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THE MESSAGE  - OCTOBER 2008

Welcome back to another exciting edition of THE MESSAGE.. da da da DUNNNNN.
Good new snow fiends, We got are first dusting on the Sierra's last week, so lets hope that this will be an early season for all us!  THE BLOCK, THE BLOCK is gearing up for Snowboard Season by sponsoring a bunch of snowboard premieres and parties. I just saw the new First Tracks Video,  Knock on Wood at Mont Bleu, and what a great turnout we had, THE BLOCK was soldout and Flick was dope as all hell! 

Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails

If you missed Hot Dawgs and Handrails last month, you done F@cked-up. ! Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails 5th annual snowboarding specatcular tested the skills of some of the best jumpers and jibbers in the world and paid out $15,000 in prize money!  Rio and the entire Bear Mountain Park Staff pulled off the 1st contest of the year with Grand Style!  The Dropin, The Gap, and the rails were epic and riders were stoked to be throwing down for the first time of the Season! Big props to reelcomp.com for broadcasting a live feed of the event besure to check it out on their website.

The winners in the Men's Finals were...
1st Place- Jed Anderson
2nd Place- Chas Guldemond
3rd Place- Scott Vine

and the winners in the Women's Finals are...
1st Place- Desiree Melancon
2nd Place- Marie Hucal
3rd Place- Raewyn Reid

Scott Vine brought home Best Trick. Congratulations riders! Additional Heavy Hitters were Ben Bogart, Scott Stevens, Louif Paradis, Bode Merill, Keegan Valaika, Leanne Pelosi, Elise Borelli, Nick Dirks, Zak Hale and Tim Eddy. J.P Walker, Seth Huot and Hana Beaman were chillin' at Bear and Josh Sherman and Dave Duncan were announcing! If you missed Hot Dawgz this year, we'll see you next September! Big ups to Nam for organizing the afterparty, DJ Slip Matt and Matty Mo held it done hard. If you aint heard Matty Mo got a new mixtape out so be sure to Grab Government Cheese Vol 1. 

THE BLOCK BOOTCAMP 2008

Has been rescheduled to December 1st -13th in South Lake Tahoe. We are selecting 50 lucky recruits from an applicant pool of over 500+ that I received. It has been no easy task going through the applications, so if you were selected congratulations you will be receiving your deployment orders at the end of the week!  Remember that during bootcamp you will be tested to your physical and mental limits. So do yourself a favor and start working out and jogging now. This is not going to be a walk in the park. 

Knock on Wood

Who wants to see some sick snowboarding action for cheap?! Well, South Lake Tahoe based First Tracks Productions is offering a special deal to friends of The Block. If you click on the following link, you'll get to a hidden page on First Tracks' site where you can purchase their new movie, "Knock on Wood" for $10 off retail! http://firsttracksproductions.com/knockonwood091317257375.html If you haven't seen the trailer for Knock on Wood, check it out for free here:

Upcoming Events

Big Bear

October 18th is the last Bear Mountain Job Fair at Snow Summit from 8am-2pm. If you got to ride Bear and cant pass the bootcamp, this is a good option for any shredder.

October 18th and 19th is the 38th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest! So if you missed the job fair you can atleast Drink it off.

October 19th @ Active Ride Shop in Le Brea - F.O.D.T. Presents "Familia"  and TWS These Days from 7-9pm with DJ Episode! Be there!

Lake Tahoe


Wednesday Oct 15th  Technine's own Eric "MessyHair" Messier aka The Snow Man, will be playing with his group "The Fiz" at Whiskey Dicks with The Mathematicians in South Lake Tahoe.
THE FIZ KILL IT!!! DO NOT MISS!

This Thursday and Every Thursday BAR24 is holding Battle of The Bands until a winner is announced on November 6th, so get down their and show your support!
Every Tues and THURS - Bar 24 is the place to be!

Saturday, Oct 18th – Late Nite productions brings the Original Wailers back to Tahoe at Moe's Place.
The Wailers!

