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...

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....

The last storm cycle here in Utah came in just right and delivered a cycle of snow that plastered Alta Ski Resort with the stereotyped "Utah Champagne Powder" that we have all been lacking this whole season. I was able to meet up with a handful of photographers to capture some images documenting the epic snow once the skies went blue right after the storm. Follow the link below to the photos Liam Doran of "On the Snow" took of Kyle Sul, Dex Mills, and myself. It's hard to believe that the winter season is rapidly...