Snowboard Wallpaper – Jeremy Jones, AK Line
Jeremy Jones has been straightlining faces like this his whole career. He’s not about to stop now. Download this shot for your desktop below…
July 1, 2011
Whitelines Magazine - Jeremy Snowboard Wallpaper
Jeremy Jones has been straightlining faces like this his whole career. He’s not about to stop now. Download this shot for your desktop below…
June 29, 2011
Snowboard Magazine - "Going Further in June with Jeremy Jones"
When it becomes too steep to skin, fire up the Chevrolegs and tackle the Eastern Sierra stairmaster. Photo: Jeff Curley
For more info on Jeremy Jones' latest project "Further," head over to tetongravity.com/further.
Halfway through the follow up to Deeper, Jeremy Jones has taken his adventures "Further" into the mountain ranges of planet earth than most could dream, showing that with some ambition and a little giddy-up, riding lines once deemed inaccessible is no less a reality than a snowboard that turns into skis and back into a snowboard again. In his own words, Jones talks about riding powder in June and why sometimes the best-kept secrets are right out your back door… and of course camping near the North Pole.
Looking down one of the first lines of the trip with a million year old lake in the background. Photo: Jeff Curley
Further is an extension of Deeper. I learned with Deeper that I could go anywhere and that the world’s mountain ranges were truly open to me. Through these experiences I have gotten better and better at accessing these remote areas. So "Further" is just one step, um, further than Deeper (laughs). Were going a little bit more exotic with the locations as well, adding another layer.
Filmer Chris Edmunds finds his angle. Photo: Jeff Curley
June 10, 2011
Jeremy speaks at High School for POW's Hot Planet/Cool Athletes program
Jeremy Jones & Nick Visconti Speak About Climate Change
Protect Our Winter’s Hot Planet/Cool Athletes
Between their two assemblies, 500 students at Truckee, CA High School got schooled on climate change. Jeremy’s presentation prompted the school’s band teacher, aptly named Mr. Green, to come up with a collective DoOneThing [to fight climate change] for his students. By the end of Visconti’s presentation, Mr. Green had gotten the go-ahead from the forest service for his students to plant a grove of trees on a ridgeline outside of town where all forestation had been wiped out by a massive fire years back. By all accounts, teachers at Truckee High said that the students were talking about the assemblies for the rest of the day and many seemed to have caught a bug for environmentalism.
Photos courtesy of Kealan Shilling
Hot Planet/Cool Athletes, the acclaimed climate assembly hosted by pro snow sports athletes, visited Truckee High school yesterday with Jeremy Jones and Nick Visconti. An educator with Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) gave students a clear overview of the current climate crisis, colored by Jeremy and Nick’s perspectives that uniquely conveyed the impact of climate change along and what’s ahead if we don’t take action to reduce carbon emissions.
Recently home from a trip to the Arctic, POW Founder Jeremy Jones was welcomed by an enthusiastic and packed Truckee High School auditorium for his presentation of Hot Planet/Cool Athletes. Jeremy shared with the students his own experiences that inspired him to get involved with fighting climate change along with insight as to the power they (youth) have to make a difference. “I spend a lot of time with marketing people at these companies and what they are all trying crack is what you – the youth demographic – want. As purchasers and tomorrow’s leaders you have a lot of power to influence corporations to make responsible decisions,” he said.
The energy and enthusiasm from Jeremy’s presentation carried over to the 11:35 presentation when Nick Visconti, hosted a second presentation of Hot Planet/Cool Athletes. Captivating the audience with his snowboard trickery (footage) and age-appropriate jokes, Nick was able to convey his wealth of climate knowledge and relationship with the mountain to enthused and open ears. “Talking at [Hot Planet/Cool Athletes] assemblies has been a beautiful experience because it allows for direct face-to-face communication with youth,” said Visconti.
