US Freeskiing Nationals Live Webcast at Snowbird

Today is the first day of the Freeskiing World Tour event at Snowbird, Utah. The event will be broadcasted live via webcast today and Saturday. The webcast will be going live at 12pm MST.

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Hangtime in Little Cottonwood

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

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Things I have learned in the last month.
1) Getting skiing "out of your system" over winter break is damn near impossible
2) You don't have enough control unless your boots feel like a tourture device
3) High Pressure doesn't have to be all bad

Even though a high pressure system was in Salt Lake for about two weeks during January and made the entire town look like that Steven King book, The Fog (or the Mist or whatever, I forgot the actual title) the skiing at still remained pretty good.

Although, I was the first to drop to praise Ullr when the snow finally returned last week...

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.

Adam and I find some powder off Lone Pine.


I can ski with the sun in my eyes.


Adam shoots my skiing from the 3rd person perspective.


Mandatory lifestyle shot.


Cheers & Pray for Snow,
Jake

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Deep

Date: December 9-24, 2008
Location: Snowbird, UT
Featuring: Me (Jake Kirshner), Daimon Bushi, Kyle Wehmanen

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Tuesday was my perfect day. I had the biggest dumb grin on my face every turn and my teeth were all sparkly from all the snow hitting me in the face. This all occurred while the tram was closed too! Maybe there is life beyond the tram for me...

Cheers,
Jake

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Time to Unwind

Well school is officially out at the UofU, which means skiing is officially in! Time for deep pow and soft landings.

Here are some photos from some post-final celebrating.

I claim this fallen tree as my own!


My Favorite Landing Ever.

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Allen gets his camouflage on.

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Tommy struggles for air...and vision...

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I'm in this photo.


I outrun my own powder wave.

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Tommy cornering some snow-covered trees.

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Allen tail taps some snow covered trees.

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Now you see me!


Now you don't!


Can't. Wait. For. Tomorrow!
Jake

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Watch Your Landings!

Date: December 5-6, 2008
Location: Snowbird, UT
Featuring: Me (Jake Kirshner), Nik Aksamit, Sam Fox, Kyle Wehmanen

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With close to a foot of fresh Snow and the Cirque Traverse finally open it is finally starting to feel like winter again at Snowbird. Seems like a good time to start jumping off stuff =) Watch your landings thought! Chocolate Chip rock are still abundant!

Cheers,
Jake

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My Delusion

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Okay, skiing after this would make me officially deranged. Look for Mountain Bike HelmetCasts to begin next week.

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My Denial

Should have some HelmetCam footy later this week, but I had to share this photo...

I call this photo, "Denial"

Photo taken: July 5, 2008

I can't help myself...I'm addicted...
Jake

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The Grand Finale

Footage from Snowbird's closing weekend! A big THANKS to everyone that was involved with this season.

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What an awesome way to end the season! Pond skimming, slush skiing, and chutes defined by bushes. Doesn’t get much better than that!

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A Little Chuteing

Date: June 13-15, 2008
Location: Alta/Snowbird, UT
New Snow: 0"
Featuring: Me (Jake Kirshner), Daryn Edmunds, Carston Oliver, Ben Wheeler, Molly Baker

Number 4 for your viewing pleasure!

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Switching to a goggle-strap mount next weekend so hopefully that will make the camera a bit more steady.

Jake

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...It Ai'nt Over Till It's Over

Date: June 6-9, 2008
Location: Alta/Snowbird, UT
New Snow: 0"
Featuring: Me (Jake Kirshner), Josh Matta, Adrian Lazo

Camera was a bit jittery on this go through due to some chunky snow conditions. I decided to keep it short to avoid repetitive shots. Working on a better mounting technique to minimize the shake.

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Jake

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Junebird

Spring in Utah rocks.

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Cheers!
Jake

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Snowbird HelmetCam Action

This is my first attempt at shooting helmet cam footage with my V.I.O. POV.1.

Some Notes:
Most of the footage was shot Sunday so the snow is really crusty (hence the shakyness of the camera) and this is my first go at Final Cut Studio 2 and using a helmet cam (hence the poor angle in some of the shots). I expect the quality of the footage and editing to improve as I get better at this.

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Cheers,
Jake

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