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Snowboard tech, it draws excitement for the season and like a new supercar, everyone wants the newest developments. The reality is most of us have limited funds so buying a snowboard is a big deal because dropping $300, $500, even $1000 on a deck is a something we have so save extra cash for. We all want the board that makes us honestly say "This is the best snowboard I've ever owned" Here is what the guys at Prospect have concocted and where their board construction fits into a long line of snowboards.

Reverse Camber "Tangent Tech" and Concave Base

Reverse camber has been established as boards that are great for park riding, powder riding, and great beginner boards. Although, just because beginners will like reverse camber it doesn't mean a hardcore thrasher won't like the same board. Prospect's "Tangent Tech" is a park and powder friendly board. The main factor is the camber height. Prospect's Tangent tech is designed for an optimal ride with the nose and tail raised by 5 millimeters. Boards with more reverse camber are great in powder, but unstable with any other riding. Less reverse camber improves riding stability, but reduces float in the powder and doesn't have that catch free ride.


Prospect's Concave base construction takes reverse camber to the next level. The base on the Tangent Tech lies deeper down the middle for the length of the board. With the edges sitting slightly higher it offers a catch free ride in the park. This means you won't stick to rails or catch a random edge. The goal of Tangent Tech is to offer a mellow reverse camber that performs well in both powder and park. Tangent Tech and concave base construction make Prospect's boards appealing to an audience that wants a "go to board" for all parts of the mountain.

 

 

Bamboo Sidewalls and Longer Effective Edges


All Prospect Snowboards offer bamboo sidewalls and longer effective edges for better overall control. The Bamboo sidewalls offer multiple benefits. Specifically it is lighter, stronger, and adds stability to the overall ride. Without getting too technical, bamboo is 25% lighter and its tensile "burst" strength is 2 times as strong as regular core material meaning more pop. Being set at the sidewall, the stiffer bamboo offers torsional stiffness and natural vibration dampening, leading to a faster, more stable platform. Bamboo is being used more in snowboarding not only because it of its high strength to weight ratio but it also lasts because it is continuously strong even when temperature drops. Neil Henderson, the owner of Prospect snowboards says "My goal was to make the fastest, hardest carving true twin snowboard available".

To accompany the benefits of bamboo sidewalls, Prospect's geometry stretches out the effective edge, aka contact points as far as it can go. This adds to the ride stability andactually provides the performance of a longer board. According to Neil, "It's like adding 2 to 4 cm of length without having to ride a heavier, longer board." The longer effective edge puts the contact points closer to the tip of the board giving your edges more surface contact to grip in turns. This means less washing out of hard carves and smooth, stable turns for maximum control. Together, bamboo sidewalls and the longer effective edge Prospect's boards offer harder carves and a ride smoother than other freestyle decks. Neil believes this sidewall and effective edge combination are the most underrated manufacturing techniques that contribute to his goal of making the fastest and hardest carving true twin available.

 


Rubber Dampeners and Strategic Carbon beams

Also underrated in the design of snowboards is rubber dampening, carbon fiber beams, and even more so their placement inside the construction of the board.


Prospect uses rubber in sandwich/sidewall snowboard design to reduce shock and vibration in turns and while landing big hits. According to Neil, rubber stripping is placed around the outside of the board and in the middle sections to act like a shock absorber. He says “Rubber placement is key to a boards ride because it turns the overbearing rigidity into smooth fluid movements.” His smooth ride philosophy on rubber dampening also contributes their boards lasting ride and overall durability. The way snowboards are ridden they are continuously flexed over and over again. Without sufficient rubber dampening the epoxy bonds break down leading to a lifeless board with no pop and it will eventually break. The rubber Prospect places inside the board allows small amounts of flex between the layers reducing wear on the epoxy bonds.