Wednesday Oct 22nd – Collie Buddz  is playing at Whiskey Dicks with Rise of the Revolution and DJ Pee Wee.  Rise kills it so sure to get there early and check em out!
im blind to you HATERZ

Wednesday Nov 12th – Pato Banton with the Mystic Roots Band and Planting Seeds! Mystic Roots is dope and Pato got love for THE BLOCK so don't miss this show!
Pato w/ Mystic Roots

Friday November 14th – Finger on Da Trigger presents "Familia" Premiere at Bar24, signing with the Technine Team, Snowbunny Contest, Live Performances by the worlds top VJ; DJ Crime,  Hip Hop by Concise Kilgore from the Cali Agents and more TBA Lots of other bar24 contests for lots of SWAG and giveaways! Be sure you are there!
Fri. Nov 14th Bar24

Saturday November 15th – The Premiere and the team travel to the Sandbar in Sacramento. We got a Snowbunny contest with the Déjà vu Girls and Zsu Swimwear, a Rail Jam in the back, T9 Team Signing and so much more so be there!!!
NOV 15th - Sacramento - Sandbar

Tuesday Nov 18th – One Block Radius come to town, Marty James, MDA and Z-Man throw a tough show, pickup there new hit "you got me" and come to the show.
One Block Radius

Friday November 28th – Del The Funky Homosapien has been add to host the "Blizzard" Pray for Snow Party with A-Plus and Bukue-one! So mark this one down cuz its going to GO OFF in Tahoe that weekend!
BLIZZARD PARTY @ VEX

Saturday December 28th– "How The Grouch Stole Christmas" with Grouch and Eli from the Living Legends! I am looking forward to this show the most! So get up on game and go buy his new album that came this past spring and be sure to celebrate X-mas with the GROUCH!!!
Snowboarding in Tahoe and THE Grouch! X-Mas is going to off the
HOOK!!

Ok that's all I got for ya for now, I am working a bringing a "Familia" premiere to Vegas as well as planning THE BLOCK PARTY 2009 at the SIA Tradeshow. More info when I got it all confirmed but until then, Pray for Snow and see you on THE BLOCK!


-Dirty D from THE BLOCK


PS Check out these Videos:
Live From the PALMS Pools and Bungalows - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru3vhbtu7tI
Live From Hot Dawgs and Handrails - http://reelcomp.com/videos/view/6990

Published On: 10/13/2008
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"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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Published On: 9/16/2008
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Snigggty snap boom crack….ahh yEAAA….  THE MESSAGE is BACK!!!

Summer, Summer, Summmer tiiiiiiiiiime is finally winding down, there have been some kickass concerts going down in Tahoe all summer I saw Pato Banton, Andre Nickatina, Rebelution, The Pyrx Band, and many others,  4th of July was off the hook! For those of you who caught the fireworks, than you know that Tahoe and Big Bear offer some amazing fireworks shows, if you didn't make it to the lakes this year, you better plan on it next year!!!! And then we had Labor Day, Thanks to everyone who came out and partied last weekend! Both Hotels were SOLD OUT and it was an amazing time!!!  IF you can't wait to get away, check out these upcoming events that you don't want to miss!!!

In LAKE TAHOE,

Tuesday September 16th – Living Legends – (Eli, Sunspot Jones, Luckyiam, Scarub, Aesop, Bicasso +more TBA) along with The Bayliens and Rise of the Revolution.


Tues September 23rd - Eek-a-Mouse

Wed Sept. 24th - Sweatshop Union

Nov 28th - "Blizzard" Pray for Snow Party at Vex Night Club
PRAY 4 SNOW!!!

And X-mas with THE GROUCH!!!
Snowboarding in Tahoe and THE Grouch! X-Mas is going to off the
HOOK!!

All of the above shows are at Whiskey Dick's Saloon a few miles from THE BLOCK. Cept the "Blizzard" Party at VEX.

Coming up in BIG BEAR,

Weekends, September 13 - October 25th - 38th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest, located at The Convention Center at Big Bear Lake.

AND THEN, the 1st SNOWBOARD CONTEST OF THE SEASON is BACK!!!! September 20th – Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails returns to Big Bear! Pro Jib Contest with over $15,000 prize purse!  Vendor Village, weenie roast, raffles, FREE ADMISSION! 6,000+ people showed up last year, so Book your rooms at THE BLOCK early to insure you got a spot to crash!!



Big Bear is also getting ready to open a new skate park at the community center,  be amped on that!!

SO with the 1st contest coming our way that means winter is just around the corner, and THE BLOCK has been busy preparing for THE BLOCK BOOTCAMP 2008!!  This year's BLOCK Bootcamp will be held once again in Big Bear from Nov 10-22.  We have been receiving numerous applications from all over the world and will be selecting 100 recruits to participate in THE BLOCK Bootcamp of which only 20 will be hired! The Bootcamp is a HIGH STRESS Environment and will be intense, so start training now! If you have any injuries that prevent you from completing physical tasks (ie. push-ups, pull-ups, running and general calisthenics), please refrain from enrolling as we will not be making any exceptions for any physical and mental handicaps this year!  If you were not hired last year and can physically complete the course you are welcome to re-apply for Season 3.

