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My Blog: Smokin Snowboards Factory Tour
By: porters_tahoe


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Where is your snowboard made? Some foreign country where all the workers have no idea what snowboarding actually is? In northern Reno NV, in an area where trailer parks abound sits a snowboard factory where a creative evil genius lives. You won’t find any high tech computerized equipment or even security guards protecting the company’s secrets from prying eyes. You will find the type of place where some of the best innovation has always come from… a ghetto garage!

Smokin Jay is an evil genius… not in the crazy axe murdering type way, more the artistic friend you had in school that you weren’t sure where his mind was. Jay was busy gluing one of his new 2010 models when we arrived and as soon as he had a chance to step away he was off and running with the “Factory Tour”. I use the term factory loosely since most of the time you might equate the term Factory to thousands of square feet and a building in an industrial district of town. Smokins factory looks like a cross between an old bomb shelter and chop shop. Inside most of the equipment has been piecemealed together, with bare wires and jays own inventions throughout the building.

Joining on the tour was Jay’s sidekick binky who was just as stoked to show us all the funny corners in the building. While at first glance it looks like a lot stuff packed around stuff but as Binky explains it you can start to see Jay’s twisted vision of how the process works. From the room with all the templates and edges, the room where he cuts out the sidewalls and the workstation that he uses to glue the boards together. And as you watch Jay and Binky work what looks like chaos starts to looks like an interpretive dance where both play off each other though out the entire process.

Smokin Jay takes a huge amount of pride in the boards he produces and each board must be perfect for him to sell it. His entire process feels more artistic than mechanical and each board seems like its own individual masterpiece. He inspects each board for any imperfection or graphic blemish before giving the stamp of approval to sell the board. So when you see the tag handmade you know that the board you are receiving was entirely handmade by Smokin Jay and the pride taken to create the board reflects in the quality of the product you are receiving.

When you get a chance try out a Smokin snowboard, these are quality snowboards made by an evil genius snowboarder who believes in making quality snowboards.

Thank you Jay and Binky for the Great night! check out http://smokinsnowboards.com/ for more info or check out the Smokin Snowboards we carry.

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Published On: 1/14/2009
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My Blog: FIAT ROOKIE CAMP
By: anne-flore


Today I just arrived in Saas Fee for the first day of the FIAT rookie camp.. we all arrived in saas fee in the sun which became rain after a short and necessary lunch brake..  Romain de Marchi, the 15 kids and I. The rookies were selected based on small video parts they sent of themselves snowboarding, and invited by FIAT to come spend 3 days with us.. we first introduced each of us.. the hello my name is, i come from and my favorite trick is.. etc.. then we played beach volleyball in the sand with a soccer ball so right now i m pretty much soaking wet with about a pound of sand in my hair 2 radiating red fore arms and 2 scratched knees .. oh! and guess who is here? remember Ramona? the coolest letter i ever recieved? well her sister and brother are here.. and she draw another really cool pic!

our first riding day was chill.. i didn’t feel like riding much but it was cool to watch the kids ripping and to feel their motivation.. being in saas fee reminds me of when i came here to ride everyday for 4 months.. and those kids  are in that exact state of mind.. they want to shred all day everyday.. it s inspiring! after riding we had a run through the vita course with Romain explaining to the kids how important training is to avoid injuries.. and we played some more volley ball..

the second started with very icy slopes and kicker but got really fun after a couple hours.. it was fun to shred and to get some of their motivation. the afternoon was spent on tips on how to contact sponsors, the basics of a sponsorship contract and a couple of what to do and not to do on interviews.. then we went hitting some golf balls.. the cool thing with this camp is that they didn’t know eachother before coming here and now they are shred buddies! i m sure they ll keep in contact with each other the camp.. and that’s really cool!

sunday sunny morning on the glacier of saas fee judging all the kids hitting the last 2 kickers of the park.. out of the 15 rookies, it was cool to see the 2 girls shred.. Anais Cettou was doing good on her frontside 360 and 540.. for the boys the top 3 rode really well; Basile Specker got 3rd with stylish and good amplitude on backside 720 to frontside 720, David Bertschinger finished 2nd with good style on frontside 900 to cab 720, and our FIAT ROOKIE 2008 is Patrick who stomped almost each time with great style and technicity, changing tricks on each of his runs, backside 720 to frontside 720, cab 900, switch backside 900 to backflip (those are the stomped ones).. quite impressive for a 14 years old!!

 

I was stoked to take part of this FIAT camp and get to meet all those young shredders.. hopefully i ll see them soon again.. they’ll probably take my job soon enough!

 ANNEFLOREMARXER.COM

 



Published On: 10/20/2008
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My Blog: MDP's "Double Decade" Premier with the DC Crew
By: porters_tahoe


"Enjoy The Ride...More" is DC’s marketing slogan for their highly anticipated release of snowboards this winter. Last night at 50-50 Brewery in Truckee, CA, PortersTahoe.com and the DC crew – including riders Devun Walsh, Iikka Backstrom, Aaron Biittner, and Lauri Heiskari – all came out with more than just their A-game to kick off this 20th anniversary edition of Mack Dawg’s "Double Decade."

Somewhere between 400 to 500 people joined Porters and DC at the biggest movie premier ever at 50-50 Brewery. There were two screens – inside and outside – showing the next progression in riding with several very well-received segments from not only the DC crew, but riders like Wille Yli-Luoma, Eero Ettala, and the closing part of Jussi Oksanen. The movie also sprinkled in 20 years worth of snowboarding pioneers and ground breaking MDP parts over the years from names like Chris Roach, Nate Cole, Noah Salasnek, JP Walker, and Jeremy Jones (past and present). "Double Decade" truly does give you more by throwing in a great, eclectic mix of music from the likes of the Pet Shop Boys, Devo, David Bowie, Doobie Brothers, and – believe it or not – the Grass Root’s "Let’s Live For Today" for a very soulful and artistic Jussi part.







But that wasn’t all for the day.

Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson from Snow Park Technologies arranged for some of the Porters crew and the DC boys – Devun Walsh, Iikka Backstrom, Aaron Biitner, and first-time golfer Lauri Heiskari – to play a round of golf at Northstar-at-Tahoe earlier in the afternoon. Conditions were ideal. Scores were very competitive in a "best ball", two-man format of 5 teams. In the end, a little home-field advantage – and let’s face it – just plain better skills from Gunny and Walsh propelled them to the win.









Longtime Nor Cal industry veteran and DC sales rep Ron Depp put the evening in perspective this way, "It’s amazing that we could draw such a large crowd with only 5 days advance notice and have so many ex-pros and industry people come out of the woodwork...or the Truckee woods!" Bill Markham, DC Snow Sales Manager, added, "Double Decade is a walk down memory lane that showcases many legends of the 90’s rail brigade. The film also captures how shredding has progressed from backyard rails to big mountain kickers. Couple this with almost 500 kids, beer from 50-50, great support from Porters and DC pro shreds Iikka, Devun, Biittner and Lauri and you got a night you won’t forget....or remember in some cases!"









Judging by how big of a smile Lauri Heiskari had at the end of the night, everyone truly had a great time...and MORE!

http://www.porterstahoe.com

Published On: 9/20/2008
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Snowboard.com News: 2008 BURTON AUSTRALIAN OPEN COMES TO A CLOSE
By: snowboard.com


Sound the didgeridoos, the 2008 Burton Australian Open has come to a close and Torstein Horgmo (NOR) and Jamie Anderson (USA) have come out on top, winning the men’s and women’s slopestyle competition today at Perisher Blue Resort. After a week of dodgy weather, the sun broke through this morning, illuminating the 400m long slopestyle course that featured a downrail, battleship rail and three massive kickers. 

With a field comprised of an Olympic gold medalist, the men’s and women’s New Zealand Open slopestyle winners, two TTR World Champions, six Winter X-Games medalists and some of Australia’s best, the day promised some serious riding and it didn’t disappoint. While the standard was high in both the men’s and the women’s fields, both winners were stand outs with Torstein Horgmo nearly ten points clear of Danny Davis (USA) and Jamie Anderson an impressive 15 points clear of her nearest rival, Raewyn Reid (CAN). 

Horgmo’s $7,500 AUD winning run featured a fakie backside tail 270 on the downrail, into a switch 50/50 Cab 180 on the battleship, followed by a backside 720 melon, into a frontside 900 indy, finishing with a ridiculously big switch backside 1260 melon. “I feel really good right now,” said Torstein. “It’s crazy, I thought this course was so much fun, better than last year; you could do bigger tricks and have way more flow through the park. Everybody killed it today so I feel really fortunate to end up on top.” 

Danny Davis landed 2nd place with a run that included back-to-back 900’s, riding away with $3,500 AUD. Eric Willet (USA) took home $1,500 AUD for his 3rd place finish, his winning run featured a switch backside 900 mute and frontside 1080 tailgrab. 

Women’s slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson continued to be unstoppable in her pursuit for perfection with another podium win. She started her winning run with a tailpress on the downrail, followed by a noseslide-to-fakie on the battleship, sticking a switch backside 360 stalefish on the first kicker, into a Cab 540 mute on the second, finishing with an frontside 540 melon. “I am so stoked to win, it was a really fun day and we had great weather,” said Anderson. “The other girls were sweet; everyone was riding so well, it was an awesome day.” 

Raewyn Reid had an impressive showing for the ladies with a backside lipslide on the downrail and a 50/50 frontside boardslide on the battleship, taking home 2nd place and $3,500 AUD. Kara Rennie (CAN) won $1,500 AUD and the third place title by styling it out on the rails with a backside lipslide and 50/50 to boardslide. 

With the Burton Australian Open over, it’s on to the Canadian Open, taking place at CODA’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary from December 1-7, 2008. The Canadian Open is the third stop on the 2008-2009 Burton Global Open Series. Jamie Anderson and Luke Mitrani are currently in the lead for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series Championship title. The BGOS boasts the most lucrative cumulative prize purse in snowboarding – over $900,000 – with equal prize money to men and women 

After today’s Swatch TTR 5Star slopestyle event, Jamie Anderson continues to defend her 2007/08 TTR World Tour Champion title, while Chas Guldemond maintains his tour lead. For more information, visit www.ttrworldtour.com. 

RESULTS 
1 Torstein Horgmo NOR DC 90.33 $7,500 
2 Danny Davis USA BURTON 81.50 $3,000 
3 Eric Willett USA VANS 79.50 $1,500 
4 Chas Guldemond USA DC 79.00 $700 
5 Kevin Pearce USA BURTON 78.00 $350 
6 Mason Aguirre USA BURTON 77.67 $175 

1 Jamie Anderson USA BILLABONG 96.17 $7,500 
2 Raewyn Reid CAN DC 80.50 $3,500 
3 Kara Rennie CAN NIKITA 63.83 $1,500 

For those that missed the live webcasts on Go211.com, highlights of the winning runs and the complete webcasts will be available for on-demand viewing. In addition, the full webcasts will be replayed in their entirety on www.Go211.com at the following times: 

For US and European Time Zones 
Tuesday, September 9 
Halfpipe semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY 11:00am EST/8:00amPST/17:00CET 

Wednesday, September 10 
Slopestyle semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY 11:00am EST/8:00amPST/17:00CET 


For Australian and Japanese Time Zones 
Wednesday, September 10 
Halfpipe semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY 10:00amAU/9:00amJPN 

Thursday, September 11 
Slopestyle semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY 10:00amAU/9:00amJPN 

Burton would like to thank Go211.com, Corona, APN, Perisher Blue and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the Australian Open. 

Published On: 9/5/2008
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Snowboard.com News: MASON AGUIRRE & HANNAH TETER WIN 2008 BURTON AUSTRALIAN OPEN HALFPIPE TITLES
By: snowboard.com


The land down under was taken over today as crowds flocked to watch the final men’s and women’s halfpipe competition at Perisher Blue Resort. Always a crowd favorite, the halfpipe finals were not to be missed as a field of impressive names threw down runs that were equally as impressive. 

The men were first to drop and it was Mason Aguirre who showed strength early on with the highest first run score of 92.83. Fellow FREND Luke Mitrani topped Aguirre’s score with his second run that consisted of a frontside 900 tailgrab, followed by a backside Japan air, into a frontside 720 indy, finishing with a switch double backflip, the likes of which have never been seen at a halfpipe competition in Australia. 

Not to be outdone, Aguirre rose to the challenge with a run that started with a Cab 1080 mute, followed by a frontside 900 melon, into a backside rodeo 540 indy, finishing with an alley-oop backside rodeo 720 indy, earning him the win and $7,500 AUD with a margin of less than one point. Aguirre had this to say of his win, “It was tough. Luke made me work for it but it was so much fun riding with the crew. The pipe held up really well and I’m stoked to win here in Oz.” 

Mitrani held on to 2nd place and rode away with a big check for $3,500 AUD. Markus Malin, who landed 2nd place in New Zealand at the Burton Open last month, took home another podium win for Finland with 3rd place and $1,500 AUD. 

In the women’s competition, Olympic gold medalist, Hannah Teter took the lead early on, with a technical run that combined back-to-back 540’s, into a 360 indy, followed by a Cab 720, finishing with a melon to fakie. “The pipe was really fun, everyone was riding super good considering the snow was a little slow,” said Teter of her win. “It was really motivating watching the guys and the girls throw down their tricks.” 

Giving Teter a run for the money was Paulina Ligocka out of Poland, who has not competed in nearly a year due to injury. Ligocka showed no signs of struggle as she stuck a 720 on the first hit and landed a McTwist in her highest scoring run, taking home 2nd place and $3,500 AUD. New Zealand Open halfpipe champion Jamie Anderson won $1,500 AUD and the third place title. Anderson, the back-to-back X-Games slopestyle gold medalist and winner of the slopestyle competition at the New Zealand Open last month will take on her competitors tomorrow during slopestyle finals. 

Luke Mitrani and Jamie Anderson are currently in the lead for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series Championship title. After today’s Swatch TTR 5Star halfpipe event, Hannah Teter jumped 134 ranks into World No. 21, her highest rank ever. Jamie Anderson stays in World No. 1 as well as Chas Guldemond. Luke Mitrani and Stephan Maurer both entered into the Swatch TTR Top 5. 

1 Mason Aguirre USA BURTON 94.17 $7,500 
2 Luke Mitrani USA BURTON 93.50 $3,000 
3 Markus Malin FIN BONFIRE 85.17 $1,500 
4 Kevin Pearce USA BURTON 80.17 $700 
5 Chas Guldemond USA DC 77.67 $350 
6 Danny Davis USA BURTON 75.83 $175 

1 Hannah Teter USA BURTON 91.67 $7,500 
2 Paulina Ligocka POL BURTON 82.17 $3,000 
3 Jamie Anderson USA BILLABONG 64.00 $1,500 

The Burton Australian Open continues tomorrow with the men’s and women’s slopestyle semis and finals. For more information visit www.opensnowboarding.com. If you can’t make it to Australia, watch the semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over. 

Burton would like to thank Go211.com, Corona, APN, Perisher Blue and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the Australian Open. 

Published On: 9/4/2008
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Snowboard.com News: SLOPESTYLE STAYS ON COURSE AT THE 2008 BURTON AUSTRALIAN OPEN
By: snowboard.com


Heavy snow resulting in poor visibility tested competitors today during men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifications at Perisher Blue Resort. Riders from all over the world took on the inclement weather during day three of the Burton Australian Open to earn a place in Friday’s slopestyle finals, alongside some of the world’s best snowboarders including Mikkel Bang, Chas Guldemond, Torstein Horgmo, Mason Aguirre, Kimmy Fasani and Jamie Anderson. 

