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News and stuff: A whole bunch of juicy time wastin' blog ready to go!
By: ISDesign

The twin ninja babies are here! We love Mexico. Kale..

Congrats Tadashi and Yuko on the cutest twin ninja babies I've ever seen. Can't wait to meet them.

Its a fact, we love mexico. I remember. not too clearly but I do remember celebrating Halloween dressed as what we "drunk Canadian teens" thought mexicans looked like for something like 3 years in a row.

The photo above of Dev and Kale was taken somewhere around 98. I think we dressed up as mexicans for like 3 halloweens in a row... It only took us roughly a decade to finally come out with a goggle dedicated to the special little place in the world that blessed us with fish taco's, salsa, guacamole and terrible hangovers. Better late than never. Mexico, this ones for you!

Kale news: Kale has devised a new method of remembering all the super important things he has to do on a daily basis.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen, can I please have your attention...

Our office is located in East Vancouver. For those who don't know East Van has a bit of a bad rep. Everyday I show up for work there's something weird going on. Here's just a taste of what I witnessed Today.

Actually this isn't that weird, its my collection of old skate shoes. If I actually still skated there'd be way more up there.

This was in the way of the first place I was gonna park, no biggie but then I

Roll up to the next spot and See Mic Mac invited a buddy to live next to him on our street.

Steve scored the only decent parking spot left on our street snuggled in tightly to some old mattresses.

When we told Dave about the old mattresses he rushed right out and tried to 3 flip them.

As I capture the moment our good buddy Birdie strolls by. Just a warning if you run into Birdie in our hood or at the Bourbon on any given Thursday night... He's more of an outdoor, keep a good distance, don't actually talk to him, just take a photo while you're driving by and hope he doesn't throw anything at you type bud. We tight though..

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Dev "the boss man" gets another TWS cover!

Here's the cover of the September issue of Transworld Snowboarding.

Dev was the only one out of the crew to hit this death gap. When "the crew" includes Jussi Oksanen and Andrea's Wiig it really puts into perspective how insane the gap is. Dev truly is the King of modern day back country riding. It's gotta be the goggles.. Look out for his part in Double Decade. He'll blow your mind... Again!

Zeddy called me to say: Hey did you know Todays international sex day!

Update from J man's Portuguese vacation:

Only J Man would meet sand ninjas on his first day in Portugal. I was skeptical too till he sent me this photo to back up the story.

The sand Ninjas were kind enough to take J Man in as one of their own and share their Choco Crack with him.

While enjoying the new exciting Portuguese treat J Man saw what seemed to be a familiar character dancing in the distance.

Thinking it was Zeddy stuck in a dance trance, he ran up to greet his good buddy.

As he got closer he realized it wasn't Zeddy at all. It was actually a young gentlemen by the name of Alvaro. The two conversed on the beach the rest of the day and have now become inseparable. Alvaro, pictured above in the stripes has since invited J man to join his Portuguese folk dance crew.

They'll be touring Portugal for the rest of the month.

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Friday, August 15, 2008

One down, a bunch to go...

! made! Through my first week back to work from vacation that is and wow, what a doozy it was. Not sure if its just me but I never feel rested or relaxed after time off. I actually usually feel like I need another vacation. I must be doing something wrong.

See the shades Tman's sporting in the photo above. They're the Mont Royal white stripes, we're all sold out of em. Leave a comment below if you think we should do another run. If you need them right away I did see one pair in the display case at Boardroom on west forth yesterday after lunch. Good luck.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Dave loves animals, butter and Jager.

Above, Dave Bestwick enjoying some quality time with friends after a long day of slanging goggles and shades.

e-mail to blog:

FW: Is China ready for English Speaking Tourists

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Published On: 8/27/2008

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Daily Barns: Gap-per or Gey-per? - The Origins of the One-Piece Acolyte
By: jr_barns

Late in the season, a common pastime among snowboarders is the infamous gaper hunt. After witnessing this activity in various places, I've been struggling with a very important question: what is the proper pronunciation of the word “gaper”. Everyone seems to have their own take on it and I'd like to take a little time to investigate the etymology of the word.

Conventional wisdom would have you look to a word's spelling to get an idea of how to pronounce it. Using this logic, the most obvious answer for the proper pronunciation is gey-per. If we look to the definition of a gaper, however, we're led to believe that the pronunciation doesn't follow standard english syntatical expectations.

It's like the ghosts of christmas past, present and future.

The Urban Dictionary defines a gaper as:

... a skier or snowboarder who is completely clueless. Usually distinguished by bright colored clothes and a gaper gap -- the gap between the goggles and a helmet/hat. Gaper's are known to do the "Gaper Tuck" which is an attempt at being a ski racer by tucking, however, it is done incorrectly with the poles sticking straight up like thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening! Gapers also sit at the bottom of jumps and try and go big off table tops in the park.

From this definition, we're led to believe that the term gaper has its roots in the description of the gap for which they are known. From this, one would assume that the correct pronunciation of the word is in fact gap-per. So the confusion is understandable when trying to figure out how to properly pronounce the term.

The Urban Dictionary, however, also provides another definition for the word GAPER as “an acronym that stand[s] for Guaranteed Accident Prone on Every Run.” This definition has no reference to the distinctive gaper gap which seems to be one of the roots of the word. If we rely on this definition, there is no need to break the rules of syntax and the word can be pronounced gey-per.

Gaper in Other Contexts

The word gaper also has meanings in other contexts. Wikipedia describes gapers as stone heads, often depicting a black man, located on the fronts of buildings in the Netherlands to indicate that these building are pharmacies. The gaper represents the assistant of the travelling apothecary who was the forefather of the modern pharmacist. This assistant would pretend to be a sick man only to miraculously feel better (and perform a dance) after taking the pill given to him by the apothecary. So in the Netherlands, the word Gaper is somewhat representative of a charlatan. This relates to the modern definition of the word since gaper's in ski resorts will often profess to a higher degree of skill than they actually have. This doesn't help in the search for the correct pronunciation of the word, however, since I don't speak the Dutch language.

The simplest definition of a gaper that I have found so far, is “a person or thing that gapes”¹. This definition actually provides a phonetic spelling for the word, which is in fact gey-per, as one would expect. This description also agrees with the more colloquial definition of the word as gapers are often seen in the middle of Whistler Village, in their rear-entry boot and neon one-piece glory, gaping at the scenery through the lense of a camera (that is when they aren't seen as a streak of neon laying down wide carves on the cat track).

The Verdict

Following this long and arduous Google search, I think the question of the pronunciation of the word gaper can finally be laid to rest. I motion that the correct pronunciation heretofore be gey-per; don't let anyone tell you otherwise. If they insist on pronouncing it gap-per, refer them to this study which should convince them that they are wrong-headed. Although this study cannot be considered complete by any stretch of the imagination, I'm pretty confident that it is the most in-depth investigation into the etymology of the word gaper that you'll be able to find (I'm not sure if that makes me sad or proud).

Published On: 8/1/2008

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My Blog: Casting call for a new Whistler reality/docudrama series
By: WhistlerTV

CAST:

We are looking for outgoing, sociable females and males, ages 18-25ish.

Cast members can be from anywhere in the world, profession irrelevant, snowboarding or skiing skills not necessary.

This is not a scripted show – no acting required.

REQUIREMENTS:

You need to be living in or able to commit to living in Whistler by November 2008.

The show will not pay for your move to Whistler.

If you are from outside of Canada we will require proof that you are legally allowed to live and work in Canada. Please do not apply if you cannot provide the proper documents.

You must be able to communicate clearly in English.

AUDITIONS:

Casting will take place in Whistler in early Aug 2008.

There will also be casting in Toronto at the same time.

Final candidates will be chosen shortly after.

SHOW DETAILS:

This is not a snowboarding or skiing series. It is not a dating or "Survivor" type elimination series.

The cast chosen for the show will be themselves on the show.

This series will be centered on the day-to-day lives of the central cast members.

Although cast members will not be filmed 24/7, you must be comfortable with a high level of exposure.

COMPENSATION:

There will be compensation. If you are chosen for the series, there will be a contract detailing your inclusion in the show and the compensation for this.

HOW TO APPLY:

Download the questionnaire but clicking on the Download button on this page. Fill it out and email it along with 2 jpegs of yourself (1 full body, 1 headshot) to whistler.casting@gmail.com.

Please submit your questionnaire and pics by July 27, 2008.

Published On: 7/23/2008

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My Blog: The Superman Mythos
By: kddjsh

The Superman Mythos

by Thyroros

The term superman first entered into modern usage through the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. This late nineteenth-century German philosopher was vehemently anti-Christian and never tired of condemning the faith as weak, absurd, even detrimental to human development. While Hitler admired him, and the Nazis are said to have made use of some of his ideas, Nietzsche did not actually share their racist and anti-Semitic views. (1) Thus it is not entirely incongruous that two young Jewish men from Cleveland, Ohio would have adopted the term for their own use. While many assume Superman is merely a work of science fiction, I do not believe this to be the case. I too grew up amid all the movies (the first film starring Christopher Reeve came out the year after I was born), cartoons, and TV shows, believing the Man of Steel to be nothing more than a slightly stale and out-dated comic book hero. However, after watching various episodes of Smallville, a very different interpretation of the American icon began to impress itself upon me.

As nonsensical or offensive as some people might think this to be, the tale of Superman represents an allegory of another well-known supernatural, extra-terrestrial being: Satan.

