Mountains in You
Risan Media produced a video of the Salem recording session of Todd Anders Johnson’s Mountains in You at World Famous Studios in Arvada, CO with some backcountry split boarding and skiing in Valdez, Haines, and Turnagain Pass, Alaska!
Mountains in you
I started riding back in 86’, Jay Peak local style
Coming from ski racing, then Sorels with ski boot liners
Reset my riding in the Northwest, from out of the Emerald city
Oceans to rainforest and Olympics, Cascades to the East
Deep days at Baker, Crystal, Alpental
Summer sessions at Mt. Hood Meadows to top it all
Hiking Paradise to Camp Muir with my mother
From then big mountains and glacier lover
Soon regular trips to AK
A quick flight or the Bellingham ferry
Chugach and Chilkats opened my mind and my soul
Thirteen years annual I feel it my home
I used to snowshoe to get to the zone, had my board strapped to my back
Then I met the fine folks at Voile and I started making skintracks
Since 91’ the splitboard design, Cowboy and Wally collaborated
Now we knuckledraggers have a way to skin up the mountains elevated
Deep days in the Wasatch Range, Utah lake effect is insane
Been splittin up the road from SLC, big and little Cottonwood are the place to be
Isn’t it true the passion for the mountains in you will take you to places in your heart too?
Deep breaths with every skintrack set, your life along the path it does connect
Found a way to make music and follow the pow
Found the right players that heard the same call
Took some classes to get some skills for the goods
We’re riding on Voile like you knew we would
Once again booking a season for me and my bros
Salem pow tour bringing us to your zone
Lower 48 and again Canadian
I’m finding our winter family does extend
Deep days 10 Mile Range summer corn sessions
Colorado sunshine a blessing
Been splittin out my door, now my wife
Is onboard and we are living the life
Isn’t it true the passion for the mountains in you will take you to places in your heart too?
Deep breaths with every skintrack set, your life along the path it does connect
Isn’t it true the passion for the mountains in you will take you to places in your heart too?
Deep breaths with every skintrack set, your life along the path you know it does connect
Produced by Todd Anders Johnson
Composed by Todd Anders Johnson, Thomas Haupt and Mike Facey
Lyrics by Todd Anders Johnson
Recorded, mixed and mastered at World Famous Studios in Arvada, CO by Pete DeBoer
Performed by Salem
Thomas Haupt: guitar
Mike Facey: bass
Stephen Thurston: keys
Todd Anders Johnson: drums, percussion and vocals