However, This year we are going stern on snowboarders, you MUST BE ABLE TO SNOWBOARD! We don't want non-snowboarding actors trying to get the job, just because it's a TV Show. SO if you don't own your own snowboard and gear and cant ride down the mountain, don't even bother applying!!!!!!  Snowboarding will be part of The Bootcamp, so your skills will be put to the test!

If you have already applied, don't worry your application has been received and we are in the process of reviewing them, All accepted recruits will be notified atleast 30 days prior to Boot Camp Departure Via 1st Class Mail from Marc Frank Montoya and Liko Smith.

IF you think you have what it takes to work for the Dopest Hotel on the planet, Please send a resume (include work history, address and phone #), 2 pictures, your myspace link (if you got one) and a paragraph on why you would be good for THE BLOCK to bootcamp@theblockhotels.com

 This year is going to be the best year to date at THE BLOCK, Liko and G4TV have been throwing around all types of rumors for Season 3, will we be going to Japan, Whistler, LAAX or somewhere else equally as cool, we will just have to wait for this next upcoming season to find out!!! THE BLOCK Season 2, is downloadable on iTunes and X-Box Live so if you ain't seen it, go check out all the debauchery that goes down at our Hotel!! Everything from bootcamp to Aspen X-Games, Vivid Porn Stars and Spring BLOCK!!!

Also if you missed THE BLOCK, when it premiered on 4-20 you can catch it again when it re-plays again this winter or download it on i-Tunes, V.O.D., or X-Box Live.

Click to Watch NOW!

Click to Watch NOW!




Sundays at 8pm PT 11pm ET ONLY on G4



AIGHT thats all I got for ya this time, WE will be having more updates closer to bootcamp, so keep yo eyes and ears peeled!!



Dirty D Signing OFF



Check out these flicks from the Summer...





Published On: 9/1/2008
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Daffy Duff hot doggin' on skis / Behind the scenes with Dev

Duff killed it on skis over the biggest table at the Camp of Champions last Friday which also happened to be the last day of camp.





Photos by Dice K

Kimball sent in this little behind the scenes video from a recent Scullcandy shoot.


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

 

Who Loves Hot Dogs? / Team News x 2

Wow!



That must of been one hell of a BBQ! No offense God.

IS EYEWEAR team rider Chris Dufficy joins the Signal family



and works on a new summer look. What a busy bee.

Something you didn't know about Kale: Kale is absolutely fanatical about tubing.



Once the snow melts its eat, sleep, tube for Mr. Stephens. In fact I haven't even been able to get in touch with him for almost a month now. If you see Kale around please tell him to call us. Thanks, IS blog team.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

 

Butter!


Monday, July 14, 2008

 

Extreme Party Team / Warehouse Goodies /



IS Eyewear is putting together an extreme party team. Jake's cousin "Ronnie" just won the team captain position. If you think you have what it takes send in photos, videos or stories to info@iseyewear.com



We're in the middle of moving our warehouse right now and have been stumbling across tons of amazing stuff from way back. Yesterday we found a huge box of "Mack Dawgs Technical Difficulties", The Gathering, Wildcats Nine lives and Little Bastard on VHS. For anyone who places online orders this month we'll throw in some "warehouse goodies" if you mention it in your order. You never know what you might end up with!

Monday music video:


Wednesday, July 09, 2008

 

Hump day music video.. Cluster of birds being awesome.. youtube a team rider.. google a team rider....

Hump day Music video going out to you know who you are...



Cluster of birds being awesome:



Youtube a team rider:


Friday, July 04, 2008

 

Jack a blog Fridays / wheelies of the week!/ blobbing!

Canada day long weekend was a doozy, its already Friday and I haven't posted a blog yet this week. I don't even feel like posting one now so I'm getting gangsta and jacking the 8mile blogs latest beauty of a post. Kale really does need his own reality show.

8milelife.com

Here are some highlights of Kale's trip to Superpark 2008 with Paavo and Jbone.



p.s. he did finally stop eating and get out of bed and got some shots that you can see in the new 8MILE movie dropping this fall.

Youtube wheelie finds of the week:

Old school wheelie



New School gangsta wheelie



Youtube rules. Happy blobing!


Friday, June 27, 2008

 

Bowl Series

Just look at this beauty of a poster!



How can you not wanna go check it out??

Toilet bong anyone??



No??

Silly Lily's leaving us so we had a donut & mug party.



As you can clearly see, it ruled..

