Snurfing safari 2012

This season kicked off with a good storm in october that left us with a good amount of snow. In classic utah form it sat there for almost a month before another storm arrived. When the snow came back, it came in full force. A good 50 inches fell in little cottonwood making for a perfect pow surfing base.

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Snurf Ya Later - The Provo Bros ~ December thru January 2011

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Recovering from broken legs last march, there was no better way to get back into boarding then Pow surfin'.   When you free up the bindings, all the stress and pain goes away.   Luckily here in utah the powder is deep and plentiful.   Conditions have to be perfect fresh powder to be able to truley enjoy the Snurfer style boards.   Ian and i used to snowskate every preseason for the last 10 years and it grew into a hobby far beyond an early season only activity.   This year we got some amazing boards built, and for the first time really got to surf the snow!  Here is a video we made from the last 2 months "snurfin" around the Utah backcountry...  Riding these boards without bindings really helped me to get my balance and strength back before i jump back into snowboarding.
Winter is in full effect and its time for me to strap in!
SNURFS UP!

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Special thanks to Jeremy Jensen and Grassroots Powdersurfing for building such epic surf boards!!!

Happy Holidays!- Christmas Eve "Sleigh ride" 2010

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Went out for a nice ride on the sleds with Tanner hall and my brother Ian on xmas eve. In true holiday spirit the mountains were stacked with fresh utah pow. Tanner had just got a new snowmobile and it was perfect conditions testing her out.
One of the best days of the season so far! Great turns on the Snurf and sled were had by all!

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There was some cool light happening at the end of the day...Tanner laying one over.


Ian below

Here's Ians picture of tanner and i enjoying a fresh meadow...

Surfing pow at Deer Valley- November 21st, 2010

Yesterday Ian and i went for a hike up Deer Valley with the "snurfboards" on our packs. We were pleased to find super deep powder on the "ski only" runs which have yet to open for the winter season. It was an amazing day for November here in Utah.

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OCTOBER 27th, 2010- Winter begins, Once again

The last few days Utah had been getting hit with a huge early season snow storm... I had just gotten cleared from the doctor to do what i please, but i was planning to wait for my knee brace i ordered this week to arrive. I also wanted to work a bit more on strengthening my legs before going riding. Well, the storm produced massive amounts of snow, and i couldn't help myself, went on a mission into the Wasatch to sample the snow.

-Video of the days adventures from both IAN and I-

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Heres a picture of my first turns of the year, and my first time back on snow since blasting my legs six months ago. What an amazing feeling to be back at it.
Oh yeah, there are NO bindings on this board, SNURFIN'!


This is my first time experimenting with a Spit-Snurfer i crafted out of an old broken splitboard... I put a bunch of stomp pads on the topsheet wherever there was no hardware... I need to rethink my traction set up though as it was hard to get a grip!


While i was making turns of my own, my brother IAN was skiing off Mt. Superior in the clouds into Cardiac bowl. He said the conditions reminded him of mid winter! It was an insane storm for all of us here in Utah!

October 1st 2009- First turns of the year

The morning of October 1st was a great sight to any winter lover's eyes. The wasatch got a nice dusting of snow up to about a foot at the top. That means it was time to grab the Snurf' and head for the hills to see what we could get! The views and colors this day were amazing from a photographers stand point. My brother Ian brought our camera along for the hike to capture the beautiful sights... Check out his photos!!!

This was the view driving up the road to the pass

Rovin' up to the start our hike...

Up on top of the ridge looking back into Big Cottonwood

I got to thinking how sweet it would be if the colors were like this all winter long.... Now that would make some really interesting tree skiing!

My first snurfin' turns of the year, rocky but successful!

This photo here is from October 6th. Zack, Ian and i went on another hike to find some isolated pow still left behind. We found this choice patch as well as a few others and had a good old time!

Not bad for October 6th!!! Full on snurf' run!

Check out these short Clips from our day Snurfin'!

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