Monday, February 22, 2010
Alpine Meadows Park Update!
Some new footage! Byran Reardan was nice enough to invit me up to Alpine to shred some park with some other local bros. Super fun day of riding in the sun with my friends and I'm stoked on the way the video turned out! Thanks Alpine for the ticket!
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Zak Shelhamer Snowboarding
Friday, February 19, 2010
Birthday Park Shredit
Earlier this week I turned 26 years young. Skiing on Monday and my Birthday felt like April. It was actually pretty nice to get out there and just shred some park with the sun out. I was riding with a new addition to the Porters Ski Team Peter Kukesh. Representing the 382 crew of NH Peter, Pat Melvin, Andrew Putnam (Alpine Freeride coach) all had some nice tricks up their sleeves. I did not do so bad either considering my old age. I want to thank there buddy Tyler for posting up and filming us on the jump line. That really added a lot to this edit having some alternate shots.
check it.
check it.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Armada Outerwear, Armada Skis, Full Tilt Ski Boots, GoPro HD, Line Afterbangs, Line Blends, Line Skis, Oakley Goggles, Porters Ski Team, Porters Tahoe
ParkerLooks like Nicky B is chasing gold himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX4coJT0DqM
HAHAHA
ParkerPS Good edit buddy
That's right Squaw Valley Prom is coming up I gots to get me some Gold son.
I also need a date first
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
2011 Capita Stairmaster Extreme..for the ladies???
2011 Capita Stairmaster Extreme: “True Twin Extreme Freestyle”
The thing I found most important for my style of riding in this board was:
DS Select Core: A core built for next level performance. Lightweight, with no irregularities or finger joints, the DS core is constructed with the highest quality poplar and beech woods. Beech is placed along the rails, enabling the rider to hold a solid edge while carving, eliminating chatter at high speeds and contributing more power to ollies and landings. Poplar strips are fused with the beech sections for flex consistency and vibration absorption. The DS Select offers a consistent, comfortable and powerful ride.
Why do I think this is important? Being a female rider does not necessarily make me small, as girls come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes I find that some women’s boards are just too soft and too short for me, this happens a lot at demos for me. I have wanted to ride the Capita Stairmaster Extreme for a while now based on the good things I have heard. I think that this core makes this board super fun across the genders. For guys it is a super poppy, yet stable board for park riding. For the ladies I think that it is a super fun all mountain twin tip. How is that you say? Well if you are not a super petite girl, you ride with power and you want a super fun playful board…I think that this could be it, especially with the core construction. I rode this board in a 152, now I do have small feet and by the end of the run I could feel the width of this board, but for a lady with bigger feet then I, this board is fun. I rode it all over the hill, through some chopped up pow, groomers, some jibs and a bit of firm packed snow and I felt stable the whole way. I had the most fun on this board in a little place called Hot Wheels Gully at Alpine Meadows. The gully has tons of natural little features and this board proved worthy of its poppy cored and stable ride. I would recommend this board to any aggressive female rider that is looking for a fun twin tip that is stable enough to ride all mountain.
I rode:
2011 Capita Stairmaster Extreme with Burton Cartels
Weight: chubby
Height: 5’4”
Years riding: 17
Home resort: Alpine Meadows and where ever my Polaris RMK 700 takes me
Occupation: Marketing Chica Porters Sports/beer drinker
Labels: 2011 Capita Starimaster Extreme, Alpine Meadows, Polaris RMK 700
Friday, February 12, 2010
Brendon Drury Segment
Hello Everyone-Here is my video Segment from last season filming for So Much to Say! When you have minute, check it out! Peace
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Brendon Drury "SO MUCH TO SAY" section from duncan barnes on Vimeo.
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Labels: Alpine Meadows, Brendon drury, Endeavor Snowboards, Porters Snowboard Team, Powder, smith optics, Volcom
Evan Haines Slaying Alpine
Check out local young gun Evan Haines slaying lines at Alpine Meadows. JB you better watch out this kid kills it. Nice lines out there Evan! pretty impressive.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Armada Skis, Evan Haines, Pointy Sticks with Grips, Porters Sports Lake Tahoe
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Shredfest Wth Nicky B & Timmy C
Friday morning me and Timmy C took some laps at Alpine. Sick morning Tim almost lost a ski and I lost both my poles on a backslapper landing. check it out.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Full Tilt boots, Go Pro HD, Line Skis, Porters Tahoe
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Alpine Meadows Freeride Team
Not only does Tim Cussen help customers with outstanding service here at Porters. He also helps coach the Alpine Meadows freeride team with fellow coach Andrew Putnam. I spent the day with Andrew and his group of grom slayers in the park last weekend. I had a really fun day riding with them and this is a short little recap of the day. I am sure you will see more of these kids later on in the year.
Coach's : Andrew Putnam & Tim Cussen
Skiers:
Chris Verrue
Will Tulley
Colin Putnam
Cam Putnam
Coach's : Andrew Putnam & Tim Cussen
Skiers:
Chris Verrue
Will Tulley
Colin Putnam
Cam Putnam
Labels: Alpine Freeride Team, Alpine Meadows, Andrew Putnam, Cam Putnam, Chris Verrue, Colin Putnam, GoPro HD, Tim Cussen, Will Tulley
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Skiing the Buttress
So I skied the buttress this morning at Alpine. There was a few other guys that got out there first, but there was still some great snow. Benson emailed me a few days ago and told me to ski the Buttress for him, since he is out of town doing stuff for Columbia.
It got me the thinking that I have never skied center line of the buttress. So I called Lars and asked if he would cover the live chat for an hour or two, he unhappily agreed. So myself and a whole 7 people waited for the rope to drop for the hikes at Alpine. I wish I sent it a little bigger but whatever it was still fun line.