The slopestyle course challenged riders with a variety of features including a down rail, battleship rail, three kickers and a wall ride. Top men’s qualifier, Eric Willett (USA) landed a solid run that started off a front lipslide 270 out on the down rail, followed by a 50/50 gap to front 180, 50/50 out on the battleship, into a switch backside 540 mute, followed by backside 720 melon, finishing with a frontside 900 tailgrab. 

“Practice was nice yesterday, but the new snow today made the course really slow. It was definitely a challenge, but it was super fun, the course is really nice and the jumps were well built, said Eric Willett. “Speed was kind of an issue but hopefully it won’t be too bad for Friday’s finals.” 

Joining Willett in Friday’s slopestyle finals are Jaako Ruha (FIN), Halldor Helgason (ICE), Andreas Monsberger (AUT) and Markus Malin (FIN), in addition to fellow American, Sage Kotsenburg, who placed first in yesterday’s halfpipe qualifications. 

1 Eric Willett USA VANS 69.33 
2 Jaakko Ruha FIN KISSMARK 66.00 
3 Halldor Helgason ICE DC 64.83 
4 Markus Malin FIN BONFIRE 64.00 
5 Sage Kotsenburg USA QUIKSILVER 62.83 
6 Andreas Monsberger AUT K2 61.83 

Although the snow continued to fall, the ladies braved the elements and took to the course. Kara Rennie out of Canada earned the top spot for the women in slopestyle quals this afternoon with a run that started off with a 50/50 to backside lipslide on the down rail, followed by a huge straight air on the first kicker, followed by a tailgrab, finishing with another straight air. Laurie Currier and Ashley Wendorf, both out of the US will be competing in Friday’s finals against back-to-back slopestyle X-Games gold medalist and New Zealand Open slopestyle winner, Jamie Anderson. 

1 Kara Rennie CAN NIKITA 50.67 
2 Laurie Currier USA OAKLEY 46.67 
3 Ashley Wendorf USA --- 45.83 

The Burton Australian Open continues tomorrow with the men’s and women’s halfpipe semis and finals. For more information visit www.opensnowboarding.com. If you can’t make it to Australia, watch the semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over. 

Burton would like to thank Go211.com, Corona, APN, Perisher Blue and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the Australian Open. 

Published On: 9/3/2008
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Snowboard.com News: COMPETITION UNDERWAY AT THE 2008 BURTON AUSTRALIAN OPEN
By: snowboard.com


Today saw the second day of the Burton Australian Open go down at Perisher Blue Resort, where men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifications took place. Athletes from all over the world were vying for a coveted spot in Thursday’s semi-finals and a chance to grab a piece of the $50,000 AUD prize purse.

The men were first to drop into the pipe this morning under cloudy skies, where 14 men were boiled down to six. Sage Kotsenburg (USA) took the top spot in men’s halfpipe qualifications by putting down a solid run that started off with a frontside 900 melon into a backside 540 mute, followed by a frontside 720 indy, into a switch frontside 720 mute, finishing with a stylish melon to fakie. Aussies Scotty James, Samuel Murphy and Charlie Steinbacher, in addition to Chris Sörman (POL) and Marco Grilc (SLO) advance on and will be competing against invited riders Mason Aguirre (USA), Danny Davis (USA) and Kevin Pearce (USA), among others.

1 Sage Kotsenburg USA QUIKSILVER 90.00
2 Chris Sörman SWE BURTON 85.17
3 Marko Grilc SLO BURTON 80.17
4 Scott James AUS --- 74.50
5 Samuel Murphy AUS --- 73.67
6 Charlie Steinbacher AUS FORUM 55.67

The women’s field was dominated by Paulina Ligocka (POL) who stuck an extremely strong run, outscoring her nearest competitor by over 20 points. Ligocka, riding in her first competition after an injury set her back last year, proved that she is still a force to be reckoned with. Her second run, which scored her a massive 89.17 points, started off with lofty frontside air, followed by a method air, into a 540 tailgrab, followed by a backside indy, finishing with a 720.

Joining Ligocka will be two Aussies, Erin Tanner and Lauren Staveley who advance on to Thursday’s semis and will take on the likes of NZO halfpipe winner Jamie Anderson (USA) and Olympic gold medalist, Hannah Teter (USA).

“The men and women’s halfpipe qualifiers showed a glimmer of brilliance with the inspired riding of Sage Kotsenburg of the US and young Scott James of Australia leading the way,” said Competition Director, Greg Johnson. “Paulina Ligocka showed that she is back in a big way by locking in the top spot, truly an outstanding effort.”

1 Paulina Ligocka POL BURTON 89.17
2 Erin Tanner AUS BILLABONG 68.33
3 Lauren Staveley AUS --- 47.83

The Burton Australian Open continues tomorrow with the men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifiers. For further information visit www.opensnowboarding.com.

If you can’t make it to Australia, watch the semi-finals and finals live on www.Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over.
 
VISIT http://www.opensnowboarding.com for more details!!


Published On: 9/2/2008
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Snowboard.com News: BURTON GLOBAL OPEN SERIES 2008
By: snowboard.com


Torah Bright & Peetu Piiroinen Win $100,000 Burton Global Open Series
Shaun White & Cheryl Maas Drive Home New Volvo C30 R-Designs
STRATTON, Vt. (March 22, 2008) – Glory, fame and fortune were on the line today at the US Open Snowboarding Championships, where the world's top riders battled for five different prestigious titles, two Volvo C30 R-Designs and cash awards worth a total of $471,500. Today's big winners were 2008 BGOS champions Torah Bright (AUS) and Peetu Piiroinen (FIN); 2008 US Open halfpipe champions Torah Bright (AUS) and Shaun White (USA); 2008 Men's Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion Kevin Pearce (USA); Volvo Most Valuable Riders Cheryl Maas and Shaun White; and 2008 US Open big air champions Cheryl Maas and Tim Humphreys.
Last season's Burton Global Open Series champion Torah Bright had this to say about her second BGOS title and $100,000 title win, "I had tears coming down under my goggles. I just couldn't believe that I could win the title twice. I'm really very happy."
Finnish rider Peetu Piiroinen, who has never won a major title in his snowboard career, said, "I never thought I had a chance to win the BGOS title. I just cannot wait to call my family in Finland – they won't believe it!"
The action-packed day kicked off with the men and women's halfpipe finals, where history repeated itself when 2007 US Open halfpipe champions Shaun White and Torah Bright once again took first place and $20,000 each. Just like at last year's US Open, Shaun also won the Volvo for his overall riding at the event.
At the start of the halfpipe finals, four men and two women were still in contention for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series title, and every rider in the running had calculated what ranking he or she needed to take home competitive snowboarding's biggest single payout. In the best-of-three run finals Torah Bright took the lead early with a run that featured a backside 3 Indy, switch backside 720 mute (Winner of Zune Best Trick and $5,000), backside 540, melon-to-fakie with a Cab 720 at the end. Coming off a win at yesterday's slopestyle, Shaun White won his third US Open halfpipe title, ending his day with a victory lap. Shaun's winning run consisted of a first-hit frontside 1080 stalefish to Cab 1080 into his signature frontside 540 stalefish, McTwist, frontside 900 with a backside 900 ender—all huge and flawless. Scotty Lago clocked the Zune Best Trick and $5,000 with a double cork frontside 1080.
Later that night, the big air went down and the Volvo Most Valuable Rider awards were given out. Tim Humphreys did every trick in the book from frontside and backside 1080s, backside and switch backside 720s and a backside rodeo 540 to win the title. Cheryl Maas also impressed the judges with her trick arsenal that included a frontside 360, backside 540 and a backside 720 tailgrab (SoBe $2,500 Sick Trick award), earning her the top spot. Chas Guldemond earned the SoBe Sick Trick for his backside 1260 melon.
Cheryl's overall performance at the event earned her the Volvo. "I'm super stoked, I was just about to sell my old car and I never thought I'd have a car this nice,” said Cheryl about her Volvo win.
Kevin Pearce also had a big day as he took third in the US Open halfpipe competition and was crowned the new 07/08 Men's Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion, earning $50,000.
After the big air competition, Grammy-nominated heavy metal band Mastodon heated things up with a free show on the concert stage at Stratton's main base area from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Be sure to catch the 2008 US Open halfpipe, slopestyle and big air action on NBC, Sunday, March 23 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT.
Be sure to catch the 2008 US Open halfpipe, slopestyle and big air action on NBC, Sunday, March 23 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT. Webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over on Go211.com and opensnowboarding.com.





BGOS STANDINGS
MENS STANDINGS
RANKCOMPETITORNATIONSCORE
1Peetu PiiroinenFIN37988
2Kazuhiro KokuboJPN36815
3Mason AguirreUSA36010
4Shaun WhiteUSA35538
5Chas GuldemondUSA34877
MENS STANDINGS
RANKCOMPETITORNATIONSCORE
1Torah BrightAUS40482
2Jenny JonesGBR40076
3Kelly ClarkUSA39700
4Jamie AndersonUSA39521
5Sina CandrianSUI

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US OPEN 2008 WINNERS
HALFPIPE
RANKCOMPETITORNATIONSCORE
1Shaun WhiteUSA91.00
1Torah BrightAUS84.17
SLOPESTYLE
RANKCOMPETITORNATIONSCORE
1Shaun WhiteUSA88.33
1Kjersti Oestgaard BuaasNOR73.17
BIG AIR
RANKCOMPETITORNATIONSCORE
1Tim HumphreysUSA--
1Cheryl MaasNED


Published On: 3/23/2008
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My Blog: JULY 07 HEART Films BLOG
By: HEARTFILMS


2007.07.01 Sunday
ちょっとおもしろい写真 Trick photo...
うぇ〜い！お山でヤーマン！のまぐんでーす。
もう１ヶ月前になるんだけどHeinの撮影で新潟のとある山に行った時の自分なりにはおもしろいと思った写真ですカメラカメラカメラ
2007.07.01 Sunday
Yo, wassap?? Yeah man! It’s Magun.
It’s been a month since I went shooting to the mountain in Niigata for Hein and took this tricky photo. Isn’t it funny?
こんな感じでしたーたらーったらーったらーっ
あはっ冷や汗

2007.07.02 Monday
RED BULL ELEVATION BMX CONTEST WHISTLER
THE REDBULL BMX ELEVATION CONTEST IS UNDERWAY...THESE GUYS ARE SICK!!! WHAT AN AWESOME EVENT!!!


2007.07.03 Tuesday
お祭り！ Festival!
7月1日はCANADA DAY！
日本で言うと建国記念日かな？
2007.07.03 Tuesday
It’s CANADA DAY on Jul.1st!!



ウィスラーの町の中はあり得ないくらい人だらけ。
パレードしたりお祭り騒ぎです。
In Whistler village there were so many people!
A lively parade was held and people were so excited!








“THE RED BULL ELEVATION BMX CONTEST IN WHISTLER” was held.
These guys were killing it during practice session when we saw them.

BMXの大会の『Red Bull ELEVATION』はこの日が本戦。
見に行った時はみんな公開練習してました。


みんなスゴい飛びっぷり。
All the riders were landing crazy jumps.



隣のダウンヒルのコースもヤバいすね〜。。。たらーっ


Downhill Mountain bike is the shi*t, dude!

2007.07.04 Wednesday
ペンバートン SK8パーク Pemberton SK8 Park
昨日はみんなでスケートしにペンバートンという隣町まで行ってきました〜チョキ
ウィスラーから車で30分くらいのところで、牧場やゴルフ場、農園など自然盛りだくさんのかなりのんびりした町です。
2007.07.04 Wednesday

We went skateboarding to Pemberton yesterday.
Pemberton is just 30min. north of Whistler by car and it’s a town richly
endowed with nature.
There are farms, ranches and golf courses so my impression of Pemberton is
like “an easygoing town.”


初めはローカルの子供達がいっぱいいたけど、すぐに帰ってしまったのでパークは貸し切り状態。
There were many local kids but after a while they all went home so it was
like our own private park.

パークの隣には馬が。
There were horses close by us.


ノリノリの忠 カメラ

久しぶりに外でのスケートは最高だったな〜！
いい汗かけました。

よーし！頭もすっきりしたし、ガッチリ編集に打ち込みますよ〜ひらめき



Tadashi was excited.

It was so nice to skate board under the sun!
We worked out a sweat.

I had a nice refreshing time so I can do my best editing films now!

2007.07.06 Friday
タカより

カナダのキャンプオブチャンピオンに6月終わりから7月頭まで参加しました。

今回はパイプよりもキッカーやレールをメインに練習したのですが天気にも恵まれて楽しく滑れました！

この後はフッドに行きます！パイプをしてなかったので不安ですが今回のカナダでスノーボードの幅が広がったので頑張れるような…？
2007.07.06 Friday
From Taka...

I joined the CAMP OF CHAMPIONS of Canada from the end of June to the beginning of July.
This time I practiced a lot of kickers and rails rather than the usual half pipes that I ride...
I had fun times and was blessed with good weather.

After this I’m heading to Mt. Hood!
I haven’t practice half pipe for a while but I can hang tough at Mt.
Hood because I learned something at the COC camp...I hope?


ハートフィルムの皆さんありがとうございました！
Thank you heart films!

リフトで見た熊の親子。

A family of bears.

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2007.07.06 Friday
ナマステ。。。だぁは〜〜〜〜笑！ Namasteeeeee!
最近ヨガにハマってましてね〜。
いい感じですよ。
皆さんもやった事ありますか？

んで、最近ロスに遊びに行った時の写真です。

2007.07.06 Friday

I’m really into Yoga lately.
Have you ever done it before?
Give it a try it’s nice.

These are the photos taken at Los Angeles when we went there.


2007.07.09 Monday
祝10周年！10th Anniversary!!
どもです！　ケイジです。
忠と2人でちょろっとスケートパークへいってきました。
コンクリートなんでちょっといつもより緊張したけど、乗ってるだけで楽しいスね。
2007.07.09 Monday
Hello, it’s Keiji.
Tadashi and I hit the skateboard park a little bit.
I felt my body tense up because of the concrete ground, so I didn’t try any tricks but I could still have fun just riding my skateboard.


まだ明るいけど夜9時すぎです。


その後はいつもお世話になっている寿司屋10周年パーティー♪
お寿司おいしかった〜！
サバ最高！　ごちそうさまです。
久しぶりにみんなで朝まで飲んで楽しかったな〜！
たまに酔っぱらうのもいいですね。（笑）

It’s still so light out but it’s after 9pm.

After we hit the skateboard park we joined the party for SUSHI-YA’s 10th anniversary.
Sushi was soooo yummy!
I love mackerel! Thank you Yama-san!
We kept drinking until the morning, it was so much fun!
Getting drunk once in a while is not bad at all.


仙台のおいしい日本酒。かなり飲みやすいです。　　　忠のボード、heartのデザインをしているケンタ君。

Japanese sake. It’s really tasty. Heart films and Tadashi’s snowboard designer, Kenta.


忠&ノブ＆マルさん。酔っぱらってますな〜。（笑）　　　オーナーのヤマさんもいい感じ。10周年おめでとうございます！

Tadashi&Nobu&Dice. So drunk! Yama-san is the owner here. Congratulations!


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ヤマさんこれからもおいしいお寿司をにぎってくださいね。
僕らの憩いの場をお願いします。熱燗


Yama-san, please keep making Sushi for years!
Thank you for letting us come to your “oasis” all the time!

