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Brailorne BC, a destination that has mingled in the back of my mind for some time now.  We had talked of a trip there for years… heard of the uncrowded backcountry, quite the opposite of whistler, at times whistler can be a rat race to popular shred zones.  Parker White, Josh Bibby and myself were shredding. Blake Jorgenson was behind the stills, and Freedle Coty was motion capturing.

Blake has owned a cabin in Bralorne some time now and offered up his party pad for our crew in early April, we were sold.

Our pilot was a local Bralorne resident… here his house and heli sit. On days we were out early he would bump from his spot to a nearby baseball diamond in town to pick us up.

Back in the early 2000′s snowboarders had found and shot an infamous double wind lip.  When asked, our pilot responded with a quick and concise answer, “Ya I know where that is, let’s go”

Turns out it was there, and the snow was perfect for airtime… after a quick set up, pat down and game of rock paper scissors, I was nominated first hit. I love first hits! whew!

Celebratory Post self claim from the boyz, Freedle, Parker, and Blake couldn’t contain themselves.

These lines were the last ones we skied on the trip…

No we didn’t catch anything… it was a nice pond though.

Bellow is a link to Blake’s website and a recent post with photos he had from our trip.

http://www.blakejorgenson.com/spring-13/level-one-in-bralorne-the-end-of-the-road/

We were somewhere between Whistler and Vancouver, it was hot. The tires hummed along route 99′s sun warmed pavement. I air surfed my hand out the open driver’s side window.  My god, what has happened? It’s March, and mother nature had reminded us how unpredictable she can be, some sort of reverse psychological trick…  where had all the snow flakes gone?

A week earlier it was cold, and the earth had been blanketed with a few feet of snow allowing us to land comfortably into it from various heights.  The sky was blue and for all we knew winter was in prime form, allowing us to complete our mission.  What was it though? To complete a movie segment, of course. Back to the task at hand.

With the mighty pacific ocean in proximity we are at the mercy of relative warmth the ocean provides to the coast mountains. Improving the moisture content of the snow and average snowfall per year the ocean is an abundant source for white stuff in the winter months… the down side, the freezing level is constantly on the move like an 12 year old diagnosed with A.D.D. Weather patterns can change on a whim and when the going gets good the good get going, no time to waste… summer is around the corner.

Tanner Bibby and I got some nice moves on this one…

Looking down the barrel on a last minute line to round out the day.

Snow is now on it’s way, we have a heli reserved next week.  Tradition has held for years now that we put our chips on the table once april hits, we go all in.  Time to hit it big time or walk away with empty pockets and a sore ego.  Whistler is looking to deliver, time will tell.

Bellow is a link to an interview Darren and I took prior to completing our segment… Darren also edited a behind the scene’s edit to accompany it. Check it!

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