Jeremy Jones: First Snow

Nov, 24 2008

My morning wake up call came an hour early. My daughter was bouncing on my bed like it was Xmas morning. “Daddy, Daddy, get up, get up, IT SNOWED last night!…lets make a snow man!” The clock said 4:45 AM, “its still dark out…go back to bed.” She would not let up. It is the first I have seen of the snow gene from her and although I had only slept five hours her enthusiasm and persistence paid off.

The five inches on the deck was a nice change from the endless summer but it was a little bit of a tease. Not enough to snowboard, but biking and climbing was now over for the year. After a snowman filled morning I got online and visited my old friends  and checked the weather cams at The last few seasons I have not been the guy riding rocks early season but for whatever reason I have the itch this year. I will be the guy milking the patch for a few turns.

More snow fell through the day and someone I knew must have ridden. The first few calls were met with laughter. My wife looked at me like I ws crazy but I finally got Jim Zellers on the phone. “Its killer….no rocks…lets go tomorrow.” We were on it early the next morning. Expectations were low as we pulled into the trail head to our favorite low tide spot. Pretty quickly as we gained elevation skinning up we realized conditions were better then expected and our plans changed from a small grassy hill to a the summit.

Dropping in off the top Jim’s and Scotty’s screams, as well as there sprays confirmed there was POW to be had. AsI rolled of the top the weight of summer seemed to fall of me with each turn. I wiggled out as many turns as possible, got one face shot, hit two mini airs and hit zero rocks.

Tahoe instant base.  It started snowing 30 minutes before this photo.  It the only snow in the world where a 20 inch base is enough to ride in the backcountry and not hit a rock.

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Destination: 1 week at Innsbruck to visit the guys at Method Mag.

Nov, 24 2008

I took the train to get there and got snobbed by a lesbian Austrian girl…too long to explain.
Food: frozen pizza the whole week.
Day : It rains all day, it’s boring in IBK when it rains…
Day 2: Skateboard, allright austrian speaks a strange language BUT they know outto built a skatepark and that makes it up. http://placed-to-ride.com/blog/?p=693 ) Wouaaaaah!! Almost got an earth attack because it is so perfect to skate!
Evening : I’m in love…with the soccer game in the men restroom.
Day 4: Blue bird in Hintertux, first real session with Fred Egli (Photo Editor) and Alexis de Tarade ( web), we found small spots worth to be shot but we kept on tracking the powder as we are planning to come back the next day;
Day 5: We’re back... With Fred Egli and Thomaz ( Editor in chief), and we have a mission, coming back with at least a pic of the week for Method’s website. http://www.methodmag.com. Mission accomplished, 1st try and Fred is so glad about the pic. I would like to show it to you but Fred would kill me…sorry!
Back to the flat, I’m trying to cook carbonara, only I have no bacon and only yogurt instead of fresh cream…that will do.
Day 6: Bowling battle is on between Method guy and TTR crew, Method won big time, I’ve tried my best but wasn’t really helpful.
Back to France: Finally in Geneva after 10 hours travel instead of 6, I missed my first train in Innsbruck, then a second one in Zurich and I got kicked off a wagon booked exclusively for women…

Trips are funny but hopefully we’ll be able to teleport ourselves any time soon.

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Jeremy Jones and Dimitri Biau : cover boys of the month

Oct, 24 2008

Big up to Jeremy who is currently visible on the 100th issue of onboard mag throughout Europe. In the same issue Jeremy has been voted best big mountain rider of all time by 400+ riders.
On the freestyle front we are pleased to introduce you Dimitri Biau, freshly promoted to the European team. Dimitri is scoring the cover of MBM snowboarder in Germany with a sweet ollie on his Decoy.

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Alex Evequoz won the Kastle Battle in Sion

Oct, 19 2008

Our swiss freestyler is in love with steel and he gave a lot to eat to his Retox during the week end of the Kastle Battle.

check out the video report wirth the link below.

http://www.fluofun.fr/news/15848-kastle-battle-de-sion-portfolio-et.html

Here are the qualif:
http://www.zapiks.fr/kastle-battle-08-snowboard-q.html
and here the finals:
http://www.zapiks.fr/kastle-battle-08-snowboard-f.html
More infos on:
www.kastle-battle.com

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Jeremy Jones : Summer is too long.

Oct, 18 2008

Summer is tough.  Winter is easy During winter I know exactly what I ‘m doing everyday: snowboarding.  I might not know where, or when, or with whom, but no matter what I am going snowboarding.
Summertime leaves me with long sunny days that need to be filled with something.  I resort to mountain biking, surfing, climbing, wake surfing and skating hills.  The feeling of chasing my buddies down a rocky single track on my bike, catching a good wave surfing, bombing down mountain pass on my skateboard or leading a new climbing route are fun for awhile, but I would trade them all in for a day of snowboarding.
It is the days like when these photos that get me threw the never ending summer months.  Having your stomach knotted with fear, breathing through that fear, dropping in with total confidence, seeing nothing but the task at hand, flying out the bottom with uncontrollable joy and relief, and then looking back at your track and being totally content for a moment.
No matter how hard I try I can never totally duplicate these emotions in summer.  So here is a little teaser to get you threw this last stretch.  One month and counting until life gets easy again.
Jeremy
More picture and story from jeremy on his blog www.jeremyjones.net

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Pic 1 :The view from the top.  So many options, not enough time.  First I need to get my glove.
 
Pic 2 : The weather came in as we were getting set up to ride these lines.  This face had me pacing the lodge for ten days hoping for a break in the weather that never came.  It is beasts like this that get me adding an extra loop on my bike ride or an extra set at the gym.

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