VD's Photo Blog - # - Vernon Deck's Photos

13-07-13

Easy living on the beach. We see turtles feeding right here everyday.

13-07-13

Nasty rocks at low tide

13-07-13

5 second exposure.

11-07-13

Holiday time. We decided to spend a couple of weeks in Hawaii. Flights went, Zurich-New York-Los Angles-Oahu and it took 24 hours.
This was shot on approach to LAX

11-07-13

Coming over the Moab desert.

11-07-13

No idea what this is.

11-07-13

Newark Airport, looking over at Manhattan. Is this bad taste? A plane flying at the newly finished World Trade Center.

11-07-13

My home town, Zurich.

11-07-13

A nice view of Zurich Airport on the way out.

30-05-13

Here's a link to all the Mäking Of episodes Red Bull made of us this winter.
Check them out and get hyped on the film, coming out in October.
http://www.redbull.com/en/snowboarding/video-series/1331581260852/chamaleon-the-webisodes

19-05-13

Back in Zurich and out to a house party where strawberries and LSD was served.

19-05-13

6 am on a street corner, romance and vomit.

19-05-13

3 am, last man standing.

19-05-13

2 am, romance with spooky hand.

19-05-13

1 am, trippin.

19-05-13

5 am, on ya bike mate

16-05-13

Seeya next time New York. I flew out of La Guardia for the first time, nice view over Manhattan.

16-05-13

Nice reflections waiting for my flight.

16-05-13

16-05-13

Best looking plane ever built.

16-05-13

I biked up the west side and took a tour of the USS Intrepid. Super interesting to see all the old war machines.

16-05-13

Monkeyface

15-05-13

Just cruising the city on my bike and coming across special light. Love it.

15-05-13

Fire fighters on the way to or from. They hold a special status here after what happened to the twin towers. New one nearly finished in the background.

15-05-13

Coffee beans for days.

15-05-13

merica, fuck yeah!!! Even though I hate the security bullshit, I really like the country, the people and the energy.

15-05-13

Looking deep into my whiskey last night

15-05-13

Train track fixers.

15-05-13

Williamsburg bridge.

14-05-13

I have 3 days in New York on the way home. This is a city I really love and sorta plan on visiting every year.
I flew through the night from Portland and arrived at 05.30. I dropped my bags quick at the hotel and started walking. This old dude was playing in Union Square and is called Julbia Logan. I gave him some money and shot some pic's.

14-05-13

He had lots of stories to tell but his speech was very slurred so I didnt really understand much. I think more than anything he was stoked to have someone to talk too. Big city full of lonely people.

14-05-13

Eva from Moscow. She posed with a drink, I asked her to but it down and then she didnt know what to do with her hands. I was so happy.

14-05-13

Monday nights at the Union Pool.

14-05-13

Its a mans world, in there anyway.

12-05-13

Super Park 17 finished and we drove down to Portland to all fly our separate ways.
This guy in front of me had the bad luck to hit a deer. Sad for the deer and lucky for me as I had sorta wanted to overtake this guy but decided to chill.

12-05-13

I had a day to spare so I checked out the Burnside bridge skate park.

12-05-13

There were only a few people skating but it was cool to see the place for real.

12-05-13

12-05-13

Portland seems like a really nice place, will have to discover it better sometime.

11-05-13

Last day of Super Park. Lots of stinky boots and tired riders.

11-05-13

The Volcom Van has been personalised by everyone thats ever ridden in it.

11-05-13

Torgeir Bergrem did some jump laps with Nitro TM Knut in tow.

11-05-13

Deadlung, Lucas Magoon and E-Stone

11-05-13

Nils Arvidsson dislocated his elbow the day before this.

11-05-13

Frank Knab and Ruiki Masuda chilling.

09-05-13

The step up jump was maybe the best feature and saw heavy session each day. Was sorta tough to shoot well, but the rider loved it.

09-05-13

Off the balcony at jake Prices house. The whole Volcom team was staying here, about 15 heads I guess. Was an awesome time though, thanks Jake!

09-05-13

Looks like this guy is about to eat it but he is actually still going up and just about to go into the second flip.

09-05-13

Pirmin showing off his tree climbing skills.

09-05-13

Colourful character.

09-05-13

Thats Mt Bachelor, where we've been riding every day. The weather has been super warm and sunny in the morning and thunder storms each afternoon.

07-05-13

Super Park 17 is on at Mt Bachelor this week. Markus testing one of the jumps.

07-05-13

Desiree Melancon was trying to get this jump transfer to bank thingy. She's rippin.

07-05-13

The drive up from Portland goes right by Mt Hood.

07-05-13

Nils Arvidsson one of the hips a go.

07-05-13

Parking lot mayhem.

07-05-13

Mä and Pman.

05-05-13

A few enjoyable days at home and I was off to the US again.
My flight with Swiss to Chicago was good but once there things started to go wrong.
At passport control the guy was asking some strange questions then I had to go to this room while they checked my passport again. They kept me there for 3 hours, no-one said anything or asked me questions. Then a guy came out, gave me my passport and told me I was free to go. I asked what the deal was but he didnt give me any answers.
So all that meant I had missed the last flight to Portland, where I had a hotel booked and had to book another room in Chicago. The next morning United told me I couldnt fly until 21.55 that evening.

05-05-13

So I decided to go and see the city. I have flown through Chicago O'Hare on many occasions but never been into the city. I took the train in the centre, then rented a bike and spent about 6 hours biking all around the place. Its a really nice city, good looking, active people too.

05-05-13

Heli

05-05-13

I rode along the shore for a few miles to get this view.

05-05-13

Lots of hi-rise buildings here.

05-05-13

And some older ones

05-05-13

Good.

30-04-13

Its been really nice being back home in Zurich. I got to cruise round at night on my bike and shoot something other than snowboarding.
I snapped this picture really quick on my out of a concert, this very striking girl is called Anna and she made my night.

30-04-13

This girl is called Sara and according to her she is very un-photogenic. I think differently. She's got attitude

30-04-13

These two beauties are my very good friends Oli and Tito. The brother/sister pair that run my favourite Cafè in Zurich, Henrici.

27-04-13

Friday night I was back in Zurich and went to see the awesome Zurich band Zigitros. They have been recording some new tracks in New York and this was thier Ep release.
http://www.zigitros.com

27-04-13

They play a lot of instruments

27-04-13

27-04-13

She doesnt seem to be enjoying the gig.

27-04-13

New album

26-04-13

The plans we had in place to drive up to Norway for a month of park shoots ended up being canceled due to a huge amount of rain washing the snow away. So we ended up going back to Kitzsteinhorn! 3rd time in a month. It was the Onboard Send-off Session. Here Marc Swoboda poking out a nice Method on the big hip.

26-04-13

The plans we had in place to drive up to Norway for a month of park shoots ended up being canceled due to a huge amount of rain washing the snow away. So we ended up going back to Kitzsteinhorn! 3rd time in a month. It was the Onboard Send-off Session.
I took my heli and spent most of the week shooting with it. Was really good to finally get a chance to use it extensively and I got the shots that I have been after. Here all the boys chilling at the pool after shredding.

26-04-13

Mitja Kodric a rider from Slovenia was riding well all week. Sami Finlandia sitting on the table shooting up.

26-04-13

Birdy ll. Tom Elliott having a gander. Tom actually turned out to be a good camera-man and we flew a couple of sessions together and got some rad film shots. We also had a little crash resulting in some broken propellers and bent arms but it was good to see my construction holding up and after a few minutes we were flying again.

26-04-13

Steve Krijbolder with a nice re-entry on the wall ride

18-04-13

Scene at the bottom of the Kitzsteinhorn pipe. Martin on the sled, Alli talking to Mä and Longo taking a seat.

18-04-13

Longo is a proud Frenchman but also learning to love the land of Knodel and Weinerschnitzel.

18-04-13

Alli doing his thing.

18-04-13

Beckna capturing Mä and Longo

18-04-13

Alli about to shape the pipe.

18-04-13

The last shot in the bag and the boys are happy. Arthur Longo, Markus Keller and Olivier Gittler.

16-04-13

Oli Gittler slashing it up on his Slash Snowboard.

16-04-13

Right after the last session ended and Alli was about to move in and shape the pipe Olivier rode up and presented Alli with his board including bindings!! Oli was super stoked with the weeks shooting and how much effort the Kitzsteinhorn crew put into making our trip there as good as possible. A really nice gesture and Alli was actually speechless for a few minutes.

16-04-13

In the afternoons the lefthand wall got really soft so we had to do a little hand shaping.

16-04-13

Longo with a switch backside allyoop rodeo.

16-04-13

Alli Zehetner about to move in and get the pipe back in shape.

14-04-13

After a couple of days in Zurich Marcus and I drove back to Kitzsteinhorn for round 2.

14-04-13

Lots of luggage and equipment, happy they came and picked us up with a ratrack

14-04-13

Arthur Longo getting his boots on for the ride down to the hotel.

14-04-13

Nice spot to enjoy the last rays of the day.

14-04-13

A sunset beer is the best.

14-04-13

Markus brushing his teeth while watching the peaks catch their last light for the day.

12-04-13

Olivier Gittler was boosting out during another sunrise session.

15-04-13

Arthur Longo aka M.Jackson

15-04-13

Another boring landscape

15-04-13

Vans TM, Zillertal legend and good mate Beckna was joined us to shoot some pic's and shred the pipe.

15-04-13

Packing up for a couple of days at home. Fiat hooked us up with their new model the Freemont. We promptly wrapped it up in CHAMäLEON art work.

