Brighton Tailgate Demo

Shredders

tailgate setup

J Jones 

new Hate getting setup on the ground 

hungry

Alex cooks a mean Dog

No lense needed 

Grub

Backcountry on a chairlift 

little shred sesh / Tailgate demo with some retailers at Brighton in Utah.  Jeremy Jones, and Alex Andrews were on hand to cook some hotdogs, and have some good times.

Craig Kelly 1966-2003

Craig Kelly taught me a lot,  He wasn't like a school teacher telling me what to do or anything.  He had a gift of teaching without really talking that much.  I learned so much from being with him and snowboarding behind him.   I also watched "Smooth Groove" over 1,000 times the first year i got into snowboarding.  

Jeff Pensiero, Co-Owner of Baldface Lodge 

Photo of Craig in my Cabin poking out a mean Melon

Tim Manning ready for "work"

Always remember 

JG and Terje with their Snow Surfers

 Morning commute

Heli Day 

Another Beautiful day at Baldface 

T Rice , Me, Terje, Lando

Baldface Lodge 

the new Craigs Cross 

Terje likes to have fun standing sideways 

homies 

This year 2013 was the 10 year of his passing, and I was fortunate enough to be invited up to Baldface in BC for an amazing trip.  Jeff P and the crew at Baldface have taken an idea that Craig had and made it really come to life.  The place is like Disneyland for Powder shredders.   Terje, JG and Tim Manning went up there with me , and we were also joined by Travis Rice and Mark Landvick.  We put up an amazing Cross above Baldface and shredded pow with Friends.   That's what Craig was all about.

Terje in Tahoe

Snow Surfer Bros

Family tree weapons

Terje about to launch

Cold Days in Tahoe are always good 

the office 

Terje is very good at Instagram

Terje snow surfing 

iphone pic of the master at the bottom of a line 

Shaka 

It was a pleasure to take my buddy Terje Haakonsen out to some of my Favorite Backcountry spots in Lake Tahoe.  I haven't ridden with Terje in almost 8 years, but we didn't miss a beat connecting with our vision of snowboarding.   We both like to just ride good , fun terrain that isn't life threatening.  After watching the grace and flow of my Norwegian friend i am convinced that he is the best snowboarder that has ever lived.  I'm not talking about the jumping and spinning the goes on,  but the on the snow board control this man has.  It was truly a Honor :-)

4th "Design Unlikely Feature" event at Bear Mt

The DON Le

Don on the mic

William the Winner Unveiling the feature 

the Feature was a BEAST 

Ready 

Setup from drop in 

Ladies Winners

dropping 

over 16 Winners 

Analog had its 4th "Design Unlikely Feature Event up at Bear Mt.  This is a event where people can submit drawings of a Feature they want built.  William Alexander from Sacramento had the winning feature this year,  and Clayton and the Crew at BEAR Mt built it perfect as always.  For the Riding event Bear setup all 4 of the DUF features and we had a big Jam session.  Kids under 15, Ladies, and 16 and over battled it out.  There was some incredible riding and some crazy bails.

Surfing the Wave Rave

had a pretty epic little early December morning out in the backcountry with Tim Gallager from Wave Rave. Looking forward to more days like this. Con-Artist and Landlord from the Family Tree line were perfect for the day.

surfing the WAVE RAVE from Dave Downing on Vimeo.

Kevin Jones and I took some laps at Bear Mt.

DD and KJ Bear Mt from Dave Downing on Vimeo.

My good buddy Kevin Jones and I went up for a session at Bear Mt.  It is Dec 10 and even though there isn't much snow Bear Mt is holding some serious fun up there.   I've been a pass Holder at Bear for 22 years, This is Kevin's first pass and he is amped.   I'm 44 years old and i'm loving snowboarding more than ever.  :-)

LA riglet event

Dillon, poser

glad i have this pin so i remember

shannon is artistic 

dewy gearing up the kids 

the scene 

carpet boarding at its finest 

warm up 

ahh

LA Burton Riglet event.  Small turnout, but the kids that came out were so stoked.

Mammoth / Trip

Family of 4 

Chair 12 Pow at Mammoth

Dillon 

hitting the rail 

Logan 9

Dillon 7

Logan trying a front board 

Clinic with Justin 

Kids were out of school, so i took the Family on a little trip up North,  Stopped in Mammoth to ride a day.  As always it was really windy, but super fun to ride pow with the kids.  Then Went up to Tahoe for some Clinics, and we rode Northstar.  My kids love those fun boxes almost as much as I do. :-) Great start to the Season.