News for Snowboard.com by Snowboard.com
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
As a snowboarder, have you ever
wanted to travel to far away places? Most likely you have and even given it a
try. The hard part is finding the right place to go and having an idea of what
to expect once you get there. With this is mind the guys at ATG Media are
developing a knew way to create and distribute snowboarding films and doing it
with a different style then your regular video. This season’s film is titled
“Translocation”, and it is a new way to look at snowboarding film.
“Translocation” is a 16mm and HD travel based video that spotlights some of the
world’s best snowboarders traveling to some of the sickest mountain ranges this
planet has to offer.
Instead
of filming all season to create one video with different riders parts, The
“Translocation” project aims to take a different approach at delivering it’s
content. “The video will come out in Downloadable Short Films, highlighting each location they visit throughout
the year. The shorts will be available for ipods as well as Quicktime. Viewers
can then watch the film literally as it is being made. In October 2008 they
will release a travel book and DVD that will showcase all their travels. The
book will include photos, maps and tons of information on the hot spots to
visit. The book will be created in the same style as those backpackers travel
books, and will include a full length DVD inside with tons of sick shredding. Snowboard.com has provided you with a link to the first short that took place in Argentina featuring the shredding of Andrew Burns, Craig Beaulieu, Chris Coulter and Raul Pinto. You can download the first 6 minute short for $1.99 at the following link.
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Published by Snowboard.com: 1:09 PM
Updated On: 12/19/2007 at 3:26 PM
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The 6th Red Bull Nanshan Open Rider List Is Out! 
Beijing,CHINA – This January 5th and 6th 19 riders from all corners of the globe will converge in the Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park for the only International snowboard competition on Chinese soil. Up for grabs is $25,000 US dollars, or 184,575 Chinese Yuan, as well as over 3000 combined TTR World Tour points. “The 6th Red Bull Nanshan Open has a strong history behind it and not only does it give riders the chance to take part in the progression of Chinese snowboarding but also it's a trip of a lifetime”, says Steve Zdarsky, CEO of Mellow Constructions and founder of the contest. “We try to give riders a cultural experience as well as a chance to see that Chinese snowboarding deserves to be on the global radar, which is our main reason for including local riders in the roster”. Three snowboarders will prove themselves in the qualifying round on December 29th to advance to the finals. Riders must be of Chinese decent to be eligible for the main event and hopefuls include top locals riders Andrew Wilde (19, Quiksilver) and Wang Lei (30, Burton). The 16 invited International pros that represent over 10 countries in both hemispheres will include: Atsushi Ishikawa, JAPAN - Quiksilver, Nitro Freddy Austbo, NORWAY - Thirty-Two, Etnies Jakob Wilhelmson, SWEDEN - Quiksilver, Lib Tech Kalle Ohlson, SWEDEN - Vans, Bataleon Marc Swoboda, AUSTRIA - Red Bull, Nitro Andreas Monsberger, SWITZERLAND - K2, Planet Earth Patrik Huber, AUSTRIA -Nitro, Electric Marco Smolla, GERMANY - Nitro, Oakley Isao Seki, JAPAN - Quiksilver, Allian Nick Gregory, AUSTRALIA - Red Bull, Billabong Martin Cernik, CZECH REPUBLIC - Quiksilver, Lib Tech Jake Koia, NEWZEALAND - Oakley, Endevavor Peter Koenig, AUSTRIA - Forum, Special Blend Morgan Le Faucheur, FRANCE - Burton, Volcom Yuichi Onobu, JAPAN - Twelve, Dragon Renzo “Tato” Chiala, ITALY - Burton, Analog The 6th Red Bull Nanshan Open is sponsored in part by Quiksilver and will include live performances by National superstars including Reflector and DJ Wordy on the Gibson Stage. The event is free to spectators and will take place in the Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park in Nanshan Ski Resort near Beijing. TTR and Mellow Parks hopes to see you there! For more information please visit http://www.ttrworldtour.com/events/0708-season/four4star/red-bull-nanshan-open.html, or www.mellowparks.cn.
Monday, December 17, 2007
(Monday December 17th 2007) After much speculation and an industry-wide rumour mill, StepChild Snowboards is proud to announce the signing of JP Walker to the International Pro Team.
"JP's riding and dedication to snowboarding speaks for itself- not many snowboarders have remained at the top of their class for over ten years. We are absolutely thrilled to have him on the team. It's cool that we share the same values and beliefs as to what a snowboard company and team should be." - StepChild founder Sean Johnson.
" Where else would I end up? Come on, you know I keep it one-hunney! StepChild is one of the last true snowboard companies out there. I love that they value what a professional rider brings to the table. Rider owned and driven, others claim it but none live it, son!" - JP Walker.
There's no denying JP has had a huge impact on the sport of snowboarding over the past decade. Anyone who knows anything about snowboarding is familiar with JP's video parts. Over the years he set a new standard filming with MDP and for some of the biggest selling team videos of all time; he invented tricks and numerous first-ever-bangers caught on film. JP's riding and style has stayed relevant even in an era marked by the X-Games, reality shows, corporate takeovers and riders with fistfuls of energy drinks. No one has been able to continually raise the bar, and maintain a high level of integrity, style, innovation and technical tricks like JP has. Even after a season unexpectedly cut short, JP managed to have a solid presence in videos and magazines, including his Future cover, surprisingly JP's first North American cover shot of his career.