The Hot Planet/Cool Athletes program is a collaboration between snow sports nonprofit Protect Our Winters (POW) and ACE which blends ACE’s acclaimed multimedia presentation on climate science and solutions with personal stories from pro snow sport athletes about climate change and its effects on our mountains. Since its launch in January 2011, Hot Planet/Cool Athletes has reached thousands of high school students in Colorado, Utah, California and Nevada.
April 18, 2011
Adventure Journal - Jeremy and Xavier on the Grand Teton
Jeremy Jones and Xavier de le Rue Aim to Snowboard the Grand Teton
byTake two of the world’s top big-mountain snowboarders and turn them loose in the Tetons…Xavier de le Rue parachuted into Jeremy Jones’s back yard recently, with riding the Grand as the ultimate goal. Weather would prove to be a challenge, as it so often is in that part of the world, but the boys light it up anyway. Nice work in the second season and a little inspiration to go shred some north-facing coolies.
April 1, 2011
March 4, 2011
Frequency - Interiew on "Further" and Jones Snowboards
Caught Up with Jeremy Jones: On His New Movie "Further" and the Growth of Jones Snowboards
Since we did an interview with Jeremy Jones in frequency TSJ #8.3, Jones has been a busy man, touring Deeper, launching the second year product line for Jones Snowboards, and beginning work on Further, the two-year film follow-up to Deeper, which will drop in the fall of 2012. We caught up with Jones yesterday at his home in Tahoe, fresh off a trip to Japan to kick off filming for Further to talk about the new movie and more.
CW: How have you been?
JJ: I’ve been well.
CW: Have you been in Tahoe most of the year?
JJ: I was here all winter, then on February 5th I went to Japan and I just got back from there, we were there three and a half weeks. We had great snow and got into some really cool terrain. It was a pretty bitchin’ trip, but always good to be home.
CW: I bet the family’s happy to have you home.
JJ: For sure.
CW: Can you tell me a bit about the new movie [Further]?
JJ: Further, for me… well Deeper was me going to places that I was really familiar with, then crossing this imaginary boundary into the unridden realm of these areas that have become almost my home ranges, places I’ve gone back to year after year for ten or fifteen years. So with Further the idea is to switch things up… what I learned with Deeper gave me confidence and fresh eyes. I look at the world’s mountains with a new perspective. I look at them and go, “There’s nothing that I consider too far for riding.” So Further is about getting to some exotic places that I’ve always wanted to ride and taking the show on the road; taking the knowledge I’ve learned in the snowpacks and ranges that I’m familiar with, and taking that to places where I’m somewhat starting from scratch.
CW: Would you consider Japan to be in that realm?
JJ: Yeah. I’ve wanted to get to Japan for a while, I’ve always ridden on the north island, but I wanted to get into the bigger mountains of Japan. It was really cool, it was humbling—we dealt with severe weather, some of the coldest camping and gnarliest winds I’ve dealt with anywhere. But in the end we rode some great stuff.
CW: What about the crew; are you rolling with the same people as Deeper?
JJ: Well we have some new guys for sure. The crew is evolving—I’m getting ready to go to the Arctic Circle in Norway at the end of April, to this small island, which is the closest major land mass to the Arctic Circle, and I’m going there with Terje [Haakonsen]. We’ll see how it all shakes up. Forrest [Shearer] and [Josh] Dirksen were on this Japan trip. There are a couple guys—like Terje for example—that I want to bring into the mix, people who I think would really enjoy the style of trips that I’m doing, but a lot of them are people who also have the biggest schedule and it’s hard to get them off their film grind.
CW: Are people coming to you after Deeper and getting stoked on the whole splitboarding and camping program?
JJ: Yeah, but it’s still… it’s funny, because there were a handful of guys I tried really hard to get on the Deeper trip—friends of mine—and I know if I got them on a trip they would really enjoy it and have a fresh perspective and experience that would affect their snowboarding. So when Deeper was done, a lot of those guys reached out and said they were in for this next one [Further]. But once we got into it and when trips get closer, guys start backing out and going back to their normal program—staying in their comfort zone. So we’ll see how that shakes out.
