Zoo crew is a newly established freestyle ski and snowboard group out of Missoula Montana. It is for riders of all ability to learn, progress, and achieve goals in competition and having fun. This is our early season jib edit featuring some of our many riders.
Zoo Crew and Big Hip Riders throw down on the IceBerg booter at Montana Snowbowl. Flat light but a fun session!
Tanner left us at the very young age of 14, but will always be remembered for having more ambition, and passion then any rider out there. We love you Tanner, you and your family will always be with us in our hearts.
Thanks to Toy Soldier Productions, Curtis Bietz, and Chris Thueson for sending me their footage of Tanner from this year.
Also thanks to Thomas Vincent for helping with the editing process.
Ski In Peace Tanner
Zoo crew rolled over to Mt Hood to get some shots for 2 days. check it out on vimeo for better quality as well
http://vimeo.com/27130707
Big Hip Rail Jam at Caras Park, Missoula, Montana, went off big in -20 degree weather.I edited this earlier this season. Didn't get around to sharing it until now. Big ups to Big Hip Entertainment and Zoo Crew for setting it up
A compilation of Ian Hamilton's footage from the 2010-2011 season.
Headed over to Helena, MT to slay Great Divides early season park. The Features were small, but we did our best, heres what we got.
This is my entry for the TSP "Rebeat" Contest. Headed down to utah for Brighton Closing weekend and filmed Ian doing his thing!
A group of skiers in Western Montana chase the snow around the state and ski whatever they can. This episode follows them as fall changes to winter, and the ski opportunities arise. Thanks to Henry Hawkins, Dillon Jenkins, and Rainbird Visuals for the help with this. Also thanks to Patrick Kirkley for the logo work! Presented by Epic Planks http://www.epicplanks.com Backcountry Freeskier http://www.backcountryfreeskier.com Discrete Headwear http://www.Discreteheadwear.com Lost Trail Powder Mountain http://www.losttrail.com/ Check out our Facebook page for updates and extra Content http://www.facebook.com/MontanaTrimmings
David and I decided to put together a video project for the year focusing on his experiences and stories as the season progresses. David recently moved back to Montana and is getting in touch with the things that sparked his love for skiing. This episode focuses on the early season and the start of a great winter. Cinematography by Bobby Jahrig, Dillon Jenkins, Henry Hawkins and Rainbird Visuals. Edited by Bobby Jahrig Music Howl (Instrumentals) by Florence And The Machine Just Dropped In by Kenny Rodgers.
Sometimes you have to leave and go experience another place to refuel your love for your home. This January the crew decided to get out of Montana and headed North to B.C. and spent some time around Nelson, and at Fernie Wilderness Adventures Cat Skiing. Presented by Epic Planks http://www.epicplanks.com, Backcountry Freeskier, http://www.backcountryfreeskier.com, Discrete Headwear http://www.Discreteheadwear.com, Lost Trail Powder Mountain http://www.losttrail.com/, Char Poles http://www.charpoles.com, M.Elihu Clothing http://www.m-elihu.com, ON3P Skis http://www.on3pskis.com, Check out our Facebook page for updates and extra Content http://www.facebook.com/MontanaTrimmings
This episode of Thankskinning follows David Steele as he skis around Montana and British Columbia in January and February. Sometimes the skiing downhill is just not satisfying enough so David mixes it up and points them uphill. From backcountry powder to rails and park jumps, David gets it all.
This episode follows Montana locals getting out and exploring the vast wilderness that is just outside our back door. Montana has so much terrain, and so few people to get out and ski it, so the choices are endless if you are willing to put on those skins and break a sweat. Hiking into a zone is a completely different experience then you would get from riding a chairlift and the satisfaction after working hard to get up something and then being rewarded by fresh, untouched turns down is a feeling unmatched. This is a story about real people earning their turns and enjoying every minute of it. Presented by Epic Planks epicplanks.com Backcountry Freeskier backcountryfreeskier.com Discrete Headwear Discreteheadwear.com Lost Trail Powder Mountain losttrail.com Char Poles charpoles.com ON3P Skis on3pskis.com Big Hip bighip-ent.com LB Snow lb-snow.com Check out our Facebook page for updates and extra Content facebook.com/MontanaTrimmings
for the Trimmings crew. Andy, Chris, and the rest of the amazing staff made sure we had everything we needed for an all-time season. There are not many places you will find that are quite like this one. A true hidden gem where the people are friendly, the snow is amazing, and good times are sure to be had. If you do find yourself in this corner of Montana during the winter, this is one place you should not forget to stop. Presented by Epic Planks epicplanks.com Backcountry Freeskier backcountryfreeskier.com Discrete Headwear Discreteheadwear.com Lost Trail Powder Mountain losttrail.com Char Poles charpoles.com ON3P Skis on3pskis.com Big Hip bighip-ent.com LB Snow lb-snow.com Check out our Facebook page for updates and extra Content facebook.com/MontanaTrimmings Music - Michigan - The Milk Carton kids Dear Believer - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
This year Lost Trail killed it with their park and hooked it up with a post-season jump shoot! Big thanks to Andy, and the rest of the crew and staff up there for being awesome and helping us out this year! Definitely check out LT for some of the most fun park skiing MT has to offer!
