Published photo in Skiing Magazine

Here's a shot that's running in the current issue of Skiing magazine. This shot was taken at Snowbird by Kevin Winzeler. It was a rough day for shooting in terms of light and visibility, but the bold metal of the tram tower provided enough contrast and interest to come away from the day with a great shot.

POV Powder edit 12/30/10 from Snowbasin

Here's a little helmet cam footage from an awesome day of skiing at Snowbasin:

Snowbird Powder with Scott Markewitz

On Monday night I got a call from the biggest name is Outdoor Sports Photography to come shoot at Snowbird the next day. I was excited to say the least. The day dawned blue. We had 6 inches of fresh overnight and the mountain gave us early access to get out there to get some good shots.

If I had to give one reason why I've pursued this "professional skier" path I would have to say the experiences. The gear is awesome and definitely enhances the experience, but it all comes down to moments like Tuesday morning when you have an entire ski area all to yourself to ski powder under blue skies.

Hopefully some photos get published from the day. It felt really productive. We had great light, snow and access. Below is a photo taken by Jared Ishkanian of one of the airs of the day:

Floating guy with teeth. Oh, and trees on his back.

It just sort of rolls off the tongue. This is one of my most recent paintings. As I start this blog I figure I should have a little content going before sending it out to anyone. This painting was done with pencils, inks, and paint on a board I found at a property. It may be somewhat of a self-portrait... metaphorically (although not done intentionally). I usually don't know what a painting is about until I'm done with it. I like painting from the subconscious. If I set out with a theme in mind the piece will seem forced and a cliche when done (to me anyway).

The new Salomon Rocker2

These just came in. Super cool looking ski both in terms of dimensions and graphics. The tip and tail are really unique. It actually doesn't have any metal edge for probably 8-10 inches in the tip and tail. I guess it's actually honeycombed in the tip and tail reduce swing weight as well. The portions of the metal edge just before and after the gap are heavily de-tuned. Flex feels really lively in both tip and tail, but super solid under foot. I think it would be just about impossible to hook an edge on these things. I'm beyond stoked to take these out for a spin.

Big Cliff. Small Skier.

Shot by my brother Michael R. Allen.