LEFT TO RIGHT Skier Dave Steiner and TGR founder and cam-eraman Todd Jones gear up for a film shoot in Teton Pass, WY with the infamous “Tangerine Dream,” a derelict Dodge RAM Power wagon that has been TGR’s production vehicle since the early ’90s. March 2018 was one for the record book in Idaho with an insane 50-inch, three-day storm. I got a call from Julian Carr, who was game to test the deep landings around Caribou-Targhee with fellow high-flier Owen Leeper. After a few single airs, I suggested we attempt a duo jump to mix things up. They synched the inrun and both had good form. DURING Von Doersten’s time as an up-and-coming young photographer, Jackson was the ideal place to call home. At the time, it was the epicenter of ski alpinism in America and, in addition to athletes like Doug Coombs and Stephen Koch, Jackson connected him to other creative types who helped him hone his craft. He met, befriended and started working with Steve, Todd and Jeremy Jones just before Steve and Todd started Teton Gravity Research. It was Von Doer-sten who pitched and shot a “Keeping up with the Joneses” ad campaign, pre-TGR, for Rossignol in Valdez. “GVD just has a super-good eye and was always pretty bull-doggish to get his vision,” Todd says. “It’s a ferocity. He’ll see a shot and have an idea, sit on it, wait and wait, and grind it out to try to get that particular shot . ” Their friendship, though, runs deeper than that. It’s based on mutual admiration for deep adventure off the beaten path, the “truly exotic” as Steve describes it. Together they’ve trav-elled and shot in locations from Corsica, to India, to Norway, trips that really highlighted Von Doersten’s curiosity behind the lens. “Von Doersten is one of those people that really takes time to respect cultures instead of just moving through them passively,” Steve says. “He wants to immerse himself in it and really experience it—not just go there to rip a line and get a couple sick shots.” Greg Von Doersten Gallerie 087
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