This episode follows David through the spring months of the ski season in Montana as he skins into the backcountry, competes in a rail jam, and hits a jump post-season at Lost Trail. on3pskis.com https://vimeo.com/69136751
Jake's ski season this year was cut in half by an ACL injury this January. Although we did not get to follow through with most of our plans, Jake was still able to stack an impressive collection of footage during the few months in which he was able to ski. He may have missed the heart of powder season here in Montana, but he has been recovering from his therapy and counting down the days until he can strap on the skis again. Watch out next season, Jake is set on coming back with a vengeance. Enjoy these highlights of Jake filmed between the months of November and January. Big thanks to... Epic Planks (epicplanks.com) Backcountry Freeskier (backcountryfreeskier.com) LOH Inspired Clothing (LOHInspired.com) Hi-Line Films (hi-linefilms.com)
Altoona Ridge Lodge is a backcountry hideaway located in the Flint Creek range in Western Montana. All the resorts were closed and the spring weather was melting the snowpack rapidly. We took off to Altoona Ridge Lodge and took advantage of the stashes of snow they had left. From skinning up the remaining snow lines, to building jumps and jibs, and just enjoying life in the mountains, Altoona Ridge Lodge is the place to be. Presented by Epic Planks epicplanks.com Altoona Ridge Lodge altoonaridgelodge.com Backcountry Freeskier backcountryfreeskier.com Discrete Headwear Discreteheadwear.com Lost Trail Powder Mountain losttrail.com Char Poles charpoles.com ON3P Skis on3pskis.com Big Hip bighip-ent.com LB Snow lb-snow.com Music Heart of Gold- Neil Young Always Gold- Radical Face Check out our Facebook page for updates and extra Content facebook.com/MontanaTrimmings
Hi-Line Films followed a group of friends through the backcountry of Montana over the last two winters in search of the deepest snow, steepest lines, and coldest drinks. Sticking true to the ski bum lifestyle of living one tank of gas, one growler of beer, and one day at a time, we found ourselves realizing it's really all about the good times with good friends. Starring T.J. Andrews, Garrett Umphress, Sam Arroues, Thomas Vincent, Joel Anderson, Brett Bacon, Jake Fagrelius, Danny Arnold, and all of our friends that we could possibly fit into the bus. This is "the simple side." Filming and Editing by Ben Zeimet Additional Filming by Will Freihofer and Bobby Jahrig
About a year ago we put this together for the NSTV Pilot Project contest. Doing this just for fun we were suprised to find a great response and were stoked to end up getting 2nd place in the contest. This inspired us to keep up with the series and we went on to make six episodes over the season and are coming back with a season two! I never did throw this up on Newschoolers other then for the contest so I thought for our "year anniversary" I would put it up for the publics viewing pleasure again. Watch out for us this season as we explore the great state of Montana!
Who knows how long I'll paint houses to pay my student loans. How many more trips to new skylines will fit on the odometer. What the changing climate will do to the snow that starts high, fills in the runs from the summit down. And just like the nonsense that will always be there, the freedom and identity found on pair of skis remains steadfast. From Denali to Nelson to the hill I grew up skiing in Montana, theres certainty. Buzz in the parking lot. Stoke on the skin track. Joy as Ive ever known it, free as every flake that falls. -David
You may know Ian Hamilton as the guy from a small town in Montana who can be seen flipping, spinning, and sliding around the Salt Lake area terrain parks and Slopestyle contests on the regular.... well this is a side of Ian that the public is not as familiar with, a side of him that stems from his Montana up-bringing where a terrain park could not be found for hundreds of miles and people learn to ski on the mountains in their rawest form. Sometimes you have to take a break from the competition, take a break from the hard-pack snow and monsters of steel, sometimes "you got to change" and get back to the powder and features that mother nature so kindly provides for us.
After a mild start to the 2013-14 winter season in Montana and Utah, the Trimmings crew went out in search of a deeper snow-pack and new terrain. For the first episode of the season Trimmings spent December in the southern San Juan mountains of Colorado. Watch out for the full episode coming February 5th!
In early December the Trimmings crew headed out from Montana on a quest for a better snowpack and new experiences. We found ourselves in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado taking advantage of any snow we could find. From booters, to pow shots, and a little bit of resort thrown in there, the crew made the best of our week in this beautiful mountain paradise.
