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Broke my Pocket wizard the other night. Everything was going great… everybody finished setting up the rail and I just got my lighting all good. While I was walking back to my spot reviewing my photos on my cameras LCD screen I tripped on a ice mound and fell camera first to the frozen concrete. I managed to take most of the blow to my elbow but my camera landed on side of the battery chipping it and my pocket wizard was smashed off the hot shoe….. I really cannot explain the sicking feeling that came over me since my pocket wizard was in pieces my battery was completely chipped. I didn’t even know if my camera still worked or if my 70-200L was cracked at all. Luckily only the pocket wizard was messed up and everything else was just scratched or that would have been a hefty replacement/repair bill. Anyways saved all the broken pieces and the other night I managed to fixed my transmitter… All I need some glue and extra small screw driver. Works like a charm!

-AM

- The night it all went down. I tripped seconds after taking this light test.

-  Pocket Wizard base in pieces.

- The damage. When it broke that night I would flick the tip and it would fire my two flashes. So internally everything still was fine it was just the outer shell case that need to be fixed.

-  Crazy how only half broke off with out cracking or destroying anything inside or the other half.

-  Pocket Wizard under the knife. Popped the broke thread piece back in screwed everything back up.

- Brand Krazy Glue new. Glued the sliver in the bottom and top hot shoe square.

- Good as new… I hope.

-  The test…everything worked.

- The real test that night. Not problems yet!

Check out the large photo galleries from Day 1 & 2 hot off the memory cards of Andrew Miller and George Crosland. Click each photo for that days photo gallery.

Photographer: Andrew Miller

Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark II

Lens: Canon 70-200 mm L

Lighting: Natural

Rider: Spencer Naess

Location: Park City, UT

Trick: frontside boardslide log jam

All edges forward, Spencer Naess sliding through one of many log jams on the back side of Park City. PC is shutting down for the season tomorrow. Most all resorts here in Utah (besides Snowbird) will be closed by April 20th despite tons of snow….AND its still snowing just snowed like 14inches two days ago… So closing day at Brighton could be a pow day… I never experience that before. We will have to wait and see about that one. Coming time to migrate over to Mammoth for the rest of spring.

- AM

- Some major Toadsback on this log. Spencer handles it like an big, hairy, flannel wearing lumberjack

To see previous DOUBLE|TAKE’s click HERE

World Quarter 2008 at Timber Ridge, Vermont. What an experience to say the least. This Sunday we have three sequences from the hellacious shred event last weekend. Enjoy these puppies… see you next week!

Also In case you are blind and missed the best video ever on SNOWREV.COM so far, live from World Quarters with Joe Carter click HERE to watch it. Also if you missed the full report with tons of photos, write up and results from the World Quarter click HERE.

- Teddy Raugh - Backflip the Gauntlet. Teddy has had double back flips on lock for like 10 years he claims. Another claim from Mr. Raugh is a triple back at this year Grenade Games on 4/20 at June. Stay tuned for that. If he does one you know we will have the sequence.

- Tim Waker is the new owner of Timber Ridge. Him and his son Chris made it possible for the World Quarters to go down at possibly the best venue yet.  Hopefully this is future home of the World QP Champs from now on.  Here Tim taking Bode’s 50cc for a test drive.

- Shaun White had two victory laps at the US Open Slope and pipe the two previous days before this. To bad they didn’t come anywhere close to as cool as Bode Merrill’s Victory lap at the World Quarters! Bridges called out Bode’s name for first place and he drop and stopped the shit out of this frontside invert on the burning log extension. Hell yea Bode!

- Click above for the Video, Photos and Full Report on the World Quarter

Sunday Sequence is eight today. Eight solid post of totally radical shredding…to see the previous Sunday Sequences click HERE. The theme for today’s installments seems to be of the el Natural and deep Utah powder theme. It’s been shitting out here.. tons powder for day’s! Here is a peak on some recent shred missions courtesy of Jeremy “Stompson” Thompson, Jonas Carlson and Mac Spedale. Let us know if you like this stuff… leave a comment or two.

