Andrew Burns

Well for my next installment I've decided to feature a shot of Andrew Burns from a couple winters ago.  This shot is in Rutherford, my 2nd favourite zone around Whistler.  I can't explain exactly why I like it so much but its mainly because of it's pure size and vastness.  You can go well over a 100 miles in one direction.  Everything is so deceiving.  Small rocks from a distance end up being good 60ft drops and when you think you're near one side there's still another mile to go.

This day was my first day shooting with Kevin Sansalone's Sandbox.  I had never met any of the riders before but ended up shooting with Andrew, Rube Goldberg and Max Ritchie.  New crews are always fun as you end up meeting new people and usually good friends.

Andrew picked out this line that looked pretty mellow.  More of a warm up for the rest of the day.  It had some nice pow turns above, a decent drop, and then a couple more turns below it.  As Andrew was coming off the cliff his sluff had caught up with him and as he was launching off the cliff the new storm snow around the take off all slid off to make this beautiful waterfall.  The picture is possibly deceiving in that it might look like a serious avalanche but fortunately just a small sluff that made for a great photo.

Good day!

-kirby