SLUG Contributor Limelight
November 11, 2010
Contributor Limelight: Bob Plumb
Bob Plumb is no stranger to the SLUG Mag world, and we here at the magazine are proud to announce his triumphant return to the SLUG crew. After climbing the charts among Transworld's list of up-and-coming photographers, touring extensively, and all-around progression with his photos, Mr. Plumb decided it was about time to get back to his roots and become locally involved one more time. This month, Bobby's work features a long-awaited four-page spread covering James Atkin, and you can expect a shit ton of awesome content from him in the upcoming months chronicling travels, homies and more importantly, his photographic skills. Welcome home, Bob.
Articles by contributor
Snow Photo Feature: Nils Mindnich
Nils Mindnich pulling out a stalefish on the Brighton pipe. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood
The Brighton backcountry is legendary in snowboarding. If you have watched a snowboarding movie, you’ve probably seen footage from here. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Dominik Wagner
In this months “Snow Photo Feature,” featuring Dominik Wagner, a classic spot with a timeless trick makes for a classy guy. … read more
“Snow” Photo Feature: Jared Elston
Is this the future of snowboarding due to climate change?! Jared Elston (@big_air_jare) riding Mars … or maybe some Moab sand dunes. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood & Spencer Shubert
In the self-proclaimed Video of the Year that premiered Oct. 6 at Clubhouse SLC, Lick the Cat are young and fun. Here’s Sam Taxwood and Spencer Schubert, possibly the most fun of the bunch. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Spencer Shubert
Spencer Shubert’s lit AF. These streets are on fire! … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Zak Hale
Caption this photo. Best caption gets a free beanie from SLUG. Keep an eye on the @slugmag and @bobplumbphoto Instagram accounts to comment with your caption. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Alex Sherman
Lacing nose blunts and sippin’ on lean at the local park. There goes the neighborhood. Alex Sherman with the boarding. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Forrest Shearer
Last season was insane. Keep your fingers crossed for more days like this ahead. Forrest Shearer at Brighton, doing what he does best: pow surf. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Griffin Siebert
A timeless trick by a classy guy at a classic resort. When Griffin Siebert has an idea, you roll with it. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood
Sometimes you shoot a photo and think, “Damn, man, that would be a sick cover.” That’s how I felt about this photo of Sam Taxwood. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Cale Zima
Cale Zima perfectly lands a number of tricks why Brock “Butters” Nielsen—a friend of Zima’s for years—films Zima’s various stunts. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Bryan Fox
Last year, we went up to Logan in hopes of building some jumps. We found out that it was shallow and dangerous for air time. So we said fuck it, and just took pow laps. Here’s Bryan Fox doing just that. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Griffin Siebert
Griffin Siebert has a sticker out that says something along the lines of “Nobody Does It Like Griff.” Can you argue, looking at the guy’s method?! Shot while filming for BOOM. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Brandon Cocard
Brandon Cocard – Fast Plant 180 – Salt Lake City, Utah … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Danimals
Danimals – Backlip – SLC, Utah. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood
Sam Taxwood is man of the people, for the people. He did this method for the kids of Szczyrk, Poland, who seemed insanely stoked. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Lizard King
Last year, we got Lizard King out of snowboard retirement and brought him with us to Poland. It was an insane trip with nothing but hammers. This photo was shot at an abandoned hotel where we did whatever we wanted for three days. That never happens. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Griffen Siebert
Snowboarding with your friends is the best feeling. Last spring, we went on a drinkwater tour through Oregon with all the homies. This photo sums up the day we live in: one guy snowboarding and everyone filming or shooting photos with their phone. Nobody does it like Griff, flying through the air, grabbing his board
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Keegan Valiaka
Keegan Valiaka woke up Christmas morning to everything he had ever wanted: a sweater and a canoe. He figured out a way to put both Christmas gifts to use. He put on the sweater and frontboarded the canoe. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Austin Sweetin
Last winter, Brighton was kind enough to let us get a Cat and build this jump over on Milly before it had opened. It was an insane way to start the season. It’s snowing in the mountains, so get off your lazy ass and do some Cab 5s like Austin Sweetin. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Cale Zima
Cale Zima snowboards for chicks. So, ladies, direct message him @calezima on Instagram. With moves like this on his snowboard, just imagine what he is capable of in the sack.
Rusty White RIP
I met Rusty in the art department at the University of Utah. He was an up-and-coming photographer, and I was taking classes as a photography major. Rusty was working with Blindside and would soon work for Elevation. … read more
Lil Man: Jeff Richards
Jeff Richards (a.k.a Lil’ Jeff) is a 17-year-old skateboarder that attends Brighton High school. His skills can be seen in Brock Nielsen’s Costra Nostra where he locked down first part, fresh out of Jr High. … read more
SFK Man Zone
Simon Larson has recently been putting a lot of his creative energy into building custom motorcycles. From this passion was created the “Man Zone,” a garage in the back of their house where you can find anywhere from one to 15 people skating and working on bikes. … read more
Jimmy Plants Corn and I Don’t Care
Everything you think you know about professional skateboarding is wrong. That is, unless you know James Atkin. James has been quietly ripping for a long time now. James has style and consistency that have never gotten the justice they deserve from footage and photos. But if you see James skate in person, it’s a whole other story. He has every trick you can think of on lock, can land all his bangers in lines and even Utah’s most famous pro told me he was envious of James’ flip tricks. … read more
Alaska With Mikey
I always wanted to go to Alaska. It seems to me that anyone who has snowboarded has dreamed of making it there and having the opportunity to push their snowboarding to the limit. In Alaska anything can happen––good or bad. The landscape alone speaks for itself. Sure the mountains in Utah might be just as tall, but you don’t see them protruding from the ocean like huge fangs. Everything in Alaska just seems bigger and better. … read more
Jordan Mendenhall
Jordan Mendenhall is definitely an instant classic. He is a multitalented person who makes his way through life doing what he does without looking for recognition or praise. As a kid, he would enter contests thinking it was a fun thing to do with his friends and he ended up becoming the Jr. World Halfpipe Champion. Since then, Jordan has put out multiple video parts that blow minds in a very unique way. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Sammy Taxwood
Sammy Taxwood is no longer a teenager, but he can still act like one. The snowboarding future is bright with this kid and his Lick the Cat crew.
