Boody.

Midwest Experience.

nough said, Midwest fo life!!! 

4' 25".

Jake Durham just hooked me up with a new timer for my camera. This is the first time I've ever been able to shoot this long of an exposure.. and I'm pretty sure there will be many many more to follow. 

The scene really isn't all that special, just a bridge down by the river near my home. What is cool is that this is the first time I have ever shot a photo for longer than the standard 30 seconds. I'm stoked. 

Spring is on the way, I'm heading out to FL soon to see my girl friend and this will be a very fun tool to use down there on the beach. :) 

Stay Tuned! 

-nathaniel. 

Mt. Du Lac.

Krister and Jake. 

Spot today was super creative and fun. 

Can't leak any shots though. 

Mt. Du Lac on a friday night. 

This was my first time here and it was soo sick! 

Austin Young and a friend go shred. 

 Jake Durham and an awesome crew of guys after a sweet day of shredding. 

Few beers and cheers. 

Mt Du Lac had us come out tonight and help them get a little edit filmed for an upcoming commercial. So we all got out turns to do some crazy line with 3-5 other people all doing super fast tight lines through the park. It was so awesome. Just one more perfect day up here in Duluth. 

So thanks Du Lac for being awesome and having us out, that was rad. 

-nathaniel. 

keep it rolling.

House of 1817. 

Break time from work or something going on here... 

Today was another awesome day. Super productive, super tiring; two things I love out of a day. 

Some knuckle pounding and film check, always good signs.  

-nh

Best Day Ever! this winter...

Duluth got a bunch of snow.. and apart from driving up there to get it, it was the best day so far this winter. Above is Danimals, Steven, and Jake droppin in down the road to go get some drinks from the near by store. I was amazed at the amount of skiers, sledders, and shredders ripping down main roads yesterday, so epic! 

These guys trying out cross country skiing. 

Jeff tried out wheel chairing. 

Jake Durham did a stall on a covered up truck hood. 

Found this snowy couch to chill on for a bit. 

And then.. Waves! With a storm like we had yesterday on a lake this size comes some swell. 

Surf Lake Superior. 

I wish we could have surfed.. but watching it was pretty neat thing to see. 

Makable rides. Nice left rolled through a few times. It would have needed to clean up a lot to get someone out there I think. Intense short period pounding if you were to paddle out. 

Nice view of the city. Waves were pounding the shores and everyone trying to see this once a year occurrence. 

Go find a peak and play. 

And we finished yesterday off with a rail spot till almost 3am. Long day, but well worth it. 

Here Krister Ralles looks at the spot he just shut down for the night.. it was absolutely HAMMER time. 

More today! Thanks for checkin in. 

-nathaniel. 

Ashbury Demo now posted!

Photo's from this past weekends Ashbury Demo now up on SnowboarderMag.com. !! 

Check it out. Major thanks to Pete Harvieux, Drew Amer, and all who showed up to participate in the demo at Hyland! It was so fun! Check out the link above to see photos and story. 

Here are some that didn't get posted but are favorites. 

Colin Wilson: He is the future, believe you me. 

I've seen a few crazy things in my time... but this tops most. Boosting off the the tube. So huge!!! landing to the flats beneath. 

Jake Durham has quite an ollie. Made this sign without even braking a sweat. 

Austin Young has a mean roast beef. 

Krister Ralles got a new board, here he wanted to show off the base a bit.. sick methods happening all day. 

Viktor Simco had this demo instagrahmed before it began. On top of that. 

It was sweet. Such a good day. A million people and a million good times, with a million tricks to blog. These were just a few shout outs. 

Thanks again to all who came out! 

-nathaniel

Bald-E-Gal Cup, 2011.

the Youth Shelter Supply's

Bald-E-Gal Cup, 2011!! 

at Powder Ridge, MN. 

The Top Set. 

 

Garrett McKenzie Sliding Sideways. 

Krister Ralles Back One On. 

Shane, Probably a 270. Looks like one. 

Austin Young 5-0. 

Benny Milan was spinning 180's on and off this rail all day.

 Just one of the many up-coming rail slayers. 