15-04-13

CHAMäLEON media crew waits for the sun to pop again.

08-04-13

Another day another beautiful sunrise at Kitzsteinhorn. Pirmin capturing some rays.

08-04-13

Mä in the middle of his morning stretching routine.

08-04-13

Arthur Longo leaves a message on Mä's board.

08-04-13

The crew waiting for the light to get good. Ha.
Left to right. Arthur Longo, Markus Keller, Olivier Gittler, Florian Koehler, Clemens, Pirmin, Mia.

08-04-13

Peaks peakspeaks.

08-04-13

The outlook on life and this world we live in for sure feels better when you wake up early and see this.

07-4-13

The CHAMäLEON film crew are now for a few days in a ski area in Austria called Kitzsteinhorn. They have here one of the best half pipes and we have it exclusive for a few days. Red Bull loaned us their helicopter also. Riders on this shoot are, Markus Keller, Arthur Longo and Olivier Gittler.

07-4-13

We had pretty good luck with the weather on the first morning. Snow was really slow though so the riders struggled a but with speed.

07-4-13

The golden few minutes when every photographer wants to be shooting.

07-4-13

We were up at the pipe before sunrise. The shaper crew here in Kitzsteinhorn have helped out so much, from cutting the pipe to perfection, to lapping the riders with skidoo's.

07-4-13

05.30 and catching the bus to work.

03-04-13

We had a couple of days in Salt Lake City before flying home so we caught a Utah Jazz basketball game.

03-04-13

Not the cheapest form of entertainment.

03-04-13

But it was fun and Utah won

03-04-13

Next generation fan getting introduced.

03-04-13

We were able to stay with Torah, Benny and Obi Bright.
Here Obi has just had a bath is is getting dried off.

03-04-13

On our last night Benny put on a rad bbq for us all. Thanks so much mate.

03-04-13

USA out.

02-04-13

Wyoming, forever west, including bullet holes.

02-04-13

Sweet little house on the prairie.

02-04-13

reflections?recollections.

02-04-13

Analog Clemens getting the shot, his hair trying to escape.

01-04-13

A long drive from Canada down to Salt Lake City with a quick stop in Jackson to drop of our sleds and trailer at our good friend Justin's place.
The roads in the US are long, wide and straight so Mä decided to let the truck find its own way for a while. Clemens was scared.

01-04-13

See what I mean, long, wide and straight.

01-04-13

Clemens trying to figure out way dogs like to have their heads out the window.

01-04-13

Random walker in Spokane.

31-03-13

As the temps warmed up so fast we had nothing else to do than leave and head back down south.
We took a different route which added a couple of hours to the trip but we saw some spectacular scenery.

31-03-13

Crew pee stop.

31-03-13

This was the longest train I have ever seen. About 10 times the length you see here.

31-03-13

We passed through my city, quite a nice place.

31-03-13

Very proud.

31-03-13

No words.

30-03-13

Little hill.

30-03-13

Elias in the middle of a run.

30-03-13

Markus exiting a drop

30-03-13

Big full moon arising on out way out of the backcountry

30-03-13

The final supper. Temps rose during the day to the point that we decided to pack up and leave. It being out last night we all went down to Whistler and had a Sushi feast.

30-03-13

Thanks Elias! He won the credit card roulette and walked away with the first prize, the dinner bill.

29-03-13

Markus throwing down a sweet bs540 on a jump we just sorta came across. Nice zone out here.

29-03-13

Elias taking a first run of the day warm up. Looks fun right?

29-03-13

This is just the run-out of the cliff Bjorn Lienes was doing.

29-03-13

This little spot I shot last season with Seth Huot. This yeah it looked different and we managed to shoot two really cool things in there.

29-03-13

Elias Elhardt, ollie too tranny finder.

29-03-13

Booter prep

28-03-13

High above the valley heading to our sunset shoot spot.

28-03-13

Melting snow ghosts.

28-03-13

Pirmin and Clemens lined up for some action. Clemens had just dislocated his shoulder for the 3rd time in as many days. This was his last shoot on our trip to BC.

28-03-13

Big moon watching our sunset session.

28-03-13

Sled art.

26-03-13

Rock, Paper, Scissors. Elias is already out and its down to Markus and Bjorn to see who will hit the jump first. Markus won.

26-03-13

A quick shape of the lip. We'd built this jump the day before, spending about 2 hours on it.

26-03-13

I give my lens a clean up before the session starts. As I'm shooting into the sun that especially important

26-03-13

As you can see the landing avalanched. Big disappointment for us all. A lot of time and effort had gone into this one and also the one above. Two perfect landings in a row. We hit the higher kicker the next day and it slid too, double bummer.

26-03-13

Bjorn.

26-03-13

Markus and Bjorn about to drop in on the last hit of the day. Gotta love the sunset light in BC.

26-03-13

Snow ghosts and wind chimes.

26-03-13

Spent a lot of time looking at sunrises and sunsets around this lake, doesnt seem to get old.

26-03-13

Bjorn with a little fs180 into the pocket.

26-03-13

We called this spot "the Island"

26-03-13

Mountains for ever.

25-03-13

Pre sunrise in BC.

25-03-13

With Skidoo access we have the possibility to find great terrain and get there quickly. It always amazes me how much ground we cover on these things. Hard work but also good fun. Bjorn Lienes.

25-03-13

Big hill, small Markus.

25-03-13

Snowey hut hat

25-03-13

Up with the snow ghosts.

25-03-13

Mini Markus down checking the snow.

24-03-13

Sorry for the lack of pictures lately. We have been off the grid for a week. We found a cabin perched on a shores of a frozen lake about 40km sled ride from civilisation and decided to base ourselves there for a few days. It meant lugging in petrol for the sleds, food, a generator, sleeping bags etc but it was a fun few days.

24-03-13

On arrival we had to climb up on the roof and dig out the chimney before we could start warming the cabin up.

24-03-13

Our home away from home away from home.

24-03-13

The advantage of staying up here is we get to shoot till its dark and see some beautiful sunsets and sunrises.

24-03-13

We had to go and find wood for the fire and then cut it up. We didnt take any gas with us so all our cooking was done on the wood stove, also our water we got by melting snow.

24-03-13

It was so nice to be away and fending for ourselves.

14-03-13

It suddenly got very warm in Jackson so we packed our stuff, tied down all the sleds securely and headed north.

14-03-13

Somewhere a few hours into the trip we came across this old beast. Old school bus.

14-03-13

Our rig is not that huge but with all our gear we are shifting quite some weight. On average our truck is using 23 litres of diesel for every 100km driven. Thats 4 times more than my car at home.

14-03-13

The trip took 20 hours, 4 gas stops, litres of coffee, a few kg's of crap food and many awesome sights.

14-03-13

The roads are mainly straight and in good condition. One thing thats way better than Europe is the radio stations. You can find always a good one for driving.

14-03-13

Trucks everywhere.

12-03-13

We found some nice pillows and powder and had a fun session. Guch showing how its done.

12-03-13

Markus got a really nice line in the end of the day. Ollie to pillow to finish off.

12-03-13

Busy heavens

12-03-13

Guch taking a break between runs. While snaking he's always scanning the face, looking for possible lines and things to hit off.

12-03-13

BJ Leines finishing a line. So nice to watch this legend ride, such good style. When he's strapping in for a run he's just whistling and saying things like "let the good times roll". He's been at the top of the game for over 15 years and still loves to snowboard like no-one else I know, its not a job for BJ, its a passion and his life. The industry needs to look after guys like him as he's the past, the present and the future. Anyone who see's him ride wants to snowboard, easy as that.

10-03-13

It got very warm suddenly where we are based so we were forced to look further afield. That meant a 4.30 wake-up followed by a 2.5 hour drive. Nice sunset at the trail-head made it worthwhile.

10-03-13

This is a spot Guch has been going too for a couple decades nearly, he's taken me there 4 times now and we've got nice shots every time. Thanks again mate.

10-03-13

Markus warming up old smokey.

10-03-13

Pirmin unloading his brand new whip, ciggi and all.

10-03-13

Sippin Jet-streams

08-03-12

Bad weather day and we all needed a sleep-in and a day-off. In the afternoon we cruised up to Jackson town and had our first good coffee since our arrival in Wyoming. I love it here but on most restaurants "coffee" is just brown water.

08-03-12

Grey day

08-03-12

A little dusting on the trees.

08-03-12

Burnt

08-03-12

The back alleys of Jackson.

06-03-13

Keller's got the hang of the sledding thing.

06-03-13

Seth Huot dropping into the face.

06-03-13

Nice shadows.

06-03-13

The Guch popping mid-line.

06-03-13

Martin learning the carve.

04-03-13

We've been out in the Wyoming backcountry the last days. The snow pack is perfect so we've been shooting a bunch and also spent some time discovering new terrain.

04-03-13

Markus getting picked up for another run.

04-03-13

We have to cross a river to get out there and it was pretty intimidating for the sled rookie Clemens. He was pumped after he got through it unscathed.

04-03-13

Red Bull filmer Martin is with us for a few days to film another Mäking Of episode. Here's the link to the last one:
http://www.redbull.com/en/snowboarding/episodes/1331582843456/chamaleon-big-in-japan

04-03-13

Pirmin ripping it through the deep part.

01-03-13

We all flew from Zurich to Los Angles and then on too Salt Lake City. We're over here for a month now. The first 2 weeks we're going to be up on Wyoming.

01-03-13

In Salt Lake City we rented a big truck, loaded all our bags and set of north to Jackson Hole. Its about a 4 hour drive.

