I just returned from shooting 30 second spots for the See You Sunday Night Season Finale of the Nitro Circus. Rob Dyrdek’s crew, Knoxville and Steve-O, Jason “Mayhem” Miller from Bully Beat Down and our Nitro Crew all gathered at the Fantasy Factory for some more chaos…human bowling, moto wall rides, tennis ball launcher, 40 foot slam dunks, indoor pit bike races just to name a few. MTV is going to show reruns of the shows all day leading to the finale in the evening. It was cool to get together with everyone from all the different shows and shoot a bunch of short clips.
I am still not used to this TV world. There are so many people involved…we have craft services everywhere, people catering to our needs constantly, chauffeured rides…its really weird. I am used to dragging my ski bags all over the world figuring everything out on my own. This TV stuff makes you soft but it sure is nice!
I have 3 weeks off before we start shooting season 2 and I am going to use everyday to rest up and get ready for some more action. Here we go again!
All the crews combined…
All the extra people there to help out…nuts!
Steve-O, Knoxville and Rob Dydrek promoting “The Demise and Rise of Steve-O” show.
Travis…wall ride on a pit bike
Dyrdek and Drama saying a few words with meaty.
As the season is winding down and summer is getting close, I decided to head to the glaciers around Whistler for a few last minute shots for the TGR film Re:Session coming out this Fall. I drove my old Jeep and towed my snowmobile 18 hours North to Pemberton for 2 sunny days of snowmobile skiing. The mountains in British Columbia are amazing…it always blows my mind how much terrain you can access with your snowmobile. We had really long days in the alpine and it was good to get back in the BC mountains.
After the short sunny window, I drove another 18 hours down to Snowbird, Utah for Dynastar’s “Spring Daze” event. Luckily I had to drive right past the Twin Falls Bridge and naturally I needed to make a stop and BASE jump.
Each year Dynastar invites shop employees, managers, industry people to Snowbird for 4 days to hang out, catch a glimpse of the Dynastar family, and ski. Hundreds of people show up to participate and the event always proves to be a good time! The last night I had to give a presentation to 150 or so people about what I have been up too. I was happy to get that over with and head home the following day after a lot of driving.
I am home now but headed to LA in a couple days for the season finale of Nitro Circus. We have signed on for season 2 and start filming in the middle of May…Time to rest and heal up!
My old whip…
Snowmobile and big mountain legend Dan Treadway. He was a great host as always and hes probably the most fun guy to be with in the mountains.
Some of the terrain we road…you can snowmobile right to the top of this face.
A glacial cave we came accross. We were able to ride our snowmobiles right through it.
Making the pit stop at Twin Falls for a jump…scared up top.
Happy after making a successful solo jump.
Finally made it to Dynastar’s Sping Daze event…time to relax and have some fun.
Except for the presentation I had to give…
23 of Shane’s BASE jumping friends got together for a memorial jump. I cannot discuss in full detail but I can say it was one of the coolest jumps I’ve ever made. I’ve never before jumped with so many people or in such an amazing place. Stories, laughs and cheers for Shane were shared and ashes were spread. We all felt Shane watching and laughing hysterically…I’m sure he was proud. Long Live McConk!
Some of the boys about to gear up…
The landing area looked like a skydive drop zone with all the jumpers…so cool to jump with so many people.
The crew celebrating McConkey!
After dealing with difficult weather the first part of our trip, two days of blue skies came our way at the end. This is what we had been hoping for…soft, stable snow with clear skies. We got right into the action making the most of our good days.
Waiting to get the call from the heli to drop in… photo Todd Jones
Early morning first turn of my line…deep. Photo: Seth Morrison
Skiing on the edge. Photo: Todd Jones
More steep AK turns. Photo: Ian McIntosh
Looking down one of my lines.
One of the faces we sessioned. You can see Ian, Seth and Sage in the bottom corner.
Our private heli…TGR does it right. We charter our own helicopter with our own guide and pilot. We come and go as please and have 31 hours of heli time to burn in a 3 week period.
The highlight of my trip came on the last day. I skied BASEd this line. If you look at the top of the chute you will see a dot in the shade. That is me droping in. This one was for my buddy Shane McConkey!
