As the season slows down for Eero and crew, it was time to hit up Europe for hopefully a few solid weeks of filming some sick jumps. The crew meet up in Munich and rolled to Solden, Austria in some badass Audi wagons. The drive was mellow, only taking two hours, including a McD’s stop for Eero.
Once Eero and his crew arrived in Solden they were greeted by Friday Productions, who had already been at the mountain getting the first jump dialed in. The crew was stoked to see Eero, as it had been a few weeks since there last filming trip, in BC.

The entire crew was twelve people deep (three riders and eight filmers / photographers) when we took the first tram ride up Solden to begin our photo shoot. Solden’s jump was built towards the top of the mountain in an avalanche area, so it required a little bit of work getting all of the gear there. In the end the Solden crew was very helpful in getting Marius’ paragliding gear up to the jump to set up.

A Mammoth Quarterpipe In The Norwegian Woods Gets Smothered In Snow

Kelly Marren laying one out on the last run of the day at Kirkwood

Most of you have either heard and or have seen how much snow the Greater Lake Tahoe Area has received, but let me tell you nothing compares to experiencing it - each blower turn after the other. So, instead of carrying on about how my friends and I scored epic sessions of insane deep powder – I am going to let these photos tell the story.

Big ups to my boy Krizzler for hooking me up with sweet places to crash, slick riding for the camera and ample transportation – including both ways to Reno Airport (at midnight and 6am).

Tawnya's Backyard

I could go on and on about how ridiculous the snow is right now in the Tahoe / Mammoth area and how I caught up with many old friends (including new ones - nice job Hoyers!!), but you don’t need to know more then it’s been puking since my plane arrived in Reno at midnight on Thursday to this very second.

Expect some epicness in the coming days with some jealous smiles… Sierra and Kirkwood here we come - South Lake is setting up to be hammersville!!!

Below are a few photos, but I will be honest - I was busy slaying powder with friends to shoot many photos... MM

I arrived at Oakley Headquarters to meet Hotell and bang out some work at 11am on Sunday morning, we worked until about 1:30, and took a Suburban to LAX. Arrived with just about enough time, to check in... So we waited in line for E-Ticketing with our four board bags, two large duffels, two backpacks, my camera bag and laptop bag... Get our tickets but no is taking care of tagging the luggage... There were 25 kiosks pumping out peoples tickets, but only four people behind the counter tagging luggage. Finally after about 20 minutes I ask one of the traffic line guys what the deal is and he snaps on me.

Well, like most I headed home for the Turkey Day's extended weekend. For me this meant heading back East to good old NH to see the 'rents and bros. And on Friday morning my brother and I got up and headed to K-Rock for some min-shred and human gate dodging, weaving and bonking.

As we rolled into the parking lot with MDP's "Follow Me Around" thumbing Shiny Toy Guns from Heikki's part on B's flatscreen, the parking police proceeded to stop us from picking up our tickets from the Marketing Offices. To which Fitzy asked, "Bro do you have sand in your vagina?" We rolled by and parked the truck in the employee lot... Suited up and headed to K1 ganjola, where we got down and enjoyed our first day of shred for the 06/07 season.

My brother passed this along to me and some friends... it's freaking hilarious!!!

Hangovers
If you don't laugh, then you just can't relate. Guess
you had to have been there one time or
another..........

One Star Hangover (*):
No pain. No real feeling of illness. You're able to
function relatively well; however, you are still
parched. You can drink 5 sodas and still feel this
way. For some reason, you are craving a steak & fries.

Two Star Hangover (**):
No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may
look okay, but you have the mental capacity of a
staple gun. The coffee you are chugging is only

Get Ready!!!

The newest and most unique magazine to hit the streets is about to break into the hands of artists and snowboarders everywhere in the Fall of 2006.

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ARKANE Snow is committed to being a high quality micro-magazine inspired by the art and lifestyles generated by snowboarding. ARKANE will provide readers with an inside view of snowboarding by presenting selected work from the photographers, fine artists, musicians and unclassifiable geniuses who embody the creativity and progression that saturates our sport. As a free and nationally distributed publication, ARKANE will erase traditional expectations of a snowboard magazine with our intense focus on aesthetics. ARKANE is the new revolution in snowboarding magazines.

Great News... I had been blogging with a few users on this site about Fuel TV and it not being available in all markets, i.e. if you have Comcast you are out of luck.

But I was just informed that "Firsthand" is now available on iTunes, under TV Shows, showcasing the complete first / full season from 2003 with 32 episodes.

The costs are:

$1.99 per episode
$49.99 for the full season

Sorry the TR and Dave Downing Pieces are not available yet.

Yes, it's true Squaw did receive six inches of fresh over Memorial Day Weekend. Hell, I woke up to four inches on my patio at lake level in Incline Village... it was really hysterical. I had fallen asleep on my couch in a drunk stooper from the prior nights activities and woke up freezing. Wondering why the heater in the condo had kicked on during Memorial Day Weekend (I am from the righteous coast, Memorial Day is normally in the 90s and spent on the beach), I opened my blinds to see four inches on my patio and it was still snowing. I thought you have got to be sh!tting me bro... but it was true.