01-03-13

On arrival we went straight to my friend Justin's shop and paid for 3 new sleds and a new trailer. I'd ordered them in advance and Justin had them all ready to go for us. Keller signing the contract and Justin counting cash.

01-03-13

Markus got one of the 2013 Polaris's. I'd never riden that model but after trying it out I kinda like it now.

01-03-13

This is our set-up for the next month. We'll end up selling it all after the season is finished. Pretty big investment but way cheaper and easier than renting for a month.

01-03-13

Smokey eyes.

25-02-13

After some days in Zurich spent organizing our next trips I headed back to Arlberg for a couple of days shooting with the crew.
It was after sunset by the time we started down the mountain.

25-02-13

All natural.

25-02-13

Follow cams

25-02-13

Pirmin's got steez

25-02-13

Trippy.

25-02-13

Vally view.

15-02-13

Nils Arvidsson sending it in the Arlberg backcountry.
Amazing weather and perfect landing make for smiles all round

15-02-13

Hike to the jump zone.

15-02-13

Mä speed checking the jump.

15-02-13

Mä and Nils bootpacking.

15-02-13

This view never gets old.

15-02-13

LIttle prep work in-between jumps.

14-02-13

At "home" in the lovely Arlberg. The mountains here are impressive, there's often a moment when you have to just take a break and look out.

14-02-13

Gravity

14-02-13

ValleyView

14-02-13

Nils Arvidsson waving goodbye before taking off.

14-02-13

We stayed up to shoot sunset and had a dark ride down.

10-02-13

We had a few days break after getting home form Japan. Now we're in Arlberg for a couple of weeks. The mountains here are impressive to say the least.

10-02-13

Markus flew by in a cloud of dust.

10-02-13

Nils Arvidsson checking his shot.

10-02-13

End of day picnic.

10-02-13

Mini Alaska

09-02-13

I was invited up to the Dolder Hotel in Zuich the other night to shoot some pic's at the launch for the new Maserati.
Fancy event with some serious fat wallets walking around.

09-02-13

Not a bad looking whip.

09-02-13

Christine Zoller is a Opera singer from Germany, she put on a good performance despite some microphone issues.

09-02-13

Old classic to the right, new classic to the left(girl with iPhone)

09-02-13

Christine during make-up.

09-02-13

Sneak peak. This was actually a practise run the team did before the crowd of 300 arrived.

09-02-13

Backstage.

07-02-13

Our last day in Tokyo. One train stop from Shibuya is Harajuku, a cool upmarket neighbourhood. I'd seen this entrance the day before but wanted to come back with a real camera and get a better shot.

07-02-13

Rad reflections

07-02-13

Looking down the hold-hold tunnel.

07-02-13

Clemens, sample version 2.0

07-02-13

Sierra Quitiquit is the International face of American Eagle, thats her on the right. I met her in a Jackson restaurant one night 2 years ago and back then she was a ski bum. Now, she's still a ski bum but now fully sponsored and also getting flown around the world for crazy model gigs.

07-02-13

Our bird awaits. My first time on the A380 and I got to sit upstairs.

06-02-13

A half hour walk from Shibuya is a big park surrounding the Meiji Temple. Its the shrine celebrating Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken.

06-02-13

Its a popular place

06-02-13

Its was nearing dusk when we visited and the light coming through the forest was amazing.

06-02-13

You can pay a small fee and get one of these wooden tablets. People write their prayers on them and each day a few are picked at random and read by the Shinto priest

06-02-13

The main part of the shrine was destroyed by air raids during World War 2 and rebuilt again in 1956

06-02-13

06-02-13

Sake barrels

05-02-13

Saturday night on the streets of Tokyo. There were some amazing cars cruising.

05-02-13

Shibuya crossing at midnight.

05-02-13

Clemens made our local guide pretty nervous by climbing into this pickup. He said these cars are all owned by the Yakuza.

05-02-13

bouncebounce

05-02-13

This thing must really suck to drive.

04-02-13

Maybe some of you have seen something about the project I'm working on this year.
We are making a film about Snowboarder Markus Keller.
Follow the links below to find out more.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chamaleonfilm
Instagram: @chamaleonfilm
Mäking Of series: http://www.redbull.com/en/snowboarding/episodes/1331581260962/chamaleon-the-project-begins
Project teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlR6Vz1vkJg&feature=youtu.be

04-02-13

Main sponsors for this project are Red Bull, Nitro Snowboards and Volcom.
Red Bull have been getting some of my pictures out there and as they have a pretty big social network there has been a lot of people seeing them.

04-02-13

We got our artwork done by Stephan Joch. We sent him a bunch of idea's and he came up with some really cool stuff. http://cargocollective.com/stefanjoch

04-02-13

Markus is the man in front of the camera all season. We have a great crew and we all get along well which is just as well as we'll be spending most of the next 6 months together.

04-02-13

Follow us on Instagram and see what we're up too every day.

04-02-13

Sushi restaurant in downtown Tokyo.

04-02-13

We ate some really good food during this trip. Didn't mis the heavy western food at all. There were for sure some times were we ordered stuff and were pretty surprised on what we got served.

04-02-13

At this place we didnt really expect the sushi to be good, it was right on the main road and just looked kinda sketchy. Turned out to be pretty good. Not the best we'd had but roughly twice as good as anything in Zurich and we all left with a full belly for $7 each, about 10 times less than you would pay in Zurich.

04-02-13

These got delivered while we were there. Always a good sign.

04-02-13

We happened upon a candy making shop in Harajuku. Each tiny little piece had some Japanese characters in it. Was fascinating to watch.

04-02-13

Basically the guy in white rolled the big chunk around while the girl pulled the lengths out. The guy closest to me then cut it too the right length.

03-02-13

I went for a walk through the Jojogi park thats sorta in the center of Tokyo. There were loads of eople out enjoying the warm temps on Saturday afternoon. In one part there were a couple of guys making bubbles. No idea idea if it was an organized thing but the kids were loving it! Well I was too and stood around shooting pic's for ages.

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Doesnt matter what part of the world you are in, smiling laughing happy kids make your troubles go away.

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Some of the kids just wanted to pop all the bubbles and some just wanted to watch the bubbles fly.

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Good times

03-02-13

At the end of our trip we had 3 days in Tokyo. We all really looked forward to this as some of us had never been and those that had loved it anyway.
I booked us a hotel looking down on the Shibuya crossing, the busiest street crossing in the city.

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Jumprope tech

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Shibuya crossing. At rush hour you cant see the road for people.

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Huge crows in the Jojogi park.

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peck ya eyes right out they would.

02-02-13

Final touches to Mä's form.

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They did a full fight scene for us and it looked pretty damn real.

02-02-13

Tetsuro does shows all round the world and knows his stuff thats for sure.

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Keller the Killer

02-02-13

Girl slayer.

02-02-13

Markus got some lessons and learned some moves.

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Flo at Red Bull Media House organized for us a special experience. We got to go visit Tetsuro Shimaguchi, he's a Samurai and did the fight scene choreography for Kill Bill. We went straight from the airport and arrived at the training studio pretty worn out, having to negotiate the Tokyo underground system at full-on rush hour.

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Our amazing time in Niseko came to an end. Such a good trip and my expectations were more than filled even though it has been the warmest January in the last 25 years for Hokkaido.

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We drove the rental back to Sapporo and caught the ANA flight down to Tokyo. 3 days in the big city was something we were all really looking forward too.

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I'm guessing rice paddies? Nice scenes right before Tokyo anyway.

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Stair tunnel.

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Jet portrait

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Train conductor.

31-01-13

Our last day in NIseko and it was had warmed up. We ripped up a pass hoping for some last powder but it was all mush. We got a call from Ruiki who said some friends of his had just finished building a hip.

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When we got there Ruiki and a few locals shreds were ready to go. It was on a farm close to town so you had to get a sled tow-in. Just a little hip but fun and there was amazing light. Thanks for the fun session Rookkie

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Sled tows.

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Keller getting a ride back up to the start.

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Shape crew.

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The crew got a taste of authentic Japanese cuisine last night. Misaki from Niseko Tourism made reservations for us and everyone had a great time.
Ruiki and Mä here having a Sake slam. Kampei.

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Markus amused by the sake ritual.

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Ruiki's little dog. She's pretty young and scared of everyone.

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Hot-pot

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Ruiki's a rad dude.

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Will-J and Abby.

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And the snow keeps falling

28-01-13

Fun days in the powder. Ruiki Masuda joined us today. Rad kid from the south island. Sick methods on lock.

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Clemens got a faceful of snow thanks to Mä.

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Sometimes the action just happens in the wrong place(more like the action was in the right place and me in the wrong place)

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Pirmin right before getting a faceshot from Ylva

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Ruiki's singing hound.

27-01-13

Japanese forests are triggering my imagination.

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I love the birch tree's. I'm so used to the heavy and dense forests in Europe and North America. Here there seem so light and the way the light comes through is fresh

27-01-13

Mazing

26-01-13

We visited the Gentemstick shop. I've been liking this company every since last season when I spent a day shredding with Pascal Pi Imhof. He was riding one of their boards and I was jealous the whole day. That thing just looked amazing to ride in the powder.
Well if they had had the one I wanted in stock I would have brought it right away.

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We had a chat about the different aspects of shred.

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We got a locals tip for a sushi place. We'd been disappointed a couple of times by over priced tourist traps.

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This place was amazing!

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We managed 31 plates between us. We were so happy we didnt even look at the prices. But in the endf it worked out to be only $20 per person. For sure going back there.

25-01-13

The bump that became the first thing I slashed. Been a while.

