The resort we went to was Flachauwinkel and the terrain there we worked with was so sick! We found some good spots with still a bit powder left to build jumps. I don't even wanna know how many cubic meters of snow we moved but it was a lot!

Squeezed in the back of Tyler's full packed Audi, after a 10 hours drive from Silvretta Montafon to Avoriaz, with 3 extra hours trafic jam in Zurich to pick up Jerome Tanon's laptop and hard drive, we finally arrived in Avoriaz city at midnight!

I didn't think that this landing looked sketchy at all since it was kinda flat and short as I was the one going first.

After spending a week in the company of Pirates I am alive and well. There was little booty taken but many a powdery landings were pillaged and dare say violated.

Having a crip right up on top of a perfect mountain probably is the dream of every snowboarder - and exactly this dream became true for Marco Feichtner and Björn Hartweger in mid february when we went to Krippenstein. Every morning we stepped outside the hut there with a few more centimeters of fresh and a big smile on everybody's face - and I am not only talking about the riders - also Basti Gogl the editor of the Snowboarder MBM and I got some untracked powder lines at the end of a good working day.

Juuso, Botner, Stian and I were sad to leave our comfy rooms at the Firelight Lodge on Kings Beach but a rise in temps meant it was time to saddle up and head east of the Sierras.  We'll be back as soon as it snows and recommend the Firelight Lodge to anyone looking for a spot to stay while enjoying North Lake Tahoe.

I couldn´t stop thinking about this spot in Flachauwinkl for years. It´s always a bad feeling to have some unfinished business so we decided to go back there to check out this almost natural take off with perfect landing - and guess what - it looked exactly as I had it in mind! Björn and me both got shots - mission complete! Heres some photos!
Fichtl

After a lot of good food and wine over the Christmas days, it was time to pack the bags and fly out to Iceland to hook up with Eiki Helgason, his brother Halldòr Helgason and Gulli Gudmundsson to shoot rails in their home town Akureyri.

Akureyri Harbour

Rolling

On Friday the 29th of January the Pirates will be hosting a party like none other. Not only having the first art book show in the US but also showcasing a Pirate theme burlesque show performed by the lovely ladies from Ooh La La. There will be FREE Beer and FREE Transportation in the downtown area. Special guest photographer Gabe Basher. Come help us welcome SIA to Denver in true Pirate style! AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!