So Athan and my major project of the year is a ski movie under the production name of Dendrite Studios. We are proud to release the official trailer for our debut 2010 HD ski film “Out of the Shadows.” We at Dendrite are in the full on post production process now as we piece together the individual segments. ...read more

Perspectives #9 highlights Dendrite Studios’ trip to the original cat skiing operation on the planet: Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. In one of the lowest snow years on record for the operation and no new snow in a few weeks we still found nothing but the absolute goods. We were fed like kings and were welcomed as part of the family. All ...read more

Here’s a couple more Perspectives for the action armada readers.

Perspectives #7 – Traveling to the Ski Salt Lake Shootout

This Perspectives provides a look at travelling with ski gear, as Nicolas Teichrob leaves the Sunshine Coast and heads to Salt Lake City, Utah, to compete in the Ski Salt Lake Shootout. During the photo competition, he worked with a number of ...read more

Nic and I were interviewed for freeskiing’s largest online community newschoolers.com. We are pretty stoked about it. Lots of exposure out of this one. Here’s the link with lots of funny comments at the bottom. http://newschoolers.com/web/content/readnews/id/3310/

Or just read it below…

Get to Know Dendrite Studios Interview by Reed Purvis Photos by Nicolas Teichrob

While Spanglish is a commonly-known term referring to the mixture ...read more

I am really excited to announce a new partnership with Right To Play for the upcoming season. They are a charitable organization that uses the power of sport to help children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Over the course of the 2010 season individuals and corporations will be able to pledge a donation for every ...read more

Dendrite Studios, Athan and Nic, are pleased to release their 6th short web clip showcasing their filming antics that have been going on this winter.

Perspectives #6 introduces skiers Chris Turpin and Eliel Hindert. These two skiers both rip the mountains with a similar flair and style, even though they have a 10 year age gap. Stay ...read more

Today was the first day of the Ski Salt Lake Shootout. I was fortunate enough to shoot at Alta today and was able to shoot some big lines in the sun on probably our only blubird day of the event. I was shooting with Julian Carr and Todd Ligare. Both these guys just crush it ...read more

Nic and I have been busy. Very busy. We have both said more than a few times how spent we are after a day of filming.

I think it was easy when I was concentrating on just being an athlete. Stepping out into this other role of film producer/director/cinematographer leaves me absolutely drained after the day even if I spend 90% ...read more

2010 Driver Selection is now in the books! Yesterday we were out at the beautiful facilities of Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV to get in the racecars for the final day of driver selection. What a place, the facility is a country club style, with rows of garages for people to ...read more

Well, here it is, the 2009 TDI Cup Documentary, Racing Under Green, as seen on the Discovery Channel. I’m still hoping it will air on TV up in Canada, but in the meantime, VW has posted it in high quality on the web, so you can all check it out. Really excited about how this turned out, Thanks to Zach ...read more

Nic and I are proud to announce our next two clips from Dendrite Studios.

View them below and get your stoke on.

Perspectives #3 – Behind the Scenes of Deep Winter

This is a behind the scenes look at some of the photos taken by Nicolas Teichrob during Day 1 of the Deep Winter Photo Challenge, held in early January, 2010.

To see more ...read more

At Dendrite Studios headquarters, Athan Merrick and I have been working hard at collecting content for our debut ski film. Doglotion.com did a great interview with us the other day and posted the article today which can be found here.

In other news, the January 2010 issue of Backcountry magazine features three of my images. The first two ...read more