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Academy Catalog 2010/2011

Ben Birk — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:31:36 +0000

In the spring of 2009 I spent five days shooting with the Academy team around Donner Pass, Sugar Bowl, and Kingvale. It was a great experience and lead to half a dozen published shots including my first cover. Below are my images that made it into the catalog. Along with a video I shot this winter at Alpine Meadows with team rider Will Bateman demonstrating the new boards.

You can check out the whole catalog on the Academy Site here.

ESPN July Zoom Gallery

Ben Birk — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:39:01 +0000

ESPN published another installment of their Zoom Gallery and my image of Travis Kennedy made the list. See the gallery here. Image was shot on a Canon EOS 1D Mark III with a Canon EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM. Elinchrom Ranger RX with A-Head provided my lighting fired via a pair of PocketWizard Plus IIs.

See the image on flickr by clicking on the photo above.

New Zealand Snowboarder #53

Ben Birk — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:05:18 +0000

Stef Zeestraten took full advantage of this large drop with a smooth and calculated half cab. Now the image resides in the new New Zealand Snowboarder. You can read the issue here http://www.nzsnowboarder.co.nz/home/. This is my first image in this publication so a BIG Thank You to Stef, Phil Erickson, and New Zealand Snowboarder Magazine.

Check out a larger copy of the image and see the camera settings on flickr.

Forest Bailey Interview

Ben Birk — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:30:56 +0000

I just sent the photos over for this interview this morning. The guys at Snowboard Mag are quick. Read the interview and see more photos here.

EastCoast Snowboarding Magazine January 2010

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:15:16 +0000

We had the new ECS arrive at the house last week and inside were two new double pages. First up was Kyle Ryan with large chicken salad grab drop shot at Northstar in California for his Rookie Card. The next image was of Mike Bennett from the 15 inches of snow in Pennsylvania during December. This was the only rail we hit during the two weeks we had snow on the ground. Both riders are good friends and both are kids who deserve to have content of them ran. Big congrats guys.

SBC Resort Guide 2010

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:35:08 +0000

Today in the mail came a copy of SBC’s 2010 resort guide and inside were two of my images. A full page shot of Justin Mullen and a spot shot of Nick Poohachoff. I am stoked on both images but very stoked on Justin’s Shot. Last year there was little snowfall all of January and the early part of February. This shot was taken on February 15th during the first storm we had basically had our whole trip. We were so excited to just get out and ride in the powder. We quickly had learned some easy trails threw the woods at northstar and this rock was the first hit. Justin is a powder pig and has some classy style. Hands down a great buddy and one of my favorite people to shoot with. OYA he’s from PA also.

Comment the shot on flickr.

East Coast Snowboarding Magazine November 2009

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:48:43 +0000

Some more images ran in the new ECS issue. My image of Kade Madsen from SLC ran as his Rookie Card. This is one of my favorite images of the year and I am really glad to see it run. Mike Bennett and Tom Weiss both had images in the Big Boulder Resort Guide section. Lastly Justin Mullen’s hard work paid off with his image of a hugh cliff we shot in Tahoe running as a double page.

See the images on my flickr.

Playboard Magazine #57 & Transworld Vol 23. December 2009

Ben Birk — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:29:02 +0000

This image of Nick Poohachoff is my most successful image to date. It has run as the Cover of Playboard Magazine #57 in Germany as well as a full page in Transworld Snowboard Magazine Vol 23. December 2009 issue. Playboard has popped my cover cherry and very big thank you to them for that.

Here is a little background on the shot that I wrote up for Playboard.

The beam that Nick Poohachoff is Frontside Boardsliding is a beam that supports an abandoned train tunnel that runs threw the backcountry know as ASI around Sugar Bowl Resort. Nick set up this jib and tested it all by himself while we were shooting another feature 500 yards away. Had he caught his nose while he was by himself he easily could have fallen and died and we would have had no idea.

Playboard

Transworld

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Snowboard Magazine December 2009

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:45 +0000

I was told I had a double-page in the new Snowboard Magazine and this was confirmed when my mom picked me up the new copy at the store. This is my first image in their publication and I am really stoked to see the image is the opening spread to the gallery. A big Thank You to Snowboard Magazine.

PS the CO powder guide in this issue has me so excited! Planning the trip now. Check this image out on flickr.

ESPN Zoom Gallery

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:12:18 +0000

I had an image in the Zoom Gallery on ESPN last month. Here is the link to the gallery and a screen shot of the image.

So far this image has ran 3 times this year. Good thing too because it took me going to this spot 4 days in a row to get it.