http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com explore the mountains with your friends Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:29:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This year marks the third time the TGR crew and I headed up to northern Washington for a shred session at North Cascade Heli. This year the conditions were good with a layer of snow pasted nicely to the steeps and piled up on the pillows. After an early start ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2010/02/north-cascade-heli-wrap-up/ The terrain that North cascade Heli has to offer is so featured and fun, pillows are everywhere. After shooting some upper pillows I turned on the cam to capture this run down through the trees and pillows. [Vimeo]http://vimeo.com/9549845[/vimeo] http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2010/02/north-cascade-heli-pillow-fun/ 2010 has been filled with powder and road trips. A mission up Aspen Highlands bowl, a day at Winterpark, an air session at Alta, a week in Jackson, and now a session at North Cascade Heli have all been crammed into this first half of February. Aspen Colorado X games 14 ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2010/02/road-missions/ Contests are usually held in sub par conditions, or are freestyle events on hard pack, and are therefore usually unappealing.  There area few comps that have focused on powder instead, and these have a totally different feel and allow for leading edge skiing to take a forefront. The Red bull ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2010/01/red-bull-line-catcher-contest-in-vars-france/ Its a new year and things are rocking along, a time for new beginnings, new gear, and deep powder. I am super stoked to be working with Atomic skis. Atomic has a incredible team that I am honored to be a part of, great product, and a progressive vision for ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2010/01/riding-for-atomic-skis/ After an amazing run, I am no longer working with Rossignol. A big thanks to the all the employees that I have worked with, many great friendships have been built and  It has been an honor to work with the brand. Rossignol has been a key part of my mountain ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2009/12/leaving-rossignol/ So... there is still some time to vote for the powder magazine reader poll. I made up this little video straight campaigning! make'n fun of how extreme I get. peep the vid and vote HERE!!! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua3iLV1z04g[/youtube] http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2009/12/extreme/ Winter turned on early in Utah, too early. Powder skiing was had in early October but storms were too infrequent to hold on for long. Thanksgiving week was approaching and a minimal snowpack and high pressure was on the horizon. meanwhile the Northwest was getting hammered with heavy dumps turning ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2009/12/chasing-snow-in-the-north-west/ The week before Halloween some friends and I made an annual trip to southern Utah for one final bike mission.  the location was Virgin, and the zone  was the old Red Bull Rampage site. We headed down for 5 days of camping, riding, scaring ourselves, catching air, and hiking up ... http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2009/11/desert-roller-coaster/ Voting is now live for the 10th annual Powder Video Awards and Reader Poll. Go to http://www.powderawards.com right now to vote for your favorite, (hint hint) 10 male and five female skiers. http://sagecattabriga-alosa.com/2009/11/time-to-vote-powder-awards/