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Tokio Hotel has a brand new album ready to drop on October 6. It's called HUMANOID. The first single AUTOMATIC is killer!
 
Anyway, I'm posting this link to a nifty little game. I've been hooked on it for the last few days. It's not as easy as it looks lol. Try it and definitely check out the new album when you get a chance.

http://www.tokiohotel.com/widgets/thpuzzle_en/index.html


Published On: 9/28/2009
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Day 1
I was pretty nervous when I left home and took a flight to Vancouver BC. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to snowboard as good as the others, but when I went, you're organized into groups depending on your level. It was silly of me to worry, but when i did go, the campers were pretty chill so it didn't even matter anyways. Well anyways, when I landed in Vancouver, I met so many people at the airport going to Whistler Summer Snowboard Camp. When we all boarded the camp bus/shuttle I met even MORE people. During the evening, we were to meet at the mountain room (a huge room with a big screen tv). There we were introduced to all the coaches and info about the camp, like camp rules, schedual, and activites. When i got to my room, there I met my 2 roomates! They were the same level as me at snowboarding and same age too! They were also in my group which was cool. I made friends really quick.


Day 2-6

The park is siiiiiiiick. They have their own terrain on Blackcomb Mountain, with jumps, rails, boxes, and a tent that you can just chill at if you're tired or hungry. The weather felt like it was 20 degrees, it was so hot! I think that's really cool, the weather being really warm and being able to snowboard. I know what you're thinking, but no! The snow isn't all slush! There's plenty of snow and the groomers of their camp groom it everyday so it's all good. I got a pretty sick goggle tan.


Activites

Out of all the activites, I've got to say that bungee jumping was my favourite! You're there with all your friends going bungee jumping! There's other activities like wakeboarding, paintball, mountain biking, driving range/miniputt, skateboarding, indoor rockclimbing, games room/movie lounge, pool/hot tub at the hotel, tennis/volleyball/dodgeball, or just chilling at Whistler Village!


Overall, this was the highlight of my summer!
 


Published On: 4/25/2009
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My Blog: WSSC- Who We Are
By: WSSC


Who we are:

With our world class private terrain park, professional coaches, hotel accommodation, meals, and activities, Whistler Summer Snowboard Camp is the place to be this summer!
 
 
what's included:
 
• Interactive coaching environment. Our coaches are not only professionals, but genuinely love kids and love coaching. Our coaching groups provide a better opportunity for campers to progress, as your coach will get to know you during the week and anticipate your needs and goals.
 
• Value. Everything is included in the camp price. ALL scheduled activities (extra charge for some optional activities) , ALL meals including dinner, a free camp T-Shirt and a camp video.
 
• Private pipe, race lanes, and park. Our on-hill facility is world class with private pipe, race lane, groomed area, terrain park, and lots of other terrain. Because we limit the amount of campers that we can accept each session, our park is never crowded. This means less time standing around waiting your turn, which is the case at the busier camps, and more time for you to focus on your goals!
 
• Supervision. We don't hold back the older campers or forget about the younger ones. All campers under 19 are supervised 24 hrs by our live-in hotel staff.
 
• Luxury-suites, not crowded dorms or small hotel rooms. The suites are equipped with a full-kitchen, living area, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms and a big balcony to enjoy the beautiful mountain views! There is also a heated pool, huge jacuzzi, basketball court and volleyball net. The resort is located just minutes from the base of the hill, too, so there is no traveling to get to the lifts - they're just a short walk from breakfast!
 
• All meals are included in the price of the camp. Some other camps don't provide you with dinner. This can add-up to $100's of additional dollars to the price of your camp.
 
• No hiking. Our lifts run all day.
 
• Walk to the lifts. Some of the other camps have a 30 minute bus ride just to get to the hill but at our camp you can walk there in 5 min after you eat breakfast at a nice restaurant.
 
 


Published On: 4/24/2009
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My Blog: WSSC- Who We Are
By: WSSC


Who we are:

With our world class private terrain park, professional coaches, hotel accommodation, meals, and activities, Whistler Summer Snowboard Camp is the place to be this summer!
 
 
what's included:
 
• Interactive coaching environment. Our coaches are not only professionals, but genuinely love kids and love coaching. Our coaching groups provide a better opportunity for campers to progress, as your coach will get to know you during the week and anticipate your needs and goals.
 
• Value. Everything is included in the camp price. ALL scheduled activities (extra charge for some optional activities) , ALL meals including dinner, a free camp T-Shirt and a camp video.
 
• Private pipe, race lanes, and park. Our on-hill facility is world class with private pipe, race lane, groomed area, terrain park, and lots of other terrain. Because we limit the amount of campers that we can accept each session, our park is never crowded. This means less time standing around waiting your turn, which is the case at the busier camps, and more time for you to focus on your goals!
 
• Supervision. We don't hold back the older campers or forget about the younger ones. All campers under 19 are supervised 24 hrs by our live-in hotel staff.
 
• Luxury-suites, not crowded dorms or small hotel rooms. The suites are equipped with a full-kitchen, living area, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms and a big balcony to enjoy the beautiful mountain views! There is also a heated pool, huge jacuzzi, basketball court and volleyball net. The resort is located just minutes from the base of the hill, too, so there is no traveling to get to the lifts - they're just a short walk from breakfast!
 