The Carbon laminates Neil puts in Prospect’s boards are common among most snowboards, but he believes his carbon “X-beams” also add to the boards ride. “Our X-beams are placed from the feet to the contact point at the edge. This allows Prospect to have lighter cores with added spring back. The carbon placement also contributes to their tensional stiffness, adding to the overall stability at high speed. Neil’s take on carbon fiber is: “We tried different carbon patterns, stringers, an “A” pattern on each end, Inverted “A’s”; the X pattern is the only thing that directly transfers power from your feet to the edge. There is a small sacrifice in low speed carving, but who rides slow?”

Seamless Edges, great construction, and great warranties

Also on the top of Prospect’s priority list is making bombproof boards. While no one should condone using a snowboard as a bomb shield, the fact is Prospect has developed 2 more ways to ensure Prospect is known as a brand that makes premium snowboards that perform and last. Neil’s philosophy is “I’m a product guy. I believe that the best products are better than the best marketing. Prospect isn’t a statement in style as much as it is a statement in quality.”

There is a few steps Prospect has taken to assure they achieve that quality. First, the Premier Special Edition Models have “Seamless edges”. Their edges are high carbon, hardened steel with no cut seam; a real 360 degree edge. This was developed to reduce edge failures from hard hits against rocks, trees, and rails. Second, the Two-part flexible epoxy serves as a dampening system, increases flexibility, and prevents delaminating. Neil’s take on Prospect’s epoxy system: “Our epoxy mixture adds a rubber like characteristic to the compound. It makes the boards tough as nails. “When we do Prospect Demos we always tell riders Hey, go break this board. We’re still waiting.”


Prospect Snowboards is on a mission to bring some killer decks to the table. They aren’t well known and they don’t dump their cash into marketing. Instead they stick to their mission. To drive home their point they gave all Prospect Snowboards a 2 year warranty and Neil Assures they stand by their warranty; if you break your board riding we’ll fix it free or you get a replacement if we can’t fix it. Good points, and Neil concludes by saying “Hey, ya know, we’re putting up a true effort here to bring out boards that pushes the accountability of a snowboard company. We listen to what each individual rider wants and we work to build that into our boards.”



Published On: 11/17/2009
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Anyone who got to ride whistler on opening day was hoping for 50cm fresh but the reality of it was barely a 50cm base. But first day snowboarding of the season so who cares! We made it as epic possible. See how the Westbeach dudes rolled on opening day. Matt Belzile, Jody Wachniak, Robjn Taylor and all of our friends!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdZ5yYou4Q

Enjoy!

-Belzile


Published On: 12/6/2008
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walk with me, follow the railroad

teach me to fly, my heart already roaring

your warm strong arms, my safe heaven

sweet and gentle kisses, shivers down my spine

how does he do it..

 

when the dark leaves me torn

and the thunder shows my fear

hes always there, he gets me through

the dark of my mind, the fear of my mind

how does he do it..

 

hope guides me and

gets me through, everyday and night

that i dont see your face, hear your voice

feel your touch, or taste your lips

but when i see you, dream or reality, I’m safe

how does he do it...



Published On: 10/24/2008
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Working for a pre-hospital EMS service has certain details that are undisclosed in your contract. It has a tendacy to make you hard in some aspects. I can see someones arm completely stripped to the bone and not blink an eye (happend a few weeks ago), or see someones intestines hanging out of them then turn around and eat a hearty dinner. But some things you see just on the street out of pure innocence, and you become an emotional niusance. Bathing in tears and hiding in a dark room.
 
I had an instance like this just two days ago. I was on call and running errands on my bicycle. A gentleman was walking towards me on the sidewalk that saw me and waved. I broke down. Sounds ridiculous right? This gentleman was just not the ordinary guy. He had an obvious physical handicap, which turns out to be a soft spot for me. He was so excited to see me riding my bike. The expression on his face as he watched me ride by was one in a billion. I had to ride an additional mile or two to regain my composure before walking into any businesses.
 
Why does this effect me do you ask? I feel guilty. People who share handicaps don't have the luxury we do. He has probably never sat on and pedaled a bicycle. He will never get to experience the joys of carving through the snow on a foot of fresh powder. Never get to scale an 80 foot rock face in the Canyonlands. Its these instances that break me down and leave me hanging out to dry. Being an EMT and Firefighter gives me an opportunity to help these folks, but not to the extent I would like. I would love to make all these things we take for granted a reality for the handicapped. Its very hard though living in a small community. I make my efforts, but are quickly shut down due to lack of money and personel.
 