CW: Further will be a two year film as well?
JJ: Yeah, this is a two year project so we still have some time. Terje was one of the first guys to be totally committed to it, which is really exciting, and hopefully I can wrangle a couple of other guys that I really look up to as well.
CW: What other spots are on your hit list right now?
JJ: Well it’s an evolving deal. I’m researching probably five or six spots, and I’ll go into next year having narrowed it down to maybe four spots and then watch and see which ones are getting decent snow and have a good snowpack, then narrow that down to two spots. It’s hard to say—yet to be determined.
CW: Switching it up a bit—how has Deeper and all of this impacted Jones boards? You looked pretty busy at SIA [The Snowsports Industry of America trade show].
JJ: It’s kinda along the lines of Deeper—you know I started out to do this splitboard movie and thought I’d lose all my sponsors, and the snowboard industry would call me crazy, and I’d fall out of the limelight. But Deeper was received really well—and it’s the same kind of thing, starting a snowboard company targeted at more of an all-mountain freeride crowd, boards made for riding the whole mountain; I went in with very low expectations. But the response has far surpassed what I ever imagined. So that’s been really exciting.
CW: That’s good to hear.
JJ: Well there are all these shredders who are still really into riding, but who have kinda been off in their own world. It’s also the most passionate part of the sport, which is great to be in—you know, guys who are in it for life. Their response has been great, it’s been really cool to see some guys who have been riding for a long time get so excited to ride a new kind of board; to feel a new turn and have a new experience.
All the team riders and people riding the boards, the more time we get on them, the more we’re like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never felt that on a snowboard.’ So that’s kind of the coolest thing. It’s a lot of why I started the company, because I knew there was more to be done with snowboard design—and it’s rad to be able to reap those rewards in the mountains.
CW: How have you been?
JJ: I’ve been well.
CW: Have you been in Tahoe most of the year?
JJ: I was here all winter, then on February 5th I went to Japan and I just got back from there, we were there three and a half weeks. We had great snow and got into some really cool terrain. It was a pretty bitchin’ trip, but always good to be home.
CW: I bet the family’s happy to have you home.
JJ: For sure.
CW: Can you tell me a bit about the new movie [Further]?
JJ: Further, for me… well Deeper was me going to places that I was really familiar with, then crossing this imaginary boundary into the unridden realm of these areas that have become almost my home ranges, places I’ve gone back to year after year for ten or fifteen years. So with Further the idea is to switch things up… what I learned with Deeper gave me confidence and fresh eyes. I look at the world’s mountains with a new perspective. I look at them and go, “There’s nothing that I consider too far for riding.” So Further is about getting to some exotic places that I’ve always wanted to ride and taking the show on the road; taking the knowledge I’ve learned in the snowpacks and ranges that I’m familiar with, and taking that to places where I’m somewhat starting from scratch.
CW: Would you consider Japan to be in that realm?
JJ: Yeah. I’ve wanted to get to Japan for a while, I’ve always ridden on the north island, but I wanted to get into the bigger mountains of Japan. It was really cool, it was humbling—we dealt with severe weather, some of the coldest camping and gnarliest winds I’ve dealt with anywhere. But in the end we rode some great stuff.
CW: What about the crew; are you rolling with the same people as Deeper?
JJ: Well we have some new guys for sure. The crew is evolving—I’m getting ready to go to the Arctic Circle in Norway at the end of April, to this small island, which is the closest major land mass to the Arctic Circle, and I’m going there with Terje [Haakonsen]. We’ll see how it all shakes up. Forrest [Shearer] and [Josh] Dirksen were on this Japan trip. There are a couple guys—like Terje for example—that I want to bring into the mix, people who I think would really enjoy the style of trips that I’m doing, but a lot of them are people who also have the biggest schedule and it’s hard to get them off their film grind.