Walker's snowboarding career is the result of immense talent, hard work and dedication -attributes he will continue to bring to the game in the future. His priority is the progression of snowboarding, but it's also about the way he and his sport are portrayed to the public. Driven by the same ideals StepChild and JP are the perfect combination.
"Obviously StepChild is focused on snowboard videos and progression, two things that I've always been an advocate of. They have an amazing team of handrail slayers, and i'm stoked to be a part of it, been riding their boards on the down low this past week and i'm stoked. It's simply the best fit. One." - JP Walker.
Simon Chamberlain adds, "Growing up watching snowboard videos, JP Walker has always been my favourite snowboarder of all time. It truly is amazing to see him riding for Stepchild. Its like a dream come true, not only for me but for the whole company."
JP will have a Pro Model with StepChild in three sizes: 147, 151, and 154. The boards will be sold with a regular edge as well as a RETT (Round Edge Taper Tuning) option. The board has a dull round edge between the feet for jibbing, and tapers out to a regular edge by the time it reaches the contact points. "The boards are tuned at the factory exactly how I would tune them at home." adds JP.
JP is currently filming with Mack Dawg Productions for Double Decade, which will be released in August 2008. His current sponsor list includes: StepChild Snowboards, 32 and Etnies, Oakley, Nixon, Bear Mountain, Milosport and Molcasalsa. StepChild's International Pro Team now consists of JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Markku Koski, Stian Solberg and Fredu Sirvio. The International Am Team consists of Joe Sexton, Risto Ruokola, and Scotty Vine. Other notable supporters include Chris Wimbles, Brian McClatchy and E-Man amongst others.
About StepChild: StepChild is a snowboard company that specializes in camping stoves, fishing tackle, and tennis rackets. The StepChild team is currently training and testing sand boards in Egypt. Joe Sexton and Simon Chamberlain are currently pushing the envelope of progressive sandboarding in the Egyptian Parallel Slalom while Markku and Stian aren't having much luck in the Sandboard half pipe event. "The stupid camel just won't pull us to the top! He's going to need an energy drink sponsor" adds Markku.
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Published by Snowboard.com: 3:27 PM
Updated On: 12/17/2007 at 5:38 PM
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Friday, December 07, 2007
Winter Has Arrived in New Jersey Mountain Creek Opens Tomorrow! Vernon, NJ (December 7, 2007) — It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for!!! Skiers and snowboarders across the region will find it hard to sleep tonight…knowing ski season is here! When Mother Nature conspires with the best snowmakers in the business, amazing things can happen! Thanks to this incredible teamwork, Mountain Creek is thrilled to announce that not only is Vernon Base opening with incredible conditions tomorrow, December 8th – but the new South terrain park will also debut -- one week early!. Thanks to ideal snowmaking temperatures over the past two weeks, Mountain Creek’s powerful SnowLab26 has put down a deep base of white across both Vernon and South peaks. With those snow guns working overtime, guests will enjoy 13 trails with a base depth from 16”-18”, up to 36” in some places – making for awesome early season conditions. Vernon will be serviced by the Cabriolet Gondola and the Magic Carpet, while access at South will be provided by the South Chair, and the new parks at South will have at least 15 features on the hill. First chair is at 8am for All Access Season Pass holders and 9am for everyone else. Both bases will also be open Monday through Friday of next week from Noon until 9pm. Season Passes are available for pick up at the Vernon Base Guest Services office or the South Rental Shop. For more information on conditions, trails and features visit www.mountaincreek.com
Thursday, December 06, 2007
MT. HOOD, OR (Immediate Release) – High Cascade Snowboard Camp’s summer 2008 Signature Session™ lineup is official, and awesome – and -- it’s officially awesome. The following riders, photographers and filmers will be headlining their own camp sessions this summer: SESSION 1. June 15-23 Andreas Wiig, Hana Beaman & Scotty Arnold SESSION 2. June 25 - July 3 Torah Bright & The Frends Crew* SESSION 3. July 6 - 14 Nicolas Müller, Gretchen Bleiler & Jussi Oksanen SESSION 4. July 17 - 25 Eero Ettala, Heikki Sorsa, Alexis Waite & Erin Comstock, SESSION 5. July 28 - August 5 Jeremy Jones, Seth Huot & Laura Hadar PHOTOWORKSHOP. July 28- August 1 Trevor Graves with Tim Zimmerman, Andy Wright, Christy Chaloux & Nick Hamilton VIDEOWORKSHOP Brad Kremer (of Mack Dawg Productions) with Ross Steffey SESSION 6. August 7 - 14 Danny Kass, Pat Moore, Big Vern**, The Dingo & Leanne Pelosi *Mason Aguirre, Scotty Lago, Kevin Pearce, Kier Dillon, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani & Danny Davis **Danny & Dingo’s dog In related news, Online Registration is NOW OPEN. Camp sessions do fill up quickly, so procrastination is ill-advised. Also, registrations before January 1st, 2008 receive a $100 camp tuition discount. Check out www.highcascade.com for the digital details.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Since the release of our Poachers web story on burton.com, several people have contacted Burton complaining of our actions. While I fully respect their prerogative to voice their opinion, they should in return grant us the same courtesy. We have been snowboarding at major resorts for well over 20 years now and in the process, we have demonstrated our sport to be for real, and of no threat to society. The fact is that two of the four resorts operate on federal forest land, which makes this issue even more frustrating since the taxes of many snowboarders help finance these resorts. I'm confident that if these four resorts outlawed skiing tomorrow, there would be a protest long before 20 years passed, and rightfully so. I want to add that we have been careful not to break any laws, nor to encourage anyone to break any laws (see the Poaching 10 Commandments on burton.com/poachers) in our efforts to liberate these mountains. If you have spent as much time in the mountains as I have, you would know that every mountain has a personality, and while they can be brutally cruel at times, discrimination is not in their DNA.