I guess one day things will happen. But until then I guess I have to run, whenever encountered, to keep my composure and show strength as a public figure.


Published On: 9/4/2008
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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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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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Daffy Duff hot doggin' on skis / Behind the scenes with Dev

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





Photos by Dice K

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


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

 

Who Loves Hot Dogs? / Team News x 2

Wow!



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

IS EYEWEAR team rider Chris Dufficy joins the Signal family



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

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



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

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

 

Butter!


Monday, July 14, 2008

 

Extreme Party Team / Warehouse Goodies /



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



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

Monday music video:


Wednesday, July 09, 2008

 

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

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



Cluster of birds being awesome:



Youtube a team rider:


Friday, July 04, 2008

 

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

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

8milelife.com

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



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

Youtube wheelie finds of the week:

Old school wheelie



New School gangsta wheelie



Youtube rules. Happy blobing!


Friday, June 27, 2008

 

Bowl Series

Just look at this beauty of a poster!



How can you not wanna go check it out??

Toilet bong anyone??



No??

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



As you can clearly see, it ruled..

Special Canada Day message from Mr. Walsh:



Published On: 7/23/2008
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My Blog: WAR
By: Savinglives101


I was watching the Lord of the Rings Trilogy over the weekend on TNT and it got me thinking. I absolutely love the style of war depicted in the movie. I love my rifles and pistols, but there's nothing like hand to hand combat, where you get to look the guy your gonna kill, in the eyes. But what happened to fighting for a King (president in our case). Fighting for a country that you are a part of, and love.
 
I myself have served in the armed forces. My expereince was far less then perect, but a memorable one. And in all reality, if we were attacked my some foreign forces, I would go back before the draft would start. In fact, I've thought about going back anyways to get my helicopter ratings and build some time.
 
These days, everyone wants something for nothing. And our way of life has unfortunately made us PUSSIES! And it pisses me off.
 
If war was to come to our home turf, would you put your life on the line to protect your lands?
 
 


Published On: 4/9/2008
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these are some of my favorite song lyrics.    
 
 
 

Through The Fire And The Flames

On a cold winter morning, in the time before the light
In flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight
When the darkness has fallen down, and the times are tough all right
The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight

Fighting hard, fighting on for the steel, through the wastelands evermore
The scattered souls will feel the hell bodies wasted on the shores
On the blackest plains in hell's domain, we watch them as we go
In fire and pain, and once again we know

So now we fly ever free
We're free before the thunderstorm
On towards the wilderness our quest carries on
Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight
Deep inside our hearts and all our souls

[Chorus:]
So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

As the red day is dawning
And the lightning cracks the sky
They'll raise their hands to the heavens above
With resentment in their eyes
Running back from the mid-morning light
There's a burning in my heart
We're banished from a time in a fallen land
To a life beyond the stars

In your darkest dreams see to believe
Our destiny is time
And endlessly we'll all be free tonight

And on the wings of a dream, so far beyond reality
All alone in desperation, now the time has gone
Lost inside you'll never find, lost within my own mind
Day after day this misery must go on

Now here we stand with their blood on our hands
We fought so hard now can we understand
I'll break the seal of this curse if I possibly can
For freedom of every man

if you do not like this song then dont post anythign means but if you like this song and like the lyrics you rock in my book



Published On: 3/22/2008
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My Blog: Long Read
By: JaiBarks


  Read if you want... I was high on Rockstar when I typed this out. So that is why none of it will most likely make sense.

you know what...

 

I've been thinking... I know surprising eh ? haha shut up.

What would life have been like if everything was different ? I don't mean like absolutely everything or else I would be named Wolf, and most likely wouldn't be in the situation I am in currently, I'd already be out on the streets saving people. but here is what I mean, what if certain things in my life were strategically different. Well there is the absolutely obvious, school choices, what I did at school, or the lack thereof. But what I am specifically talking about was when I was living @ 88 Culver Crescent in London.

