Park.

Had a shoot in the Dreammaker Park at Killington the other day.  Lined up Kubas, Matty and Travis for a 9AM start and got after it.  We made quick work, set up a few lights, got some cool new takes on the same old features and we were outtah there, DONE.

-CASH

Travis over the park.

Kubas, not bad for an old guy.

Matty H.

Rails?  who ever thought of skiing on rails?

Yours truly. 

Niece and Nephew.

Saw my niece and nephew this past Friday on my way home from the Cape.  Stopped in for a few hours to say hi and more importantly see if there was any truth to the rumor that Kate had begun to walk.  Sure enough she has.  My godson Will isn't walking solo right yet, but I can't imagine he's to far away from doing so.

Kate gets all excited when she starts to get her move on.

Making a break for it.

Willy-O.

Northstar-at-Tahoe

I forgot to mention (insert shameless plug here) in my last post about another image I have published in the February issue of Backcountry.  Last March while working on the Lake Tahoe feature, Mike Horn and I took a day off to explore the side-country of one of Lake Tahoe's fine resorts, Northstar.  This place is great, everything that this East Coaster would want from an out west resort, wide open steep groomers when you need to open it up, terrain parks a plenty including a Burton Stash park and side-by-side half pipes, and easily accessed side-country.  Armed with our personal guide for the day, Marine Sergeant Vince Arthur, who happens to also be the Patrol Director,  we made numerous laps like a yo-yo, in and out of bounds, enjoying some sweet sun soaked spring corn.  As Mike mentions in the article, after a day of serious vertical, the kind only side-country laps can provide, we rested with what might have been the best village margarita ever had.

Here is a tear from the magazine and a few "outs".  Enjoy.

Sergeant Vince Arthur with side-country zone called "White Rabbit" in the background.

Reyher with some late day kernels.

Horn, in the White Rabbit.

Crested Butte Feature.

Got my new issue of Backcountry in the mail. In this months installment you'll find my second feature I shot for the magazine this season. This time around writer Mike Horn and I headed to Crested Butte to investigate the Red Lady mining issue that has taken over the town. A great trip, a cool story, and excellent snow made for cool pic's and good riding. Thanks to all the friendly folks who skied for the camera and showed us around. And if you need a laugh you can re-live my travel adventure just to get to Crested Butte HERE.

We happened to be in town during Mardi Gras, good times!

Bottom left, fellow photog Jeff Cricco getting into the action. This is the second time I've managed to get a pic published of a fellow photographer, back a few years I had a full pager of Steve Lloyd in Backcountry.

Top left, writer Mike Horn getting a face full.

-22

No joke. -22 @ 9:00am.

The Stash, day 2.

It was back up to Killington this morning for day 2 shooting in the Stash Park.  Same handful of cool riders along with a roomful of media from all over New England.  Some associated with magazines, some web-zines, and some blogs.  Toward the end of the day I even made time for a few freeride runs of my own.  Good times.  

Big thanks to Mia and the Burton Crew for letting me tag along and shoot.

Back to the Stash.

When my car's temp gauge read -7 this morning while heading up to Killington I started to question my decision to go photograph again in the new Burton Stash park.  But this time around it was going to be a little special.  Burton was sending a handful of pro riders the likes of Dave Downing, Yale Cousino and the Mindnich brothers.  Turns out the forecasts of doom, gloom and hell freezing over were slightly exaggerated.  The temps bumped into the high single digits and it was delightful to be outside and shooting such a high talent level.  

Nils Mindnich.

Nils again.

Yale Cousino.

Yale again.

Yale again.

Dave Downing.

Pasture Skiing.

Pasture skiing?  WTF is pasture skiing?  Think mid-80's snowboarding on golf courses or sledding a steep hill behind your high school.  Pasture skiing is an ugly but fun cousin of the two.  Yesterday, while the NY Giants were getting a beat down from the Eagles, Kirk K., Poli N. and myself ventured out for an afternoon of good old fashion Vermont pasture skiing.  It was a blast, the snow was really good and I brought along my camera just in case something presented itself.  Well I'm glad I bothered because it was a really cool location and the light was great.  

Poli N. getting deep in the pasture's crop.

Kirk K. plowing the field.

The proper way to farm a pasture.

Okemo Backcountry.

Hope everyone had a good holiday.  Things are getting back on track here at the world wide headquarters of Justin Cash Photography.  Trying to ramp up for a productive rest of winter and spring, getting trips planned, getting resort shoots scheduled, new promos out the door, and all the while trying to get a few stock images in the can for the magazines while the snow is good.  A few days ago, Kubas, VJ, Dave Y. and myself did a little backcountry tour just north of Okemo.  The skiing varied from marginal at best on the south-west facing aspects to excellent on the north-east facing slopes.

Enjoy the pic's.

The skin into our zone.

Kubas making it look deeper than it really was.

Kubas looking like a blueberry.

This was that deep and creamy.

This is the "yeah, I just ripped that" shot.

I was fascinated with Dave Y. orange pack.  click for a bigger view.

VJ doesn't get to ski much anymore but enjoying it when he does.

Saving the coolest pic for last, VJ dropping into a shot called "Vertical Smile".