of your snowboarding, making you a more badass dude. Riding down the bunny slope is easy, unless of course, you can’t see anything. Or try hitting a jump when the fog is completely socked in. Pretty tricky to spot that landing, huh? A few simple tricks and you’re goggles will be in peak shape in no time.…
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I Only Shoot Covers
It has been a running joke (mostly within my own mind) that I only shoot covers. My published photo section is only covers and well, despite the fact that most are either not newstand mags, or on the online mag I run, I still think it's cool. The night I took this photo I actually was talking about Rob Campbell about how this was a night to shoot your pipe cover and the event actually ended up being canceled due to the fog. But it worked out for the NSSA Journal and went along well with the feature I wrote about Cost Saving Tips for Events from the USSA. (Download…
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Mormons and New Toys
After a year of digital elph filmmaking, I have finally upgraded to a real video camera. I invested in a Canon Vixia for the explicit purpose of shooting the Nikita 2010 Outerwear shoot in Utah. I was enlisted to make daily videos for the social media so this may have been overkill, but it seemed like a good excuse. Of course, it may have been wise to buy it more than a few days in advance and actually figure out how to use it and transfer the footage before showing up to do my job, but you know... I did get to Utah a few days early to meet up…
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Spring!
It's awesome that this is my front yard right now but I am off to Salt Lake on Friday for the Nikita photoshoot (subscribe to my Youtube videos and don't miss a minute of it!) and then Vermont for the last week in March. I was informed today that not only will I get to enjoy the World Quarters, but Pat Moore's Back to the Boneyard at Waterville and Last Call at Loon if I am so inclined! Snowboarding has gone well this year (other than the fact I have gotten a lot worse at it) so I am exciting to finish the season with some fun east coast events.…
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