Backcountry Bombshells

A few days ago, my childhood buddy Riley sent me the lowdown on a “business” trip he just took to the interior of British Columbia. From the looks of it, he’s chosen quite a different career path than I have– maybe I should have spent all of that law school tuition money on a camera and a helicopter. I believe his story started: “I don't want to make you jealous or anything but an amazing trip just went down…” I’ll leave most of the details out, but I will tell you that the trip was a collaboration between Red Bull and Oakley called “Backcountry Bombshells.” Since he can tell the story better than I can: the trip included 2 skiers (Kristi Leskinen & Andrea Binning) and 2 snowboarders (Anne-Flore Marxer & Marie France Roy). It took place in interior British Columbia at 3 different cat skiing lodges (Monashees, Selkirk Wilderness, and Chatter Creek), and the additional crew consisted of 2 photogs, 2 filmers, 2 team managers and a very veteran bad ass guide Shin Campos (Pro snowboarder in the Whistler area for last 15-20 years). We had access to snowmobiles (Ski Doo Summit-X 1000’s, snow-cats, and of course the heli. What can I say Red Bull does it right, best trip of my life and that's saying a lot. Basically the theme of the trip was to bring 4 people closer together and progress the level of women’s riding in the backcountry. Mission accomplished for sure! Lucky bastard.