Last weekend Mammoth was filled with with love, great energy, and friends coming together.
There was more than one party every night, snowboarding every day…
movie premieres, bands, djs…
and the I AM SNOWBOARDING art exhibition for Jeff Anderson.

Artists that came out for the opening included Jamie Lynn, Mike Parillo, Trevor Graves, Chris Brunkhardt, Blotto, Shane Charlebois, Devon Weniger, Cheyenne Ellis, Matty Thompson, Ben Brough, Bryan Iguchi, Danny Zapalac, Ryan Boyes, Peter Stow, Brian Cook, Aaron Vujicic, Robert “Sticky” Shaw, Billy and Jane Anderson, and RYNo. The guest list reflected an even deeper picture of the snowboarding community as we’ve known it for the past two decades and beyond.

The Saturday night opening reception started a little early with the artists coming to see the work for the first time. Jane surprised all of them with hand-made boutonnieres from Red Lily, and each and every person wore theirs as a badge of honor. Guests started arriving promptly at Six pm, and the gallery was open well past the closing time of Nine pm with lights finally being dimmed around 11pm.

The auction of art was a complete success with 16 of the 19 prints available for silent auction going home with loving bidders. Asymbol donated two of their art pieces for the auction, the JDK posters were flying out the door, Analog/Blotto T-Shirts were available, Wille Vli-Luoma brought down special Jeff Anderson coffee from his Portland, OR Heart Coffee and Roasting, Joe Weniger made special Devon art inspired wine bottles, and Blake Frenkiel made the special “i am….” stickers that found their way on to every single body and board.

Proceeds of I AM SNOWBOARDING go directly to the JLA Memorial Fund through the Mammoth Lakes Foundation, to the benefit of the Brothers Skateboard Park and local art. Saturday evening raised over $20K for the Fund, and the art will stay in Mammoth through November 29th before traveling.

You can visit the I AM SNOWBOARDING exhibition in Mammoth daily from 1pm to 7pm.

The next stop will be SAN FRANCISCO on Thursday, December 10th.

For More Information and photos, please visit www.iamjla.org

A big thank you to all the artists and photographers whose love and donated time made this happen.
Please see their Bio’s and stories at iamjla.org.

LOVE to: Brian “Blacky” Cook – who’s initial funding and time launched this entire project. Levi Jeane Cook, Dawn True, The Weniger Family, Ryan “RYN o” Bahlman, Mark Hibdon and The Machine Design, Chris Partelow and JDK Design, Oren Tanzer, Lauren Franklin, Mike Parillo, Travis Rice, and Jane, Kenny, Billy, Sarah and Spencer. All of you in Mammoth – you know who you are.

Photographers – Artists – Friends. Photo: Peter Morning

Todd Hazeltine/2jaws. Photo: Klee Van Hamersveld

Photo: Peter Morning

Jane and Bryan. Photo: Peter Morning

Dawn, Travis, Jane, Mikey and Torrey Cook. Photo: Peter Morning
extra thanks to:
Asymbol
Volcom
Oakley
Liberty Board Shop
Electric
Analog
Vans
The Machine Design
JDK Design
Wendoh Media
The Village at Mammoth
Mammoth Mountain
Mosaic Sports Management
The Mammoth Lakes Foundation
Burton