Saturday, February 27, 2016

Ski City Shootout in Utah!

4 Resorts in 4 days for Ski City Shootout

I headed down to Salt Lake to meet up with Ryan Day Thompson to shoot for the Ski City Shootout. 8 Teams of 4, including one photographer and three athletes would shoot one day at Alta, Snowbird, Brighton and Solitude. At the end of the week all the photographers submit two photos from each resort for a chance to win over $11,000 in different categories. On our team was me, Amy Jane David, Carlo Travarelli and Ryan.


Owen Leeper airing Alta Backcountry PC: Carlo Travarelli







Here is the first cliff I hit at Alta on day one. Not the softest landing, but stomped it and went up for more.











The second day we went to Brighton Resort. We all hit a couple cliffs and found some powder turns as well.

Owen Leeper airing at Brighton Ski Resort PC: Amy Jane David
Our third day at Snowbird was successful as well, Here's my first backflip of the day.

Owen Leeper skiing at Snowbird PC Carlo Travarelli
The end of the day we cruised out the backcountry gate in search of a kicker spot for sunset. We found exactly what we were looking for. We sessioned the kicker until the pink glow from sunset disappeared on the peaks and headed down to the road.

Owen Leeper backflip into the sunset at Snowbird PC: Carlo Travarelli


We finished the last day at solitude, grabbing a couple powder shots and a couple hits, ending the day early with a very successful week. Here's a 15 second video showing my favorite hits of the trip that I got on video.

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Monday, February 8, 2016

Alta Zero Chute open at Jackson Hole

Alta Zero Chute Opens!

Owen Leeper right before the mandatory air




















The Alta Chute number zero off the Sublette chair rarely get enough snow to open. Positioned right underneath the chair and stacked with classic lines and cliffs at Jackson Hole. Two days ago they opened. I may have missed the opening day, but yesterday I caught day two and still found plenty of good lines and airs. Check out the video below of one of my favorite lines.


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