TIPS UP 08 Skier MIKIYA TANNO Location ZAO, YAMAGATA, JAPAN Photo TAKAHIRO NAKANISHI COVER Follow the leader. German skier Max Zimmerman chases his shadow over the gap in Engelberg, Switzerland. Photo: Christoph Johann TIPS UP 01 • “After rallying to shoot a storm at Snowbird, UT, skier Willie Nelson and I repacked and headed down to the southern Utah desert where they had received close to three feet of snow. I broke my A-arm on my sled on our initial scouting mission, but after driving one and a half hours to pick up parts and tools, we finished repairing the sled at 1 a.m. For the next two days, we scored untouched snow amid spires of red rock.” Photo: Noah Wetzel 02 • “I had to keep my car motor on the whole night to keep my camera gear from freezing, but eventually Mainio Ormio stomped a backslide safety in the pitch-dark cold of Joensuu, Finland.” Photo: Arttu Heikkinen 03 • “Another minus-22-degree Fahrenheit night in Joensuu, Finland. Teemu Tirkkonen launches air to fakie over an old saw machine. It was so cold my flashes stopped working, so I had to take a long exposure with a tripod using manual flashes. This shot is composed of two different photos because I had to light both sides of the image separately.” Photo: Arttu Heikkinen 04 • “Toward the end of a waist-deep April day at Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA, I went to scope this drop with a few friends. Sure enough, snow-boarder Matteo Soltane and skier Willick Johnson, pictured here, were up top, with Mervin Mfg filmer Tim Stanford down below. Soltane overshot a touch and missed the pillow, then Johnson tapped it just right and rode away clean. Afterward, I introduced myself to the kid—I had no idea who he was. Needless to say, he made a strong first impression.” Photo: Colin Wiseman 05 • Kiwi young gun Ben Richard floats a classic 360 in Engelberg, Swit-zerland. Grabbing is overrated when you can make your hangtime look this good. Photo: Christoph Johann 014 The Ski Journal
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