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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Another event for Porters has come and gone but the Burton movie stop in Reno at The Underground will not be forgotten.
On Saturday night there were two showings of Burton's "It's Always Snowing Somewhere", a kiddie show at 7:30 with an autograph signing with Burton team riders, Mason Agguire, Danny Davis, Jussi Oksanen, Heikki Sorsa and Kelly Clark. The kiddies that showed up were totally stoked and walked out of The Underground with huge smiles and a bag of sweet swag.
The doors reopened at 9pm and the 21+ showing was under way. The night kicked off with Shawn Farmer's band Hunks of Metal rocking the roof off. Then our IT guy Josh Hall's band, Cohesion took the stage and threw down one of the tightest sets I have ever heard them play..... you guys rocked! Then the screen dropped down again and the second showing of Burton's "It's Always Snowing Somewhere" was off an running. As it was playing I was working the door... wait I worked the door most of the night, but I digress then the Supersucker fans started to pour in. Most had tickets but many had to pay at the door and when I told them it was $4.99 to get in they were super stoked. Corona was on hand as well supplying FREE Corona to the Porters crew and Burton team riders, as you would probably guess the free beer went fast. As soon as the movie was finished Eddie Spaghetti and the rest of the Supersuckers took the stage and I told the bouncer to let everyone else in for free because I wanted to rock. As always the Supersuckers played a rockin' set, they never disappoint me.
After the Supersuckers finished up their set the crowd thinned as it was like 1:30 am. For those that stuck around they were rewarded with some high strung punk rock from The Dirty Rigs and Anti Panti. Then the bar emptied and I went back to work... taking down banners, stickers and tents.
I hope everybody that came out had a freaking awesome time, I know Chris Wilmouth did. Thanks to everyone that helped Trevor and myself, much appreciated.
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The 4 annual Jibassic Pro Invitational went down last Saturday night, and the riding was better then ever. Porters team riders Brandon Cocard and Chaz Guldemond dropped some heavy 270's in three different directions. Johnny Lazz had some awesome boarding, but was taken out by a heavy fall later in the competition, and Johnny Brady also had an immaculate backside 180 on to cab 360 out on the rail feature. Forrest Baily produced some awesome combinations on the down rail. And holding it down for the ladies was Jessie with a mean backside lipslide down the rail. All in all the event was a success, with Andrew Brewer taking first with his smooth style and well executed manuevers including a frontboard same way 270 to 5-0. Judge Sean Carney said " The riding was higher quality then the Vans Cup."
- 1st: Andrew Brewer
- 2nd: Brandon Cocard
- 3rd: Forrest Baily
Words: Alex Horgan
Photos: Zak Shelhamer
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
This is gonna be one helluva show.....
PortersTahoe.com,
Burton Snowboards, Corona, Transworld Snowboarding, Alpine Meadows,
Ubisoft, Sobe and the Supersuckers are teaming up on the evening of
Saturday, October 25th at The Underground club on 555 East 4th Street
in downtown Reno, Nevada to present the Burton Team movie It’s Always Snowing Somewhere.
A 7pm all-ages, free showing will be followed at 9pm by a $4.99 cover
for a 21-and-over premier of the movie and after-party featuring the
Supersuckers. Tickets for the second, 21+ screening are available
online HERE or at any of Porters’ four North Lake Tahoe shop locations.
The movie It’s Always Snowing Somewhere
follows the Burton Team traveling the northern hemisphere, from Austria
to Alaska. It features action footage from Shaun White, Terje
Haakonsen, Natasza Zurek, Gigi Rüf, JP Solberg, Heikki Sorsa, Nicolas
Müller, Tadashi Fuse, Frederik Kalbermatten, Jeremy Jones, Jussi
Oksanen, DCP, Mads Jonsson, Trevor Andrew, Keegan Valaika, Kevin
Pearce, Danny Davis, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Mikkel Bang, Mikey Rencz and
Peetu Piiroinen.
There are only ten other screenings of the movie across the country, and this will be the only
showing anywhere in Northern California or Nevada this year. The first
100 people at the family-friendly, all-ages, free showing at 7pm sharp
will receive a free lift ticket voucher to Alpine Meadows Resort and a
free tour stop t-shirt. An autograph session will follow at 8pm with
Burton Snowboards team riders Jussi Oksanen, Danny Davis, Kevin Pearce,
Mason Aguirre, Heikki Sorsa, and Kelly Clark scheduled to appear. Doors
open at 9pm for the 21+ movie and after party. Tickets are $4.99 in
advance and this is expected to be a sold out show.