Before delving into some of the more specific correlations, and often glaring similarities, between these two legendary immortals, there is an important point which needs to be made regarding the nature of angels. Angels are extra-dimensional and other-worldly travellers who make infrequent appearances throughout the Bible and other related texts. They usually do not have wings, and they almost always appear just like men. The Seraphim and Cherubim are the only two celestial orders consistently described in the Bible which bear wings. While most angeaologies consider both orders to be angels, the highest orders in fact, neither the Old nor New Testaments refer to them as such. But this is really just a semantic argument that needn't be fully addressed here. Anyway, the English word angel is derived from the Greek angelos which simply means messenger, as does the Hebrew mal'ach, which is used in the Torah, the prophets, and other Hebrew writings. (2) These terms can be used to indicate human or divine beings. Many times the humans with whom angels communicate are not even aware of it until the supernatural visitors perform some act obviously beyond the capability of mere mortals. After closely examining all the Biblical references, I was forced to conclude that there is no overwhelming distinction between angels and what modern mythology refers to as aliens. Both are extra-terrestrial, and both seem to exhibit powers and/or technology beyond what might traditionally be considered human. Now, Satan, if standard Christian doctrine is correct, is a fallen angel, while Kal-El, or Superman, is a stranded, immigrant alien.

Objections may arise as angels are said to dwell in heaven while aliens inhabit the supposedly innumerable worlds located in the vast reaches of space. But again, the only difference between the concepts of heaven and space lie in the minds of people who refuse to acknowledge the simple facts. Both exist above and outside the earth, and both are impossible to visit for the majority of living human beings on this planet. Even now, after thirty-some years of manned space-flight, it still requires the pinnacle of human technology, and the availability of monumental resources, to even consider such undertakings. We haven't been to the moon in over thirty years according to official sources. Moreover, space remains extremely dangerous. It is a notoriously hostile environment; the slightest mistake or malfunction can bring about instantaneous death for even the most well-trained astronaut. So, heavenly realms and intergalactic space, not that different, right? Okay then, hopefully that matter is settled, and we can move on to Krypton.

As most of us know, Kal-El's homeworld, Krypton, was completely obliterated due to a nuclear reaction at its core, which resulted in the infant Kryptonian's emergency flight to earth. Now, some theorize that the asteroid belt in our solar system was created when a large, terrestrial planet located between Mars and Jupiter (often referred to as Astera/Astara) exploded some time in the past. (3) It's possible that this same cataclysm was also responsible for the destruction of the Red Planet's atmosphere and its civilization. Satan may also be connected with Mars and Astera, depending on one's interpretation of certain Old Testament books such as Ezekiel. Ezekiel states in chapter 28, verse 14 that the former anointed cherub, Satan, "walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire". It's not a very far stretch of the imagination to connect "the stones of fire" with planets. Please examine the following verses for more details:

Ezekiel 28:15-17 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground (Hebrew 'eretz is also often translated as land or earth), I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

So Satan may have ruled a physical civilization spanning Mars, Astara, and perhaps several moons as well. But he rebelled against his God and King, and was cast to the earth along with a third of the Heavenly Host (See Revelation 12:4).

The aforementioned information thus allows us to have a much clearer understanding of the scenario presented in Smallville 1961. While I don't disagree with Chloe about the possibility of genetic memory being stored in the DNA, I don't accept that this was necessarily true in Clark’s case. I believe it to be more likely that Jor-El and Kal-El are one person, not father and son. Here's how it works:

I. Jor-El is Satan. II. The father who exiled Jor-El/Satan to earth is actually the Father, as in Yahweh, the God of the Bible. III. Jor-El/Satan returns to space to continue the "War in Heaven" (See Revelation 12:7).. IV. In order to eventually assume the role of Anti-Christ, Satan devises a seemingly foolproof plan. Just as Yahweh/God limited himself in power when He assumed the form of Jesus/the Christ, Satan formulates a a similar device. He clones himself and denies this clone access to certain segments of his memory and powers. This way he will more easily deceive humans into believing that he is a righteous savior rather than evil incarnate. But he makes messages and recordings beforehand which will remind him of certain things at planned intervals. This will enable him to develop in the most ideal way in order to fit the role of the Christ more perfectly. V. Satan and his angels are defeated in the heavenly realms, Mars and Astera/Krypton is destroyed as a result. Satan transfers his consciousness/spirit from Jor-El to the infant clone, Kal-El and rockets off toward earth.

As additional support for this concept, let us explore the meanings of the principal character's names belonging to the Superman mythos:

Clark - Old English - Clergyman or learned man (4)

Kent - Welsh - Bright white, white or bright (5). Another interesting possible derivation of this name is from the Biblical Kenites (first mentioned in Genesis 15:19 as enemies of Israel), who may have been descended from Cain (for in Hebrew Cain is more accurately transliterated as Qayin, and Kenites as Qayini. Adding an "i" to the end of a name in Hebrew indicates the people or descendants of that personage. Israel/Israeli, Qayin/Qayini. See the pattern?) (6)

Kal-El - Can be translated as destruction or completion of God in Hebrew (or possibly 'all that is God/totality of God'). (7) El is the Hebrew word for God.*

Jor-El - J is actually pronounced Y (the letter Yod) in Hebrew. Possible translations are: Yare'-el - fear of God, Yarah-El - God teaches, taught of God, Yeru-El - God is a foundation, Yeri-El - founded of God; God will see. (8)

Krypton/Kryptonite - From the Greek words krypto - To hide; kryptos - hidden unseen, secret; krypte - hidden place (9)

Lex - Latin for law (Just in case 'Lex' is actually short for Alexander, Alexander is Greek for leader of men, alex (leader) + ander (men).10

Luthor (Luther) - Teutonic- famous warrior/ famous in war

Old German - Warring ones

German - warrior/famous people?. Martin Luther was a Catholic monk and theologian turned Protestant reformer (1483-1546). (11)

*If one is inclined to doubt that Kal-El and Jor-El may actually be Hebrew names, allow me to you remind you that both Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the original creators of Superman, were Jewish. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's highly unlikely they would give their characters Hebrew-sounding names by pure chance. (12)

There are just a few more items of interest which may possibly be connections between Kal-El and the Red Dragon/Satan. Since Superman derives his powers from the sun, that would make him a kind of 'sun god'. Satan has sometimes been compared with the sun gods of ancient mythology such as the Egyptian Ra, the Greek/Roman Apollo and the Persian Mithra. The 'infinity serpent' burned onto Clark's chest in the second season finale of Smallville is another fascinating correlation, as Satan is often recognized as being or controlling the serpent in the Garden of Eden (Genesis chapter 3), and one of his titles in Revelation (12:9) is that "that old serpent". Finally, it would be quite simple to draw a pentagram inside the five-pointed shield emblazoned on Superman's costume. Pentagrams are used in ceremonial magic and Satanism the world over. Not that such a detail is conclusive, but I just thought I'd include it for the sake of being thorough.

So what does all of this mean? The reader, of course, is free to draw his or her own conclusions But here's what I believe; Superman comics, movies, and TV shows (and everything else in between) are Satanic Propaganda. Superman is the Anti-Christ/Satan and Lex Luthor, representing Christianity, is desperately trying to defend the earth against him. As the story is told from Satan's perspective, Lex is falsely demonized and portrayed as an insane criminal. In the words of Friedrich Nietzsche from Thus Spake Zarathustra, "God is dead. I teach you the superman." This is the lie that the father of lies is eager for us all to swallow down between mouthfuls of French fries and jelly-filled breakfast pastries.

- Thyroros, December 2, 2003, Redlands, CA.

Endnotes:

1. See Friedrich Nietzsche's Biography.com
2. Information gathered by using the King James Bible (1611 Authorized Version) and The Strongest Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. James Strong, L.L.D., S.T.D. Fully Revised and Corrected by John R. Kohlenberger III and James A. Swanson. Grand Rapids Michigan. Zondervan. 2001
3. Click here for the standard line on the Asteroid Belt formation. Go here for more information on the possible link between Mars, Astara, and Satan, maybe even Venus?
4. Name definition for Clark (Any standard name/baby-name book should provide this information.)
5. Name meanings & Name origins (Any standard name/baby-name book should provide this information.)
6. See footnote 2. Most Biblical scholars don't make the connection between Cain and the Kenites. This is probably due to the long-held view that the Flood of Noah/The Great Deluge (as related in Genesis chapters 6-8) was worldwide and no one survived except Noah and his family. However, a gr owing number dispute that the Flood was regional rather than global (which is possible based on certain interpretations of the passages in Genesis), and therefore, Cain's progeny could have survived.
7. From the Strong's Concordance Hebrew Dictionary (contained within the same volume), Reference numbers 3605-3607, 3615-3617
8. From the Strong's Concordance Hebrew Dictionary (contained within the same volume), Reference numbers 3372, 3384, 3385, 3400. Incidentally, yerah is the Hebrew word for moon, ref. 3391.
9. From the Strong's Concordance Greek Dictionary (contained within the same volume), Reference numbers 2926-2928 10. (Any competent Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries can be used to find these definitions. Also standard name/baby-name book should provide this information.) Here's a couple of websites just in case you want them. For Alexander. For Lex & another for Lex. Just for fun, here's website containing excerpts of Plutarch's Alexander the Great (who was not a good guy) bio.
11. "Luthor/Luther" name meaning.
12. "Jews are the true comic book heroes", article from the Chicago Sun Times and here's a History of Superman article from Superman.com.ar in case your interested.

End the words of Thyroros.

This article can be found at: http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=articles/superman-satan

Published On: 4/29/2008

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Jump'N Grind: Jump n'Grind presented by Roxy
By: TheRuggedRiders

A snowboard slopestyle for girls of all riding levels - beginner, intermediate, advanced. Beginners are welcome to join the freestyle learning clinic designed specifically for them.

