TheLifeUnbound

“The life unbound. Personified by a dynamic and personable couple who met out west only to find that they grew up in the same state back east. Brought together thru a desire to go further and push harder, the telemark turn became their vehicles of self expression and what ultimately brought them together.”

“With an unwavering quest for adventure these two travel through deserts, mountains, and continents to share with each other, and peers their dreams.”

Follow us as we start the season in Utah, follow binding production in Idaho, Avalanche seminars in Colorado and epic skiing wherever the snow happens to fall.  Watch us closely on Facebook at TheLifeUnbound, Twitter at @TheLifeUnbound, and being developed at this very moment, TheLifeUnbound.com.

Shaun and I also went down to the Causewell/Surface to check out their renovated store front.  Driving down the belt route for the first time in months was strange yet familiar.  We met up with J.T. to view the goods, touch the goods and chat with the boys in the store.

It never gets old seeing new skis and getting to touch them.  Dreams of deep white turns and what each ski would do best course thru the brain.

No trip down to SLC/Cottonwoods would be complete with out a visit to Lone Star Taqueria.  Oh how I have missed the winter and big ass burritos!

Enter the last 1000ft:  trail breaking 40 degree slope with the entire 265in snow pack to be trudged through.  The boot packing was everything from wading through snow up to your chest to “front pointing” on a slide path or wind buff.  The closer we got to the top the worse off it was….and deeper.  Eventually I had to put my skins on, which wasn’t actually that much of a help.  The Y is tight and steep, not the ideal place for skinning.  With the “summit” in sight and a mere 200 ft between us and it, the worst was yet to come.  Rock scrambling, wading in snow above my head, exposure and a lot of swearing finally resulted in gaining the summit.  After 5 hrs of boot packing, breaking trail and scambling we finally were at the top.   Not that you could ski off the top because there wasn’t enough snow and huge rocks with gangley trees…….

The ski down was variable to say the least.  There were pockets of amazing snow intermixed with wind buff, slid paths, boot pack tracks and old ski tracks.  Oh and because I am a genius I neglected to bring water or food..whoops.  Here is the video of our adventure.

“The Freeheel Life 2: Hippies Punx & Misfits” Official Trailer from Telemark Skier Magazine on Vimeo.

Over the past season you have seen posts and pictures detailing our journey through out the making of the latest film. While pictures and words help outline the process nothing quite compares to watching the footage. Very pleased and stoked to have the official trailer being released, be sure to stay tuned for a tour date near you to watch the whole thing!!!!

A quickie from Alaska. The mountains are big and demand a lot of respect, just traveling takes a lot of effort and concentration. Traveling under our own steam has been difficult and uses a ton of energy but the pay offs have been oh so good.