• All meals are included in the price of the camp. Some other camps don't provide you with dinner. This can add-up to $100's of additional dollars to the price of your camp.
 
• No hiking. Our lifts run all day.
 
• Walk to the lifts. Some of the other camps have a 30 minute bus ride just to get to the hill but at our camp you can walk there in 5 min after you eat breakfast at a nice restaurant.
 


Published On: 4/24/2009
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Hey just thought i'd promote the rail jam being put on by the City of Revelstoke tomorrow (Feb 7). There's an amateur class and open(Pro) class for skiers and snowboarders. Ams have the opportunities to win gear prizes etc, while there's $5000 cash up for grabs in the pro category! Helmets are mandatory!

Pro Category Cash Prizes:

1st: $1200
2nd:$750
3rd: $250

registration can be done ONLINE at http://www.revyrailandairjam.com, or in PERSON at Powder Springs Hotel. 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOON FEB 7TH!!!

Also there's an auction going on TONIGHT at Outabounds to raise money for next years contest! There's heli skiing packages going up for grabs, as well as full gear setups!




Published On: 2/6/2009
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Ski or Snowboard Rentals – Whistler


Renting skis used to be a dreaded experience, long line ups for poorly maintained out of date equipment provided by ski bums who didn’t care. Changes have swept across this industry with new companies competing in every resort worldwide.

With airlines charging extra for ski baggage, the inconvenience of carrying heavy equipment and an increased environmental awareness the number of skiers renting equipment has risen.

If you look at ski technology and ski branding a two year old ski can often look outdated, therefore before you leave home do a quick calculation of “how many days a year do you ski?” multiplied by the cost of renting against the cost of new skis. The average cost of renting top end gear is around $50 CDN for two days. If you average 10 days per year that works out at $250 per year. New skis with bindings range from $500 to $1100.


Factor in the cost of tuning, inconvenience, baggage fees and your environmental consciences and renting comes out the winner.


My family decided to test this theory with a visit to Whistler in January, we looked online and booked with a company called Affinity Sports. (www.affinityrentals.com)

After breezing through the airport and traveling the sea to sky highway we checked into our hotel around 9pm. Surprisingly the rental shop was still open so despite our jet lag we headed in to pick up our gear. The staff greeted us on the way in the door and our reservation was ready. We tried on the boots and with skis hanging on every wall I picked out a new Pair of Volkl AC50. The binding was adjusted and the staff answered all our tourist questions while helping us feel welcome in Whistler. The kids tried snowboarding had to choose from a selection kids gear.


On the third day the weather moved in so we took a rest day, I dropped the skis back at the store and was surprised to learn I would be credited back the days I didn’t use. I then took advantage of the best reason to rent, trying different equipment. The trend in skis is to have more specialized equipment to suit the conditions so I changed for a K2 Coomba, a powder ski. Each time I dropped into see the staff at Affinity they accommodated my every request without hesitation. The equipment was tuned, it was the latest model and the service was excellent.


Two weeks later back at my desk I thought about the old rent vs. buy argument. I will be renting skis, snowboards and maybe even snow blades every time I go. The image of ski rentals is changing and being driven by companies like Affinity, I hope to go back to Whistler for the Olympics and will be renting everytime.



Published On: 1/19/2009
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My Blog: One Upper
By: Drewbage


Do you know someone who always did exactly what you did but somehow a little bigger, better, faster? I will be the first to admit that my favorite subject is me and I think deep down that is pretty much the norm for everyone; after all is there a subject you know more about than yourself? However there is a certain type of thunder thief that will commandeer your story and add a bunch of bullshiz to it and take the entire spotlight for nothing more than a "me too". Sure its hard to sit on a story when you know yours is way better but what are the odds someone has a ...I threw rocks through a hotel room window while I was naked in the parking lot story...really what are the odds?

 

La Quinta don't play by the way...



Published On: 12/8/2008
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This just in - Sunparties.com has donated two free trips to Mexico, Spring Break 09', to be given away at the whistler premiere.

-ROUND TRIP AIRFARE 
-7 NIGHTS HOTEL
-WELCOME PARTY 
-BEACH PARTIES 
-THEME PARTIES 

check out http://www.sunparties.com/index.asp to get more info on Mayhem In Mexico and other parties vacation packages.

and if you haven't got the rest of the info here it is:

For the last stop of our premiere tour, we're bringing it home to Whistler, NOVEMBER 22

WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY 7 SNOWBOARDS 

Westin Hotel - Emerald Ballroom

DOORS - 8PM
SHOW STARTS - 9:30PM 

TICKETS $10 AT THE DOOR
OR AVAILABLE AT:
The Circle - Whistler
Showcase - Village & Vancouver
Boardroom - North Van

MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PRIZES 
DUAL SCREENS 
PRO PHOTO CHARITY AUCTION

THREE CASH BARS & DJ VINYL RITCHIE PRE PARTY 

With the new location this year the premiere will have a capacity of 700 people, promising to make it bigger and better than ever... this is gonna be a massive party.

