2011 was the winter that just didn’t stop. Unfortunately I had broken my wrist whilst sledding in April and I had to take a few weeks off. When we had one last dump and I heard the Poorboyz guys were heading for a sunrise shoot on this particular zone I knew I had to try and get up there, one handed! The zone gets the very first rays of light as the sun crests the horizon and I guarantee you were all in bed as Dane was skiing this line. Due to my temporary disability I was running a little behind the other guys on the way up there as just as I reached the zone I could see Dane on top preparing to drop in. I panicked a bit and whilst trying to bring my sled to a stop in a good spot I rolled it over, luckily right where I wanted it though as there was no way I could flip it back again with one wrist in a cast.
This image appeared in an article about Dane which ran in Freeskier magazine and was shot with a Canon 1dMK4 and a Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS @ f6.3 , iso500, 1/1600
You can view the original image on my archive HERE . Prints and licensing are available.
As well as being a senior photographer for Skier Magazine in Canada, Dan Carr also shoots commercial photos for many of the ski and snowboard industry's biggest companies and resorts. His work can be seen across the globe in snowy magazines from Japan to Canada and everywhere in between.
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Wow Dan. Still working hard with a broken wrist!
haha yeah ! The thing about this type of photography is you only get a small window of time in the year to do it. So I wanted to try and get a couple more shots in. As it turns out though it was quite painful and too difficult so this was the last day that I sledded last winter.
you are a photographer or a ski fins?
I’m a photographer , the website is called The Ski Photographer
What is a ski fins ?