Registration: 8:30 - 9:45
Practice and/or Clinic: 10:00 - 12:00
Break and course touch ups: 12:00 - 12:30

Advanced qualifiers: 12:30 - 1:15
Intermediate contest: 1:30 - 2:15
Advanced finals: 2:30 - 3:00

Best Trick : 3:00 - 3:30

Prizes :
Winner of advanced category wins a trip to participate in the Roxy Chicken Jam in Mammoth - details here:
http://www.roxy.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2989274&cp=2841696

Snowboards/Boots/Jackets/Clothing/Goodies Goodies Goodies -by now you know that Rugged Riders events always give away tons of prizes.

Published On: 2/10/2008

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News and Stuff: Zizo=Kazu
By: gnarcorevideoplay

Kazu or Zizo, Beardmore and filmer Pat Henery, just generally looking hard If your familiar with famed japanese photographer Kazu then you know how much of an enigma the guy is. His very existence is a mystical feat of nature. Kazu is now staff for Atomic Snowboards so he's been shooting with MATT BEARDMORE a ton as well as Gerg Maxwell who's in town filming for the new Alterna Film. Both Greg and Kazu have been bunking out in the famed Artbarn which has turned into an international hostel these days. The Beards has become some what of a father figure to Kazu (who i'm sure in reality is actually older then mat) and has many a fantastic stories of the little guy that range from a rare bum disease to and rolling deep into Revy's Back-country with only a single frayed snowmobile belt. Rumor has it he even got out shooting with Atomic hopeful and teen heart throb BARRY HARTMAN but the report is still out on that one. When it all comes down to it Kazu is a righteous lens man with a sweet english-canadian vocabulary and just a real treat to be around. Kazu has had multiple international snowboard magazine covers, been a model for AIR blaster, has his own T-shirt designed after him and just generally wows everyone he collides with. In a random move of role reversals i shot this sick sequence of Kazu going from photographer-dude to dude-in-a-pink-shirt-with-his-own-image-on-it, breath taking i know....and your welcome.

Piece!

Published On: 2/5/2008

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My Blog: Kudelka's Dance class!!
By: anne-flore

august 2007

I…. Have the time of my life… Taking Marty Kudelka's dance class! Marty is one of the very best choreographers in the world.. He is directing Justin Timberlake's show all around the world and I met him while I was in NYC in august this summer.. I always loved dancing.. it s the one thing I always loved but never got the chance to get into.. or never took the time.. besides the party aspect of it of course.. but anyways.. Marty and his dancers.. while they are tour teach dance classes all around the world as soon as they get a day off! and I wouldn't have missed it for the world! So here I am, in English Town at the Icon Dance Complex for my very first dance class given by the best dancers in the world! The first class was given by Nick Bass and he was way too good! I wasn't able to follow a single move.. but I was loving it! So I stayed for the second class given by Sky Hoffman.. and that one was dope!! He teached us some moves of Locking! Which is a super fun 70's west coast dance.. picture it: all dudes with huge pants up their chest with suspenders and exaggerating each move!! Hell fun! And I got lucky on that one cause Dana Wilson another pro dancer followed that class right next to me.. which allowed me to check her feet and gave me a chance to do some of the moves!! That class was for sure my favorite! Somehow it felt way easier by the fun of that dance style!! I had a smile stock up my face for the whole day after that! And I stepped to the side when Marty's class started.. it was quite impressive to see all these people following all these crazy moves! Insane! Marty s got skills for sure! And he loves snowboarding too! He went skiing for the first time when he was 25 in Big Bear Mountain.. holing ass through the whole park with the only solution crashing to stop! Then he learned how to turn and how to slow down.. Classic! Everything felt quite easy and he had a blast but after 2 days of skiing he decided to try snowboarding.. and that's where things got challenging he couldn't just go for it.. he had to work for things to happen the way he wanted to.. with crashing and the whole progression process.. and that's what made snowboarding interesting and fun.. since then Marty has been riding sick other spots like Mammoth and Whistler.. or Scotland!! Even though he seems to keep a quite bad memory of the Tbar that he wouldn't let go! His favorite grab would be a big suitcase! Yeah! Marty!!
Check videos of Marty's class! Soo sick! google him! he s got sick dance videos on!
And THANK YOU MARTY so much for the good times!

Published On: 1/3/2008

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My Journal: top 100 songs 2007
By: o-henry

here are my favorite songs from 2007

Silverchair	Straight Lines
the Shins	Australia
Of Montreal	the Past is a Grotesque Animal
the Hives	tick tick boom
Foo Fighters	the Pretender
LCD Soundsystem	North American Scum
Modest Mouse	Florida
Klaxons	Golden Skans
the White Stripes	Icky Thump
Cold War Kids	Hang Me Up to Dry
Architecture in Helsinki	Debbie
Tegan and Sara	the Con
the Operation M.D.	Sayonara
Calvin Harris	Acceptable in the 80s
Immaculate Machine	Jarhand
The Bravery	Believe
Kanye West	Stronger
the Bees	Listening Man
the Apples in Stereo	Energy
Arctic Monkeys	Brainstorm
the Bicycles	BBBicyles
the New Pornographers	Myriad Harbour
Tokyo Police Club	Your English is Good
Against Me	Americans Abroad
Metric	Grow Up and Blow Away
Queens of the Stone Age	3s and 7s
Of Montreal	Suffer for Fashion
the Shins	Phantom Limb
Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining
Arcade Fire	Intervention
Tilly and the Wall	Bad Education
1990s	You Made Me Like It
Kaiser Chiefs	Heat Dies Down
Kylie Minogue	Two Hearts
Panda Bear	Comfy in Nautica
John Butler Trio	Funky Tonight
Bloc Party	I Still Remember
the Weakerthans	Plea From a Cat Named Virtue
Bedouin Soundclash	St. Andrews
Scry Childrn Scring Chldren	My Darkest Hour
Imperial Teen	Room With a View
the Killers	Sam's Town
the Bicycles	Australia
the Cat Empire	Won't Be Afraid
Junior Senior	We R the Handclaps
the Shins	Turn on Me
Modest Mouse	Dashboard
Motion City Soundtrack	This is for Real
Kanye West	Can't Tell Me Nothing
Feist	I Feel it All
Rhianna	Umbrella
Kings of Leon	On Call
Kaiser Chiefs	Ruby
the Go! Team	Grip Like a Vice
the Flatliners	KHTDR
Silversun Pickups	Lazy Eye
Kisschasy	Strings and Drums
Maximo Park	Our Velocity
Against Me	Stop
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Down Boy
Queens of the Stone Age	Sick Sick Sick
Of Montreal	Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
Stars	Take Me to the Riot
Powderfinger	Lost and Running
Eskimo Joe	New York
Arcade Fire	Windowsill
Nine Inch Nails	Survivalism
Jay Z	No Hook
Architecture in Helsinki	Heart It Races
Junior Senior	Can I Get Get
Timbaland	Hello
LCD Soundsystem	Time to Get Away
the White Stripes	Conquest
The Bravery	Angelina
Ben Lee	What Would Jay Z Do
Flight of the Conchords	Humans Are Dead
Hot Hot Heat	Let Me In
the Wombats	Patricia the Stripper
Spoon	You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Alexisonfire	Rough Hands
the Cops	Out of the Fridge / Into the Fire
the Mess Hall	Keep Walking
the Pigeon Detectives	Don't Know How to Say Goodbye
Chris Lilley	Naughty Girl
Le Husky	Mourir Comme un Chien
the New Pornographers	All the Old Showstoppers
Peter Bjorn and John	Up Against the Wall
Tegan and Sara	Hop A Plane
Jump, Little Children	Education
the Bicycles	Paris Be Mine
Sum 41	So Long Goodbye
the Chemical Brothers	the Salmon Dance
50 Cent	Ayo Technology
Paul McCartney	Dance Tonight
Mika	Grace Kelly
Seeing Scarlet	Bumblebee
Tricot Machine	L'ours
Giant Drag	My Dick Sux
CSS	Music is My Hot Hot Sex
the Rapture	Get Myself Into It

Published On: 12/24/2007

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My Blog: AUG 07 HEART BLOG UPDATE By: HEARTFILMS
2007.08.02 Thursday ニュージーランド！！ BURTONシュートでニュージーランドのメスベンにいます。（タダシ）やっぱり寒いですね〜。。。きのうまで夏だったのに！今日はですね〜山に上がらなかったのでスケートパークでちょっくら汗をかいてきました。なかなか楽しかったな〜。。一番上の写真は、学さんと二人で海でバーベキューをした時のやつです。これもまた良かった〜なんかいやされた。やっぱり波の音はいいですね。 Hey, it’s Tadashi. I’m in Methven, New Zealand for BURTON a shoot. As I expected it is so cold… I was in summer heat yesterday, you know! Today, I didn’t go snowboarding but instead went skateboarding for some fun. This picture was taken when I had a BBQ with Manabu. That was so nice to have a BBQ at the beach. Hearing the lapping of the waves was really good and I felt comforted...	2007.08.03 (Fri)	Total Hits：261

つ・ついに〜！ Finally…!

ついに heart films vol.2が完成しましたっ！

最後は山あり谷ありまくりだったけど、無事に完成してよかった〜！

ギリギリの時間だったけど納得いくまでやれて満足です。

最終日はスタジオ近くにあるマネージャーのYuhoの家で最終調整してました。

“Heart Films vol.2” has finally finished editing!!!
At the end, there were so many bumps we had to get over but we survived!!!
We didn't have enough time but we worked until we were fully satisfied.
The last day of editing we were at Yuho’s Vancouver house to finalized the film.

ショータ編集中。

Editing Shota’s part.

