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Getting all emo and excited to be riding pow pow in the Bosnian backcountry.
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Old war barrack near the lodge we were staying at.
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84' Olympic long jumps, you can see bomb holes from their semi-recent war.
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The 84' Olympic torch, with many bullet holes and graffiti.
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A better look a the ski jumps, and we are setting up our first jib on the
trip for Hana Beaman. I helped set up a lot, since my bags didn't show until
the last 2 days!!!
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Inside the UN building...well what is left.
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Tina Basich documenting our sightings...
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My emo self portrait, sad no boards, and sad to see all the destruction from
the war.
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Tina and I thought we would leave our marks, since we were the first
snowboarders to explore and ride here.
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What's left of the Olympic village, you can tell it was once a beautiful
building.
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Our filmers checking out the scenery, and taking it all in. You can tell
this building is destroyed. It's been like this for like 10 years, they just
cant afford to rebuild it.
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This must of been the main lobby. You can tell it was really nice, there is
broken marble floors everywhere. And I swear you can still smell the weapons
and destruction made 10 years ago!
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Some random guy paragliding down the mountain, and on the right is the one
lift left! The other lifts have been demolished, and they are too poor to
rebuild.
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I love Cadbury chocolate and since I still didn't have my equipment, I had
to make due.
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The bottom of the chairlift, thought it was cool and significant.
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Same shot of the Olympic village just this time with snow! We were there at
like 6-7am all day making obstacles and filming, that place was Disneyland
for us!
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Ian (the photographer) and I went exploring and found this in a pitch blackroom. War art. Its crazy to think that you were in this very room, where
so many serious emotions went down. I guess this was on of the soldiers
ways of expressing himself.
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Tina and I in the backcountry, getting powder turns, my boards finally made
it! Yahhhhh
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I am sooo amped I finally get to ride! We had untracked pow all day, just
calling out names!
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Sooooo beautiful, kinda looks like Japan.
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Had to make really quick turns through these trees, it was worth it! And it
was fun dodging them!
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Crazy night shot at dinner.
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Carda was one of the only restaurants open during the war. Its located in
the heart of Sarajevo, which was the front line for the war with the Serbs.
This place only has 3 small tables, but it very hospitable.
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Jake (main filmer) and I sharing some smiles after a tasty dinner at carda.
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Military vehicles rolling up on the snowboard resort, if you want to call it
that. They grace you with their presence very randomly.
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I nicknamed this lil shredder "Tarzan" because he was sooo amped riding that
he would scream ahhhhhh eeeeee ahhhh the whole way down the mountain. Cool
kid. We bonded. Haha
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Graffiti on a resort building. Kind of narly words if you ask me.
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Lil group shot, with Tarzan, this lil grom ripper and her mom.
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Big group shot, with all the kids we rode with that day.
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Military dudes coming to have lunch with us at our lodge. We had to hike in
because of the snow and the access roads were dirt.
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Another group shot at our lodge, after a tasty lunch with everyone. So many
amazing people we got to meet and try to communicate with!
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This was our Dr. He was a fun guy....and he spoke great English- which was rare!
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Sarajevo. One second there would be a beautiful building or monument, the
next- just remains. They cant afford to fix what was damaged 10 years ago.
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Beautiful streets of Sarajevo- very clean, surprisingly. I absolutely loved
it! We only got one night to walk around unfortunately.
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See beautiful monuments, sporadically placed. Awesome.
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Pro Snowboarder Chanelle Sladics travels through Bosnia.
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Are attempt to off road on this snow packed dirt roads! Got stuck a couple
times!~ it was truly an adventure
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