Steve and I are shooting at the Dew Tour in SLC this weekend for the Weekly Update folks at Fuel.



This is Fake Ryan Sheckler. You can see him in the top right corner. I can't figure out what his deal is. He looks like a younger version of sheckler. He is totally playing the part, red bull hat on backwards, elbow brace on, oakley wrist band, the whole nine yards. At the Vert prelims I saw him in the stands and people were constantly asking for his autograph and he would reply that he wasn't ryan. But at the Park comp, he was on the floor and after, I saw him outside mobbed by this crowd so I snapped a pic.

My Uncle Scott introduced me to snow. I lived in California and had never really spent any significant time around it. Scott lived in Utah and worked at Alta ski resort. I think I was around 10 or 11 when my parents sent me to stay with him and his wife Marcia for a few days. They taught me to ski and I caught the bug. It was a pretty important crossroad in my life because it eventually led me to snowboarding, which led me to go to college in Utah and started me on the path for my career which involves a lot of filming in the snow.
My Uncle Scott passed away tonight from Pancreatic cancer. Thank you Scott and Marcia for pointing me in that direction.

Steve has 3 more fuel spots for us to do and we shot the first of them yesterday just outside of Boise. Ronn Seidenglanz helped out with the location and talent. We had Brandon Christiensen shoot it for us. Lots of things fell right into place for this one. Drove to Boise on monday night. Got started around 7am tuesday, wrapped at sunset, hit the road and got home around 3 am. Good Times.

It's always a good time shooting Jeff. We got the chance to do some more work with him the other day.

Had a good time at the Deer Creek Open Water Swim Marathon.
Big thanks to Jim for another good year.
Big thanks Jason Von Reamair for being my paddler for the entire 10 kilometers. I figured I looked at Jason over a 1000 times as I took breaths on my right side. Leave it to Jason to shoot video, snap photos and still come up with over 100 unique obscene hand gestures and super crude verbal one-liners to cheer me on.
Jason you are a special friend.

Got the chance to work with Todd again. Last summer I helped him shoot some fire training stuff for mine workers. This year it involved a mock terrorist scenario complete with real swat teams and rubber bullets flying. Here's a shot Todd snapped of me in the thick of the swat guys.

This video made me think of my friend Brent from Salt Lake City Bicycle Company.

Got to go to Toronto this weekend to shoot Wakestock. It was a bonus to see some guys that i haven't seen in a long time. This is Danny Hampson and Keith Lyman doing an autograph session.

For now no comment.

My good friend Brent Hulme just opened a bike shop in downtown Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City Bicycle Company
2nd South and 2nd East.
Brent has been in the bike industry for over 20 years.
He is good dude. I am happy for him and his family.
He carries Trek, Gary Fisher, and super hip Swobo bikes.
It is a big shop, but I know Brent will treat everybody with bike needs like family because that is the way Brent is.
Anyway, I am super excited about bikes right now.
I could not think of better time in our lifetime to open a bike shop.
Bikes are the answer to a lot of things.
Go to Brent’s shop and tell him Steve from Ranch Exit sent you.
Enjoy a bike ride.
Peace

This is Shonka. I met Shonka years ago on one of the Liquid Force/ Lake Powell Shoots. I just remember that he was super hungry to learn everything he could about film making, he was asking me questions all week about shooting 16mm and documentary style film making. I was inspired by his unique combination of tenacity and kindness.
Fast forward a few years and Shonka is working at oakley and he gives me a call out of the blue to ask if I want to go to Bali to shoot some stuff for them. Tons of other oakley gigs have followed. I finally got to work with him in person again at the hood shoot last week. Huge thanks Shonka!
The shot is a frame grab from a shot I took of him on a RED one.

Last day of the shoot here at High Cascade. The rider is Nicholas Mueller.

I have to admit that when I started getting out my snowboard gear for this gig I was a little bit disgusted at the idea of snowboarding in July. But as soon as I got on the hill, I was having a blast. All the folks at High Cascade Snowboard camp are super fun folks. It's been a blast to see the kids that are so completely stoked to be here. It's been inspiring.

I'm at Mt hood this week shooting for Oakley. It's been super fun so far, We are documenting Nicolas Mueller and Gretchen Bleiler hanging out with the campers at
High Cascade Snowboard camp. Riding, swimming in the lake, dodge ball, skateboarding, all around summer camp fun.