Jake Burton
Founder-Burton Snowboards
provided by burton.com
Monday, December 03, 2007
It's been almost a decade since lil' Bastards, why the long wait?
We'll it really hasn't been a decade since we put out a video. During the filming of Lil' Bastards the Wildcats were born. The next couple video project that came next simply came out as Wildcats films but obviously followed the same format as Lil' Bastards. Truthfully at first we weren't even planning to do a sequel. We just wanted to put out Lil' bastards on DVD for our team and friends. Before i knew it the project snowballed into a double feature and Dev and JF had some how tricked me into managing the project.
I guess you cut Christina and used Paris instead, how did you guys come up with the sound track?
For the soundtrack we just wanted something fun to listen to before shredding as well as something we could throw in as a pre-party warm up. Basically everyone who was involved sent in songs and we went from there. Musics always a battle because you can never please everyone. The two songs I really pushed for were the Bastards day song by Eddie Murphy and Rick James "Party all the time" and the credit song by Lionel Ritchie "All night long". We actually just had someone e-mail in saying they had a girl over while watching Still B's and he got lucky while using it for background music. That's gotta say something. The one song that caused us the most problems was the one in Duffs part. He absolutely hates it and refused to go to any of the premiere for the first month. He's over it now but we had a couple fun weeks.. ahaha
I noticed JF is the excat same as he was back in 98. Is everyone still basically the same?
Yeah I'd have to say no ones really changed much. They're all pretty much doing the same shi*t they have since Still Bastards. Snowboarding and partying... That's why we went with the name "Still Bastards" instead of "Big Bastards". Its not like anyone got any bigger. I'd have to say out of everyone the only person who's really changed since Lil' Bastards is Devun. He definitely keeps it classier more often than the rest. It might have something to do with being married.. But than again, JF has a family he doesn't seem to be slowing down what so ever.
So I guess it's safe to say that it doesn't matter what happens in life, you can always have a good time with your friends?
Still Bastards is pretty much a documentary of all our friends having the time of their lives on and off the hill. Its all about balance, as long as you're having fun you're doing pretty good. haha
What's the main thing you hope people take away from watching this?
I hope that after watching Still Bastards people will want to go out and buy a shi*t load of IS and WC gear so we can keep doing these types of projects. Haha Joking, joking... Well half joking. Still Bastards shows you a pretty up close and personal view of each rider. After watching it you'll probably feel like you know these guys much better and hopefully understand a little more what IS Design and Wildcats is all about. Bottom line, we just want people to be stoked to shred and go out and have a good time with there friends.
What is your favourite parts of the movie?
Its hard to say which parts are my favorites. Dev's, Paris, 8mile, Dickie's, Bastards day, Gaetan, Tadashi's, JF's and the credits are all pretty entertaining. Not to mentions the hidden bonus'.
Finally having Lil' Bastards on DVD is pretty cool too.
Big White and ESPO seemed like the crazy trips of the year? How'd you survive?
I have no idea, both trips definitely took an incredible toll on my health. I guess just lots of practice. I've been throwing myself into these extreme types of party situations for years now..
How was hanging out with Tom Green and Dave England?
Hanging out with Tom Green and Dave England was a blast. Both those dudes are Fookin' Noots... They came back to our Condo to party while were up at Big White filming for the feature film "Shred".
Dave wizzed on everything in sight, while Tom got way into Karaoke then stopped us from messing with JF when he was passed out in his own puke. Its pretty scary when Tom Green's the voice of reason..
Do you have any messages or knowledge that you want to pass down to the younger generation?
Just do it!
Shout outs?
Yeah if you can send people to www.isdsgn.com to buy to movie that would be awesome!
For the month of December anyone who purchases a copy of Still Bastards through our site will also get 1 Wildcats stomp pad, 1 matching Pilsner Koozie, 1 Still Bastards poster and 1 IS design keychain while supplies last!
Unbelievable, yes we know...
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