Shayne Pospisil, Method. Arlberg, Austria. © Jerome Tanon.

Monsieur Tanon has been working with us for a few years now, but we are always and every time amazed by his creativity, and his skills to shoot and develop analog photography. We actually wonder what is the biggest of his passions: snap his odd cameras, or put on his crazy chemist outfit in his lab and try the weirdest way to print his stuff. Anyway, this is one of his creations, and the explanation that goes with it.

Shayne Pospisil – Method – Arlberg, Austria. Silver-gelatin print.

Aperture: f/4
Speed: 1/500th
ISO : 800
Camera: Pentax 67
Lens: Pentax 90 mm
Film : Ilford HP5+ pushed 1 stop
Paper : Ilford MG IV Fiber Matte 30×40 cm

That banger being in the box he went back up for a method as well, for his sole enjoyement!

THE TECH

I shot and processed this black and white film shot as usual, only the light was very dim so I had to push the film to 800 iso, therefore leaving it longer in the developper bath. Pierre Minhondo the main filmer from People and Elias Elhardt hiking back on the side gave me a perfect balance for the framing. The balance and the proportions is the main thing I focus on when looking through the finder. I snapped the “one shot one try” picture and hoped for the best, the best which happened in my darkroom when I made this print with my enlarger. After the exposure, when dodging and burning with tools and hand shadow games is done, instead of putting the paper in the developper bath, I put the chemistery on the paper directly with a brush. It’s a great game to play because the result of each stroke only appears a minute later. It’s usually hard to get a good contrast because the chemicals get used very quickly and stop reacting, but this one worked well.

THE CONTEXT

This galley hip pretty much saved our day in the bad weather of Arlberg. The People crew wanted to make the best out of their trip to Europe and that landing spoke for itself when we found it. A bit of shape later for the inrun and the kicker, Shayne and Elias started flying pretty hard over the lip. Elias was into good old backside airs when Shayne actually did a indy nosebone turned into an un-expected backside 180 in the middle of the air. Crazy. That banger being in the box he went back up for a method as well, for his sole enjoyement.

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Check also our previous one with Matt Georges, and all the others on the Behind The Shot tag.

A bunch of Dakine’s band of shredders made their annual pilgrimage Mt Baker for the Legendary  Banked Slalom and they made a rad edit from their time there. If you don’t know what the LBS is, this will show you why each year dudes all the way from Johnnie Paxson and Curtis Ciszek to Jamie Lynn and Terje Haakonsen make a beeline for Baker. If you know what the LBS is, you’ll want to go there even more after checking this.

Yeah it’s winter proper right know but so what? Springtime shredding’s still funner than a bath full of boobies and this section from People’s new movie, Pretty Wise, pays homage to that fact. It will also make you want to get strapped in whatever the time of year – check it out!

People Films is proud to bring you a whole new group of riders for our 2012 film, Pretty Wise, featuring the natural talents of 11 rising stars and 3 veterans that will no doubt be leaving their indelible impression on the world of snowboarding. 

Featuring: Jason Robinson, Rusty Ockenden, Robbie Walker, Shayne Pospisil, Jake Koia, Lonnie Kauk, Elias Elhardt, Johnny Lazz, Scot Brown, Marco Smolla, Mark Carter, Jason Dubois, Will Lavigne, and Shaun McKay.

Buy PRETTY WISE on iTunes Now!: itunes.apple.com/us/movie/pretty-wise/id570725329

The latest webisode from Smith Eyewear’s secret Idaho R&D facility is freaking HEAVY. Watch Scotty Lago, Shayne Pospisil and Austin Smith spin, slash and stomp some hammers into lots of pow…

Smith have been pumping out their Prospecting Idaho web series for a couple of seasons now, but in case you’re out the loop the skinny is thus: they’ve got a secret R&D powder paradise nestled somewhere in Idaho where, throughout the winter, their team of pros visit and ‘assist with product development’. That R&D looks a hell of a lot like stomping the shit out of pow to us.

The first episode of the season starts things off with a fast paced, teaserish edit featuring Smith homies Scotty Lago, Austin Smith, Shayne Pospisil, Scotty Pike, Desiree Meloncon, Kyle Clancy, Wyatt Caldwell, Taylor Carlton and more getting some…

People Films went through a massive change compared to last winter. Gone are the days of JP Walker and his buddies. But this new crop doesn’t seem to be too bad, either!

Featuring: Jason Robinson, Rusty Ockenden, Robbie Walker, Shayne Pospisil, Jake Koia, Lonnie Kauk, Elias Elhardt, Johnny Lazz, Scot Brown, Marco Smolla, Mark Carter, Jason Dubois, Will Lavigne, and Shaun McKay.

Beer bongs, knives, beatings and great snowboarding in this teaser for the Skeleton Crew’s upcoming v-bomb, Media Offline.

Though the dudes’ aim of making ‘homie movies’ without the pressure of a bigger production remains, there’s no doubt that the riding and the riders in this latest movie to drop from the Skeleton Crew is gonna be the nuts. That’s some crew of homies they got.

As a bonus, here’s their first film, Group Effect, from 2009. A throwback to the days when snowboarding was free of Phantom cams, helicopters and metro-pop.

Check out this gallery of some of the shots our humble editorial iPhone has snapped over this past winter, and follow us on Instagram (@onboardmag) for more of the same.

We couldn’t help but notice that Instagram was bought the other day for the princely sum of $1 billion virtual Facebook credits (or something), and once we’d finished wondering how something that makes no money could be worth so much it reminded us that we’d been meaning to share some of the shots we, ourselves, have been firing out through the photosharing social network.

‘Gramming’ has swiftly become the new buzzword of riders and media alike this winter, so make sure you follow us (@onboardmag) as we’ll be posting a bunch more on-the-ground shots as well as classic archive photos from here on in.