It was a mild Thursday in mid-February when Jake Antisdel, Gavin Matson and I drove six hours northeast from Minneapolis to Michigan. Our goal: to find some damn snow and hopefully stack footage for the upcoming Meliora flick Nowthen, before riding in the annual Jibba Jabba Rail Jam. Luckily for us, it started nuking when we crossed into the Upper Peninsula Snowbelt. As the only truck on the road braving the conditions, we cranked up “Phantom 309” by Red Sovine and pushed onward.

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