As I sit at home with a bum leg I decided to start putting out a webisode series. So I sent my good friend Sam Cohen off with the new HD GoPro and told him to get some cool shots. I’m going to create a new episode at least every other week. My goal is to capture what it is like to be a local skier up Little Cottonwood Canyon and what our view of skiing is. Enjoy!
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Little Fall Update
10 OctHey everyone!
Sorry for not posting anything up on the site for a while, I’ve been super lazy about it. So i’ll fill yah in a little. Since the last time I posted the temperatures have dropped and it is begining to feel a lot like Christmas! wait I mean winter. The mountains have been getting a taste of the snow that will be covering their peaks in the coming months and a lucky few have already been skiing, Including me! I think it would be safe to say summer weather is out for the season and it’s time to start bustin out the warm coats and windshield scrapers. Also ski movie premiere season has come to the Salt Lake region and I have been lucky enough to see a few banger ski flicks! For some reason these movies have an incredibly way of making me want to ski at that exact moment so I decide to fix up the old summer set up and hit the rail in my front yard a couple times.
Here’s a little video, Check It Out!
Also I’m stoked to final say I will be riding for the Alta ski resort Athlete Team this winter!!! I have grown up my whole life at Alta so It is awesome to have gone from making my very first turn here to now representing Alta with some of the best skiers on the planet!
I have a lot of big plans for this winter and I can’t wait to get it started!! Make sure to check back frequently for new posts, videos, updates and ect..!!!
Crested Butte Extremes
18 JulMy run at the Crested Butte Junior freesking championships. Let me know what you think!
Crested Butte Junior Extreme Freesking Championships from Leo Ahrens on Vimeo.
Summer time
14 JunAlright guys sorry for not posting anything in a while. I’ve been super lazy about it.
As far as skiing goes nothing really interesting has happened since the last time I posted.
- Alta closed way to early in my opinion but the last day was still fun!
Left to right: Mark Squire, Ellie Johnson, Jason Astel, Grant Howard, Me, Neil Howard
Party on top of HiGh BOy this year. PARTY ON!
After Alta closed I made my way down to Rockville for the annual end of the year Pig Fest. I got a lot of sick riding in and ate tons of great pork.
Jumpin in Zion!
Coming back to Salt Lake I have done a lot more biking and not that much skiing.
However I am stoked to announce my new sponsor for the 09-10 season!
Shred Alert!
I’m really excited to wear their hats next winter and can’t wait to see what’s to come with this company!
I have recently started making longboards again that will be mass produced soon! So keep checking back to see when you can pick up one for your own!
Other than that I really haven’t been up to much. I might be heading to Mt. Hood in a week or two and I’ll be jumping at the water ramps all summer long.
Keep checking back for new posts!
Booter time!
30 MarThis weekend a group of my friends and I set out on a misson to build a kick ass jump. We went about a mile down Mineral Basin and found some really sweet rollers. We spent about two hours building a sick jump in the perfect sunny conditions. Here are some of the pictures!
<- Here Sam Naatz throws down a sick rodeo seven!
Neil Howard Stompin a solid seven->
Me throwin a cork 7. So stoked on the sunny weather!
Taylor steezen out a misty 7
Little backy to get warmed up.
All photos taken by: Nate Cahoon. thanks Nate!
Junior Freesking Nationals
12 MarHi all! Update time!
So Snowbird held their first ever Junior Freesking competition this week and it went a little like this:
—The first day junior competitors traveled from near and far to scope lines and inspect the snow conditions. Kids from Colorado, California, Wyoming, Washington, Utah and the likes all met in the iconic resort known as Snowbird. All picked out epic lines on the said venues and the stoke level was through the roof.
—Day 1 of competition… did not happen:( because Utah, notorious for very heavy snow storms, greeted the foreign juniors with a huge storm!
Due to the extreme conditions they canceled day one and decided to hope for better conditions on a more visable run the next day.
The venue announced: Former FWT qualifier run, Tower Three
—Day Two but really Day One was to be held in TWO FEET OF FRESH POWDA!!!! Besides hour long tram line delays the comp went off without a hitch. The age groups were split in four ways: 12-14 boys and girsl and 15-17 young men and woman.
The youngsters killed it, showing that age shouldn’t matter. My team mate Grant Howard laid down a super solid run taking second place and a former team mate from Alta, Riley Rose, killed it and took the top spot.
The older boys and girls or should I say men and women, put on quite a show for the crowd! Everything from faceshots to 70ft+ cliffs were sent to perfection, bringing up the question if these kids should really be considered juniors? My team, the Snowbird Freeski Team raised the bar right out of the gate along with top names like Miles Honens, Mike OG and North Parker. A super final was held to give the top ten men a chance to Battle it out for top spot. My team filled seven of the ten spots and I was sitting in first place! Something happened in our heads because every one threw down! Henry Gates sent easily the biggest air of the comp pushing it to the hundred foot range! John Collins skied super fast and strong laying down a run that earned him the infamous sickbird belt buckle. I skied a super fast and solid run with two good sized airs. After a long day of competition the results were a snowbird sweep!
3rd - Taylor Lyman in third!
2nd - Jason Astle took second!
1st - And I won first place!