Special Canada Day message from Mr. Walsh:



Published On: 7/23/2008
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Down With People Teaser

Ekipa z Mack Dawg Productions w 2008 roku powraca z nowym filmem pod tytułem Dawn With People. Zeszłoroczny projekt We’re People Too odniósł duży sukces, a występujący w nim Austin Smith zdobył nagrodę TransWorld SNOWboarding Magazine “Rookie of the Year” i “Video Part of the Year”.
http://www.roninsnowboards.com/down-with-people-teaser/


Published On: 5/31/2008
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News and stuff: IS Welcomes Drew Fuller
By: ISDesign


Drew Fuller



We're happy to announce the addition of Drew Fuller to the IS eyewear family. Born in Aspen Colorado, Drew now lives in Salt Lake City where he spends his free shred time tearing up Park City. Drew has an action packed winter ahead of him full of contests, photo shoots and overall extreme boarding. He's filming with Mack Dawg this season so expect to see big things from Drew in the near future.

Welcome to the team!

Drew joins heavy hitters Devun Walsh, Mikey Leblanc, Wille Yli-Luoma, Chris Dufficy, Kale Stephens and Tadashi Fuse on the IS Eyewear snow team!

Check out the link below for some shots of Drew from a recent Rossi slash TWS trip to Cooke City, Montana.

http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/videos/video/0,26810,1706411,00.html

Published On: 1/24/2008
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New Shades/Wille/OB's sk8 session 2


We just got our new spring summer 08 sunglass catalogs in. Get ready to be blown away by our new collection available April.



Wille came by the office the other day to pick up some new goggles. I wish i got a photo of him. He was sporting an epic new hair cut and a fuzzy puncho with a wolf on it. Wille and Dev will be getting rad up in Whistler for the new Mack Dawg film for the next couple days.


OB's skate session 2 from Furious on Vimeo.

Just a little clip from a December OB's skate session that went down at the Trustus warehouse. The OB's just secured a filmer so expect more treats like this one real soon.

Published On: 1/17/2008
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My Blog: News Just In!
By: JumpCamp


 
This just in: Forbidden has over 400cms mid mountain!! Possibly the most snow anywhere on the planet.
 
 
 
Well, all the JumpCamp coaches are just psyched this year with all the powder dumping down so far. We've been on some killer trips to Mount Cain as well as a few sick trips into the backcountry snowmobiling. The snow's been so darn deep that we've only yanked our sleds out a few times so far. Coach Javan Wyker has been taking full advantage of this year's conditions. He's planning on having another kid so he's got to get all the shreddin' in he can this year before he's on double diaper duty. Check out the Javdog launching the "Ole" drop on Forbidden.
 
 
My main man Curtis at Edge Performance has rebuilt my sled after I ran it out of oil last year. Smart move, I know. Go see Curtis if you need any sled work done, he's the best.
      

New Coach Myles Delange has been shralpin' it hard this season. Here's a pic of him launching one of our cabins up on Forbidden. We've got so much snow that we're riding the roofs! Check out Myles' new bio on the coaches page of the website. Welcome to the family Myles, now you can never get out.



Cover Of Comox Valley's Health and Recreation Guide!

Shred dawg extraordinaire and currently injured JumpCamp coach; Morgan Stevenson, graces the cover of the Winter issue of CV's rec guide. Yeah Brah! Did you stick it? Thanks to Allan at Comox Health & Recreation and Brad at Logistica Systems.



JumpCamp China Story.

Ni hao. Ni hao ma? We've got four articles coming out in China's only snowboard magazine; "Speed". Here's the first of four. It's all about the history of Forbidden Plateau and all the myths and legends that surround it, but you'll have to take my word for it if you don't know mandarin. Thanks a lot to our friend Ali Waugh for hooking us up. Xie xie.



Did you see our ad in the SBC Ski & Snowboard Resort Guide 2008 Annual? Nice eh.


 
Camps are filling up, get those registration's in to secure your spot.
That's all folks! See ya in the hills.
-Patrick

 



Published On: 1/11/2008
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(Monday December 17th 2007) After much speculation and an industry-wide rumour mill, StepChild Snowboards is proud to announce the signing of JP Walker to the International Pro Team.

"JP's riding and dedication to snowboarding speaks for itself- not many snowboarders have remained at the top of their class for over ten years. We are absolutely thrilled to have him on the team. It's cool that we share the same values and beliefs as to what a snowboard company and team should be." - StepChild founder Sean Johnson.