- AM

- Shits Deeeep! Jeremy spraying down a little face in Utah Backcountry.

- What it do Jonas? Jonas like to say “party time” to let me know when he dropped this day. This was a raging deep pow party at Brighton.

- You might recognize this double line in absinthes “Pop” were Nicolas Muller drops it to a huge method off the nub right after. This year it’s filled in quite a bit from when Nicolas did it. Here Mac Spedale taking a go at it.

Today’s Sunday Sequence brought to you by the 2008 Vans Cup and World Superpipe Championships featuring Mason Aguirre, Andreas Wiig and Shaun White. To see the Full Report for both events check em out below:

2008 Vans Cup Wrap up

2008 World Superpipe Championships

- Mason shows us what style is all about. Huge backside five at the Northstar Superpipe for the Vans Cup 2008 (George Crosland Photo)

- Andreas Wiig sealing the deal for his second year in a row gold medal at the 2008 Vans Cup Slopestyle. (Andrew Miller Photo)

- Shaun White hucks a nine at the 2008 World Superpipe Championships in Park City, Utah yesterday. (Andrew Miller Photo)

Photographer: Andrew Miller

Camera: Canon 1D Mark II

Lens: Canon 70-200 mm L

Lighting: Natural

ISO: 100

Rider: Mason Aguirre

Location: 2008 Vans Cup Superpipe- Northstar at Tahoe, CA

Trick: backside five

Mason killed this past weekend at the 2008 Vans Cup. He walked away with 17,000 bucks at slopestyle for 2nd place and best trick. As for Sunday at Superpipe I thought he should of podiumed for sure but like Crosland said the “Judges included Jeff Brushie, Jim Rippey and George Oakley so what do I know?”. Hell Mason destoryed the pipe with some much style we thought we would do a Double|Take on his super stylish first hit backside five. Boy does that fool know how to poke, I would take this five over a 1080 any day!

For full 2008 Vans Cup Coverage click before for your desired event Report:

Friday : Rail Jam

Saturday: Slopestyle

Sunday: Superpipe

Mason adjusts his goggles with the tunes bumping right before he sends his sickest backside five poke of the day.

-AM

Another Sunday another Sunday Sequence. Check out this weeks photos from Valentines Day in Utah and early December in Mammoth. This is the fifth installment of Sunday Sequence to see previous weeks photos check them out HERE

- Mac Spedale Valentines Day present to himself… Brighton double line.

- Lonnie Kauk flowing through the chair 12 wind lips in Mammoth

- Johnny Centi - Smugglers, Mammoth

This week we got three sequences for ya. All of them from the past three major contests that have gone down this past month.

X Games- Slopestyle

Natural Selection- Dicks Ditch

NYC Union Square Street Sessions- Rail Jam

- Andreas Wiig taking 1st place at the winter X games 12 slope style: Here is his winning run switch backside 900 over the gap jump.

- Kyle Clancy at day one of the quiksilver Natural Selection in Dicks Ditch tree tap to back one in some deep pow.

- Lucas Magoon killing the Red Bull wall ride at the 2008 NYC Union Square Street Session rail jam. Gooner backtail 450 out

Photographer: Andrew Miller

Camera: Canon 1D Mark II

Lens: Canon 70-200 mm L

Lighting: Natural

ISO: 100

Rider: Elliot Levett
Location: Grizzly Gulch, UT

Trick: Slash

Elliot is a radical dude straight up. Anytime you hang out, shred or party with this kid its always good time.  This particular day was the first clear day in Utah after almost eight solid days of snow.  While the rest of the crew was building jumps Elliot went for the all natural approach scoping a face that took him around 30min to hike around and up the back.  I got the radio call to head over, I got set up and after jimmyin his way down a sketchy rock infested chute and sending a cliff Elliot railed into this radical slash on this small natural transition.  I love shooting slash photos.  I would not mind it if all I ever shoot was these kind of photos…  I never get tired of shooting or looking at them.  So here is Elliot with my favorite slash photo of the season so far!

-AM