It got me the thinking that I have never skied center line of the buttress. So I called Lars and asked if he would cover the live chat for an hour or two, he unhappily agreed. So myself and a whole 7 people waited for the rope to drop for the hikes at Alpine. I wish I sent it a little bigger but whatever it was still fun line.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Full Tilt boots, GoPro HD, Line Skis, Orage, Porters Tahoe
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Alpine Park Session
Tuesday I did a little warm up park riding at the ol Pine. No serious tricks were thrown down yet but it was nice to get my park feet back under me a little bit. The rail set up was pretty legit in the main park. No boxes no ride ons just some hard metal to slide across. The Jump line was not the typical Alpine jumps you would expect but its still early and I know they have room and plans for improvement. Once again I was using the new GoPro HD to film all of this, check it.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Full Tilt boots, Go Pro HD, Line Skis, Nicky B, Orage, Slant Skis, Steve Shelby
Monday, January 4, 2010
Ski Cross training -- Errol Kerr and Jamaica Ski Team 2009
Friday, January 1, 2010
Skiing at Alpine
The past couple weeks have been very kind to us. With numerous little storms hitting the area the conditions have been great and staying that way. While we could use a good ol' fashioned "big dump" I'm pretty sure that no one out there can really complain about the conditions lately. The skiing at Alpine Meadows has been phenomenal as I'm sure it has been everywhere else too. Here's an assortment of clips from the past couple of days. My GoPro helmet cam, coupled with my "chesty", has a great wide angle lens and really good color. I can't believe that a camera that small can capture all this video, and take a lickin'. I know that I've kneed mine into my chest a couple dozen times...
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Boomerang, Jeremy Benson, Powder Skiing
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Off the hook
Today I also learned a valuable lesson, only put Lithium Batteries (like the instructions say) in your GoPro camera. Regular batteries last for about 2 minutes and might screw up your camera, go figure. I used mine for a few runs today and here's a quick clip from a sweet double I hit today. It was too much fun skiing at Alpine Meadows today!
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Columbia Sportswear, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Skis, go pro helmet camera, Jeremy Benson
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
What a week it has been.
It has been a pretty incredible week in Lake Tahoe. With 2 consecutive 3 plus foot dumps the mountains around here have just been getting plastered. We've gone from icy groomers with very little open to full on mid season conditions, in places, in a matter of just a little over a week. Yesterday, not only did KT-22 spin for the first day of the season, but Alpine Meadows also managed to open the ridgetop hikes out to Beaver, Estelle, and Bernies bowls. The skiing was off the hook to say the least, and the uncrowded slopes and liftlines made for all day freshies for everyone in attendance. It felt pretty good to step into my Elan Boomerangs for the past few days and charge around the mountain on my big skis with little to no more fear of hitting tons of rocks. While I completely forgot to put on my helmet cam for just about every run, I managed to strap it on once for the short clip you see here. Those GoPro helmet cams are so small that sometimes you forget that you even have it with you.
Today we branched out in search of variety and some more pow for the skiing. We ventured up the street from my house and hiked up to Grouse Rock and into Ward Valley. With high ridge top winds and grey skies dominating for most of our tour we rethought our objectives for the day and focused on lower more sheltered slopes. Many of the natural avalanches that occured during the storm cycle are still very evident, especially on East/Northeast aspects. While nothing really seemed to be moving at the resort yesterday the evidence of natural slides was a little disconcerting especially with the weak layer down near the ground. Finding it a little hard to believe that all that new snow has bonded up tight we tentatively made some ski cuts, and then pretty much went for it.
The consistency of the snow has definitely changed a little overnight. It has become more dense and compacted as well as being wind affected in some areas, and sun crusted on south facing slopes. We decided to lap it up on an sheltered East/Northeast facing slope for optimum powder conditions. Here's my buddy, and unofficialsquaw Kick Ass Blaster, Mike Vaughan finding a nice pocket of fresh on his first turn.
And a few turns later opening it up by the spiny rocks that make up the features of this area.
After hours of hiking around and skiing more pow we were finally chased out of the woods by the dwindling daylight, not that we could see all that well today anyway. In any event, lines in the backcountry are at a super fun low-tide level with more features than usual. Now is a good time to get out and explore and find some great early season stashes for yourself. As far as we could tell, the snow is locked up tight just about everywhere, so go on out and get some. For more information on local avalanche conditions check out: http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/
Labels: Alpine Meadows, backcountry skiing, Backcountry Tahoe, Elan Boomerang, Jeremy Benson, KT-22, Powder Skiing
Eric AsistinOh yess Benson...The view over to Alpine was quite nice from KT....Glad u got some too.
Porters TahoeNICE WORK BENSON!!!
Nicky B son, aka Turka LurkSick JB, nice line by the way too.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Errol Kerr and Nate Holland training at Alpine Meadows
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Boarder Cross, Errol Kerr, Nate Holland, skiercross
Friday, December 4, 2009
Alpine Meadows Opens Saturday, Dec. 5
The wait is over. Alpine Meadows is opening Saturday, Dec. 5th. After a couple weeks of snowmaking and grooming in preparation, Alpine will be opening Roundhouse and Meadow chairs. I've already had the pleasure of doing some skiing there and its looking pretty good. If you're lucky you might even get to watch Errol Kerr and Nate Holland practicing their starts and hitting a few gates. Hopefully you bought and Alpine pass when they were cheap, and if you did, maybe I'll see you out there. With a big change in the weather on the way it shouldn't be long until we're all shredding deep pow and wondering what happened to all of our free time...
Jeremy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, Jeremy Benson, Nate Holland
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Mammoth
As the winter waiting game continues, with Squaw holding strong with 2 icy groomers and Alpine set to open this weekend, now is the perfect time to go to Mammoth. While Mammoth is suffering from a similar lack of snow to Tahoe, apparently they know how to 1. blow snow and 2. groom it. When we got 4 inches a couple days ago, they got 16. The wind may have hammered it and blown a lot of it away, but there's still enough to make the skiing there way better than here right now.