" Where else would I end up? Come on, you know I keep it one-hunney! StepChild is one of the last true snowboard companies out there. I love that they value what a professional rider brings to the table. Rider owned and driven, others claim it but none live it, son!" - JP Walker.

There's no denying JP has had a huge impact on the sport of snowboarding over the past decade. Anyone who knows anything about snowboarding is familiar with JP's video parts. Over the years he set a new standard filming with MDP and for some of the biggest selling team videos of all time; he invented tricks and numerous first-ever-bangers caught on film. JP's riding and style has stayed relevant even in an era marked by the X-Games, reality shows, corporate takeovers and riders with fistfuls of energy drinks. No one has been able to continually raise the bar, and maintain a high level of integrity, style, innovation and technical tricks like JP has. Even after a season unexpectedly cut short, JP managed to have a solid presence in videos and magazines, including his Future cover, surprisingly JP's first North American cover shot of his career.

Walker's snowboarding career is the result of immense talent, hard work and dedication -attributes he will continue to bring to the game in the future. His priority is the progression of snowboarding, but it's also about the way he and his sport are portrayed to the public. Driven by the same ideals StepChild and JP are the perfect combination.

"Obviously StepChild is focused on snowboard videos and progression, two things that I've always been an advocate of. They have an amazing team of handrail slayers, and i'm stoked to be a part of it, been riding their boards on the down low this past week and i'm stoked. It's simply the best fit. One." - JP Walker.

Simon Chamberlain adds, "Growing up watching snowboard videos, JP Walker has always been my favourite snowboarder of all time. It truly is amazing to see him riding for Stepchild. Its like a dream come true, not only for me but for the whole company."

JP will have a Pro Model with StepChild in three sizes: 147, 151, and 154. The boards will be sold with a regular edge as well as a RETT (Round Edge Taper Tuning) option. The board has a dull round edge between the feet for jibbing, and tapers out to a regular edge by the time it reaches the contact points. "The boards are tuned at the factory exactly how I would tune them at home." adds JP.

JP is currently filming with Mack Dawg Productions for Double Decade, which will be released in August 2008. His current sponsor list includes: StepChild Snowboards, 32 and Etnies, Oakley, Nixon, Bear Mountain, Milosport and Molcasalsa. StepChild's International Pro Team now consists of JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Markku Koski, Stian Solberg and Fredu Sirvio. The International Am Team consists of Joe Sexton, Risto Ruokola, and Scotty Vine. Other notable supporters include Chris Wimbles, Brian McClatchy and E-Man amongst others.

About StepChild: StepChild is a snowboard company that specializes in camping stoves, fishing tackle, and tennis rackets. The StepChild team is currently training and testing sand boards in Egypt. Joe Sexton and Simon Chamberlain are currently pushing the envelope of progressive sandboarding in the Egyptian Parallel Slalom while Markku and Stian aren't having much luck in the Sandboard half pipe event. "The stupid camel just won't pull us to the top! He's going to need an energy drink sponsor" adds Markku.





Published On: 12/17/2007
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Noticias - Snowboard.com Chile: JP Walker ahora esta en Stepchild Snowboards
By: Chile_Crew


JP and Chi Guy


Aca citamos el texto que nos enviaron al mail y que es la noticia de su sitio web.

StepChild Snowboards Signs JP Walker

After much speculation and an industry-wide rumour mill, StepChild Snowboards is proud to announce the signing of JP Walker to the International Pro Team.

"JP's riding and dedication to snowboarding speaks for itself- not many snowboarders have remained at the top of their class for over ten years. We are absolutely thrilled to have him on the team. It's cool that we share the same values and beliefs as to what a snowboard company and team should be." - StepChild founder Sean Johnson.

" Where else would I end up? Come on, you know I keep it one-hunney! StepChild is one of the last true snowboard companies out there. I love that they value what a professional rider brings to the table. Rider owned and driven, others claim it but none live it, son!" - JP Walker.

There's no denying JP has had a huge impact on the sport of snowboarding over the past decade. Anyone who knows anything about snowboarding is familiar with JP's video parts. Over the years he set a new standard filming with MDP and for some of the biggest selling team videos of all time; he invented tricks and numerous first-ever-bangers caught on film. JP's riding and style has stayed relevant even in an era marked by the X-Games, reality shows, corporate takeovers and riders with fistfuls of energy drinks. No one has been able to continually raise the bar, and maintain a high level of integrity, style, innovation and technical tricks like JP has. Even after a season unexpectedly cut short, JP managed to have a solid presence in videos and magazines, including his Future cover, surprisingly JP's first North American cover shot of his career.