 

So there was 2 of the 5 that moved in earlier than the rest. You would think that we would be like having dinner together, lunch whatever. But for some messed up reason, we really never did? Which looking back at it now could be because the other half wanted it her way or no way. But that is how she was brought up so there was nothing I really could do to combat that. So that could be why we were two completely different functions items. But now that I am looking back, it really bothers me. It honestly does. Like I could not imagine how much better it could have been if everything could have just been more pleasant in the first couple weeks leading up to signing the lease and then the following weeks of move in days/time. All of the emotional convo's that we did have just me and her either sitting in my room and just chatting for hours, or sitting in her room on the bed drunk off our asses, or me sitting on the stairs and just shooting the shi*t, why could those experiences happen, but we could not just get together and have a meal ? I mean, me and her were the original 2 that would chill in Pre-Health, and then in Residence. But back to the whole meal thing. How many things would have changed if only we got together for meals. Guidelines might have been easier to be set (None were set in reality). When dinner would roll around, I would eat upstairs, she would downstairs. but why ? duh, the confrontations. It was just weird, flipping back and forth. How many confrontations never would have happened if only we ate together once and a while. Only in the final months were we "sorta" closer. We gathered around Pussycat Dolls: The Search for the Next Doll. Yes I watched it and called them all whores. and yes I cheered for Chelsea to win, or the other girl to win, oh well. I know I am not normal, shut it!

I know I also have been talking in circles, but it happens once and a while... and I mean the Rockstar obviously is helping this haha. Let's see. then there was the girl. What was I thinking... and since I am posting this on Deviantart, Fb, Snowboard colonies, along with a couple other places, sooner or later she will prolly read this, if she admits it or not. Was it a right choice, at that point I thought it was because she looked like one of the girls on my brothers baseball team that I, in the simplest terms, adored. This girl was just stunning in my young eyes, and since I knew I never had a chance with this girl since I was so young, I averted my eyes to this new girl, that as I saw it looked like her. and I mean being with her for as long as I did, I don't even see the likeness at all anymore. But I did at the time. oh well. I wouldn't call my life ruined from her, but my life didn't get much easier when she was around. I did enjoy her company, because I never had someone who I could go to that wasn't my mom or brother. Sorry to myself, but it's the truth. I have never had someone whom I could just talk to and let everything go, I could laugh with, talk to for hours about nothing, just sit and say nothing, or play video games and actually not have to teach the person how to play, they would just try and really wasn't that bad. Not better than me, a durr, I couldn't have that now could I ? yeah I didn't think so either haha. So yeah, I never have had someone like that that wasn't blood, and I was at that time, glad I did have it. Wow Rockstar works eh ? haha. I am shaking... Although it could be from the coldness of the room. Back to her. So shi*t was alright, I felt like the protector, and I really liked this new power. and Since she will prolly find this sooner or later (I hope) here goes the big secrets. The friend I said that I argued with about you, and I said that I lost touch with because I didn't like what she was saying about her, never happened. There was no arguement between my good friends back in good ol' St.C. If there was, no girl comes before my friends, sorry, My friends come first, especially the person I was saying I lost touch with. I mean yeah, we do butt heads once and a while when I think she needs to go to College or know that some of her choices are stupid, but shi*t happens, and we have (hopefully) gotten past that past instances. back to the girl. There was a conversation with my one roommate about her though, while I was still in res. I talked to the one guy, and he told me to get out because obviously I wasn't happy. a year later... I didn't listen to him obviously. But time happens. Next, I never wanted you to meet my friends, why people would most likely ask... because in my eyes at least at that time, I thought you were good enough for me, but you would never be good enough for my friends. I know it doesn't make any sense that you would be good enough for me, but not them. I was just I guess embarassed to show them that I had in fact found something out in the "REAL WORLD" that I enjoyed. In the back of my head the entire time I knew I should have been with someone more "fit" or "athletic" maybe a volleyball player or something like that... you people reading this understand right ? The typical girl. Someone who I could take home and be like see, she is my girl, not.... bring someone home and be see, here she is, not here is MY GIRL. just here SHE IS... Obviously this is pig headed of me and I realize this. But for some reason still beyond me, I wanted some sort of companionship. I guess I got that from her ? Don't know about her since she doesn't write like I do, like this for example. Which is really another reason why we don't talk now. She can't talk, it is like a permanent tongue cut... make sense ? not trying to make that a jab at you if you are still reading this. You just could never communicate with me in your own "heart" and "feelings". they were always someone else's feelings or thoughts.

