Summer Powder Day

Although 3 feet of fresh Chilean Powder isn't ideal for training, it's ideal to appease the mind and soul. During our training camp in La Parva we were lucky enough to get both decent Downhill and Super G training as well as some great days of powder skiing! After a big storm socked us in for a couple days we were antsy and ready to take advantage of the blue bird day and we charged the mountain as a team. Even though there are "no friends on powder days;" Marco Sullivan, Scott Macartney, Steven Nyman, Erik Fisher, Chris Beckman, Rewk Patton, and I stuck together for most of the day. After a few runs in bounds we decided to take our chances off piste and head over to some steeper and more challenging terrain in the Andes back country. It was so good we kept going back for more and I couldn't help but throw on the head cam and capture it. The video is of our hike that took us above 10,000 feet and into some chutes and bowls you dream about on a powder day. The view was incredible and we could still see Santiago, Chile's capital, below. After a few runs we decided to stick around and do one more sunset run before dark. Enjoy...

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• bryonfriedman said August 26, 2008

  

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  • LBegin replied May 05, 2009

    amazing shot, wish I could ski that some day.
• bryonfriedman said August 26, 2008

  

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• saroth said August 26, 2008

  HI Bryon! Your video and photos from Chile are amazing! For an avid skiier stuck in the Northern Hemisphere, It's nice to see and hear about a powder day. Makes me look forward to ski season and try to think of it as just around the corner! Loved your song also. Anywhere I can download it?
  Thanks,
  Sari Hitchins
  Hoboken, NJ

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  • bryonfriedman replied August 26, 2008

    Hey Sari...glad you liked the video and pics. It's kind of weird to be skiing powder in the middle of Summer, but I didn't think twice! Anyway, all of my music is downloadable on i-Tunes. Just search for my name or album "Road Sodas" and you will find it.
    
    Thanks for listening...
    • saroth replied August 27, 2008

      I actually went on iTunes last night and downloaded. Great album. Look forward to the new one this fall!
• pelechati said August 26, 2008

  Hi Bryon,
  
  Sick video man. Can't wait for Winter here in Cali. Until then its football time. Who is your favorite team?

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  • bryonfriedman replied August 26, 2008

    My favorite pro team is the Atlanta Falcons...I was born there so I'm kind of partial to them since we didn't have a team in Utah. What about yours?
• Smiley said August 27, 2008

  Geez, that video makes me want to ski!!!!!!

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• bryanh said August 27, 2008

  Oh damn, great video. Better summer skiing, Chile or Argentina?

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• bryonfriedman said August 28, 2008

  I've never skied Argentina but I hear Las Lenas is a great place to go!

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• bryanh said August 29, 2008

  Thanks, sounds like i need to hit up both next summer!

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• Skimom said September 28, 2008

  Bryon - Great video and fantastic song (I just downloaded it from iTunes). We were skiing in La Parva the same week and could not believe our luck to have great powder and get to see you and the boys train. Watching your video brought back some great memories of those 2 weeks in an incredible place for ski junkies like us. You might remember the 6 kids from Waterville that you chatted with and signed their helmets. I am the mom of 2 of those kids. You really inspired them and motivated them. Thanks to you, Scott, Steve and Marco for taking the time to talk with them and for being great role models.
  Have a great season . . . your skiing is looking great!
  Heard you are Dartmouth grad . . . so am I. Regards, Anne-Marie Keane (D '88)

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• bryonfriedman said September 30, 2008

  Thanks for the comment...glad we could inspire your kids! Hope to see you around the circuit one of these days. Bryon
  
  by the way i was class of '02....

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• yuiyuiyui said November 16, 2008

  Hi Byron - Love you most when you are skiing .
  You look so cool ( more cool that the snow :)
  YUI

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• wagsski said May 01, 2009

  Hi "B" Man, any ski video is great, love steve in his orange hat, great song to go with video. glad "Scotty" is recovered and back on skis, best to all you guys, Wags (michigan)

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