09 Skier ADRIEN GRABINSKI Location TERRACE, BC Photo MATTIAS FREDRIKSSON 04 • “I started film photography this winter and my goal was to shoot every spot using only film. That ended up going well, but I definite-ly missed many good moments and tricks. Harald Hellström’s hand-plant to roof was the first spot of the season and my first ski photo on film. If only they were all like this.” Photo: Harald Hellström 05 • Gerard Martinez points it toward the light on a late-afternoon run in Daisetsuzan National Park, central Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: Txema Trull 06 • “Jake Mageau and Brady Perron have been making films together for a while now and it’s amazing to see the collaborative vision they’ve developed. This spot could’ve easily been filmed from a standing angle, but Brady stepped into his skis and followed Jake as he bombed down the caked downtown Quebec City streets.” Photo: Erik Hoffman 07 • Tanner Flanagan might not be a painter by trade, but he sure knows how to lay down a pretty brushstroke. One more turn to cap off a day in the Teton Range, WY. Photo: Fredrik Marmsater 08 • “Adrien Grabinski needed a change. After a successful ski-racing career that took him from the Alberta team to the Canadian national team as a junior, he ventured farther west. He discovered his true call-ing at Shames Mountain, a remote little co-op nonprofit ski area near Terrace, BC. The mountains, the snow and the big lines captivated him, but the local ski community truly stole his heart. Somehow, despite his responsibilities as Shames’ ski patrol director, he manages to push him-self harder than anyone else on the mountain. Actually, Adrien might be the best skier you’ve never heard about. Some afternoons you can catch him tuning his skis in the mountain’s maintenance shack, which happens to be right below where he lives.” Photo: Mattias Fredriksson 09 • “Adrien Grabinski wears many hats at Shames Mountain. At age 23, he’s the ski patrol director, caretaker and responsible for snow re-moval at the tiny ski hill. One of his most essential tools is the 1967 966C front-end loader, donated to the ski hill by the contractor who built the access road in the ’90s.” Photo: Mattias Fredriksson The Ski Journal 017
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