I’ve never been to Mt. Baker, Washington but as a snowboarder I’ve seen countless photos and footage of the infamous Mt. Baker road gap.  It’s a right of passage for any pro snowboarder and they come from around the world to hit it.  The line into the gap runs through the woods and the lip of the kicker is some 40ft above the road and has reached as high as 60ft with snow.  The first person to hit the gap was snowboard legend Shawn Farmer doing a shirtless method air in the original Totally Board video in 1989. Here are some photos from the legendary gap.

Grant Gunderson is a Mt. Baker Washington-based ski photographer. His work has appeared in magazines like Powder, Skiing, and Backcountry, and he is the photo editor of The Ski Journal. As an adrenaline junkie hooked on the great outdoors & anything with beauty & danger as bed fellows , I think this work is outrageously awesome! Love the way he has used daylight to balance flash , super strong work, and super strong photography. These photos are just the tip of the iceberg and I recommend you checking out Gunderson’s website found here for more gnarly photography.

Adam Ü tele skiing powder at Revelstoke mountain resort.

Dana Flahr throwing a very large lawn dart front flip over the Mt. Baker road gap at dusk while filming for Teton Gravity Research.

Zack Giffin skiing at Mt. Baker, Washington.

Zack Giffin skiing at Mt. Baker, Washington.

Carston Oliver skiing at Mount Baker backcountry, North Cascades Washington.

Rene Crawshaw skiing powder at Revelstoke Mountain resort.

Early morning at Red Mountain, British Colombia.

Matthias Giraurd skiing powder at Mt. Baker, Washington.