The Best Pow Day of the Year in Los Angeles: Mt. Baldy, January 23, 2010

Been on the road all winter and finally getting to some of my sorts and came across this day, which is one from vault for sure.

I live at the beach in Orange County, 45 minutes from Mt. Baldy and I have always heard how good it can be, but never seem to make it up there on a powder day. I came home from a long trip on Friday, and it was raining hard at sea level and dumping in the local mountains here in Southern California, and it was supposed to be full sun on Saturday. I had to leave for Europe on Sunday, but I figured I would give it a shot, not expecting much at all from a powder day in Los Angeles.

It was all time, 2 feet of blower powder, steep trees, and I could see the buildings of downtown LA in the distance. What a trip.

The drive up to Mt. Baldy, snow levels were low, pink sunrise.

Our friend Lee was our drove up there, but we were giving him so much shit for driving the sickest off road vehicle out there like a douche. Typical SoCal. His other car is a Porsche 930 Turbo, he should know how to drive fast.
Near the bottom of Baldy.
Natty Light in the lift line? Yes, they were a standard accessory.
Pat and OC. Team ShredPowLA.
View of a good portion of the resort, good terrain.
Steep pow tree skiing and I was riding my bike on the beach in a t shirt that evening.
El Nino always brings good snow years to California.
Hiking for our last run, a big steep chute all the way to the parking lot.
This looks like something you would see in Tahoe, not Los Angeles County.
Epic day, I won't miss another pow day at Baldy if I am in town!

US Open Huntington Beach

Shay and Tess were competing in a triathlon the next day, so I took them on a training ride down to Huntington beach. Shay is practicing his look for when he sees a real live Pro Surfer.

The chance of running into Simon Dumont and TJ Schiller at the beach, very slim, but it happened.
You can wash the spray paint off, but you will never lose the filth.
Hmmm, why pay more? Maybe because your retinas will fry and you will go blind!


A few extra pounds around the waist makes the hula hoop look so much hotter.
Police literally cleaning up trash. Any donuts in there?
This is the funniest thing I have seen all summer. Where are the Vice Mag guys when I need a good caption?
Surf photographers have it soooo easy. Sit in a chair with a 500mm on the beach? No avalanches and frostbite, where do I sign up?
The hair is the icing on the cake. All time.

If these guys were together they would make a great drug dealing duo. Business in the front, party in the back.

Mellow Laguna Sunday Night

I had a mellow Sunday dinner in Laguna Beach last night with some friends, on the way home, we walked into this cat fight right on the side of the PCH. Ironically enough it turned out that some of the people with the one girl were skiers from Utah, and one kid said I had shot with him years ago. What are the chances of that? I told them I would post the vid on my blog and they were stoked. Of course, all participants will remain anonymous.