25-01-13

A little
Bird once told me
Seek and you shall discover
Well, discover I have
Happy me

25-01-13

Will J traversing the mighty snow penis

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The wind whispered Mary.

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Spot the snow CHAMäLEON

24-01-13

Will Jackways is a Kiwi fella that I've known for years and shot with on occasion. Rad dude with a really sick style on and off his snowboard. He's done something like 24 seasons in a row now. For the last 11 years he's been spending every January in Japan so he was the obvious choice when we were looking for a guy to team up with here.

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Up on a pass hiking for our turns.

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The trees here are pretty awesome to hike around in, all loaded up with snow.

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Will-J leading the charge.

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Hey Ylva.

23-01-13

Mt Yotei is apparently only seldom fully visable during winter. The last couple of days we've seen her and feel quite privileged. Here's 3 different takes. Taken from Niseko.

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Mt Yotei, taken from Kutchan

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Mt Yotei, taken from bedroom window, Niseko.

22-01-13

Snowball river jump for Markus ended up with him having very wet feet.

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I love everything about this place

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Close-up details

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powderpuff

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20-01-13

Having real good fun here in Japan. Its my first time so all the different stuff in the shop and around the house are great fun to explore. Just learning to work the appliances is testing us.

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Great coffee system

20-01-13

Clemen's bags missed the plane somewhere along the line. So he left a note for the delivery guy. We were not sure he would understand english so we goggle-translated the english and Clemens copied the Japanese symbols. No idea if they are readable.

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Markus got a fish to ride here. I want one too!!!

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Eggs for breakfast

19-01-12

All settled in to our nice apartment. Thanks to Misaki and Greg for sorting it all out at very short notice.
We got our own car so we're mobile and can hit up any locations we want. Driving here is not as hard as everyone claims. Its just pretty important to get an English GPS as the Japanese one doesn't really help.

We stopped during the drive from Sapporo to Niseko to take some pictures.

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This seems like a classic view.

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All the roads here have these arrows above the roads. In the beginning we didnt really see the point but when the waether socked in and it was completely white-out then we quickly saw their importance.

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There's a lot of snow here, trips gonna be a banger.

18-01-13

Time is flying. After a day at home washing, paying bills, cleaning camera gear and re-packing the bags I left for the airport again. Japan this time! I've been traveling to amazing destinations for over 10 years now and Japan has always been a place that fascinated me. Four times I have been nearly on the plane and the travel got canceled for one reason or another. This time its worked out and I'm very excited.
Unfortunately I wont really get to enjoy the snowboarding fully as my knee is still not strong enough but I'm not even to disappointed about that, there will be enough other things to do. Plus all the hiking will only help my knee in the long run.

18-01-13

Travel was Zurich > Frankfurt > Osaka > Sapporo. All the flights were not full so we got lucky with seats. Exit row for the long one which was awesome.

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Keller pondering

18-01-13

Osaka airport and Markus about to see if what he brought to eat is what he thinks it is. Eating here is a bit of a lottery.

18-01-13

Nuclear plant right before landing in Sapporo.
So this isnt actually a nuclear plant at all, thanks Sensei065.

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Eyecatching plane.

15-01-13

Pirmin is always good for a funny moment.

15-01-13

Our trip to Finland is over. We all fly back to our homes.
Red Bull Finland were kind enough to provide us with a van for our time there. Unfortunately there it only had 3 seats so Clemens being the youngest had to ride in the back. At -20 this was an experience he'll not forget. I took this picture half way into our 4 hour drive down to Helsinki. Nose is not blue, thats a good sign.

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Marc Swoboda and his crew were also up there so we went by a spot they were shooting to say hi.

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Clemens the gnome.

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Nepalese restaurant.

13-01-13

Street art in Jyväskyä

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Climbing trees in the night

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Street tools

13-01-13

Heikki Sorsa, Eero Ettala and Lauri Heiskari instagraming.

13-01-13

In Finland they have a different way of doing things. The photographer kits himself out with a winch, lighting kits etc. Then the riders are sorta forced to give him a call if they want to go and ride. The rest of the world the riders own this stuff themselves and go whenever they want and with whoever they want to shoot with.

12-01-13

Yesterday we drove 4 hours north of Helsinki. The light was behind us the whole way.

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The sun keeps a pretty low profile this far north

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Amazing light. We stopped at a random farm to shoot some keepers.

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Colored tree arch

12-01-13

-20 means cold fingers for filmers

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Markus staying warm against the red wall.

11-01-13

This post is pretty much about Pirmin Juffinger aka Poorman Kiffinger. He's a damn good filmer and a really nice guy to be around.

11-01-13

Poorman tries out a new bank robbers disguise.

11-01-13

We're rollling baller style on this trip.

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Must be nice in summer.

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Clemens and Pirmin snoozin

10-01-13

Shoveling snow in Helsinki.
We've crewed up with Eero Ettala and Heikki Sorsa to shoot some Urban spots here.

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Markus handplant on the Pillar

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Building tranny.

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Finished construction.

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There's a very different feeling shooting urban here opposed to in the US. There you have the feeling you're gonna get kicked out at any time. Here the locals all seem stoked on what you're doing or at the least tolerate it. Most come up and ask what you're doing and who you're filming for and most of them know of Eero.

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Getting kitted up to go out into the cold night. In our tiny hotel room that means finding a spare square meter and making the best of it.

08-01-13

Bamboo Village, not the best Asian dinning experience, but also not the worst.

08-01-13

Pirmin, aka the moose, prefers to keep it hipster.

08-01-13

The CHAMäLEON crew is off to Finland for 8 days of Urban shred. Keep posted.

06-01-13

I'm a bit late on this one.
On the 1st January my blog clicked over the half million mark for the year 2012. Really happy that so many people are checking in to see what I'm up too day in day out.
I started this blog so my mum would know where I was and would understand why I didnt call more often. Well she still checks each day but it seems so do a fair few others. Thank you.

05-01-13

So we wrapped it up early in Minnesota. We didnt really get the shots we had oped for and decided it best to split early and spend a few extra days on the next trip.
He'res some shots of my return flight to Zurich,

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As you know, I like the birds-eye view.

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Shouldnt really be promoted this airline as they pretty much suck most of the time.

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Urban sprawl. Live here, die here and be buried here.

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Weird hooks.

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New Yawk

03-01-13

At Bjorns place he has built a Jib Farm. Equipped with drop-in ramp, hi-speed winch and about 15 obstacles its a jibber paradise. There's a workshop right there with loads of tools, welders etc. Here's Keller getting a new rail ready.

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Keller getting his jib on. It was cold there though, though my fingers were going to drop off.

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There is this rad winch that Doug, the guy sitting here built. It will get a rider up to 80kmh.

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Pirmin getting all handyman.

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Doug giving the winch a service before putting her into action.

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Bjorn grinding the welds on a new rail. His family is in the pipe laying business, hence the big machinery.

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Bjorn parked his RV at the park so we had a place to go and warm up between sessions.

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Leines Jib Farm.
Thanks to Bjorn and his family for letting us ride here and also for the hospitality. Bjorn is such a legend, he's shredded with every top dog our sport has ever known and he still loves snowboarding more than anyone I know.

02-01-12

Here's some random shots from the last couple of days here in Minnesota.
Clemens backlit. Its been frigid up here, for sure being a big pussy but my hands hardly work. Didnt really help that I didnt take a real jacket with me.

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Keller reading the rules.

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Leines compound.

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Yeti Jogger

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Red Hook

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Skate kids givin me a wave

01-01-13

On New Years day we were out trying to get a shot. This spot was at a University and we'd been kicked out a couple of days before. We figured the security wouldn't be around on the 1st. Wrong.

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Bjorn de-icing the ledge.

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Bjorn and Markus both got a couple of tries and had just got it dialed in when the rent-a-cop arrived.

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Prep work.

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Getting snow for the run-in.

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Dan Brisse finished his X-Games Real Snow part yesterday so we went out for some beers. Tim Peare was along shooting with the crew. I've admired his work for years and it was nice to finally meet him in person.

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Clemens got some attention from a St Cloud milf. He dint show enough interest and she soon left for better hunting grounds.

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The Minnesota Vikings were playing the Green Bay Packers and the bar was full of fans going crazy. The home town won.

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Viking fan.

30-12-12

Full moon morning in Minnesota

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This area is really flat so they have these huge water towers all over the place. This one was particularly big and looked like a UFO.

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UFO tank.

28-12-12

Jumped on a plane and took off. Destination Minneapolis and an urban shred mission.
We got stuck in New York for 12 hours.

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Keller trying to snooze

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I love airports and dont mind at all having long layovers.

28-12-12

Arrival at 2.30am. All tired and bleary eyed. Instead of driving north as planed we just drove to the nearest hotel and got some shut-eye.

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Took the heli out for a last minute test today. the city had a very empty feeling.
I'm off to the US tomorrow.

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Birdy View

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A couple walking back from church

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Cemetery cross

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I drove up to Grindelwald for Xmas with my family. My Mum is staying up there for a while so it was lovely to spend time with her. It was her first ever winter xmas and the first time we've had xmas together for 15 years at least.

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Happy families.

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Lighting the tree, kids are nervous as its nearly present opening time.

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Sneaky Lukas ate the chocolate before dinner was even served.

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Lars showing Grandpa how the thermometer works.

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Grandpa Zenger lighting the candles.

20-12-12

Sunshine boy Pirmin.

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Bewildered filmers.

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Keller geting his hike on.

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Clemens is pretty fresh to the backcountry having mostly filmed urban stuff previously. He's learning fast and is very enthusiastic.

