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After keeping busy in snow less California in late Dec and early Jan I was ready to be reunited with some Winter weather. Who would of thought I had to go back to the Eastcoast to do that? Even though Vermont isn’t having the best of seasons like much of the country, it was something to work with for sure… I was actually surprised on how good of a base there actually was at higher elevations. There were not many big storms coming through. A couple short rain events created some crust layers, but that wasn’t going to scare me off.. We received a fair amount of consistent smaller storms producing a couple inches here and there and with some help of the wind things were not as bad as many may have thought.. Sometimes you just have to go up for yourself to find out what its like, you might just be in for a treat even though there is no snow just a couple miles down the road. As I get ready to head out to Japan for my next adventure this Winter, I look back on the few weeks I spent in Vermont and I am happy with what I achieved. I made the best of it and leaving with a smile on my face.

Starting off with a fun solo run I did using my gopro..

Dalton Harben putting the new Worth Skis to the test. If you haven’t demoed a pair yet, you should..




Evan Waldman, long time powder skier in these parts knows right where to look for some left overs.

And he knows how to use the trees to help with face shots..

Dalton

Evan


Andy getting his share..

Jim Deshler ripping some pow while doing some limbo.

Couldn’t just let these nice lines just go to waste before some rain. Another shot of Jim Deshler.

Dalton diggin in…

A couple of me that Dalton took with his camera.

Another pov I did with a fun follow cam of Dalton..

When my friend Greg Vautour asked if I wanted to go paragliding on his day off, it didn’t take me long to come up with an answer. He called up his friend Kari Castle, a World Champion Pilot and the next thing I knew we were headed to Bishop, CA to meet up with her. She is a terrific teacher and really fun to hang out with.. It takes a lot of ground practice and work before your feet even leave the ground. Location is Little Flynn in Bishop California.

Here are some shots from ground practice and one of Greg’s flights. The pov video at the end is one of my flights..

The skiing might be crap in Mammoth these days, but there is some great mtn biking to be had until it snows. This is such a fun trail and its pretty much all downhill, just the way I like..

Mammoth Mtn puts a lot of pride and work into their parks and Mammoth breeds some of the best park riders there are. I am not a huge jibbing fan, but what some of these guys and gals can do is pretty amazing. There were kids as young as 7 throwing down just as good as some of the big boys. Their park crews dial there jumps in very nice. With the lack of snow here I am very very impressed on how well the this event turned out. Anyway I decided to take a few pictures since the riding else where on the mountain is just getting boring with no fresh snow. Enjoy!