Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones shares some advice for snowboarding in the backcountry.
http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/adventure-videos/snowboarding/Jeremy-Jones--Avalanche-Safety-Tips.html#ooid=NjcHZnMjoW3ppUOtWOzxxNkNChvZUWfT
January 28, 2011
January 22, 2011
"Athlete of the Year" - X-Dance Award, Grind TV interview
Jeremy Jones to be honored as Athlete of the Year at X Dance
http://www.grindtv.com/snow/blog/23717/jeremy+jones+to+be+honored+as+athlete+of+the+year+at+x+dance/
Grind TV
By: Nate Hoppes
Each year during the final evening of X Dance, they give out the Athlete of the Year Award. This award is not about winning contests or gold medals, Athlete of the Year goes to the athlete who makes an impact in the industry pushing progression within their sport. The 2011 recipient is none other than Jeremy Jones for pushing the edge in his film Deeper. 
Jeremy has been at the forefront of the Alaskan big mountain scene since the beginning and now he's pushing it even further by exploring areas that have never been accessed. He's charging mountain ranges that can't be accessed except on foot. The lines he takes are impossible yet he makes it look easy.
We took the opportunity to talk with Jeremy about what it's like to be honored as Athlete of the Year at this years X Dance Film Festival.
GRINDTV- Congratulations on being named "athlete of the year" at this years X-Dance. What did you do when you heard the news?
JEREMY JONES-I had just gotten out of the mountains from a 3 day winter camping mission and was kind of out of it. My brother had left me a message but I did not really believe it. I figured that maybe I was just nominated for the award.
What's your feeling on being mentioned in the same category as recent winners of "Athlete of the Year" like Tony Hawk, Travis Rice, and Rob Machado?
It is very humbling and a huge honor.
It's been a big year for you with this recent award and the release of the film Deeper, tell us what it's been like for you?
It is a little shocking. When I started Deeper I had no support from sponsors or movie companies. I was risking my lively hood and leaving an environment I was very dialed in with but at this point in my career I was willing to take the risk. I did not think myself or the movie would get this much attention. It has been amazing seeing how much the movie inspires people as well as see how many people came out to see the movie.
Who came up with the concept behind Deeper?
I did. My goal was to get back to exploration and hiking everything I rode. This is where I was trying to take my snowboarding for a few years. The film companies and sponsors were not into so I realized if I was going to achieve my goals I was going to have to create a new crew of camera men and riders and make my own movie.
Describe the challenges when filming a movie in unexplored and treacherous territories? The all night hikes, the camping on peaks, the frigid below temperatures?
I made sure I was surrounded by people that really loved being in the mountains and adventure. People that did not
determine the success of the day or trip solely off of whether or not we were getting shots in the movie. We had so many dark to dark days where we did not even pull the cameras out because the clouds came in when we finally made it to our objective. Some nights camp or the car seemed so far away and every step hurt, you were by yourself, food and water gone. You knew you would make it but it hurt like hell.
Any situations while filming for Deeper where you felt sketched out, not sure if you were going to survive the process?
Pretty much most of the time I was on snow in Chamonix I could not let my guard down. The mountains are always moving and there is always lurking danger.
How long did it take to complete Deeper?
Jeremy has been at the forefront of the Alaskan big mountain scene since the beginning and now he's pushing it even further by exploring areas that have never been accessed. He's charging mountain ranges that can't be accessed except on foot. The lines he takes are impossible yet he makes it look easy.
We took the opportunity to talk with Jeremy about what it's like to be honored as Athlete of the Year at this years X Dance Film Festival.
GRINDTV- Congratulations on being named "athlete of the year" at this years X-Dance. What did you do when you heard the news?
JEREMY JONES-I had just gotten out of the mountains from a 3 day winter camping mission and was kind of out of it. My brother had left me a message but I did not really believe it. I figured that maybe I was just nominated for the award.
What's your feeling on being mentioned in the same category as recent winners of "Athlete of the Year" like Tony Hawk, Travis Rice, and Rob Machado?