2007.07.11 Wednesday
ウィスラーも暑い！ It’s hot in Whistler!!
今日のウィスラーは暑かった〜。
だから湖に行って来たっぺぇ〜（笑）
それがさ〜チョ〜〜〜〜〜〜気持ち良いんだこれが！

メンバーはですね〜。
エディティングをしてたノブ君、ケンタ君（デザイナー）ザック（バーテンダー）
ワンコの（MAX）ジョン（何やってんだろ）あとエリック（？）
みんなで楽しく過ごさせてもらいました。
ちなみにここの場所はシークレットです。

やっぱり夏はビールがうまいですな〜。
ほんじゃ！

2007.07.11 Wednesday

Today was so hot!
We couldn’t help going to the lake on such a hot day.
It was so nice - just as I expected!

The members were me Tadashi, Nobu (Editor), Kenta (Designer),
Zack (Bartender), Max (Dog), John (I don’t know what he is doing...) and
Eric (him too).
We had a really nice time and cooled off.
By the way, the location of this lake is...a secret!

There is nothing like drinking beer in the summer!
Bye for now!


2007.07.14 Saturday
さまーきゃんぷ。 Summer Camp!
どもでーす！
今日は前にタカとサマーキャンプに撮影しにいった時の写真たちをお届けします。

2007.07.14 Saturday
Hello!
I’ll show you some photos taken when we rode at Camp of Champions.


みんなTバーを使ってパークを流します。天気もいいし最高ですな。おてんき

T-bar for climbing up the hill... What nice weather!


今回滑ったCamp Of Champions。ジャンプ！ジャンプ！ジャンプ！

Camp of Champions. Kickers! Kickers! Kickers!


この日のタカはレールも攻めてました。グッド

Taka was hitting the rails too on this day...


Bs720。ナイス！

Back Side 720. Nice!


タカアングル！ハーフパイプでの目線はこんな感じなんですね〜。イヒヒ

タカの視点で見る映像は面白いですよ！
ビデオにも出ると思うのでお楽しみに。チョキ


Taka’s point of view! This is his half pipe point of view...

It’s interesting to see what Taka’s “point of view” is like on video.

It’ll be in the DVD too.

2007.07.16 Monday
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yui and Yuji got married in Whistler! You may know these guys from Samurai Sushi if you have ever come to Whistler...Congratulations and have an awesome life together!

The usual suspects were present with their significant others and their babies!!!

I guess its that time of year of weddings and new babies!

Take and Miki...they are living in Coquitlam right now and Miki is becoming a Shiatsu master! Take is just chillin' at their new house trying to figure things out... Take and Miki came PIMPIN' as usual...



Bell's Yuko and The Grocery Store's Bruce and their new baby Alexis.



Jamie and his son Danny...



Everyone had an awesome time during the heat wave wedding...Great food and good times were had at Spruce Grove and at Rainbow Park.

Love is in the air~~~



On a sad note~the boat was sold to a nice couple from Sechelt so no more fishing for a while...maybe I'll just have to get a bigger one for next year! Aki - Tadashi - watch out! We may become professional fisherman after snowboarding is over!




2007.07.17 Tuesday
地震がありました。 Earthquake!!!
コニシです。
テレビでは地震の事ばっかりやってますね。
長野のワイの家でも揺れました。かなり。止まってる車もぐんぐん揺れてたし、電柱もぶんぶん揺れてました。でも何も落っこちたりせず無事でした。
恐かったー。
2007.07.17 Tuesday
It’s Konishi.
There was a big earthquake in Japan.
There were news update on the earthquake every minute on TV.
My house in Nagano was shaking. Even parked cars were also shaking very much and a power pole too.
Nothing fell down in my house and we were all right.
But I was so scared!

2007.07.20 Friday
FOR SALE
1995 Chevy K2500 ext cab 4X4 PU for sale.



Seats 6. Auto. 285K. Good sled truck. Can be sold with double sled deck (separate sale). Any inquiries, please email YUHO at yuho@hotmail.com. $6000 CAN obo.

2007.07.22 Sunday
LUCA HOUSE

2007.07.24 Tuesday
今年の思い出その１。。。
今年の思い出をだしてみました。
編集も、もうちょいで終わりそう（あと７時間）あとは、試写会です。
みんな楽しみにね〜。。
その２も出すから楽しみに！！！
ほんじゃ！

2007.07.25 Wednesday
It's crunch time!!!
One more day left of editing and everyone has been up for 96 hours straight...The editors are fueled by Red Bull and the occasional cat nap while they wait for their files to render...We've had only a few computer crashes and minor heart attacks but other than that the film and bonuses are looking sick!!! Stay tuned to HEART TV and our blogs for updates during the off season.







Hit the gym and get ready for the winter! This ones gonna be a record year!





Published On: 11/15/2007
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Snowboard.com News: Interview with Alterna Film's Carlo Wein
By: snowboard.com


Full Name: Carlo Jose Wein
Location: North Vancouver
Favourite Quote: "It's go time"
 
Your first Alterna snowboard movie came out in 2000, The Struggle.  Is it still a struggle today?

It’s always a struggle but we always find ways to overcome our challenges.
Creating snowboard films is definitely not the easiest of tasks, you have so many variables that need to come together for a film to be successful. Good light, snow conditions, crews that mesh well and solid sponsorship are only some of the various elements that need to work well in order to create a solid film.


What is a typical year like for you?

We pretty much film and travel from when the snow hits until around May of the following year. I guess that also depends on the type of snow year we are faced with, when we filmed Shrediquette a few years back we had the challenge of having hardly any snow, we were forced to go to Argentina in July to make up for lack of footage.

This year we traveled to Norway in July to get some "on the road" footy because we pretty much spent the whole season in Whistler.  Look out for the save of the century which took place on this trip care of JF FORTIN in the beginning of his segment.

As far as going to Vegas for the asr trade show we have been more successful gaining sponsorship outside of the show it seems its more of a good time than a time to do business.

Summers are now spent at our new office on the North Shore of Vancouver editing and going out fishing and boating as much as possible which is not that much. 
 
 
One of my favourite video parts is Travis Williams in Breaking Ground.  Do you have any favourite parts or sections that really stick out for you in your past 8 projects?
   
I guess the parts that stick out the most right off the top of my head are Mike Page's Struggle segment, the Poland section in IN TRANSIT, Trav's Breaking Ground segment, JF's Reflection segment, Beardmore's Fast Food segment this year the new faces like Takaharu Nakai and Matt Belzile stood out.

 
Do you think the internet is killing the video star?

I know that more people are watching our films because of the internet and less people are buying them. When I was in Finland last year all the up and coming finnish groms all had burned copies of almost every snowboard film. Europe is always a step ahead with this technology and North America will follow.  We are hoping that added value to our packaging like the insertion of an Apples & Oranges bandana this year will encourage people to buy the DVD.
 

What do you see for the future of snowboard films?

In my opinion, online distribution is definitely the future of snowboard flicks. People want to see movies right away and if you have your computer connected to your TV like most will in the future buying and viewing your favourite film will be one click away.


The latest project coming out of Alterna is Apples & Oranges.  What can we expect?

We shot the film in true HD so that is also a new element. Expect a 20 plus video layered intro that will have you re-watching it for sure. This year in some of the segments especially in Matt Belzile's part we miked Matt for his entire part.  Apples & Oranges also has the most cable cams and dolly shots that we have ever employed in any of our productions.

 
How large is the crew that put it all together this year?

During the winter there are seven production people together and we also contract out additional help during the winter for certain sessions. Myself and Bryant Bell are full time in the office on the North Shore.


I noticed that you popped the question if people would prefer Blue-ray vs. HD-DVD.  What are you thinking of going with?

It looks like Blue Ray for North America and HD DVD for Europe. 720p Downloads were also a big request. We will be releasing an HD downloadable version of Apples & Oranges closer to Christmas.


What would you like people to take away from watching Apples & Oranges?

Hopefully after watching Apples & Oranges you get stoked to go out and shred for yourself.
 

Where and when can people come out to the premieres?

All premieres will be listed on our website www.alternaactionfilms.com


Any shout outs?

Big Shout out to all the riders, production crew and sponsors involved in supporting the creation of past Alterna films and our latest release Apples & Oranges.



Published On: 9/27/2007
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My Journal: Interview with Alterna's own Carlo Wein
By: voleurz_family


Full Name: Carlo Jose Wein
Location: North Vancouver
Favourite Quote: "It's go time"
 
Your first Alterna snowboard movie came out in 2000, The Struggle.  Is it still a struggle today?

It’s always a struggle but we always find ways to overcome our challenges.
Creating snowboard films is definitely not the easiest of tasks, you have so many variables that need to come together for a film to be successful. Good light, snow conditions, crews that mesh well and solid sponsorship are only some of the various elements that need to work well in order to create a solid film.
 

What is a typical year like for you?

We pretty much film and travel from when the snow hits until around May of the following year. I guess that also depends on the type of snow year we are faced with, when we filmed Shrediquette a few years back we had the challenge of having hardly any snow, we were forced to go to Argentina in July to make up for lack of footage.

This year we traveled to Norway in July to get some "on the road" footy because we pretty much spent the whole season in Whistler.  Look out for the save of the century which took place on this trip care of JF FORTIN in the beginning of his segment.

As far as going to Vegas for the asr trade show we have been more successful gaining sponsorship outside of the show it seems its more of a good time than a time to do business.

Summers are now spent at our new office on the North Shore of Vancouver editing and going out fishing and boating as much as possible which is not that much. 

One of my favourite video parts is Travis Williams in Breaking Ground.  Do you have any favourite parts or sections that really stick out for you in your past 8 projects?
   
I guess the parts that stick out the most right off the top of my head are Mike Page's Struggle segment, the Poland section in IN TRANSIT, Trav's Breaking Ground segment, JF's Reflection segment, Beardmore's Fast Food segment this year the new faces like Takaharu Nakai and Matt Belzile stood out.

Do you think the internet is killing the video star?

I know that more people are watching our films because of the internet and less people are buying them. When I was in Finland last year all the up and coming finnish groms all had burned copies of almost every snowboard film. Europe is always a step ahead with this technology and North America will follow.  We are hoping that added value to our packaging like the insertion of an Apples & Oranges bandana this year will encourage people to buy the DVD.
 

What do you see for the future of snowboard films?

In my opinion, online distribution is definitely the future of snowboard flicks. People want to see movies right away and if you have your computer connected to your TV like most will in the future buying and viewing your favourite film will be one click away.


The latest project coming out of Alterna is Apples & Oranges.  What can we expect?

We shot the film in true HD so that is also a new element. Expect a 20 plus video layered intro that will have you re-watching it for sure. This year in some of the segments especially in Matt Belzile's part we miked Matt for his entire part.  Apples & Oranges also has the most cable cams and dolly shots that we have ever employed in any of our productions.

 
How large is the crew that put it all together this year?

During the winter there are seven production people together and we also contract out additional help during the winter for certain sessions. Myself and Bryant Bell are full time in the office on the North Shore.


I noticed that you popped the question if people would prefer Blue-ray vs. HD-DVD.  What are you thinking of going with?

It looks like Blue Ray for North America and HD DVD for Europe. 720p Downloads were also a big request. We will be releasing an HD downloadable version of Apples & Oranges closer to Christmas.


What would you like people to take away from watching Apples & Oranges?

Hopefully after watching Apples & Oranges you get stoked to go out and shred for yourself.
 

Where and when can people come out to the premieres?

All premieres will be listed on our website www.alternaactionfilms.com


Any shout outs?

Big Shout out to all the riders, production crew and sponsors involved in supporting the creation of past Alterna films and our latest release Apples & Oranges.

 


Published On: 9/27/2007
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My Blog: The G Gap, by Charles Gagnon
By: SugarShackProductions


Last may, we went back to my first backcountry jump, the G-gap named after JF Giasson who found it. On the first day, the crew was composed of Alex, Louif, Me and G himself to built the jump. We got on the site at 9 o'clock in the morning and dug all day till 7 at night. I think I got the worst sunstroke of my life, stupid sun! On the next day, Melancon, Tremblay and Benbi joined us to hit the gap, Pedro(Fred Coté) and Will Demers covered some other angle and Oli Gagnon was our photographer. They still owe us a 6 pack each for the previous day of digging, but I think they all forgot... On the second day, like last year, my slede broke down on top of the "S" chute, by the way, it's all fix now and it's for sale! The jump and the runway needed a little more work so by noon, everybody was ready for the session. Tremblay went first and cleared the gap good, after he did a bs 5 and really nice backside 7 that you can see in the teaser. Me and Louif did frontside 360 and later, I tried fs 900 but ended up short. Melancon did some bs 720 like it was a walk in the park and Benbi had some really nice bs 180 but unfortunately, didn't stomp any. The session ended at around 7 o'clock and thanks to my brother who towed my sled back down the hill, we were in our truck by 8... Who said backcountry was easy!!? Oh yeah, Will Demers....

Published On: 6/19/2007
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My Blog: HEART FILMS Blog History April 2007
By: HEARTFILMS


04/29/07

青空 Blue sky.

Hi, it’s Taro.Today we were able to shoot under blue sky.The members were Aki, Jun, Kosuke and me.We made a kicker in the morning.

フィルマーのタローです。今日は久しぶりに青空で撮影が出来ました。メンバーは、ライダーのアキ、ジュン、コースケに　＋オレの４人。朝一からキッカー作りました。




ジュンが撮ったコースケのメソットエアーのシークエンス

Jun shot Kosuke’s method air sequence!


各ライダーとも苦戦してたんですが、アキがビタメイクで高回転を決めたのは凄くカッコ良かったです。明日も天気は良いはずなんで、撮影がんばりまーす。

All the riders were having a hard time but Aki made a high spin and nice landing. He was so good.Tomorrow will also be sunny, so we’ll go shooting as well!Maybe it’s a glacier?.

多分氷河です。


04/29/07

ハートハウスにて

At the heart house.

ヒロミです！！！！ハートハウスでは、毎日いろんな出来事がおきます！！最近部屋の中にアリが大量発生してるんですけど、こーちゃんとしょうたがとうとうアリをつかまえて、ペットにし始めました！！！二人ともお互い自分のアリ（けっこうすごい数がいます）をみせあったりして、とても気持ち悪いです。もちろんエサもあたえてます。そんなある日、しょうたのアリが脱走しました！！！お酒の瓶で飼ってたやつで、しょうたがふたをしなかったために、朝には１匹残らず、いなくなってました。飼い主に似たみたいです。そんなヤンキーヘアーのしょうたが、イメチェンをしました！！！！！テーマは・・・“ヘルメット”　　！！！！！たろーさんがネットでヘルメットを検索。その画像をみながら、ジュン君がしょうたの髪をきり、残りのみんなが見守る。

It’s Hiromi!!!!

At the heart house, there are many fun incidents happenning everyday.

Recently, many ants have been seen in the house, and finally, Kosuke and Shota decided to catch them and keep them as their pets!!!

They of cause feed them and show their ants to each other (thousands of ants), and it is so gross.One day, Shota’s ants escaped!!! 

By morning, all of Shota’s ants were gone from the liquor bottle because he didn’t close the lid.The escaped ants were a lot like their owner.


すばらしいチームプレーで、すばらしいヘアーが誕生しました！！！きっと今のしょうたのヘアーなら、ブラッコムのブラックパーク（ヘルメットをしないと入れないパーク）も余裕で入れてしまうだろう！！！！！

Finally, Shota changed his hair!!!The theme of his his hair style is “Helmet”!!!Taro searched “Helmet” on the internet and he cut Shota’s hair to model ahelmet’s image. All of us had a good time watching the transformation.

Before

After

Our great team can create a great hair style!!!Now Shota can go into the black park without wearing a helmet!!!(Black Park is on Blackcomb Mt. and you must wear a helmet to ride the park.)