Local
Tahoe bands Cohesion and Hunks of Metal will play before the second
showing of the movie. Hunks of Metal feature early pioneers and legends
of snowboarding such as Terry Kidwell, Shawn Farmer, and Bob Klein.
When asked to play at the event Bob said, “Who has a chance to open for
not only the Supersuckers, but a world class snowboard movie as well?
We’re looking forward to rocking the Underground for the first time,
hopefully not the last, unless we get too drunk and rowdy!” Immediately
after the 11pm screening of It’s Always Snowing Somewhere the greatest
live rock ‘n roll band in the world – Supersuckers – will take the
stage for a rowdy and raucous set. More local bands are scheduled to
finish the late night / early morning in the back lounge room while The
Underground’s resident DJ will spin the rest of early morning in the
main showroom.
For more information on this awesome night email me at chappy@porterstahoe.com or call us us toll free at 866.967.6783. You won't want to miss this doozie.......
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
NEW FREEBASE!
Exclusive to the NEW
Con-Dom
Freebase features a fully concave top and convex base construction all the
way around with scoop tip and tail. When you stand flat on the Con-Dom, the
edges aren’t touching the ground until you lean from edge to edge. This catch-
free shape lets you jib and butter in entirely new ways and is guaranteed to
enhance your video part upwards of 300%. Zero camber adds to the loose and
forgiving feel this new design creates, making the board even easier to press,
revert, and butter.
 
What
is the hardest thing about Snowboarding the first day of the year?
Putting down the board and taking pictures. The mood was epic on the
afternoon of the 11th, boards and shovels in hand we embarked on a
journey that would bring friends of all types and styles together.
While most kids were playing video games and sleeping in we were
playing in the snow that friday nights storm left for us. Matty
McInnis, Chris Bartowski and I headed up there around 11 and met up with the heavy hitting crew including Brandon Cocard,
Nick Visconti, Joshua Parker, Niki, Brandon Dury, Who, Brandon Hays,
Andrew Brewer and RV. Check out these photos from our long trip to our
patch somewhere above the greater Reno/Carson City area.
So for those of you shredders in the know, you've just been waiting to
walk into your local shop to check out the Burton Hero Late Release
snowboard. For the rest of you wondering what the big deal is, well
this is Burton's entry into the "rockered" category.
What's that?
While
I personally refer to them as rockered boards as opposed to "reverse
camber", sometimes the less initiated, or non-surfer or
non-wakeboarder, or cross-over skier is only used to hearing the word
"camber". The result of camber in a snowboard or ski is the slight arch
running lenthwise from tip to tail that you can see. When you put one
on a perfectly flat surface, it rests on two spots - near the tip and
near the tail - with a very small gap between the ground and the middle
of the snowboard or ski. Obviously then reverse camber would be where
the contact occurs in the middle and the same contact points in a
traditional shape are slightly off the ground. Think of it as this
shape ...(... turned clockwise versus this shape ...)... turned
clockwise.....or looking sideways at a banana with its tip and tail
making a frown shape versus rotating it to make a smile.
Eeegads how's that for layman tech?
In
the medium of water there are tons of recreational things with rocker -
including surfboards, wakeboards, water skis, kayaks, and on and on.
Depending on your point of reference, riding conditions, terrain, and
some other things, you can obviously have an argument for or against
rocker. I haven't made up my mind which shape I like better in all
conditions and all terrain scenarios like powder, groomers, park, etc
yet., but I can say that I'm a firm believer in deep powder conditions.
And
I don't think it's a coincidence that when you have bottomless powder
turns on a snowboard that it's pretty darn close to how it feels to
make the same turns on a surfboard. The sensations can be felt good in
wakeboarding or even some water skiing too. It's that sensation of
pushing into the snow / water and sinking but then rebounding back to
the surface as the snow / water feels like it is pushing back. Making
huge untracked, first tracks, powder turns down a steep bowl and then
slashing into a deep, powerful "bottom turn" is heaven or nirvana or
zen or whatever you want to call it. For many of the early pioneers of
snowboarding - who came from the surfing world - this is the sensation
that made them snowboard junkies. They could surf the snow.
So all that to simply say that I've really liked how it felt the two times I've ridden rocker in good, deep Tahoe powder.
And
to make a long story short, after the huge success of Lib Tech's Skate
Banana and K2's Gyrator, Burton introduces its own interpretation that
it calls "V-Rocker".