This is gonna be a big event so we have to go with 2 bars for the after party.

GARFINKELS & SAVAGE BEAGEL 

FREE COVER 
VIP LINE 
with your premiere wristband 



Published On: 11/21/2008
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For the last stop of our premiere tour, we're bringing it home to Whistler, NOVEMBER 22

WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY 7 SNOWBOARDS 

Westin Hotel - Emerald Ballroom

DOORS - 8PM
SHOW STARTS - 9:30PM 

TICKETS $10 AT THE DOOR
OR AVAILABLE AT:
The Circle - Whistler
Showcase - Village & Vancouver
Boardroom - North Van

MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PRIZES 
DUAL SCREENS 
PRO PHOTO CHARITY AUCTION

THREE CASH BARS & DJ VINYL RITCHIE PRE PARTY 

With the new location this year the premiere will have a capacity of 700 people, promising to make it bigger and better than ever... this is gonna be a massive party.

This is gonna be a big event so we have to go with 2 bars for the after party.

GARFINKELS & SAVAGE BEAGEL 

FREE COVER 
VIP LINE 
with your premiere wristband 




Published On: 11/21/2008
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LINTENTION DE CE BLOGUE LES AMIS ET DE PARTAGER VOUS SPOTS PREFERE AVEC D'AUTRES RIDERS ET SINFORMER SUR DE NOUVEAUX SPOTS!!

ALORS QUE SONT TILS?

JAMIE

MOI CEST LANCIENE PISTE DE SKI DE LUNIVERSITÉ DE MONTREAL BREF C'EST SUR LE VERSANT NORD DU MONT-ROYAL ET AU PAR AVANT ANNÉE 1970, ILS AVAIT DES T BARS FONCTIONELLE ... CA CE TROUVE A LANNEXE DU METRO EDOUARD MONPETIT!!

ILS FAUT À CE JOURS MONTER A PIED MAIS JEN SUIS QUAND MEME STOKED!! CA LAIDE QUE JE PEUX MY RENDRE A PIED LE MATIN MEME DUN GROS OURAGE DE NEIGE!!

ON SE VOIS LA CETTE HIVER ET CA SERAIS BIEN EVOQUER UNE PRESSION ENVERS L'HOTEL DE VILLE POUR EXPLOITER CE SPOT A NOUVEAUX!!

PEACE

JAIE



Published On: 11/11/2008
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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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Published On: 9/22/2008
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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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I woke up the other morning to the realisation that it's already the month of June. Which means that winter is less than six months away. One reason I suspect the time seems to have gone by so quickly is that, by most standards, the weather this spring has been rather sub-par with cooler than usual temperatures and lots of rain (let's save that precipitation for the winter folks). In the spirit of making the best of it, the Snowboard.Com east coast crew decided to end the month of May with a bang (from a boom stick) by taking in a musical.

The city of Toronto has a rather vibrant theatre scene. Which is not something you would expect snowboarders to notice but we can be highbrow once in a while too. Of particular interest, the Diesel Playhouse was putting on an adaptation of a classic cult zombie movie Evil Dead throughout the spring. When I tell people about it, they usually give me a strange "it's a musical about zombies?" look. I'm quick to point out that It can't possibly be any worse than the opera adaptation of An Inconvenient Truth (an opera about a PowerPoint presentation? Really?) Besides, how often can you say you've been to a musical and left covered in fake blood (I assume it's fake). It's like Shakespeare meets Gwar, how can this possibly suck?

The Ottawa contingent of the crew stayed at the Holiday Inn on King street, only two blocks away from the playhouse. Upon arriving, we shared the elevator with some nice ladies who were in town to see the Dirty Dancing musical at the Princess, and they asked us if we were there for the same reason. Based on my general appearance, I found this question somewhat odd. The look on their face was priceless once we told them we were going to see Evil Dead, and it led me to the conclusion that we probably wouldn't to be going down with them (in the elevator you perverts).

Can you find the snowboarders?
The East Coast Crew waiting to get Evil

After scattering to track down food and beer for later, it was time to meet up with the rest of the crew. Since we were all coming from different directions, and not everyone had actually met in person prior to this meet, the logistics of meeting up were a slight bit difficult. In fact, one of my road trip companions, Chris, called my cell to tell me he was going to meet one of the other members of the crew, also named Chris, whom he had never met previously. I said "you don't know what he looks like, how are you going to spot him on a downtown Toronto street?" His response: "He's a snowboarder." That's when it occurred to me that we snowboarders do live at a different pace than most people (skiers too). Especially in a metropolitan area such as Toronto where people seem to be in much more of a hurry and much more concerned about their image than in most places. I actually had faith, due in no small part to Chris' response, that my shred pals would have no problems finding each other. I was not mistaken, I caught up with the rest of the group in front of the hotel and we made our way to the playhouse.

The musical itself was extremely entertaining. Since it's based on the Evil Dead series of movies (Evil Dead , Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness), we were expecting a certain amount of camp, and this stage show was certainly full of it. It was done in the perfect self-effacing way which rendered it amusing rather than annoying. The actors even joked about how Spider-Man 3 was a horrible movie (Sam Raimi directed the Evil Dead movie). The highlight of the musical was the final battle at where Ash slayed all the zombies (sorry for the spoiler). I have never seen so much fake blood used in my life. It was squirting out of the walls all over the crowd. Fun times.

