Mike McEntire aka: Mack Dawg Productions in the cut filming Pat Moore in Salt Lake City, Utah / December 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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All photos by Dean Blotto Gray / Blotto Photto

 

Driving around the West Coast of the United States is definitely a treat...so much to see and do...for today, I'm posting a few flicks from a small stretch of road about halfway up California couple hours inland. If you haven't taken a road trip lately, pack up the rig and hit the highway...never a disappointment. Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos by Blotto ©Dean Blotto Gray / Blotto Photto 2013

 

Andermatt, located in the Ursern Valley in Switzerland, isn't a big city by any means; you can definitely refer to it as a village...and is semi-famous for some amazing snowboarding in the mountains directly above the village. I've traveled to Andermatt in the winter for riding, while other times passed through during the summer on my way to Saas Fee. Either mission you pick is one hundred percent worthy as you get that Swiss Alps experience the country is famous for...and rightly so.

 

Beyond the city itself, getting to Andermatt is half the fun! The St. Gotthard Pass is a twisty road to the south (made famous by the Devils Bridge), while Furka Pass to the west (which is closed during the winter) is another jaw dropping beauty of a road that warrants plenty of stops to admire the rugged terrain mixed with mankind's successful engineering of a paved road through these parts.

 

The citizens of this area are very welcoming and stoked you passed through to check out their special place. During one of our winter missions to Andermatt, we met some locals who'd built a small snowboarding park in the village, so we hung out for hours hitting their road gap and slapping high fives. Swiss hospitality at it's best! Can't wait to get back to Andermatt! Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Snapping back into some city photos for the next few blogs...winter season and being in the rugged alpine environment is completed for a few months, so we'll keep it where the majority of mankind resides, the city enviro. Today's feature is the second installment from Tokyo, a truly fascinating metropolis, a must visit type of joint. Flicks are from Metropolis Building, Rainbow Bridge, Shibuya and beyond...more postings soon...thanks for checking in, Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The 2013 winter is officially a wrap, an ending to another great season with a giant gathering of team, media and management at Squaw Valley Resort in Lake Tahoe, California. This final shoot of the year was called Peace Park, considered Part II of last year's Peace Pipe (which you can check out in Burton Snowboard's highly acclaimed movie 13).

 

Thanks to the talented folks at Snow Park Technology and the Squaw Valley Park Crew, they managed to create a perfectly crafted halfpipe X snowboard park exactly as it was drawn up on paper. The riders enjoyed a variety of jumps, transitions and jibs, which produced some amazing and fun riding. I can't wait to see the footage in the movie!

 

Look for this movie release in fall of 2013...more details will follow once Burton announces the premier plans...thanks for checking in! Blotto

 

For some other sneak peaks of this photo shoot, visit Instagram and search #peacepark13

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Four days of snowboarding madness upon the slopes of Mount Bachelor...everywhere you looked or pointed the camera someone was flying off something...totally radicalness thanks to Snowboarder Magazine. Can't wait till next year! Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

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Made it to Bend, Oregon for Snowboarder Magazine's Superpark event...number 17 went down this week on the slopes of Mount Bachelor. Two hundred fifty snowboarders and countless media swarmed the corn snow to attack the man-made obstacles placed all over the mountain.

 

You can head over to #superpark17 on Instagram for a ton of images and you can visit snowboardermag.com and look for their daily video drop summing up each day's action. Thanks to Trevor Patterson for the #vanlife photos you see here and taking care of the Burton crew with the Superfeet Premium Insoles. I'll post up some more Superpark images in the coming days. Blotto

 

 

 

 

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Nice to be back in Mammoth working with Tyson, TJ and the Unbound Terrain Park crew...they've prepared a very nice snowboarding kicker for the ladies, along with a couple other features. We're working in the same zone where we built some challenging terrain for Burton's Standing Sideways film couple years back. I'll check back in asap...enjoy, Blotto

 

 

 

 

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Next on the schedule is Kimmy Fasani's Amusement Park Photo Shoot at Mammoth Mountain, California. She'll be hosting some of snowboarding's most notable women riders as they fly through the air on the perfectly tailored features created by the Mammoth Unbound Park Crew.

 

Getting to Mammoth is always a treat as you make your way through the scenic Sierra Mountains. My route started in the Bay Area, with Sonora Pass being the most direct route in linking up with Highway 395. Once again there was no disappointment driving over the pass taking in all this area has to offer from behind the wheel. Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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instruments of flight / moving humans around the globe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Squaw Valley photo crew / April 2013 / thanks for a great shoot! Blotto

 

Load in, move up, shoot, load out, move down...the Squaw Valley Aerial Tram and Funitel Gondola getting the team to the spot and returning them safely at day's end...more pics soon...cheers! Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The next few days I'll be at Squaw Valley Resort working with the Burton and SPT crews documenting this big booter pictured above. Day one was good...riders figuring out the in-run speed, jump and landing angles, cinematographers sorting out angles while Adam Moran and I size up some picturesque compositions. Cheers, Blotto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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