04/28/07

カナックスVSアナハイム

Canucks VS Ducks

勝ったド〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜！オレらは汗だくで応援！寿司屋の山さんは飲み過ぎてたな〜？？

Yeaaaaaaaahhh!!

We won!

We were so sweaty!

Yama-san was drinking too much. (?)



04/28/07

カナックスVSアナハイム Canucks VS Ducks

カナダって言ったらホキーでしょう！今は、チョー熱くカナックスを応援しちゃってま〜す。明日は早起きなのに（ちなみに明日は３時半起きなんだよ）今は１１時？？これからもつずきま〜す。カナックスぜったい勝ってほし〜！！

You can’t speak of Canada without ice hockey!

We rooted for the Canucks!

It’s 11pm right now and we have to wake up at 3:30am tomorrow...

The game keeps going on.

Go Canucks!!


04/26/07

ジビングDAY！Jibing day!

どもっす！フィルマーのケイジです。今日は天気が悪かったけど、何日かぶりにモービルで撮影行ってきました〜！メンバーは忠、コニ、ショータと自分の4人。


撮影ポイントは少しモービルで走ったところにある小さなダム。先がクニャッと曲がった金属のパイプを飛び越えて当て込み、小川を飛び越えたり、レッジを擦ったり。みんなこんなの出来るかな〜？なんて考えながらいろいろと遊んできました。[:チョキ:]帰り道、もうすぐ家というところで何故か大渋滞。　[:車（ＲＶ）:] [:自動車:] [:路線バス:]30分ちょっと待ってやっと動き出して現場を見てみると、何と大きな木を運ぶトレーラがひっくり返って大変な事になってるじゃあ〜りませんか…こんなのに巻き込まれたくないッス…[:ひやひや:]


Hi, it’s Keiji-the filmer.

Despite the bad weather, we went shooting with our sleds for the first time in a few days.

The members were Tadashi, Koni, Shota, and me.

We took our sled to a spot which is a small dam, thinking of No one else will think to do this...

Jump over a bent metal pipe, jump over a brook and slide a ledge...etc

On the way back, with our house just around the corner, we got into a traffic jam.

After waiting 30minutes we could see what had happened. 

A huge logging truck had lost his load and was upside down!!

I don’t ever want to get into this kind of trouble...wow.


JUST SOME VIDEO WE FOUND ON YOU TUBE....

04/25/07

左膝前十字靭帯損傷 Torn ACL of the left knee.

うぇ〜い[:猫2:]3月4日、ホームマウンテンの苗場浅貝ゲレンデのパークでノリノリで滑っていてキッカーで飛び過ぎてフラットランディングを試みたがランディングと同時に膝がバキっ[:どんっ:]１発K.O[:びっくり:]で、28日に入院して翌日に手術しました[:病院:]これからリハビリで〜す[:ジョギング:]

Hellooo. This is MAGUN...I was riding the park at Naeba Asagai which is my home mountain, on Mar.4th. When I hit a kicker I was kinda too stoked and I flew too high that I couldn’t make the landing and went so flat! Then, CRACK!! I was knocked out...I went into the hospital and I had a surgery the next day.Now I starting rehab!

04/24/07

Happy Birthday!!!

昨日はYUHOの誕生日パーティー！[:ケーキ２:]寿司屋にみんな集まってワイワイやってきました〜！


友達が大勢集まってゆっくり飲んでいたけど、やっぱり最後はみんなでビール一気！[:ビール:]ユーホおめでとう！

April 22nd is Yuho’s birthday!Everybody got together to cerebrate Yuho’s birthday at SUSHI-YA!All of her friends were there and were drinking and in a good mood but at the end we chug a lugged!Yuho, Happy birthday!!!

04/23/07

どうもー Hello!どーもーフィルマーのタローです。最近はジュン、コウスケ、ショータで撮影してるんで写真載せまーす。

　コウスケのライン


ジュンのセッピジャンプ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ショータのワンフット

こんな感じで、いろいろチャレンジしてるんで映像も楽しみにお待ちください。　

This is Taro the filmer.Lately I went shooting with Jun, Kosuke and Shota, and these are some of the photos from our sessions.Kosuke’s lines.Jun’s jump. Shota's one foot.We are trying to get a great shot like this all the time, so please check out our film!

04/23/07

No.1 !!! First Prize!!!

どうも[:嬉しい:]　今回初登場のエディターのノブです！今回はなっなっなんと[:！！:]ウイスラーで行われたTEL US WORLD FESTIVALのスーパーパイプの大会にてタカが優勝しました[:びっくり:][:楽しい:]

Hello, everybody!This is Nobu-the editer and it’s my first blog!

Today I bring you news from the TELUS WORLD FESTIVAL held in Whistler.Taka won first prize!!The first prize! I was so excited and surprised!


優勝なんてビックリ！しかも表彰台には男女ともに日本人が5人も入るという快挙でした。

On the podium, there were five Japanese riders. The Japanese can killed it!


04/21/07ひろみinカナダ Hiromi in Canada!


ひろみでーーす！！１８日にカナダinしましたぁぁぁぁーーーーー！！！！！今日で３日目突入！！！今日はジュン君とウィスラーで滑りました！！少し硬かったけど、楽しかったです！！！そして、夜にheartクルーでみんなでご飯食べに行きました！！！

It’s Hiromi! I came back to Canada on the 18th!!!!!

Today is my third day in Whistler!!!

I went snowboarding with Jun to Whistler mountain!!

The snow was a bit hard but it was fun!!!

That night I went to have dinner out with the heart film's crew!!!


ハニーガーリックのなんとかってやつうまかったです！！！

明日はみんなはモービルであがって撮影みたいです！！

ヒロミは明日もウィスラーで滑る予定です！！！！

みなさん知ってますか？？女の子のつるんつるんの日はベイビーができるらしいですよ！！！！！！！

Honey...something was so tasty!!!

Tomorrow, they will go shooting with their sleds but I will go up Whistler mountain!! 

Did you guys know that the girls can be pregnant when they were slippery and smooth!!!!!!

04/20/07

毎度ー！

フィルマーのタローです。ショータ、ジュン、コウスケででっかい裏山に行って来ました。

Hello! It’s Taro the filmer.Shota, Jun, Kosuke and I went to the back country.

本日は快晴、久しぶりです。雪の状態のいい所を探してラインを刻んできました。

Today, we had a very clear day in a long while.We looked for some nice-conditioned lines and rode them.


やっぱ青空での撮影は最高でした！！

It was great that we could shoot under such a nice sky!!


これは、スノーモービルのオイルを買いに行ったついでに見にいった滝です。マイナスイオンなんて言ってたのに、蚊が大量発生してたので、速攻逃げてきました。

We went to see this waterfall while we were in Squamish to buy oil for our sleds. We heard that we could get some negative ions in places like waterfalls, but there were a swarm of mosquitoes and we left there right away.


折れた木なんですが、何と言う生命力！

It’s a broken tree but surprisingly strong!

04/19/07

がっちりとどもども〜！昨日今日と撮影かなりがんばってきました！ブログ更新できなくてゴメンなさい。m(__;)m昨日のメンバーは、忠、コニ、アキ、フォトグラファーマルさん、フィルマーのケイジの５人。天気がばっちりと当たったのでがっちり撮影してきました！久しぶりに晴れたのでみんなもやる気充分！次から次へとポイントへ移動しまくっていい写真、映像がとれて良かったです。(^^)アキ君の特大フロントフリップにはみんなテンション上がりまくりでした。朝６時半に出て、家に戻ってきたのは夜8時すぎ。。。 かなりタフな一日だったな〜。(^^;)

Hi there! We went shooting yesterday and today!

Sorry that we couldn’t update our blog.The members for yesterday’s session were Tadashi, Koni, Aki, Dice and Keiji. 

It was such nice weather so we had a great session. We didn’t have such nice skies for a long time so we were stoked! 

We kept moving from spot to spot and took many photos and videos. Aki’s huge front flip stoked us out!

Despite the fact we left the house at 6:30am, we got home a little past 8pm.It was a very tough shooting day.


モービルに弁当箱をセット！かなり調子いいようです。(^^)

Setting a lunch box in our sled to warm it up. It looks good.　　　　　　　　　

タダシはバックフリップ、アキはフロントフリップをメイク！　　ライン系で遊びまくったポイント。影が人の顔みたいですな。

Tadashi made a back flip. Aki made a front flip.These were some lines that looked like a human face.


04/17/07

４月１６日マッサージだべ〜〜〜！ MASSAGE TIME!

今日は、天気が悪くてお休みです。んで、マッサージですよ〜。。コレが気持ちいいんだわ（笑）オレらいっつもやられてるから。ビシバシってね？なにげに体はボロボロなんですよ。元気なふりしてるけど（笑）でもね〜！頑張って４回転のバックフリップを決めるまで？？？？？？（アキ君だよ）こんな事やってるから体ボロボロになるんだよね〜！よーしヨガってやる！ストレッチは大事だよみんな〜。

It’s bad weather and we were off today.So! We massaged each other and it felt really great! (don’t take me wrong!) 

We always overuse our body so even if the outside looks good, our inside of our body is screaming!

But, you know, we don’t give up until we land the trick like when Aki spun a 4 time back flip... that’s why our body is crying so hard!

Ooookeeey, I’ll do some Yoga stretching.Stretching is really important, guys.How about this pose?

こんなポーズはどうかな〜？


04/17/07

深っ！ It’s deep!

どもっす！昨日は忠、コニ、アキ、ケイジで撮影！天気は思ったよりも良くなくて、晴れたり曇ったりだったけど、いろいろやってきました！雪が思ったより良くて場所によってはかなり深かった〜でっかいウィンドリップで遊んだり、でっかいシュートを滑ってみたり。最後は岩越えのジャンプでセッションしてました。コニはBs1をスムースにメイク [:チョキ:]何とアキ君はキャブ9をトライ。着地した後につぶされてしまったけどスゴかったな〜みんな盛り上がってました。(^^)

Hello, yesterday we (Tadashi, Koni, Aki, Keiji) went shooting.

The weather was not as good as I expected and some clouds appeared throughout the day. But we got some nice shots!At some points, the snow was good and deep.

We hit some wind lips, rode a big chute and had a session at a rock-over jump. Koni made a back side one smoothly.

Aki tried a cab 9. 

He exploded when he landed but it was so cool.Everybody had a good time.


忠が滑ったやばいシュート。抜けた後のチョッカリは自己新記録のスピードだったみたい。(^^;)

This is the chute that Tadashi rode. He made a new speed record for sure!

We found a huge log!


帰り道にでっかいログを発見！

We play by throwing stones at a rock for two pitchers of beer!

その後は4人でビールのピッチャー2杯を賭けて下にある岩に石投げ勝負！コニタンごちそうさまです。[:ビール:]

Koni, Thank you for the beer!


04/14/07

冬が来たぁぁ〜 Winter again!

どもです！ウィスラーに冬がまた来ました〜！最近暖かくて春みたいだったけど、今日雪が降ったお陰でいい感じ！明日はパウパウです！多分！

The winter come again to Whistler!

We had some warm days lately but today was snowing.

Maybe it’ll be powder snow tomorrow!


夜はウィスラーで行われているTELUS WORLD フェスティバルのBIG AIRの公開練習行ってきました！BIG AIRにはショータ。HPにはタカ。スロープにはナターシャがエントリー。今日の公開練習は雪が降ったせいでスピードが足らずにほとんどが角落ち。。。でも明日の本戦は整備も入ってきっといい感じになるでしょう！楽しみだな〜！

At night, we went to the public practice session for the BIG AIR for the TELUS WORLD FESTIVAL!

Shota entered the BIG AIR contest, Taka did the half pipe and Natazsa did the Stompede.

Because of the new snow, most of the riders couldn’t get enough speed and they couldn’t make their landings.

But upon tomorrow’s real contest, the landing should be maintained and the riders will show us some great tricks!

I’m so excited!

04/13/07

休憩 Break time.

どうもー！！フィルマーのタローです。一昨日バンクーバーの近くのシーモアと言うスキー場に行った帰りのにあまりにも奇麗だったので休憩がてら、光の柱とショータを撮ってみました。

Hi, this is Taro the filmer.When we were on our way from the ski resort in Vancouver the day before yesterday, it was so beautiful that I could’t help taking pictures. 

It’s a pillar of light and Shota.

04/13/07

今日から From today...

どーも鎌潤です今日からカナダのみんなと合流です楽しみながら頑張るぞー毎度ですコウスケです雪がいっぱいあってびっくりしてます楽しみながらてんぱるぞ〜

Hi! This is Kama-Jun! 

From today, I’ll start snowboarding with the Heart riders in Whistler. 

I’ll enjoy myself and try hard!

Hello, It’s Kosuke.I’m surprised that there is so much snow.

I’ll enjoy myself too and step it up!


04/12/07

あれ、雪いいでー。Hmm...good snow...

コニシでスー。今日は雪質なんか期待してなかったのに上がってみると、あららパウダーじゃないですか。ヤッホーー。今日のメンツは忠、タカ、コニシ、ケイジ。ジャンプしたり、フリーライディングしたり。ローングパウダーラン。ヘリツアーで滑るような斜面を２回も滑ったよ。気持ちイガッター。イギナリ。（仙台弁？）んでもって今日、潤君とコウスケがウィスラーにやって来ました。heart houseは狭くなったけど、ワイワイして楽しい感じになってます。鈴木兄弟とタロさんがメンチカツを作ってます。もう夜の11時になろうっていうのに。。てな感じでガンガン楽しんで行きマース。

It’s Konishi!

I wasn’t expected any good snow today but once I went up to the mountain, hooray!

There was powder snow!Today, I went up with Tadashi, Taka and Keiji. 

We hit some jumps and we went free riding on a loooong powder run! We found really nice lines like when we go heli-boarding.

I felt so nice!Also, today, Jun and Kosuke came to Whistler so the Heart house became busy and our living space became smaller. 

But it would be more lively and fun.

The Suzuki brothers and Taro are making some meat cut-let. 

It’s already 11pm...We are sure that we’ll have so much fun here.


逆サイドのブラックタスク　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　変な山頂。真っ平らです。とったど〜！ by 忠　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　休憩中　コニモヒカン潤君。コウスケは曝睡中zzz

04/11/07

バンクーバーのローカルスキー場 Ski resort in Vancouver!

どうも！どうも！今日、みんなでバンクバーのスキー場に行ってきたんだ〜。なんで行ったかとい言うと。ワイルドキャッツのイベントがあるって聞いて行ったんだけど！！それが行ったら、誰もいなくてさ〜？とりあえずボックスがあったからそれで遊んでたらデバンとJFとカール（IS DESIGNのマネージャー）がやっと着たと思ったら。GTの（そり）コースのレーアウトを3人で話し合いに着てただけでさ〜。だから、オレらは、ハイクをしながら昔を思い出すねっとか言いながら（昔はボロボロのハーフパイプで練習したんですよ）楽しんじゃいました。んで、オレが撮ったベストショットがタクミのワンフットマック！コレいいでしょ！

Hello, Hello!

We went to a ski resort in Vancouver today because we thought that the Wild Cat’s event will be held there. 

But! No one was there!!We were riding a box and finally Devan and JF and Karl (manager of IS DESIGN) showed up.

But they came up for a meeting to discuss the layout of the GT sled’s race...So... we just rode half pipe for some fun. 

Hiking up the pipe brought back memories of some years ago... 

We used to practice with a crappy half pipe... Sweet memories. (?!)

This is Takumi’s one foot mctwist! Isn’t he awesome?


04/10/07

どうも！フィルマーのタローです。今日は雨なので適当に写真のせました。

2007.04.10 Tuesday

Hey yo!It’s Taro the filmer.

