About Me

The jump appeared and my legs became heavier; as I left the lip my body twisted and I focused on the landing spot. Everything stood still and the feeling of escape was magical. It was my first 540* and I was 14.

My Mom and dad met at a ski mixer so it was inevitable that I romanticized being a professional snowboarder. But the feeling of focus and freedom is what has propelled me through my life following that jump.

I’ve walked at night through wind and rain to photograph a crashed plane in Iceland, summited mount Makushin, an active volcano, on my splitboard (with nothing to eat but dried potato flakes and rice), been abandoned on the Kluane Glacier with a weather window closing when the plane was too heavy to take off, hiked through the Canadian Rockies with everything to survive for weeks on my back, and I have crammed myself into the back of my Subaru for months photographing climbers in Utah, something both my mind and lower back will not forget.

Since going pro in 2014 I have shot campaigns in Ireland, Iceland, USA and Canada for many brands including Sport Chek, Canadian Tire and Red Bull, and I have been published in magazines such as Rock and Ice, and Snowboard Canada and won a Spark R&D photo contest amongst others.

I live in Calgary, at the foot of the rocky mountains where I spend my free time rock climbing in the summers and split boarding in the winters, constantly exploring and chasing after the focus and freedom that comes with each adventure.

Contact

phone: +1-587-577-0057

email: mike@mikehopkinsphotography.com