Last Thursday, I left Santa Barbara with some friends, off to Mammoth. We stopped in Bishop that night. They weren't going all the way, so I took a bus the rest of the way to Mammoth, Friday morning. To get myself and all my stuff from lower Main St. to upper Main St., I took a taxi for $5. After dropping my stuff off at a friend's house, I headed up to main lodge to get my pass.

At the media room, I randomly met a friend of a friend, photographer, Makena Hunt. After checking out the sponsor booths, I headed up to shoot halfpipe. I tried a different way of shooting and found it didn't work as well as I thought it would... but I got a few good shots. Both days, it was clear, warm and there wasn't much wind. Last year, the slopestyle on Sunday was canceled and postponed until monday because it was so windy. There was barely anyone on the mountain. Friday was quite warm. Of course, I forgot to bring sunscreen, but I had aloe vera gel in my bag back at my friend's house... I got some SPF 45 sunscreen from the mammoth store that I put on halfway through the day. I ended up with a sweet goggle burn by the afternoon though. Saturday, I shot all day; slopestyle finals in the morning and halfpipe finals in the afternoon. It was awesome watching the girls kill it. Jamie Anderson took first in slopestyle. Janna Weatherby got second and Jenny Jones, third. Kelly Clark won superpipe, with Rana Okada in second and Elena Height in third. After uploading my cards to my laptop, back at my friend's place, I was off to the village for the shows.

The next morning, I went to a coffee shop and got those few shots up. I rode the next few days before going back to Santa Barbara. It was a successful weekend in mammoth. I got good shots, made new friends and did lots of south park laps!

Here's the full gallery: 10.03.26-27 - Roxy Chicken Jam It will be locked for a few days for companies view photos for possible use. If you have any interest in commercial or editorial use of my photos from the event, please contact (email, because my phone is broken) me.

For the past 2 days, I've been shooting the Roxy Chicken Jam at mammoth. I put up a few shots up as a preview. I edited them on my laptop so the processing could be 'off'. When I get home later this week, I'll have a full post and get the full gallery up.

10.03.26-27 - Roxy Chicken Jam preview