As nice as it was to premiere his new documentary, Higher, on his home turf in Squaw Valley, Ca., it fired up snowboard legend Jeremy Jones just as much to head out afterward for the Pacific Northwest, home of some of the most exhilarating landscapes in the country. Jones explored as many of them as he could - and hoped he inspired a few people to do the same.

Snowboard legend Jeremy Jones scaled peaks around the world for his latest documentary, Higher. But he gets just as much of a thrill exploring his home turf in Squaw Valley, Ca. Join him as he returns home, gets ready to premiere Higher to a local audience - and, of course, do a little hometown shredding while he's at it.

Tim Durtschi showcases his trademark skiing and personality in this episode of Sony Mind's Eye. He makes dropping pillows, throwing casual butters, and huge threes look effortless. Throughout the whole edit it is apparent that Durtschi likes to have fun with his friends in the mountains. Whether it is singing T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" while skiing past Dane Tudor or making faces on camera, Tim Durtschi is the ski buddy you want to have. Be sure to check him out in TGR's Almost Ablaze, now av...

Enjoy the buttery style of TGR athlete Nick McNutt in this week’s Sony Mind’s Eye. McNutt burst onto the scene this year with one of the most talked about segments from TGR’s award winning film Almost Ablaze. He captivated the freeride community with uncanny ability to land switch in deep pow off huge features. The Whistler based skier was nominated for “Best Male Freeride Segment” and “Rookie of the Year” at this year’s IF3 Awards, taking home the hardware in the later category. In this edi...

Teton Gravity Research and 7-time X Games medalist and back to back Real Ski Champion, Sammy Carlson, introduce The Sammy C Project. The Sammy C Project hopes to inspire those even beyond the realm of snow to go after their dreams with tenacity. #SammyCProject - Coming 2015. “I’m psyched to work with Teton Gravity Research (TGR) on this project. Whether it’s having the GSS camera or their vast production experience, working with TGR will help me take this project to the next level." -- Sa...

In Season 2, Episode 5 of Sony Mind's Eye, Angel Collinson showcases the POV footage from the ski mountaineering trip she, Mark Carter, Griffin Post, and Max Hammer recently completed while filming for Almost Ablaze in the Tetons. Their trip to Mount Moran relied on 25 people—including 10 porters—to haul 1,500 pounds of gear seven miles across a frozen Jackson Lake and to the base of the peak's most famous line, the Skillet. Angel's edit puts us behind the scenes of what will certainly be the...

TGR athlete Ian McIntosh ditches his skis and picks up a parachute in this episode of Sony’s Mind Eye. McIntosh and company look to emulate their Swiss cohorts so they pack their chutes, stretch out the hammies, and go for a little Swiss “Yogg”. Over the course of the next nineteen days Ian and friends complete forty-nine BASE-jumps throughout Switzerland & France. Ian is relatively new to the BASE-jumping world. He has been sky-diving for nine years, but only started seriously jumping a y...

In this episode of Sony Mind's Eye, Dash wanted to use the Action Cam to abandon the conventions of your run-of-the-mill POV edit. He worked with TGR production intern Matt Dillman to chop up the footage and throw in some animation, breaking up the usual format while also covering some fun bits from TGR's recent shoot in Sella Nevea, Italy. "Matt and I were really focusing on using as many different angles as possible to break up the traditional POV look and feel," Dash said about his tim...

Film & Tour Schedule: http://www.tetongravity.com/films/jer... Tour tickets available now: http://www.tetongravity.com/tours Pre-orders available on: DVD and Blu-ray: http://shop.tetongravity.com/Departme... Witness the journey of one of the greatest big mountain snowboarders of our time. Ten-time Snowboarder magazine ‘Big Mountain Rider of the Year’ Jeremy Jones revolutionized backcountry snowboarding with Deeper, his 2010 ode to splitboarding and human-powered adventure. His 2012...