Which brings me to paragraph 3. EVERYONE ELSE'S FEELINGS. wow my hands are cold. keep going. no more Rockstar tonight. It was never you and I, and I think that was one of the problems we had. Since you couldn't say what you thought, at least as much when you would, I would shut you down and make everything you said look wrong. My linguistics did that and I apologize, not like it helped. Back to the topic. Since you couldn't say what you thought and felt, you went to surrounding passers-by, who divulged into lives and lurked for too long for me to be comfortable. Those passers-by were your voice. Wow. I never should have taken that long of a break. My brain isn't in the same mindset anymore. Ok Let’s try this again… Rob Zombie will help me now. So as I was saying, your passers-by were your voice and as I saw it, they were you. I was not with you, I was with them and had to deal with them because you refused to live your life, you let others do it for you, and thus up to that point that is exactly what got you by. With that said. Where is she going now ? Well since she is back in the home city, she has been manipulated from what I thought I had created to keep the head on straight and possibly create an own person. I was wrong, they have sucked the life out of you. You are finished for life now till you finally break away and find out that these people are telling you what to do, what to think. When you were in your first yrs of college, you couldn’t bugger off to other provinces, but what a freakin’ surprise, the second you are forced back to your home city, now you are being spoon-fed bullshat! That’s right BULL-SHAT ! You have been shown that as long as you dwell under the home city, the world is yours and you have no problems or worries. “Just don’t ever leave or we will disown you and leave you for dead on the side of the street” “We don’t care what you think, because you are useless to the world, and will amount to nothing… why is that you ask? Well you aren’t allowed to ask questions, so shut the fack up and get back into your overcrowded room and sit till we tuck you in for bed.”

Wow that felt good to get out FINALLY.  So you can think what you want from that, but isn’t it funny that you “lost all feelings for me as soon as you slinked back to the home city ?” yeah, that’s what I thought too. The brainwashing and hand-feeding has commenced. I guarantee with everything that is holy, that if you were in any other city but the current one, you would still not be “over me”. And why is that, because you don’t know who you are, so you rely on other people to tell you what to say and what to think. Isn’t it surprising that when you were living in the house, and had temporarily lost contact with the reliers, that you were HAPPY, you were enjoying life, you had an honest fun time. I don’t think you can deny that. There were obvious rough patches, but those were because of situations at the house, or your reliers trying to wedge back into the situation and I got frustrated when you were letting them (Calling them every single night and filling them in on daily occurances)… What are you going to do when they finally pass ? who are you going to call then ? one of your other reliers and spill to them. Where will you live ? Since they like the younger half more than you, Younger will have the house. And we all know younger won’t want you hanging around.
You know that you need to get away. I know you do. But unfortunately you will never be able to see this until you stop listening to background noises and see what YOU REALLY WANT. Not what everyone else has told you you want to hear and do.

 

So this was fun. I got a lot out. No clue why this all came up, but it did. Kinda for some reason just pissed me off. Damn people randomly getting on my nerves for no reason haha.

Peace all. This is a good 2000 words to read… I will try and drowned out the harassers in my head and the paranoia that now exhausts my life. I will stick to my 100% exams and 93% essays. See I can write and I know how to write. Go me!
 


Published On: 3/7/2008
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Upon belief to obscure the success to cut any sense of reality,

1682,1705,confused in a mind of chaos.