Today was raining so I am posting some random photos for you to enjoy.


ウィスラーでの昼食風景        Lunch at Whistler mountain.


オレ、ショータで初めて作ったカツ丼。まぁまぁうまかったです！

Taro and me made “Katsu-don” (pork-cutlet rice bowl) for the first time.

It was not too bad.


家に遊びに来るきれいな鳥。何て鳥でしょう？

Some beautiful blue jays come to see us.


タクミとショータが変な動物がいたと言ったので引き返して見たら、ラマでした。

Takumi and Shota told me that they saw a weird animal, and it was a llama.

Before
After
そそり立ってる山
The mountains rising up.

温暖化で氷河がばりばり解けてました。The glacier is melting from global-warming.

１月ハートハウスheart house in January


４月ハートハウスheart house in April


忠のステップアップ。Tadashi stepping it up.


04/09/07

おすし！SUSHI!!!

昨日はみんなオフしてました。[:温泉:]みんなそれぞれゆっくりしてたり、スケートしにいったり、パソコンやったり。そして夜は久しぶりにお寿司食べてきました〜！ウィスラービレッジにある寿司屋さん。おいしかった〜！

Yesterday, all of us took a day off and had our own holiday...relaxing, skate boarding, using our Macs etc...At night, we went to Sushi-Ya in Whistler village!

It was soooooooo delicious!



いつもお世話になってるヤマさん。　　　　　　お寿司はもちろん唐揚げもおいしいッス。

This is Sushi-Ya’s owner Yama-san, he is always helpful to us.　　　　　　

Fried chicken is so good as well as the Sushi!


heartライダー達と寿司屋のみんな [:イヒヒ:]      Heart’s riders and Friends.


04/08/07

春デス。あったかいなぁぁ〜今朝は山の上でも４℃。ウィスラーは完全春モードです。今日はモービルでヒップのようなジャンプを作って撮影してきました。メンバーは忠、コニ、タカ、フォトグラファーのジョン、自分（ケイジ）の5人。タカは初めてのモービルでかなりやられてましたね。グラブできないかもって言ってました。（笑）天気がいまいちで、晴れ間を待ったりしながらのジャンプ。この晴れ待ちが結構ツラいんですよ。。。ランディングが悪くかなりむずかしいコンディションだったけど、みんな映像を残そうと何度もトライ！いくつかいいカットが残せたのでよかったです。(^^)

2007.04.08 Sunday

Spring timeIt's warm... 

It’s 4 degrees even on the mountain today.

Spring has come to Whistler.We shot some hip jumps today.

The members were Tadashi, Koni, Taka, John-photographer and me-Keiji.

Taka rode his sled for the first time and he looked really tired as he said “Maybe I can’t even make a grab...”

The weather was not so good and we had to wait around for the sun to take a shot.Waiting for the sun is more tiring than you can imagine...

Also the landing was bad and it was a difficult condition but the riders tried again and again!

So we could take some good shots.コニ＆タカ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　フォトグラファーのジョン。

ランチのあとはポイントを移動してウッドレールをやってきました。コニとジョンは川に落ちました。[:たらーっ:]

Koni & Taka John the photographer

After having lunch, we moved to another place and hit a wood rail.Koni and John fell into the river.


攻め攻めな忠。※ よい子はまねしないでね♪

Tadashi killed it!※Do not attempt, kids♪

04/07/07

ウォールライド〜どもで〜す！フィルマーのケイジです。ナターシャが狙っていたウォールライドの撮影してきました ！コニも合流し、いつもと違ったライダーの組み合わせだったのでおもしろかったな〜2人とも『こんなの初めてだからどうやったらいいか想像つかないな〜』なんて言いながらも、ナターシャはFsの壁でいい高さで当て込み、コニはBsの壁でfs3をメイク。アーリーウープみたいな感じでかなりカッコ良かったです [:イケテル:]

2007.04.07 Saturday

Wall Ride!

This is Keiji!

We went shooting at a wall ride which Natazsa has been itching to hit.

Koni came with us and we had so much fun because the combination of riders were different than the usual suspects.

Natazsa hit the front side wall with great height and Koni made a front side 3 at the back side wall even though they said “I’ve never done this and I don’t know how to ride!”.

It looked like an alley oop and it was so cool.


きれいな空だったな〜。これでも夜７時くらい。カナダの春はもっと日が長くなってきます。

Beautiful sky! It was about 7pm. The days will be getting longer and longer in the springtime in Canada.

04/06/07

ウィスラーにも春が来た。コニシです。拓巳、タダシ、フィルマーのケイジ、そして久々登場の石原君、とワイの５人でウィスラーのパークを滑りました。今シーズンはホンマにパークを全然滑ってなかったのでここぞとばかりに滑りまくりました。あったかくなって板の走りは悪いけど、ステップアップのキッカーとかステップダウンとか他では見た事無いアイテムがいっぱいあって楽しいパークでした。石原君がレールをしてるのを初めて見ました。なかなかやるじゃないか。拓巳がフロントフリップをやりました。なかなか良かったです。忠がめずらしくやられました。痛そうでした。ワイはb720が何度やってもメイク出来ませんでした。他にもいっぱい出来なかった技がありました。まあそんなもんです。

2007.04.06 Friday

Spring has come to Whistler!

It’s Konishi.Takumi, Tadashi, Keiji, Ishihara-kun(He appeared for the first time in a long time) and me went snowboarding at the Whistler park.

I haven’t been snowboarding at this park so I was excited to take this opportunity and just go riding.

It was getting warmer and the board was sliding bad, but there were some rare items like a stepping-up kicker or a stepping-down so I enjoyed the park.

I saw Ishihara-kun riding rails for the first time. He was good.

Takumi did a front flip, he was good too.

Tadashi fell. It was unlike him and it looked painful.

I tried a back side 720 so many times but I couldn’t land it. I also couldn’t land some other tricks.

That’s the way sometimes!

04/05/07

road trip

フィルマーのタローです。今回は、タダシ　アキ　ジョン(カメラ)　オレでカナダとアラスカの国境付近にある stewart に3泊4日で往復34時間ドライブして行って来ました。その時の写真です。

2007.04.05 Thursday

ROAD TRIP

This is Taro the filmer.Tadashi, Aki, John and me went on a road trip to Stewart.

It is in BC near the border of Alaska. We went for 4 days and 3 nights. 

It took 34 hours by truck to get there and back.

The following photos were taken during the trip.


まずは、今回のオレ以外のメンバー。

First of all, these are the members for the trip. (John , Aki, Taro and Tadashi)


ガソリンスタンド。朝3時30分位に出てこれが3回目でした。

We left Whistler at 3:30am and this was the third gas station we had filled up at.


ドライブが長過ぎて、どれを載せればいいのか悩んだんですがstewart付近は車からはこんな感じでした。

We drove way too long and I didn’t know which photos should be shown here...

Near Stewart, these were the scenery from the car.


で氷河も見えました。

The famous Stewart Glacier.山で

のスポットチェック。手前がアキで奥に立ってるのがタダシ。

Checking a spot. Aki is in the front. Tadashi is in the back.


自分のラインを決めて滑る前に軽く昼食。

Having lunch before we ride.


帰りがけ汚い泥水に写ってたきれいな山。

A beautiful mountain in a muddy puddle.


2日目朝から車でスポット探しで現在地を確認。

The second day. Checking out our present location while we looked for a spot to shoot.


午前中軽く300キロドライブ。 We drove 300km that morning.


午後1で山に上がりこんな感じです。In the afternoon.


タダシ、海老ちゃんエアー。Tadashi’s air.


アキ、キャブ180の2グラブのインディーの方。

Aki’s cab 180, double grab, indy.


仕事を終えた後の笑顔。

Smiling faces after a hard day's work.


夕飯前。

Before dinner.


帰りもまた17時間ドライブ。17 hour drive to get home...


帰りもまた4.5回は行ったガソリンスタンド。窓も洗ってもらいます。

We stopped 4 or 5 times for gas. A staff washing windows for us.


凄く長い真っ直ぐな道路撮ったんですが、さっき洗ってもらった窓が汚かったので横線が出来てしまいました。

Very long and straight road.


こんな感じでいろいろ撮って来たので、映像をお楽しみに！！

We got various shots in Stewart, please check it out our next DVD.

あと、ほとんどを運転してくれたタダシとアキ、それにカメラマンで来てくれたジョン本当にお疲れさまでした。

In closing, I’d like to thank Tadashi and Aki for driving most of the way, and thank you John for coming with us as a cameraman on such short notice!We appreciate it!!!


04/05/07

GO FOR IT画像でーす。博美つづきです。GO FOR IT主催ブレイブプロジェクトのホームページに掲載してるのでみてくださーい。・・・http://www.brave-project.com/


2007.04.05 Thursday

Photos of “go for it”.

It’s Hiromi again.You can see some photos at the Brave project’s homepage.http://www.brave-project.com/


04/05/07

go for it !!

お久しぶりです！！博美です！！！この前、福島のショップのシュレダーの恒例イベント“go for it”に行って来ました！！！今年はナイトセッションで、ボックス、ドラム缶、ウォールがあって大雨の中楽しみました！！！マイキーとベネディックも来てました！！二人ともかっこ良かったです！！夜のパーティーでは去年のパラパラに続き、今年もやってしまいました！！ゲストで、レゲエダンサー（Tバックをはいた刺激的な女性の３人組）が踊る前に博美が（でかいTシャツ、スエットパンツ）でレゲエダンスを踊ってしまいました。ダンサーの皆さん本当にすいませんでした。写真は盛り上がりすぎて、撮ってないです。すいません。

2007.04.05 Thursday

go for it !!

Long time no see!! It’s Hiromi!!

I went to the event called “go for it” which is an annual event for a snowboard shop in Fukushima!!This year, the event was held at night and it was raining but we had fun with a box, a drum and a wall.

Mikey and Benedek were there too! 

They were so cool!!

At the night party I did IT again, same as last year...A girls dance trio(who were wearing sexy T-back panties) were going to reggae dance, but before their show, I(wearing big T-shirt and sweat pants) danced reggae.

 I’m really sorry.I was too excited to take any photos. Sorry!

04/04/07

ぴーかん！今日はがっちり晴れました〜♪ということで朝一からモービルへGO！メンバーはショータと昨日合流したコニと自分（ケイジ）。タクミは首が痛いみたいで残念ながら今日はお休み。

2007.04.04 Wednesday

Clear sky!

It was super sunny today♪So we headed out with our sleds early in the morning!

The members were Shota, Koni and me-Keiji.

Takumi took the day off for his neck was a bit sore.


モービルを降ろせるところまで少し砂利道。　　　　　　　　　テキパキと準備するコニ&ショータ。

Dirt road until we could unload the sleds.Koni and Shota preparing their sleds without wasting any time.

まずはポイントまでのツラいバンプ（モービルが走ると雪道が削られてウェーブ状になっている事。）を走り抜けます。ショータと自分はここに連日来てたので少し慣れてるけど、コニは久しぶりのモービルだったのでかなり体力を奪われてました。[:たらーっ:]

We had to go through some hard bumps to get to the spot.

Shota and I had been there before and we had already gotten used to the bumps, but Koni was having a hard time because it was his first time out on his sled in a long time.

昨日さんざん天気待ちしたけどやれなかったポイントへ到着。今日の天気は問題なし。やっと撮影できて嬉しかったな〜！

We arrived to the spot where we couldn’t take any shots the other day.

The weather today was excellent! Finally we could shoot there.


ジャンプの全景。穴に落ちたら大変…　　　　　　　　　　　　晴れて嬉しいみんな。(^^)

This is the jump. If you fall into a hole...brrr. Happy faces.(^^)


次のポイントへ移動！後はすごい雪煙。　　　　ノリノリのショータ。

Moving to the next spot. Snow smoke after we passed through. Shota was cooking.


さて私は誰でしょう？？　（笑）Who am I?

その後は昨日最後にキッカーを作り置きしていたポイントへ。少し手直ししていい感じ！すぐにジャンプセッションスタート♪

We went to the kicker which we made yesterday and we fixed it a little.The jump session started quickly.


昨日作り置きしたキッカーはこんな感じ。　　　　　　　　　左からコニ、フミ、ショータ。

This is the kicker. From left, Koni, Fumi and Shota.

帰り際

に発見したアイスケーブ。すごくきれい。　記念にパシャ！ [:カメラ:]ショータもコニも果敢に攻めてたな〜。いい一日でした。(^^)

We found an ice cave. It was really beautiful. Say Cheese!

Shota and Koni were so aggressive. It was good day for them.

heart houseに戻ってからの2人。炒飯を作るコニ。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　かなり日焼けしてきたショータ。

Shota and Koni at the heart house.Koni making fried rice. 

Shota is tuning out too much lately!@!!...


04/03/07

さむかったぁ〜〜どもっす！ケイジです。今日はショータと2人で撮影行ってきましたよ〜朝から冷え込みが激しく山頂では何とマイナス15度。。。こんなに寒いのは久しぶりだったんで2人とも結構ヤラれてました。[:ムニョムニョ:]午前中は気持ちよく晴れていてキッカーでジャンプできたんですが、午後狙っていたポイントに到着した頃からくら〜い雲がもくもくと出現。。。『大丈夫！もうすぐ晴れるでしょ！』『少し明るくなってきたんじゃない？？』な〜んて希望を捨てずに待つ事１時間半。。。結局明るくはならず撮影できませんでした…。かなりくやしいッス。思わせぶりな太陽に2人とも翻弄されまくり…やっぱり晴れ待ちはキツいですね。。

2007.04.03 Tuesday

Coooold day.Hey, it’s Keiji. 

I went shooting with Shota today. Since morning it was so chilly and on the top of the mountain the temperature was minus 15 degrees.

It had been a while for us to feel this damn cold in a long time so we got tired super fast.We spent the entire morning hitting some jumps but in the afternoon it started getting dark and clouds rolled in as soon as we got to our new spot. 

We were like, “It’ll be fine!” “Yeah it’s going to get better!”and waited for sunshine for one and half hours. 

In the end, we couldn’t get any shots because of the weather so we were frustrated!

We had been teased by the Sun...I don’t like having to wait for the sun.


そのまま何もしないのは、かなりしゃくだったので別なところにキッカーを作って帰ることにしました。。。今日からコニも合流したので気を取り直し、明日はコニ&タクミ&ショータと自分の4人で行ってきま〜す！

We felt like we couldn't go home empty handed so we made a kicker at another place. Koni came back from Japan so hopefully he will help change the mood tomorrow and we will go shoot something different tomorrow.

04/02/07

少しだけど…

どもども！フィルマーのケイジです。久しぶりにウィスラーに雪降りましたよ〜山の上には少しはつもったんじゃないかな？ 多分…！（希望）明日も早起きしてタクミ&ショータと撮影してこようと思います。ショートトリップに出た忠達は無事についたのかな〜？なかなかのロングドライブですよね…スケジュール的にも大変だと思うけど、きっといろいろと新しい事をやってくるに違いない！残った僕らもがんばっていきまっす！やるなら今しかね〜♪P.S.　もうすぐ一時帰国していたコニタンが合流！　怪我をしていたナターシャも元気に滑り始めてますよ〜。v(^^)

2007.04.02 Monday

A little bit of...

Hello, it’s Keiji the filmer.We had some snow fall in Whistler after a long time of now new snow.I hope that on the mountain there may be new snow accumilation. (I wish)

I’ll wake up early and go shooting with Takumi&Shota.

I wonder if Tadashi’s crew got to Srewart all right.It’s kind of long drive...

