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Coach Courtney and I warming up on game day. He told me that, “Pain is your legs gift to you and suffering is what you give them in return.” I have no idea what that means. I’m slow on foot….
Busy in the editing booth finishing up the new movie “Breaking Trail” from Powderwhore Productions. Great poster art from our friend Sean Quill. Top two photo’s are of myself taken by brother Jonah and the snowboarder is Forrest Shearer shot…
When Andrew and I made plans for Spitsbergen last spring, the idea was to kite and ski outside of town and see what we could find. This sounded like a great enough trip in itself. Shortly after we had decided…
Mid summer and I’m still posting about Spring trips. This is the final installment from the month long visit to Spitsbergen. We had a day or two in between to rest up and dry out gear before we boarded the…
As we cautiously skied by the rusted out relics I felt like we were entering the ‘Forbidden Zone’ from the Planet Of The Apes . In fact Andrew and I silently coasted through the entire town with hardly a word…
Drew Stoecklein has been hell bent on getting into the distant peaks behind his folks ranch to make some turns. He’s gone through hell over the last few years to make that happen. With failed attempts involving everything from donkey’s…
A brief interruption in the follow up reports from Norway. Still 2 more to come. Turns out the season isn’t over just yet! Heading up to Idaho this morning with my brother, Drew Stoecklein and Griffin Post to ski Bad…
You travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. -Ella Maillart- Off we go by snowscooter with loaded down pulks full of gear. The 4hr ride was pretty cush and the seals, reindeer, fjords and endless peaks kept the…
Spring means 2 things, spring expeditions! The past several years have been to Alaska and I was planning on returning to do a sea to summit expedition with Nick Devore and Andy Jacobsen. We kept an eye on conditions and…
Throwing all the gear in a pile and then staring at it doesn’t actually make it get smaller or lighter. On the current trip to the Arctic, we will be taking advantage of the endless daylight to ski and kite…