Brody Leven Goes Further With O’Neill
By ryandunfee | July 20th, 2012
To say Brody Leven has been slogging
uphill in the ski industry might be an understatement. Whether it’s been
skinning, ice-axing and roping his way to the top of Utah’s
backcountry, biking up closed mountain passes to get to the base of an
objective, or living on a shoestring budget in an RV with stolen
electricity in the parking space of a friend’s house, the living hasn’t
been exactly easy. But it appears the going may get a little less tough,
as Brody has recently signed with international outerwear brand O’Neill, thanks to a little help from snowboarding’s most infamous shred-mountaineer, the Jeremy Jones. I sat down with the recreational writer to find out how the good life came together for him.How the hell did you get to ride with Jeremy Jones? It took me two months just to get a fifteen-minute phone interview with him?
Jeremy has been phoning me, relentlessly, for over a year now. Finally, while sitting at dinner in Salt Lake, a friend called me out: “You can’t just keep ignoring calls from Jeremy Jones. If he wants to ride with you, just take a few laps with him to cool his big-mountain-jets. I know it’ll suck, but you just have to do it.” So, O’Neill arranged the O’Neill Experience, bringing us to Whistler to finally get it over with and let my phone stop overheating from the constant ringing.
In fact, after month 6 of calls, I finally changed his number from “Jeremy Further” to “Ignore Boarder” in my phone.
In reality, though, I met with Jeremy because Team O’Neill Snow was in Whistler filming for the O’Neill Experience, a web documentary series following the nine-member team. I am so humbled that Jeremy made it here and was willing to work alongside me on some photoshoots. Skiing with my hero was the experience of a lifetime, and calling him a teammate is even crazier.
http://www.tetongravity.com/blogs/Brody-Leven-Goes-Further-With-O%E2%80%99-Neill-6237019.htm
