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My Blog: Norway 11/28/08
By: gbh2oRider

Rode at Norway on Friday. Once again is was just nice to be out riding. There was only 2 trails open, 3 if you count the mini t park. They didn't have the kickers set up on the mini t. That kinda sucked. So we made our own kicker on the Vali run. It was fun till ski patrol knocked it over. We got a 3 hour session out of it, so it wasn't that bad. Time trials were taking place on the other run so we only hit that once.

My kids are doing pretty damn good for it being early in the season. Nate is spinning front and back 3's. Collin has the back 3 down. I'm just getting grabs, o well.

Published On: 11/29/2008

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My Blog: Me
By: JaredMG

I wonder what enlightened individual can answer the question of who they are. I cannot.
Stroke by stroke I paint this picture of myself, or is it a revelation of self?, throughout all these years of life. Most days I wander about dazed or lately... quietly amusingly lost.
I look at all these connections spinning out ahead of me into the future and... it doesn't seem right in a way. So I wander around life looking at people a little too hard, searching for those few whom who'll complete me, whom I'll help complete.
Here I am writing a blog that no one may ever read yet one special person may. It's that prospect of the latter which tickles me funny. I think it's silly of me to write here, nonetheless all I can do is write here and shake my head at myself while I sip hot chocolate.

Published On: 11/16/2008

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Snowboard.com News: Stylewars 2008 - Day 2
By: snowboard.com

Tyler Chorlton from the UK Nollie frontflip nose grab. Photo: Alex Roberts

Stylewars 2008 presented by Oakley.

August 24-28, 2008

Falls Creek Resort, Australia.

French Canadians Matts Kulisek and Charles Reid continue their dominance at Stylewars during day two of competition at Falls Creek Australia.

Strong winds, scattered clouds and a riders vote meant that today the Stylewars course was restricted to the bottom feature of the park – the gap jump. The jump had been re-shaped last night to give some more pop and allow the riders a little more hang time. The level of style and tricks definitely stepped up today at Stylewars with the help of the course fine-tuning from head park builders Rueben Cameron from Australia and Doug Mercer of Mammoth, California.

Matts Kulisek (CAN) was again throwing down all day with consistent incredible tricks over the gap like backside rodeo nines and frontside 1080’s. His slaying of the jump pushed him to first place today and number one in the overall standings of the three-day freestyle marathon.

Charles Reid (CAN) was bumped into 2nd position by his countryman Matts, but his slew of 1080’s, nines and smooth fives held him solidly in striking position for the win on the upcoming final day.

“Usually in a contest the guys who spin the most win, but I have been spinning some big three’s and seven’s and I was winning yesterday, so I think it’s a great comp - you don’t have to do a 1260 or something to win.” Reid said.

Tyler Chorlton (GBR) threw the most interesting trick of the day with a nollie front-flip nose grab but was not to be outdone by Kiwi Quentin Robbins who launched a one foot indy over the high-speed gap kicker.

In the hotly disputed Bledisnow Cup, which is an Australia v’s New Zealand comp within Stylewars. Australian riders took out day two, led by acting team captain Ryan Tiene and team mate Mitch Allan. New Zealand and Australia are now tied at one day each with New Zealand just ahead in the points.

Tonight at Stylewars the party continues with a special showing of Travis Rice’s new film That’s It That’s All followed by infamous Australian hip hop act Bliss&Eso who will no doubt tear the bloody roof off. Hangovers assured for all tomorrow.

The third day of Stylewars competition is planned for tomorrow, and includes the Volvo 28 Stair Rail Jam to be held in the evening under lights in Falls Creek Village.

For video highlights of yesterday go to: www.stylewars.com.au

The 2008 Stylewars is presented by Oakley and is supported by Falls Creek Resort, SilverSki Lodge, Corona, Red Bull, Volvo and New Era.

