Video Stoke From Seasons Past

With the colder weather and the growing anticipation for the upcoming season I have been brought back into my archives of seasons past.
Check out some of the videos.

Let them get you stoked on riding the endless white wave that winter brings!!

Behind The Scenes Of HP&M: Shaun Raskin from Telemark Skier Magazine on Vimeo.

Make sure to get your stoke on by hitting one of these tour dates from Telemark skier Mag.

• WORLD PREMIERE  9/30/Thurs – Golden, CO @ American Mountaineering Center – Showtime TBD – ALL AGES
• 10/5/Tue – Ft. Collins, CO @ Lyrics Cinema Cafe – Showtime 7pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/6/Wed – Ft. Collins, CO @ Lyrics Cinema Cafe – Showtime 7pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/7/Thurs – Boulder, CO @ The Dark Horse – Showtime 8pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/9/Sat – Edwards, CO @ Kirby Cosmos – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door
• 10/13/Wed – Logan, UT @ USU Outdoor Recreation Center – Showtime 7pm – $8/$4 Students @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/14/Thurs – Salt Lake City, UT @ Brewvies – Showtime 8pm – $8 @ Door – 21+
• 10/15/Fri – Park City, UT @ Star Bar – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door – 21+
• 10/16/Sat – Brian Head, UT @ The Lift Bar – Showtime 8pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/19/Tues – Boise, ID @ Idaho Mtn Touring – Doors @ TBA – Showtime @ TBA – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/20/Wed – Sun Valley, ID @ Whiskey Jacques – Showtime 8:00pm – $10 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/21/Thurs – Jackson Hole, WY @ The Mangy Moose – Showtime 8:30pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/22/Fri –Bozeman, MT @ The Eagles – Showtime 7:30 – $8 @ Door
• 10/23/Sat – Helena, MT @ The Base Camp – Doors @ 6:30pm – Showtime @ 7pm - $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/26/Tue – Whitefish, MT @ The Great Northern – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/27/Wed – Missoula, MT @ The Roxy Theatre – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 10/28/Thur – Sandpoint, ID @ The Panida Theater(small)- Showtime 7:30pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 11/3/Wed – Seattle, WA @ EVOs – Showtime 9:00pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 11/4/Thurs – Portland, OR @ Mountain Shop – Doors @ 7:30 Showtime @ 8pm – $8 @ Door – All Ages
• 11/5/Fri – Hood River, OR @ Dog River Coffee – Showtime 8:00pm – $6 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 11/6/Sat – Bend, OR @ Pine Mtn Sports – Showtime 8:00pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 11/9/Tue – Eugene, OR @ Oakshire Brewery – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door
• 11/11/Thurs – San Francisco @ Sports Basement – Free Beer From 6-7 – Showtime @ 7pm – $5 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 11/12/Fri – South Lake Tahoe @ Mo’s Place – Doors @ 7pm – Showtime @ 8pm – $8 @ Door
• 11/13/Sat – Tahoe City, CA @ Sawtooth Ridge Cafe – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 11/30/Tue – Breckenridge, CO @ 320 South Main – Doors @ TBD – Showtime @ TBD – $8 @ Door – 21+
• 12/1/Wed – Steamboat Springs, CO @ Howelsen Hill – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 12/3/Fri – Crested Butte, CO @ The Majestic Theater – Showtime 8pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 12/4/Sat Denver, CO @ Wilderness Exchange Unlimited – Showtime TBD – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 12/9/Thurs Ellicottville, NY @ The Ellicottville Depot - Doors @ TBD – Showtime @ TBD – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 12/18/Sat Waitsfield, VT @ The Big Picture – Showtime 8pm – $8 @ Door – ALL AGES
• 2/23/Wed Girdwood, AK @ Sitzmark Bar & Grill/Alyeska Resort - Doors @ 6pm – Showtime @ 7pm – $5 @ Door

From AK to Moab… The Good Life… The Interview

Check out the latest edit from Josh Madsen and Telemark Skier Magazine!!

Behind The Scenes Of HP&M: Shaun Raskin

Atlantic Coast For Some Family and Friend Time

When the ski season looks like the days of the huge storms are coming to an end, I have become accustom to hitting the road and heading east to catch up with family and childhood friends.

Yet another system lines up to hit the Wasatch with even more late Spring snow

So like I do every year, I booked my flight and made my annual migration to NY to spend some time with my family. However, this season as I hit the skies heading east I could not see that close behind me an endless storm cycle of snow was going to blanket over 50inches of the fresh white stuff over Utah. The weather in Utah has definitely caught most off guard, with many of my friends itching to ride bikes, but still feeling the need to buckle up their boots and get after the fresh because…well… “this might be the last storm of the season”.

Riverside Bike path overlooking the Hudson River

While it is quite tempting to jump in a plane and head back west to join my friends in the April and May powder crazed emotion, I realize that as a professional skier in the winters and a full time guide in the summer times, these short couple months between seasons are some of the only time I get to see family and childhood friends.

Reuniting with some High School friends

So I stick to the plan, spending a week at my childhood home northwest of Manhattan, watching my mom walk down the isle with the man of her dreams, spending time with my grand parents who taught me how to ski way before I can remember, and kicking back with my cousins aunts and uncles.

Rita and Phil, The Matriarch and the Patriarch of the Family and the ones who introduced me to skiing

Rolling on the Subway with one of my bestfriends Rachel

After soaking up the family love I head into my sanctuary outside of the rugged world of jagged peaks and swooping valleys, New York City has been a place of inspiration and comfort for me since the time I can remember. Whether it’s the rhythm of the subway cars vibrating beneath the busy city streets, or the collective energy of 1.5 million people living within 22miles of one another, the city has always spoken volumes to me. So I use it to revive my cultural and spiritual being, as well as to catch up with some great friends from my past, before heading south to Miami to catch up with my father.

Luch time in Manhattan's Financial District

Welcome to Miami

Miami is a strange place to find yourself when you still have a goggle tan, a stark white body, and an alternative sense life. None the less, the bleach blond hair, fake boobs, and overly tanned bodies can be something to appreciate and like any community, there are misfits, hippies, and punks in Miami, you just might need to look a bit harder to find them. One of those who has always beaten to his own drum of life is my father, and while his New Yorker heart still flutters irregularly with out the city’s bustle keeping him on beat, he is still staying true to himself in the city of plastic. Getting to spend time with him is always special.

Sunset with Downtown Miami in the background

Papa Bear!!

So with my soul, now filled by family and friends, I am in the airport heading back to Salt Lake City, where yet another storm cycle is expected to hit and I will return to the mountains to join my friends and industries in excitement over this fluke endless winter!