We're back at Retallack, out in the middle of somewhere, right where we started two
years ago. It's still the same crew, the same good vibes. Phil's running the
show, but with a monster 'stache now. Karl's driving the cat, same Oakley
blades. Kevin and Dem are still guiding. It feels like a lifetime ago I took
that first trip up here. It feels like a million things have happened since. I
can't quite explain it. Time seems to stand still up here.
The snow is falling. It's always falling. This time around we've got Sammy C. and
the Pettit bros with us. It's the best crew we've had yet on a shoot. No bullshit, no drama, everyone's ultra focused and read to shred. It's been pretty cool getting Sammy and the Pettits up here and initiating them into the Retallack family.
Sammy nailed down bangers right out of the gate, with a monster 7 over the cat road. Sean skied a crazy pillow run down a creek drainage (check video). I thought I was
watching a Mario Bros. video game. Callum's a crazy genius, launching a sick
natural 3 off a huge cliff, easy 40.
The snow just keeps falling. It never stops. We've been charging for eight straight days, shooting non-stop. The pow is so blower, it's the best snow we've seen yet. It's noon and our last day before heading home. We just finished a film run and are rumbling up the mountain in the snowcat. Everyone's quiet, beat down and tired. I'm sitting back and thinking we've got so much footage in the can. I turn to everyone and make the call, "free runs for the rest of the day!"
Karl pulls the cat to the top. We all jump out and throw our shit on as quickly as we can. Kevin lines us all up at the top and gives us the beta on the run, don't go too far left, all that. CP and I partner up, we're jockeying for first position. Kev gives us the green light and next thing I know I'm waist deep in fluff. And that's pretty much how it all ended. Four epic pow runs at Retallack, I couldn't ask for it any better.
Check the vid!
Sean Pettit starts off the Red Bull action in the latest issue of Powder Magazine, on newsstand now, with a short (no pun intended) profile on p. 36. Euro Red Bull slayer Henrik Windstedt nabs back-to-back photos in the Shooting Gallery on pages 61 and 62. And finally, Editor Derek Taylor and Associate Editor John Stifter capture the essence of enormous influence Jon Olsson and Tanner Hall have had on the sport of skiing (p. 90-93). Coincidentally, we were at the Park City The Massive pre-show party Derek describes in the Tanner piece. There's a good pic of him, fried chicken in hand, exploring the grey areas of "journalistic objectiveness". Bonus points for whoever can identify the T-shirt he is wearing. Post a comment. 