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Pirmin waiting for the "dropping" call.

19-12-12

After a few days away we are back in the Arlberg region. It was a beautiful day today and the snow was deep. Still a little low tide but fun stuff is there to be had.

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The mountains here are amazing, so powerful. On the right you can see 3 skiers hiking up the face.

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Pick you line.

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Markus Keller with Stuben in the background.

13-12-12

Today was my first day up on the mountain. Its still too early for me to snowboard so I went up with my split board and hiked to the top.

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It was a great feeling to be up there again. I was all alone as the rest of the crew had already moved on by the time I arrived(they took the chair lift up)
It was nearly better though as I got to enjoy the moment in silence.

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I'm still using the Burton splitboard Birgit sent me 7 years ago, thanks again Birgit, I've had many many amazing hours on that thing.
As I split boarded up I also had to split board down again and this felt very dumb. I was zigzagging down through powder faces that I would have soo loved to board down at full speed. A real test of my will power. I just kept telling myself that it was all training and sometime this winter I would be shredding again.

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Markus styling this fs invert. CHAMäLEON filmer crew in action, Pirmin up top, Clemens here in front. Silvano getting the shot of to the right,

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Levi Luggen is young dude from Brig. Super nice style on a board and in life. I havent really shot with him much, I was supposed to the day I blew my knee last June. Hopefully we will make it more in the future.

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Mä about to drop in.

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The date today is pretty special but other than that we had a pretty normal day. The guys hit up the resort in the morning and after we went to this little spot for a fun session.

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We headed south looking for snow and sun. It was the first trip of the winter. We stayed with photog Silvano Zeiter and he showed us round a bit.

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It was -20 in this village when I drove through.

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Silvano grew up here, must be nice. Check his blog here: http://silvanozeiter.blogspot.co.at/

11-12-12

I'm still not able to snowboard, my knee still needs some time and I'm not going to risk it this early in the season. So while the rest of the crew went up the mountain I drove around and checked out the valley.

11-12-12

On the car-train about to go through a mountain.

09-12-12

I hadnt taken my heli out for a while and as I'm of on a shoot the next days I thought it was time to go out and test if she was still working.

09-12-12

I live in the house right in the middle of the picture. The 3 main houses shown here are schedules to be demolished in 2014, so this might end up being a historical picture. I love the birds eye perspective, there's so much to see. At the top you can see that the police are doing a speed control and lightning the wallets of the fast drivers. Also if you look hard you will see me down there somewhere, flying the heli.

08-12-12

Snowy nights in Zurich

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Slippery streets

07-12-12
Yesterday was Markus Kellers birthday. A bunch of us met up at the Hafen Kneipe, a local bar for some beers.

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Pirmin, Director of our project this year was keeping it tight.

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Girl rolling a splif

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Happy friends

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Gman Pman

05-12-12

Parade Platz, Zurich

05-12-12

Beat Schlatter is a Swiss stand-up comedian. He held a funny Bingo night at Henricci on Tuesday. It was a great night with lots of laughs with very original prizes.

01-12-12

Up on the glacier I shot some quick mug shots. Volcom has such a strong team.
Arthur Longo

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Terje Haakonsen

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Markus Mo Keller

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Skate legend Rune Glifberg was ripping up the jump line.

30-11-12

Markus Keller and I drove to Zell am See, near Salzburg in Austria. The Fall/Snow Volcom sales meeting was being held there.
We had to present to everyone our new project. Here's Keller doing his bit.

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I was pretty nervous walking up to the stage, we'd had no time to prepare and speaking in front of large groups was long my biggest nightmare.
To break the ice I asked everyone to give me a wave for a picture. It worked out well and after the first couple of sentences I was feeling much better.

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Billy Anderson Kicked things off with the Marketing presentation.

29-11-12

Last week I had a shoot with Iouri and Audi.
We were shooting his A7 out at his skate hall. It was a long cold day but we got the shots we needed.

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She's a nice animal

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Backgrounds.

29-11-12

Towards the end Iouri wanted to get some shots of my drifting the car. There wasnt too much room in the hall so I was getting pretty close to the walls. Katja from Audi was pretty nervous but happy in the end.

29-11-12

Thanks Iouri, Bruni and Katja for making this happen.
There was 2 shots in the 20min newspaper this week and Audi will put on a big exhibition in spring.

24-11-12

I was invited to a very special place last night. IOIC MARATHON DER WEIBLICHKEIT.
They are a very passionate group of interesting individuals that gather and watch silent films from the 1920's. The films are accompanied by live orchestral or electronic music.
There's a bar, food and many beautiful people.
Go and check it out till sunday night. http://ioic.ch

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Of course I watched a few of the films but actually I spent most of my time floating in a bubble made by the sights and sounds around me and some maryjane.

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Tina I've shot with before, she is an amazing person. If she was an animal I'm sure she would be a Jaguar. Strong graceful and beautiful.

24-11-12

This is Nina, she designs and makes outfits for different performers, she was also in charge of the room design.

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Kim the White Rabbit.

23-11-12

Made a quick stop in Locano and met up with an old friend. This is Mitch Buvoli. Mitch and his two brothers, Gian Luca and Davide spent many a season living up in Laax. This was back in the day when I also lived up there. These guys together with Jamie Phillp, Alex Schauwecker and Nicolas Muller basically taught me to snowboard. I begun my career following this crew around everyday.
Since a few years Mitch has been in the gastro business with his own Grotto, now he has stepped it up and is the proud owner of Bottega del Vino a fancy wine bar and restaurant in downtown Locano.
Check his site: http://www.bottegadelvino.ch

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It was a full house when I stopped by so we just had a glass of wine with Mitch, next time I want to try the food because it sure smelled amazing.

23-11-12

In the snowboard industry people come and go, its a young man's sport. Its so nice to see people leave the professional side of it and go on to find something else they are passionate about and succeed at it. And yes, he still shreds pow, for sure better than you.

22-11-12

Ylva and I worked out the transport system pretty fast

22-11-12

Milan sky

22-11-12

These two old ladies nearly got run over a few seconds after this. A young chick crossed while it was red and they followed but much slower. There was much squealing of tyres and beeping of horns.

21-11-12

I spent last weekend in Milan. We went to the Hanger Biccoca and saw the TOMÁS SARACENO ON SPACE TIME FOAM installation. Pretty awesome!
Here were people looking up at it and I loved the different shadows they cast

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This was a permanent installation by ANSELM KIEFER, I SETTE PALAZZI CELESTI

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Floaty

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Trippy

21-11-12

Entrance.

20-11-12

A few random shots. I was on the road a bit this weekend and snapped a few.
This was a misty morning looking over the lake in Zug.

20-11-12

Two girls having fun running around the brass band in Chur.

20-11-12

It was really cold and all the band member were trying to keep their fingers warm.

20-11-12

Bus station in Chur at sunset.

20-11-12

Lonely duck on the Lake of Zug.

15-11-12

Iouri rented this hall in an industry area and installed a vert ramp. He's killing it already! Good sessions with a steep learning curve.

15-11-12

The set-up and proud owner.

15-11-12

Air-time.

15-11-12

Iouri also just signed a multi year deal with Monster.

09-11-12

I was up in Grindelwald for a quick family visit. On the way down I decided to make a long awaited stop at the Zen Snowboards workshop close by Interlaken.
Reto Neiger is the daddy of this fine little brand.
He hand makes a select few boards per year, people who order one are welcome to go to his workshop and help out with the whole process and watch as their baby takes shape. He'll even go out riding with you and make a board that fits your riding style.
Swiss quality, attention to detail and a very passionate crew. Go check them out: http://www.zensnow.com/

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Sand blasted edges.

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Locally made board from the early 80's

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ON the drive back to Zurich.

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Reto uses the best P-tex base material, his boards are fast!

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Top sheets and wood-cores ready to be pressed.

03-11-12

Havent been shooting much the last week, was in bed sick as a dog. Feeling a bit better now so went out for a bike around the lake. Stopped for a coffee and the Rote Fabrik. The dog was waiting for his snack too I guess.

03-11-12

Days like this I realize how beautiful the place is that I am lucky enough to call home.

03-11-12

Fresh snow up there, wont be long till those mountains are reaching out to me.

Snap!

03-11-12

Lots of sailboats out enjoying the autumn breeze

25-10-12

Did a little job for Skull Candy yesterday. Artist Stephan Walter has made a collaboration headphone with Skull Candy so we shot some pic's of the man himself.
I really like his work, very distinctive style.
Check out his site: http://www.stephanwalter.ch/

25-10-12

Here's Ida making sure the product is functioning properly. Was a fun shoot, always nice to go out and shoot on the streets of Zurich.

23-10-12

Wow, time is flying, cant believe its coming to the end of October already. I'll be flying away on a big jet plane soon I guess.
Yesterday I went out to Winterthur to shoot a skate spot with Timmey.

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Lots of leaves on the ground.

15-10-12

A special friend invited me to go and visit the Zurich Zoo. I've been living here a while and had never seen the Zoo so it was a nice surprise.

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1 month old ape with mum.

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Forest in full autumn swing.

12-10-12

I got invited to the Plaza in Zurich on Friday night. Ruben Cassiano organized a get-together. First a photo exhibition with some of Iouri Podladschikov new work. Free drinks and well dressed ladies.
The it was on downstairs, partied till the lights came on at 5.30.
Thanks Ruben and Iouri.

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Beautiful youth.

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Mysterious Ylva in the shadow garden

12-10-12

Some random snapped a picture of me. She got my new Volcom pull-over sharp but I like it anyway.