Mammoth does it up right and I was impressed with how well the mountain is skiing considering how little snow they have. The eastern sierra is always a sight to behold, and even though the mountains down there need a couple more feet to get the backcountry going they are still really impressive to check out. So, if you just can't take another red dog lap, head on down to Mammoth, you'll be glad you did.
The off-trail skiing there is still pretty sketchy, although, not nearly as bad as here. The groomed runs are all-time good, and they even have snow on them, snow not ice. It seems that they've got a good little park going right now as well with boxes, rails, mini wall-rides and a nice looking medium size jump. In the picture below my buddy, and former Porter's employee Chris Doyle, makes the sweet snow on the groomers look like a three foot powder day slashing on his new Lib Tech TRice.
Mammoth does it up right and I was impressed with how well the mountain is skiing considering how little snow they have. The eastern sierra is always a sight to behold, and even though the mountains down there need a couple more feet to get the backcountry going they are still really impressive to check out. So, if you just can't take another red dog lap, head on down to Mammoth, you'll be glad you did.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Jeremy Benson, mammoth, Sqauw Valley
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Training at Alpine Meadows -- December 1, 2009
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, FIS ski cross, Jamaica Ski Team
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Check Out The New Snow In Tahoe
So we haven't gotten our first "big" storm yet, but the last couple have been nice for sure. This time last year it was still brown ground and I couldn't have made the quick run up to the top of Mount Watson above Tahoe City on my snowmobile like I did today. You're still not going to be making any turns on a ski or snowboard up there yet, but there was plenty of snow to make the turn off of the "fiberboard freeway" and go to the top.
The view never gets old even years and now decades after my first time up there. The wind was whipping pretty good and you could see white caps all over Lake Tahoe. You also get such an awesome view looking across the Truckee River / 89 valley over to Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. Castle Peak is always worth pausing for a few moments as well.
Enjoy the pics of the white goodness and come on up to Tahoe. The overnight lows are nice and cold so the resorts are putting blankets of white stuff over what Mother Nature has given us so far. So go ahead and play hookie for a day this week and come up and make some turns. If you don't, it'll just be one less day that you have to put a smile on your face sliding around in the snow.....
Oh sweet, sweet snow
xoxoSquaw Valley and Alpine Meadows looking across the Truckee River / 89 valley from the top of Mount Watson above Tahoe City
Castle Peak off in the distance...again a view from the top of Mount Watson
A windy Lake Tahoe looking towards the east shore from Mount Watson
Snowy white goodness...just a big storm away from being able to shred
The Tahoe sunshine peaking through the snowy trees
Pine needles soaking in fresh snow just off the "fiberboard freeway"
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Castle Peak, Fiberboard Freeway, Lake Tahoe Backcountry, Mount Watson, Squaw Valley
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Trip to New York -- Dynasty film -- Fox News
I got to go out to New York on Sunday to promote the new Warren Miller film Dynasty with a good friend of mine, Jonny Moseley. I had an awesome time. I met a lot great people and had a chance to go on Fox news and promote skiing, and skiing in Tahoe, and skiing at Alpine Meadows. Anyway, check out the video. It’s just a great way to get skiing out to the masses. Click on this link to watch it: Fox News Live
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Backcountry Tahoe, Dynasty, Errol Kerr, Fox News, Jamaica Ski Team, Jonny Moseley, New York City, Warren Miller
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Ski Cross starts in Glenshire
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Warren Miller's new film - "Dynasty"
"Dynasty" is already hitting the theaters. Check out where "Dynasty" will show in the Tahoe area. Look for the Jamaica Ski Team colors on the slopes of Alpine Meadows. It's in the first segment on Tahoe. - Errol
Watch the trailer here.
The Lake Tahoe segment in Dynasty includes local, world-class athletes pushing the limits of gravity and the sport while defining in their own words the beauty and cultural elements that comprise the Lake Tahoe experience that lure them back season after season. The astounding athlete roster ranges from former and aspiring Olympians to World Cup champions including Jonny Moseley, Daron Rahlves, Jamie Burge, Errol Kerr and JT Holmes, who were filmed at locations ranging from the Ski Lake Tahoe resorts and surrounding backcountry to the shores of Lake Tahoe itself.
"The prominent presence of seven Ski Lake Tahoe resorts in Warren Miller's Dynasty marries our iconic snowsports destination with a true ski industry icon - Warren Miller films," said John Wagnon, President of Ski Lake Tahoe. "There is no organization better qualified to visually capture Lake Tahoe's legendary terrain, amazing snow depth and world-class ski experience than the film crews at Warren Miller."
The action in the Lake Tahoe segment runs the gamut from massive cliff drops, back flips, scenic turns above the lake, chest-high powder runs following a textbook Tahoe winter storm to the perfectly-pitched steeps and lake views that make Tahoe legendary. The segment includes Olympic-related storylines, including Jamaican Ski Team member Errol Kerr who is training in Lake Tahoe for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. Additionally, the 2009-10 winter season marks the 50th Anniversary of Lake Tahoe hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Lake Tahoe's exposure in Dynasty will help build excitement among skiers and snowboarders for the upcoming season with predictions of an El Niño scenario in the long range weather forecast for Lake Tahoe and plenty of new enthusiast-focused amenities and activities at the Ski Lake Tahoe resorts. The El Niño predictions are on point, with the Lake Tahoe area already being blanketed by two storms that have delivered nearly two feet of early season snowfall. In addition, the Ski Lake Tahoe resorts are putting the finishing touches on new lifts, enhanced terrain parks, backcountry programs, and unique clinics and camps that include opportunities to ski with Dynasty film stars. Please visit www.skilaketahoe.com for more information.
Watch the trailer here.
