{"id":801580,"date":"2019-11-20T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374734"},"modified":"2019-11-20T19:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T02:30:40","slug":"john-spriggs-of-frisco-nominated-for-powder-magazine-skiers-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/john-spriggs-of-frisco-nominated-for-powder-magazine-skiers-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"John Spriggs of Frisco nominated for Powder Magazine skier\u2019s-choice awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Spriggs of Frisco has been nominated for Powder Magazine’s reader’s-choice Powder Poll awards for his skiing in the recently released film “The Book of Pow.”<\/strong>
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FRISCO \u2014 While riding the high of releasing his ski film \u201cThe Book of Pow\u201d just weeks ago<\/a>, John Spriggs of Frisco found out Tuesday that he\u2019s been nominated for Powder Magazine\u2019s Powder Poll awards for his Colorado skiing featured in the film.<\/p>\n

The 20th annual Powder Poll asks readers and skiers to choose their top three male and female \u201crepresentatives of the sport\u201d from a group of skiers chosen by the Powder Awards judging panel.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the honor Wednesday afternoon, Spriggs said he thinks he earned the first-time nomination thanks to the all-around backcountry skiing he, friend and pro skier Taylor Seaton of Avon and filmmaker Edward Clem showcase in the short film.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to revisit places that I maybe skied 10 years ago,\u201d Spriggs said. \u201cWe kind of focused on every aspect of backcountry, in terms of deep-powder skiing, skiing pillows, mini-golf lines (short steeps after a big storm). And then we had a big-mountain section where we were hiking, camping big lines. And a jump section. So it\u2019s showing that we love to do all kinds of backcountry skiing available to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Dec. 7 Powder Magazine awards show is slated for Aspen\u2019s Hotel Jerome rather than Breckenridge\u2019s Riverwalk Center, where the show has been hosted in recent years during the annual mid-December Dew Tour week. Dew Tour has moved to Copper Mountain Resort in early February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having attended the Riverwalk Center awards show the past couple of years, Spriggs said it\u2019s an honor to be nominated for the first time. It\u2019s a highlight for a ski career that also has included smaller spots in bigger budget Warren Miller and Teton Gravity Research ski films.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of riding is right up there with what\u2019s in the other big films right now,\u201d Spriggs said. \u201cSo I think that went into (the nomination), as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the much smaller budget for \u201cThe Book of Pow\u201d compared to some of this winter\u2019s most highly publicized ski films, Spriggs believes it portrays the dedication and devotion needed to safely seek out, scout and ski all kinds of powder lines in the High Country during last winter\u2019s epic season. It was also an opportunity for him and Seaton to be in the editing room with Clem and have a strong say on what would ultimately make the cut, kind of a true beginning-to-end influence on a passion project.<\/p>\n

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