After the show, stoked on being evil, the crew got up to some pre-drinking at the hotel in preparation for painting the town red (with blood?). After getting nicely warmed up, we were off to find establishments to consume refreshments. Yet somehow this feat could not be managed without a tree being transplanted into the hallway to our hotel. Apparently alcohol turns people into landscapers.

After walking around for a while and ducking into a number of pubs for refreshments, along with some other random shenanigans, it was time to call it a night since the bars were closing. On the way back to the hotel, I received a text message from Chris saying that apparently someone was shot behind the princess theatre. They were cleaning up the scene as he was walking to meet his ride to Whitby. All this time, I was expecting that our musical would prove more violent than Dirty Dancing, which our lovely friends from the elevator were attending. Clearly I was mistaken on that count.

Check out my crazy hair.
Puppet Jesus sitting at the top of the Big Apple in Colborne.

The following morning, we decided to locate a Golden Griddle we had seen the night before to have breakfast before we left. After fueling up on the all you can eat buffet and omelet bar, it was time to hit the road. On the way home, we decided to stop at the Big Apple in Colborne to buy some pies. This is where our trip took on a whole new dimension of cool when picked up an itinerant puppet with long hair, a beard, and some crazy ideas. That puppet turned out to be Jesus (or at least a very striking likeness thereof). The irony in all this is that we found him at a Big Apple which, if memory serves, is the forbidden fruit of the Genesis. Jesus was quick to participate in our road games of "hot or not" and was surprisingly good at it. Although I suppose I shouldn't be surprised since he is the son of god. In any case, Jesus is dope and he's certainly a good road trip companion, a fan of metal and a darn good dancer. When we first picked him up, he was rather subdued. Nathan even thought he was dead but we knew not to worry, "he'll be full of life in three days." It certainly didn't take three days, especially after a can of Saskatoon Beaver Buzz.

The Beaver Buzz turned out to be a bit of a mistake. Although tasty, it must contain some kind of super diaretic because it made me have to pull off the highway to pee. I was going to wait for the gas station restrooms until Jesus pointed out that the world is my gas station rest room. He's so wise. We finally made it home satisfied with our road trip shenanigans and happy for having found Jesus.

In sticking with my usual modus operandi of never walking away from an experience without learning something, here's what I learned this past weekend:

  • Snowboarders are recognisable everywhere. They seem to have a different gate about them.
  • Apparently the Dirty Dancing musical, counter to conventional wisdom, was much more violent that the Evil Dead musical... go figure.
  • Jesus Saves... road trips. Although ours didn't need saving by any stretch. He sure made it more interesting. Keep your eye open for him, you never know where you might find Jesus.

Phew! Those are important life lessons indeed. Now I'm looking forward to my next live theatre excursion. Rumour has it that Monty Python's Spamalot is coming to Toronto in the fall, maybe I'll check that out. I'll be staying away from the Dirty Dancing musical though, that's much do violent for my sensibilities. In the meantime, I'm rejoicing in the fact that there's less than six months until winter and you can bet that I'm counting down the days.



Published On: 6/5/2008
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From 6th to 13th of April 2008 Kühtai hosted the BAGJUMP SpringBreak08 Snowboard&Freeski Camp. The Film&Foto Award presented by TVB-Kühtai was an additional feature to the Camp where filmer and photographers had the chance to get the best shots from the whole resort and be rewarded with 2000Euro prize-money. Good riders had the chance to get some international coverage and present their skills. This event was a unique experience for snowboarder, freeskier, filmer- and photographer!

A perfect shaped park, the BAGJUMP MegaBag for training and 4 IOU-Special obstacles prepared for shootings throughout the backcountry. The Völkl Pro Team was here to coach and film for the Völkl-Movie the whole week and many other international Pros to get some last shots from the 2007/08 Season with over 40 international photographers and filmers around. Some lucky campers got a Völkl Sponsorship because of their amazing riding skills. The weather was like it is in April: unpredictable! As we had Snowstorms and waist deep powder for the first 3 days and fine spring slush with mostly blue sky for the rest of the SpringBreak08. Camp-Hotel Marlstein was located close by and the food was excellent with breakfast buffets in the morning and 4 course dinners in the evenings.

Campers and daily visitors had the chance to win Zimtstern, Völkl, Gravis and X-Double prizes in the everyday mini-competitions like Poker-Tournaments, Best Trick-MegaBag, Night-Sessions on the special spots and the XBOX360 Guitar Hero Madness. Due to the bad weather Saturdays SpringOFF Slopestyle Contest took place on the rails whit over 60 motivated riders giving their best to win money and prizes.

Everyone could get 2009 Boards and Skis at the Völkl Test in the chill area and test their new Board or Ski of Choice. Listening to fine tunes coming from the RedBull Event Car mixed by Dj Seren and eating at the BAGJUMP BBQ/Grill was a good chance to regain energy for riding. While watching international Pros practicing contest winning tricks into the MegaBag not only media but also the crowd and people passing by took out the camera to capture the action.

