The People Crew

Whistler, Again…

// April 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Pierre Minhondo

We are all back in Whistler. There are four People Crew’s out here. My crew the other day consisted of Seth Huot, JP Walker, Joe Sexton, and Andy Wright. We were the first one’s out to a spot and had to break trail, it was pretty deep and Joe was really putting that brand new Ski Doo XP 800 154 to use! He did get stuck a few times but overall he did really well.

The day was good and bad. We built a jump and waited out the clouds and finally got an hour or two window to film. JP got his trick which was an incredible trick, and then as Seth and Joe we’re about to get stompy chan on their tricks, the clouds rolled in and we got weathered out. We waited it out a bit longer and went and said hi to Eero and Mikey who we’re filming at a jump just up the way. We even bumped into the Forum crew and talked to them for a bit. The weather never broke and instead it actually started snowing. Back to the hotel to wait for another day.

Joe had a good quote while his sled was stuck in this position: “I swear I could just pin it from here”. Seth and I had to help cause there was no way he could pin it from there. Ha.

Baker Round Two

// March 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Sam Hiltner

We spent a couple snowy day’s up at Mount Baker during the last Whistler reload. The Quicksilver crew and Pat McCarthy joined us too. Good times were had by all.

The boarders left to right: Shaun Mckay, Patrick McCarthy, Mikey Rencz, Eero Niemela, Curtis Ciszek, and Bryan Fox.

Dozen’s

// March 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Pierre Minhondo

Simon lost a game the other day and had to eat a dozen donuts from Tim Hortons. Ouch!

Bittner with a couple dozen Kokane’s for the down days

Jeremy Jones on Buoloco

// March 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Pierre Minhondo

Jeremy has the first part of his interview up on www.Buoloco.com. Check it out here:

http://www.buoloco.com/web6/content/jeremy-jones-talks

Jeremy Jones is one of the hardest workers in the business and he does it without any complaints. Whether heading to the back country of Idaho at 4:30 am to hit a secret spot or in an urban assignment in say, Indianapolis for 9 hours trying to accomplish a wall ride and handrail stunt with Pierre Minhondo, Justin Eeles, and the rest of the crew. Jeremy has been filming video parts for 15 years nonstop. From the times when Chad Muska was doing front flips with Tom Penny in “Welcome To Hell.” I think that is beyond metal. He was part of the Forum wonder team for quite a long time until he decided to move on and become part of Burton Snowboards, which he was criticized for. Funny because Burton later bought Forum. He and a few others managed to persevere being cut from the Burton Snowboards Global team and of course, the recession. Also word has it that he took the crown away from the Lizard King during a Skate Game. The question is, how long will he be able to continue filming video parts? Who knows. Welcome to the show of Jeremy Jones.

Sled Down

// March 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // Video Randoms // by Sam Hiltner

Dead Sled from The People Crew on Vimeo.

One of the troubles with filming in the backcountry is getting good snow and light to shoot in. Often times that means either waiting for a break in the weather far away from home or driving 10+ hours to get a day or two of R&R with the girlfriend.

On a recent trip to Whistler Curtis Ciszek made the 14 hour drive from his home in Bend, OR to Whistler, Canada for a one day window of sunny weather and a modest dusting of powder. Unfortunately after 5 hours of sleep and a very early wake up call 2 miles on the trail Curtis’s sled starts to act up and begin to overheat unusually early on the trail.

This is a typical dilemma this time of year for these machines. The mountain snowmobile is designed to run in deep powder not an icy trail. Many of the areas we go out to shoot require travel over 15+ miles of bumpy, icy trail. Using scratchers and paying close attention to your machine you can avoid overheating but sometimes that just isn’t enough.

Curtis begin to notice early on that his sled was running strange. He would pull over and pack snow in and around the tunnel to try and cool it down, wait and repeat. This went on for a few rounds until curtis decided to tow it back to the truck.

The final verdict is a $3000 bill and a 10 day wait for a new motor.

Baker

// March 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Justin Eeles

Back to the States for a few after a some good days filming in Whistler. Mt Baker looked like it could be fun so we headed up to check it out. Here is a few photos from the day and a half.

We hit one of the road gaps. The snow was so so but every one got a clip.

Stoked to see Patrick McCarthys board up on the wall at Maple Fuels. Nice People Sticker!

Dinner in Belingham. Patrick McCarthy rode his bike down to meet up with us. We shared storys from the winter and ate some Za. Good times.

Did a little hikeing around the resort after the road gap. Gasp....

Cheese fries and Salmon chowder in the lodge. Ending the day with dudes. Look close you can see Curtis talking to the Sled shop about his broken sled. Ouch!

Eero Niemela gets the cover of Onboard

// March 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Justin Eeles

Nice Photo Yoshida. Nice work Eero.

Mikey Rencz Gets The Cover of Snowboard Canada

// March 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Pierre Minhondo

Mikey got the cover of Snowboard Canada this month. Congrats!

Pierre Minhondo on Buoloco

// March 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Pierre Minhondo

My friend Ed recently started a really cool and original website based around interviews with profesional snowboarders, skateboarders, film-makers, industry heads, and other unique personalities called Buoloco. You can check it out at www.BUOLOCO.COM

He decided to interview me so if you’d like to watch here is the link: http://www.buoloco.com/web6/node/62

I am horrible in front of a camera, I get really nervous so I just wanted to say that for the record, when I was asked what my dream crew is, it’s honestly the crew that I am working with right now. I’ve had such a fun and incredible year with Seth, Jeremy, JP, Joe, Simon, Bittner, Lauri, and Zac. Props you guys for working so hard and riding so well.

Click on the photo to link to the video.

Congrats Ed on creating such an original and creative website.

The Other Day

// March 26th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized // by Justin Eeles

Russell Dalby took these Photos the other day back at the trucks after a long day. There was a weird warm wind that blew all day. I think they call it a Chinook wind? What ever it was it ruined the snow pretty fast. Check out more of Dalbys work at dalbyphoto.wordpress.com