Hopefully they will get to shoot some new and fun things despite their super tight schedule!

The rest of us will do our best or more!

The time is now!

PS. Koni, who was in Japan will come back today. Natasza recovered from her injury and she is now snowboarding... (^^)


04/01/07

What's up ! 

みなさ〜ん。What's up みんな元気してる。今日は、カナディアンのカメラマンを連れて撮影してたんだ。ヤバイよ、オレ英語うまくなるかも。だはぁ〜なるわけね〜か！！！んでも今日、単語覚えたんだよ（？？？）明日は、ショートトリップに行くんだ〜。ウィスラーから１５時間ぐらいのとこにね。なかなか辛そうだよ。でも！ヤルしかね〜。人生一回（笑）こんな感じですよ〜みんな〜頑張りつつ楽しんでね〜。

2007.04.01 Sunday

What's up everybody? What's up what’s up?

We went shooting with a Canadian cameraman today.

Oops, maybe I can be a good English speaker.Nahhhhh, it’s not going to happen!!!

But I studied some English words!

We are going to go on a short road trip tomorrow. 

Its a 15 hour drive from Whistler. Sounds like it may be hard. But! I just have to do it. Life is only one-time. (^^)

Everybody should keep trying and having fun!See ya!

ほんじゃ！



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03/31/07

 最近の写真 フィルマーのタローです。最近の写真です。

2007.03.31 Saturday

Up to date photos from Taro the filmer.

いっぱい犬がいましたー。 So many dogs in cages!

 

バンクーバー行った時海にスタンドらしき物がありました。

In Vancouver, I found a gas station in the middle of the sea.

 

タクミとケイジしか見えない位真っ白で何も見えませんでした。

Too fogy that I could only just see Tadashi and Keiji.

 

タダシは登るのが早い！ Tadashi drives up super fast!

 

ランチLUNCH

 

山の帰りOn the way back.

 

kokaneeっぽいIt’s like a Kokanee Beer ad.

 

ラインLines

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山の神 The god of the mountain.

 

03/31/07

ナイス！ NICE!!! 

ここ何日かの撮影はこんな感じでした！v(^^)

This is a recent report on our shooting escapades. (^^)


忠 / パウダーランからのドロップ。Tadashi / Dropping in from the powder snow.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

忠 / ストンプ！ fs.7！Tadashi / Stomps! Front side 7!


アキ / 1 Foot Indy !Aki / One foot indy!

　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　アキ / fs.cork.720Aki / Front side cork 720.


タクミ / fs.180 melon   Takumi / Front side 180 melon.

　　　　　　

　タクミ / パウダーランでのスプレーTakumi / Riding powder snow and spraying.


ショウタ / fs.3 Indy !            Shota / Front side 3 indy! 

03/30/07 

フリーラン♪ 

2007.03.30 Friday

Free riding!♪

We went to Whistler mountain!Tadashi, Aki, Shota, Taro, and me Keiji.Contrary to the forecast, it was good weather today.It was the first time in a long time we went up the mountain because we have been shooting with our sleds lately.There were still so much good snow on the peak and it boost our spirits.We all hit the mogul slopes so our legs are so tired but we had so much fun.Some birds came to have lunch with us.Aki with Taro’s sun glasses.In the afternoon, we headed to the snowboard park.It was so crowded because it was sunny.The people there were so greedy to drop in that you couldn't tell when and who was dropping in. It was like a boarder cross race.After we went down the mountain, we had some beers and chicken wings.Chicken wings are so tasty! Some are spicy and some are sweet.When I went to Alaska, I ate chicken wings all the time.Everybody loved it.We had so much fun free riding. Riding with friends is the best!

昨日はみんなでウィスラーマウンテンへ滑りに行ってきました！メンバーは忠、アキ、ショータ、フィルマーのタロウと自分（ケイジ）の5人。天気予報とは違っていい天気。 最近モービルでの撮影ばかりだったので、フリーランするのはみんな久しぶり。山頂はまだいい雪が残っていてテンション上がったな〜！みんなでモーグルバーン攻めまくって足はパンパンだったけど、かなり楽しかったです（^^）


ランチ時には小鳥も寄ってきます。


タローさんのサングラスで遊ぶアキ。（笑） 午後はスノーボードパークへ！天気が良かったせいなのかパークはメッチャ混み。[:満室:]誰がどこからドロップしてくるのか分からなくて、みんなガツガツしまくり。まるでボータークロスですなこれは。。。[:ひやひや:] 下山してからはビールとチキンウィング！おいしいんですよ〜。チキンウィング。辛いのとか甘いのがあって。手羽先にホットソースをからめてある感じなのかな？去年アラスカに行った時にはいつも食べてたかも。みんなも大好きです。 フリーラン楽しかった〜。やっぱりみんなでワイワイ滑るのって最高 ですね。[:チョキ:] 

03/28/07

 快晴！！ 今日も朝早くからモービルで撮影に行ってきましたよ〜♪今回は忠＆アキ＆タロー、そしてタクミ&ショータ&ケイジの2クルーに分けて出発。天気はかなりよくていい感じ！何かできそうなところを探しまわります。

  2007.03.28 Wednesday

Fair skies!!

We went shooting from early in the morning. Today, we set off as two crews. Tadashi, Aki, Taro in one crew, and Takumi, Shota, Keiji in another crew.It was a very clear day and so nice.


氷をこわしまくるショータ。　　　　　　　　タクミ & ショータ。２人乗りでどこまでもついてきます。(^^)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Takumi & Shota 

この２日間でいろいろと映像が残せたのでお楽しみに〜！

We were able to shot some lines, jumps, and more. You’ll see! 

03/27/07

 Nice day! 晴れるかも！

と言う事で早朝に集合！忠、タクミ、ショータ、フィルマーのタローさんと自分（ケイジ）。そして腰を少し痛めて休んでいたアキ君も今日から復活！ クリフや、アップ系のジャンプ、新しい地形を発見してライン系などやってきました！

2007.03.27 Tuesday

Nice day!

It looked like it was going to be sunny so we all met early in the morning.Tadashi, Takumi, Shota, Taro(filmer) and me, Keiji.Aki recovered from his back problem and joined us.We shot a cliff, and an up jump, and rode some lines and explored some new places.

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人乗りでキッカーに向かうタダシとアキ。　　　　かな〜りアップ系。上から見ると壁です。…(^^;)

Tadashi and Aki rode double on a sled heading to a kicker.It was very steep like a wall. (^^;)


撮影から帰ってきたのは夜８時近く。疲れたけど楽しかったな〜[:わーい:]あしたもがんばりまーす！

We came back around eight pm. I was soooo tired but it was fun.We’ll take another go at it tomorrow!! 

03/26/07 

今日も疲れた〜 拓巳です！今日は、タダシくん、タロウさん、ケイジ君、ショウタと五人でモービルで撮影に行ってきました。天気はいまいち良くなかったけど晴れ間を狙ってみんないいジャンプしてました[:嬉しい:]明日は天気がいいみたいなので朝から頑張りま〜す[:グッド:]おやすみ〜

2007.03.26 Monday

Another exhausting day. 

This is Takumi! I went shooting via sled with Tadashi, Taro, Keiji, and Shota. The weather could've been better but we managed to get a few shots when the sun peeked out. It’s going to be sunny tomorrow, and we will go shooting from early in the morning! Gotta get a good night's sleep. Good night!

   03/25/07

 ろーどぎゃっぷ ROAD GAP

 フィルマーのケイジです！昨日は朝早くからビデオでも出ている有名なロードギャップポイントをチェックしてきました！メンバーはタダシ、タクミ、ショータ、フォトグラファーのマルさん、フィルマーのタロウさんと自分。

Hey it's Keiji! Yesterday, early in the morning, we went to check out the very famous road gap! The members were Tadashi, Takumi, Shota, Dice-K Maru (photographer), Taro-san (videocameraman) and me.


ランディングまでイメージする忠。 1年ぶりに来たけどやっぱデカいすね〜〜。このジャンプ…。。。ビルに例えたら何階建てくらいなんだろうな…？(^^;)今回は雪が思っていたよりも悪く天気も少し暗いので、今度またコンディションがいい時にやる事にします。 帰る前にはみんなで雪玉で遠くの倒木を狙って遠投大会！[:ベースボール:]当たりそうでなかなか当たらないんですよ〜これが。みんなムキになって投げまくってました。 始めに当てたタダシはみんなから[:ビール:]をゲット！元ピッチャーだけあってうまかったな〜〜ちなみにタローさんはサードでスイッチヒッターだったみたいです。 100球までは投げてないけど、もう投げすぎで肩が痛いです。結局ショータはビリになってみんなにコーヒーおごる事になりました。[:チョキ:] 今日は雨も降っていたのでオフ。忠とスケートパークで遊んできました。地下なので空気はあんまり良くないんですけど、楽しく汗かいてすっきりしたな〜！でも体はバキバキです。（笑）

Tadashi can imagine how the landing would be. We came here for the first time in a year and...the slope is really big as I was expecting... If the gap is compared to a building, the building would be how many stories?(^^;) The snow around there was bad and it was dark, so we decided to try this next time when the condition is better. Before we left this gap, we played long cast with snow balls and we tried to hit a piece of wood. It looked easy but it’s not actually. We started to get pissed off that nobody was hitting the target! Tadashi hit the target first and he got beers from everybody! He used to be a pitcher so he was good. Taro-san was 3 base and also a switch-hitter. We threw too many snoballs, like a 100 and now I have pain in my shoulder. Shota was the worst and he has to buy coffees for us. It was raining so we took the day off today and I went to the skate park with Tadashi. Since the skate park is under ground, the air is not clean but we enjoyed ourselves and broke a sweat. Now my muscles are sore. 

03/23/07 

雪ふってっどぉ〜（ウィスラー）Snowing Whistler!

 今日はですね〜、ウィスラーから大体１時間ぐらい車で走ったポイントに行ってきたんですよ。やっぱりいいですね〜。違う景色を見るってことは。なんかワクワクしながらポイントを探しててね。これが楽しいんですよ。 ちなみに今日の撮影内容は、自分は、ピローラインをせめて。ショータとタクミは、クリフジャンプを攻めてたかな。いい感じのジャンプだったんだこれが。んでそれから移動をして、探しまくってたんですよ〜。なかなか見つかんないんだわ、これが。なかなか大変でね〜。これを皆に教えたいよ。（でも楽しいんだよコレも）

Today, we went to a spot where it took an hour by car. It’s nice to go somewhere different. It’s so exciting searching for a nice spot. It's so much fun. Today’s agenda was to hit some pillow lines and Shota and Takumi did some awesome cliff drops. Their lines were pretty cool. After that, we moved on in search of a better place but we couldn’t find any. It’s really hard to find a nice spot, I’m telling you. I want you to know this! (Though its fun trying...)

 

03/22/07

 やっほ〜ぅ どもでーす！フィルマーのケイジです。今日もアキ&コニとモービルで撮影に行ってきました〜！ 天気は曇り空で視界はそこまで良くないけど、マッシュやピローラインで撮影してました。明るくなるのを待ってのドロップでなかなか大変。でもやれる中でいいのができたと思います。(^^)

2007.03.22 Thursday

Hey, yo!This is Keiji the filmer again.I went filming today with Aki & Koni.It was cloudy but we shot some mushroom lines and pillow lines.We had to wait for the sunlight to drop in, and it was tough but we got some nice shots despite the conditions.

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午後は今まで行ったた事のないところを探索してみんなでスタックしまくりでした。（笑）

In the afternoon, we looked for a place where no one had been to.We kept getting stuck again and again! 


03/21/07 

鎌ちゃんシリーズ？？？？？？ KAMA-chan Series! こんなんどう〜！

2007.03.21 Wednesday


大ちゃん誕生日おめでとう！（TWSの編集長）Happy birthday, Dai-chan! (Editor of TWS)

 

03/21/07 

ハラへった〜〜〜！ オレらもやってっどぉ〜！！３月２０日天気も良くいい感じで撮影をやってきました。こっちのメンバーは、タロさ、（ビデオカメラマン）タクちゃん、ショウちゃん、ただぼー、楽しかったよ〜！！ショウタとタクミがウケるんですよコレがまた。スノーモービルでドコまでも着いてくるんですよ。（コイツらさすが兄弟って思うね）彼らは、コレからですね！みんな映像を楽しみにしててね〜（写真もね）

2007.03.21 Wednesday

I’m hungry----!We were filming too!!Yesterday, it was nice weather and we did some shooting.Our crew was Taro(video cameraman), Takumi, Shota and me(Tadashi).It was sooo much fun! Shota and Takumi are funny guys.They took forever to double up but they made it! I knew the brothers could do it. It’ll be fun to follow their carreers. Everybody, wait till you see the photos and videos! They are killing it!

 

03/21/07 

よかった〜… 今日は7時半に駐車場に集合！メンバーはアキ&コニ、フォトグラファーのマルさんと自分（ケイジ）。天気もよくてテンションも上がります。(^^)

2007.03.21 Wednesday

What a relief...We gathered at the parking lot at seven thirty in the morning.The members were Aki, Koni, Maru-san, and me(Keiji).The nice weather made us high. (^^)


思っていたよりも雪が深くてでいい感じ！誰もまだ来てないのでモービルで道を作りながらやっと山頂へ到着。しかし始めに狙っていたクリフまで行く頃には、デバンやクリス・ダフィシー、サンドボックスのクルーが続々と集まってきて一気に場所取り合戦が始まります。それにしてもデバン達は早かったな…バタバタっとあっという間にいいところで撮影してました。早くこうなっていかなければ…

The snow was deep and a lot nicer than we thought.No one had come out yet so we had to make our own track to get to the top.But before we arrived to the spot that we had marked out, the other crews like Devun Walsh, Chris Dufficy and Sandbox came one after another and the “spot race” began. Devun’s crew was so fast... They shot a nice spot without wasting any time. We have to be like that...


それにしてもアキ君がドロップした後に雪崩が起きて本当にあせったなぁ…少し流されたけどケガもなく、夕方まで撮影がんばってました。[:パンチ:]

Aki did a jump and it caused an avalanche and he got carried away a little bit. I was so frightened but he wasn’t hurt at all and he continued to film until nightfall.


今日一日いろいろあったけど、みんな無事でモービルにもトラブルもなくてよかった。これが本当に大事だと実感する1日でした。お〜し！おいしいビール飲んで明日もがんばるぞ〜〜[:イケテル:]

We all came back safely and our sleds had no trouble today.I realized the immense values in this.Alright! We will kick ass tomorrow by drinking yummy beer tonight! 

03/20/07

 オフ DAY OFF 

相変わらずパッとしない天気が続くウィスラーから小西がお届けします。今忠の家にいます。忠の家にはたくさんの本やdvdや珍しいスケートのデッキなど、面白いものがたくさんあります。でもテレビでは大相撲春場所が流れています。あ、鶴竜がはたき込みで勝ちました。素早い動きでした。 今日はオフにしました。昨日の夜のセッションでやられたのが痛いってのもあるけど天気が悪かったんです。でも夕方にスケートをやりに行きました。地下駐車場にスケートパークがあるんです。地下っつっても地下３階ですよ。行く時に乗るエレベーターなんか秘密基地に行く感じですよ。リゾートですねー。でもそこは空気が悪いのであんまし長くいると多分病気になります。だからさくっと汗を流して帰ります。スケートのあとは地上にあるスターバックスでコーヒーを飲みます。オフの日はこんな感じで過ごしてます。明日も天気悪そうやなー。でも山行きたい！とりあえず５時起きです。

2007.03.20 Tuesday

This is Koni bringing you some news from Whistler under uninspiring weather.I’m at Tadashi’s place now. There are many books, DVDs, rare skateboard decks and some other interesting things. There's Grand Sumo tournament on TV, wow Kakuryu won by a frontal slap-down. It was quick. I took a day off today. The reasons was that my body got worked in last night's session, and the weather is bad. So I decided to go skateboarding in the evening. There is a skate park underground. “Under ground” it’s not just “Under ground” but on the third floor in the basement. We had to take the elevator to get down there, and it’s like going to a hideout. There is no fresh air so I can’t stay there for a very long time or I will get sick. So I just skate a bit and break a sweat and then take off.After I left the hideout I enjoyed coffee at Starbucks.I spend my days off like this. It seems to be bad weather tomorrow too.I want to go snowboarding!!! I’ll wake up at five o'clock am anyway with my fingers crossed! 