Overall rankings after Day 2:

RANK NAME Grand Total

1 Matts Kulisek 1498

2 Charles Reid 1464

3 Torstein Horgmo 1312

4 Ville Uotila 1199

5 Stef Zeestraten 1192

6 Shayne Pospisil 1191

7 Jacob Koia 1153

8 Mitch Allan 1151

9 Ryan Tiene 1147

10 Will Jackways 1132

11 Keiji Okamoto 1109

12 Tore Holvik 1099

13 Robbie Walker 1052

14 Clint Allan 1021

15 Nick Brown 919

16 Roland Morley Brown 867

17 Masaharu Nakao 861

18 Jye Kearney 837

19 Dustin Craven 722

20 Chas Guldemond 618

Published On: 8/26/2008

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My Blog: Nate Holland's Afghanistan Trip
By: Porters_Tahoe

’ve never been exposed to military life, and I’ve certainly never been in a combat zone - until last week.

I spent a good part of my summer vacation in Afghanistan. Danny Kass, Grete Elliassen, and I spent 10 days in the Middle East, visiting our troops on an "X Games themed meet and greet." Our mission was simple: boost moral. If you’ve ever hung out with Danny, Grete, or I you’d know not only did we accomplish our mission, we went above and beyond the call of duty. It was a small sacrifice compared to what the servicemen and women of the Armed Forces are doing for our great nation.

I went over to Afghanistan with an open mind, to see first hand what was going on and how the troops were doing. I came back humbled and with a true understanding of sacrifice. I mean, I know how trying “the road” can be, but giving yourself for 15 months of your life, away from family and friends, is one hell of a sacrifice and a test of a true patriot in my book.

Our Middle East tour started in Qatar, a small but very wealthy country on the Persian Gulf just off of Saudi Arabia.

Qatar is the hottest place I’ve ever been to - including the sauna at your local health club. The temperatures ranged from 120 degrees during the mid-day heat, and would drop to around 90 degrees at night. Needless to say, we spent the majority of our time in doors soaking up every ounce of air conditioning we could before bolting to an air-conditioned car, and off to the next air-conditioned building.

Other than the heat being almost unbearable, the troops were amazing. The base in Qatar isn’t only a fully-functioning military base, it’s also a rest and relaxation base for solders to get out of the combat zones in Iraq or Afghanistan for four days every six months. This was their R&R time. The feeling in Qatar was pretty light hearted. The solders were allowed three beers a day, which loosened them up enough for Danny to olli four of them laying down - including Col. Cotter on his skateboard.

From Qatar we boarded a C130 military plane flight into Afghanistan. Once we arrived in Afghani air space the plane blacked out completely into the night sky. A young soldier with a thick Kentucky accent leaned over and said, “We're going to drop in fast, they have a tendency to try and shoot these things down.” That’s when the realization that I was in a war zone fully hit me.

He was right, too, the C130 plane dropped like a rock out of the night sky from about 20-30 thousand feet up to the runway below. A “combat landing” is one of the coolest things I’ve ever experienced. My face was glued to the window praying I didn’t see a rocked fire out of one of the many clusters of lights seen below. Thankfully nothing “exciting” as another soldier put it happened.

Once we were “safely” in Afghanistan, Grete fell ill with salmonella poisoning. She was hospitalized and our tour was put into a holding pattern. Not only would Danny and I visit Grete in the Afghanistan Hospitals but we ventured around a met most of the Doctors, Nurses, Staff, and of course the injured and sick. Carmen our guide practically lived at the bedside of Grete, what a guide! My experiences of Hospitals are that they always have an eerie feeling to them, and this one was no exception. My heart sank as we toured room after room. Everyone had a different story to tell why they were there. A group of local Men were all smiles getting routine check ups, so they were able to get a job on base. Then there was an American Soldier awaiting hand surgery after his armored vehicle was rolled during a roadside attack. The most disturbing was by far the small children. One little girl lost her leg from an old Russian land mind, and in the very next room a little boy laid out dressed in bandages healing burns from an explosion. Experiences like these are reinsuring my thoughts and wishes to have peace on earth.

