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Meet Bill.
It’s one thing to snowboard the world’s biggest mountains. It’s another to snowboard the world’s biggest mountains while lugging along camera equipment and handling a lens deftly on death-defying terrain in subzero temperatures.
That’s just what Burlington’s Dean “Blotto” Gray does for nearly three-quarters of the year, as the principal photographer for Burton Snowboards.
The 44-year-old earned his nickname in the late 1980s when a buddy blurted out the word “blotto” during a skateboarding session in the desert.
But frozen surfaces are now his preferred stomping grounds.
Andy “A-Dog” Williams, 38, passed away on December 26 following a yearlong battle with leukemia.Blotto’s work captures not only the beauty of snowboarding but also the exuberance, silliness, bravery and style that have helped make the sport, and Burton, a notable cultural phenomenon of the 21st century.
Blotto has been working for Burton since 1999 and as principal photographer since 2003.
He was recently named one of the top 50 finalists in