Dates among dreams which don’t exist. Fallen to pools of violent and hate, words to express colours.

April first descends a pulse, a heart beat?

Maybe a clock, maybe a butterfly.

A child falls; maybe jumps; doesn’t matter the out comes the same.

A disease, a whisper to awake, what’s real?

Am I real? Silent among distance, waiting to see, out comes the same!

I scream, I hurt, I cry, so why listen when you cant hear?

Delusions reverse inside to outside pulling me down.

A face shatters when smiled upon by a rabbit with no skin and eyes so dark confessions from my soul refuses to play.

What’s next? I’m alone! A mirror hangs from a neck ready to be hung, a reflexion of gilt, pain, love, a face of hundreds look back from my reflexion.

Lips so rear, so beautiful, so sweet, to melt in every hand that pills me down so deep.

I’m cold, I lie;…… got to have a body to be cold. What’s new?

To cremate a rose from fire of secrets, to drip a tear of oil from eyes sewen shut.

29 stitchers to the right eye that fate pilled the left side apart just to see a smile of innocents.

Chaos;…. I wait for them, you know who im tailing bout, they see you.

They watch, resist temptation to play, the dream, 42 pairs of paranoia, seconds to judge what you going to do..

Maggots cry too. Ever herd a man drowning? They don’t drown quietly.

Alive and remembering,….. I think

A mind so beautiful that your body is obsolete like a endless road waiting to b walked by an infant with no feet and a sister with no face

A mind so beautiful



Published On: 3/1/2008
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My Blog: Annual
By: Drewbage


Has it really been a year since Crested Butte? This Friday will mark the start of my annual birthday boarding trip and I could not be more stoked. I will be half-dayin it at Wolf Creek, Hitting Purgatory, Crested Butte, and then top it off with turns at Moanrch before coming back to reality. I am so wound up words escape me. Enjoy the silence.



Published On: 2/24/2008
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This afternoon I felt helpless. I had a person who was suicidal. As said in the last blog, I don't know what it is, but this must be the year to die. This person was a survivor of an Abdominal Aortic Anyurism and wanted to die.
 
Let me tell you about a AAA. It is when the wall of the Aorta that runs from your heart to your legs gets weak in a section and stretches and ultimately ruptures. There are ways to fix them if caught early, but the procedure is extensive and a very painful recovery. When they Rupture you will most likely die. If you are in the hospital, whether its in a bed or on the OR table, if the aorta ruptures there is only a 2% chance you will live. Very slim chances, and even slimmer if it were to rupture at home, where chances drop to about .02% chance to live. It is a serious medical condition and this gentleman lived!! His life is quite possibly a gift from God.
 
This person was convinced he was done. He had no desire to continue life. It was hard for me to keep my composure listening to him talk. The family was slowly breaking down emotionally as he continued his reasons for not wanting to walk this earth anymore. Me and my partner got him ready to go and as we started wheeling him out the family broke out in tears. Then came the hardest part, as we approached our rig, the man started telling us, "I didn't get to say goodbye to my daughter, I didn't get to say goodbye, I want to see her." At that point I had lost it. I didn't cry, but could have. The daughter came and he talked to her and as I sat there I listened to him tell her this may be the last time he will see her. After we got going I watched him as he drifted into his own world and was almost completely disconnected from reality. As he stared out the back windows I watched and wondered what he was thinking and what I could do to help him want to live. There has only been a small handfull of cases where I felt helpless in doing my job, and this adds to the bunch.
 
I hope I get to see him again. I really do hope so, I want to talk with him about cruising a black 1964 Cadillac Coupe DeVille convertable down Route 66 while listening to the smooth tunes of Sinatra. I don't know why, but maybe I will find out.


Published On: 2/22/2008
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A reality Snowboard show will be airing on Thursday Nights at 7:00pm EST and at 4:00pm PST on the Score Network. Check it out as Coach Jesse Fulton and Team Manager Dez Price lead a team of up and coming International pro snowboarders around the world to compete at the biggest contests in hopes of some of them making it to the Olympics in Vancouver 2010.
 
