First and foremost we have to thank everyone that made this session possible. From the SNOWBIRD marketing department and Snowbird Patrol, Absinthe films and Snowboarder mag….It was a huge team effort to make this possible and everyone pulled together to get er done.

Wyatt Caldwell just drove 5 hours to hit the hip. The night before he was shredding 10,000 foot peaks in the Idaho backcountry. Came in from a 3 day camping trip and drove straight to the Bird.

It’s one thing to build a jump in the backcountry but when you get resorts involved it takes a lot of work to make it happen. Everything from the logistics to a MILLION DOLLAR insurance policy. The feature we wanted to build was a hip on Little Cloud that is most commonly known as the” TERJE HIP” obviously named because TERJE HAAKONSEN blasted  this hip over a decade ago. After going through all the proper channels and some successful meetings with both patrol and Marketing we got the green light to start building.

Two days of shoveling and things are starting to come together.

All the way from Switzerland-the newest member of LP family JULES REYMOND.

It’s all about working together to get a build like this going. Wyatt Caldwell and LP homie Dan Brisse putting in some work on the landing. Working in spring conditions is tricky with all the temperature changes throughout the day. In the am its too firm to even get your shovel in the snow and by the afternoon its too soft.

Prep work is done and the homies are stoked….Spent the next few hours waiting on the legal issues and insurance but it all worked out.

Cameras ready!

Big thanks to E-STONE and PAT BRIDGES from SNOWBOARDER MAG….The insurance policy comes in and ski patrol gives us the thumbs up to start the sesh. JULES signs the waiver along with the rest of the crew and its go time.

Building the hip was the easy part…That just requires some shoveling. Getting all the other paperwork in order is the most critical part to Resort building for a shoot. Snowbird was 100% eager to make this happen.

Looks like it was worth the 5 hour drive for WYATT-

Big big shout out to the Snowbird patrol for giving these guys sled lifts. JULES was so hyped!!

HIGH TIMES for JULES at Snowbird.

WYATT with a proper CAB 5-

JULES continued to blast the hugest methods.

Jules’S methods are almost as hard as his ink.

Unfortunately Jules tweaked his ankle on the hard snow and had to sit down and take a breather for the rest of the session.

Wyatt heading back for one more.

Wyatt Caldwell sending it!!!

Wyatt and Nico reviewing the shot- Wyatt was stoked on his shots and ready to call it a day. The landing to the jump was in the shade for hours and became rock hard. All in all we got to sesh the hip for 2 hours. The forecast for the week is calling for FEET of snow to pound the Wasatch so next time the landing will be a little softer.

Wyatt Caldwell, Sylvain Bourbousson, Dan Brisse, Cale Zima, Jules Reymond and Forrest Sheerer are all some good homies. Big shout out to everyone that made this happen. ABSINTHE, SNOWBOARDER and SNOWBIRD PATROL /MARKETING….Couldn’t of done it with out you. Look for more photos at Snowboardermag.com and keep your eyes on the SNOWBIRD’S SNOW REPORT

COULTER IS GNARLY and this CAB 5 shot by AARON DODDS is PROOF

On pages 32 and 33 BODE MERRILL is featured in SEQUENCE AND DESTROY doing a MILLER FLIP up and off a tree. It’s a URBAN shot with a hint of nature….good blend. The sequence was shot by AARON DODDS.

Then just a few turns later on pages 46 and 47 CHRIS BERESFORD has a ON DECK. The best part is that this urban assassin has a POW shot from AK shot by MIKE YOSHIDA

On page 82 backcountry terror CHRIS COULTER has a nice pow slash shot by AARON DODDS.

Just a few pages later on the cover of the buyers guide BODE MERRILL has a banger 1 foot shot photographed by E-STONE. This is a awesome pic because it was taken at SNOWBIRD and the place is just cool so cool photo,cool rider,cool photographer and cool location equals COOL.

and how could we not mention E STONES banger shot by OLI GANGON

As you can see it plainly states SNOWBOARDER is the STONIEST MAG!!! So go get a copy.

The LEVITATION PROJECT team just hopped inside a bad ass muscle car and the pedal is pinned to the floor…..next stop EXPOSURE VILLE!!!!

Austen Granger hooks his homie Bode Merrill up….HCSC SUMMER 2008