Ben Girardi 1/31/21 Ben Girardi 1/31/21

Winter 2020 Highlights

2020 was an interesting winter. In British Columbia, the season came late with hardly any snowfall in December and ended earlier than expected with restrictions being put in place. However, there was still plenty of time to get after it. I’ve put together this slideshow to share my snowboarding work from 2020. Some of the images made it to print in various magazines, others have been used online, and some haven’t been seen at all.

Ben Girardi 12/27/20 Ben Girardi 12/27/20

Fotofolio - Prime Snowboarding

This interview was originally published in Prime Snowboarding Magazine Issue #24. The interview was done in English and translated to German for the publication. I imagine very few of my followers speak German so I have include the English translation here.

Ben Girardi 6/29/20 Ben Girardi 6/29/20

Behind the Scenes: Suicide Chute

For his 30th birthday, Tony Pavlantos made the goal to hike and snowboard 30,000 vertical feet on Mount Superior in Utah. This is no easy feat and it took the better part of a day to do this. He was up all night hiking and riding, and stopping for breaks in between to take a nap.

Ben Girardi 6/19/20 Ben Girardi 6/19/20

Behind the Scenes: Ice Cave

I didn’t have a particular plan to make an image in the ice cave. Ben Poechman and I planned to get out on Whistler Blackcomb on what was supposed to be a mostly sunny day. The idea was to shoot images on the giant ice blocks that fall off cornices in the spring. However, a storm came in and we were instead hanging out in a whiteout with nearly zero definition. We decided to go and check out the ice cave as it was nearby and we hadn’t been in a while.

Ben Girardi 5/29/20 Ben Girardi 5/29/20

Behind the Scenes: Sun Dog

This was another one of those days where we got skunked by the weather. We had some good conditions in the morning, but as we moved into the afternoon it started to cloud out with high clouds at first. Noticing this sun dog starting to be visible I knew I wanted to get a shot with the rider in front of it. We were already in a zone taking some fun laps that had a slope that lined up reasonably well. I wanted the sun dog to intercept the slope so the rider appeared in the middle.

Ben Girardi 4/7/20 Ben Girardi 4/7/20

Winter's Abrupt End

A highlight slideshow of my work from the winter of 2019.

Ben Girardi 2/24/19 Ben Girardi 2/24/19

Winter 2018 Highlights

Each winter I spend a lot of time in the mountains, especially come the spring when the days start to get longer. As I start to spend more and more time on my snowmobile this year, I have put together a small collection of some of my favorite images from last season.

Ben Girardi 2/15/19 Ben Girardi 2/15/19

Japan - 雪雪雪(Snow Snow Snow)

If you were to sum up Hokkaido in January/February in a few words, SNOW better be at the top of the list. After three trips to Japan in the past two years I feel I am able to confirm that some of the rumors are true and the snow is as good as everyone says, and incredibly consistent.

Ben Girardi 12/8/18 Ben Girardi 12/8/18

Misadventures in Patagonia

Skiers and snowboarders are part of a nomadic tribe that can be found dreaming about the next turn, sometimes traveling to great lengths in search of pow. This summer as days were getting longer and temperatures higher, I found myself longing to get away from the scorching heat in Whistler, BC.

Ben Girardi 10/29/18 Ben Girardi 10/29/18

First Cover!

Last season I spent a few days shooting with the ManBoys in early February. We had good snow for a bit, but on the third day we went to a zone and the snow had been wind scoured. We made the call to head back home checking a few spots on the way.