While cameras often immortalize their descents, Teton Gravity Research athletes are just as likely to find adventure when not filming—or, for that matter, skiing and snowboarding. Such was the case when Max Hammer, Griffin Post, Mark Carter, and Angel Collinson embarked on a multi-day camping mission to ski and snowboard big lines in Grand Teton National Park. With the help of Exum Mountain Guides, the athletes rode several of Mt. Moran's classic routes. Yet their time off the mountain was ju...

“When we add someone new to the team, it’s interesting to test it out and see how it works. Some people really excel and make the whole dynamic better, and Tanner did just that.” Sage had kind words for Tanner during the filmed of Re:Session, when Hall, already a legend, was getting more and more comfortable in the Alaska’s oversized terrain, and was becoming a solid addition to the TGR crew. As his line selection and mountain prowess improved, Tanner was able to bring more and more of his bo...

For the largest descent of his life, Jeremy Jones abandoned the iconic in search of the obscure. Rather than making a descent of Mt. Everest, he selected a nearby peak in Nepal, which he dubbed theShangri-La Spine Wall. With a summit that towered 21,400 feet above sea level, the only certainty the mountain offered was the challenge inherent in attempting to scale it. In addition to its high elevation, the Shangri-La Spine Wall afforded weather that changed rapidly and a dearth of information...

For big mountain skiers, Alaska serves as a source of inspiration and the ultimate proving ground. Crews of athletes and filmers head to the Last Frontier each year in search of steep lines and deep snow. This past winter, however, rumors circulated that many of the state’s mountain ranges were plagued with a shit storm of ice. Upon exploring the area surrounding Juneau, Ian McIntosh, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Angel Collinson, and Dana Flahr found these rumors to be true. Nonetheless, these s...

Pro riders may pass hundreds of hours waiting for the ideal weather in which to film their exploits. These hours can serve as a catalyst for pranks—and sometimes shit just goes a little further than expected. Such was the case when Jeremy Jones and members of the TGR production crew traveled to Svalbard to film for Further. During this trip, Dan Gibeau, a rookie member of the production crew, became the victim of a practical joke. Once Gibeau’s colleagues put their prank into motion, their ac...

For pros who ply their trade in front of cameras, much of their winter is based around chasing snow. And despite the shortage of snow that plagued much of North America this winter, a crew of athletes and filmers from TGR found plenty of powder during a recent trip to Revelstoke. TGR athletes Nick McNutt, Tim Durtschi, Dylan Hood, and Dane Tudor spent several weeks skiing the area’s legendary pillows—and eating shit. See what went down in this episode of Almost Live Presented by Gore-Tex p...

For some, skiing is about escaping choices—and for others it is a means for embracing them. This winter, Teton Gravity Research athletes and filmers headed to Sella Nevea, Italy to film for the company’s latest project, Almost Ablaze. Thanks to a storm that dumped over six meters of pow, the iconic ski resort found itself enjoying the most snow in one hundred years. Between all this snow and the resort’s legendary terrain, skiers Colter Hinchliffe, Dash Longe, and Dana Flahr were surrounde...

Fortunately for Ian McIntosh, Canada's health insurance system still insures for folks with pre-existing conditions, like having a few screws loose upstairs. You're not supposed to be able to ski La Grave—a place infamous for pants-shitting steeps and deadly exposure—at the speeds Mac and Johnny Collinson do in this episode of Sony Mind's Eye, so maybe socialized medicine is playing a part in the ability of guys like Ian to blaze new trails in the speed category (we're joking). Watch Ian...

For a few years, Marco Salgado has been preaching the gospel of Sella Nevea. When not logging footage for Teton Gravity Research in Jackson, Wyoming, he spends his time shredding in Italy. This winter, a crew from TGR joined him in Sella Nevea—and luckily, the legendary ski resort was enjoying the most snow it had seen in one hundred years. With Marco as their guide, Colter Hinchliffe, Dash Longe, and Dana Flahr dove in deep. After a storm dropped over six meters of snow, the crew hopped o...