03/19/07 

晴れ待ちの日。Waiting for sunshine.

 どもです！フィルマーのケイジです。アキ&コニとモービルで撮影しにいってきました。

2007.03.19 Monday 

Hey, This is Keiji.I went filming with Aki & Koni with our sleds.

もしかしたら午前中晴れそうな感じだったので早めに出発！他のフィルミングクルーも早くからガソリンスタンドに集まってきます。

We thought that in the morning it would be sunny so we left the house earlier than usual!The other filming crews were also gathering around the gas stand.


しかし、山は思っていたよりも雲が多く視界も悪いので、晴れ間ち晴れ待ちの連続。。。晴れとのうまくタイミングが合わなくてむずかしかったなぁ。。。

But when we got into the backcountry, there were more crowds than I thought and the visibility was very poor. We had to wait for the sunshine to get any filming done. Timing matters. It was tough to find the right timing for filming...

夜はheart houseでアキ＆コニ、フォトグラファーのマルさん、タローさん、自分でセッションしてきました [:チョキ:]

That night, Aki & Koni, Maru-san, Taro-san and I did some sessions at the Heart House.


アキ君は50-50からのfs180,bs180をメイク！コニはwoodレールを飛び越えてからまた飛び越えたりおもしろい事にチャレンジしてました。(^^)でも飛び越えようとした最後の冊に引っかかってクラッシュ。。。危ない落ち方だったけど無事で良かった〜… ナイストライ！

Aki did a front side 180 and back side 180 from 50-50.Koni was trying to do some fun tricks like jumping over the wood rail. But he tried to jump over the last wood rail and bailed super hard.He fell dangerously but he was OK. Whew!Nice try, Koni!

  03/18/07 

どうもー 昨日は、朝起きたら雪ががんがん降ってたのですが、何か出来るだろうって事でタクミ　ショータ　それに、カメラマンのマルさんにオレ(フィルマーのタロー)で家から五分位の所にモービルで撮影に行ってきました。

2007.03.18 Sunday

Hi, there! It’s Taro.(heart’s filmer)When I woke up yesterday morning, it was snowing hard so we(Takumi, Shota, Maru-san and me) thought we could do something so we went to shoot near the house by sled.

 

いろいろ探してマルさんがここどう？って事でタクミ　ショータでチェック。

We looked around for a spot and then Maru-san suggested one.Takumi and Shota scoped the area while we prepared for the shoot, then the snow became rain!


よし、やろうと準備してる間に雪がだんだん雨に！雪も、うすいし雨も降ってきたので軽く遊んでもうちょい体にやさしい所を探しに行こうと、もうちょい行ったらこんどは、これです！

Since it turned to rain, we went to look for another easier spot and found this place.


雨の中ビタビタなので、マルさんもオレもガンガン機材が濡れるので結構大変でした。タクミとショータもずぶ濡れになりながらも、いろいろ試しながら滑ってたので、どうにか今日も撮影が出来ました。　タクミ　ショータ　マルさん、お疲れさんでした！！

Maru-san and I were having a hard time protecting our cameras from the rain.Takumi and Shota tried some tricks although they were wet, and we were able to do some filming because of their effort.Takumi, Shota and Maru-san, you guys did a good job today!

 03/17/07 

雪がぁぁぁ〜 パウダ〜！ 14cmの新雪！ワクワクしながら忠とブラッコムへ滑りに行ってきました！ 午後は暖かくなるとの予報だったけど、駐車場についてみるとすでに雨。 『下はダメでも上の方は雪降ってるでしょ〜！』とテンション上げてリフトに乗ってみたけど、残念ながらず〜〜〜っと雨。しかも強風。雨はさすがにツラいなぁ〜〜 [:ニョロ:]せっかく雪降ったのに残念。。。まぁしょうがない。次に期待ですね！

2007.03.17 Saturday

Snow...!!!Powder! 

14cm of new snow!I was so excited about going to Blackcomb with Tadashi!The weather forecast said it was getting warm in the afternoon.But when we got to the parking lot, it was already raining.We reminded ourselves that: ”It is only raining down here, up there it is snowing for sure!”　and jumped onto the lift.But unfortunately, it was raining all the way to the top!In addition, there were strong winds.The strong winds were killer.The rain spoiled the long-waited snow...That’s life. I hope we have another snow fall!


でもみんなコンディション悪いなりに楽しんで滑ってきました。(^^)

We had fun in our own way despite the bad snow.


かなり個性的な子を発見。リフト券長っ！(^^)　　　　　　ウィスラーキッズは雨でも元気！

We found this unique kid. His lift ticket is too long!Whistler kids have a lot of energy even though it’s raining. 

03/16/07 

おりゃ〜 どもです〜アキ&コニ、自分（ケイジ）のクルーはまた別のポイントへ！何かできそうなところを探しまわって撮影してきました。午後は天気悪かったので、最後にモービルジャンプしたりして遊んで帰ってきました。(^^)

2007.03.16 Friday

Yo!Hellooo.My crew (Aki & Koni and me-Keiji) went to another spot.We scoped for a place to shoot some fun tricks.The weather was getting bad in the afternoon so we played with our snowmobiles and came back. (^^)


去年、忠&アキ&マルさん達とモービルキャンプした場所で [:カメラ:]

This is the place where Tadashi, Aki, Maru-san and I camped out with our sleds last year.

　

左がブラッコム、右がウィスラー　　　　　　　　　　　　　　アチョー！っと空を舞うアキ。笑

Blackcomb on the left, Whistler on the right. Yaaaaaa! 

---photo---Koni is checking out the points.



コニ、ポイントチェック中。

Koni checking out some spots.


コニ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　アキ

Koni Aki 

03/16/07

 どうもー はい！！　本日もモービルで撮影に行ってきましたー、フィルマーのタローです。メンバーは、タダシ　タクミ　ショータ　オレの４人クルーで山に上がったんですが・・・　　　　　　またまたやっちまいました！！　　今日は、長ーい坂をモービルで登ってる途中で転倒して転がって来るモービルに頭が踏まれたんですが、ヘルメットをかぶってるので助かりました。ヘルメットありがとう！その後自力で立て直ったんですが、なんとそこから無人で坂を直下ってタダシとタクミの方にあり得ない位のスピードで突っ込んでいったんですが、何と奇跡的に途中で止まりました。もし人に当たったりモービルが壊れてたらと思うと何ともなくて助かりました。怪我は、すり傷ていどだったのでラッキーでした。


2007.03.16 Friday

Wassuuuuuuup?This is Taro (filmer).Today’s members were, Tadashi, Takumi, Shota and me.We went up to the mountain and...shi*t! I fell!I bailed when I was driving up a long slope and my sled rolled down over my head! Thank God for my helmet! THANK YOU MY HELMET!After the sled hit me, the sled went down hill all by itself and ran straight toward Tadashi and Takumi with unbelievable speed.Thankfully the sled stopped before it hit Tadashi and Takumi. It was miracle!I was worried about my sled hurting my friends, or what if the sled got broken?! Luckily, nothing bad happened and my wound was only a scratch. 

その後撮ったのがこんなとこでした。

After that we filmed here.

 

タダシ、タクミ、ショータともビタビタいろんなトリックを合計９本飛び本日も、かなーり極上の生ライブを見せてもらいました。モービルにひかれながらも来たかいがありました！！ありがとうライダーの３人。 一日一日の生ライブがDVDになるのが本当に自分も楽しみです！！みなさん、もうしばらくお待ちください。 あと、最後にデッカイ雪崩に巻き込まれた３人です。

  Tadashi, Takumi and Shota did really nice tricks for a total of nine times and it was cool to see them ride in person! It was worth getting hit by my sled!! Thank you riders.I’m looking forward to editing this footage for everyone to see in our DVD!!Ladies and Gentlemen, please wait a little bit more.Thanks!! Three riders were caught in an avalanche.

  

03/15/07 

いぇぃ！ どもでーす。同じくハートでフィルマーやってるケイジです！今日はアキ&コニ、フォトグラファーのマルさんと撮影に行ってきましたよ〜久しぶりに冷え込んだので、ハイウェイではスピンして道路脇に落ちてる車がちらほら。通行止めやらなんかスゴかったです。 天気はかなり良くていい一日になるかと思いきや、またやってしまいましたぁぁ…モービルにトラブルがありかなり凹まされました。 でもマルさんやみんなに助けてもらいっていい撮影する事ができて良かったです。(^^;)

2007.03.15 Thursday

Yo! What’s up? This is Keiji the heart film’s filmer.I went shooting with Aki, Koni, and Dice-K Maru today.It had been a while since it was cold and today was a very cold day so there were some cars on the side of the highway because they had slipped on the ice.Some areas of the highway were closed. It was pretty bad. The weather was awesome so that I thought it’s going to be a great day, but... it wasn’t. My sled had trouble and I felt disappointed and sad. At the end of the day, I got a good shot with Maru-san and everybody’s help.


アキ&コニAki & Koni 

03/15/07 

こんちわー HELLO! どーもー、ハートでフィルマーやってるタローです。最近ウィスラーに来て撮影＆PCに夢中です！！大体は、まず朝撮影に行って夕方帰って来てシャワー浴びて飯食って、お疲れビール飲みながらPCしてぐっすり寝る感じでやってます。今heart houseにはアキ　コニ、それに最近PCを手に入れていじくりまくってるショータ＆昨日来たばかりのタクミにオレの５人で住んでて部屋はこんな感じで楽しくやってます。

2007.03.15 Thursday

Hellooo!This is Taro the heart film’s filmer/editor.I came to Whistler and now I’m crazy about filming and my MAC!!Recently, my life consists of shooting and coming back in the evening, taking a shower, drinking some beers, do some work on my MAC, and then going to bed.In the heart house, there are Aki, Koni, Shota (who got a new MAC lately), and Takumi, who joined us yesterday and me. It’s nice and comfortable.

今日は、朝モービルのエンジンをかけようと鍵を探したら　”どこにも無い”あれ、無くしちゃった！！　また、やらかしちまった！！天気もいいのでどうしても山に上がりたかったので、車で片道40分かけてモービル屋に行き速攻で鍵を作ってもらって戻るなんて事になって出だしが遅くなってみなさんに迷惑かけてしまい反省してる現在です。すんません！それで今日は、タダシ　タクミ　ショータにバートンのカメラマンのジェフに途中参加のオレでこんな感じで

In the morning, I was about to start my sled and I couldn't find my key! Damn, I did it again!!It was so nice today so I must go up to the mountain to shoot so I went to the snow mobile shop and spent 40 min. each way (by car) to make a spare key quickly and come back. I kept everybody waiting in the beginning of the day. I’m so sorry everybody!Today’s members were Tadashi, Takumi, Shota, Jeff- (Burton’s cameraman), and me.

　　

滑った場所はこんな感じ         The places were like this.

　

でした。他にもいろいろ滑ったので、これもまた映像が楽しみです。まだまだ撮影続くんで、明日から気を引き締めてがんばりまーす。

We rode some other places so I’m looking forward to checking my film.Filming and shooting are far from finished, so I am keeping my spirits high and enjoying everyday and the challenges that I face. 

03/14/07 

東北ツアー はい[:パー:]みんなー元気ですかー俺も元気でーすって　俺だれかってそー私　鎌潤でーす。みんなカナダで滑ってるのをブログで見てますよー楽しそうですねーいいですねーやばいですねー[:イケテル:]。話は変わるけど今東北も寒波が入り凄い雪が降ってきたよーかなりいい感じになりつつあるから明日から岩手　青森　秋田　北海道方面に行ってみようかと思う　とりあえず雪のいいとこねらいでいいのがあったらこんな顔[:楽しい:]やばいのがあったらこんな顔[:びっくり:]しながら楽しんで行って来るよー　また東北ツアーアップしまーす

2007.03.14 Wednesday

Tohoku Tour! Hello everyone, how’s it going?I’m great! Who am I? Yes, it’s me! KamaJun!I check out the heart films riders enjoying Canada everyday, on the blog.They look great and look like their having so much fun!Anyway, it’s snowing very hard in Tohoku now due to a cold wave.It’s getting nice there so I’m going to Iwate, Aomori, Akita and Hokkaido area to look for some good snow.I’ll look forward to keeping you guys updated on this Tohoku tour! 

03/13/07

 今日のウィスラーニュース！！！ Today’s Whistler News!!! 今日はですね〜天気もイマイチだったんでゲレンデに筋トレに行きました。（ま〜楽しく滑りながら辛いとこを滑るって感じですかね！笑）メンバーは、アッキー、コニ、ショーちゃん、おいら、です。やっぱり面白いね〜。友達とフリーライディングをするのが何よりも面白い！やっぱ！サイコーっす。みなさーん日本はパウパウでしょ。楽しんでね〜。 

It wasn’t good weather today so we went to the mountain to do some training...riding very hard but it was super fun.The riders were Aki, Koni, Shota and me (Tadashi).I knew it was going to be fun and it really was. Free riding with my friends is the best!There is lots of powder snow in Japan, isn’t there? I hope everyone is having fun riding pow!

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

03/12/07

 こんにちは！ど〜も！翔太で〜す！

 HELLO, This is SHOTA!

はじめて書き込みました！おとといウィスラーに着きました！

This is my first time to write in the Heart Film's blog!I came back to Whistler the day before yesterday!


昨日はバックカントリーにタダシくん、アキくん、コニタン、バートンのカメラマンのジェフ　カーティス、ハートのフィルマーの太郎兄貴、刑事くんと行きました！

I went to the back country to snowmobile and snowboard with Tadashi, Aki, Koni, Jeff Curtis (Burton photographer), heart film’s filmer Taro, and Keiji yesterday.


天気は湿った雪でスノーボードしずらかったのですが、ピローラインをみんなで撮影して帰ってきました！

The snow was wet and little bit hard but we were able to shot some pillow lines.


今日はオフだったんで明日はガンバリま〜す！

Today was a day off but tomorrow, I’ll go kill it! 

03/09/07

 うぃっすら〜 WHISTLER!!! 雪だ〜！なかなか寒いです。[:ゆき:]今日は山へは上がらずに映像とかまとめてたりしてましたが、明日はちょっと滑ってこようと思ってます。 

Snoooooow! It’s cold in Whistler.I didn’t go to the mountain today because I was editing parts of the film.Tomorrow, I will go snowboarding. 

昨日から新作ビデオを編集するノブ君とも合流し、明日はアキ君、コニ、ショータ、フィルマーのタローさんがカナダ入りです。またにぎやかになりそう！楽しみだ〜

  Yesterday Nobu joined us to help us edit the new heart film's video and Aki, Koni, Shota and Taro-the other filmer will come back to Canada tomorrow.It’s going to be a bustling town again! I can’t wait!

