Inside Out: Photo Essay

Liam Downey portrait: sweet fancy moses! Tim Russell and Colby West debate the consistency of the milkshakes. Harvey looks on in the distance.
Heavy digging at dusk. Berman and JF Houle sculpt the in-run for a down-flat-down. JB ain't afraid to get his hands dirrrrrrty.
Day two saw us back at McGill. Berman welcomed Tim Russell, JD Zicat, and JF Houle into the mix. Tim doesn't fuck around; he got straight to work and skied like it was his job, possibly because it is his job.
Colby West is an entertaining character. Hailing from New Hampshire, he's a very talkative lad who is quick with a joke and the light of a smoke. And he can ski as well...
Colby gets his jib on. Note the total absence of any lip, thus pure ollie steeze can only get you on this metal.
Liam Downey hits the down-flat-down. This rail has been scoped unsuccessfully countless times. Liam managed to grease it clean to switch once before security kindly asked us to leave.
Above: A bearded Joshua Berman prepares his camera for the shoot. Jay Michelfelder( in the white jacket) carefully employs his compass and protractor to calculate the optimal angle for still photography.
Below: Colby West standing atop Berman's monster, possibly the largest drop ramp in the history of the world.



Liam Downey goes through his comprehensive boot buckling regime.

I met up with Liam, Colby West, Josh Berman, and Freedle Coty at the local St-Hubert BBQ. Before hitting our first rail in Montreal, we went back to the hotel to get all of the camera gear together. Liam and Colby digested their dinner by stretching in the hallway, while Berman and Freedle lounged in their room for the most part. Matt Harvey and Jay Michelfelder of Freeskier Magazine met up with us in the parking lot, and we were off to the McGill University Campus.

Man I probably should have put these pictures and captions in the opposite order. What a short-sighted Canadian I am.