The Lake Tahoe segment in Dynasty includes local, world-class athletes pushing the limits of gravity and the sport while defining in their own words the beauty and cultural elements that comprise the Lake Tahoe experience that lure them back season after season. The astounding athlete roster ranges from former and aspiring Olympians to World Cup champions including Jonny Moseley, Daron Rahlves, Jamie Burge, Errol Kerr and JT Holmes, who were filmed at locations ranging from the Ski Lake Tahoe resorts and surrounding backcountry to the shores of Lake Tahoe itself.
"The prominent presence of seven Ski Lake Tahoe resorts in Warren Miller's Dynasty marries our iconic snowsports destination with a true ski industry icon - Warren Miller films," said John Wagnon, President of Ski Lake Tahoe. "There is no organization better qualified to visually capture Lake Tahoe's legendary terrain, amazing snow depth and world-class ski experience than the film crews at Warren Miller."
The action in the Lake Tahoe segment runs the gamut from massive cliff drops, back flips, scenic turns above the lake, chest-high powder runs following a textbook Tahoe winter storm to the perfectly-pitched steeps and lake views that make Tahoe legendary. The segment includes Olympic-related storylines, including Jamaican Ski Team member Errol Kerr who is training in Lake Tahoe for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. Additionally, the 2009-10 winter season marks the 50th Anniversary of Lake Tahoe hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Lake Tahoe's exposure in Dynasty will help build excitement among skiers and snowboarders for the upcoming season with predictions of an El Niño scenario in the long range weather forecast for Lake Tahoe and plenty of new enthusiast-focused amenities and activities at the Ski Lake Tahoe resorts. The El Niño predictions are on point, with the Lake Tahoe area already being blanketed by two storms that have delivered nearly two feet of early season snowfall. In addition, the Ski Lake Tahoe resorts are putting the finishing touches on new lifts, enhanced terrain parks, backcountry programs, and unique clinics and camps that include opportunities to ski with Dynasty film stars. Please visit www.skilaketahoe.com for more information.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, boreal lake tahoe superpipe, Daron Rahlves, Dynasty, Errol Kerr, Jamaica Ski Team, Jonny Moseley, Ski Lake Tahoe, Warren Miller
Friday, August 21, 2009
Spyder's new Jamaica Ski Team gear
Kyra Williams writes from Vancouver, BC that she is a big fan of the Jamaica Ski Team. She just purchased her speed suit. This is the first siting of a speed suit since Spyder sent them out to the stores this month.
Kyra skis for the Sunpeaks Alpine Club in Kamloops BC which is near Vancouver.
Special thanks to Kyra's dad for the photos. We hope to see Kyra and her family at the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010.Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, Jamaica, Jamaica Ski Team, jamaicans.com, olympics, Spyder, Vancouver
KamloopsHi, Kyra's Dad here. Look forward to cheering Errol on. We have tickets to his Event Feb 21. Its a surprise for Kyra! Hopefully she does not read this. I am also a 2010 Torchbearer Feb 7th!
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Zepparella at the River Ranch
A few days ago, the San Francisco-based, all girls, Led Zeppelin tribute band named "Zepparella" made their usual summer swing through Tahoe and played at the awesome, cozy outdoor stage at the River Ranch Lodge at the base of Alpine Meadows road. If you haven't seen them before, not only do they rock for a chick band, but the lead singer Anna Kristina does a decent Robert Plant. If you ever see that they're playing in a town near you, I'd recommend checking them out.
To get a taste of Zepparella, click on the live video clips below.....
To get a taste of Zepparella, click on the live video clips below.....
Zepparella "Bring It On Home" at the River Ranch, Alpine Meadows, CA - 6-25-09 from Chappy on Vimeo.
Zepparella "Whole Lotta Love" at the River Ranch, Alpine Meadows, CA - 6-25-09 from Chappy on Vimeo.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe, Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, River Ranch Lodge, Zepparella
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Park Day with Nicky B
Mid March Madness from Nick Baron on Vimeo.
Here is a short edit of a sunny park day at Alpine. There are some cool GoPro angles I tried mounting it to my ski but it only stayed on for a short period.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Block Hotel and Porters Sports - Snowboard Contest, Full Tilt boots, GoPro Camera, Line Skis, Nick Baron
Zak.Shelhamerohh sick! that turned out dope!! sick stunts too!
DiggaFletchcrazy when its on your ski how it looks like the one ski doesn't move and the rest of you is in motion. pretty cool.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
Spring!!!
Obviously spring is here, and the skiing has been pretty good. There's been great turns to be had at Alpine Meadows and Squaw, but the backcountry is where its at. With the sun getting higher in the sky everyday the options for sun softened snow are really opening up. Between trips down to the east side I've been having fun skiing all over in the Tahoe BC. It was looking like the south side of Jakes was about to melt out for the season so my friend Oscar and I cruised out there for a couple laps yesterday. It is smooth, but going fast, so if you're stoked to get out for some spring backcountry, its a "the sooner the better" situation. Here's a shot from yesterday's mission, I know that any in-shape fifty year old could ski this, but I had fun anyway. Check out the crazy wind affect on the bay...
Jeremy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Jeremy Benson, Lake Tahoe Backcountry, Squaw Valley
Sunday, March 8, 2009
March Madness
Here is a short edit of my day on Friday. Me and my buddies built a couple jumps behind my house last week. I went back friday afternoon to find Line Skier Peter K slayin it with a buddy and he reshaped the cheese wedge for us. Anyways this is a little edit of snowboarders and skiers coming together for a common cause "Fun". The boarder with me is Joey Bauer also representing NY.
March Madness from Nick Baron on Vimeo.