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Cale Zima
Cale Zima is a #heartthrob and currently #single. Follow his adventures on Instagram @calezima.
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Justin Bennee
Style is something that you can’t force. Either you have it, or you don’t. Maybe it’s the XXL clothes or the fact Justin Bennee makes beats, but my dude has it in abundance.
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Mikey LeBlanc
In this day and age of stunt snowboarding, nothing is more refreshing than a day at the Rail Gardens with Mikey LeBlanc. … read more
Articles by contributor
Snow Photo Feature: Nils Mindnich
Nils Mindnich pulling out a stalefish on the Brighton pipe. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood
The Brighton backcountry is legendary in snowboarding. If you have watched a snowboarding movie, you’ve probably seen footage from here. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Sam Taxwood & Spencer Shubert
In the self-proclaimed Video of the Year that premiered Oct. 6 at Clubhouse SLC, Lick the Cat are young and fun. Here’s Sam Taxwood and Spencer Schubert, possibly the most fun of the bunch. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Spencer Shubert
Spencer Shubert’s lit AF. These streets are on fire! … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Zak Hale
Caption this photo. Best caption gets a free beanie from SLUG. Keep an eye on the @slugmag and @bobplumbphoto Instagram accounts to comment with your caption. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Alex Sherman
Lacing nose blunts and sippin’ on lean at the local park. There goes the neighborhood. Alex Sherman with the boarding. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Forrest Shearer
Last season was insane. Keep your fingers crossed for more days like this ahead. Forrest Shearer at Brighton, doing what he does best: pow surf. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Griffin Siebert
A timeless trick by a classy guy at a classic resort. When Griffin Siebert has an idea, you roll with it. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Cale Zima
Cale Zima perfectly lands a number of tricks why Brock “Butters” Nielsen—a friend of Zima’s for years—films Zima’s various stunts. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Bryan Fox
Last year, we went up to Logan in hopes of building some jumps. We found out that it was shallow and dangerous for air time. So we said fuck it, and just took pow laps. Here’s Bryan Fox doing just that. … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Brandon Cocard
Brandon Cocard – Fast Plant 180 – Salt Lake City, Utah … read more
Snow Photo Feature: Danimals
Danimals – Backlip – SLC, Utah. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Lizard King
Last year, we got Lizard King out of snowboard retirement and brought him with us to Poland. It was an insane trip with nothing but hammers. This photo was shot at an abandoned hotel where we did whatever we wanted for three days. That never happens. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Griffen Siebert
Snowboarding with your friends is the best feeling. Last spring, we went on a drinkwater tour through Oregon with all the homies. This photo sums up the day we live in: one guy snowboarding and everyone filming or shooting photos with their phone. Nobody does it like Griff, flying through the air, grabbing his board
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Keegan Valiaka
Keegan Valiaka woke up Christmas morning to everything he had ever wanted: a sweater and a canoe. He figured out a way to put both Christmas gifts to use. He put on the sweater and frontboarded the canoe. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Austin Sweetin
Last winter, Brighton was kind enough to let us get a Cat and build this jump over on Milly before it had opened. It was an insane way to start the season. It’s snowing in the mountains, so get off your lazy ass and do some Cab 5s like Austin Sweetin. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Cale Zima
Cale Zima snowboards for chicks. So, ladies, direct message him @calezima on Instagram. With moves like this on his snowboard, just imagine what he is capable of in the sack.
Terrance DH
Terrance DH’s introduction to recording was an accident, really. In the early 90s, his band Bad Yodelers were recording with an engineer who had a bad habit of disappearing for three to four hours at a time. To deal with the engineer’s disappearing act, the Yodelers’ drummer sat Terrance behind the console and taught him the basics of recording. “I would hit play and record and they would do takes of their drums,” DH says.
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SFK Man Zone
Simon Larson has recently been putting a lot of his creative energy into building custom motorcycles. From this passion was created the “Man Zone,” a garage in the back of their house where you can find anywhere from one to 15 people skating and working on bikes. … read more
Brandon: Zee Burning Hobush
The best memory I have about Brandon Hobush was my first day on the job digging in rails for Brighton Resort’s Park Crew. He was the first person to show me how to build and ice over a snowboard lip out of nothing more than some shitty November dust and my ass. That was Brandon’s last winter working for the resort because, pretty quickly after that, he became a big-time movie star out there in the industry. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Sammy Taxwood
Sammy Taxwood is no longer a teenager, but he can still act like one. The snowboarding future is bright with this kid and his Lick the Cat crew.
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Cale Zima
Cale Zima is a #heartthrob and currently #single. Follow his adventures on Instagram @calezima.