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Pleasure Magazine - Complete AK Feature

Pleasure Magazine Cover in Germany.

John Jackson sends it for the film "The Art of Flight" to be released next fall. He lands way below the bottom of the photo in what some are calling the biggest air ever.

A Chilean Volcano Venture

This summer I spent a week in Patagonia with the North Face team. We hiked and splitboarded up a volcano, camped and rode. Click here to watch the video and keep an eye out for the February issue of Transworld Snowboarding Magazine for the full story.

Words of Wisdom

I was recently flipping through the Photo Annual of Powder Magazine and came across this story I found interesting. I feel Mike makes some great points that we can all learn from.

Interview on PhotoShelter

American Photo Images of the Year

Here is the latest issue of American Photo and the entire "Photos of the Year" feature. I was lucky enough to win the commercial catagory with my image of Devun Walsh shot for Transworld Snowboarding Magazine. Its good to see action sports being recognized in the photography world. Check out Brian Bielmann's runner up surf photo of Donovan. Pretty sick!

John Jackson Cover of TWS Photo Annual

After a long day of shooting in AK we flew back to our lodge and I went straight to my room and downloaded the days images. I knew I had a few bangers in there but it wasn't until I saw this shot on my screen that I realized how good it really was. After seeing this shot for the first time, I think John and I both knew deep down this shot was going on the cover.

Mikkel Bang on the Cover of Norwegian Magazine

I shot this photo of Mikkel at the end of the day during a week long stretch of sunny days in Whistler, BC. The crew was motivated so we didn't stop till the sun dropped.

Travis Rice Talks Cover Shot.

Transworld Snowboarding Magazine AK Cover and Feature

Huge claims. Even with Travis Rice, John Jackson, and Mark Landvik on the trip, photographer Scott Serfas came back from a month shooting in Alaska's remote Tordrillo Range for Rice's forthcoming film, Flight, claiming it like a freshman after his first college kegger. Everything was the "craziest, biggest, sickest, heaviest ever..." The thing is, Serfas ain't no freshman, he's more of a "Frank The Tank" in snowboard media, He's been here for years. He's seen and shot it all and yet we could only scratch our heads at his giddy e-mails, claiming that "this trip was the best snowboarding trip in history." Too bad they couldn't smuggle a writer along on the trip. We were stuck with a secondhand account from our key photographer with a vocabulary limited to just three adjectives: best, biggest, and greatest.

-Joel Muzzey

Good to Epic on Surfline.com

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Buoloco.com Interviews Part 3 of 4

Scott Serfas talks about Devun Walsh from BuoLoco on Vimeo.

Buoloco.com Interviews Part 2 of 4

Scott Serfas talks about Travis Rice and the Movie Fligth from BuoLoco on Vimeo.

Ransom by Adidas Backcountry Photo Shoot

Recently I spent a few days in the British Columbia backcountry shooting the 2011 fall catalogue for a Ransom shoe collaboration with Adidas Originals. The catalogue will have a large "out there" wilderness crossed with a camping/exploring vibe.

Logistics manager Shin Campos goes over some options with Ransom creator and designer Matt George.

Mary was there to host a behind the scenes piece for Fashion TV. I think she was looking for Starbucks when this shot was taken.

Mary and Matt introduce the concept and location for Fashion TV.

Our base camp during the shoot. No room service provided.

We shot a few pieces in this ice cave. Lucky we where not in there when it all came crashing down 15 minutes later. We would have all died. Honestly.

A view from my tent one morning.

Our crew follows me after being dropped by helicopter.

Working in the rain always makes thing a bit harder.

A test shot of Cody in the ice cave.

Another test shot of Cody, this time in the woods.

Behind the scenes interviews with model Cody and Matt George.

Buoloco.com Interviews Part 1 of 4

Scott Serfas Canon Versus Nikon? from BuoLoco on Vimeo.

Update from Chile 2. The making of Brain Farm's movie "Flight".

It was a long month in Chile shooting along side with the Brain Farm Cinema crew searching for pow in the Andes. We started in Farellones, near the ski resort of Valle Nevado. With a way less than average snow pack we decided to fly south to Termas de Chillan. There was more snow but finding good snow was impossible. If it was sunny the snow was wind hammered and if it was decent snow the clouds were too thick to fly. In the end we did get a few gems on the ski hill and one good backcountry jump into deep "hot pow". Lots of highlights from a really fun trip. One that will always stay in my mind is when the helicopter pilot let me shoot the jump from inside the snowboard basket on the outside of the chopper. Defiantly something that would never happen in North America. And it wasn't as scary as you would think.

Left Photo. Director Curt Morgan, guide Clark Fyans, pilot Edwardo, Travis Rice and Jake Blauvelt.

This zone Curt renamed Condor Waterfall.

Scotty Lago honing his hunting skills.

The 3 amigos...Jared, me and Curt

Auto heli pilot, who knew it even existed?

Curt's cineflex station at 10,000 feet.

I was lucky enough to shoot the jump from here. At 1000 feet it was quite the ride.

Santiago at dusk.

See that little black dot in the smoke? Thats us shooting.

My shot of the volcano.