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It’s the simple things that bring me the most happiness these days and I can’t think of anything better than spending some time with an old friend. Jamie arrived Friday night and it’s been good being able to catch up with him on things. He was in town signing prints for Asymbol and stayed with us for the weekend. We went up and did some riding, some skating, went fishing and had a lot of laughs and great conversation. It’s was great to see him, to me he represents the heart and soul of the Northwest riding scene… oh yeah Mt. Baker Opened today, wish I was there!

Jamie, Kyle and Willie

Mylo and Kitty by Mr. Lynn

Lily and I decided to get out in the mountains and figured it was time to introduce our son Mylo to the winter surroundings. We went for a short walk on our splitboards carrying Mylo with a sling inside my jacket. He slept as I hiked around in the cold and didn’t seem to mind it one bit.  It was a good little adventure for our family.

Mylo sleeping away

Just got back from a quick trip to California. It’s a good feeling being back in Jackson with the family but I had a really good time enjoying all the great things Cali has to offer. After a short flight I landed in another world meeting up with Seth Huot, Zac Marben, Gigi Ruf, Ryan Boyes and Billy Anderson. It started off with an outerwear photo shoot and then we hit the road and paid a visit to Snowboarder, TWS and many fine board shops up and down the coast.  Trip highlights, surfing, skating the Volcom compound, celebrating Zac’s 22nd b-day, Valient Thor in hollywood and watching the finals and best trick of  Volcom’s “Damm Am” skate contest from a birds eye view.

It was action packed with good times to say the least… much love to Billy and Ryan at Volcom for having me down.

A strange coincident occurred yesterday while Lily, Mylo and I went for our first family hike. It was a calm sunny and beautiful day, perfect for testing out our new baby sling and easing Mylo into his new surroundings. We decided to do a short hike to a lake just up the road from our house. Mylo seemed to be happy sleeping in the sling hanging from my shoulders as I walked along the forested trails. We decided to picnic on a large boulder on the edge of the lake offering great views. I caught some fish as Lily feed Mylo while soaking up the unseasonably warm weather. It was another fine example of the constant contrasts of seasons this time of the year.

On our way out we ran into some friends and introduced them to our son Mylo. They said “Oh so it was you guys who wrote Milo on the trail” Lily and I were a little confused, what a strange coincident. We picked up on the writing along the trail on the way back to the car and counted “Milo” 21 times. What were the odds of that happening? We like to look at it as a welcoming sign expressing his belonging to this special place.

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It changed from summer to winter up here pretty much over night. It’s been snowing now for around ten days, the first storm began on the last day of September giving us no chance for an Indian summer. I’ve been watching the weather very close since the snow began in anticipation of my first turns.

I decided today was the day to get out and take a look at the snow. The way the storms have come in gave me a gut feeling it was getting good up high. I called a couple people to see if they wanted to go shred with no luck so I decided to go alone. It’s a strange feeling gearing up uncertain if you’ll be actually getting in some riding. I figured I’d just look around on my splitboard and see what was going on. I’m glad I did.

I was sinking in deep making it tough to break trail

As I got into the forest I got excited about making some turns

Feels like winter!

First run of the season

It’s 80 degree’s one day and the next it’s in the thirties with snowfall. This is Jackson hole in the fall as winter begins to show. It set off a kind of fire drill in my head as I looked at web cams and other sites to see the storm totals. The western slopes of the Tetons received over a foot of snow and the first tracks of the season were made. I always wait for a little base to set up to get my shred on, Stumps and rocks ruin seasons and destroy boards. Don’t get me wrong,  I’m still getting my gear ready as another stronger system approaches…

looks promising

Summer’s officially over and I’ve been thinking about riding a lot these days.  The leaves are falling and it’s getting cold at night, little reminders of the reality winters coming soon.  I drift back to the past season with some pictures of Mike and I in the latest issues of Pleasure & White Lines Magazines. Our Austria trip last winter was probably the highlight of my season. We were invited by Jan Prokes of Volcom Europe to show artwork in Innsbruck and spend some time exploring the Austrian Alps. It was a dream trip, good snow and great friends. Seeing these photos reminded me of the good times we had riding and chilling with the Volcom Europe family.

Here’s some photo’s I took of friends on the trip…