Walker's snowboarding career is the result of immense talent, hard work and dedication -attributes he will continue to bring to the game in the future. His priority is the progression of snowboarding, but it's also about the way he and his sport are portrayed to the public. Driven by the same ideals StepChild and JP are the perfect combination.

"Obviously StepChild is focused on snowboard videos and progression, two things that I've always been an advocate of. They have an amazing team of handrail slayers, and i'm stoked to be a part of it, been riding their boards on the down low this past week and i'm stoked. It's simply the best fit. One." - JP Walker.

Simon Chamberlain adds, "Growing up watching snowboard videos, JP Walker has always been my favourite snowboarder of all time. It truly is amazing to see him riding for Stepchild. Its like a dream come true, not only for me but for the whole company."

JP will have a Pro Model with StepChild in three sizes: 147, 151, and 154. The boards will be sold with a regular edge as well as a RETT (Round Edge Taper Tuning) option. The board has a dull round edge between the feet for jibbing, and tapers out to a regular edge by the time it reaches the contact points. "The boards are tuned at the factory exactly how I would tune them at home." adds JP.

JP is currently filming with Mack Dawg Productions for Double Decade, which will be released in August 2008. His current sponsor list includes: StepChild Snowboards, 32 and Etnies, Oakley, Nixon, Bear Mountain, Milosport and Molcasalsa. StepChild's International Pro Team now consists of JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Markku Koski, Stian Solberg and Fredu Sirvio. The International Am Team consists of Joe Sexton, Risto Ruokola, and Scotty Vine. Other notable supporters include Chris Wimbles, Brian McClatchy and E-Man amongst others.

About StepChild: StepChild is a snowboard company that specializes in camping stoves, fishing tackle, and tennis rackets. The StepChild team is currently training and testing sand boards in Egypt. Joe Sexton and Simon Chamberlain are currently pushing the envelope of progressive sandboarding in the Egyptian Parallel Slalom while Markku and Stian aren't having much luck in the Sandboard half pipe event. "The stupid camel just won't pull us to the top! He's going to need an energy drink sponsor!" adds Markku.






Published On: 12/17/2007
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 MT. HOOD, OR (Immediate Release) – High Cascade Snowboard Camp’s summer 2008

Signature Session™ lineup is official, and awesome – and -- it’s officially awesome. The

following riders, photographers and filmers will be headlining their own camp sessions this

summer:

 

SESSION 1. June 15-23

Andreas Wiig, Hana Beaman & Scotty Arnold

 

 

SESSION 2. June 25 - July 3

Torah Bright & The Frends Crew*

 

SESSION 3. July 6 - 14

Nicolas Müller, Gretchen Bleiler & Jussi Oksanen

 

SESSION 4. July 17 - 25

Eero Ettala, Heikki Sorsa, Alexis Waite & Erin Comstock,

 

SESSION 5. July 28 - August 5

Jeremy Jones, Seth Huot & Laura Hadar

 

PHOTOWORKSHOP. July 28- August 1

Trevor Graves with Tim Zimmerman, Andy Wright, Christy Chaloux & Nick Hamilton

 

VIDEOWORKSHOP

Brad Kremer (of Mack Dawg Productions) with Ross Steffey

 

SESSION 6. August 7 - 14

Danny Kass, Pat Moore, Big Vern**, The Dingo & Leanne Pelosi

 

 

*Mason Aguirre, Scotty Lago, Kevin Pearce, Kier Dillon, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani & Danny Davis

**Danny & Dingo’s dog

 

 

In related news, Online Registration is NOW OPEN. Camp sessions do fill up quickly, so

procrastination is ill-advised. Also, registrations before January 1st, 2008 receive a $100

camp tuition discount. Check out www.highcascade.com for the digital details.



Published On: 12/6/2007
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By Wang Don & Photos by Lorenz Holder

  

When most people think about China, they imagine Kung Fu, The Great Wall, poverty and communism.  Where these things still make an appearance in our daily lives every so often over here, the new face of China has changed.  In an economy that is flourishing, not only are most snowboards now produced here, but also the sport itself is finding is feet in what turns out to be the new snowboard market that has the most potential in the world.
 


 Just a few short years ago, the population of in China had never even heard of snowboarding (or skiing for that matter), but thanks to Steve Zdarsky and his event The Nanshan Open things are changing.  Nowadays just outside of Beijing you can find 14 ski areas, one of which is Nanshan, the host of the only international snowboard event and the resort which boasts The Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park, the best freestyle area in the country.  With the first and largest event in China, The Nanshan Open with only 6 years behind it is now a 4 star TTR event and has a prize purse of $25,000 US Dollars.  But, things were not always so glamorous…

              Austin Smith, frontside 5.

