Should these things fly?!?!?!

Heli boarding is a magical experience.  Here you are with your crew stuffed into a tiny machine, flying off into the extreme backcountry, ready to explore and slash your way to euphoria.  Its just that it is STRESSFUL as hell.  Your dealing with machines not really meant to fly, avalanches, flat landings and people getting potentially hurt; really hurt, as far out as you ever want to be.  As for  shooting from the heli, your harnessed in, with the door off, sometimes hanging from a rope.  It's exciting for sure, but when you consider there is no liability per se in New Zealand, you might say to yourself is this normal?  Down here it is.  It's rampant.  Like Hawaii x 10.  I've never seen so many helicopters flying around in the deep mountains before. Loading and unloading people onto the steep slope.  So steep sometimes you wonder why it doesn't slide.  

Anyway, we had a great first day of heli'ing.  More to come.  Some more weather, so maybe a  few days off.  

No worries though, we have bungy still to do.

In the hanger.  The tube thing I am breathing is an AVALUNG.  If I get buried in an avalanche, this device allows me to breathe almost for an hour while I am rescued.  The harness, is well to stay in the chopper.

Scene form the heli.  We fly out over lake Wanaka and straight into the alpine.  Unbelievably beautiful.......!

Not even drunk!

People move slow in New Zealand.  I was trying to prove a point in the grocery store, skating through, but it basically backfired.  Not as adept on the board as I once was I suppose.  

Having fun.  Notice the camera intact!

Check out these cool bracelets.  If your into showing your pride of photography that is.

www.oyemodern.com/designers/re-vision/

FOAM Magazine

Just photographed World Class surfer and southern belle Karina Petroni for the newly relaunched FOAM Magazine.  

The first issue came out beautifully.  This issue should hit newsstands in the next 3 weeks to a month.  FOAM is a great women's surf culture,music, lifestyle, fashion magazine.  Kristin Dechter is the new managing editor.  She came from PAPER Magazine so you know it's gonna be beautiful.

Thanks goes to The Wards for letting us attack their home, drink in the grass and extinguish cigarettes in the gutter, thanks to Lauren Ward for making us legit with the locals.  Thanks to all my crew for having my preverbial  back.  You ladies are all sweethearts.  Lastly thanks to Kristina for trusting in me.  

I even got a new nick name on the shoot.  From here to I shall be known as Kev-Boogy.

Ciao

I like to show my models what I want from them......

Kristina.  Isn't she a sweetie?  Tough though.  Saw her get barreled in the am. Double over head.

Directing Karina to a mellower paddle out.  She didn't want to get wet ( those floridians are so spoiled) , but she is quite the trooper and I knew the shoot wouldn't be complete without a water shot of her.

Angela my assistant.  Great job!  Thanks for the Pola!

Do you see the ghost?

Great cause......

My friend sent me this.  If your a photographer and looking to do some charitable work this is a good cause.

www.littlestheroesproject.org

Check it out.

Scwhinn

Had a really fun shoot for Scwhinn Bikes recently.  Thanks to Bill Starkey, Dhiren Khemlani, Eric Haag, Amy Roy and Jared Scott all from Stick and Move in Philly.  Thanks to my talent, Barbora and Shani.  You guys looked great and were a barrel of laughs.   Also big ups to Shanna and Chris.   

This was pretty funny.  I am sure these photos won't make it into the ads.

Target

Just photographed Shaun White for the big red bulls-eye.  I think its the third time in as many months I've shot the red headed wonder and I've know him since he was a crew top, so it's chill. I was pretty excited however to meet for the first time the Target dog ( i'm a dog lover).  So naturally I had my assistant photograph the two of us for lasting memories.  It was sad to see him go when he went.  Til we meet again.......

Big thanks to all the peeps from Target -  Will and Lisa and of course to my crew.

Hummer

Thanks to my entire crew for all their hard work and diligence.  Best shoot yet!

I love my dog.

My Dog is my best friend.  Really.  Half moon Bay, California.  Hummer shoot wrap moment.

I ain't scared of Bruce Irons!

If there is one thing I hate is a mouthy smart ass.  I was in Hawaii recently photographing Bruce and Andy Irons.  Everything started out fine and the shoot went well.  But afterward we went surfing and Bruce dropped in on me at  Pipe and I exploded.  I don't care who he thinks he is or how sick he is.  Don't drop in on me.  I caught up to him on the beach and knocked his ass out.  

Ha ha, just kidding!