スタジオでメニュー画面や、最終の映像チェック。

もうすぐ試写会ですね〜！
完成品お楽しみに！！

Checking the menu screen and some other parts of our film.

The premier party is coming up soon.
Please check out the complete “heart films vol.2”!!!

2007.08.07 (Tue)Total Hits：603

祝！！ Congratulations!!

8月4日はマネージャーのYuhoとDaveの結婚式でした〜〜！！

Yuhoはビデオ編集最終行程で結婚2日前まで頑張ってくれてました。

（ギリギリまで仕事させてしまってゴメンね…）

天気予報は雨だったけど、昼間は晴れてくれて無事に式もできて最高でした。（^^）

On August 4th, Yuho and Dave had their wedding ceremony!!!

Yuho is our manager and she was working with us editing our film until 2days before her wedding.
Yuho, sorry for making you work up to the last minute!

The weather forecast said it was going to be a rainy day, but during the ceremony everyone was blessed with fine weather. It was a really nice ceremony.

↓写真は左からナターシャ、デイブ、ユーホ。

From left, Natasza, Dave, Yuho.

飼っているラブラドールのミキとルカ（見切れてるけど…笑）もお祝いしてくれました。

Yuho’s baby dogs Miki and Luca celebrated with them too.

↓Yuhoの友達の手作りウェディングケーキ。

夜のパーティーは大盛り上がりでした。
ライアンのDJでみんな踊りまくり！
日本の披露宴とは違ってかなり自由な感じでした。(^^)
服装もラフだし、その日仕事だった人は終わってそのままパーティーに参加したり、、、形式にとらわれてなくて面白かったな〜！

Dave & Yuho本当におめでとう！

The wedding cake was handmade by Yuho’s friend.
Two snowboarders were on the top of it.

We had sooooo much fun at the party at night!!
Everybody danced like crazy with DJ Ryan.
It was not like any Japanese wedding...Canadian weddings are kind of casual and freestyle. The people who came in later to the party were like they just came from work.

I like the way they party in Canada.

Dave&Yuho, we are all really happy for you two!!! Congratulations!

2007.08.10 (Fri)Total Hits：0

帰国しました！！ We are back!!

どもです！ケイジです。

カナダ編集組（タローさん、ノブ君、自分）みんなそろって日本に帰ってきました〜！

思っていたより暑いスね。。。とけそうです。（苦笑）

最終日は片付けやパッキング、スノーモービルを保管したりでかなりバタバタだったけど、家のみんなワイワイ飲めてよかったな。(^^)

12月からカナダ入りして、半年ガッチリ撮影して編集に2ヶ月。
やっとみなさんにお披露目できる段階になりました！
来週末、19日は東京銀座apple storeで第１発目の試写会です！
皆で盛り上がりましょう！

Hello! This is Keiji.
The editors(Taro, Nobu and me) came back to Japan today.
It’s hotter than we could imagine… I thought I would melt!

We were so busy on the last day in Canada packing, cleaning up and keeping our sleds in appropriate places etc…
But we could have a last drink with our room mates and that was so great.

We got in Canada on December and spent a whole six month filming and two month for editing. Now finally we have reached the stage that we can show you the video...
On August 19, we will have the first preview party at the Applestore in Ginza, Tokyo!
Let’s kick it!!!

2007.08.14 (Tue)Total Hits：39

夏真っ盛り。 Midsummer!

帰国した次の日に東京湾花火大会がありました！

家の屋上から少しだけ花火みれたんですよ。

ほとんどの花火がビルの影でみれなかったけどきれいでしたね。

写真はその中でもよく撮れた方です。

The day after we came back, there was a fireworks exhibition at Tokyo Bay.
Most of the fireworks were hidden by buildings but the ones I saw from my roof were so beautiful!!

These are the best shots of the fireworks.

夏は夏でいいですね！

This is what makes summer so nice!

次の日は地元、富岡八幡寓の祭りがやってました。

水をかけられながら町中を練り歩きます。

来年が三年に一度の本祭り。江戸三大祭の一つで、神輿が54基もでちゃうんです。

The next day the festival of the Tomioka-Hachimangu was held in my hometown.

People were carrying Mikoshi (a portable shrine) and were walking around town, and people along the road were carrying water with hoses and buckets. (aka; Watering Festival)

Next year’s festival will be the big one that is held every three years.
Tomioka-Hachiman- Festival is one of the three big festivals of Edo (Tokyo), and there will be 54 Mikoshis in the street next year.

明日はエディターのノブ君と一緒に、忠の地元の祭りに行ってきます。

毎年やってるんですけど、蔵にとっておいた雪をまいてみんなでsnowboardしちゃうんです！

楽しみですな〜！

blogにもアップするのでお楽しみに！

I’m going to Tadashi’s hometown tomorrow with Nobu to go see the community festival there.

The festival is held annually and this year’s highlight is the snowboarding that will be held there. People will make man made snow and everybody will snowboard in the middle of summer!

I can’t wait to see it!

I’ll post it for you too!

2007.08.16 (Thu)Total Hits：86

THE FINAL DAYS...part 1

Everyone worked around the clock editing, rendering, cursing...I don't think anyone slept over 12 hours that last week we were wrapping up HEART Films vol. 2. I've never seen someone capable of functioning in those conditions but Nobu, Taro and Keiji pulled through. Thanks GABE for all the REDBULLS! I don't think we could have done it without them!

HEART Films' cozy office in Whistler BC, Canada.

No sleep = Everyone is going CRAZY!!!

KEIJI polishing his work.

NOBU waiting for his computer to render his files.

TARO making sure the sound was all good.

2007.08.16 (Thu)

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FINAL DAYS part 3

So I don't think people really understand how much work is in making a DVD...It takes a lot of dedicated, creative minds who can work together in super stressful circumstances and with no sleep to pull one of these things off...SO the next time you see NOBU, TARO or KEIJI, make sure you buy them a beer, if not two or three for they deserve it!!! THANKS EVERYONE for the experience and the good and super bad times! Let's party at the premiers and have FUN!

There are a lot of hidden buttons so play around with the menus and you will be stoked!!!

Keiji and his masterful art - CHECK IT OUT in one of the bonuses...

It says: TWO DAYS BEFORE HER WEDDING - YUHO...I guess I am a workaholic???
Thanks for understanding DAVE!!! And next year boys - A DEADLINE is A DEADLINE!!!

NOBU, Craig, KEIJI and TARO wrapping things up at IMAGE MEDIA.

ENGLISH friendly Captions for HEART Films!

2007.08.16 (Thu)

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FINAL DAYS part 2

So we began our TREK to Vancouver to Image Media -( which was highly recommended by Kevin Sansalone of Sandbox)...Thanks Kev, they were awesome!!!

Craig, Taro and Yuho having a meeting about the menu options.

Nobu testing the menu options out.

Taro, Keiji and Nobu proofing the quality of the video with Craig.

ZOMBIE EDITORS!

Creating the menu...There are over 3 hours of footage and bonuses on the DVD. There are a lot of hidden buttons and bonuses so play around with your controller when you get your DVD! You will be stoked!

2007.08.17 (Fri)

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青竹ちょうちん祭り！その３ Aotake-Lantern Festival. part 3

汗をかいた後はまったりビールでしょー！
久しぶりのお祭りでかなりテンション上がりまくり。
かなりいい雰囲気でした。(^^)

What do you have to do after sweating? Drink beer!!!
We were so excited about the festival! The mood was so nice.

途中、でっかい龍が出現！
口から火を吹きながら道路を蛇行しまくりでした。
何でもアリです。（笑）

A huge dragon appeared!
He walked around the road spewing fire!
Anything goes in this festival!!

出店もいっぱい！
かき氷、たこ焼き、焼きそば…
レインボーフラッシュ？？なんてお店もありました。
やっぱり祭りっていいですね〜！

There were so many booths!
Kaki-gori (Shaved ice), Tako-yaki (octopus ball), Yaki-soba (pan-fried noodle) and... Rainbow flashes?? There were a lot of odd things for sale!!!

ノブ君が買ってきた七色に光るスティック。
ノリノリのテクノが流れる一品です。
かなりお気に入りみたいだったけど、東京に帰る頃には壊れてました。（^^;）

忠がハートを描くのにトライ。
見えるかな〜？？

Nobu bought a glow stick with seven colors.
It plays techno music. What a high quality toy!
Nobu loved it very much but by the time when we had to go back to Tokyo, it has already broken.

Tadashi is trying to make a “heart.”
Can you see it?

今回の旅、かなり楽しかったな〜
激しく動いたせいか、今日は筋肉痛です。（笑）

来年も楽しみっス！

I was so excited that I have a muscle ache today.
It was such a fun travel!
I have to come back next year!

2007.08.26 (Sun)

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大阪試写会！！！ Osaka Premier!!!

元気ですかーーーー！！！
大阪で試写会+ライディングパフォーマンスを行ってきました！

金曜日は大阪心斎橋にあるApple Store で試写会。
ニュージーランドから帰ったばかりのアキ君も合流です。
Apple銀座と同じく、すごくきれいな建物でビックリです！

WHAT’S UUUUUUUUP?!
We held the premier party and riding demo in Osaka!

The premier party was at the Apple Store Shinsaibashi, Osaka on Friday.
Aki came back from New Zealand and joined us.
Apple Store Shinsaibashi was just as nice as the one at Ginza!

2007.08.20 (Mon)

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HEART FILMS 試写会１発目！　その２ HEART FILMS premier kick-off, part 2

試写がおわった後に、ファンの方から『スノーボードがしたくなった！楽しかった！』と言われて、みんな頑張ってきて本当に良かったと思いました。
大変だった事も一気に吹っ飛びましたね。

みんなでスノーボードシーンをもっともっと盛り上げていきましょう！

After the premier party, some of the fans said “I really want to snowboard now! It was super fun!”
That made us really happy. We felt like all our efforts were worth it! People were stoked and that was awesome!