 


“The Chinese people remind me of the early 90’s when snowboarding just   started. There is a buzz around it, like the good old days. Nothing but positive passion for this great shredding activity. I’m looking forward to experiencing this wild country once again." -Marc Andre Tarte”


Tadej Valentan with another front 5.
The Open was born when a handful of riders, mostly foreigners living in China, got together in the small but first park on Chinese soil.  The day was reminiscent of those homegrown events that took place twenty years ago in the west, but no one could imagine the potential. For an event to find such success in such a short time in a country that didn’t event have distributors of snowboard goods until a short time ago has never been done before.  And with International media attention, top-level riders in attendance and sponsors such as Red Bull, Quiksilver and Gibson Guitars, the Nanshan Open is putting Chinese snowboarding on the map.

 

The Nanshan Open has single-handedly driven the progression of snowboarding from a newborn infant to a teenager in the Peoples Republic.  The snowboard scene has by no means reached its potential, but when you witness the Nanshan Open you would never believe that this is Chinese snowboarding.  With Chinese riders competing head to head with international pros, musical acts on stage that are famous nationwide, and video productions like Mack Dawg and The Pirates on hand to catch all the action, its like you were magically taken back to the west for these tow days.


    Atsushi Ishikawa pleasing the crowd.


The park, which was expanded in 2006 by relocating 30,000 cubic meters of earth, is now the only international standard area of its kind in the country. Hosting top riders such as Hampus Mossesson, Marc Andre Tarte, Kier Dillon and Danny Davis, The Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park is an integral part of The Open.  Without the hard work of Steve and his crew of local top riders, the Chinese snowboard scene would sill be unheard of….

 

The Nanshan Open takes place this January 5th and 6th at The Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park, 20 mins outside Beijing, China. 

 

For more information, please visit www.mellowparks.cn or stay tuned to www.snowboard.com for future updates!



Published On: 11/30/2007
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Hallo guys, my year was pretty fun actually, from parties to slopes, from contests to special events, from hard training days far away home, to really charming moments with the closest friends & crew. 
A taste of different cultures & snowboard reality.I flied to  natural terrains i parks to film the esence of the snowboard, and one of those greatest places was Colorado, ridin' Aspen, Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge & Copper, With the support of real people with real style, real problems, real rockstar life, real funny faces, ones that will be drawn on my mind till' i dead.
   
This pic was taken, on the Slopestyle terrain at Breckenridge CO. USA.by Daniel  in the videocamera.
"i really felt it, see Jp flyin' to the next level in his beginner snowboard carreer is funny"
    Breckenridge CO. freeway park terrain.
      
This pic was taken by Otton, in an improvised kicker with a snow cliff to land near the Hotel Tres Puntas.
really fun shooting with the Still Underage new filming crew, Santiago and Lucas Perez, Iñaqui and me supported by OTTON BEANIES HAHA. Baka from Burton is in the videocamera.
  
    
"IN MEMORY" street session in Santiago. after the first snow in the city, we drive by, and hook up with some friends to shoot this rail.(first attempt in the history was taken last year by Pepo Parker RIPow dawg!, best rider, trainer, person, boyfriend, brother, workperson & son ever!) iñaqui irarrazabal AKA thashupael BLAER! kill it!
     
haha! well first of all...this was a dumb ass story of a film day with Heikki Sorsa & Shaun White, we where on a rock drop, just takin' a look and Santiago planned to drop it when this guys were filming, so the magic happens and he totally broke the landing so Heikki start to shout like crazy man! "fucckkk!"  we finished at the Giovanni's Restaurant cheering and apologizing to the little disaster local kids haha, see you next year badass!
 
    
As the spring was arriving, i was trying to get some fun Halfpipe moments before the Spring pipe Contests, one of those focused in the memory of Pepo.
pic taken by MAN, and there is our lovely swizz inspiration ROXxY just taking a look on my back!
 
in memory Pipe contest, only the closest mountain friends of Pepo were deleited with a sweet breakfast from hands of Manu & family, and Pepo's family...
awesome moves, i awesome food!
    
pic taken by Fips, at the US backcountry...
    
 
being faraway from home is dificult, but beautiful...Que pasa con los BRISS! cabin.   
     
 Also i love to skate when i'm not in the slopes or when we have bad weather on the mountain, is just feel some board on my feet and kill it!
pic taken by Tatan Dominguez at the new skatepark in Mallsport, near to the surf wave and Burton store.

