In the early wintery months of 2008, eight of us, who are celebrated, award-winning and downright awesome photographers from all over the country grabbed our snowboards to ride the mountains of Mammoth, California . This marked the beginning of what is now known as...wait for it...The Mammoth Men. What ensued during that getaway was a week filled with adventure, spontaneity, hijinks and storied tales. A bond was forged amongst us men and a commitment made to doing it again, and doing it often!

During 2008, we, the Mammoth Men hit the road again for two more trips. Only on these trips, we loaded up in a Prevost rock star tour bus.  On the first trip, we headed up the California Coast for five days of ruckus and shared it on our traffic happy blog. With the success of the first trip notched on our belts, we then ventured into the American Southwest documenting an epic amount of glorious insanity.  The blog following continued even after these two trips had ended and garnered much media attention in the blogosphere and in magazine publications.  At the start of 2009, in the fourth, and most recent installment of the Mammoth Men, we bundled up and headed to the greatest snow on earth - Park City, Utah. The Mayhem unfolded as we shacked up in a ginormous cabin and proceeded to melt the faces and snow off of the surrounding inhabitants and terrain as we went snowmobiling, snowboarding, sledding, indoor skydiving, and even got a jeep stuck in the Great Salt Lake! The Utah trip also marked The Mammoth Men’s first contest to raise money for two of our favorite charities! Together with the blog and Twitter followers, we were able to raise over $3000 for charity!

On Mammoth Men 5, we are heading to the mecca of Southern Hospitality - The Dirty South! Join us as we embark on another epic adventure in search of the BBQ-est BBQ, the craziest cajun food, the most lavish plantation, the classiest croquet game, late night cow tipping, and, what was that...sheep riding??? Yep, cause that’s how we roll!

*Updated per Fred's status.

This weekend, our good friend and fellow Mammoth Man, Fred Egan lost a lot of his personal possessions to a fire. Computer, camera equipment, and hard drives were spared. Everything else was damaged. His insurance had just lapsed, and was not renewed at the time of this fire. You can imagine how this would damage his life and business. For those of you that would like to help, I've set up this PayPal donation account to relieve some temporary stress. Please give what you can and keep him and his family in your prayers.

We all belong to a strong photography and creative community. Let's keep this guy in the business. You already know that he does amazing work. I would hate to see something like this bring him down. Thanks guys!