Read a more details from BAGJUMP SpringBreak08 in Playboard, Pleasure, Onboard, Methodmag and Shralp.com!

 

Results BAGJUMP SpringBreak08 Film&Foto Award presented by TVB-Kühtai:

2000.- Euro prizemoney!

 

Springbreak08 Video-Award:

Judging by: Helge Zirkl (Playboard Magazine), Mee-z (www.shralp.com), Richard Prendergast (Method.tv) and viewing-points on blip.tv.

 

1st Place with 95 points: Niki Kranebitter AUT (To watch this clip: Aufmschlauch@SpringBreak08: http://blip.tv/file/834426/)

 

2nd Place with 94 points: Chris Garside NZL (To watch this clip: Völkl-Team@SpringBreak08: http://blip.tv/file/843655/)

 

2nd Place with 94 points: James Vooght NL (To watch this clip: Flash Horton&Niki Korpela@SpringBreak08: http://blip.tv/file/834929)

 

The winner clip will be shown on www.shralp.com, www.method.tv, www.playboard.de and www.BAGJUMP.com.

 

 

SpringBreak08 Foto-Award:

Judging by: Markus Fischer (Pleasure Magazine), Sami Touriniemi (Onboard Magazine) and Richard Walch (Pro-Photographer).

3 categories: Best Single Picture Snowboard or Ski, Best Sequence Snowboard, Best Ski Picture.

 

Best Single Shot Springbreak 08:

 

1st Place with 122 points: Thomas Holleis AUT (Rider: Daniel Mösl, Trick: OneFoot)

The winner picture will be published in Pleasure Magazine this Fall! The rider on the picture wins a subscription to Pleasure Magazine for one Year!

 

Best Sequence SpringBreak08:

 

1st Place with 75 points: Jason Horton ENG (Rider: Niki Korpela, Trick: Fs360drop)

The winning sequence will be published in Onboard Magazine! The rider on the sequence wins a subscription to Onboard Magazine for one Year!

 

Best Ski Picture SpringBreak08:

 

1st Place with 111 points: Michael Obex AUT (Rider: Niko Rauch, Trick: WallrideSlide)

 

The winner will be published in Skiing Magazine! The rider on the picture wins a subscription to Skiing Magazine for one Year!

 

Congratulations to all winners!

Last but not least we would like to thank all participants, Sponsors, Media for making this event such a huge success.

Sponsors: TVB-Kühtai, Bergbahnen Kühtai, Völkl, RedBull, Zimtstern, Gravis, X-Double, Tobis Travel Solutions, Himaya.

Media Partners: Playboard Magazine, Pleasure Magazine, Onboard Magazine, Methodmag, shralp.com.

 

Watch out for the BAGJUMP SpringBreak09 with even more features than this year!

 

For more BAGJUMP action visit us at the Camp of Champions COC in Whistler B.C. Canada from June 21 to July 19 2008.

 
 
 
 
 
 


Published On: 5/14/2008
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Well it's that time of year again... Spring time! This is the time of year where you can take your shirt off and try and tan your pasty white body. You can see Kale and I decided to try that and all we ended up getting were sunburns and doing hand stands for fun (i spun the photo of kale around because he looks awesome pushing the earth up!). It was nice to feel that warmth after our cold winter. Spring time also means that the Telus festival gets going and we got ready to party our socks off. Our buddy Eero got a room at the Adara hotel because he rides for Monster energy and they rented out the whole hotel for a week so it turned into the party spot. As you can see we are taking advantage of that and keeping the shirt off theme in the photo below. We spent lots of time drinking Montser and Vodka and partying so before you knew it we were pretty over it and looking like me in the last photo. Tons of fun was had but we are all happy it's over so we can chill out for a bit and get back to doing some spring snowboarding.
 
 
 
 
 
 


-Johnny

 


Published On: 5/2/2008
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BAGJUMP SPRINGBREAK 2008 

Film & Foto Award

presented by  TVB-KÜHTAI

and

VÖLKL,IOU-SNOW.com,BAGJUMP


PLAYBOARD, PLEASURE, ONBOARD, METHOD.TV, SHRALP.com, GRAVIS, ZIMTSTERN, HIMAYA, TOBIS, X-DOUBLE, TOBIS 

  

@BAGJUMP SpringBreak2008 Kühtai- Tirol 6. - 13. April

 

ALL MEDIA AT SITE! GET YOUR COVERAGE!!!


The SpringBreak-Camp:

 

 

This exclusive Spring Camp pushes Snowboarders and Freeskiers to their Freestyle-Limits and beyond! Ride the slushy kickerline and hit the exclusive BAGJUMP Megabag. The Riders can practice in the ‘By Pros for Pros’ shaped SprinBrea-K-Park (Funpark Kühtai) with 2 Tabletops (2x15 Meter), a Spine-Hip and a Pro Rail-line. On top of this everyone can try new tricks into the BAGJUMP MegaBag located right by the Chill Area at the Liftentrance. The exclusive BAGJUMP MegaBag is a never seen before feature on the SpringBreak where Snowboarders and Freeskiers can try new tricks like Double-, Tripple-Corks, flips and spins in any variation. Because of the unique Chamber-&-Air-Release-Safety-System you can go for any trick you ever dreamed of because it doesn’t matter how you land! Go way f%&@ing harder than you’ve ever gone & you’ll even live to tell about it! Grab a Red Bull and eat your BBQ/Grill in the BAGJUMP MegaBag-Area. Chill in loungechairs while listening to sound mixed by DJ SEREN on the Red Bull Event Car. Experience the new limits of freestyle snowboarding & freeskiing!

