Keep Tahoe Blue

So we're in Tahoe.
Jeremy Stompson, Mutty, Jake and I flew in last Sunday on a 1 am flight to Sacramento. We had the best light I've ever seen on a flight and got some cool shots in the Chicago airport during our layover.

Flying United Economy Plus is a plus.

Eating lunch in the Sacramento aiport.

When we got to California Jake would only talk about In-n-out. He wanted it so bad.

Jake, wanting it so bad.

Jake making out with his burger.

From the airport we headed straight to Boreal where we met up with another flow rider, Brendan. Bredan is a super nice guy and great snowboarder. We rode and filmed until the sunset, then headed to our hotel down in Truckee. Long day.

It's been good to see some familiar sights for a change. I was here in Tahoe last year at about this time, though there was much more snow last year. Jeremy has been blaming the lack of snow this year on the economy. One thing thankfully unaffected by the economy is the size of the trees, they are still big.

Big Tree.

We revisted Eagle falls, a stop on the way to South Lake Tahoe that I had shot last year.

Eagle Falls, also killing it despite the economy.

Because of the lack of snow, we've been having a hell of a time finding stuff to shoot. It seems everywhere we go there just isn't enough snow. Donner pass, site of the notorious cannibalism incident, is usually a great spot to go get shots but this year it is pretty bare. We had a hard time trying to convince Jeremy to land on rocks.

Rockin'

After our failures at Donner Pass, we headed down to one of the housing communities by the lake to search for features to shoot. Jake calls these sort of missions an "absolute last resort." We ended up getting lucky and finding a roof that lead up to a water tower. A perfect setup for a step up step down jump. After a few hours of building, Jeremy and Brendan got wild on it.


We went to Northstar the next day to shoot pipe, but it was tracked out so we headed to Boreal again. I shot follow cams as Jeremy and Brendan did doubles, Jake shot from the bottom of the jump line.

Some fifteen year old skiier asked Jeremy if he could buy herion from him and then later dangerously cut him off. Jeremy got pissed and strangled the kid with his own pole, then punched him in the face and told him to "learn some fucking ettiquette."

Today we're heading out with sleds to go shoot a natural quarterpipe across the lake. And maybe a log jam as well?

Ps- I've been watching Jean-Luc Godard's Un Femme est Un Femme (A Woman is A Woman), and its amazing. Its got Anna Karina and Belmondo, same as Pierrot Le Fou, but this time Karina is a classy stripper obsessed with getting pregnant and Belmondo plays a fool helplessly in love with Karina. "Is it a Comedy or a Tradegedy?" The characters continually question.

The night club where Karina strips.