For those who don’t know, tell me about your background and how you grew up skiing?
My grandfather resurrected Timberline Lodge on Mt.
Hood from a state of despair in 1955.
My uncle Jeff is now the area operator.
Being born into such a privilege, I used to take it all for granted.
In middle school I started to find a love for skiing and realized how god damn lucky I was.
By high school skiing is all I wanted to do.
I really regret being such a little spoiled brat as a young little guy.
However, I’m glad I turned it all around, hopefully.
All 4 years of high school I was able to ski every month of the year at Timberline.
It is a truly unique place.
Every time I go back to Mt.
Hood from school in SLC or traveling in the summer, I’m instantly flooded with nostalgic feelings.
Without him, summer skiing on Mt.
Hood maybe wouldn’t be a thing.
My uncle Jeff does a great job at keeping that dream alive and well.
Hood has to offer.
When did filming come into the picture?
When I was 15 I got a DSLR camera and was initially interested in photography.
My Grandpa Dick (Timberline guy) and my Grandma Molly were really good photographers.
My Grandma still takes great photos of her travels she does today.
She has some very impressive old photos of Oregon landscapes and flora and fauna she developed herself as well.
She was able to teach me a few things about how to use my DSLR.
I then realized it could shoot video as well.
From there, I was hooked on the satisfying feeling I get from creating videos.
As I got more and more into skiing, my camera started being brought along with me everywhere.
Is there a particular aspect of skiing you want to get into filming or riding more?
What gets you stoked?
Making a powder video would be sweet.
Drones and POV cams are not my current interest.
Drones kind of scare me because I feel they could one day make the freelance videographer obsolete.
If I had the opportunity to do that I would definitely sack up and film some powder.
Which is typically when there’s snow on the ground in the city.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDR5bp0M3Y9/
Pow is too much fun to film…
Currently I’m really addicted.
If I haven’t played any music for a few days I feel a little weird.
I started playing saxophone in grade school and was in my school’s jazz band from the 6th-8th grades.
I didn’t end up practicing more at all.
I stopped practicing jazz music and began playing bass guitar.
In 7th and 8th grade my mom signed me up for Portland Oregon’s Paul Green School of Rock.
However, I did meet a good handful of music-driven kids and passionate instructors.
I played bass and sax in a Reggae concert as well as a Talking Heads cover show.
So he liked to talk to me about skiing too.
He has some albums out from the past couple years that are heavily influenced by that time period.
Tyler Burns, look him up, he introduced me to a lot of 80s music.
What did you grow up listening to?
I initially hated my dad’s music, thinking it was for old guys.
He gave me a Beatles CD in about the 2nd grade which I enjoyed.
Then I began to listen to other bands he liked in middle school and high school.
Bands like The Doors, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, etc.
I became very fond of…hippy stuff.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/838041/Muddy-Waters---Champagne--amp--Reefer
It’s good for your ears…
Some of it was garbage but some of it I still think is really good.
Those people are insane psycho musicians.
How many instruments do you play?
Keyboard, Bass, Guitar, Ukulele, and Baritone Sax.
How did your music start to overlap with skiing?
How did that come about?
I always hated listening to music while skiing, it took me out of the moment.
I still feel that way today.
With my music I’ve been able to tone down that frustration.
Huge shouts to that dude, switch 10 god, the CEO.
Does it help you when pitching your filming skills to also be able to produce soundtracks?
It often helps display creative power yet it hasn’t fully come into play yet.
:)
I’m going to keep making music and ski videos whether I get paid or not though.
It’s what makes me feel good.
How did you end up filming Glacier Days this last summer?
Was it your first big filming trip?
That was a self invite.
Definitely the first filming trip I’ve been on anywhere outside of Oregon or Utah.
Are PDF files coming back?
Just going to cruise Brighton ski resort mostly and keep working for those guys.
Going to probably film Jack Borland fall asleep while doing some nosepresses, etc.
Lucky to be here and be able to do all of this.
Skiing, filming, and music keep the creative juices flowing all in their own unique ways.
Being able to combine all three is a blast.
It’s super satisfying to me to piece them all together, makes me a happy guy.