 

 

Another highlight at the Springbreak are 4 special Backcountry obstacles by IOU-Snow built throughout the resort Kühtai for the Film & Foto Award. These 4 Spots are ‘unbranded’ and can be used for any kind of foto and film shooting. The obstacles fit to the natural terrain in a special way and the set up is guaranteed for some never seen before action. The K-Park,BAGJUMP-MegaBag, the 4 special obstacles and of course the rest of the whole resort Kühtai are the Playground for the Film & Foto Award presented by TVB-Kühtai.

 

During the Springbreak week there will be 2 NL Holdem-Pokertournaments with Cashprizes (Monday 7th April and Friday 11th April, 3pm at the BAGJUMP Chill-Area) and daily new Mini-Contests with Prizes. On this feature everyone has the chance to win prizes from our sponsors (Völkl Snowboard, Völkl Freeskis, Gravis Backpacks, etc.). Daily Mini-Contests will be announced a day before they will be executed at the Office@Schirm by the Dreiseenbahn / Kühtai, Office@Marlstein and on the BAGJUMP.com website. Our own Poker-room will be open daily for games. Or hang out in the Riders-Lounge with Plasma-TV, Homecinema, XBOX360, over 200 DVDs and Sound by DJ SEREN. At night you can party hard at the Bagjump parties in Hotel Marlstein or just relax in the Sauna and Wellness.

Furthermore the campers and daily visitors have the possibility to test the 2009 Völkl Snowboards and Völkl Freeskis at the teststands by the MegaBag Chill-Area. There you can also sign up for the ProCoaching presented by the Völkl International ProSnowboard and ProFreeski Team. Videocoaching for everyone on the BAGJUMP-MegaBag will be analyzed daily in Hotel Marlstein before Dinner.

 

For the Springbreak CAMP please register until the 5th of April 2008 at www.BAGJUMP.com or mail to office@bagjump.com. After the 5th of April please register on site at the Office@Schirm by the Dreiseenbahn / Kühtai, Office@Marlstein during office hours or email to: office@bagjump.com.

 

The Film & Foto Award presented by Kühtai and BAGJUMP

2000.- EURO Prize Money!!!

This is a great challenge for filmers, photographers and riders to get the best Picture, Sequence and 3min VideoClip shot anywhere in the whole resort Kühtai during the SpringBreak-week!

 

 

The Foto Award

 

Every participating Photographer is shooting 1-6 days in the whole resort Kühtai with Snowboarders and/or Freeskiers.  Every participating photographer can hand in his/her best 5 pictures/sequences. All pictures handed in must be taken during the SpringBreak week and from the whole Resort Kühtai. Hand in deadline is Sunday the 13th of April 5pm. The pictures will be judged by Richard Walch (professional Photographer), Sami Tuoriniemi (senior editor Onboard) and Markus Fischer (senior editor Pleasure). Every Judge can give a maximum of 50 points per picture. Winner is the Picture with the most points out of 150 and will be posted on www.BAGJUMP.com.

 

The Film Award

 

Every participating Filmer is shooting 1 to 6 days in the whole resort Kühtai with Snowboarders and/or Freeskiers.  Every participating filmer can hand in his/her best 3-Minute Video Clip. The whole Clip which is handed in must be taken during the SpringBreak week and from the whole Resort Kühtai. Hand in deadline is Sunday the 13th of April 5pm. The Clip will be judged by Helge Zirkl (Playboard), Richard Prendergast (Method.TV) and Christian Miessner (Shralp). Every Judge can give a maximum of 50 points per Clip. Winner is the Clip with the most points out of 150 and will be posted on www.BAGJUMP.com.

 

Categories:

 

-Best Single-Shot Snowboard (Cash, Publication in Pleasure Magazine + one subscription for the rider on the picture)

-Best Sequence (Cash, Publication in Onboard Magazine + one subscription for the rider on the picture)

-Best Picture Freeski (Cash, Publication in Skiing Magazine + one subscription for the rider on the picture)

-Best 3-Minute Video Clip (Cash, Publication on Playboard DVD, Playboard Webplayer, Shralp.com, Method.TV, BAGJUMP.com)

Registration on location starting Sunday 6th of April 1-7pm and then daily at Office@Schirm by the Dreiseenbahn / Kühtai or Hotel Marlstein at office hours.

Pictures and Videos can be handed in anytime during the week until Sunday the 13th of April 5pm.

Click on www.BAGJUMP.com for more Infos

For accommodation and low priced lift tickets please contact office@bagjump one day prior to your arrival at Kühtai. Travelers to Pleasure-Springsession!: We have an extra contingent of rooms and lift tickets until 9th of April available.