05-10-12

Monique, Lukus, Lars and me on the choochoo

05-10-12

Lukas and Lars on the dodgem's.

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Lars with his 4d cinema glasses.

05-10-12

Sky lines.

30-09-12

We finally got our shoot with Gabriel Medina. It was too windy all week and then the contest started and somehow it just didnt work out.
So on my last day in Hossegor it finally came together and we got a couple of hours in epic late afternoon light.

30-09-12

Heli angle.

30-09-12

Medina chuck

30-09-12

Medina traveled to France with his whole family, they rented a big house. Really down to earth and humble, it was nice to see.

30-09-12

Medina floater

30-09-12

Sky shot

29-09-12

Quik Pro surf event is on in Hossegor right now.

29-09-12

Hectic ramp session at Central

29-09-12

Awesome sunsets here, love the last light

29-09-12

Loic and I drove down to San Sebastian to go to a film premiere. After Loic felt hungry so we stopped in at McDonalds. Man that kid can eat.

29-09-12

Avoid the wet hair

29-09-12

Hippy on the beach

28-09-12

Shapes and light changing every second.

28-09-12

Misty

29-09-12

Loic and his beautiful Danaa. They go travel South America for 6 months starting monday.

29-09-12

Quik Pro event area.

29-09-12

Sunset of the year maybe? Tough call, Iceland had some bangers as well.

27-09-12

Frame grab from a clip we filmed with my heli. First time I tried shooting surf, it was amazing.

27-09-12

Oldies.

27-09-12

It was a heavy day out there, many broken boards.

27-09-12

Loic and Gabriel Medina, this kid rips.

27-09-12

Gabriel with the little bs air.

27-09-12

Frothy tube.

27-09-12

Josh Kerr

27-09-12

Joel Parkinson snapped his leash

26-09-12

Down at the beach in Hossegor.
All the pro's are in town for the Quik Pro event starting this weekend.
Dane Reynolds got a wild-card and was out ripping today

26-09-12

Beach Scum

26-09-12

Beach Birds

26-09-12

I have been peeping this guys blog for a couple of years now. Really nice to meet him in person. Go and check his website, beautiful images! http://www.morganmaassen.com/

26-09-12

Skate side event

26-09-12

The last couple of days here have been wild and wooley. Supposed to be cleaning up tomorrow. Hope so because we got a big day planed. Fingers crossed.

23-09-12

Zurich was all about Freestyle this weekend. Freestyle.ch is the biggest event of its kind in Europe. Tens of thousands flood onto the Landiwiese to watch guys like this fly through the air.
Dany Torres, FMX winner

Thanks Ela and Recha for the help.

23-09-12

Swiss Snowboard team handing out signed cards. Iouri, Hitch, Sina and Pat

23-09-12

Nice steez

23-09-12

Volcom Swiss put on a "Game of Skate"
Sven Kilchenmann won that one.

23-09-12

The FMX guys had a complete new set-up this year, jumping over the snowboard ramp.
The weather on Saturday was to wet for them to ride so the Sunday schedule was adjusted to allow them some extra jumps.

23-09-12

Pat Burgener was the only Swiss guy to make it into the Sunday main event. He ended up getting 3rd place and the crowd pushed him all the way.

21-09-12

My friend Tina is an aerial dancer. She's hot, bendy and has a laugh that makes the world go round.

21-09-12

Super girl

21-09-12

She goes to her local park to train. Swinging in the tree's she get the attention of all the kids.

21-09-12

Bendy?

21-09-12

She's also writing a children's book. Some have it, some have it more.

19-09-12

I went with some friends to my studio for some tests.
Thanks Sabrina, Tiziana, Fabian and Helen for the fun session.

19-09-12

Tiziana was on fire

19-09-12

Makin up.

19-09-12

Sabrina checking her phone

19-09-12

Favorite shot.

17-09-12

Waking up from Iouri's party night was a tough one but I had to drive to Innsbruck to be at the premiere of the new Pirates film, Unique 8
This was up on the Arlberg pass and it cleared my mind.

17-09-12

The narrowest building in Innsbruck.

17-09-12

The clash

17-09-12

Birgit, anchor of the good ship Burton. Was nice to see you again.

17-09-12

Best seats in the house.

17-09-12

Oversize Poodle's

16-09-12

At the Hive later, Iouri givin Timmey a better view.

16-09-12

Couchtime

16-09-12

Tiziana and Laura. whispered secrets.

16-09-12

Coach Bruni was on fire and at this point happy, later, not so much.

16-09-12

Tiziana playing for the camera

16-09-12

Ruben and Dj Ipod

16-09-12

Me shooting the Instagram making of.

16-09-12

Larissa, Adriana and Laura ready to go dancing.

15-09-12

Pretty girls talking tactics

15-09-12

Papa Podladtchikov made an interesting toast, along the lines of "you're young, beautiful and talented, enjoy yourselves!"

15-09-12

Coach Bruni in the house.

15-09-12

Fabian and Iouri's twin brother Vadim.

15-09-12

Father son moment

15-09-12

Iouri's Mum gave a very moving little speech, everyone was in awe.

15-09-12

Adriana's toast. As I wrote before, there was many a toast.

15-09-12

Bruni and Alicia. The bottle Alicia is holding is vodka with gold in it. Her father makes it and we all drunk a lot of it! http://www.distillery.ch

14-09-12

Ruben had the first toast. A shot of vodka before we even started our salad. Happy crew of friends.

14-09-12

Alexis already had enough of the gold flake vodka

14-09-12

Iouri thanking us all for coming. haha

14-09-12

Timmey

14-09-12

There was a lot of cheering going on, must be a Russian thing. Good times.

14-09-12

Redlips hot fingertips

14-09-12

Beautiful people

14-09-12

Up on the hill above Zurich, an awesome view. Iouri Podladtchikov picked this spot and the Waid restaurant to celebrate his birthday this year.

07-09-12

Girl with her bike.

07-09-12

Shadow games

07-09-12

Madonna pose

07-09-12

Lens flare

07-09-12

Structure

07-09-12

Low view

06-09-12

Yesterday I was in Salzburg for some meetings with these two clowns.

06-09-12

We went and checked out the Red Bull Hanger. Lots of toys stashed in here.

06-09-12

Deadly looking

06-09-12

Racing simulator

06-09-12

All these planes are fueled and ready to fly.

06-09-12

Pretty impressive building.

02-09-12

I can just say that this is one of my all-time favorites. 2.30am in one of the darkest, dirtiest clubs in Zurich. Thanks Miez Mess for hooking it up!

02-09-12

Capturing moments spontaneously is my drug.

02-09-12

Chris in the smoking room. Gonzo

02-09-12

Tina just threw herself up there. What a legend.

02-09-12

Freddy in the smoking room. Gonzo.

02-09-12

Jana from St Gallen was shy but did it anyway.

01-09-12

Blanda Eggenschwiler is a Swiss Artist/Model living in NYC. She had her first art show in Switzerland last night showing some of her new work at Collateral, a new lifestyle shop.
Blanda, I knew you were going to look back.

01-09-12

Chris and Friedel watched by mirrored wolves.

01-09-12

Blanda with her sister Kaja.

01-09-12

Checking the results.

01-09-12

Melanie Winiger was there and enjoying the moment.

30-08-12

Zurich at night. Biking around again after some weeks relegated to the walking sticks. So nice to catch some moments.

30-08-12

Kusnacht heli view

30-08-12

Was at the Helsinki bar to watch a silent film with live composed sound track. Was interesting.

30-08-12

The Prime Tower is pretty new and may or maynot be the tallest building in Switzerland. What I do know is that you can see it from all over the city and it always presents itself in different ways.

30-08-12

Moonwash

28-08-12

Absinthe Films premiered their new movie a few nights ago at the new/old location, Kaufleuten.
The place was pumping, around 1500 people showed up to see some of the best snowboarders in the world. In attendance were among others, Nico Muller, Travis Rice, Gigi Ruf. Some dude from this small band called The Killers was apparently there too but I didn't notice him.

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Santigold entertained the packed house with song and dance.
Shame everyone split right after the concert.

28-08-12

Meike from MBM was zippin around blinding everyone with her flash. The puppydog eyes make it easy to forgive.

28-08-12

Hey, couldn't pass this up, nice eyes!

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Most photogenic person in attendance maybe.

28-08-12

Nicolas had a stand-out part, all filmed in Laax. There was a glitch in the film, it blacked out for a few seconds right in the middle of Nico's part. I was standing beside him and saw as he put his hands over his face in disappointment.

28-08-12

Sami from Onboard magazine was sober one minute and drunk the next. Finnish style drunk. Not since the street parade has Zurich seen something like it.

28-08-12

Camera shy. She probably has a huge nose or a beard or something.

27-08-12

Got an invite to go up and take some pictures at Open Air Oberrieden.

27-08-12

Mannequine.

27-08-12

It was a nice lookout.

27-08-12

Patchwork tent

27-08-12

Double rainbow

27-08-12

Then came the storm.

26-08-12

6am bubbly session.

26-08-12

Sunsup

26-08-12

Fun times

26-08-12

Happy Ivo

26-08-12

Barefoot dance machine

26-08-12

Wallart

25-08-12

Good friend Eli good older last week so she threw another house party. She's got the double hand technique dialed and looks proud about the resulting flow.

25-08-12

I can only assume the 2 girls are comparing make-up techniques. From the guys reaction anyway.

