Mammoth 12/21/10

I’m addicted to coffee.  Maybe because I grew up in Seattle but I love coffee.  However nothing beats waking up and starting the day than getting fresh powder turns.  I’d gladly trade in all the coffee for fresh tracks in the morning.  I woke up to bluebird skies which meant an amazing powder morning on the mountain and when my co-worker Ashley mentioned going out for a couple fresh tracks, I was game.

Early this morning only a couple lifts were open so we hit up the gondola then headed to chair #2 then back to the gondola for the morning.  It was idealic outside, sunny skies and lots of untouched powder on the mountain.

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I tried to get some powder shots but really what shows everything is the vholdr helmet cam I was wearing.  So I made a video with two runs that we did.  I love powder turns!

Mammoth 12/21/10 from Shayboarder on Vimeo.

Ashley snapped this photo of me spraying up some powder from her footage on the flip camera on a stick.  It was rad to see her footage at the end of the day and how it looks from that angle.

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Ashley rocking the flip camera with the ski pole holding it behind her.

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Got the new Smith I/OS in the mail yesterday and brought them out onto the snow for the first test day.  Gotta love the lenses, badass!

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