My First Magazine Published Photo of Ryan 'Nug' Gardiner

As I posted previously, 99 was a big year for me as it was also the year my first photo appeared in a proper Snowboarding magazine rather than just the Snowy Times. The shot above is of Ryan "Nugget" Gardiner and was taken on the famous Merrits Quarter Pipe at Thredbo which we built for the first time that year. The shot ran on the contents page of Issue 3 1999 of Australian Snowboarding magazine which was then printed by EMAP. I couldn't find the original slide of the shot to scan in but knowing the editor at the time chances are he probably lost it anyways, like a lot of my slides....grrrr!!

While I was pretty stoked to see my shot in glossy print, Nug on the other hand wasn't that pumped on his style in the shot but deep down I knew he was into seeing himself in a magazine.

Here's a portrait I shot of Nug the same day, as I think I sent them in together for a check out or mini interview. Nug went on to feature heavily in the mags for years and was behind Digital Snowboard Magazine a DVD styled magazine that is sorely missed in Australian snowboarding circles. These days he travels the globe filming and editing content on the world tour of snowboarding the TTR (Ticket To Ride).

From the same day was this shot of Nthn Beaches rider Andrew 'Bogues' Bonello which I thought was more likely to get run but is a little soft in the focus department.

Bogues was frothing all day to slash up the lip before our takeoff and couldn't wait for the session to end to do so. I think this shot ran in one of the first POW Boardstore catalogues.

I haven't see Bogues in a while so I'm not quite sure what he's up to these days but here is a photo of him with current NRG sales rep and all round champ Darby.