So all that to say that the Burton Hero Late Release snowboard is now in stock: http://www.porterstahoe.com/istar.asp?a=6&id=215849!BUR
Black metallic finish with a holograph
Of course in Burton's new ICS mounting system
2009 Transworld "Good Wood" Award Winner
A decent shot of the V-Rocker and the gentle rise in the gap between the floor and the base of the Burton Hero
the base...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
The new 2009 Smokin Snowboards are in stock, and I know that a lot of
people are especially curious about two boards - Mike Basich's brand
new pro model as well as the M.I.P.
So here are some close-up
shots showing the tip and tail shapes of both boards, a close up of the
top sheet graphics, as well as one of each looking down the base to see
Smokin's version of magnetraction.
Yummmm...
2009 Smokin Basich Magnetraction Snowboard
Fairly normal nose, but more of a squash tail
Nose
Tail
Pretty dope topsheet graphic......yay pow pow
A slightly more mellow version of Magnetraction....Smokin style
2009 Smokin M.I.P. Magnetraction Snowboard
Check out the long effective running edge and blunt nose
A close up of the nose...
Close up of the top sheet graphic....some cool random stuff on there for you kiddies....
Again not as pronounced Magnetraction.....
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Thunderstorms
were pretty non-existent this summer, so last night was the first
soaking rain we've had since spring that I can remember. If we would've
had a little more cold air, this sucker could've produced well over a
foot of snow. Instead, snow levels remained about 9,000 feet and never
dropped to the 7,500 that were being advertised.
Regardless,
snow is snow.....and it got me excited to go see some of it first hand.
I had some errands to run in Reno, so I went the long-way around by
driving up the Mt. Rose highway. I pulled over about halfway up for a
quick shot across to the southwest corner of Lake Tahoe. In the picture
below, you can see Mt. Tallac and the Desolation Wilderness way off in
the distance.
So
then I continued on up Mt. Rose highway to the pass - the highest
year-round, open road in the Sierras at almost 9,000 feet. I finally
caught up to some white stuff I could actually touch 'n feel...
And
then going back down the other side of the Mt. Rose highway, it doesn't
quite look like The Chutes are ready to shred yet.....but it was just
good to see some white on my little drive, and I can't
complain.....kinda like seeing an ol' friend even if briefly
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Lake
Tahoe, Ca: The guys at Smokin Snowboards have been working hard this
summer getting all the new boards done and ready to be shredded this
coming winter along with moving into a new, larger factory. Making it
easier to make Tahoe's finest snowboard, Smokin Jay Quintin has moved
the factory to a location twice as big as the previous. With enough
room to grow and develop new tech and Smokin innovations, our new
factory is going to facilitate the needs of our company in the coming
years.
If
you haven't ridden one of our boards you are definitely missing out.
Whether charging KT at Squaw or riding your local park line, we have
the best shred sticks for you. From our Eco-Friendly Mike Basich
Pro-Model to our twin shovel nose M.I.P. with Magne-Traction, Smokin
Snowboards takes rider feedback directly off the mountain and puts it
directly under your feet. Our flawless 100% aspen and professional
craftsmanship has been proven in the 12 years Smokin Jay has been
making boards and these are our best yet. As well as making one of the
best boards you've ever ridden, this season we will be testing our
Smokin “Brototypes” on the local hills of Lake Tahoe, experimenting
with different camber systems, edge designs, and other top secret
innovations to further increase our board quality.
Get to your
local snowboard shop today and ask for Smokin Snowboards or check em
out online at smokinsnowboards.com Smokin Snowboards are Professionally
Handmade in Lake Tahoe by Snowboarders who understand quality and
performance... !!!
YOU CANT FOOL THE YOUTH!!!
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Saturday, October 04, 2008
It
was a dark and stormy night in Squaw Valley but that didn't stop the
kiddies from coming out to Mamasake to see Think Thank's Stack Footy
and Airblaster's August movies. Mamasake was packed to the hilt and
everyone was excited because the temp dropped and the winter jackets
and beanies came out of the closet.... perfect attire for snowboard
movie premieres.
Think Thank's Stack Footy was a great vid with
crazy urban shredding, big park jump lines and fresh powder turns. The
pants were tight but so was the riding in this vid. After the showing
of Stack Footy there was a little raffle and then Ariblaster/ Thirty
Two rep Eric Wallis hit play and "August" was off and running. Now for
those that don't know "August" was filmed entirely at Mt.Hood during
the first two weeks of August this year. I have to say this is a fresh
new concept to the snowboard film industry because usually a movie is
filmed through out an entire season, not just in two weeks. So for
starters I liked that about the movie. Second it was full of fun
jibbing and fun everything. A big thanks to all that came out and
braved the monsoon at Squaw and a big thanks to Mamasake
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