 ケイジKEIJI 

03/08/07 

やほーぅ！ ケイジでーす。1ヶ月ぶりにカナダに戻ってきました〜！ 入国審査で止められて、かなり足止めくらってました。。。2時間以上待たされてもしかしたら入れないの…？？そんな不安が頭によぎったけど、何とか審査官にハンコを押してもらえて無事入国！人もいっぱいで、面倒だから行っていいよ！みたいな感じだったな〜。（苦笑） 飛行機は偶然にもフォトグラファーのマルさんやレッドアイのシブさん、中井、フミオ、ハク君などが一緒でピックリ。みんなカナダ楽しみでウズウズしてましたね。 

2007.03.08 Thursday

Yee-ha! It’s Keiji!I came back to Canada after a month!I was stuck for over two hours in immigration… I was worried that I couldn’t get in to Canada, but I could!There was a huge crowd so the immigration officer gave me the look of evil and then let me through. Dice-K, Shibu from the Red eye, Nakai, Fumio, and Haku were on my plane. They were super jonesing to get back riding in Whistler!


出発前の成田で。At the Narita-airport.


夕暮れ時に通ったバンクーバーにあるスタンレーパーク。Stanley park in Vancouver. 今日は暖かいみたいだったけど、まだまだ雪はあるっすよ〜！楽しみ楽しみ〜〜[:イヒヒ:]

Today was warm but there is still so much snow. I’m excited! 

03/08/07 

ラフィン 先日ラフィンのライブに行って来たのを、ブログに載せたのですが、ラフィンのギターリストのKasugaさんのホームページのブログ(http://web.mac.com/hksg/iWeb/Site/HOME.html)でも、heart filmsでライブに行った事を載せてくれてます。感謝！感謝！ありがとうございます。かなりカッコイイので、ライブ要チェック！！http://www.laughin.net/please.html 

2007.03.08 Thursday

LAUGHIN’NOSE We wrote a blog about the LAUGHIN’ NOSE live show the other day, and Kasuga, the guitarist of the band also mentioned heart films in his homepage. http://web.mac.com/hksg/iWeb/Site/HOME.htmlThanks very much, Kasuga! Thank you! He is so cool. Everyone should check out his live show!http://www.laughin.net/please.html 

03/06/07 

こんにちは〜〜〜！！！！博美です＼＾o＾／ 最近はheartの撮影で福島の猪苗代スキー場に行って、山形に帰ったら熱をだして寝込んでました(┬┬＿┬┬) そしてやっと復活！！ ってことで今日スキー場に久しぶり？に滑りに行ったら、吹雪で風がビュービューでした(￣▽￣；) 朝の血液型選手権もビリでした(−_−メ) ホントについてないみたいです(´Д`) まったく関係ないけど、明日ケータイを変えます！！明日はいいことあるといいなぁ〜〜〜(ノ゜O゜)ノ こんな感じですけど、これからおもしろ情報とか撮影風景とかのせるので、みなさんよろしくで〜〜〜〜す＼＾o＾／ 博美でした〜〜〜。 

2007.03.06 Tuesday

Hellooooooo!! This is Hiromi! I went to Inawashiro, Fukushima to shoot with Heart Films. I came back to Yamagata, and I was in bed with a high fever.Now I am recovered!! I hadn't gone snowboarding in such a long time… There was a snow storm.In the morning, I checked my fortune on a TV program and mine was the worst.I should've listened to the TV because it sure wasn’t my day:( Bear no relation to this topic, I will change my cell phone tomorrow!I hope something good is going to happen tomorrow. My blog is like this and I’m going to upload some fun info and photos from now on.I’ll keep you posted!

 03/05/07 moon park 03 

どもども！フィルマーのケイジです今日は新しい機材を求めて、秋葉原のマニアックなビルを探索してきました〜　[:見る:]か〜な〜り、アヤしいお店がいっぱいでしたよ。中野ブロードウェイ（知ってるかな？）をさらにマニアックにした感じで、アブなそうな人達でいっぱいだったな。。。（苦笑）


 2007.03.05 Mondaymoon park 03 

Hi there! This is Keiji - the filmer.Today, I went to AKIHABARA looking for some new camera gear.There were many geeky shops like NAKANO broadway (did you know?) or maybe it is more maniac.People in AKIHABARA are quite characters! (^o^;) 

そんな話はおいといて、先日のmoon park sessionの追加リポート〜　[:カメラ:] 

Besides AKIHABARA, here is another report from the Moon Park Session. 

このセッションは始めに設置してあったヒップを作りなおして始まりました！アイテムの形はスケートパークにあるスパインみたいな感じで、正面クォーターが2個くっついたようなイメージです。（説明ヘタでスイマセン。。。） 

We remade the hip and started a session.The shape of the item was like spine at a skate park.It’s like two quarter pipes stacked.Can you imagine? Sorry for the poor explanation…


何をしでかすかわからないコースケ。bs.ロデオ。 Unpredictable Kosuke. Back side Rodeo.


高さがハンバなかった忠のfs360 Tadashi’s front side 360 was extremely high.


コニのアンダーフリップ。この後ワンフットもしてました。 Koni’s under flip. He rode with one-foot too.


スタイリッシュにでっかく空に舞っていたマグン。

Fs360 Stylish front side 360. Magun was like flying in the sky. 

きれいな夕焼けの中、みんなこのセクションで熱くなってました。(^^) ビデオ、雑誌ともにmoon park特集お楽しみに〜！ 

Against the beautiful sunset, they were excited. (^^)Please check out the Moon Park feature in the magazine and in the video! 

03/05/07 

ライブ！！ おっつ〜！　ただしで〜す。 今日、ラフィンのライブに行ったんだ〜！やっぱりいいね〜（笑） メンバ〜は、オレ、アキ君、タローさん、アニキ、石田、大ちゃん、です。 アキ君がちょ〜興奮してたなよ！！ あそこにジゾー君がいたらヤバイんだろーな〜。なんか想像がつくよね（笑） 良かったよ。ウィスラーに戻る前にヤバイライブが見れてマジ良かったっす！！ 

Live Show!! Helloooooo! This is Tadashiiiiii.I went to the Laughin' Nose’s live show! It was so cool! I’m telling you!The members were me, Aki, Taro, Aniki, Ishida, Dai.Aki was so excited!If Zizo was there, I can imagine that he would have been super crazy too!!Anyway, it was really fun.I’m very happy that I could see such a cool live show before I went back to Canada.


  03/05/07 

つ、ついに！ 『heart films vol.two』第1発目の新作ティーザーが発表されました〜！[:拍手:]

Finally! The first Teaser of “heart films vol.two” is now on sale!!! TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING 

4月号の付録DVDに収録されています！もちろん今回のテーマはFUN！ライディング以外にもコミカルな動きも見る事ができて面白いと思いますよ。（^^） 

It’s included in the DVD, supplement to TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING April 07 issue!Of course the theme is “FUN”! You can have fun with this DVD.Watch our riding and our goofy shots too! （^^） 

付録DVDだけではなく雑誌にheart riderも特集されています！『ムービースター大特集』でナターシャや忠、BEST8までのこったアキ&ショータの『TOYOTA BIG AIRレポート』、その他のみんなの活動もバッチリ見る事ができますよ〜。

 Check out the “Movie Stars Feature”, where you can see Natasza Zurek, Tadashi Fuse, and Aki and Shota’s “TOYOTA BIG AIR report”, and other HEART Films riders. 

是非チェックしてみてくださいね！ 

Check out the April 07 Issue hitting news stands today!

 


近日中にこのホームページ上でも新作ティーザーが見れるようになるのでお楽しみに！ 

We will be uploading the new Teaser to this web site soon! 

03/03/07 

- ただしより - みんな元気〜ちゃんと楽しんでスノーボードしてるかい。カナダに帰る前に地元ゲレンデに行って来ました。場所は山形県米沢にある栗子スノーパークってところなんだ。今日はすごく天気も良かったからビール飲みながら滑っちゃった。サイコー!!!!ハートステッカーをみんなに張ってもらいたいから全部配っちゃった。プチハイクして山登りのおっちゃん達に会ってみんなでパーティーしてた。みんないい顔してビール飲んでた〜。 

2007.03.03 Saturday

-from Tadashi- Yo, what’s up!? Everybody snowboarding??Before I go back to Canada, I went to the local mountain called “Crico Snowpark” at Yonezawa, Yamagata.It was a nice day of chilling and drinking beers and snowboarding. It was great!!! I gave Heart stickers away to everybody. I met some old guys who were hill climbing and had a party with them.They seemed very happy to drink beers!


03/02/07 moon park 02 

どもです！ハートフィルムスでフィルマーをやっているケイジです。 2月26日から28日まで猪苗代スキー場で行われたMOON PARKかな〜り濃い内容でしたよ〜！天気にも恵まれ、忠達のアイディアでカタチになっていったパークではかなりいいセッションが出来てよかったです！ ムーンパークは完成という文字はなく、アイディア次第でどんどん変化していきます。そこまで広くない空間にたくさんの面白アイテム設置。最終日は自分もカメラバックを置いて楽しんできました。個人的には5連続ジャンプが面白かったな〜！[:イケテル:] ライダーのみんなは、前の人と同じグラブをしたり、全部バックフリップしたり、かなり楽しんでたみたい。全部バックフリップはさすがに目が回るって言ってました。（笑）

 

2007.03.02 Friday

moon park 02 

Hey, this is Keiji - the filmer for Heart Films. The Moon Park Session held from Feb.26th to 28th at Inawashiro was a hit!We were lucky enough to have our session in good weather at the Moon Park. We finished our shoot but we hope to continue with Moon Park and add extra features and keep making our ideas into reality. It is not a big space but there are many fun items. On the last day, I put aside my camera bag and had fun riding too!I liked the feature with the five jumps in a row. It was super fun to see all the riders do a whole bunch of tricks and one up each other and hit the jump all at once. It was crazy! The riders said that their heads were spinning doing so many back-flips! 

03/02/07 moon park

 の帰りに 3日間のmoon park sesionの帰りがけに、アキ、ショータ、ヒロミで撮影してきましたが、ヒロミは足が本調子じゃないので今回はサポートしてくれました。スポットは、なぜか最近専門誌も出てる廃墟。夜はかなり怖そうな場所でしたが、昼間で天気も良くロケーションも最高！遊び上手なアキがスポットを選んでそれをアレンジして遊ぶショータでのライディングにヒロミのサポート。三人の遊び上手なライダーのおかげで今日も素晴らしいショットが撮れました。 

2007.03.02 Friday

On the way back from the Moon Park… We stopped to shoot on the way back from the Moon Park Session.Aki, Shota, and Hiromi were there. Hiromi wasn’t in her best condition so she cheered us on.The spot was a deserted house. It's a spot that would be super scary at night, but under the fine sky it was a nice place to shoot. Aki chose the spot and Shota riigged it up and Hiromi cheered! The three riders had a fun time capturing some interesting images. 


03/01/07 moon park 

猪苗代スキー場での三日間の"moon park sesion " の撮影を無事に終えました。

We just finished our 3 day shoot at “The Moon Park Session” with no problems.


今回の"moon park sesion " は、布施忠のパークのイメージとそれを形にしたbrave project、滑るheart films のライダーと撮るheart filmer,Transworld Japan＆zizo,そしてTransworld Us＆Dice-K などでの協力でかなーり素晴らしいセッションになりました。　集まったみなさんお疲れでした！！ そして、DVD＆写真　乞うご期待！！！ 

The Moon Park Session was incredible! Tadashi Fuse’s vision for a fun park was built and created by “brave projects."All the “heart films” riders rode great and the filmers captured some sick shots for the DVD, HEART FILMS vol. 2!Transworld US cameraman Dice-K Maru and TWS Japan photographer, ZIZO, were there shooting the nonsense.Special thanks to everybody who came to the park!!The DVD and the photos will exceed your expectations!Don’t miss it!  

03/01/07 ANYONE MISS LAST YEAR'S HEART FILMS TEASER??? 

HEART FILMS 06ティーザーを見逃してしまった人はここで見れますよ〜[:チョキ:] 




CHECK OUT MORE at:  www.heartfilms.com.


Published On: 6/9/2007
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My Blog: IMPERIVM SNOWBOARDS
By: bruhu



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DAVID LIVET BS 720


Published On: 6/6/2007
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Snowboarding Blogs: The End to the Endless Season
By: Canadian1st


Yeah yeah, i know the name makes no sense, i thought it sounded catchy! Well people its officially come to an end. the 2006-2007 season has come to an end. This has probably been the most eventful season of my life. Ive now finished my 9th season of snowboarding, and I hate to say it, but for a kid who has been riding as long as me, I suck! I just now got 540s. At the beginning of the season I couldnt even 360. That may have been due to bad gear but who knows. I think a small recap is in need. Half way through the season on a beutiful day at Cypress Mountain, my Rossignol Sly gets destroyed by a screw sticking out of a box. I get that board replaced by a brand spanking new 2007 Forum Youngblood! My season, and my freestyle ability, was finally able to truly begin. Never before had I been able to have a park experience quite like it! By the time I had gotten used to the new board, I was pulling 3s like a new born craps itself. I also received a new set of boots this season, Thirtytwo Lashed, which at first caused some issues but have now become a dream! And just recently, last weekend, I finally received my new bindings. After much debate I decided on Rome 390s! I spent all sunday rippin on em and they feel great! But what this post was really about was to sum up my last two weekends of the season, so here goes

About a month ago now I guess my friend from Buffalo, New York, was here for a week. I was able to meet up with him for two days on Whistler and that was the day I pulled my first 720, landed it too, though Im not going to lie, the whole thing was a total mistake, I only wanted to do a 540, but overrotated and decided to pull it around for a 7, sloppy landing too.

Last weekend may have been one of the best all season! Spending Saturday with Ryan, MLJ, and Midge we decided to build a kicker in 7th Heaven which sadly didnt go over as well as we had hoped. We spent that afternoon sessioning park and it was ok. Sunday was really where it was at. I basically had a personal photo shoot to myself all day. I had a friend of mine follow me around with my SLR cam. We shot over 500+ picture on the weekend, I put a few of them up her on sb.com. I also used the Sunday to break in my new 390s. Highlights of the day were definately pulling some slow spun 3s on the tables and a 3 on the small step up, which is my current display pic here on sb.com. Also deciding that going for a 720 on the step up was a good idea. I had three attempts and didnt land one. Spun the 720 2 out of 3 times but never landed one. The first time lead to a huge humiliation in front of Robjn Taylor the crapneto rider.


Im glad to have finished this season with only minor bruises and one recuring rugby injury. Anyway, that sums up my season. i will hopefully be doing a 3 day camp with Whistler Valley Snowboard Club in June or July at one of the camps at the Blackcomb Glacier. have a good summer and hope you all had a great season

Peace!

Jared Braverman



Published On: 5/5/2007
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By: RAK_L


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Published On: 3/31/2007
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My Blog: End Of My Season
By: kitzcaleb


    Ya so my snowboard season is over but is was the best season i ever had.  This why by far the sickest year i ever had thanks to Hidden Valley.  I went 25 times this season. I got to go to 2 opening days and  i also did my first contest this year.

Sunburst= 1 reopening day, and it was a powder day!
Norway= 1 Ski trip, best powder i ever rode
Granite peak= 1 Sick park
Hidden Valley= 22 Thank god hidden valley opened they even had a good park.

New tricks
 -Frontside 720
-frontside 540
-back board 270 off
-270 to front board
-270 on 270 off
-nosepress to tail tap
-japan air
-switch 180
-frontflip(sorta)
-Michael Jacksons

My year might not be over i might get to go to the Tyrol Spring Jam.  This year was amazing i met so many people and landed new tricks i cant wait till next year which is only like 255 days away.
time to go skate




Published On: 3/19/2007
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