Props to my little bro!

Benjamin James Hansen

Video Forthcoming...

Looks like it's coming down hard, maybe enough for some turns by the end of the week!

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The pass wecam is usually a great way to see if its snowing at night because there are lights.

Get Ready...

SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY

AFTER A PROLONGED MILD AND DRY FALL...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING EARLY NEXT WEEK. SIGNIFICANT HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWFALL COULD OCCUR MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE DIVIDE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7500 FEET ALONG WITH 10 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE TETONS ABOVE 9000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN JACKSON VALLEY BY MONDAY MORNING. HUNTERS AND OTHERS HAVING OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER LATE THIS WEEKEND. SOME SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE WESTERN VALLEYS AND BASINS. PLEASE KEEP INFORMED ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM.

Selling some gear

I'm trying to get rid of some gear to raise a little cash and make room for more, a 2006 Jackson Fun Kayak and a Custom Igneous Snowboard are up for grabs, if you're interested shoot me an email: sambhansen@gmail.com

solochairliftquist

pretty funny movie clip from the Banf Film Fest a few years back...

Virne: Finnish Freeride Team

VIRNE from Matti Mottonen on Vimeo.

Pretty legit half length movie, and some telewhacking in it too! I like to think I'm relatedd to these guys, being scandinavian and all. Enjoy

Powerwhores "TeleVision" review

So I just got back from watching the Logan UT showing of Powderwhore productions "Television." Its low-budget but you won't leave dissatisfied at all. Overall a great flick and definitely one of their best performances yet. The cheesy theme worked quite well through the whole thing, it certainly embodies the tele scene.

The skiing was definitely pushed to a bit higher level but I'm still a little disappointed that telemarking hasn't caught up to alpine skiing in technical free-ride style descents. That's not really Powderwhore's fault by any means. They did an excellent job of capturing the progression of our sport. Its an exciting time, just watch a 5 year old film and tell me we haven't gotten better. It finally had some footage of free-healers venturing onto some steeper Alaskan terrain with spines etc. The terrain choice was incredible, I was really impressed with what was skid. I think that some of the lines in this flick would make other routes in say.. TGR look rather small. The scene would pan out and show the entire mtn in comparison the skiers and leaving me amazed that they climbed the damn thing, not once, but all day long as shown by the other tracks. I was bummed to see them billygoating around instead of hauling over them like Jeremy Nobis in TGR's movies though. Props to the athletes who tried, it was definitly an eye opener to what it would be like to make tele turns down Alaskan spines. Still an awesome film and if you haven't seen it yet it's worth buying or finding a showing near you.

Azadi Ski Documentary Clip

McMurdo Edit from Anthony Bonello on Vimeo.

This is a really cool clip, I love the music this is set to, it really plays to the skiing rather than adding another dimension. The story behind the documentary is pretty sweet as well o check it out

Almost winter

Waterskiing is coming to an end, I made it out twice last week, water temps were in the upper 50's, you know what that means...

Almost Better

While making some "Fall Turns" I managed to ?exaserbate? a previous existing condition known as runners knee, into patellar tendonitis. After 3 weeks of prescribed laziness and a bit of self prescribed rehab I ventured out for a run today and was pleasantly surprised with zero pain, hopefully that means I'm on the way to a full recovery in time for ski season.