Danny and I carried on and entertained ourselves by exploring the rest of the base. While checking out the base we met a group of armored truck guys who called themselves “The Reapers”. These guys were cool as hell and had story after story to tell Danny and I about their life in the military and their tour in Afghanistan.
While hanging with The Reapers I felt safe - these guys were the bad asses on the front lines. They gave Danny and I a full tour of their armored vehicle, including sitting in the gunner’s chair. Spinning around in that chair armed with a 50 cal and a grenade launcher was quite a feeling.

Grete wasn’t getting any better after a couple of days so Danny and I left her and our tour guide Carmen behind as we ventured to a FOB (Forward Operating Base) named Solerno - better know as Rocket City.

While in Rocket City, the Air Calvary gave us a tour of the Heli pad holding Blackhawks, Apaches, and a smaller surveillance chopper. We took shooting lessons from a sniper and visited an artillery group of guys who are responsible for shooting back at the Taliban after Rocket City is attacked by, well, rockets. Danny and I were reminded that we were at a FOB nicknamed Rocket City at about 2 am by our guide McKnight. I was abruptly awoken my McKnight’s deep voice saying, “come on, get your sh*# on, get your sh*# on, we got to get to the hard building.” I looked over at Danny while he was throwing his bulletproof vest and helmet on and started to do the same.

We all grabbed our blanket and pillow and ran across the street to the hard building, aka a bunker. It was thought that we may be getting attacked by rockets that night so we all spent the night tossing and turning on the concrete floor wearing bullet proof vests and Kevlar helmets. Let me tell you that was one hell of a night. Let’s just say I wasn’t missing my flight out of Rocket City.

After our Rocket City adventures Danny, aka Afghan Dan, and I met back up with Grete and Carmen, did one last signing in Afghanistan and started our trip back home.

Although our trip was short and sweet, I think I got a pretty basic taste of military life in a war torn country. The highs of hanging out with the gung-ho soldiers and their weapons, to the lows of visiting a four year old girl who lost a leg from a land mine are just two extreme emotions I felt in just one week.

Again my hat goes off to the servicemen and women who sacrifice so much to protect this great country we all love.

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Published On: 7/23/2008

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Park & Pipes - Whistler Blackcomb: Brian Finestone's Park Report - Feb 29, 2008
By: whistlerblackcomb

The level of skill being displayed in all of the Whistler Blackcomb Parks is astonishing these days. The progression we are seeing in athletes is at light speed and tricks formerly reserved for the rare mutants are now being thrown with ease by local kids skipping school to ski and ride. (Don’t skip school!) This week I witnessed 16-year-olds throwing double back flips, 19-year-olds spinning corked 10s and a 4-year-old slide a four foot round bar. This progression has pushed the Park crew to step up and create the best possible playground for these athletes and then work backwards to ensure we have a smooth progression. The bar is being set high for the next generation and we are doing our best to evolve at the same rate.

The Parks all got new set-ups this week, some even seeing changes daily. On Whistler Mountain we changed up the top section to include a new barrel bonk in addition to the stump jibs as well as freshening up Bobcat with a never-been-tired-before combo box with a quad kink. There are also new jump styles on Chipmunk and two “Skate Style” spines with log and metal coping for every transfer trick imaginable.

The Choker Park saw the addition of the Quicksilver and Nintendo boxes set up in series as mellow up-boxes as well as the addition of a mini shack booter style step over jump. The Superpipe rebuild has resulted in the best pipe I have ridden in a long time and special props go out to Andy Morrison for his epic 17 hour shift grooming the pipe se we can all rip it this week!

The Terrain Garden continues to be one of the busiest parks with hordes of newbie riders getting their legs on the small jumps, mini spine, boxes and rails offered up in this line. We are hoping to add a few more basic flat boxes to the mix so trick development can progress here too.

The HL Park has basically been split into Lucas Land’s rail line for metal grinders and the main park for jumpers. The left line continues to be the BIG XL line while the right side offers up the L / XL multi-takeoff options.

