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High Sierra Splitboard Mission

Jeremy Jones

It has been a hectic couple of months getting Jones Snowboards off the ground.  Snowboarding has remained my main priority and I have been getting plenty of time on snow but it is the five AM phone calls with the factory in Switzerland before riding to total chaos when I return home after riding that [...]

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McConkeys

Jeremy Jones

January 21st – Today I was brought to tears. I am not sure if they were tears of joy or sadness but I was catching my breath at the bottom of a line when an avalanche of emotion came out of nowhere and knocked me off my feet.
The line that did this to me is [...]

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Antarctica Fantasy Lines

Jeremy Jones

Mind surfing mountains has always been a favorite past time for me.  Just seeing unique terrain inspires me and fills me with a lot of joy.  Antarctica is called the white continent.  They should add steep to it.  I have never seen nor ridden so much steep terrain in my life.  The mountains were [...]

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High and Dry in Jackson Hole

Jeremy Jones

What a difference a year makes.  Last season there was so much snow during the holidays that the mountain was closed for days at a time and we hardly snowboarded because the mountains were falling down all around us.  This year there was very little snow but the whole mountain was open and you could [...]

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Backcountry Basics, Part two. “Just Say No”

Jeremy Jones

“Mountains Speak, Wise Men Listen” John Muir

This is one of my favorite quotes that perfectly sums up approaching the mountains. You can take all the avalanche courses in the world but if you do not read the signs it does not matter. Often times there is no room for error in the backcountry [...]

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