van rebuild

I have been modifying my van to make it more ski friendly. The interior has been removed and i have plans for wood floors, boot dryer, and a mini kitchen with stove hood.

last day of skiing in chile

Today i had an excellent last day of skiing on my South American adventures! I skied with some great friends, Aaron Schmidt, Kent Hyden and Ryan Hawks. We had excellent conditions again!

Kent Hyden sending a nice front flip off this cornice we were hitting all day. Getting stoked on powder is pretty fun, any questions? Ask Kent he likes to have fun

We had a very Chilian lunch. clockwise from the hand: Churasco completo(sliced hot beef, guac, tomatoes, onions, and mayo), Beer, Churasco, Escudo(beer), Completo(a hot dog with tomatoes, guac, and mayo, and some delicious empenadas!
This pic is a zone called "The fingers" and we put about 1/2 of the tracks in it since it snowed last. The picture doesn't give it justice of how long the run is! After the long day Hawks decided we should have a handstand contest for first glass of beer we had left in our room! handstands are fun with ski boots!

Thanks to the hostel international in Las Trancas, Chile! i wish i could have stayed longer and continue my trip In south america!

bus and pow

After 3 straight days of long bus rides(las lenas-mendoza-santiago-las trancas, Chillan) i made it to Nevados de Chillan. its a small but impressive ski area south of Santiago, Chile. Today i skied with a good friend, Ryan Hawks, and we killed it in 8" of new snow. I was so happy to see white snow everywhere. Today was the best day of skiing in my South American adventure.

Chopo Diaz's new helmet! He still won!!!! Way to go!!!!!!!

las lenas

I have posted a couple pics from my trip to Argentina. The top pic is the finals venue "Edwardos" from the Argentinian Freesking Championships. The snow conditions were not ideal, but the venue is incredible. This other shot is the Argentine border crossing at Los Andes. I took the MSI party bus from Santiago to Las Lenas. Check out Freeskiingworldtour.com

high stacker

In El Colorado, Chile The van drivers like to stack the luggage as high as possible. Here a few bungee cords will keep all this luggage secure right?

This is the incredible venue at El Colorado, Chile for the Chilean Freeskiing Championships. "Max's Face" proved to be one of the most exciting venues on the Freeskiing World Tour!

What a view from out the Window of our place in El Colorado, Chile. The Freeskiing World tour stop #1 went off so check www.freeskiingworldtour.com for full coverage of the event!

Skiing in South America

I am in South America skiing! it has been very sunny and no new snow. It reassures that i still love to ski! I competed in the Chilean Freeskiing Championships at El Colorado and i am now getting ready for the Argentinean Freeskiing championships. I will post pics and videos of my adventures when i can get a solid Connection.

This is a clip from the 09/10 Freeskiing World Tour in Kirkwood, CA. It highlights van residents and the qualifier day. We had awesome conditions and it was a beautiful day!

my mobile ski command apartment

So, this is it. I put on over 15,000 miles and over 20 ski destinations last season. This is a recent tour of my place before going on an epic trip to Lake Powell, UT. About Vana:
-1998 GMC Savanna Van
-Quigley 4x4 conversion with 4" lift
-hammock
-heater, power, and camping stuff

This season i will be travelling on the Freeskiing World tour, skiing at Snowbird/Wasatch in UT, trips to The UnofficialSquaw.com HQ, along with ripping it up with the Green Mountain Freeriders. I have big plans to do some remodeling and repairs this fall to get ready for the season.

I am sleeping in a beauty green chair, watching mad max.