CW: Are people coming to you after Deeper and getting stoked on the whole splitboarding and camping program?
JJ: Yeah, but it’s still… it’s funny, because there were a handful of guys I tried really hard to get on the Deeper trip—friends of mine—and I know if I got them on a trip they would really enjoy it and have a fresh perspective and experience that would affect their snowboarding. So when Deeper was done, a lot of those guys reached out and said they were in for this next one [Further]. But once we got into it and when trips get closer, guys start backing out and going back to their normal program—staying in their comfort zone. So we’ll see how that shakes out.
CW: Further will be a two year film as well?
JJ: Yeah, this is a two year project so we still have some time. Terje was one of the first guys to be totally committed to it, which is really exciting, and hopefully I can wrangle a couple of other guys that I really look up to as well.
CW: What other spots are on your hit list right now?
JJ: Well it’s an evolving deal. I’m researching probably five or six spots, and I’ll go into next year having narrowed it down to maybe four spots and then watch and see which ones are getting decent snow and have a good snowpack, then narrow that down to two spots. It’s hard to say—yet to be determined.
CW: Switching it up a bit—how has Deeper and all of this impacted Jones boards? You looked pretty busy at SIA [The Snowsports Industry of America trade show].
JJ: It’s kinda along the lines of Deeper—you know I started out to do this splitboard movie and thought I’d lose all my sponsors, and the snowboard industry would call me crazy, and I’d fall out of the limelight. But Deeper was received really well—and it’s the same kind of thing, starting a snowboard company targeted at more of an all-mountain freeride crowd, boards made for riding the whole mountain; I went in with very low expectations. But the response has far surpassed what I ever imagined. So that’s been really exciting.
CW: That’s good to hear.
JJ: Well there are all these shredders who are still really into riding, but who have kinda been off in their own world. It’s also the most passionate part of the sport, which is great to be in—you know, guys who are in it for life. Their response has been great, it’s been really cool to see some guys who have been riding for a long time get so excited to ride a new kind of board; to feel a new turn and have a new experience.
All the team riders and people riding the boards, the more time we get on them, the more we’re like, ‘Oh my god, I’ve never felt that on a snowboard.’ So that’s kind of the coolest thing. It’s a lot of why I started the company, because I knew there was more to be done with snowboard design—and it’s rad to be able to reap those rewards in the mountains.
March 1, 2011
Men's Fitness Interview
Jeremy Jones: snowboarding's king of the mountain shares his secrets for fitness, motivation, and saving the planet
by Noah Johnson
* Like most thrill-seeking back-country boarders, this icon once used helicopters and snowmobiles to reach the world's most enticing snowcapped peaks. Not anymore. Now the 36-year-old star of dozens of different snowboarding flicks hikes to those regions, forsaking motorized transportation altogether. In so doing, he's changed the way people ride backcountry. Next? Change the world. MF caught up with the founder and CEO of Protect Our Winters, a nonprofit environmental center for winter sports, to find out just what in the hell he's thinking.
February 25, 2011
Men's Fitness - "How to Survive and Avalanche" by Jeremy Jones
How to Survive an Avalanche
Doing a little backcountry exploration? Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones gives his five tips for making it back to the lodge alive
No matter the conditions, think: "What happens if this slope slides?" Avoid terrain traps like gullies, tree groves, and cliffs.
2.) Be Patient
Ninety percent of avalanches happen during or within 24 hours of a storm. Give fresh fallen snow time to settle before you go for a ride.
3.) Think Steep
Remember your math. The most dangerous terrain is at exactly 38 degrees—the angle where snow is most likely to slide. Steeper slopes don't hold as much snow.
4.) Check the Calendar
The majority of avalanche deaths are in December, January, and the beginning of February. March, April, and May are much safer.
5.) Know the Avalanche Forecast
Go to avalanche.org before skiing or snowboarding in the backcountry. It could save your life.
February 15, 2011
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