Let’s pump up the Japanese snowboard scene together!

１発目の試写会が無事に終了してホッとしているライダー達。(^^)

The riders were relieved after the 1st premier party.

本当に大勢の人達が来てくれて感謝です！

We really appreciate that many people made their way to see it! Thank you for coming!!

今週末の試写会は大阪心斎橋のapple store、なんばパークス、松山へ行きまーす！

We are heading to Osaka and Matsuyama this weekend.
See you there!!

2007.08.20 (Mon)

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HEART FILMS 試写会１発目！　その１ HEART FILMS premier kick-off, part 1

8月19日、東京のapple store ginzaで第１発目の試写会が行われました〜〜！

海外にいるアキ、ナターシャは来れなかったけど、heartライダー達が大集合！

コニは頭がグルグルになっていて、ヒロミはサーフィンで日焼けし過ぎでビックリでした。（笑）

On Aug.19th, “heart films” kicked-off their first premier at the Apple store in Ginza, Tokyo!!
All the riders except Aki and Natasza got together at the Apple store.
Koni’s hair was curly and Hiromi was so tanned because of all the surfing!!

お店はかなりきれいだし、欲しいものがいっぱいです。

apple storeで試写会できちゃうってすごいですよね…

ミーティングの時もライダー達もちょっと緊張気味。(^^;)

The store was nice and they have so many things that I want...

Premier party at the Apple store was really something!!

The riders were a little tense at the meeting. (^^;)

暑いなか、大勢の人達が集まってくれてシアタールームは満員。

みなさんありがとうございました！

It was really hot weather but many people came and the theatre was full!

2007.08.17 (Fri)

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青竹ちょうちん祭り！その1 Aotake-Lantern Festival. part 1

どもです！ケイジです。
行ってきましたよ〜！忠の故郷である山形県の高畠町！

まずは東京から新幹線で高畠へ。
テンションが上がってノブ君と2人で記念撮影。（笑）
のどかできれいなところですよ〜。

Hello it’s KJ! Me and Nobu went to Tadashi’s hometown Takahata, Yamagata!

We took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Takahata.
There was a very beautiful and tranquil town so we couldn't help taking pictures! :)

この祭りの中でスノーボードのイベントがあるんです！
真夏にこんな滑れるなんて最高ですよね！

It’s really nice to hold a snowboard event in this festival in the middle of summer.
Snowboarding in midsummer is cool!!

今回、仮装して盛り上げてくれた2人。

Crazy masked guys pumped the crowd!

何かすごい事になってます。（笑）

What’s going on?! :)

暑い中、ギャラリーも多くて盛り上がってました。(^^)

There were so many booths and everyone was stoked on the festival!

2007.08.17 (Fri)

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青竹ちょうちん祭り！その2 Aotake-Lantern Festival. part2

2007.08.28 (Tue)

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NEXT-R＠なんばパークス　その４ NEXT-R @ Namba Parks Part 4

サイン会の後はHeart Filmsライダー達のセッションが始まりました。
連続で滑ったりHeart色を出してましたね！

The riding session started after the autograph session.
They showed the “heart” way to snowboard!

ホントに、すっ………んごい人が集まってくれました！
これにはライダーも魅せずにはいられませんね。

There were so many people that came out of their way to see them that the riders couldn't help but show them their skills!

今回、MCで盛り上げてくれたKazuとノーマターボードでおなじみの松井克師氏。
めちゃくちゃ喋ってもらって上がりまくりです。
忠もいい感じに酔ってます。（笑）

This event was hosted by MC Kazu and Katsushi Mashui-san. Katsushi-san is known for his TV program “No Matter Board.” These two MCs pumped the crowd up!

Tadashi was already drunk then...

男勝りな滑りのヒロミ。
やたらガングロ（死語？）になってます。
最近はサーフィンにかなりどっぷりハマってるらしいです。

Hiromi rode like a man!
Her face was so tanned!
She is mad about surfing lately.

ジュン君のノーズプレス。
スムースなライディングで楽しんでました。

Jun’s nose press.
His riding was super flowing...

バリエーション豊かに魅せたコニ。
Sw.Fsボードスライド。

Koni showed a different variation of his trick.
Switch Front Side Board Slide.

2007.08.28 (Tue)

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NEXT-R＠なんばパークス　その３ NEXT-R @ Namba Parks Part 3

イベントに来てくれた皆さんありがとうございます！

Thank you for coming!!!

2007.08.28 (Tue)

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NEXT-R＠なんばパークス　その２ NEXT-R @ Namba Parks Part 2

アキ君所属ショップ『REED』主催のこのイベント。

気温は何度あったんだろう？
こんな真夏日にスノーボードできちゃうなんて凄いですよね！？
前日の夜中からレール設置、雪の融け具合をみながら降雪したり、関係者の方々おつかれさまでした！

Aki’s shop sponsor - “REED” sponsored this event.

What was the temperature?
Can you imagine snowboarding during this summer heat?
The staffers set the rails and made the snow...etc the night before. Thank you!

アマチュアライダーもレベル高いです。

The level of amateur riders were also high.

なんばパークスに雪が降りました！

Snow falling in Namba Parks!

子供達も慣れない雪の中を宝探し！
みんなキャッキャ笑いながら雪で遊んでいました。
でも子供よりお母さんが熱中していたような…？？(^^)

Kids were treasure hunting in the snow on the ground!
They seemed like they were really having fun.
The mothers also (or even more so) were having fun...

heartライダー達もサイン会の準備！

The Heart riders were ready for the autograph session!

2007.08.27 (Mon)

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なんばパークス！！！ Namba Parks!!!

なんばパークスのイベントはこんな感じです！！
最高に盛り上がりました！

来てくれたたくさんの皆さんありがとうございました！

The event at Namba Parks was crazy!!
It was a really sick event!!

We would like to thank everyone for coming and joining us!

I’ll put some more photos later!!!

後日もっとくわしくUPします！！！

2007.08.27 (Mon)

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Apple Shinsaibashi 続編！ Apple Shinsaibashi, Part 2!

ステージ前はこんな感じでした〜
大阪ッて言ったらタイガースでしょー！！

The riders before the premier.
What’s more Osaka than Hanshin-Tigers?!!

2007.08.31 (Fri)

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松山試写会！！ Matsuyama Premier!

どもです〜ケイジです。
コニが言う様に松山もかなり熱かったですよ〜！

大阪Apple&なんばパークスを無事に終え、レンタカーでコニの地元四国へ向けて爆走！
インターにある讃岐うどんを食べて2日酔いのみんなもリフレッシュ！
うどんを自分でゆで上げるのはみんな初めてて楽しかったですよ。(^^)

Hello, it’s KJ!
Like Koni said, Matsuyama was just too hot!
We finished the premiers in Osaka and headed to Koni’s hometown by car.
We ate Sanuki-Udon (noodle) to take the alcohol away and freshen up.
We’ve never ate do it yourself boiled noodle and it was so much fun.

ちょっと早く到着したので、アクロスでスケートボード！
ひと汗かくつもりがあまりのアツさで汗だくに。。。。

We arrived went there with time to spare so we went skateboarding!
It was so hot that we were drenched in sweat!

松山も大勢の人達が集まってくれて盛り上がりました！

So many fans made their way to the premier in Matsuyama too!

2007.08.30 (Thu)

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コニシです。 It’s Koni!

試写会３連ちゃん終わりましたー。
大阪、大阪、松山。
松山での試写会は大盛り上がりのダンスナイト。ホンマにみんな楽しそうに踊ってました。大好きです松山。はしゃぎすぎたヒロミは次の日声が出なくなってました。ワイはスケートボードをバスにひかれました。
４日目、大阪に帰ってnext-Rの打ち上げに参加させてもらいました。大阪も熱すぎ。４日連続朝まで酒飲んだ。

試写会でみんなが着てるTシャツは僕のスポンサーのgi:kが作った物です。
気になる人はこちらへどうぞ→→　http://konythebest.seesaa.n//

Three straight premiers just finished! Osaka, Osaka, Matsuyama. In Matsuyama, everybody danced all night!
It was so great! I love Matsuyama!
Hiromi was so excited that she lost her voice the next day...
Also my skateboard was run over by a bus!
I went back to Osaka the next day and joined the after party with the “next-R”.
So, four nights straight I was drunk til the wee morning hours! Osaka was really hot and humid by the way.

The T-shirts which the riders were wearing are from my sponsor “gi:k”.
To get them check out this site --->http://konythebest.seesaa.n//

2007.08.30 (Thu)

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TRIANGLE 試写会♪ PREMIER @ TRIANGLE

なんばパークスでのパフォーマンスの後は、TRIANGLEで試写会が行われました！

The Osaka Premier was held at TRIANGLE after the session in Namba Parks!

ライディングパフォーマンスの後も人でいっぱい！

There were still so many people!!

2F、3Fも人・人・人。
かなり盛り上がりました！

Even on the second floor and the third floor, fans! fans! fans!!!
It was a really exciting event!!

何と、ヒロミからホッペにちゅーをget！！

Hiromi kissed her fan for catching Hiromi’s present.

最後にやられてしまったコウスケ。（笑）
みんな酔っぱらって、パンツだけでジャグジー入ったりしてかなり楽しかったな〜〜！
服を脱がずに参加したり（されたり？？）でいくつもの携帯が水没してました。。。

来てくれたみなさんありがとう！

At the end of the night Kosuke was knocked out!!
Everyone was so drunk!!
The riders were so high and jumped into the jacuzzi with their underwear!!
Some boys were thrown into the jacuzzi and their cell phones were toast...