25-08-12

Smoking is so sexy

25-08-12

Kathrin rocking an EliKiss

25-08-12

Sexy
Vale

25-08-12

Analog cowboy Luchi

25-08-12

Really like this one, not even sure who the lady is. But she's writing a message in the Birthday book.

18-08-12

Crestasee in Kanton Graubunden one special place, always worth the drive up there.

18-08-12

Tina pose

18-08-12

MonkeyposeEve

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15-08-12

Tina pit-stop.

15-08-12

A kings ransom.
Yesterday was National Day in Liechtenstein. Mary, Tina and I accompanied Tito up to his Vaterland for the evening.

15-08-12

Small country, small swimming pools.

15-08-12

Liechtenstein is a very small country, needless to say that the fireworks could be seen by everyone in the country. And by people in the neighboring countries of Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

15-08-12

Fun crew.

14-08-12

Went out with a friend for a few easy rounds of darts. Hot summer evenings in Zurich.

14-08-12

Nice aim!

14-08-12

Focus

14-08-12

On my way home I came across this American dude entertaining in a tunnel. A bunch of enthusiastic people were banging a beat on the walls. What we need in Zurich is more of this!

14-08-12

Spontaneous revelry. So good!

13-08-12

Birdyview

13-08-12

Abstract liquid.

13-08-12

Zurich skate park is getting there slowly. Everything under plastic is done.

13-08-12

Things just look different from above, love being surprised.

13-08-12

Stick figure?

13-08-12

Birdyview_2

12-08-12

Keller, Pman and I went to Munich last week for a couple of days. Had some important business to get done.

12-08-12

Markus "WHERE'S MY FOOD GODDAMIT" Keller.

12-08-12

Pirmin "ALL YOU NEED IS A GOOD MODEL" Juffinger

12-08-12

Vernon "YES I CUT IT MYSELF" Deck

12-08-12

We swung by MBM and Basti took the chance to shoot Keller looking vague.

12-08-12

Funny house

03-08-12

View from the top, girl in a crop.

03-08-12

Soon be known Ylva.

03-08-12

Snails tail

03-08-12

1st August art installation

03-08-12

Timmey's roof view

03-08-12

It was my 1st 1st of August as a Swiss person

27-07-12

The birds eye view is very interesting. Still in the testing phase with this project but its beginning to get interesting.

27-07-12

Farming time

16-07-12

Last stop on the tour was at the Block in Winterthur.

16-07-12

This kid was trying this handplant for ages, didnt stick it but 10 points for effort.

16-07-12

This kid was ripping! Eyal Maman is from Thun. I asked to shoot some pic's and he was keen. 15 min later we had a few bangers, I think he stomped around 8 tricks, 6 of them 1st try.

16-07-12

Iouri was tearing the bowl apart. The bowl and mini-ramp have gotten extremely slippery in the last year, there's a lot of dust in the old building and also the fruitbooters(inline) put wax on everything. Iouri had a couple of highspeed wipeouts trying to get this shot.

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Stuntman Timmey.

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The light coming through the window was perfect for this shot. No flash needed.

15-07-12

Luc Kampfen came to the stop in St Gallen to shred with the boys. He was ripping.

15-07-12

The pool in St Gallen is pretty knarly. Iouri was ripping in it.

15-07-12

Monir loved this kids skateboard. Do a boardslide and it would put a line right through their eyes.

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Timmey's toes.

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I drove back to Zurich after the session and went to a house party at a friends place. These two had eyes only for each other.

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Fancy legwear.

14-07-12

Timmey telling.

14-07-12

Iouri Portrait.

14-07-12

Mannequine at the Hive

14-07-12

Killian Zehnder

14-07-12

The rest of the crew just sat back and watched Kilian skate, it was a pleasure.

14-07-12

Iouri up there.

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Timmey

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Sarnen next, real cool little park and the best was we could park the bus right next to the bowl. Bruni whipped up a nice little bbq and some beers to wash it all down. Some of the local dudes stayed and everyone kept skating till about 11pm.

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Timmey was a legend all trip long, always up for a session and so full of passion. Just lives to skate with friends. Was a nice chance to get to know you mate.

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Timmey taking a moment.

13-07-12

Marco Bruni is Iouri's snowboard coach. He organized and managed this skate tour and did a damn good job of it! Always up first and working hard setting up at each spot. In Sarnen he made his famous spaghetti for lunch. Legend.

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Timmey promised Iouri that he'd do a Melon grab per day during the tour. Here's his Sarnen edition.

13-07-12

Monir was ripping on the first day but over did it a little and tweaked his ankle. So he was just skating at 50% for the rest of the trip but still managed to get a couple of shots.

12-07-12

Onwards to Lugano. A strong crew turned up and in the 30 degree heat some rad sessions happened.
Martino is one of the dopest skaters out there, insane smooth style and just killing everything.

12-07-12

Sleepy Luddi

12-07-12

Sunset pizza

12-07-12

Love this shot!

12-07-12

These two kids were shredding all day. Iouri spent quite some time with them and they learnt a lot and went away stoked.

12-07-12

Martino again ripping.

12-07-12

Ninja Ruben.

10-07-12

Next morning we woke up at the Lausanne Vidy Bowl. Lots of scooter mongo's in the beginning but as the day went on more skaters dropped in.
Pat Burgener and Max Buri showed up with their own style and skated for hours.

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Timmey drop

10-07-12

Timmey skeptical of the electro scooter.

That night it was back to Montreux again. This I took at about 2am.

10-07-12

Hanging on the waterfront enjoying a beer.

10-07-12

Montreux Jazz Festival.

10-07-12

Metro Chris

09-07-12

So I flew from Iceland back to Zurich, had a few hours at home then it was straight off on another tour. Big contrast this one. Iceland was, camping, peace, nature, beautiful images, no schedule. This week I'm on pretty much the opposite. Iouri and the kids tour is a skate tour through Switzerland, 7 days, 7 cities all in a tourbus with friends. Iouri Podladchikov is a snowboarder, crowned World Champion this year, who has always skated at a pro level. It was his idea to do this tour and his sponsors supported him. So off we go....

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This is our transport, accommodation, party spot and stowed underneath is everything we need to stage a happening. Tables, tents, drinks coolers, DJ booth, mobile kitchen and a supply of redbulls.

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First stop was in Wollerau, about 300 kids turned up and everyone had a ball, after it was on the bus and a 2 hours drive down to Montreux. A few beers on the road then off the bus and straight into a Bob Dylan concert.

09-07-12

Timmey is covered in tats, talks trash, skates hard and is one of the funniest, nicest guys to be around.

09-07-12

Wollerau skatepark.

09-07-12

Monir watched by Iouri.

09-07-12

Burger tickets.

09-07-12

Random shoe sitting next to me.

08-07-12

Over and out. Iceland was an amazing experience, too good to be true really.

08-07-12

Almost 4000km in our little car, one little crash and nothing but fun and amazement the whole time. Seemed like every corner we turned we entered a new world. Much thanks to Geiri for all the tips and the use of is camping gear. And to Loic for all the passion and energy. Unforgettable.

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Waterfalls... One of my favorite things to be around. Powerful, beautiful and unstoppable. I finally had a chance to shoot some slower shutterspeeds.

08-07-12

Loic drying out after walking behind the falls.

08-07-12

Angles.

08-07-12

We found this hidden gem.

08-07-12

4am and everyones sleeping.

07-07-12

Nature made some nice sculptures for us to admire. Just temporary ones mind. I disappeared later that day.

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Nice view from my bed. It surprised us time and time again, the camping grounds were full, tents in rows all close together and $10 per head. Butits legal to put your tent pretty much anywhere in Iceland and we had simply amazing spots and shared with no-one, well apart from all of you:)

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Black beach full of jewels. Sparklesparkle

07-07-12

Glacier snake.

07-07-12

Natural light magnified through this washed up chuck of ice.

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What to ponder?

07-07-12

Iceland.... where did that name come from. Some locals told me that the country used to be called land of the Sun. Myths and legends.

06-07-12

Finally got a chance to shoot some slow shutter shots as it was cloudy and dark one night. I never get to shoot these shots but I really like the feeling they give, mistygoast.

06-07-12

Black/White

06-07-12

Sun came out at the right time to light this cliff face.

06-07-12

Misty rocks

05-07-12

We drove up over some highlands and there were these stone piles alongside the road. We found out that they are the original road markers from back in the day.

05-07-12

Spikey tops.

05-07-12

Loic doing number 2's with "Circus tent" mountain in the background.

05-07-12

Crossroads.

05-07-12

Big sky.

05-07-12

These flowers are called Lupin, actually not native to Iceland but really widespread and not hard on the eyes.

05-07-12

Volcano cone.

05-07-12

Another one of out magic camping zones. Light was unbelievable for hours, not better or worse just different.

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Who could ask for more?

05-07-12

Loic found a boat and went for a pre-dinner row.

05-07-12

Kitsch

04-07-12

Waterfalls everywhere you look. We saw at least one every day of the trip.

04-07-12

It was pretty hard to shoot slow enough shutter speeds as it was never dark enough!

04-07-12

Nice rock formations.

04-07-12

Lots of tourists at this one, had to wait ages for them to all go and cook dinner before we had some peace and quiet.

03-07-12

Up in the north of Iceland is, we were told, where the wild ponies live.

03-07-12

We found them. So beautiful to watch how the groups work. The stallion is really taking care of business.

03-07-12

We got pretty close on a couple of occasions. I would have got more pictures but we were using some different equipment and I didnt have time to snap many shots.

03-07-12

New generation

03-07-12

Sleeping on her feet.

03-07-12

Came across some old viking huts. Cant imagine how hard the living must have been here a thousand years ago.

