Jacob Wester

I don’t really know what to think or write right now, but as you may have heard female pro skier Sarah Burke passed away today, following her tragic accident in Park City last week. I’ve known Sarah since when I first got onto the scene, and she was always smiling, every time I saw her. She lived life to the fullest and was the major driving force in women’s freeskiing since as long as I can remember. May you ski in peace, Sarah. This global family of skiers will never be the same without you, and we will miss you always.

Jacob

Hey whats up everyone, sorry for the radio silence. Just nothing too exciting to post at the moment, but content will come, be so sure!

Decided today to stay here in Breckenridge until X-Games since their jumps are the best on the planet at the moment. I had a spot at the last chance qualifiers at the dew tour in Killington but I think staying here and learning some new tricks for X-Games is a better bet for me. With the sore knee that’s been holding me back I haven’t had enough practice for the 2nd stop of the dew tour and I don’t want to half-ass anything.

Well, in other news, woke up to beautiful blue skis here in Breck and decided to go skiing, but then I saw it’s a -20°F windchill, frostbite warnings and gusts up to 45 mph out there. It’s not going to hurt taking a day off though, been skiing every day since tuesday. Next on the schedule is a left switch dub 10, think I’ve got it? I figured the best way for me to try one is to claim it here on the blog. Next good weather day I’m doing it!

it looks deceivingly pretty. until you open the door.

oh and also: if you haven’t checked it out yet, watch Kelly Sildaru’s latest video. I would be shaking at the knees if I was a professional women’s freeskier;

Alright, next day on the hill I’m bringing out the 7D and some friends. Time to make some edits!

Jacob

So here I am, back at another airport. Sorry for poor blogging these last few days, but I have actually left my camera at home and skied all day instead of shooting any video or photos. Feels good sometimes to just go ski and try to have some fun in these dark days. Sometimes you are reminded of how wrong things can go, and how fragile we really are, something that is very easily forgot.

This is where I have been spending most of my days:

pretty fun place

However I have been collecting some footage of fun rail and jump runs together with Alex Schlopy and his awesome filmer Josh Finbow that you will all see in the near future. Stay tuned!

Jacob

A couple more, enjoy!

looks thin enough.

central park

lightpost art

another lightpost

just one more

sofia on a shopping mission

sofia on a hip hop mission

lightposts just make your photos better. this time in brooklyn.

inside brooklyn flea, a huge flea market inside an old bank.

lots of fun stuff to find in here

thats a bummer.

brooklyn lager, best beer evverrr.

seeing Allison Weiss at Glasslands gallery. super intimate show with only about a hundred people watching. if youre in williamsburg this is where you should go for live music.

Off to the hill right now for some more fun in PC’s park. no big jumps but perfect rails. Stay tuned

Jacob

hard to pick out the good ones but here’s a few for starters:

sheraton tribeca window view

street art of various quality is everywhere in new york

sofia on the hunt for colorful shoes

blingz

i love you, brick wall

the ebony hillbillies at the times square sub station

brand names battling for attention at times square

sofia pigeon chasing

did you know that Bob Dylan’s It ain’t me, babe was written about the statue of liberty? read the lyrics.

sofia at the battery park beachwalk

seagull

you can almost here the money printers running warm

ground zero memorial towers in process

getting lunch at whole foods

So that, photo post took me about an hour, there will be more when I find some better wifi. At the moment we are all waiting for news updates on Sarah Burke, who took a nasty fall in the PC halfpipe today. Send out your love and vibes (and prayers if you’re so inclined).

Jacob

view from rockefeller center. uptown might be a tourist trap, but its pretty rad by night

5 days, 5 nights, tourist traps, 10 mile walks, 1876 photos, endless alleys of record shops, thrift stores, designer boutiques, flea markets, cafés and restaurants later, I’m leaving New York. I can see why people get stuck here, it’s something about big cities like these, where one can become completely anonymous, that just sucks you in. Im writing this from the air, just got on my JFK-SLC flight after leaving Sofia for her journey back home. It’s weird snapping out of big city life, straight into skiing mode, but tomorrow I will be on the hill up at Park City for some pre X Games training with the Monster team. Thought I’d post this quick blog and give you a huge photo post on everything that went down the past week a bit later, so stay tuned, and I’ll be back soon

Jacob

beautiful day on the beach today, headed out for a quick surf while Sofia posted up in the trees, here’s the result:

after 2 hours of surfing alone in the sun we headed back home and right now I am packing my bags for a 5 day New York City vacation with Sofia. If you have any suggestions on cool thing to see and do that are off the beaten tourist path, let us know!

Jacob

Happy new year everyone, hope you all had a great time last night.

Went out with the 7D last night to try to shoot some fireworks. Never tried it before so I’m pretty happy with the results!

Jacob

It’s been a good year, don’t y’all think? Let 2012 be even better!

Jacob and Sofia

For those of you who missed it, Winter Project’s 2010/2011 movie Anima is now available for free viewing online. 30 minutes of Swedish skiing and snowboarding captured beautifully through the eyes of Adam Falk and Nicke Jacobsson. I was hanging out with them for a few days in Stockholm and managed to sneak in 2 shots in the beginning of the movie. Enjoy:

Jacob