Pray for the prey

If you snowboard or ski you should know i am talking about what we are looking for everyday...

it can be an old building where you can do a wall ride, it can also be a spine where you can pop off or make a slash and than pop off...it can be anything and we will try to make something out of it...

In the last few years i am hanging out with my friends who are at the top of their game in snowboarding and they taught me to search and see things to make something out of them and make a shot for an edit, self promo or movie segment...maybe we are hunters that are looking for the prey or maybe we are just so passionate to see things others can't

Today after teaching little kids how to ski i built a step down road gap with my friend Domen. Snow was so wet but the weather forecast said it's gonna turn to fresh pow through the night. Soaked and wet we were pretty happy with our work in the middle of nowhere and now...now we are just praying for bluebird and fresh pow in the morning to charge it!

We found a spot we can work on

This beauty is ready to charge us out of trees and drop us about 7 m+deeper

Soaked wet at the end of this day...Oakley apparel and eyewear kept me warm enough though

we pray!

Old injuries

3 months old ankle injury, post concussion traumas, back injury...i gues everything went down on me now

I had 26 brain concussion in last 5 years. One 3rd of them were so bad that i had to stay in hospital for few days, but i got used to it and i haven't cared too much. But through all these years i am getting really nervous sometimes and can't really concentrate enough. Today i was practising on Vogel ski center and didn't get some easy moves and couldn't really put my mind into the trick i wanted to be as perfect as i wanted...It's not really cool if you think of everything else except skiing.

Ankle is still so bad after almost 3 months and is not going any better, because i am skiing almost everyday even if only an hour of skiing on piste. The pain is getting worse when i jump or if i don't land the trick but i don't really care at that very moment.

And a week ago i crashed pretty bad in backcountry and left my back somewhere there. Also this pain is getting stronger.

everyday allday life on the mountain is an inspiration

i found out that this place exists in the place i am living through season over here in Slovenia

a bit of meditation in sauna with chilled music makes me clear my head and put my mind into skiing

All these things are just signs that i shouldn't go to Austrian open, which i think is a good decision. I know that all the guys will be killin it out there and with all those injuries and my head with a foreign state of mind just doesn't work if you want to make a statement and be good at that competition. I will rest a bit and film as much as i can and prepare myself for competitions in the end of March and April.

Charles Russel Johnson III ... true lion and ski legend

Yesterday a legend Cr johnson past away in a ski accident

I met CR this year in France and was really impressed how humble, happy and stoked he was to ski. It meant everything to him and there is nothing in the world he regreted. I will be skiing in future under influence and legacy of CR. Ski in peace LION!

According to eyewitness J.T. Holmes, who was riding on the Headwall lift and saw the accident, Johnson was skiing the steep run (according to Squaw Valley’s ski report, the mountain received 12-14 inches) comprised of tight chutes and countless exposed rocks. He lost control, struck a rock and immediately appeared lifeless. Despite wearing a helmet, he suffered immense trauma to his head and neck. Once at the top of the lift, Holmes notified the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol. They instantly skied to the scene and performed resuscitation to no avail.

“C.R. possessed a perspective for the mountains and the sport of skiing that transcended skiers all around the world to new heights,” says 4FRNT Skis’ Matt Sterbenz, who sponsored Johnson and assisted him in the design of C.R.’s pro model ski, the CRJ. Shortly after the accident, Sterbenz spoke to Johnson’s father, Russ, and Holmes. “His creative vision and positive personality brought the best out of anyone he ever met. He will remain a huge influence on my life and the many others that were fortunate to know him.”

An infectious skier and personality, Johnson filmed for ski industry leaders Teton Gravity Research and MSP Films before starting his own ski film production company with best friend and ski star Tanner Hall. The Truckee, CA, native and resident was a U.S. Open Big Air champion and two-time Winter X Games medalist (2001 Big Air bronze and 2002 Slopestyle silver).

Johnson suffered a traumatic brain injury in December 2005 when another skier landed on him while skiing inbounds at Brighton Ski Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. He was induced in a coma for 10 days during his 34-day stay at the University of Utah hospital before returning home to his parents’ house in the Tahoe area.

Filming in backcountry part 1

Filming with friends again on Vogel mtn. in winter wonderland with head deep pow for me (i'm 170cm) is always fun
This week i should prepare myself for Austrian freeski open, but the weather is so bad that today was the only sunny day in the week and you know what i do on sunny days after a big snowfall? You don't? check it out!

I woke up in the morning in Triglav apartments in Bohinj and was stoked when i looked through the window, because i knew it is sunny at the top.
With friends we made a small jump in backcountry and did some funny shots for the movie.

This is me going really small on double backflip. It was just not wu-tang enough :)

Domen made couple of bails and couple of cool 540's going really fast on the sketchy inrun.

We did a run to the valley with our filmer (really stoked to shred without backpack this time) crossing the zone of lynx. I was afraid a little bit. You never know when animal attacks you so it was better to ski fast

Happy at the top of last run where nobody left any tracks before we hit the lines.