South America Snow Sessions had the great pleasure of hosting Mary Fenton this August, the head of ESPN’s action sports stronghold, EXPN.com. Mary crushed lines, photos, and meat while she was down here and had a short but rippin time with the SASS crew. Not sure if we rubbed off a little bit too [...]
More media coming out of the SASS camp. I figured I would give Dunfee a break from looking at all the photos to do this version of the SASS photo post. He has been drinking way too much mate lately, and I am pretty sure I saw photos of him rooting around in the Rock [...]
As the saying goes, "that’s it, that’s all." Three and a half feet on Monday… Six feet at the top of Cerro Catedral as of yesterday afternoon… 55 inches in the past 12 hours. Our cabs were barely able to make it out of the mountain after the Cindy Santini/ Marc B./ One Life concert [...]
SASS coach Chris Coulter has been leading the charge on a lot of the backcountry missions the clients at SASS have been taking, including the recent couloir assault from the Emilio Frey hut. Coulter’s been keeping pretty good track of what’s been going on here in Bariloche and you can get a pretty good idea of [...]
The good folks over at Transworld Snowboarding caught onto the word that anyone who comes down for the adults-only VIP Session from September 4th-12th is going to have a chance to win a $2500 2011 gear kit from our sponsors, setting you up with brand new gear from head to toe for the 2011 slay [...]
SASS client and Jackson Hole ripper Cam Fitzpatrick has been slaying it at SASS, and had one of the best sessions of his life on the Condor hip jump, landing his first double right to his feet (catch him on the slay mission in the Session 2 podcast). After that epic session, media intern Conor [...]
SASS full-timer Ryan Dunfee, stuck at the base of the mountain with a broken ankle after a failed June mission to complete 12 months of skiing in a row, has become increasingly bitter as the snow keeps falling down here in Bariloche, standing at the door of the Hosteria Valle del Sol on his crutches [...]
Session 2 Snowboard Podcast: Camper Jake Larue running train on the step-up, the Jackson Hole crew doing some serious work with the rest of the SASS crew on the Condor "doubles hip," filmer Jon "The Fat Kid" Conway getting his own licks, Skylar throttling Catedral backcountry chutes, and camper Timmy Tausig, fresh off a [...]
So Mark Abma from 1 Step left us on Wednesday after spending a bit of his summer helping us out bigtime with our sustainability projects. Recovering from a knee injury suffered heli skiing in March, Mark could be seen at all hours on the SASS compound pounding nails for the greenhouse, taking apart pallets for [...]
The Emilio Frey hut sits off the back of Cerro Catedral, in a huge valley with straight-up peaks and gnarly couloirs in every direction. It’s a perfect training ground for campers to get the true backcountry shred experience with elements of winter camping, skinning, bootpacking chutes, and riding and hiking with enough food and gear [...]
Squaw local and SASS camper Peter Wentz has been getting it done during the first two sessions here in Argentina. He’s been making moves with Michelle Parker and James Heim on the slopes and the improvement really shows. Want to ski like Pete? We still have spots available during the VIP Session September 4th-12th and [...]
While it’s not been quite as deep as Session 1, around here, that doesn’t mean there’s not pow to be had. Here’s some shots of the Session 2 group slaying it before the monster four-day storm shows up this Sunday. Thomas Tikos-Kadij Photos: [...]
Jesse Huffman from ESPN.com Snowboarding caught up with SASS’s Director of Sustainability, Ryan Dunfee, about all the sustainability projects going down in Bariloche this summer. We’re just about to test our first batch of biodiesel and the greenhouse just needs a few more bottles before it’s down. Big thanks again to Mark Abma from 1 [...]
Our homie Brian Christiano from 24DP is in the middle of a guerrilla ad campaign in New York City right now for the Move Fresh campaign with Flate Rate Moving and SASS Global Travel, with extras dressed in full shred gear in the middle of the summer city heat. Pretty wild to see! This is [...]
Just another quick set of blower turns and powder landings at SASS with guide Miles Clark. Send it! Sending it with Miles Clark SHARE!
You haven’t seen too many park shots this summer because frankly, the snow’s been so good Laguna laps, Nubes chute runs, and drops off "the playground" have filled out the days. But, Josh Lempert from Snow Grind Technologies has been over by the triple building and reshaping the park since mid-July. Media Intern Conor Ahearn [...]
Sick of being in the office or sweating it out outside? Want to shred pow during Argentina’s best winter in 6 years? Want to win $2500 worth of 2011 shred gear? Then get involved! If you come down to the adults-only VIP Session from September 4th-12th, you will automatically be entered to win a brand new [...]
Session 1 was all-time; great snow, incredible conditions, and campers and coaches alike quickly pushing their skills into the backcountry of Cerro Catedral. On one of the last days of Session 1, a couple of the snowboarders decided they were ready to step up and attack a serious couloir off the back of Catedral. With [...]
With New England roots and a New Hampshire office, SASS & SGT are proud East Coasters and all skated around with "I’m an East Coast Kid" stickers on our boards when we were little rats at the skatepark. After getting to know Rooster, Rogge, Geoff, and the Meatheads crew this winter, we were stoked [...]
Initially, when you think about SASS, images of cliff drops and endless powder fields in the Andes come to mind. However, SASS also provides the opportunity for campers to tie in their own interests. For example, first-time camper Conor Ahearn has a growing passion for film and decided to take his passion down to [...]