  


Published On: 11/11/2007
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The contest was amazing this year! I have never seen a rail jam setup like this one. the level of riding was amazing and the video can be seen here http://snowboard.colonies.com/videos/6502/

Published On: 9/18/2007
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Noticias - Snowboard.com Chile: Mack Dawg presenta ...
By: Chile_Crew


Mack Dawg presenta el trailer de "Picture This" 16 de los mejores snowboarders del mundo, el equipo de cineastas más trabajador de la industria y una de las peores temporadas de nieve de la historia y que consigues? Dilo tú." Mack Dawg Productions presenta el trailer de su próximo video "Picture This", grabado en HD (High Definition) y ofreciendo una calidad visual sin precedentes. QUE OPINAS?


Picture This | Snowboard.com

Published On: 5/30/2007
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St. Patrick's Day...
   Big party in Winter Park at Christian's house. A 6 pack of Mike's and a bottle of Jager....a sweet ass live band, everyone singing, dancing, and yelling, a few bowls, people I haven't partied with in a long time, R-Tech, red puke and pickles, passing out in my car, Jenni loves to cuddle with old friends, hanging in the morning with C-Dawg, long drive ahead back to Keystone way to hung over, Sandwich from safeway, uncontrollable puke session on H-way 40, Hung over toes in the sand with my babe. So good, wish I could do it all again :)


Published On: 3/20/2007
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Sandbox News: New Teaser
By: Sandbox


Well, here we are with the first batch of footage for you all. We just finished our January 07 Teaser. We have had an amazing winter here in Whistler and the guys out in Alberta have been killing it as well. We shot a lot of film for this teaser, almost 50 rolls of film has been shot already, thats huge for us. There is only one digi shot in the whole teaser, try and guess which one it is. The past couple months have been so much fun riding and shooting with all the riders. We have some new riders on the crew, Andrew Geeves has been on fire this year as well as Kael Hill, Andrew Skelhorn, Dwayne Weibe and Max Ritchie. Behind the scenes we have some new faces as well. Graham Foy out in Calgary has been shooting some great footage of those boys in cow town. In Whistler, Johnny fats Conway has been a bit of a train wreck lately with blown up snowmobiles, trucks and trailers but he has a big heart and great potential as a 16mm shooter. Check the people section on our site, sandboxland.com, for some of the new mug shots. Most of the old cast is back and Hardingham has some new weirdness for us all to enjoy, there is a short taste of whats to come from Hardingham at the end of the new teaser. The praise for Flavor Country continues on, last update I told you all about our Best Box Cover of the Year award from Method Mag. Now we just saw the new Snowboard Canada Business and we are in the Top 5 videos sold in Canada ! We are right up there with the big budget boys like Forum and Mack Dawg. Playboard Magazine in Europe gave us 6 out of 6 stars in their latest video review. The only other vids to get 6 stars were Mack Dawg and Forum. Thanks again to everyone out there who helped make Flavor Country such a huge success. Were off to Vegas to show off the teaser and party hardy with the industry machine. I just spoke to Clayton tonight who is on a rail trip in interior BC, he said the boys had an insane day with some really great shots, too late for this teaser so stay tuned as we plan to have a few teasers out this year. Thanks and enjoy the January 07 Teaser. - Kevin Sansalone

Published On: 1/27/2007
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Alright so kevin griff asked me to go on some road trip, so i did it we filming from mb - bc. good times great ppl and lots of tricks. Meet some stairs and some fences. Dont worry if your friends with me you will see the bails i got like 5 good ones.i landed some stuff which is cool. i am filming in mb for like 2 weeks with jakes new camera then come back to whistler to clame my park dawg status and hopefully ride some powder/film some powder. i donno we will see. anyways i am chillin on the computer cause i fell in nelson on some STUPID rail. what ever shi*t happens. Filming for Gypsy Mob check this one out it drops this fall. One love peace out
 
PS -sandbox teaser was dope shi*t. i live with one of the riders, its kinda a big deal..... call me 1-800-BIG-DEAL... yup respec.
 
jody


Published On: 1/24/2007
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My Blog: YO
By: MissSavvy


Wut up Dawgs lol Hey im savannah and so far im 15 wow i really dont feel well right now but w/e so neways ive tried snowboarding im ok it fun, but get my on a skateboard and ill have a very very sore butt lol. Shout out to my pals Takeena Katie Elisha Steph Kristen Hayley Nick Eddie Dean Yannus you sexy Beast Of A MAN:P;) there more just cant think of nemore right now... hmm well im bored now cya


Published On: 10/4/2006
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