For nearly two decades, Jeremy Jones has traveled to Alaska in the spring to explore new zones. During these trips—which often require being dropped in remote areas by a bush plane—space comes at a premium. Consequently, Jeremy and Teton Gravity Research must carefully calculate the resources needed to support and film their expeditions. When selecting team members, they look for people who are as versatile as they are dependable. No one embodies this better than the crew’s camp cook. During...

Aw, the winter life of a child in Jackson Hole. Wake up, ski powder with your friend, bet him that he can't flatspin off a rock, fall with no regrets while learning new tricks because the snow is soft and your bones are rubber, and then head home to a fresh home-cooked meal. Life is good. You can't fault kids (really, teenagers) for living the good life here in Jackson, but it is comforting to know that young shredders like Daniel Tisi and Sawyer Thomas are taking full advantage of the loc...

Aw, the winter life of a child in Jackson Hole. Wake up, ski powder with your friend, bet him that he can't flatspin off a rock, fall with no regrets while learning new tricks because the snow is soft and your bones are rubber, and then head home to a fresh home-cooked meal. Life is good. You can't fault kids (really, teenagers) for living the good life here in Jackson, but it is comforting to know that young shredders like Daniel Tisi and Sawyer Thomas are taking full advantage of the loc...

Not every day in the backcountry is filled with intensity. In this episode of Almost Live, Nick McNutt and Tim Durtschi session a kicker in the backcountry south of Jackson, Wyoming. And although they spend ample time throwing down tricks, they spend just as much time roaming around in the middle of nowhere and having fun. Almost Live Presented by Gore-Tex Products takes you around the globe with the TGR production team and athletes. Get an inside look at what goes into first descents, bu...

In this episode of Teton Gravity Research’s “Behind the Line”, Tim Durtschi explores the Kootenays of British Columbia. Rather than applying his skills to man-made features, he turns the entire mountain into his canvas. After identifying a zone riddled with spines, Durtschi carefully studies the entrance to it. Despite having to drop into his line from a cornice and land on a narrow perch, he embraces the descent—a line that he considers to be one of the most challenging he skied last winter....

There’s just one big drawback: come morning, everything is frozen—including your boots. Dealing with those damn bear traps when they’ve been dried and toasted by the fireplace is bad enough, but that sixth toe and heel blister are really going to feel the hurt when your liners are a damp frozen cave and the shells are as stiff as rebar. Still, this has never stopped TGR’s in-house snow camping aficionado, Jeremy Jones, from conquering the 3,000 foot hikes necessary to gain access to his f...

The days of the classic Teletubby look of a bulky POV camera mounted to the helmet are numbered... instead Sage captures his early winter shredding the Alps during the jump-infused big mountain comp known as the Swatch Skier's Cup (Team Americas wins again!) with the low-pro Action Cam. An uber-wide 170 degree field of vision helps for up-close pans of tourists as they gape at the Matterhorn, the Carl Zeiss lens keep the view crisp even when Sage's Phish tour-length mane gets in the way, and...

In this educational video from Teton Gravity Research, Colter Hinchliffe and Tim Durtschi instruct us in a variety of ski carrying techniques native to the Austrian Alps. While North Americans will be familiar with the classic over-the-shoulder carry technique known as The Local, they'll be less familiar with Austrian techniques such as The Offering, The Decapitator, The Oklahoma Suitcase, and The Reverse Local, which Colter and Tim demonstrate in person while documenting variances on the tec...

In Episode 3 of Higher Unplugged, Jeremy Jones and his fellow athletes travel to Snowbird Resort to refine their mountaineering and rescue skills at the International Pro Riders’ Workshop presented by Teton Gravity Research and ICEdot. Started by TGR and former lead guide, Jim Conway, IPRW has emerged as an essential resource for these athletes. Each December, TGR’s production crew, athletes, and guides spend a week learning and reviewing the skills necessary to safely navigate backcountry t...