Filmers / Photographers and Riders coming longer than a day and want to stay one or more nights at SpringBreak please register until 5th of April at www.BAGJUMP.com. Or during the week at Office@Schirm by the Dreiseenbahn / Kühtai, Office@Marlstein or mail to: office@bagjump.com

 

 

Included:

 

Day-Package:

 

-Accomodation with Breakfast and Dinner(*)

-Breakfast Buffet(*)

-4 Course Dinner(*)

-1 Day Lift ticket(**)

-ProPark

-BAGJUMP MegaBag training

-4 Special Obstacles

-Video coaching

-1 Mini-Competition entrance (Guitar Hero Madness, Best Trick MegaBag)

-1 NL Holdem Poker Tournament  (Monday 7th April OR Friday 11th April, 3pm at the BAGJUMP Chill-Area)

 

(* only on bookings WITH accommodation)

(** only on bookings WITH Liftticket)

 

Week-Package:

 

-Accomodation 7 Nights (*)

-Liftticket 7 Days (**)

-Breakfast Buffet (*)

-4 Course Dinner (*)

-Free Red Bull

-ProPark

-BAGJUMP MegaBag training

-4 Special Obstacles

-Video coaching

-ProCoaching by Völkl International Team

-Party

-All-Mini-Competition entrance (Guitar Hero Madness, Best Trick MegaBag)

-2 NL Holdem Poker Tournament (Monday 7th April AND Friday 11th April)

-Bagjump ‘GOODYBAG’

 

 

(* only on bookings WITH accommodation)

(** only on bookings WITH Liftticket)

 

 

 

REGISTER at www.BAGJUMP.com

OR office@bagjump.com

OR on Location:

-Office@Schirm by the Dreiseenbahn Kühtai

-Office@Hotel-Marlstein

 

For urgent questions please email to:

office@bagjump.com




Published On: 3/31/2008
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It's 7 in the morning, on the 6th of February and my cell goes off. Its my mom, "Good luck on your trip. Take care!" "Thanks mom, Call you when we get there!" I get out of one of the rest rooms at Remi's place go on his computer to check the various weather sites for the trip. It doesn't look good. Snowfall warnings for the Pine Pass, the very route we must take to our destination, Powderking. Lance and Remi both agree, we must go, we'll beat out the weather and it'll work out. Marc's parents on the other hand aren't so sure. So our Fantastic 4 has now been cut to The Thunderous 3, we aren't happy losing Marc, but the show must go on. So we're on the road by 10:00 in my mini-van with our boards in the Thule and our gear and booze and other stuff in the back. We get to Dawson Creek around noon. Lance picks up a Warstiener Keg at a Liquor store, and we go for lunch at Rockwell's. What a lunch! Such a nice little restaurant with flat-screens a fireplace and free pool, but the food is really what sets it apart. (Best burger I've ever had!) So we continue on, the weather is still blue skies until we hit the Hausler turn-off which is a half-hour past Chetwyne. Its snowing.. pretty hard. I put in my orange-lensed driving sun-glasses. We make it through the pass no problem, all the way to Mackenzie, where we check in at the Willingston Lake Lodge. I call Marc's parents and my own to tell them we made it ok. So we unload our stuff and play some Guitar Hero than go hit Little Mac (The local in-town hill) So we ride a bit, and get a tip about Wing Night at the Legion, so we go there for supper. than we go back to our room, have a couple of beers and call it a day. In the last 24 hours before we got there it snowed 50 cm! We got another 30 while we were there.)

So we get up at 7:30. We get ready and out the door by 8:30. We stop at 7-11 to pick up some Poweraid and other stuff for the day. The temp is -24 with a windchill that makes it feel like -35 on the mountain. But at least theres lots of powder! Almost to much! Every time you fell, it was a battle to get up, since you couldn't touch bottom! So we ride the morning and meet up with the staff of our local hill. (Little Smoky Ski Hill) We have a sick time slashing pow and I get frostbite on my cheeks and fingers, nothing too serious. So we drive back to Mackenzie, hit the local hill again, meet some locals at the hill. Than its closing time and Remi says to me, "I wanna go down the road." "Ok, I'll give you a start push... with the van!" So he gets infront and I send him down the hill, sparks blazing from the odd gravel he hits with his edges. I follow him down. When I get to him, he says "I want those 2 mins. back." I guess it wasn't that fun. So we get back to the Hotel, when my phone rings. "Where are you?" the voice says, I don't recognize. "MacKenzie..." "I know that! Eric's wondering if your coming over to party or not?!" Its Shantel, now I know! "Soon, alright?" "Alright, bye!" so we head over, with our Keg and when we get there, it seems the party has already started. Clem the Hill manager, has already had a few Bud. So we crack the Keg, and have a few with Clem. Before you know it, we empty the thing. So we party there till we get a noise complaint and we decide to jet. Steph and Jocelyn (Sorry if I spelt it wrong! I suck at French!) come back to our Hotel to keep partying. So we have 8 more beers and play Guitar Hero, than out of nowheres, a HUGE pillow fight erupts!!! Its so epic, that we total the room! Mattresses off the beds, crooked paintings, clothes everywheres!! The only thing still clean is the bathroom! So I take the girls back to there Hotel and in turn go to bed when I get back to mine.

