Jake Blauvelt’s killer webisodes roll on with this in-depth look at his crew’s trip to Chile. It’s a mixed bag of highs and lows – they score some of the best snow ever in Nevados de Chillan, only for it to become windblown and bulletproof the next day; they meet the friendliest people but the walkway on the house they stay in collapses and the chimney catches fire; they rip awesome sunset pow but constantly struggle with snow chains.

This is far from your quick-fix interwank webisode – it’s a thorough look at what the life of a pro shredder is really all about. Set yourself aside 20-odd minutes to watch this interesting doco and shreddery mashup.

“If you just kind of have fun and do what you want to do and how you interpret snowboarding everything just kind of comes together.”

Apparently in previous years Jake Blauvelt was always told what to do. Not that this was really that much of a problem, as the East Coast kid grew to become one of the best backcountry riders of our time. However, come new sponsors comes artistic freedom and new projects. Here’s the first teaser for his “Blauvelt’s Backcountry” movie project. It features his stellar riding as well as Terje’s, Nico’s, Matt Ladley’s, Botner’s, Gjermund’s … and the list goes on. Is this the North American counterpart of 9191? Well, not quite, as it will be a Fuel TV show, but it looks banger nonetheless!