March Madness from Nick Baron on Vimeo.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Crushed Linen, Line Skis, rome snowboards
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Errol Mega Update
Jamaica's Errol Kerr to compete in Ski Cross World Championships in Japan
Jamaican skier Errol Kerr, recipient of the Prime Minister's Youth Award, has arrived in Inawashiro, Japan to compete in the Ski Cross World Championships. Official training begins Feb 28th. Qualifications and finals are on Monday, March 2. For more information, please click on the following: World Championships - Inawashiro, Japan
Hotel Listel Inawashiro--
Here's an early report from Homey (Eric Holmer, Errol's coach and technician) on the course in Japan:
"We freeskied and checked out the course today. There aren't many turns, but there are a lot of straight sections that should make for some great passing if the conditions hold out. It's always hard to predict, but this should be a good course for Errol. I know he feels really good about his chances after just seeing it from outside the fence."
Two week break from ski cross world cup (Feb 7-23th)
Kerr took a two week break from the Ski Cross World Cup circuit to focus on some competitions and appearances near home:
North America Cup On February 10th, Errol competed in the North America Cup Super G in Mammoth, California, finishing 12th. He finished ahead of some US Ski Team members, and it was a great result for a racer who has been focusing on ski cross all season.
Sugar Bowl Banzai - On qualification day, Kerr was being filmed at Alpine Meadows in the early morning, and barely made it to Sugar Bowl to inspect the course and decide on his line. The race is six-man wide, big mountain skicross. Amazingly, Errol finished 2nd in the qualifying run, right behind US Ski Team's famous Daron Rahlves. The following day, Kerr "lost his shoes" (came out of his bindings) and did not finish the race.
For photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/catherinekerr1/SugarBowlBanzai?feat=directlink
Errol with Alpine Meadows Ski Team youth - On Saturday, Feb 21st, Errol spent the day leading the Alpine Meadows ski team youth through gullies and jumps. Children reported that they were having the time of their lives following Errol around the mountain. Alpine Meadows is the home training mountain for the Jamaica Ski Team.
For photos, please click on this link: Errol and the Alpine Ski Team
Photos and video of Errol powder skiing at Alpine and Homewood
No ski season is complete without glorious days of skiing in the powder. The Tahoe area was slammed with snow for one week straight, and Errol didn't hesistate to take the opportunity to go out skiing with the film crew at Alpine Meadows in waste deep powder. Click on this link to view some photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/catherinekerr1/PowderDaysAtAlpineFeb14182009?feat=directlink
Please go to errolkerr.com for up-to-date information.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, Jamaica Ski Team, Sugar Bowl
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Benson on trail maps
Benson got yet more trail map covers. This is just getting ridiculous. Congrats. I have nothing more to say.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Jeremy Benson, Northstar, trail map cover whore
Eric AsistinBenson is the King of all Tahoe media...Howard Stern of Tahoe!
GainesI HOPE THIS GUY IS GETTING PAID!!!
i was just down in reno, and you should see how many former trail map models that are out of work. i think they are the guys holding the signs that say circut city is 50-90% off.. no joke benson has taken over the male model trail map racket...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Lake Placid Freestyle World Cup
On Thursday, January 15th the Jamaica Ski Team arrived at the Lake Placid Freestyle World Cup. Lake Placid is located about 5 hours north of New York City and was the site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games. This weekend's events will include moguls, aerials, and ski cross.
History of Freestyle
In the early days of freestyle skiing the sport was named for the "free" and creative element introduced by athletes who resisted traditional alpine and nordic skiing. Competitions included an all-in-one-run event where skiers were judged on a run that included ballet, moguls and a spontaneous aerial maneuver. Today the evolution of freestyle skiing is made up of six different disciplines; aerials, halfpipe, moguls, dual moguls, ski cross and slopestyle. Each discipline is judged and scored to their own points list. Freestyle skiing was added to the Olympic program in 1992 for moguls, aerials in 1994, and ski cross will debut in the 2010 Olympic Games.
In the early days of freestyle skiing the sport was named for the "free" and creative element introduced by athletes who resisted traditional alpine and nordic skiing. Competitions included an all-in-one-run event where skiers were judged on a run that included ballet, moguls and a spontaneous aerial maneuver. Today the evolution of freestyle skiing is made up of six different disciplines; aerials, halfpipe, moguls, dual moguls, ski cross and slopestyle. Each discipline is judged and scored to their own points list. Freestyle skiing was added to the Olympic program in 1992 for moguls, aerials in 1994, and ski cross will debut in the 2010 Olympic Games.
Schedule at Lake Placid; and TV Schedule
The international ski cross teams are staying at the town of Lake Placid and will compete at Whiteface Mountain. Ski Cross practice begins on Friday, January 16th, with the qualification on Sunday, and the finals on Monday. For a complete schedule, please visit:
Ski Cross Schedule (East coast time/Jamaica time)
9:45-11:15 Qualifications -- Sunday, January 18
11:00-12:00 FINALS -- Monday, January 19
For television coverage of the event, according to USSA...
"NBC will air the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup ski cross competition Sunday, Jan. 25 at 1:30 p.m. ET. Versus will air the Nature Valley Freestyle Challenge aerials competition that same day at 2:00 p.m. ET as well as the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup ski cross show on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 3:00 p.m. ET.UniversalSports.com and TV will also carry coverage."
Among those attending the event, will be...
Jamaicans from Toronto and Jamaica will be attending the event. Mr. Richard Salm, President and Founder of the Jamaica Ski Federation, will be flying up from Jamaica to encourage and support the team.
Members of the National Brotherhood of Skiers will be driving from New York and Vermont to watch Kerr compete. The NBS is an African American organization that promotes winter sports among African Americans, and grants scholarships to worthy African American youth to assist in their expenses in ski racing. In February 2008, NBS members were present at the Deer Valley Freestyle World Cup, and showed strong support of Errol.
Racing and Training: Jamaica Ski Team
The Lake Placid event will be Kerr's second World Cup of the 2008-9 season. At the first World Cup in St Johann, Austria, Kerr finished 30th among a field of 78. During the past week, Errol, along with his coach and technician, returned to California to train at Alpine Meadows. Said Kerr, "Those were the best days of training I have had in 2 years," referring to the hard snow surface and excellent training conditions at Alpine.
