When the calendar flips to May, many Alaskans' thoughts turn to fishing, hiking, boating and camping. Or, for the terminally dull, spring cleaning.
But Adam Holzer and five of his Anchorage mates in the loose organization called DOOM/love figured it was too early to give up on snowboarding, so they headed to Whittier on a sunny Sunday in May.
One result is a gorgeous two-minute video, as the sun-dappled Passage Canal looms in the background and a half-dozen boarders jump and carve turns down a short course built with their shovels, their sweat, their vision.
"It's one of our destinations of choice," Holzer said of Whittier. "We do fish out there in the summertime and navigate the waters. There are limitless ideas."