Hey everyone!

So I’m finally back in Austria after spending 10 days in the US. I headed out to do some early season poster signings in New York and Minnesota then went over to Seattle to hang out with the crew over at Ride Snowboards. From jet setting between multiple cities for poster signings, photos shoots and brand meetings I pretty much had my trip planned out for me.

The first order of business on my trip was to help out Ride with some poster signings and attend a few premiers of the new Ride team movie. Ride had invited myself and Hana Beaman to come attend a couple of stops on the movie’s promo tour. The first was in Minneapolis at the Mall Of America (insane by the way) and the second was in New York. The crowds that gathered were huge, one guy played a live song in front of us and the security team asked to take a photo with us. If they were able to pronounce my name they would win a free Ride snowboard!!!

After the the stop in Minneapolis we flew to Seattle to meet up with the rest of the international team. After getting reacquainted, work kicked in and we shot some photos for the new catalog and sat down for some meetings. (Lots of talking…)

All in all it was a fun trip. It was cool to spend time with the rest of the Ride team as well as all the people behind the scenes that run the brand.

Finally the season is underway and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m headed back to the US in the start of December to hopefully get some shots. There has been tons of snow hitting the Pacific Northwest and I must follow.

Talk to you soon,

Fichtl