It is very humbling and a huge honor.
It's been a big year for you with this recent award and the release of the film Deeper, tell us what it's been like for you?It is a little shocking. When I started Deeper I had no support from sponsors or movie companies. I was risking my lively hood and leaving an environment I was very dialed in with but at this point in my career I was willing to take the risk. I did not think myself or the movie would get this much attention. It has been amazing seeing how much the movie inspires people as well as see how many people came out to see the movie.
Who came up with the concept behind Deeper?
I did. My goal was to get back to exploration and hiking everything I rode. This is where I was trying to take my snowboarding for a few years. The film companies and sponsors were not into so I realized if I was going to achieve my goals I was going to have to create a new crew of camera men and riders and make my own movie.
Describe the challenges when filming a movie in unexplored and treacherous territories? The all night hikes, the camping on peaks, the frigid below temperatures?
I made sure I was surrounded by people that really loved being in the mountains and adventure. People that did not
determine the success of the day or trip solely off of whether or not we were getting shots in the movie. We had so many dark to dark days where we did not even pull the cameras out because the clouds came in when we finally made it to our objective. Some nights camp or the car seemed so far away and every step hurt, you were by yourself, food and water gone. You knew you would make it but it hurt like hell. Any situations while filming for Deeper where you felt sketched out, not sure if you were going to survive the process?
Pretty much most of the time I was on snow in Chamonix I could not let my guard down. The mountains are always moving and there is always lurking danger.
How long did it take to complete Deeper?
January 10, 2011
Submerge Magazine - Feature on Jeremy
Walk A Mile In His Shoes
Words by Jonathan Carabba
Photos courtesy of Tero Repo
Truckee, Calif.-based professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones is changing the way the world looks at big-mountain riding. For years, Jones had been riding and filming in zones that can only be accessed via helicopters and snowmobiles, but all that changed when he decided to leave the motorized help behind (for the most part—there were some plane trips involved). He opted instead to venture into the mountains on foot in search of untouched terrain for his newest movie, Deeper, in conjunction with O’Neill and Teton Gravity Research. The documentary-esque film puts viewers in the athletes’ boots as Jones and a crew of the world’s top freeriders, including Travis Rice, Xavier De Le Rue, Josh Dirksen, Ryland Bell, Jonaven Moore, Forest Shearer and more, venture into the unknown in locations like Alaska, Antarctica, Europe, Utah and right here in California’s Sierra Nevadas. These men (more like machines) endure a multitude of extremes, including all-night hikes up their chosen lines, sleeping on top of peaks to hit said run at first light, camping on a glacier 65 miles from civilization for weeks on end, 20-below temperatures, 10-day snow storms and 20 mile days. “I’ve been snowboarding 25 years, and I don’t think that I’ve ever learned more and evolved more in a two-year period than these last two years,” Jones recently shared with Submerge from his home. “And it’s years 24 and 25! That pretty much sums up why snowboarding is such an amazing sport.”
Most of the evolution Jones speaks of came in his mountaineering skills; to simply call Jones a snowboarder would be a crime. The sheer magnitude of hiking, climbing and camping he is doing is on a whole other level than any other snowboarder or skier has ever achieved. Deeper was shot over two years and Jones says the progression, learning curve and overall dedication from the crew was drastically different from year one to year two. “For example, an early wake-up on the first year would be 5:30 a.m.,” Jones said of their morning hike start-times. “The second year was 2:30 a.m., you know, just realizing what it really takes to get the big lines.”
In the following interview, Jones chats with us about Deeper, hints at his plans for filming with Travis Rice this year as well as his rumored follow-ups to the film, and he even offers up advice for those looking to get out and explore the backcountry in the Lake Tahoe region.
One of the first questions that came to mind when I watched Deeper was how many times you said, “I’ve never done anything like this before,” during the filming of this movie. That is pretty much what this movie is all about, isn’t it? The trek into the unknown…
January 1, 2011
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