Okay Utah People!
The second annual Deer Creek Open Water Swim is a little more than a month away. This year they have added a massive 10 mile swim and a very doable one mile swim. I did the 10K last year and it was a good time. Come swim with me and if you don’t want to swim maybe someone needs a kayaker. Look they put me on the poster, cool.
Peace,
SO

lego bricks rule.
ethan vincent rules.
ethan has a gig with lego and brought me along. We got to film adults and kids who get crazy creative with legos. Thanks to ethan and the lego folks!

My Family and I just back from Lake Powell.
It was a great time.
We are rediscovering the joy of water in the desert.
We are doing it our own way,
no house boat, no jet skis, no ski boat
just a 30 year old cruiser boat, some kayaks, some sleeping bags, a camp stove and the kid’s urge to explore.

I had a gig with PIC last week in Hawaii. The gig was to do some instructing at an HD seminar at the University of Hawaii.
I had a Lay over for 3 hours in LAX. I have a tradition that Steve introduced me to whenever I have a layover in LA for 2 hours or more. I walk out of the airport and down to the in and out burger. It's about an hour and a half round trip if you are taking your time. You can do it in an hour if you hustle. I always find it refreshing to get the legs moving in between flights instead of just sitting around. Any of you who have been there know that it's right next to the landing strip of the airport and it feels like the planes are going to land right on top of you.

Our friend Drew is getting married to Lynette.

We just got back from a World Cup Mountain bike race in Andorra.

We have been doing the behind the scenes on the new Jared H. film. This film is outrageous and Funnnnnny!!! I can not believe the mind of Jared. More detailed post about Jared, and the film soon.

Here is a quick web spot we did for GT bikes.
Love the vintage BMX footage.

When little Timmy Hall went to kindergarten the kids teased him and called him Fuzzy because of his big white fro. Now Fuzzy is in his late 30’s and is a legend in BMX. I met Fuzzy over 10 years ago and he really did change my life. We just finished a Fuel TV Firsthand on Fuzzy that premieres this Sunday. Check it out. We love you Fuzzy, you are the man.

We had a great time at Mammoth at the Roxy Chicken Jam.
It is a great event for women and always fun to shoot.
Sunday the event got canceled because of bad weather so all the camera crew, and producers went snowboarding, nice powder- great day.
Thanks for the good time Fuel people and freelance camera folks.

Ethan Vincent and I had a lovely time in West Palm Beach, Florida at the BMX UCI race. Everybody is gearing up for the Olympics. Here is quick Olympic update with Team GT.

A new Skate spot we did for Fuel TV. Watch for dead flies from my winter windows. Thanks Stan. Love the music "Songs for Ghosts to Haunt to" by Maps and Atlases. Thanks Fuel people for letting us play. Peace

I got to Moscow last night with the oakley crew. Today we went to Red Square to do some shooting. I gave my still camera to Anne-Flore cuz I was busy shooting video and her still camera ran out of batteries. Here's a photo she took of Gretchen Bleiler in front of St. Basil's Cathedral.

Day 4 of riding in Russia and we finally got a break, it's been super warm and sketchy avalanche conditions, things got better and we were allowed to hike to this spot with a guide. It was a bit nervous for me, my first time hiking that far out. But we got some good shots and had a great ride down.

I am very excited that our little museum down the street will have a WAYNE THIEBAUD retrospective called Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting. It is at Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah from 28 March through 27 July 2008 with book signing and lecture on the 29th. I have enjoyed this guy's art for years and am excited to check it out.

I'm in russia shooting some snowboarding and skiing for Oakley. We are in a tiny town called Sochi. Sochi will host the winter olympics in 2014. Look beyond the russian sign and you'll see Grete Eliassen atop the cliff waiting to drop.

Have a listen to Bing Ji Ling.

Quinn Luke aka Bing Ji Ling has some new material out.
It is smooth and lovely.
I am a big fan of Quinn’s music and have done a fair amount of filming with him over the years. My plan was to make a documentary about him that I never had do to finish, or just went on for 30+ years. check out his my space page and buy his new music on iTunes.
(above: his album art, below: old photo I snapped of him in SF)