If you have not been up in the parks yet this year, you are missing out! Don’t wait to see it in next year’s vids, come on up today.

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Published On: 2/29/2008

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My Blog: The Garden - Presented by Orong Board Shop
By: oldguyonthecouch

The Garden is set to drop bigger and better than last year. To keep things progressive we have created a new event format based on the game of H-O-R-S-E. Entrants will compete as individuals, but the entire event will still have that bro down feel to it. Skiers will compete against skiers, and snowboarders against snowboarders. Both the skier and snowboarder divisions will also have three categories; Groms (12 and under), Juniors (13 to 16), and Open Class. The jam will take place in the Blue Park to make hiking easier, and we’ll be throwing in some new features to keep it fresh.

To keep The Garden live we’ll be having DJ SL spinning on the turn tables, Coach on the microphone running his mouth, and a full on barbeque with beverages provided by Pepsi and Monster.

Event Schedule
Registration and waiver signing: 10:00am to 11:30am in the Village Day Lodge
Rider’s meeting: 11:30am to 12:00pm at the top of the Blue Park
Jam: 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Registration Information
The cost to enter The Garden is by donation. The suggested donation amount is $5.00 per person. All event profits will be going to the Bluebird Day Fund.
All entrants must have a waiver form completed. If you are under 19 years of age you must have a parent or guardian present to sign. No exceptions will be made.

Published On: 2/6/2008

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My Blog: This and That news update
By: Stub_Films

January 21, 2008

Posted by: Stuart Britton

This Past Saturday, Snow Valley hosted the first stop of the Smith Grudge Match V. The event went off! Lots of good riders of all ages both male and female were in attendance. The weather was beautiful and the park was solid thanks in part to Trevor Jennings who spent days and nights getting the park just right for the competition. The competition was strong and Jamie took out every sucka that stood in his way on the way to the finals. In the finals the competition was fierce and the final had to go to a 4th and final run to decide the outcome. Jamie fought hard, but was narrowly beat out. Still, Jamie took home another 2nd place finish and automatically advances to the finals of the Smith Grudge Match V on Feb 23rd at Mt. St. Louis. The announcing and the MCing was off the chains with L.S. and his DJ spinning live on the one’s and two’s all day. Defending Smith Grudge Match champion, Kevin Scriver, was ripping up the park all day, and the only thing that prevented a repeat of last year's finals showdown was an attempted hand plant on the top of the wall ride that went bad for Kevin. Kevin went up, planted his hand which then slipped out sending Kevin crashing down onto his head. Good thing helmets are mandatory at the comp! Will Johnson was out ripping and put together a solid second run. Trevor Jennings, not only built the park, he was competing too, Trev made the finals but working on the event and riding in the event was tiring for T.J. and he laid down after an attempted on the wall ride. Give the guy a break, he needed a rest. Tev and Keving also advance to the finals along with the remainder of the top 16 competitors. Congrats to all that came out and had a great day. Let's make the Lakeridge stop even better! See everyone out on Feb 2nd at Lakeridge. Finally, we want to give a shout out to our girl Janelle Leclair who has impressed a lot out west this year, including the crew over at Diviante snowboard show. Janelle is now getting hooked up by them on top of a long list of awesome supportive sponsors.

Published On: 1/21/2008

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My Blog: DSTRRR spinning at Mountain Madness Monday tonight By: terrainparkboyz
YEAH YEAH YEAH! DSTRRR from the Versus Crew Tonight Doors open at 8pm $9.75 Kokanee Jugs no cover for snow industry (with proof of employment) Published On: 1/21/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

Snowboard.com News: Quiksilver rider Jakob Wilhelmson takes first place at The 6th Red Bull Nanshan Open!
By: snowboard.com

Quiksilver's Jakob Willhelmson Takes First At The TTR 4 STAR 6 th Red Bull Nanshan Open.

