Helly Hansen

Setting up a summer night shoot at Mt. Hood, Oregon is no easy task. Besides the usual requisites of insurance, snow cats, sleds, patrol, lighting, riders, etc., Hood separates the men from the boys with a hefty (think 3 zeros) access fee. Needless to say, firing strobes and capturing summer action during Mt. Hood's vibrant golden hour is usually left to the pros. Thanks to Trevor Graves, Tim Zimmerman and the HCSC staff, a group of lucky HCSC Photo Session campers got the opportunity to play with Pocket Wizards and blast off some 7B Profoto kits in front of the blazing sunset. Jake Knigge, the Helly Hansen rider pictured, rounded off his first summer on the glacier by playing the role of stunt monkey at the photo session night shoot. Jake is a Colorado native who is known as much for his friendly easy-going personality, fierce work ethic, and his ability to always have his head on his shoulders as his cat like snow sliding and spinny-flip abilities. Jake dropped countless hand plants and ollies onto sketchy transitions literally until the sun went down while the campers honed their light balancing and artful compositions. Thanks to photo camper Travis Petersen for these banger shots!