By Adryan Roane Ritter

"So I sleep in and miss my park shoot with Poor Boyz (fell asleep in the Timberline Parking lot)" pro skier and Windells coach Tim Durtschi explains in his Saga Outerwear Blog "...I am sitting in the parking lot, and a car pulls up. Little do I know that the person in the car is Bruce Weber, world class photographer. He tells me about the Ralph Lauren Winter collection shoot they are doing and they want to shoot some photo's of me."

Typical move for a pro shred... sleeping in and missing a shoot with your film production company. But if this isn't a case of "everything happens for a reason" then I don't know what hell is.

As the rest of the story goes, the three Windells coaches, pro skier Tim Durtschi and pro snowboarders Johnnie Paxson and Johnny Tsunami, were swooped right out of the Timberline Mt. Hood parking lot on the spot, dolled up in tight pants, reindeer sweaters and makeup, and matched up with "legit" models from Russia.


Johnny Paxson. Now no one can tell him to never quit his day job. He'd prolly make way more money as a model then a pro snowboarder.


OMG it's Bruce Weber! He's probably seen more almost naked models then anybody in the game. Tim Durtschi in the baby blue's getting told what to do.

Bruce Weber, one of the most famous fashion photographers of all time (we're talking Gucci famous, as well as being responsible for the sexy and scandalous Abercrombie black and white ads) shot the coaches accessorized with scarves, toboggans, dorky old-man hats, and even a husky puppy.

They boys were compensated a whopping $50 bucks, some sweaters from the set, and a pizza lunch for their whole day's effort. (But rumor has it If they make it into print with the ad campaign there will be ample compensation.)

Check out the Windells blog or Tim Durtschi's Saga Outerwear blog for more Ralph Lauren "behind the scenes" photos- and keep your eye out come fall for some Ralph Lauren Winter Collection ads in every fashion magazine in the world. Maybe you'll spot one of your favorite pro-shreds in there.