Thank you for everyone who joined us!!

2007.08.29 (Wed)

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NEXT-R＠なんばパークス　その６ NEXT-R @ Namba Parks Part 6

今回は膝の怪我のため滑れなかったマグン。
来シーズンに向けて燃えまくってます！

Magun couldn’t join the riders for the session this time because of his knee injury.
He is looking forward to next season and is getting pretty excited!!

フィルマーのケイジ。

KJ the filmer.

エディターのノブ。

Nobu the editor.

後半、鉄柱の枠からジャンプドロップするアキ＆タダシ。
やたら飛んでからレール擦ってました。

In the second half Aki and Tadashi were dropping in from the steel pole...
They jumped so high and then rode into the rail.

笑顔がたえないショータ。
楽しんでますな〜！

Shota was smiling all the time.
He was really enjoying his time with everyone.

2007.08.29 (Wed)

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NEXT-R＠なんばパークス　その５ NEXT-R @ Namba Parks Part 5

アキ君。この後フロントフリップアウトします。
相変わらず盛り上げまくりっすね。。。

Aki did the front flip out after this.
He always stokes out his fans!

攻め攻めなコウスケ。
コウスケらしいスタイル出しまくり。（^^;）

Aggressive riding.
Kosuke brought out his style!

コマネチするショータ。(^^)

Shota was just joking!

アニキも負けてません。
スムースなスタイルのタクミ。

Old brother Takumi gave as good as Shota!
His style was just as sick.

アイディア出しまくりで盛り上げたタダシ。
最後には超スムーズな270インを決めてました。

Tadashi showed his ideas and made the people stoked!
His last trick was the 270 in.

Published On: 11/15/2007

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My Journal: I am alive!
By: Swin

Jessica is currently in Italy. It is swell.

My liver is going to give out from the copious red wine consumption!

How is everyone else?

Last night we were at a tiny little bar, drinking and talking with a few men. My sister, being drunk, said to the two men in a pissy voice ...Dont you know it is extremely rude to speak in another language with us here when we cant understand you!.....

I said to her, Jill, they were speaking English...

priceless

Published On: 11/10/2007

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My Blog: Casting Whistler TV Series Pilot
By: WhistlerTV

This is a call for preliminary casting for a new reality/docudrama series pilot that

will be shooting in Whistler, BC, Canada.

CAST:

We are looking for outgoing, sociable females and males, ages 18-30ish.

Cast members can be from anywhere in the world, profession irrelevant,

snowboarding or skiing skills not necessary.

This is not a scripted show – no acting required.

REQUIREMENTS:

You need to be living in or committed to living in Whistler by the end of October 2007.

The show will not pay for your move to Whistler.

If you are from outside of Canada we will require proof that you are legally

allowed to live and work in Canada. Please do not apply if you cannot

provide the proper documents.

You must be able to communicate clearly in English.

AUDITIONS:

Casting will take place in Whistler in November 2007.

Final candidates will be chosen shortly after.

FILMING:

Filming will take place in the Whistler area in December 2007.

SHOW DETAILS:

This is not a snowboarding or skiing series. It is not a dating or

"Survivor" type elimination series.

The cast chosen for the show will be themselves on the show.

This series will be centered on the day-to-day lives of the central cast members.

Although cast members will not be filmed 24/7, you must be comfortable with a high level of exposure.

COMPENSATION:

There will be compensation. We are doing preliminary casting only in

November so the level of involvement and filming this season will be minimal.

You will still be paid for this. If you are chosen for the series, there will be a

contract detailing your inclusion in the show and the compensation for this.

Published On: 10/27/2007

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My Blog: ZEITGEIST
By: yo_redneck89

What does Christianity, 9/11, & the Federal Reserve have in common?

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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
-Jimi Hendrix

"The Christian religion is a parody on the warship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun."
- Thomas Paine

"They must find it difficult....those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than the truth as authority."
-G. Massey, Egyptologist

"Religion can never reform mankind, because religion is slavery."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, 1833-1899

"There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself."
-Sir William Pit, House of Lords, 1770

"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes."
-Benjaman Dislaeli, English Statesman, 1844

"The real truth of the matter is that a finacial element in the large centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S President, 1933

"If you want to remain slaves of the bankers and pay for the costs of your own slavery, let them continue to create and control the nation's credit." -Josiah Stamp, 1880-1941

"Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely." -Lord Acton, English Historian, 1834-1902

I belive that the banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies.... If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency.... The banks and corporations that will grow up arownd them will dprive the people of their property until their children wakeup homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
-Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826

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Published On: 10/23/2007

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my blog: a survey
By: BLACK_VOODOO

01. What time is it? 1:04am

02. How many Shortcuts are in your desktop? twenty; but i only use five lol.

03. Are you planning to watch a movie? sooner or later.

04. Have you eaten chocolate today? yeah

05. Is your mom in the house? sure is,

06. Would you consider having a pet monkey? no.

07. Do you think Pepsi is better than Coke? ew i hate both.

08. When was the last time you've been to the zoo? years ago.

09. What is the nearest mall to your place? northfield

10. Do you know how to ride a bike? yeah.

11. Any other person in the room? Who? no one.

12. What do you want to eat for breakfast tomorrow? nothing.

13. Who are the top 3 people in your life? Cory;Courtney ;&& I can't choose.

14. Do you still watch cartoons? no.

15. What's the hair color of your English teacher? brown.

16. How many windows do you have open? 1

17. What's your opinion about abortion? i think its womens choice

18. Could you name 5 yellow fruits? nope i couldn't.

19. Do you enjoy Tim Burton movies? no.

20. How much allowance does your parents give you a day? i don't get allowance.

21. When was the last time you went swimming? august.

22. Do you go to the cemetery every November 1? no.

23. Most of your friends are of what sex? equal

24. What was the best gift you got last Christmas? i couldn't tell ya.

25. Would you help old people cross the road? ah idts.

27. Are popcorns a must for you in the cinema? i dont usually eat.

28. Do you think Supercalifragelisticexpialidocious is a word? yes.

29. How do you see yourself 15 years from now? i don't even wanna know.

30. What's your reaction when you see a Rainbow? eeee.
31. Would embarrassment make you cry? yes. lol.

32. Do you actually go to the Guidance Counselor for help? no.

33. How long could you hold your breath underwater? idkk

34. What's the brand of the top you're wearing? Hollister

35. Do you think that it's possible for Marlin & Dory have a relationship? whoever they are?

36. If you could drink anything right now, what would it be? oreo sundae from BK; omg theyre to die for

37. Any bad habits? many

38. What do you think of Racism? sucks.

39. What's your current Desktop Wallpaper? a poster thang.

40. When you wake up, do you count the # or hours you slept? no.

41. What is the 4th website in your Favorites list? its some weird gotchic site; idk why its there.

42. Dissecting frogs are..? SO GROSS; never done it. never will.

43. Who is the richest man in the world? i don't care.

44. Do you think you have the guts to join Fear Factor? no

45. Look behind you, what do you see? my bed

46. A guy snatches an old lady's purse, what do you do? depends iguess

47. Did you notice that there's no #26? no.

48. And now did you scroll back up to check? no.

49. That's getting old. Anyway, what time is it? 1:08

50. Now do some Maths. How long did you do this survey? nine minutes; woah

Published On: 10/4/2007

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My Blog: The Truth/The University Sting Worked Out Fine
By: wildcatAl

MY PROBLEM IS NO PROBLEM

Alan Perry

FIRST A SHORT ESSAY

A problem in one’s thinking or living can be magnified when thought about too much. Lamenting mistakes and accepting that one will make more blunders heavily affect self-image. Because this is a part of my personal philosophy my main problem is denying I have any issues. My way of life is perfect for my mindset. Anyone who tells me otherwise is the colonial English in Africa. However prizing my judgment over that of all others sometimes gets me in trouble. It is important that I learn to value the opinions of others as much as my own beliefs. In the meantime I will just forget that I sometimes discredit other people and it might stop.

Self-fulfilling prophecies make up one’s life. When one talks or thinks about one’s self he or she paints a picture of personality. People with low self-esteem often talk about how many problems they have. Telling another person that one has an issue allows that problem to become part of the picture. People with drug problems worry all the time that they are dependent on substances. Possibly just through concern over a problem one is more drawn to the issue. If I sat around all day worrying that I have trouble getting work done I would have never completed this essay. Sadly because I thought I could just write this up in a jiffy I may of overlooked something. Those who believe they are always in the right make more mistakes then the truly self-conscious. Because I rarely ask for help or clarity I did not know if this essay required any examples from other writings. Some people scream when they see spiders or tell people they have problems peeing. My big problem is that if this essay is without a bibliography it might receive less credit. However because my words are all my own I really should be in the clear.

