This past July, Atomic Skis' Infamous Squad gathered at Mt. Hood for a week of photo and video shooting, and I was invited to contribute my behind-the-lens skills for the occasion. The crew was stacked: skier-philosopher and style guru Nicky Keefer; Level 1 Productions Superunknown contest winner Mitchell Brower; Swedish wunderkind Lucas Stål-Madison; Nick Meilleur and SoulRyders' Jacob Callaghan on video; me and Darcy Bacha on photo; and Atomic freeski team manager Dominic "Gentile" Tritscher, visiting from Austria. Atomic pro Tim Durtschi also stopped by to join in on the fun. Our...

Because of his inimitable style and down-to-earth personality, Nicky Keefer is one of my favorite skiers. Here's an interview I did with him for Powder Magazine's website. Much of his philosophical rambling was cut out to satisfy the short attention spans of the web reader, but maybe you'll still understand why I subtitled it "Down the rabbit hole." As fun as it was to do this interview with Nicky and listen to his thoughts, the best part was using terrain park skiing and rap music to ruffle the feathers of a few grouchy old Powder readers.