So we get up at 7:30 to the radio. We turn on the boob tube to the weather network, -23 with a windchill for the day! Yay... awww crap, the Keg was upside down all night and it leaked on to the bench leaving a big puddle of beer on it, along with making our coupons for our lifts soggly and smelling like beer. But we use them anyways. So we head out and hit P.K. for another day. Total Fun-fest! We freeze our faces off and choke on 3 feet of powder, Skittlely-doo! A good time all round. Another cold Champagne day in the memories of glory and fortune of shred trips. So we get back to Mackenzie and hit the local hill again. At the closing of the hill that night, two girls that we've seen at the hill every night that we've been there come up to me and Remi, and introduce themselves. So we start talking to them and they ask us where we're from and where we're staying. So we finish up our convo, and say goodbye to the two ladies (Which I thought were quite cute.) and go back to our Hotel. We tell Lance of our encounter, and he informs us that they were hitting on us, and it never occured to either of us. I kicked myself for the rest of the night. Than we have some eats and go to our room and relax till its nod off time again.

We get up the next day. Its our rest day, we get out of bed around 11:00. We get lunch at Subway, go to Video Gallery where we rent Robin Williams on Broadway and I buy Tenaicious D and Transformers and we watch Robin Williams than go to hit the local hill, which we find out is closed for the day, but we go and ride it anyways. Lance and Remi ride off the Little Mac's chalet roof, and we Destroy 12 cans of Lucky in Various ways. (Which I had bought for Marc, but myself could never drink.) We hit there box a couple times than me and Remi ride it down the Hill as a Bobsled before leaving. We put everything back tho, I like that little hill. So for supper we go get Chinese, head back to the room, watch Tenacious D and pack up for the next day.

So we get up on the bright. Pick up all our stuff and pack it into the van. We fuel up on gas and food at the 7-11 before we leave Mackenzie for the last day of our trip. We get to P.K., our last day, the nicest day weatherwise, going from -19 in the morning to -11 when we leave. So on our first run, near the top of the mountain, just above Satisfaction, we crack our last 3 beers and cheers the trip. Damn god beers, and we get donw to business. We take full advantage of the day. We ride steady all day, right to the end. We hit some of the best powder and jumps that day. I don't think I could have frowned even if my dog had died that day. It was just that awesome! So we head through the pass. without incondent. Unlike the 3 Semi's we saw in the ditch. So we get to Dawson Creek for supper. We stop at Rockwell's my new favorite restaurant. We have steak and wings and onion rings, and it rocked! So we get to Remi's by 10:00. Tired, but glad we had gone on the trip. So we had a group hug and said our goodbyes. Another Kick-ass trip in my books. Powderking, is a special place, forever part of my heart and my joy. Thank you for being a place of good memories.

P.S: The next day, a massive avalanche takes out the Pine Pass, which we travelled through the day before. Closing it for 3 days. We lucked out, and it feels good!!! LoL! Peace and Powder my Friends!



Published On: 3/5/2008
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I just got back from Vegas and it was pretty wild. My Oakley team manager Derek took Paavo and I to the Palms where we shook it up in the Playboy Club and the Moon Club. As you can see we dressed up and looked a bit more classy than on the average night out. We drank a bunch of Heinekens and partied on the patio… loving it.

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I then ran into Kale at the round bar in the Hard Rock Casino and before I knew it I was with him and his stripper friend cruising down the strip in her lowered Honda Civic with the bass blasting ridiculously hard. We ended up at a strip bar and I am sitting beside her pimp who resembles Rick Ross… he was a pretty nice guy.

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I decided to call it a night at about 6 am but I needed a little snack before bed, so I stopped by the 24-hour McDonalds in our hotel. Surprisingly I found a couple of my buds (Clayton Larson and Brendan Keenan) having a snooze at their table… they must have stopped for a snack and not made it much further past their fries. I proceeded to sit down and enjoy my meal with them but still they did not wake. Once I was all finished eating and pretty upset they wouldn’t sit up and eat with me… I put ketchup and wrappers all over them and peace’d out to a real bed.




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Here is the last photo of my trip… and as you can see by my face it’s time to escort myself out of this town and judging by the amount of money on the stub it’s really time to get the hell out of here… off to Colorado then! Peace, Vegas...


-Johnny



Published On: 2/17/2008
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BANSKO TRIP
6/3/2008 - 10/3/2008
 
Price : 220 euro ONLY !!!!! You won't find cheaper and better!!!!
 
Arrival time: Thursday afternoon around 18.00.

Includes:
 
* 3 night stayings in a 4*** Spa Hotel ( SPA HOTEL EMERALD). You can check by yourself: www.spahotel-emerald.com
The hotel is only 50 meters away from Gondola (ski center) and it is brand new!!!
 
* Breakfast and dinner.
 
* Free swimming pool, gym, and zacuzzi.
 
* Transportation with new buses.
 
* Travelers' insurance.
 
WHOEVER WANTS TO JOIN OUR TRIP SHOULD LET US KNOW TILL 19/2/2008 !!!
 
For more informations and reservations call: 6973403505 or send me a email at: rania_pr@hotmail.com .
 
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Published On: 2/13/2008
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