My only problem is I have very few self-proclaimed problems. Some people acknowledge their problems and find they repeat mistakes regardless. I try not to ask for help because I do not want to be dependant on it. Not having much help opens the door for creativity but it can cause blunders as well. In school my ability to take direction overshadows my ability to take directions and I go without guidelines. Creative environments thrive on this kind of thinking. However, in a capitalist society such an ideology is social suicide (Or so you would think)

Now The Real Story

The answer to my problem resides within the thought that my ideology is social suicide. Until my eighteenth birthday on June 16^th 2007 my ideas were simply the ideas of a confused teenager. However, now it is important that I speak only what I know to be true and not what I think might be going on. A personal statement was asked of me when I applied to university and I wrote the truth. What I did not know was that this personal statement was not sent by the University but by the RCMP. I only know this now because I have come to terms with my past in the last three days. If my days at UPEI were the final puzzle pieces in what investigators would call the most elaborate sting in the history of man I give the administration kudos on it’s fine work. Most of the allegations against me are those of the people who would not like to be implicated. Another whole bunch of allegations are myths, unless I have video evidence I cannot imagine doing any of the things people have taken from me in points of weakness and delusion. People I wanted to be mentored by never took me seriously because I thought I was normal. When I was attending Master’s Academy all I knew was that people didn’t like me even though they didn’t know me. I could never get a strait answer so I made up a very bad persona. Now I had something to work myself back from so that maybe people would accept me. Of coarse people pretended to accept this like people had pretended to accept me for my entire life. I have no idea how long it took me to go from Junior High to high school. I remember writing the tests but being unsure about the answers, but somehow I passed. The movies I like are all movies about a stranger who did not fit in society. My all time favorite movie is an Adam Sandler movie about a young man who never went to school and when he wanted to go he was sent knowingly into an environment that he was not accepted in. But when people would ask me why I liked the movie I could never come up with an answer. My parents always told me they didn’t like Adam Sandler, but they could not produce a tangible explanation either.

My only memory of kindergarten is being able to count higher than all the other kids. In grade one I could not understand why I thought girls were so interesting when everybody else hated them. I was in choir and enjoyed it but people told me I was gay and crazy and I thought it was because I wanted to sing. I never wanted to be a singer, or a trained money making machine but I was defiantly indoctrinated with those ideas. I never understood why my teachers would take me out of class and tell me about all my potential. I did not even understand what the word meant. All I know is that I lived with my parents Brien and Peggy who loved me so much it seemed like a joke. Paranoia was and still is my reality. Of coarse my parents have been asked if what I say is true and they look at you with horribly sad eyes and deny it. It’s the same way I have glared gloomily into the eyes of the people in this world who have lied to me. This puppy dog eye look had become a common thing in today’s youth because it gets them what they want. I always knew a man could not do such things and get away with it but I was young and able to make mistakes. I remember know my parents asking me if I wanted to meet Samual L. Jackson. I refused at the time because I thought he was just coming to Calgary to see if what people said about me was true. Of coarse when I actually did meet him I was scarred because my parents took me on what I thought was a birthday dinner. Of coarse Samual L. Jackson was there, sitting close to our table, most likely with ears as open as can be. I just walked right up to him and told him that I thought he was a great man. When he heard me say that I liked him in pulp fiction one of the women with him cried out “lame!”. I quickly thought to change my approach because it was obvious my current one was not right. So I told Mr. Jackson that his performance in Star Wars was better, how could I? Oh it was easy, I had just been re-brainwashed into believing I was going for my birthday lunch.

I am going to walk back to UPEI now but I will probably be picked up on the way. They will kill me in prison it’s all over TV, at first I had to be indoctrinated with the great Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, They made me believe I was really getting an education. People laughed at me when I said I was going to UPEI but I thought it was because it was not a respected school. But no, it is a respected school because it is supposed to be the place that brought the dangerous criminal Alan Perry to Justice. If you are reading this I am most likely dead or waiting to stand trial. Sadly because I have relized this finally they probably won't give me a trial.

I will never drink or do drugs again no matter what a drill sergeant or a Nazi, Darwinist, Rapist, Policeman says or does to me. You have broke my spirit by feeding me false kindness good work gentlemen.

Published On: 10/1/2007

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My Blog: Zermatt – the rotten lucky holiday (La vacanza della sfiga)
By: Aerith_CH

Monday, 1st day: we were a little bit worried about how to carry all of our numerous luggages, cause Zermatt is a car free village. We had to leave our car in Täsch and caught a train till our destination. But everything was fine, Zermatt is very well organised and in a short time we reached our apartament, which was really comfortable, big and with wireless!! The sun was shinning, the Matterhorn was splendid, the snow was on the mountain and everything seemd perfect. Yes... it seemd! It seemd untill the evening. We went out in the coolest pub of Zermatt and people in it had nothing to do with snowboard (or freeski). There were just ordinary people and not so young!! We went home really early, thinking about the next day of snowboard!!

Tuesday, 2nd day: the weather was horrible!! From our window we couldn’t see the Matterhorn! The cashier told us not going on the mountain cause the weather was getting worst!! Ok, we stayed at home and in the afternoon we went in the village center, which is absolutely not snwboarders (or freeskiers :P) oriented! There were only really expensive boutiques, souvenir shops and jeweller’s shops and obviuosly many tourists: asiatics, arabics, english, italians, old people and families in general. Where were the young snow-sport people??? Good question!! Then we went again in the pub and finally there were two stylist snowboard guys. A little bit too familiar.... ok, there were two guys from my reagion, two close friends of my ex-boyfriend!! Panic!!! Why are them here?? Why have I never meet them in my reagion, but I meet them here, in this secluded village??? But the most important question was: „my ex-boyfriend is also here??“ I found the answer in the evening. He was there. He was in the pub with my sister’s ex-boyfriend.After a pair of Cuba Libre we sat with them. I drew out all of my likeable. It was funny, until the moment a group of corean guys came at our table. A girl sat next to my ex-boyfriend and he hugged her. Ok... time to go!

Wednesday, 3d day: the weather was not good but we went on the mountain. The Gravity Park was good, maybe rails and boxes were a little bit too difficult for me but not the jumps. The morning was a nice snowboard session. We also met a really handsome guy from Lausanne, a freeskier with two wonderful blue eyes!! Obviously in the afternoon started raining again. In the evening we went out in all the disco just to look for the Freeskier. We didn’t find him anyway!!

Thursday, 4d day: not only rain but also snow in the village. The weather was terrible: the whole Switzerland was invaded from water and Zermatt was not an exception. All the slopes were close. At home there was no electricity so we couldn’t cook and I couldn’t dry my hair... I had spiky hair!! No comment... In the evening we looked again for the Freeskier, but no traces!! We found only our „friends“ from our reagion but without my ex. Where were him? At home? Alone? Or... not alone?? Ok, stop asking to myself: it was no more my cup of tea, right? Well...

Friday, 5th day: the weather was better, but all the slopes were closed again cause they were not shaped!! Another boring day at home and in the village. Moreover, the wireless was broken!! In the evening the discos were full of C.U. (casi umani, don’t know the translation, human case? Well, I mean LOOSERS!!). Yes, Zermatt was full of loosers, they were in every disco, in every pub, they danced, drinked and so on…. Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! And obviously: no Freeskier.....

Saturday, 6th day: finally the sun! The slopes were opened but totally iced! I was really scared that day in the park: I couldn’t take part in the contest. I started thinking that all of these loosers contaminated me… In the evening big party! Yes but… a big party full of loosers does not make a good party! That what happened Saturday evening! We went in every disco but the situation was the same everywhere and... the Freeskier? No idea!!

Sunday, 7th day: the right conclusion of this rotten lucky week? My left thumb broken!!!!!! Obviously on ice! I had to catch 3 skilift and 3 cage to go down from the glacier. It was a torture!!! But... in the last cage I was with the Freeskier, who told me: „I give you my number, so you can call me when you come to Les Diableret and you can stay by me!“ Well... ok... hi hi hi (L)(L). And now?? What have I to do with the number?? :P

Before to reach the train to go to our car we had to wait for the end of a stupid folkloristic parade, where I was also totally wet by a really stupid group disguised as old fire brigade!!! Sometime I really need to kill somebody…

In the evening, in my town, I went to the hospital for my thumb.

From Zermatt with love: a telephon number and a broken thumb!!!

Published On: 9/27/2007

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My Blog: ISENSEVEN Meet&greet @ Planet Sports Munich / World Premiere @ Badeanstalt
By: NEONGANG_MACDADDY

GERMAN:

Es ist vollbracht. Der Film "Übermovie" ist fertig, eingesperrt in einem stählernen Safe, rund um die Uhr bewacht von einer Snowboard-Franz-Klon-Armee, umringt von einem Becken voller tollwütiger Haie. Ein Film voller Geschichten über Großstädte, Mädchen, Pappschilder und Snowboarden, untermalt mit dem süßesten IndiePopElectroRock seit dem es Snowboardfilme aus Bayern gibt. "Übermovie", die sechste und bisher aufwendigste Produktion von Isenseven, präsentiert die Crew um Basti Kuhn, Michi Zirngibl, Marco Smolla, Chris Patsch, Peter König, Fredrik Evensen, Xaver Hoffmann, Erik Botner, Christophe Schmidt, Tobi Strauss, André Kuhlmann, Fips Strauss, Daniel Ek und Andre Tröltzsch auf turbulenten Reisen zu den schönsten Hügeln dieser Welt. Erst am Abend des 29.Septembers wird der Streifen wieder aus dem Sicherheitstrakt befreit und in der Badeanstalt, Leopoldstr. 250 in München der Öffentlichkeit zum allerersten Male vorgeführt. Ab 21:00 Uhr ist Einlass und wer früh kommt, kann sicher sein, noch einen guten Platz nahe der Hauptleinwand zu ergattern. Diejenigen die Fahrer und Produzenten der Crew aber schon immer mal in echt, in Farbe und nüchtern kennenlernen wollten, seien bereits am Nachmittag des 29.Septembers herzlich zum Isenseven-Kaffeeklatsch im Planet-Sports in der Albert-Roßhaupter-Str. 37 in München-Sendling eingeladen. Für Spätzünder wird dieses Jahr auch noch eine Extra-Leinwand im Außenbereich aufgestellt. Für reichlich Bier ist gesorgt, den Frohsinn dürft ihr selber mitbringen. Und damit der sich auch nach dem Film noch ausleben kann, bedienen die DJs Dominic Holzer vom Helter-Skelter Radio M94.5 und Sir Hannes aus Isen's Lieblingsschuppen, dem Atomic Café in München, eure Ohren mit besten Tanzflächenfüllern, wie man sie aus den Filmen kennt.

