“…I rode waves long before I loved riding them. It was maybe after a couple of years until I really did love it. Maybe when I was 14/15. It could have been a few sessions out a local reef break, where you kind of weightlessly draw lines into the tube every wave. It was not big, but hollow for the size and I really remember being addicted to that weightless millisecond and going fast with a lip pitching over your head.”

“If the dire projections are correct, Glacier National Park will be bereft of glaciers by 2030. So get going. High above the milky waters of Grinnell Lake, Grinnell Glacier is the most stunning in the park. It’s accessible via a boat trip across Swiftcurrent and Josephine Lakes, then a 3.8-mile hike.”

Homage to the early days of skiing: photographer/skier Dave Heath’s slideshow submitted to Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine for The Gathering at Red Mountain (Rossland, B.C.)– “a three-day photo/film shred fest attracting some of the ski industries most talented people…”

KMC reports, “Dave scrounged together a whole whack of old ski gear, put it on his buddies and hit the slopes with his camera to put together the amazingly beautiful retro-infused slideshow.”

Produced by Dave Heath

Photographer/noboarder (snowboarding without bindings) Jenna Low’s slideshow submitted to Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine’s photo face-off. KMC describes Jenna’s documentary work this way: “She lives up in the tiny outpost settlement of Trout Lake, where noboarders inhabit turn of the century hotels and shred some of the deepest, character-laden powder in the Kootenays.”

Produced by Mitchell Scott

Hawgs in the tunnel: Urban carp fishing isn’t for the feint of heart. Russ Miller, Will Rice, and Field & Stream photographer/blogger Tim Romano chase Hoovering lips on a section of Denver’s South Platte River. Black Wooly Buggers, muck boots (sewage effluent protection), mountain bikes, and an open mind required.

Photography by Tim Romano

“The digital revolution has absolutely changed photography forever. Creative imagery has reached new levels. The ease and speed and adaptability of digital cameras can make anyone an artist. The bar has been raised for everyone. I’ve been shooting digital for four years now and I honestly think I’m a better photographer for it.”

“Yet as the horn for the first heat of surfers sounded, I was a little preoccupied. In the face of one of the most breathtaking man-vs.-nature spectacles, as you can see in this New York Times slide show, I snapped a total of five photos. Lunch? Ha. It wasn’t a top priority, as I spent about seven hours doubled over the side of the Huli Cat or in the cabin, missing most of the competition.”

The Kootenay Rockies region comprises the southeastern portion of British Columbia–and longtime outdoor photographer Dave Heath and borderline cartoonist Steve Evangelatos created this photo/cartoon slideshow to highlight the area’s skiing characters and landscapes for Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine.

Sunrise at Everest

British alpinist and photographer Alfred Gregory has died at the age of 96. In 1953 he was part of the successful team–along with Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay–to make a first ascent of Mount Everest.

“Greg reached 27,900ft (8,500m) in support of the successful assault on the world’s highest peak, and took many of the best-known pictures of the Everest expedition, including images of Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay as they began their ascent to the summit, and as they celebrated their success afterwards,” writes Jim Perrin of the Guardian.co.uk.

“Maybe God did give Greg many presents in the course of his long life – the mountaineering opportunities, the photographic talent, the palpable happiness of his second marriage – but he also had a toughness that enabled them, a fortitude and a philosophy that always carried him through.”

photo credit: Ssppeeeeddyy