Adam Barker is the organizer of the shootout and an incredible photographer in his own right. On the last day of the shootout he followed our group around and “documented” us shooting. He took the photo above of me throwing a 50 foot front flip. Definitely one of my favorite photos of the season.
For the last two days of the shootout I was assigned to my home resort of Alta. The first day at Alta I skied with Suzanne Graham and photographer Kevin Winzler. It was cloudy and dumping all day so we skied pow in the trees all day. Kevin busted out the flashes and strobes for most of the day. Trying to light his shots on the this cloudy day.
Kevin and his assistant Little Greg. LG is holding a strobe.
Good times in the pow! Suzanne going up for some more.
For the last day of the shootout I was at Alta with my good friend and photographer Liam Doran and Weston Deutschlander. We had an amazing day at Alta. We started with an early lift ride up Supreme. We skied some deep pow lines in nice early morning light. Next we headed out to Rocky Point and hit some of the classic cliffs. First I lined up A-frame and hit it pretty big with a front flip. Weston followed me with a nice straight air stomp.
Liam, far right, shoots Weston hitting A-frame. Things are about to get stompalicious.
Next I hit the tree air…
and Adam Barker killed the second angle. Liam shot this from below and got a really nice shot as well. Kind of nice shooting with two photogs!
Next we headed out towards Sunset Peak and skied some nice pow lines in the long afternoon light.
There is a person in that cloud of snow somewhere. Liam shoots Weston as he gets explosive.
Liam in front of my tracks. Little did we know it then but this last shot was going to be the Winner of the Powder category.
So Liam won the Powder category of the Salt Lake Shootout with this shot of me. It was fun to win but I am super psyched to do it with a friend like Liam. Nice work Liam! You can see more from the Salt Lake Shootout HERE.
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