For further updates and information, please visit errolkerr.com
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, freestyle, Jamaica Ski Team, Lake Placid, ski cross, skiercross, world cup
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Enviornmentally Friendlier Resorts Transworld Snowboarding.
Going green is the thing right now....We should always try to find a way to lessen our global impact when we can. Here's a little Web article from Tansworld Snowboarding and a shot featuring PortersTahoe.com Team Rider Brandon Cocard at Alpine Meadows. Brandon is currently on the road where he going to be competing in the 2nd stop of the Dew Tour in Vermont! Go Brandon! In the photo here of Brandon...he looks like the kinda guy who would smash his beer cans on his forehead and then throw them away in the Lake. Granted, after his epic volleybal game, he slammed those beers and let "IceMan" dispose of them properly.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Brandon Cocard, Recycle, Transworld Snowboarding
Monday, January 5, 2009
Little AK with Benson
Jeremy Benson is hard at work getting us some great POV Video...experience another ride with Jeremy in a zone just outside of Alpine Meadows.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Backcountry Tahoe, Jeremy Benson, New snow
GainesIs this video created in slow motion or does Jeremy just ski really slowly? Or what?
Eric AsistinIn Benson's defense Gaines...I believe this was about 5 or 6 inches of fresh on boiler plate if I'm not mistaken....give the guy a break would ya. Angry warehouse rat!
Porters Tahoeto whom ever wrote this: If you actually have the skills to back up the comment then lets see it? We will set up a meeting between you and Benson and film the day and post the event for all to see. If you have the balls to post it then have the balls to show it.
LAME, this guy is a pro skier????---wow, keep pushing it guy!.........what a clown, any in shape fifty year old could ski half the lines this guy goes after.......you are a ski model if that, don't want to hate too much here, but if ya can't do ANY tricks and you can't stick big airs off cliff's should you really be a "pro" freeskier????? Shave the soul patch and get on with your life BRO! and don't think I'm just goin off the nonsense pov vids posted on here-----anyone who lives around here knows what up with this weak cat---nuff said!!
hey Anonymous... how gay are you that you can't even put your name in here and had to bash a guy when the snow was 6 inches on rock hard... Take up the challenge you puss
So has the Lame ass "Anonymous" who left that comment come forward yet? Sounds like a guy who likes to talk big but only knows how to Pizza / French Fry to me.
jeremyAwww, I'm so touched that anyone cares. Clearly I didn't realize that this short clip of video would be under such scrutiny, nor was it my submission for the radness award. My intention for this short video clip was to show that snow conditions in the area were still alright, and that I'd had a fun time skiing in the backcountry with my friends. Next time I'll be sure to throw at least one double grab, and maybe a 100 foot lawn dart, just to up the progression.
Also, as it turns out, I am a glorified ski model. I know that. I've also done a limited amount of actual male modelling, but I prefer the ski modelling because they don't make me wear make-up. Don't be an internet weenie, if you've got a problem with me and how I ski, and apparently you know who I am, grab a few runs with me. I'd happily take a few runs with anyone, I'm really a pretty nice guy...
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Dust on Crust = good?
Jeremy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Dalbello skiboots, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Best two weeks ever?
Today while my body was rejecting my efforts to skin up yet another mountain it hit me. I'm pretty sure that today was my 14th day of skiing in a row. Incredibly it was my 14th day of powder skiing in a row, and what a couple of weeks it has been. Wherever you ski in the western United States I'm pretty sure it has been the same, and I hope that everyone has been getting some. Freshies have been incredibly abundant and the ski areas are all looking good. My Elan Quad 1's are starting to feel the abuse that I've been putting them through, and I think its time to break out a fresh pair. Get yourself some new fat skis and get ready to slay some pow. It doesn't get much better than it's been. Happy New Year to you all!
--Jeremy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson
MattyOm nom nom nom. Looks tasty.
David LaPlanteRad. I wondered who schralped that line. I think I was like 2 minutes behind you. What an amazing day! I got firsts down the thin sister and left of pumpkins tho! Great video!
GainesDear Jeremy,
During the first half of the video, when you are standing up there looking around, what were you thinking about? "Buttress...mmmmm, butt. BUTT. Buttocks. I love BUTT." That is my guess.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
0-60 in typical Tahoe Fashion
This is what it looked like in the backcountry today, seriously!
When I was fixing a flat tire on my mountain bike last friday I had no idea the dumping that we were in for. The weather looked promising at the time, but at no point did it mention that we'd have 4 feet of new snow in three days. The fresh 40+ inch layer of superlight fluff has turned my dreams into a reality and I've gotten face shots for the past three days. It looks like Alpine Meadows will be open top to bottom starting Friday, and people who skied at Squaw today said that it was "pretty freaking good". I've been taking full advantage of the hiking opportunities and getting fresh lines down pretty much whatever I want thanks to my Marker Dukes, while trying not to get too deep into the snow. We did get plastered, but its pretty much all the snow we've got, so pay attention and be careful out there. There are snow snakes aplenty out there right now, so stay light on your feet and keep your tips up. Significant settling has occurred over the past several days, so the bottom has become more difficult to find, but not that difficult. Looks like there is more on the way, so get ready to shred pow until you can't even stand up. For information on avalanche conditions check out www.sierraavalanchecenter.org. Have fun, and see you out there.