 


Published On: 2/12/2008
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News and Stuff: Zizo=Kazu
By: GNARCOREvideoplay


kazu and beards 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.in-truck.jpg kazu-pants.jpgkazu-hoodie.jpgkazu-hoodie.jpgkazu-hoodie.jpgPiece!

Published On: 2/5/2008
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The Open Door


Waiting at the open door,
Watching the world spin,
Hopeless and alone.


They all walk past,
Too afraid to enter,
Too stupid to realize,
That reality is faded.


Too jaded to notice,
The open door.


Death bites his lip,
Waiting for me,
Watching for me,
To close the door.



Published On: 1/29/2008
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All my life I had built up a fantasy
of the perfect man.
Countless romance stories and fables
helped make that fantasy a reality in my mind.
Searching for that fantasy lead to many
disappointments.
Reality made it clear that there was no such man.
And as the years went by, the fantasy started
to fade away - until I met you.
I had almost given up on the fantasy until
my fantasy became reality,
that reality became you.

Published On: 1/24/2008
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My Blog: Tim's Butt
By: goodgirl13


So, it all started with Tim's butt.  Yep, t'is true.  I made a comment, had to go check out the real sized photo on sb, and saw the comments that had been left (your ego is swelling, stop that).  Anywho, I noticed someone else's comment, and I will keep this person nameless for posterity's sake (ahem, Melissa) and I realized something very very tragic.  She's actually kinda pretty when she's not pretending she's Pamela Anderson.
 
Thus we come to the point of this good old fashioned rant (I haven't done one of these in a really long time, it feels kinda good).  Why are we so unhappy?  Don't try denying it, society as a whole is a miserable excuse for life.  Why is that?  I'm gonna take a big old uncreative step here and blame the media.  Yep, I said it, blame the cameras, and here's why...
 
1) Modern society is incredibly receptive to visual stimuli.  We used to go to hear a play, now we go to see a movie.  Visual stimulus is the number one receptor of signals in today's world.  I'll admit it openly, I had eye sex with a guy at Starbucks for three hours today, it was great.  You do it, I do it, so be it.  Now, what with us being so keen to the visionary world, we're obviously going to respond most to what we see.  The media enjoy's exploithing this keen super sense because it's easy.  So, now that we've established that we are what we see, let's move on.
 
2) What we see is 90% fake.  Wow, shocker!  Are you aware that they actually enhanced Emma Watson's breasts digitally on the movie marquis for Harry Potter 5?  Yep, the fakeness of the media has even extenuated down the visual pictorials of children's fantasy.  So, basically we're now telling ourselves that real, that perfection, that life in general, is a CGI. 
 
3) The media is everywhere.  I don't even have to explain this, you get it, I get it.  It's gotten.
 
My mother lightly asked that if there was anything about me I could change, my hair color, eye color, complexion, boob size, what would it be.  I thought about it, then got very annoyed with the prospect.  I don't think there's one of us out there who wouldn't change something.  Maybe you'd like to be a bit less scrawny, perhaps your shoulders are uncomfortably wide, god forbid you ear lobes dangle ever so slightly.  Own up to who you are and be proud of it, damn it.  Perhaps society will begin to accept itself when it get's over it's digitally retouched version of reality.


Published On: 1/14/2008
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My Blog: Long Time
By: kristin420


  So it snowed before January my sources were wrong which is a good thing. If it didn't snow soon Taylor was going to flip out. Oooh wait she already did. The bad news is the snow is melting and the good news is it is suppose to snow again this weekend so I heard. I was watching the news this morning and it is suppose to snow and be cold enough to stick around. We will have to see on that one.
 
Not much to read about today because it is back to reality and the hell places called school and work. If I had to choose between the two I would for sure choose school.
So if u got somethin to say leave a message. 
 
Lates


Published On: 1/8/2008
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(Monday December 17th 2007) After much speculation and an industry-wide rumour mill, StepChild Snowboards is proud to announce the signing of JP Walker to the International Pro Team.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





Published On: 12/17/2007
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