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Nice style.

03-07-12

I'm guessing the fronts are not original

03-07-12

They were compact back then.

02-07-12

A little stop to shot a moment always turned into an extended stay as we always found more details the longer we stayed.

02-07-12

Natures brick layers

02-07-12

This wall has stood for many xxx-thousand years, try that humans.

02-07-12

Broken shells are so much more comfortable to nest in than stones.

02-07-12

As you can expect we shot a lot of sunsets. Every day around 4 hours worth.

02-07-12

Keep on truckin.

02-07-12

Calm water ducks

02-07-12

Sunset details

02-07-12

Loic time lapsed the cloud fingers in the background

02-07-12

So many special moments when you sit down and watch.

01-07-12

1st July, time wizzing by as usual. Here's some shots out the window of the car or off the road. 4 weeks before I left to Iceland I blew my knee snowboarding, ACL gone and a few other things. SO I really thought most of my trip would be spent in the car and maybe a few hobbling steps to the roadside. Stoked it wasnt like that but it would have been awesome anyway.

01-07-12

Fog coming up the valley steps.

01-07-12

Sunset on the top of a pass somewhere.

01-07-12

I like churchs, they give perspective. I never go in them but they look good in the landscape.

01-07-12

Loic left me behind.

01-07-12

Boat parking zone

30-06-12
I took this picture from our camping spot one night. The light just kept getting better and better. We didnt end up sleeping till about 5am. This was the story of our trip, sunset started around 9pm and ended around 1am, then we cooked diiner. Sunrise started at about 2am and the light was amazing till around 4-5am, then we would sleep till about noon and drive some hours stopping whenever we saw something we wanted to shoot. Actually this was our only "rule" on this trip. If either of us wanted to stop we would, regardless of if we were in a hurry to be somewhere.

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End of the world.

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Loic snapped this one of me on the edge of the world. Just an illusion though, the water is right under my feet just the reflection of the clouds you see.

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Camping spot second angle, while cooking dinner at around 2am.

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Ducks on the move.

30-06-12

Perfectly still. The wind always seemed to come up during the day and go away completely around dusk which was perfect for us. I took a new tool with me to Iceland and it worked well with no wind. More about that soon.

29-06-12

Seem to be coming across a lot of waterfalls the last days.

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Its never dark enough to do proper long exposures of the water.

29-06-12

We hiked up to the top of a waterfall. One of the best things I have ever done. We started off just wanting to get a different angle and just kept on walking, 6 hours later we got back to the car. We followed the river all the way back to the source, way up in the snow.

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I lay on the edge of this huge cliff for about an hour just watching the birds fly. In the end I had to say that they were just flying for fun. There were hundreds of them just catching the thermals, hardly moving and just gliding around in big circles. I had to hold myself back from trying it myself.

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Loic filming the birds. They would fly right past you, maybe 2 meters aways and look right at you.

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Birds eye view.

27-06-12

LIttle grey fishing town living in the shadow.

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Horse paradise

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Edge of the world

27-06-12

Lonely horse

26-06-12

Seagulls nesting in the cliff wall. Summer is so short here that when it finally arrives there is an explosion of live. All the animals and plants realize that they only have a short time to reproduce' its magical to witness.

26-06-12

Mamma watching.

26-06-12

Lava rocks

26-06-12

Came to this little cove and saw how these rocks were formed I guess by volcanic movement. Special.

26-06-12

Like a wave coming from the cave down to the water.

25-06-12

A little photo stop turned into a 2 hour adventure. We tried to get out of the car and birds started attacking us. They were protecting their nests. We braved them for a while to get some shots then moved away. Here's Loic getting a close-up.

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Coming in for attack. They are Arctic Terns I later found out.

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I shot this with a wide-angle so this bird is maybe about 50cm from my face. Beautiful shapes. Super aggressive and fearless.

25-06-12

We havent seen much Ice yet but plenty of waterfalls, maybe they should rename it Waterfallland

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Same waterfall, different view.

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Loic, Lava, water

24-06-12

On the road now, glad to be away from the city. To many drunk loud people, we are enjoying the silence.

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Color explosion

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Contrast

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I am already running out of words.

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Nature's lines are straighter.

23-06-12

Stayed a day in Reykjavik and walked around checking out this little city. Some nice sights for sure.

23-06-12

Opera house

23-06-12

Tow away boat zone

23-06-12

American feeding zone

23-06-12

Dead's not dead.

23-06-12

Nikita rider Gabby Maiden has been staying at the team house for a while. We stayed thewre a couple of nights and she sung us some sweet tunes.

22-06-12

I went and checked out the offices of Nikita in Reykjavik. I met Heida Birgisdottir, company founder and found her to be very nice!

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I'm terrible with names. Esther I think.

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There was a real nice vibe in the office, happy people doing something they love. David Loving it in an office full of girls.

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Head office? Runar co-founder

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Geiri does the international marketing for Nikita. He also does the helping out and looking after of the idiot tourists (us).
Thanks a bunch mate!

21-06-12

Swiss pride. At the Zurich Airport yesterday. I'm spending a couple of weeks in Iceland and the longest day of the year seems like a good time to be up there.

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The sights these dudes must see.

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Bodensee

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Landed at 01.00 am and the sun was just going down, well sorta as it came right back up again.

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Might be seeing a few of these I think. Dont reckon it will get boring though.

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On the way home the other night I saw this spectacle and snapped a couple of shots. Anyone guess whats going on?

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I didnt have a tripod with me and just tried to hold the camera still on the railing nearby.

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1 second exposure of moths zooming around a light by the river.

17-06-12

Last Tuesday was the 3rd birthday for the crew at Henrici. Tito organized a great couple of bands, there was huge bowls of punch and many happy people. Turned out to be an amazing night out. Here is Chimango from Barcelona heating it up.

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A Fist Full of Twist are an instrumental group full of surprises. Really special.

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Chimango is playing with Manu Chao a lot and fully connects with the crowd.

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He put in the 100% effort.

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Everyone had pretty much left by midnight when Chimango grabbed his guitar and played a few more songs outside. Such a trueblue entertainer.

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Great way to close out the night.

14-06-12

LIttle nap in the lift. First time ever that I got stuck in a lift. Was only for an hour so no biggy.

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GaySmurfs

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Younglove

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Braveheart

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Mr Sebastian Flugelman likes to be the center of attention.

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No.9 in the hot barmaid series.

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Kimi Feldman, Loic's mate from Brazil.

13-06-12

The main reason for the long weekend in San Sebastian was to go to the Surf Film Festibal. My mate Loic Wirth was premiering his first independent film there. I had a small involvement as I narrated the film. I was blown away with the film, absolutely amazing how Loic put it all together. From the concept to all the trips, sound track, editing, marketing, Loic did it all basically on his own. No big crew with 2nd, 3rd cameraman, sound etc. Really proud to be involved and I know many thousands of people worldwide are going to get so much enjoyment form this.
It will be released very shortly worldwide at most surf stores and also on I-Tunes.

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Ogro, Loic and me having a beer after the premiere.

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It was held in an amazing old cinema right in the middle of the old town.

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Big dick surfer.

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Loic is a very humble guy and didnt have much to say, just basically "I hope everyone enjoys it"

12-06-12

No blogging for a long while. Normally at this time of the year I am in need of a break from my camera gear after the long season of travel. It coincided with an accident I had on my last snowboard shoot of the season. I landed wrong on a little jump and wrecked my left knee. Result was a sort of dislocation of the knee which snapped the ACL, tore half the MCL, Meniscus tear and when the joint popped out it also broke a chunk of bone off the back of the Tibia. I went through a couple of days of being a bit depressed but soon got out of that and into the recovery process. Basically I'm waiting 8 weeks now for the bone to heal then in July I have an operation scheduled to replace the ACL, fix the Meniscus etc. I'm off the sticks now and walking carefully which is a great feeling.

Last weekend Eve and I flew down to San Sebastian for a long weekend. This I Zurich on the way out.

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San Sebastian is one of my favorite places to visit. Always lots going on.

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As always we ate lots of great food and downed a drop or two of the local tinto

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Eve shot this. I like!

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We checked out a recently finished museum thats built into the old-town, cool building.

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Traditions run deep here. A member of a marching band showing his kid the ropes.

12-05-12

Friday was the warmest day of the year so far. No better way to spend it than being at the lake with friends!
8 hour grill and chill session.

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old buddies from a land far far away.

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Bikes holding the tree up.

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Philippe Nissl jumping for joy

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Tina (fresh) Luft making daisy chains.

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Hound mini dog.

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Circus stars Tito&Tina

11-05-12

I drove up to Meiringen the other day. Meiring is the next valley over from Grindlewald in the Berner Oberland. The Swiss Airforce have a base there and I stopped by for a few minutes.

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The planes are in bunkers deep in the mountain. They taxi out pretty much from right under the waterfall in the background. Then the barriers come down and they take off. You can see in the background the cars waiting. Once the jets have taken off the barriers go up and the traffic can go again. First airforce base I've ever seen that you can drive across the runway.

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Couple of Tigers.

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I went up to visit the Dedicam crew. Here is Dioneys soldering.

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The Dedicam guys are world leaders in remote control aerial filming. They make and test prototypes and are pretty much traveling the world doing what they love. Every kids dream.

08-05-12

Biking season is back on.

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Devils light generator

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Chris and I went to Henricci last night. Every tuesday night there's live music there and manager Tito told me that this week would be special.
A Portugese duo call A Jigsaw were on and killed it.

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They played all sorts of instruments along with the dark smokey vocals.

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