Mike Thienes making yet another epic edit for us all to watch. 

Past and Future, all in one day. 

Jake O-E came and made some faces for everyone. 

Jake and Sam, Midwest's dream team of filmers minus riley. 

Sam's shot of Kritter Smash! Coors BABY!! 

Jonas Michilot taking it back to the black snow. Boardslide down the kinker!! 

Danny after a long day of judging! 

This is the, 'grrrrrr, that was impossible everyone was killing it!' face. 

The Youth Shelter making sure the goodie bags were filled to the top! 

Garrett and His mother, Mary. Gare bare placed first in 14 and under! 

Good shredding lil grom! He'll be kicking all of our butts soon enough. 

Champions! 

Jesse Paul and Shane Ruprecht battled all day for that trophy. In the end, Jesse came out champ, but dang, shane killed it too! 

Same with the 14 and under kids; Garrett, Benny, and Eddie all throw down so hard.. I would have hated to be a judge. 

Pettit and the MN Crew! 

What a group of guys. I made them all get together for this shot, they grudgingly excepted. One day my friends, we'll all be stoked we have these shots. :) 

The set up was so sick this year! The favorite being a down bar with a tricky approach from the left side. There was an closeout elbow combination that kept everyone mixing up the bag of tricks. I think 120 kids signed up and rode, making for quite the turn out. 

Thanks to all involved! Especially Powder Ridge and the park crew for all their hard work. 

You guys kill it every year! 

-nathaniel. 

Time Travel through an awesome winter.

TIME TRAVEL from jakedurham on Vimeo.

Jake Durham's edit.

I didn't want it to end. Just reminded me that we had such a fun winter!

Can't wait for full parts.

till then,

-nh

Time Travel?

Am Throwdown - Brandon Rhoades & Jake Durham from Snowboard Magazine on Vimeo.

Jake Durham and Brandon Rhoades video on Snowboarder.

Click on the link to vote! Do it! These guys kill it and I think they deserve it!

http://snowboardmag.com/brandon-rhoades-jake-durham-am-throwdown

Big post from Duluth.

Krister Ralles.

This last weekend a whole bunch of the Bald-e-gal crew was up in Duluth, MN. We did a ton of dd(Duluth driving), that's when we start by leaving the house then driving around Duluth for hours trying to find a spot. We tend to do a lot of dding in Duluth.

Krister Ralles, Brandon Larson and I got to the first spot a little early and there was jumps and jibs set up! What a find! A few hand plants and back flips went down just for my camera. I'm pretty stoked! I found out that it is really hard to shoot action photos in pitch black.. I'm sure they were feeling about the same with their riding. Worked out though.

Brandon Larson. Tuck knee backie!

We were later joined at this spot by Sam Fenton, Cody Beiersdorf, Brandon Lepasti, and then half of the town of Duluth walked by at some point loving what we were doing. Its sweet to have fans instead of getting kicked out of spots. Thanks citizens!

Sam and Brandon checking shots... hope it's a good one.

Sam Fenton. Photogenic guy.

... so is his camera.

Playing n64 into the early morning hours. Some 007 and Mario Cart went down.

Thanks to Jake Durham and crew for letting us crash at their pad! You guys have a cool spot!

We were able to play ping pong! Can't get any better than that on a trip. Ping-Pong, n64, DD, snowboarding.. dang.

Midwest Filmer's. Jake and Sam.

This was the first time I ever shot this rail. I shot its twin about five years ago. Glad to be back wayyy up north.

Jake Durham!

Duluth landscape is pretty epic at any point, day or night. It is a cold city in the winter, but we were blessed with the warmest temps I have ever shot in up there. Good to be at spots not having to dance my feet off to keep them on.

Following Theines threw Canal Park while doing some DD. Good sticker job.

I got to shoot with Mike Theines this weekend! I'm honored to shoot with the man himself!

Thanks to mike for making so much happen in the midwest every year. Thanks to all involved! Youth Shelter and all those guys.. making it all happen!

It was a great trip in the north. I think I have a few more pics to post out of the trip.. hopefully I'll get around to that tomorrow. 'Till then, goodnight and stay safe!

nh