Murphy is ready for ski season...

The other morning Murphy and I awoke to a winter wonderland.  She ran out to make sure that she was the one to thrash up all the fresh snow out in the yard.  She is just like me in that respect.  She loves the snow as much if not more then me.  Murphy took great care to make sure she tracked up every untouched patch of snow between our condo and the big field that we play fetch in.  We have also already scouted a slope in the hills that will be the site for her first downhill powder run this season.  We will be getting into some XC training this season and she is ready to get after it.  Her powder pounce got pretty honed in last season as a little pup and now she is ready for some low angle downhill.   Murphy is the surprise show stopper in the newest TGP "Harmless" television series release.  This January 50 million people will be able to watch Murphy fetch her toy in the some fresh snow during her short cameo in the Utah segment.  She is a natural.  Christine said our movies need more puppy so maybe I'll have to get Murphy an agent and start pimping her to the industry for logo time.  She'd probably get more sponsor love then me.     

Tough Guy Productions "Harmless" Thurs. 10/23/08

So the culmination of two seasons comes together with Tough Guy Productions new release "Harmless".  The Vertical Integration crew has two segments in this flick. The show will premiere in SLC on Thursday night, October 23rd.  The doors at Brewvies will open at 8:00pm.  We are all really amped up for this release and it should be a stellar event.  Raffling off swag and celebrating another season to come.  I love fall and the new movie season to get into anticipation for the new snow.  Now a days you can start to taste the cold air in the mornings.  It is just around the corner so come out and celebrate with us on a thirsty thursday down at Brewvies.  To peep the teaser and check out any other tour stops go to the website at www.toughguyproductions.com 

Sweetgrass coming to SLC...

You may remember when I told you about Sweetgrass Productions.  I called them the Sundance of ski films.  Well since then I have filmed with these guys and have come to like their style even more.  I spent one day shooting with them in Valdez, Alaska on a cat ski tour that we lined up through a good old boy on the pass.  We got into some good little lines and some spectacular open pow.  The cover from the movie is a shot from that day in the Chugach.  So to get back to what I wanted to tell you all about is that Sweetgrass will be premiering their flick to Salt Lake City on October 16th at Brewvies.  It is a Thursday night which is a good night to catch a really good eclectic ski movie that gets into the heart strings of skiing and the backcountry experience.  I am really excited to have been a small part of this movie and I hope to be a better contributor this season.  I really like Nick's style and I want to do more with the boys from Sweetgrass. Log onto their site at www.sweetgrass-productions.com to check out what they've got going on.

 

  

Luck o' the Irish

(The streets of Ennis)
(The cliffs of Moher in the distance)
(The castle in the background of the garden wedding)
(The silloutte of a newly wedded love)

Christine and I have been hangin in Ireland the last couple of days for the wedding of some old friends of ours. Amy Anderson and Patrick Joyce tied the knot over here on Friday and we celebrated with them and their families and friends. The wedding was one of a kind and the castle setting was a once in a lifetime kind of experience. The garden wedding was blessed with fantastic weather in a land were rain is more the norm than sun. The party was so much fun with a traditional Irish band and a cast of lords and ladies that entertained us in medieval tradition. It was a really cool. I am so glad that we were able to be a part the whole event. I would like to extend my best wishes and much love to Amy and Patrick in their future together.

The land is beautiful and the people are kind. We have been having doing our best to drink the land dry. Of course we are Utah lightweights so we have been getting our asses handed to us every night. It has been refreshing to spend some time with some old friends in a new environment. Ireland actually looks a lot like Wisconsin in some places. Now we have made our way north up the coast and the landscape has changed some to a more mountainous environment. We are holding up tonight in Clifden and it is a very cool little town. Tomorrow we are planning on touring around here and then making our way up through Westport and on into Ballina were Christine has some ancestral ties. Driving on the other side of the road and shifting a manual with my left hand has proved a daunting task, but we have only caught air in our little Hyundai Getz one time and I didn't kill anybody so we are doing fine then I guess. I am getting the hang of it. I am here for a few more days and then Christine is moving along to tour northwest Europe with her cousin Tara for another week or two. She is pretty excited to spend some time with her cousin and to get the chance to see some new places with her. I on the other hand have to return to work and every day life.