June 2008 Archives

The last update we left you with a picture of mellow summer fun deep in the woods of Oregon. Tanner and crew had taken a few days to shred the public park, spread the stoke, and chill out at the spacious Red Bull Skiing house in Welches.

A few days later it was go time. The crew of Tanner Hall, Callum Pettit, Dana Flahr, Sean Fields, C.R. Johnson, Chris Turpin, and Frank Raymond cruised up the silent slopes of after-hour Timberline in a transport cat to survey the madness that Frank Wells and Jerimiah Pebley of Snow Park Technologies were pushing up out of massive amounts of snow. What they found was a hip with 90-foot long landings on two sides, seperated by a 17-foot wide deck.

The ski season is still alive and kicking in Oregon. Tanner Hall is taking full advantage of the 900+ inches of snow that fell on Mt. Hood this year, by having X-Games pipe builder Frank Wells push up a massive pile of snow for a season ending super feature at Timberline.

Just a couple days before the final shoot for "The Massive", Tanner is enjoying the quiet before the storm. The last few days have been mellow: skiing at T-Line's public park, a quick tramp and skate session at Windell's, and some tasty BBQ served up by local legend Justin Wiegand. Red Bull Skiing has a huge house down in the woods of Welches, and all the boys are up for this session. Sean Fields can't stop talking about all the fish he's going to pull out of the river behind the house. Callum Pettit made the push from Whistler with super photog Blake Jorgenson. Just hours before Dana Flahr, Frank Raymond, and Chris Turpin rolled in from the same leg despite the best efforts to thwart the mission from their GPS. The Provo brothers, Ian and Neil, arrived late last night and are armed with topo maps and fly rods at their camp down by the river. Sammy Carlson's house is just across the street, and ski-filmmaker Eric Iberg is omnipresent and fueling the stoke.
 

A month ago Red Bull Skiing brought you news of Chris Davenport skiing four of highest and most famous peaks in the European Alps. These days, Dav can be found in Mexico funneling margaritas, but he took some time to regale us with the amazing story of his epic feat.

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Equally amazing is his ski partner Stian Hagen's account.

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Tanner Hall's winter isn't all fun and games. Plagued by the injury to both his ankles he had a few years back, Tanner struggled this season with re-injuring his right ankle, which has more hardware in it than a bicycle. The drive to get back out in the pow and up to Alaska has him diligently attending physical therapy back in February. Come along with Tanner for an inside look at what he and tons of other professional athletes deal with in a regular basis.

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In this behind the scenes installment of filming for Tanner Hall's upcoming movie release, "The Massive", we find Canadian shredders Callum Pettit and Ian McIntosh lining up and sending some huge airs in the Whistler backcountry. Great snow on great terrain and just some good ol' fashioned stoke in this webisode. Enjoy!

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