2010 has already been a big year for Jones Snowboards. Our boards haven’t even hit the shops yet the buzz about our freeride specific designs has begun to grow deafening. No surprise all of you are excited though. We’re chomping and anxious to share what we have created, especially considering the amazing success our team [...]
Ryland Bell
2010 Podiums and Pictures
Deeper Alaska: Eye Candy Appetizer
So I know all of you want to feast your eyes on shots of the “Real” Jeremy Jones boardsliding a 60 degree razor spine or Ryland Bell slashing down a 2000 ft fin over fatal exposure, but well…that ain’t happenin’ right now. Gonna have to wait till Deeper drops next fall! Until the dinner bell, [...]
The Trip of a lifetime begins
I got the call at 8 am. Groggily I listened to filmer, Chris Edmands, “ It’s a go, Jeremy is in the air scoping a camp.”
I rolled over on my friend Lucks’ couch and groaned, “I’ll be down there in 20.” My hangover was pushing in, and I hadn’t slept much.
We had all been in [...]
Deeper, Alaska. Glacier Camp, Day 4
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Alaska. Day 4. Today we took a big step up the terrain progression ladder considering it is only our second day on snow. We are surrounded by big terrain. Finding step-in runs is an issue even though the snow pits show a stable snowpack and there has not been a single red [...]
Deeper: Alaska, Glacier Camp
GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska. For sixteen years I have made an annual pilgrimage to Alaska every spring for 4 to 7 weeks. On average I spend more days in Alaska then my home mountain range and it has become a second home to me. Alaska has always been the place I judge my snowboarding. [...]