Reaching Washington the snow patches in the

the snow patches in the back hold most of the year

more than twenty waterfalls thread down the face at once

Prelude to Powder freezes the moment when autumn’s last warmth gives way to winter’s first breath

low sun behind him

soon after picking up a new motorcycle and a surf rack to go with it

Reaching Washington the snow patches in theThe Mentawai archipelago runs along a tectonic rift west of Sumatra, the islands ringed by coral and lined with coconut palms planted across the lowlands long before tourism arrived. The Mentawai people have lived on these islands for centuries, and the palms are woven through daily life: coconut, fronds, shade, boundary markers. When the surf brings you here, the days off water are slow ones. Ben pointed the lens straight up between sessions, let the