BAD GOOGLE ENGLISH ( SORRY; NO TIME FOR TRANSLATION):
It is achieved. The film “Übermovie” is, locked up in a steel Safe, around the clock guarded surrounded by an Snowboard Franz clone army, by a basin of full rabid sharks. A film of full stories over large cities, girls, stick-describe and Snowboarden, under with the sweetest IndiePopElectroRock since that it to Snowboardfilme from Bavaria gives. “Übermovie”, the sixth and most complex production of Isenseven, presents the crew around Basti Kuhn, Michi Zirngibl, Marco Smolla, Chris Patsch, Peter König, Fredrik Evensen, Xaver Hoffmann, Erik Botner, Christophe Schmidt, Tobi bunch, André Kuhlmann, Fips bunch, Daniel Ek and Andre Tröltzsch on turbulent journeys to the most beautiful hills of this world. Only in the evening of the 29.Septembers the strip is released the Sicherheitstrakt and in the public swimming pool, Leopoldstr. 250 in Munich of the public for the all first time demonstrated. Starting from 21:00 clock is inlet and who early comes, can be surely, still another good place close of the main canvas too ergattern. Those the drivers and producers of the crew however always times in genuine, in color and soberly to become acquainted with wanted, are already in the afternoon of the 29.Septembers cordial to the Isenseven Kaffeeklatsch in planet sport in the talking nonsense unit train main he STR. 37 invited into Munich Sendling. For late fuzes this year also still another extra canvas in the external area is set up. For plentifully beer, the sense of glad may you are ensured bring along. And thus also after the film to still live it up, serves the DJs Dominic Holzer of the Helter Skelter radio M94.5 and Sir the Hannes from Isen's favourite shed, the Atomic Café in Munich, your ears with best dance surface fillers, knows how one knows her from the films.

Published On: 9/25/2007

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My Journal: euro trip
By: o-henry

London – We flew into Heathrow and the plan was to catch a train to Jamies grandmothers house in Oxford but her house was flooded. So we got a tube to Camden & met up with Jamies cousin David who agreed to let us stay for a few days. The first night in London we met up with some of Jamie’s friends. We didn’t really want to do any of the touristy stuff in London, but we did go the National Gallery and Trafalger Sqaure. The exchange rate for pounds to Canadian dollars was pretty brutal so we didn’t spend much. We caught up with a friend from school, Nicole who was in Kensington. We walked past Hyde Park but we didn’t go check out the Princesss Diana memorial, so I didn’t get the chance to pee in it. If London wasn’t so ridiculously expensive I would love to live there, going to the pub for a pint is a great way to spend an evening.

Amsterdam – I knew this would be the highlight of the trip, I’d heard a lot of stories about what we should do and where to go in Amsterdam. To be fair there is a lot of cool stuff to do if sex drugs aren’t your thing …. we did go visit Anne Franks house, and the Rijksmuseum which has about 1000 Van Gogh and Rembrandt paintings. But my favorite museum was the Heineken Experience which lovingly tells the story of Hollands favorite beer with interactive displays. As you make your way through the “museum” there are 3 different pubs where you get to sample the beer.
The nightlife in Amsterdam is amazing, we went to Boom Chicago which is an improv comedy club. I was surprised how everyone in Holland spoke English, and the Dutch have no accent. It sounds a bit American and a bit English, but I would have a hard time spotting a Dutchman.
I wanted to check out a coffee house in Amsterdam, but I was not planning on trying any drugs. We went into a coffee house on the first night & they had a menu of what you could buy – they had cookies and brownies and doughnuts, and hashie milkshakes. I tried a brownie, it was supposed to be the equivalent of 2 joints. I think I was more influenced from the jug of beer we had at boom Chicago. On our second night in Amsterdam we decided to get a gram of marijuana. I’m not an expert but it was good stuff. Amsterdam has to be one of the most interesting places, the people dress like Vogue models. The red light district was not as sleazy as I expected, it seemed pretty touristy actually. I was surprised when Jamie suggested we go see a live sex show, I was happy to try anything & everything we could on our trip. It was just regular sex, a guy & a girl, 2 lesbians and then a jungle woman with triple-D boobs having sex with a guy in a gorilla suit. It was something fun to do as a one-off, but I don’t think it would be something you would do every week, like instead of going to the movies you would catch a sex show.
On our last night in Amsterdam we met up with the rest of our Contiki group. There were 50 people in our group, mostly Australians & New Zealanders and some South Africans, Canadians, Americans. There were a couple of Brazilians and Tawainese too, so it was a good mix of people.

Munich – we were all pretty hung over when we left Amsterdam at 6am to drive to Munich, Germany. Our tour guide was Rachel, a cool chick from New Zealand, she basically talked to us like a school teacher & told us we would have to stay with the group & leave when she told us or they’d leave without us. We arrived in Munich at about 4PM, just in time to go see the Glockinspeil. Rachel told us it was the highlight of Munich … basically it’s a huge cuckoo clock. It went for 10 minutes, and there were literally 1000s of people watching. When the clock finally stopped chiming we went for a tour of Munchen. In the middle of the city is a park where office workers go & sit and eat their lunch and take their clothes off … it was a nudist park! We went to a beer hall in Munich for dinner, the very one where Hitler used to go to give some of his famous speeches. German food is pretty good, the main course was literally just a pork leg … no vegetables, no side dish, just meat! I had 2 steins with my dinner so I don’t remember miuch else happening in Munich, except back at the hotel half the group went to bed & half the group went to the bar for another drink. Jamie and I met a local Munchen man who offered to buy us a drink, cos he enjoyed speaking English and just wanted to talk to us …. ahh ok we went to bed pretty quickly then. We drove to Switzerland the next morning, but we did make a stop at the Dacchau concentration camp, they turned the original buildings into a museum. I have to respect Germany for not trying to cover up their darkest chapter in history.

Geneva / Lucerne / Zurich – the trip itinerary was very full, we spent a lot of time each day on the bus traveling to our next destination. We arrived in Zurich at lunch time, it’s the one city in Europe that looked exactly how I expected & was looking forward to explore it. Too bad Rachel gave us 30 minutes to see the city & have lunch …. just enough time to grab a McSwiss burger. The Swiss Alps were beautiful and I definitely want to go back with my snowboard. It was funny seeing the Australians and South Africans get excited about seeing snow for the first time. In Lucerne we saw a yodeling demonstration and had a traditional Swiss dinner. But the highlight of Lucerne was the hotel, which was basically overtaken by our group. It’s where the group really bonded, and I leant heaps of new drinking games.

Cannes / Nice / Monaco – it was a long drive from Lucerne to Cannes, with a short stop in Zurich. When Rachel gave the group the choice of having a quiet night at the camping grounds or going to Monaco we unanimously voted for Monaco. Jamie & I were dressed up to hit the Grand Royale casino …. I wanted to order a vodka martini, Jamie wanted to bet 10∍ on black. There was a 20∍ cover charge to enter the Grand Royale, so we hit the mini-casino next door. Jamie was insistent that he was going to gamble in Monaco so he put 10∍ in the giant slot machine … and won 950∍! Back in Antibes we got a bottle of vodka to celebrate. The funniest moment of the trip was in Monaco when Rachel pointed out Prinicess Stephanie’s palace to us, and Aussie Dave yelled out ‘jeez its bloody nice hey, I thought my house was nice but this is bloody beautiful!’. We got to spend the next day in Cannes, you feel like a schmuck seeing all the sports cars and huge yachts and villas. The only other interesting thing that happened in Cannes was a guy in our group nearly got arrested for taking photos of topless women on the beach. There was a circus with lots of carnival rides next to the campgrounds where we were staying. After a few beers a bunch of us went on the giant drop, it wasn’t until we got to the top when Derrick reminded everyone about the 13 year old girl who lost her feet on the same ride. But we survived and went back to the huts for more beer and card games.

Barcelona - Spain was the last stop on our contiki trip. I’ve always thought that Italy has the worlds most beautiful women, but Spain is a serious challenger to the title. The architecture in Spain was amazing. It was the groups last night & we went to a flamenco demonstration & to a nightclub which was I was looking forward to doing for the whole trip. I tried Sangria in Barcelona, which was pretty smooth so I drank more and more. Maybe it was the alcohol but everybody was pretty emotional about it being our last night, a bunch of us are planning on reuniting for another contiki trip next year.

Paris – Jamie & I flew to Paris the next morning . Air travel in Europe is realy cheap, our tickets were $30, the same that it costs me to get a train to Toronto! I’d been to Paris twice before & Jamie had been a bunch of times before too. We had 3 nights in Paris and Jamiie said he wanted to blow his 950 winnings from Monaco on a fancy hotel, but we eventually decided to stay at a hostel. We got a room at the Woodstock, a pretty famous hotel near the Sacre de Couer. We’d planned on doing a lot in Paris,, but we were both pretty knackered, so we ended up going to the Louvre and Les Invalides. We met a Scottish guy at the Woodstock who spoke fluent French and he & Jamie explored the Latin Quarter. I thought the Parisiens were pretty rude, but I would have been disappointed if they weren’t. We got kicked out of out hotel room at 10:30 (they have a rule you’re not allowed in your room between 10:30 and 5), and our room got flooded from the sun roof that was left open. Our last night in Paris was the best night of the trip, we were planning on a having a few quiet beers at the Woodstock, but the bar was full of tourists participating in a drinking Olympics.

Published On: 9/3/2007

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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.

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