When I was fixing a flat tire on my mountain bike last friday I had no idea the dumping that we were in for. The weather looked promising at the time, but at no point did it mention that we'd have 4 feet of new snow in three days. The fresh 40+ inch layer of superlight fluff has turned my dreams into a reality and I've gotten face shots for the past three days. It looks like Alpine Meadows will be open top to bottom starting Friday, and people who skied at Squaw today said that it was "pretty freaking good". I've been taking full advantage of the hiking opportunities and getting fresh lines down pretty much whatever I want thanks to my Marker Dukes, while trying not to get too deep into the snow. We did get plastered, but its pretty much all the snow we've got, so pay attention and be careful out there. There are snow snakes aplenty out there right now, so stay light on your feet and keep your tips up. Significant settling has occurred over the past several days, so the bottom has become more difficult to find, but not that difficult. Looks like there is more on the way, so get ready to shred pow until you can't even stand up. For information on avalanche conditions check out www.sierraavalanchecenter.org. Have fun, and see you out there.
Jeremy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Avalanche, backcountry skiing, Elan Skis, Jeremy Benson, Ski, Squaw Valley
Friday, December 12, 2008
Alpine Meadows is OPEN!!!
Alpine Meadows opened today, Friday December 12th. We now have five ski areas partially open in the Lake Tahoe Basin, making for tons of snow sliding fun for the whole family. The snowmaking crew has been working hard and managed to put a few sweet ribbons of snow down. Kangaroo and Meadow were open, and it was off the hook. Seems like we've got a little snow on the way, so get out and start making some turns, hopefully the season'll be in full swing before we know it. For more information go to www.skialpine.com.
Jeremy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Jeremy Benson, Lake Tahoe, Weather
Monday, November 24, 2008
I Ain't Your Boyfriend
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, ski cross, skiercross
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Nicky B's Supersession
Monday night we finally got some snow worth getting excited about. On my way home from work at around 6:00pm it was really coming down. I had a little trouble getting up Alpine Meadows road but the two-wheel drive white pearl always seems to amaze me.
Needless to say everyone in my household was pumped that it was snowing too. Beers were cracked, and bowls were packed we wasted no time and began celebrating immediately. We started it out by having what I like to call a “super session” Two guitars, an acoustic bass, mandolin, keyboard, harmonica, alto sax, bongos, and an array of common household items used to make cultural percussion sounds. There were only four of us so I had to step it up by playing numerous instruments at a mediocre level. My buddy Pieper killed it on the mandolin, my roommate Double D played rhythm guitar and random percussion, and my roommate Hubey laid down a tasty bass groove. (There is a link below to listen to it if you have the time check it out.)
The super session lasted almost 12min but we stopped due to the bright lightening strikes coming from outside. We all decided to throw on our snow gear and hit the neighborhood hill for a little late night sledding. We armed ourselves with a couple of saucers, a skate deck, and a boogie board/reverse camber POW sled. Oh yeah and my buddy made his own port wine from California’s finest vines so we each held on to some of that. There was not a huge amount of cover on the sledding hill so we had to be somewhat cautious. We were charging through weeds and things since there was only like 6 inches at this point. There were a few rag dolls some spilt port and a lot of laughs. Nobody was injured but everyone was soar and the only thing lost in the fiasco was a pair of 2 year old anon goggles.
Its crazy the way snow can make everyone so happy so quickly. Those 6 to 8 inches inspired my friends and I to rage on a Monday night like college freshman, jam out like a bunch of burning man hippies, and sled around like kids on a snow day all in a matter of a hours. Lets hope these good times keep coming but meanwhile lets just enjoy the snow and be happy that we don’t live on the east coast, because this would be the storm for the winter.
PS. Here is a sneak peak of my traveling circus theme song. This is the full version unedited.
super_jam.mp3
traveling_circus.m4a
Needless to say everyone in my household was pumped that it was snowing too. Beers were cracked, and bowls were packed we wasted no time and began celebrating immediately. We started it out by having what I like to call a “super session” Two guitars, an acoustic bass, mandolin, keyboard, harmonica, alto sax, bongos, and an array of common household items used to make cultural percussion sounds. There were only four of us so I had to step it up by playing numerous instruments at a mediocre level. My buddy Pieper killed it on the mandolin, my roommate Double D played rhythm guitar and random percussion, and my roommate Hubey laid down a tasty bass groove. (There is a link below to listen to it if you have the time check it out.)
The super session lasted almost 12min but we stopped due to the bright lightening strikes coming from outside. We all decided to throw on our snow gear and hit the neighborhood hill for a little late night sledding. We armed ourselves with a couple of saucers, a skate deck, and a boogie board/reverse camber POW sled. Oh yeah and my buddy made his own port wine from California’s finest vines so we each held on to some of that. There was not a huge amount of cover on the sledding hill so we had to be somewhat cautious. We were charging through weeds and things since there was only like 6 inches at this point. There were a few rag dolls some spilt port and a lot of laughs. Nobody was injured but everyone was soar and the only thing lost in the fiasco was a pair of 2 year old anon goggles.
Its crazy the way snow can make everyone so happy so quickly. Those 6 to 8 inches inspired my friends and I to rage on a Monday night like college freshman, jam out like a bunch of burning man hippies, and sled around like kids on a snow day all in a matter of a hours. Lets hope these good times keep coming but meanwhile lets just enjoy the snow and be happy that we don’t live on the east coast, because this would be the storm for the winter.
PS. Here is a sneak peak of my traveling circus theme song. This is the full version unedited.
super_jam.mp3
traveling_circus.m4a
Labels: Alpine Meadows
Friday, October 31, 2008
Snow Watch 08 #1: Alpine Meadows
Errol Kerr took a hike up to the top of Lakeview to scope out the pre season conditions on Alpine Meadows. Though the first good winter storms are on the horizon in late October, the early season conditions are still a little off. We start making snow in a few weeks, and expect some natural accumulation this weekend. Stay tuned for the latest ski conditions by signing up for email or text alerts @ http://www.skialpine.com/connect
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr
Friday, October 10, 2008
Watch dryland training with Truckee's Errol Kerr
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, Jamaica Ski Team, Raul Guisado, Skicross
Porters TahoeWay to go Errol, keep up the great work!!