Jakob Willhelmson, Photo by Lorenz Hoder.

Riders from all over the world take to The Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park for a battle the likes of which China has never seen before-

January 6, 2008 – It was all action here in The Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park as the top eleven from yesterday's qualifier converged for combat. The park was fresh, the riders were stoked and the crowd was larger than ever before.

The WInners, Photo by Lorenz Hoder.

Aside from a small wind in the morning, the weather was nice with blue skies and a spring like temperature. The riders had a tough time in the Finals due to the conditions causing an upset and knocking out our top pick for first, Freddy Austbo, in the first round.

Jake Koia, Photo by Lorenz Hoder.

Down to four riders and on to the super finals where the wind was a little lighter and the competition was tight. Returning rider Jakob Wilhelmson hit both big kickers in his first run with smooth 7's and 5's going big and standing out for the judges. It was so close; no one knew Marc Swoboda would be the runner up. Marc's run consisted of a BS 7 Japan and a FS 5 off the toes. Third went to Atsuchi Ishikawa from Japan who was killing it all weekend. He is also of return Nanshan Open alumni and he took it to the park with huge switch FS 7's and 5's. So stoked to have our asian brother on the podium! Jake Koia followed in fourth position representing the southern hemisphere.

Freddy Austubo, Photo by Lorenz Hoder.

Three-time DMC Champion DJ Wordy was on the snow all day spinning his Wordy-isms for the crowd and getting the onlookers stoked. So much more excitement followed with a live punk show by national punk treasures SKO and Recycle on the Gibson stage. Free Red Bull flowed like water and good times were had by all. Thanks to everyone who came from near and far for the event and high fives to everyone who helped out.

For more information on The 6 th Red Bull Nanshan Open, please visit www.mellowparks.cn.

The 6th Red Bull Nanshan Open is brought to you in part by Quiksilver and Gibson guitars.

Published On: 1/7/2008

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Baconzoo: Rail Jam in Western New York - October Fall Festival
By: Baconzoo

...More Info

See Pictures from last year - Click Here

NOTE: If under 18 you must have a Parent or Guardian Present to sign-up. Registration is inside the Sugar'n Ouse across from the Miniature Golf Course.

Sat 10-13-07 FEATURING: DJ Nugget
With over 10 years of DJ experience under his belt, Nugget has become a staple in Pittsburgh's nightlife scene. His uncanny ability to read crowds and pack dance floors has earned him residencies at nearly every major hot-spot in the city. He has rocked parties for clients that include Redbull, Addidas, Puma, Guess? and Urb Magazine and is a national DJ for Scion. At 26, he has already played alongside the likes of DJ AM, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Z-Trip, Prince Paul, Biz Markie, DJ Riz, DJ Kevin Scott, Rob Swift, DJ Spider, DJ's Haul & Mason, DJ Revolution, Team Canada, Bobbito, Rich Medina and DJ Premier. Recently Nugget teamed up with DJ Zimmie to form tinyGIANT. You can catch them rocking parties in their hometown of Pittsburgh, PA as well as NYC, Vegas, LA and other
major markets.

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Sat 10-20-07 FEATURING: DJ Phil Da Base
Phil Da Base, aka philly the kid, aka Dj Something else is a from Erie and has been spinning records and b-boying since 98. He has done countless shows from art debuts to hip hop battles and can always be found at the hottest clubs in the 412. He currently resides in Pittsburgh, and is the resident DJ at one of Pittsburgh's hottest clubs The Firehouse. His sets are always fresh and include everything from hip hop, house, funk, soul, reggae, drum n bass and mash ups. Phil also is an avid snowboard and took down the house at last years Habitat for Humanity snowboard comp last year at the peek. When he is not tearing it up on the tables or the dance floor you can find him tagging up some of the boards of peek's OG riders!! He is a long time friend of our own Tony Bagadonutz, and when the two are together no one quite knows what will go down He will be a great addition to the style and flavor of this years rail jam!

