http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14051-one-crazy-winter-on-the-fwt-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14051-one-crazy-winter-on-the-fwt-max-kuszaj This winter I got the opportunity to travel the world with the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face. It was an amazing few months, jam-packed with travels all over the globe to Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, Courmayeur, Italy, Chamonix, France, Kirkwood, California, Fieberbrunn, Austia, and Verbier, Switzerland. The schedule was crazy, and the jet lag took a while to recover from, but the experiences of travel, freeriding, snow, and events were unbelievable. I cannot wait for what 2014 has in store for the FWT. Now I have a few free months... ]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:30:00 -0400 14051 2013-04-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130121-00274-1367271006.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130324-00428-1367271006.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130124-00289-1367271007.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130207-00337-1367271008.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130125-00295-1367271008.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130307-00380-1367271009.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-20130308-00394-1367271010.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13750-swatch-freeride-world-tour-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13750-swatch-freeride-world-tour-max-kuszaj Making a transition between the seasons is always an interesting shift for me. One day it is summer living, flying and riding as much as possible, from mountain biking to BASE jumping. Then, as what seem like a drop of a hat, I am smack dab in the middle of my winter rush. The 4-5 month rush of traveling around the globe, chasing snow, skiing, BASE jumping, and what seems like endless competitions with the newly united Swatch Freeride World Tour. Currently I am in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, where the snow continues to fall.... ]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:56:00 -0500 13750 2013-01-09 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_max-revelstoke-1-1357775786.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_max-revelstoke-2-1357775786.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_max-revelstoke-3-1357775786.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_revelstoke-mountain-1357775786.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13722-back-on-the-right-track-tobias-haller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13722-back-on-the-right-track-tobias-haller It’s been a while since I last wrote something for the blog. The reason for this silence was that there wasn’t much to tell from me as a climber – due to injuries and a resulting lack of motivation, in terms of climbing, this year has probably been the most boring one since I started with this sport some 16 years ago. Here is the story in a nutshell: 2012 started just as 2011 ended – with tons of snow, endless motivation for skiing and still a nasty infection in my heel that prevented me from wearing climbing shoes... ]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:57:00 -0500 13722 2012-12-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-dsc0054-1356537444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_-dsc0145-1356537444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc02192-1356537444.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_naxos2012-3697-1356537444.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13630-skibase-speedflying-and-preseason-shredding-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13630-skibase-speedflying-and-preseason-shredding-suz-graham My first turns back on snow for the 2012-2013 ski season as well as my first turns on a rebuilt tib-fib. Seems appropriate that it starts out with a skiBASE, then some speedriding, then some actual skiing! SkiBASE is skiing off a really big cliff with a parachute- it's one of my favorite things to do, since it combines my two favorite sports, skiing and BASE jumping. And it's not super common that the conditions line up perfectly for it either! We got to ride the lifts at Alta Ski area a few days before the... ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:18:00 -0500 13630 2012-11-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_screen-shot-2012-11-12-at-11-46-27-pm-1353302310.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13499-elevation-outdoors-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13499-elevation-outdoors-max-kuszaj The benefits of shooting freeskiing, or any action sports photos, sometimes pays off by means of publication exposure. Sure, the personal satisfaction of getting a great image is a personal achievement and story teller, but when it gets chosen from publications editors for print within a magazine, better yet on a cover of a magazine, for the public eyes to see, it gets a whole bigger meaning. A big thank you goes out to Liam Doran Photography for the image, and Alta Ski Resort for the terrain, perfect snow, and opportunity to be one of their... ]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:42:00 -0400 13499 2012-10-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_eo-winter-cover-1349120573.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13439-freeskiing-in-patagonia-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13439-freeskiing-in-patagonia-max-kuszaj Getting to Northern Patagonia is not for the weak traveler. A 12-hour plane ride will get you to Santiago, Chile (from Salt Lake City, Utah) where the FWT athletes and staff cultured themselves by walking the city streets, dining on the local cuisine, taking in the Chilean lifestyles and enjoying true South American cervesas. But Santiago is only the halfway point in the travel adventure to Patagonia. Add a 12-hour bus ride and a two-hour van ride through dense rainforest vegetation in Puyehue National Park, and we finally reached our mountain paradise at the base of the Casablanca Volcano.... ]]> Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:02:00 -0400 13439 2012-09-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sa-sunset-me-1347048137.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_day-3-sunset-1347048138.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sa-fwt-day-4-volcanoes-1347048139.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sa-straight-line-1347048139.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_volcano-sa-1347048139.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_patagonia-hike-1347048139.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sa-fwt-fri-max-tour-1347048141.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13134-back-in-the-saddle-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13134-back-in-the-saddle-suz-graham This is the first of a new videoblog project I'm working on. My youtube channel is www.youtube.com/finelined if you would like to subscribe! You probably should. ;) So a few months ago I was badly injured in a skiing accident, (read my blog post on it here) but after lots of rehab, meditation, relaxation, and physio, I'm back feeling fantastic. I'm not 100% yet but a few weeks ago I was able to make my first jumps back, which marked me being back to doing everything I love. Here is to a summer full of biking, climbing,... ]]> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:18:00 -0400 13134 2012-06-08 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-03-19 at 11.58.18-am-1339186730.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-05-16 at 1.54.26-pm-1339186731.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_580478-745502954231-29002943-34710978-934853968-n-1339186732.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-01-10 at 2.38.12-pm-1339186732.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13091-national-geographic-photo-of-the-day-max-kuszaj http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13091-national-geographic-photo-of-the-day-max-kuszaj Even though the winter has come to a close here in Utah, and the summer sports of BASE jumping, Mountain Biking, and Skydiving have kicked in full force, the tales of the documents winter months continue to surface and present themselves. Recently, National Geographic has taken a liking to the work photographer, Erik Seo, and myself have done together and have been featuring our images on their website as the "Photo of the Day." The features are a great honor, and the views and traffic the images have been receiving have been quite overwhelming. Looks... ]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 17:33:00 -0400 13091 2012-05-25 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-geo-alta-1337967199.jpg