Wend Magazine - Jeremy Interview on POW

http://www.mygazines.com/issue/51064/21

 

Outside TV picks up "Deeper" as 10 Episode Series

Check out Jeremy on the front page of Outside Television!
www.outsidetelevision.com

 Teton Village, Wyoming — The award-winning producers from leading multimedia action sports brand Teton Gravity Research (TGR) announce the production of an original, exclusive Jeremy Jones' Deeper television series for Outside Television, the only television network dedicated to the active outside enthusiast.

Jeremy Jones' Deeper, a 10 episode series from legendary snowboarder Jeremy Jones and TGR, will premier exclusively on Outside Television this year. The series will give viewers an intense look at the personalities, adventure, drama, and excitement from two years of filming Deeper, showcasing some of the greatest snowboarding adventures on the planet. Pushing the limits, Jones and the crew forego the use of fuel-powered machines and go deeper into the mountains using a simpler method - the human body.

"We're really excited to partner with Outside Television and bring action sports to a larger audience with Jeremy Jones' Deeper," says Steve Jones, TGR co-founder. "The series is about challenging the human spirit, and the desire to go deeper and look around the corner. Each episode will have a pointed goal from start to finish and, whether you're a snowboarder or not, viewers will be able to relate to the trials and tribulations experienced, including failure and success."

An independently owned network, Outside Television is currently available on cable in more than 110 premier resort destinations throughout the United States. The network, which broadcasts in full HD, serves those passionate about adventure travel and adventure sports, including skiing, mountain biking and surfing, and consistently ranks number one in Nielsen ratings in its resort markets. Outside Television is currently in negotiations with several major cable operators as it expands its footprint nationally.

Mother Jones Interview

A Pro Snowboarder's Guide to Climate Change

Shredder and film star Jeremy Jones blames global warming for lackluster snowpack, and he's taking his beef to Capitol Hill. 

http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/12/jeremy-jones-climate-change-snowboarding 

 

A few years ago, Jeremy Jones was cutting up one of his favorite runs down a glacier in Chamonix, the legendary French ski area high in the Aiguilles Rouges mountains. Jones has been a regular at this spot for the last 15 years, coming for a few weeks every winter to hone the skills that have made him one of the world's leading big mountain snowboarders. But on this occasion, he did something he doesn't often do: stop short. The glacier, he said, had receded a few hundred yards up the valley, effectively chopping off the end of his run. "That's kind of a drastic deal," he told me, and not because he was bummed about losing the powder: "Glaciers aren't supposed to move that fast."

The experience was representative of something Jones, 36, said he's been noticing more and more on his globe-crossing expeditions to the world's sweetest slopes: warmer winters, less snow, and generally lame ski conditions. The culprit, he says, is climate change, and it's not just impacting skiers and snowboarders: The $67 billion snow sport industry includes businesses near ski spots and the locals who run them, and their survival depends on robust winters. Just ask ski-area business owners from Vermont to California, who are still slogging through a major bummer of a winter this season. Climate scientists agree that global warming, unsurprisingly, is bad news for snowpack.

To fight back, in 2007 Jones created Protect Our Winters, a nonprofit alliance of snow athletes that raises money and lobbies politicians to pass legislation limiting greenhouse gas emissions and supporting clean energy. This fall, Jones, along with a team of scientists and other snow athletes, traveled to Washington, DC, (where the battle over climate change is "gnarly," he said) to meet with lawmakers from snowy states, including Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.). I called Jones to talk about the link between snowboarding and climate change, and the experience of swapping beanies and down jackets for a suit and tie.

Backcountry Magazine - Jeremy Endorsement

NYLON guys - Jeremy Jones Interview

 

http://nylonguysmagazine.tumblr.com/post/15415300867/the-insider-jeremy-jones 

The pro snowboarder on his partnership with O’Neill, reggae music, and his favorite riding spots.
If you haven’t seen Jeremy Jones in action on the slopes, chances are you’ve spotted him in the awesome new snowboard movie The Art of Flight.  For the past couple decades this pro boarder has wedged his way into the spotlight not only for his impressive tricks, but also for his collaborations with O’Neill, his own line of snowboards, and his organization Protect Our Winters. Bottom line: this guy is making his mark everywhere. Liza Darwin got the lowdown from Jones below.