Tom Ski from All Over Productions will be doing an on mountain freestyle mural painting during the jam session at this years rail event. Tom Ski has been hitting up walls all over the east coast since 1998. He attended Pittsburgh Art Institute in 2001, then when right back to his roots of throwing up some of the sickest urban murals and tags. In 2005 he brought his street style to the canvas and had a critically acclaimed show in October of 06. Since his introduction into the scene he has had countless guest appearances at art shows and events all throughout the northeast. Some of his current projects include working on northwest Pa's largest (650') full color mural in the heart of downtown Erie. His production company is currently booked until midsummer of 08.
With Tom's amazing talents and unique approach to his painting he is able combine his urban flavor with modern art to create some of the most visual pieces in this area. Even though Tom's schedule is undoubtably crazy, he is excited to be able to have one of the first of many of his pieces portrayed on the slopes of PKNPK. With a little luck hopefully we will see much more of his work on our park features for this upcoming season!

Published On: 10/6/2007

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My Blog: HEART FILMS Blog History March 2007
By: HEARTFILMS

03/31/07

最近の写真フィルマーのタローです。最近の写真です。

2007.03.31 Saturday

Up to date photos from Taro the filmer.

いっぱい犬がいましたー。 So many dogs in cages!

バンクーバー行った時海にスタンドらしき物がありました。

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

タクミとケイジしか見えない位真っ白で何も見えませんでした。

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

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

ランチLUNCH

山の帰りOn the way back.

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

ラインLines

山の神 The god of the mountain.

03/31/07

ナイス！ NICE!!!

ここ何日かの撮影はこんな感じでした！v(^^)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

03/30/07

フリーラン♪

2007.03.30 Friday

Free riding!♪

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

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

ランチ時には小鳥も寄ってきます。

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

03/28/07

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

2007.03.28 Wednesday

Fair skies!!

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

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

この２日間でいろいろと映像が残せたのでお楽しみに〜！

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

03/27/07

Nice day! 晴れるかも！

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

2007.03.27 Tuesday

Nice day!

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

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

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

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

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

03/26/07

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

2007.03.26 Monday

Another exhausting day.

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

03/25/07

ろーどぎゃっぷ ROAD GAP

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

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

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

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

03/23/07

雪ふってっどぉ〜（ウィスラー）Snowing Whistler!

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

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

03/22/07

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

2007.03.22 Thursday

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

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

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

03/21/07

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

2007.03.21 Wednesday

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

03/21/07

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

2007.03.21 Wednesday

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

03/21/07

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

2007.03.21 Wednesday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

03/20/07

オフ DAY OFF

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

2007.03.20 Tuesday

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

03/19/07

晴れ待ちの日。Waiting for sunshine.

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

2007.03.19 Monday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

03/18/07

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

2007.03.18 Sunday

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

いろいろ探してマルさんがここどう？って事でタクミ　ショータでチェック。

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

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

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

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

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

03/17/07

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

2007.03.17 Saturday

Snow...!!!Powder!

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

でもみんなコンディション悪いなりに楽しんで滑ってきました。(^^)

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

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

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

03/16/07

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

2007.03.16 Friday

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

去年、忠&アキ&マルさん達とモービルキャンプした場所で [:カメラ:]

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

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

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

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

www.whistlerblackcomb.com

コニ、ポイントチェック中。

Koni checking out some spots.

コニ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　アキ

Koni Aki

03/16/07

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

2007.03.16 Friday

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

その後撮ったのがこんなとこでした。

After that we filmed here.

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

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

03/15/07

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

2007.03.15 Thursday

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

アキ&コニAki & Koni

03/15/07

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

2007.03.15 Thursday

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

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

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

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

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

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

03/14/07

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

2007.03.14 Wednesday

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

03/13/07

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

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

03/12/07

こんにちは！ど〜も！翔太で〜す！

HELLO, This is SHOTA!