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Jamaica Ski Team and Alpine Meadows
Alpine Meadows is now the official training ground of the Jamaica Ski Team. It's going to be an exciting year. We are just getting all amped up.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Errol Kerr, Jamaica Ski Team
Monday, April 7, 2008
Snowboard Trick Tips with Brandon Cocard
Porters Snowboard Team Member Brandon Cocard Teaches how to throw a Backside Rodeo at Alpine Meadows Ski area.
Thanks to Brandon's Sponsors: Capita, Union Bindings, Ashbury, Deeluxe and Airblaster & Porters.
Labels: airblaster, Alpine Meadows, Ashbury, Brandon Cocard, Capita, deeluxe boots, Snowboard, Union Bindings, Winter
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Scott Peak Ride
This past Saturday I finally had my chance to ride a good old favorite, the Scott Peak Loop Ride. I used to ride this loop quite often when I lived on the westshore but now that I have relocated to Truckee it makes it a bit tougher to get over there as often as I would like to. The ride starts our at 64 acres park in Tahoe City, taking the bike trail south towards Sunnyside. Turn right at Rubicon deli and start heading towards Granlibaken. At the Granlibaken Sign turn right, sorry but I only remember landmarks and I am not so good with street names. Ride the street till it dead ends into a fire road with a closed gate. This starts the long uphill ride to Paige Meadows and unless you have done this ride before you climb for a longtime. Note: the climb to Paige has completely chaged since the forest service came in and cleaned up the forest. The climb starts out as a double wide fire road and turns into a single track. There are a couple of places to turn off but keep going straight and uphill. I wish I had the timing down but I could guess at about 45 minutes from TC to Paige. Once your in Paige you kinda free to explore, their are soo many trails to choose from its really riders delight. The goal is to get to the fire road that is on the backside of Paige meadows or in other words if you get to a place that seems like its going to take you down a rocky fire road down to ward creek turn around and head back and turn to your left. Ride up the single track and take the first left you see. The trail seems kinda funky and super rocky, you will know your on the right trail when you have to dismount to walk across a few man made bridges and once you've crossed youwill end up on another fire road. You should see signs and evidence of logging equipment and thats how you know your in the right place. Head up the fire road till you get to a T in the road, at this point you can choose to go right and go back to Tahoe City or go left and go to Scott Peak.
If Scott is your destination head left and enjoy a nice fire road that climbs and descends alot. The final turn will be a left that you will not miss, it goes UP. Take this fire road all the way to the top, and it starts out with an easy climb that keeps going up and as you get closer to the top it gets more technical and steeper. But once you arrive at the top you will enjoy amazing views with very limited blockage of your views. The best part of this ride... you get to go back down and its a fun, fast float of a downhill ride. There are so many options to get back home that I just go back to Paige and aim towards Flinstones which dumps you out near Tahoe City Lumber. I wish I could detail the ride better but all in all its a tough ride, bring lots of water and your climbing legs. The ride can be around 17-20 miles with a good elevation gain that tops out at Lakeveiw chair in Alpine Meadows. Don't be afraind to ask direction when your on the trail because you can easily get lost with the vast trail system.
If Scott is your destination head left and enjoy a nice fire road that climbs and descends alot. The final turn will be a left that you will not miss, it goes UP. Take this fire road all the way to the top, and it starts out with an easy climb that keeps going up and as you get closer to the top it gets more technical and steeper. But once you arrive at the top you will enjoy amazing views with very limited blockage of your views. The best part of this ride... you get to go back down and its a fun, fast float of a downhill ride. There are so many options to get back home that I just go back to Paige and aim towards Flinstones which dumps you out near Tahoe City Lumber. I wish I could detail the ride better but all in all its a tough ride, bring lots of water and your climbing legs. The ride can be around 17-20 miles with a good elevation gain that tops out at Lakeveiw chair in Alpine Meadows. Don't be afraind to ask direction when your on the trail because you can easily get lost with the vast trail system.
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Mountain Bike Trails, Mountain Bike
Monday, February 12, 2007
Tahoe's four letter word
Yeah, its been a while since we could say this dirty four letter word round these parts but SNOW has finally made its way back. The weekend gave us some hope that we could actually eak a winter out of this season. But I really can't say this season has sucked. There were some great chalky snow days, and it really threw the hammer down on those who had the skill versus those who did not. Which made it more gooder for those who knew where to find the goods. Also the metal has been quite nice as well. Most of the area mountains have recognized the need for better parks and this dry spell has really shown who has and who has not focused on that need.
Nothstar... what can you say but fun. Squaw, compared to years past I would say they deserve an honorable mention for the updated park features. Alpine, the word is that they are doing some really good work over in the meadow. Homewood, poor little homewood, I last rode there christmas day and I honestly can say it was one of my best days this season, but on the park side of things well, can't do much when there isn't much snow. But I love that little mountain anyway. Sugarbowl, our own team rider Devin "the dude" price works over there and word is that JP is building a great park this year. Boreal... well the whole hill is a park so how can you go wrong.
Now that snow is here its time to venture away from the parks till the spring time.
- web guy
Nothstar... what can you say but fun. Squaw, compared to years past I would say they deserve an honorable mention for the updated park features. Alpine, the word is that they are doing some really good work over in the meadow. Homewood, poor little homewood, I last rode there christmas day and I honestly can say it was one of my best days this season, but on the park side of things well, can't do much when there isn't much snow. But I love that little mountain anyway. Sugarbowl, our own team rider Devin "the dude" price works over there and word is that JP is building a great park this year. Boreal... well the whole hill is a park so how can you go wrong.
Now that snow is here its time to venture away from the parks till the spring time.
- web guy
Labels: Alpine Meadows, Boreal Ski Area, Northstar at tahoe, Sqauw Valley, Sugarbowl Ski Area
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