My Alta

This season has been amazing!  Wait...It's only December.  That means 4 more months of snow and that is being on the conservative side considering how much snow has fallen thus far.  At this rate Mammoth Mountain will be open year round (They received 8ft. in the past week alone!).  Anyway, here is a video from a half day at Alta when the snow began to fly, shot on my GoProHD.  You couldn't wipe the grin off my face with hydrochloric acid...

Plan B

Today is the Day that we at Nimbus launch the last En Route Episode from the 2009/10 season.  Come join the fun as we snowmobile the pacific northwest volcano's, surf the Oregon coast, shred Timberline, and discover 9 nights.  Follow this link for 20 minutes of enjoyment; Plan B

Chris Edits, We Watch, We Give Standing Ovation!

Chris Benchetler is quite possibly my favorite backcountry ski trick monger to watch.  He goes big, he lays it down and he does it all with such nice smooth clean style.  I believe last year was one of his best all around  years and he has the footage to prove it!  Behold, Chris Benchetler's season...


Chris Benchetler Self Edit from NIMBUS INDEPENDENT on Vimeo.

Pre Kaua'i

 I'm sitting on the couch at my buddy Chris's house going through photo after photo after photo from a recent trip I took to Kaua'i with aforementioned buddy when it suddenly struck me that I have hard drives full of photos from trips dating back to 2001.  I take lots of photos everywhere I go and the only thing that happens to them is...well...absolutely nothing.  The most attention they get is after importation when I simply catalog them.  They then proceed to sit neglected and unappreciated, and more often then not they won't even get the common courtesy of a proper title.  I mean really, the whole process of giving a title, post processing, resizing and then uploading the images is a daunting and time consuming task.  To top it off they will only go onto a blog where they will only be seen by a handful of people at best and perused through like the free box in your local hippie town (mine is Ashland, OR).  If you are reading this (Thank you MOM), then know that in the future, I will make sure to post all my favorite photos and maybe some I don't even like to present the story of my life.  This is my life and here is my Free Box of photos for you to peruse. 

On the way to Kaua'i we stayed at Chris' uncle Glenns' place in Oxnard.  This photo was taken from the front of his house and  is quite possibly the coolest garage door painting I've ever seen.

 

 

 

 

 

This is Jetty Sushi.  A visit must be paid if you find yourself in Oxnard.  That's Aiko, she's a sweetheart and makes some incredible sushi.  The dynamite lobster and salmon skin handrolls were my favorite.

Seaweed never tasted so good!

No caption necessary.

I can't post any more sushi pics, it's making me waaaay too hungry!

Digesting with a walk past the harbor and to check the surf.

That looks very peaceful and full of adventure.  Anyone want to take me sailing?

The surf wasn't so good up in Oxnard but sushi for dinner rounded out the day nicely.  Yeah, we hit Jetty surf twice in one day and I could probably even eat there for breakfast if they were open.  The next morning we went down to Zuma beach in the quite beach community of Malibu where Chris and I proceeded to get pounded into the sand trying to build up strength and guts for winter swell season in Kaua'i.  We drove south to Laguna Niguel to stay with Chris' grandpa and fam but first stopping at Salt Creek for a sesh where our buddy Brett Guerin from CTI met up with us.  The waves were good, plentiful and not too many people. Great food.  Sleep.  Met up with David Levin and went stunt flying while Chris met up with Eric Pollard and Brett for a morning surf mission.

We did loops, rolls, wing stall to downward spirals and some others I can't remember.  It was amazing and come to find out I was the first person Dave took up who wasn't an instructor and I'm still alive to tell the tale.  Good work Dave!

Random fella.  Nice BS Slasher!

Yeah, all those dudes are definitely going to drop in on this guy who caught the nice set wave.  Gotta love Cali!

Chris here getting his whitewater slash on!

And another BS slash by Chris.  If you wanted to know... the horizon is crooked, not the camera!

I think Eric really thought he was going to get barreled 

Oops.

Can you guess which guy is from Oregon?

Brett here showing us how to Pig Dog properly!

And Chris giving us a model hair flick

Chris

The Pilot

Random guy getting TOSSED!

Eric

Our Brunch spread!

Palochenta aka. Hungarian Crepes!

Those are as good as they get!

Yep, it was finger lickin' good Kimmy!

This is our wonderful host Grandpa Benchetler!  Thanks to all the Benchetler family for your hospitality and warmth!

And that was all just before we boarded our flight to Kaua'i.  Kaua'i photos coming soon... 

1st Gainer Ever

Yes that's right.  After 20 odd years of hucking myself off of obstacles, predominately  on snow, I have never done a gainer into water.  I'm not sure what the mental block was but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.  I'd stand up there and visualize the whole thing and then I would say... it's not worth it or something like that.  Thanks to non-rideable surf and Chris's story of attempting(I say attempted because he didn't quite make it) a gainer off of the cliff you are about to see, I decided I would do it if Chris did it again.  I figured after his first failed attempt he would say he wasn't interested.  I was wrong.  Here's what happens...



Tropical Gainer-ade... from NIMBUS INDEPENDENT on Vimeo.

The Empire Continued

Yes Ladies and Gentleman this is yet another MTB Edit I put together.  It was just too much fun not to share.   I'm not sure what happened to the quality but it's not great.  I'll try to upload a better version tomorrow.


MTB EMPIRE CONTINUED from Pep Fujas on Vimeo.

The Empire Trail, Pt. 1

This is the Empire Trail in Utah.  It's good.  Enjoy!


MTB EMPIRE - Computer from Pep Fujas on Vimeo.
MTB EMPIRE - Computer from Pep Fujas on Vimeo.

I like to ride my bicycle...

You may need to turn up the volume during the intermission!


A Ride Down The Crest Trail from Pep Fujas on Vimeo.
A Ride Down The Crest Trail from Pep Fujas on Vimeo.

Nimbus... It's the choice of a new Generation... Party ON!

For all of you who are thinking of selling out... WATCH THIS!

nimbus world from NIMBUS INDEPENDENT on Vimeo.

Fall Colors

Layer Cake

The Mountains were blessed with snow.

You should witness the beauty of Nature.

NIMBUS NOMADS

En Route Departure

Nimbus is back and kicking! Today is the day our first of three webisodes is online and ready for your viewing pleasure. It's a full length HD ski movie that takes you on a journey from Mammoth, Ca to Mount Bianco, Italy. I'm personally guaranteeing you will enjoy it and it's only $5 bucks. Don't think, just buy it. What else are you going to spend your hard earned $5 bucks on? 2 or 3 cheap beers? a couple candy bars? a couple happy meals? Stave off your cravings of gluttony and follow this link to some good clean fun... www.nimbusstore.mobilerider.com/store/index.php.

Here's a short of the episode:

India

Andy Mahre and myself recently took a quick trip to India... well maybe not too quick... it took Mr. Mahre 48hrs longer then the typical length of travel time to India which by itself is approximately... 26 hrs...He stayed approx. 72hrs until heading back to Seattle, which took another 36hrs due to an unfortunate 10hr. layover in Delhi. My point is, Mr. Mahre skied less days in India then he traveled. Poor Guy. Anyway, this is our trip, in a nutshell. Even after about a month without snowfall, we were still able to find a couple turns with good snow... which is surprising to find anywhere that long after snowfall. Gulmarg is truly a special place and I'd like to thank our kiwi hosts for setting us up and showing us a good time, and their Kashmiri counterparts for showing us around. Thanks