LAustin's Blog: February 2009

Dew Tour Tahoe

Here are some shots from the final stop of the Winter Dew Tour at Northstar in Tahoe, California.

Truckee local Chaz Guldemond

The young Tyler Flanagan

Shaun White

Banks wondering what is in his box

A Day in the Pipe at Okemo

Valentines weekend I made my way down to Southern VT for a little getaway. Little did I know that I would end up shooting an awesome day in the pipe at Okemo. I was riding with friends Matt Beck, Keegan Reed, Tuna, and Ed D'Ottavio and they were killing it in the pipe so I decided to bring my camera out. The blue skies made for amazing conditions to shoot in. Photos shot with Canon G9 and Canon 5D.

Tuna

Keegan Reed

Tuna

Keegan Reed

Tuna... biggest air of the day

Matt Beck

Keegan trying to grab Tuna's board

Matt Beck

Tuna

Mike Lund

Labels: halfpipe, Okemo, snowboarding

SIA

So this year I decided I had to go to SIA. I was asked to display some of my work in the show so it gave me an excuse to see what all the hype was about. Plus this was the last year it will be in Vegas before it moves to Denver so I couldn't miss it. SIA is one of the larger Snow sport Tradeshows around, and from my experience, one of the craziest. It was almost too much fun. Five days of being on your feet all day and partying can wear you out. At the end of it all most can't wait to leave and claim that they will never want to go back to Vegas again. That's exactly how I felt. I'll let my pictures tell the rest of the story. All photos shot with my Canon G9.

Larry Nunez at a Flow party stoked on his goody bag.

The Luxor

An Analog sponsored Go Karting session. Out of control.

Craig loves his Patron.

Getting in a limo on the way to one of my craziest nights in Vegas. Tim Brodhagen at my side.

Snowboard Mag x Frank 151

Burton and Darkside crew on the way to the Redman Show

A Dog opening up for Redman

This place was packed for the last party in Vegas.

Redman knows how to entertain

"The Yard" where my work was displayed at the show

WTF?

What I Have Been Up To

So I realize I haven't updated my news for a while. Things have been a bit hectic lately. So to catch you up to speed I'll show you some photos from what I have been doing. I'll have a post up about SIA soon.