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Day One at the Utah Olympic Park

Posted by piphunt on October 3, 2012 in Adventures of Pip, skiing

Tweet     Taken from the Mountain Athlete website, read the full piece there!   Fear and Flipping in Park City    “Sometimes the best thing to do is just do it. When my athletes are trying a new trick, I never give them any direction the first time. I just tell them to try,” …read the rest

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Glacier Rhone

Posted by piphunt on April 26, 2012 in Adventures of Pip

Tweet A few years ago the book and movie “The Edge of Never” by Bill Kerig made its way through the ski community. Everybody I skied with either read the book or watched the movie. Somehow, I missed it.   Fast forward three years and I meet Bill Kerig as a board member at Spy …read the rest

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Around Le Cham: Grans Montets, Flegere, and Brevent

Posted by piphunt on April 19, 2012 in Adventures of Pip, Where in the World is Pip?

Tweet I’m sitting here waiting to press my coffee as big, fat flakes fall into the valley. Waiting seems to be the name of the game this winter. From Zabljak, to Snowbird, to Chamonix, we’re either waiting for the skis to open or the clouds to clear. Skiers, so picky about the weather.   Yesterday …read the rest

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Why Crossfit?

Posted by piphunt on January 27, 2012 in Adventures of Pip, Fitness

Tweet If you’ve been following me over on Twitter, you may have noticed that I wrote a series about Crossfit for Skiers on Ski Magazines site.  The comments section is a continuous debate about the pros and cons of Crossfit, and the ability to use Crossfit to train specifically for skiing. It got me thinking …read the rest

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2010 Powder Day: Rage Productions Bonus

Posted by piphunt on January 13, 2012 in Adventures of Pip, skiing

Tweet One snowy April day, Angeli, Hennie, Giray and I shuffled up Catherine’s Pass for a little storm shooting. It was hilarious. Not only did I fully shave all the branches off a pine tree attempting to “tap” it, we also crashed, swam, and swallowed the deep fluffy snow. This season, I’ve almost forgot what …read the rest

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A life lived with passion is never wasted

Posted by piphunt on January 11, 2012 in Adventures of Pip

Tweet Sometimes it feels like all the sadness is compressed into one tiny instant. One space. Even your tears can’t fit. Only nausea, shock; a squeezing choking feeling that starts in your stomach and moves its way up. It’s been 5 years since Asher passed, and yet the shocking, choking feeling can still hit. It’s …read the rest

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Salomon TV: Alta

Posted by piphunt on December 10, 2011 in Adventures of Pip

Tweet My first Salomon Freeski appearance! It’s short, but sweet. I wish the snow was that deep right now. My segment was filmed this time last year. CRAZY!      Plus, Nat and I went for our first dawn patrol on the season yesterday. It was short, and littler treacherous, but great to get out …read the rest

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First Segment of Backyards is Dropping!

Posted by piphunt on October 11, 2011 in Adventures of Pip, skiing

Tweet Last year, I traveled up to Targhee and Jackson Hole to ski with Mike Leake and work with Futuristic Films. The project was “Backyards”, a made for TV short movie. Check out the first segment of Mike and I.  

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Ski Salt Lake Shootout

Posted by piphunt on February 10, 2011 in Adventures of Pip, skiing

Tweet It’s 6:45 at the Goldminer’s Daughter. Carston Oliver, Tony Pavlantos, Lee Cohen and myself are waiting for first chair at Alta for the third day of the Ski Salt Lake Shootout. We bailed on Cardiff this morning due to a late start and tired bodies. Two full days of hiking, skiing, and shooting has …read the rest

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