Further Unplugged #3 / ESPN

Further Unplugged: Mishap in the Tetons

Jimmy Chin, Jeremy Jones and Xavier de Le Rue get into trouble in the Tetons

By Seth Lightcap | ESPN Action Sports

 

Chapter three of Jeremy Jones and Teton Gravity Research's Further Unplugged series begins a two-part story about a backcountry mission that was epic for the wrong reason. The webisode meets Jones, Xavier de Le Rue and ski mountaineer Jimmy Chin in Jackson, Wyoming at the tail end of a storm cycle. The superstar freeride crew has their eyes on filming some big lines in the Teton backcountry once the weather clears, but fate has other plans for them when a recon day goes seriously astray.
The Teton trip was supposed to be epic because it brought together three of the world's foremost ski/shred alpinists with the potential goal of climbing and riding the tallest peak in the range: The Grand Teton. Jones brought the Teton-savvy Chin into the mix as the group's unofficial guide.
"I was just showing them around a bit," said Chin, a humble Jackson local and groundbreaking adventure photographer and filmmaker. "Jeremy and Xavier are very capable in the mountains so 'guide' would be a major overstatement."

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Mark FisherGrand Teton National Park's Sliver couloir.

The trip marked only the second time de Le Rue had been to the Tetons, so no doubt the Frenchman needed some help focusing his window shopping for possible film lines.
"The Tetons are very impressive," said de Le Rue. "Coming back to Jackson after a bunch of years definitely inspired me. There are a bunch of sick looking lines around there."
The crew wasted no time finding one such sick line on their first day exploring Grand Teton National Park after the storm cleared. The posse triple teamed the Sliver couloir, "A relatively mellow line with easy access from the valley," describes Chin.
"We checked out the Sliver couloir as a recon mission to see how things were looking higher up," said Chin. "We had been tracking conditions and taking our time getting a feel for the crew and the snowpack, but we all knew that we had to go up and check out snow conditions to really know what was going on."
As Chin recalls, the avy danger forecasted for that recon day was not too high.
"We weren't hesitant to go climb the Sliver," said Chin. "I can't remember exactly what the danger rating was that day but it was nothing out of the ordinary. Or, at least not a rating that had kept any of us from going out into the backcountry before. Avy ratings are only one indicator of many that we pay attention to."
The descent of the Sliver goes as planned with all three athletes safely ripping the line, but the day's adventure doesn't end with the high fives at the bottom. A serious sucker punch from the mountain gods awaits as the crew makes tracks for the trailhead. Tune in for the conclusion to the story in the fourth of TGR's Further Unplugged series, coming next month.

Men's Journal - Gear of the Year Winner, Jones Snowboards

Transworld Snowboarding Photo Annual - 10 Best Photos of the Year, 2 page spread

Transworld - 12 page Feature, Jeremy and Terje in Svalbard

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Snowboarder - Props to Jer in "Big Mountains are Getting Huge"

"Big Mountains are Getting Huge"

Writer - Blair Habenicht
Jeremy Jones is a rider I always viewed as an anti-hero of snowboarding, not giving much thought to anything else but riding big, scary lines.  And yes, he has been the most recognized big-mountian rider of the decade, but in comparison to the media attention that freestyle commands, Jeremy's past coverage and global influence has been relatively light and directed almost solely at freeriders.  That has changed, tough.  After "Deeper" came out, the increase of backcountry travelers in the Pacific Northwest was undeniable, which I doubt was a geographically isolated incident.

His abandonment of helicopters and snowmobiles in as endearing an endeavor  rider of his caliber has ever taken in an attempt to show the possibilities of riding big lines are hard to get to, yes, but nonetheless available within most snowboarders budgets and locales.  That may not have been his goal, but it was accomplished.  And in branching out by filming and marketing his own signature movie, Jeremy has also managed to capture the attention of another audience that has no real interest in going out and riding the terrain themselves - an audience that see snowboarding as a sport, not a lifestyle.

This is the tipping point for Jeremy, from anti-hero of a lifestyle of riding big mountains, to a hero whose face can now be used to sell headphones at Best Buy.  This is no slight to Jeremy; it simply reflects the current market trends and that his ideas and lifestyle are what people desire in their own existence.

"The people filling up the backcountry are not influenced by mainstream advertising.  They are people that want to keep evolving their snowboarding and get away from crowded resorts.  In this crowded world of constant connectivity and increasing rules and laws, the backcountry is a place to cut yourself off from society and experience freedom." - Jeremy Jones