Skier: Daryl Treadway

Photographer: Jordan Manley

Location: Great Canadian Heli-Skiing

“It was cold,” photographer Jordan Manley says casually about dangling out of a chopper to snag this shot of Daryl Treadway at Golden, BC’s Great Canadian Heli-Skiing. Despite his ninja skills, he gives all props to the pilot, who had to shimmy between trees, fly sideways down the hill, and hover 150 feet above the ground, all while keeping his eyes on the skier and avoiding a crash. The photo took four laps to synchronize, but the effort was worth it. “I like aerial perspectives. It reveals the architecture and true layout of the forest.”