はじめて書き込みました！おとといウィスラーに着きました！

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

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

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

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

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

今日はオフだったんで明日はガンバリま〜す！

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

03/09/07

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

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

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

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

ケイジKEIJI

03/08/07

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

2007.03.08 Thursday

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

出発前の成田で。At the Narita-airport.

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

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

03/08/07

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

2007.03.08 Thursday

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

03/06/07

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

2007.03.06 Tuesday

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

03/05/07 moon park 03

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

2007.03.05 Mondaymoon park 03

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

スタイリッシュにでっかく空に舞っていたマグン。

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

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

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

03/05/07

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

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

03/05/07

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

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

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

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

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

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

是非チェックしてみてくださいね！

Check out the April 07 Issue hitting news stands today!

http://www.twj.to/snow/

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

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

03/03/07

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

2007.03.03 Saturday

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

03/02/07 moon park 02

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

2007.03.02 Friday

moon park 02

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

03/02/07 moon park

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

2007.03.02 Friday

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

03/01/07 moon park

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnS1asjaBdQ&mode=related&search=

CHECK OUT MORE at: www.heartfilms.com.

Published On: 6/9/2007

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My Blog: Ninjas Unite // War Room // Friday June 8th // Capital Hill, Seattle By: jonnywavis
Bring your biggest smile and dancing shoes to the War Room on Capital Hill, Seattle. DJ's: Donnie D / Sean Cee / Tre // will be spinning records and shaking booties. Support: Sno Con, Spacecraft, Skull Candy, Gravis and your love life See you there through Bunny eyes... Published On: 6/5/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Kerosene (dedicated to you Jural...you should feel proud of yourself)
By: InsaneJuggalette

waitin' on the sun to set cause yesterday aint over yet
He started smoking cigarettes there's nothing else to do I guess
Dusty roads aint made for walking, spinning tires aint made for stoppin'
I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me

I gave it everything I had and everything I got was bad
Life aint hard but it's too long to live it like some stupid song
Trade the truth in for a lie, cheating really aint a crime
I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me

Forget you high society, I'm soakin' it in Kerosene
Light 'em up and watch them burn, teach them what they need to learn
Dirty hands aint made for shakin', aint a rule that aint worth breakin'
Well I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me

Now I don't hate the one who left
You can't hate someone who's dead
He's out there holding on to someone, I'm holding up my smoking gun
I'll find somewhere to lay my blame the day she changes her last name
Well I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me
Well I'm giving up on love because love's given up on me

Published On: 3/25/2007

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My Blog: Kerosene (dedicated to you Jural...you should feel proud of yourself)
By: InsaneJuggalette

Published On: 3/25/2007

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My Blog: Days 43-44
By: daisys95gt

Saturday: rode Tyrol with Edgar, worked on my fs 180s, attempted 2 bs 180s and got road rash all over myself on the 2nd attempt. After my knees started to ache I stopped spinning and started doing shifties for the first time. They are fun, but the last one hurt my knee when I landed, so it was my last jump. Nose pressed the small box all day & then accidentally got my board turned on one of them, so I tried it on purpose and it was fun. I don't know what exactly I was doing, I don't think it was a boardslide because the board was only turned about 45º & I was on the nose. The barn box gave me problems & I couldn't really nose or tail press it very well.
Sunday: went with Annie & met Edgar at Sunburst so we could use some free passes I had. None of us had ever been to Sunburst & were not thrilled when we found out that only a tow rope services the park. The place is about 1/3 the size of Wilmot, and they were having a comp. So we rode a lift up, made one run down to try to get over to the park, watched a little of the comp, then decided to go to Alpine Valley. I'd never been there either, and it was about the same size as Sunburst although their landfill is taller and not quite as spread out. Their parks would have been pretty good if anything was groomed. Everything was horribly rutted out, looked like it hadn't been groomed in a week. I hit a box and pain shot through my knee when I landed and I sat down...then hit a pacnic table that had a small gap to it. I wanted to make sure I had enough speed and ollie on so I wouldn't catch my nose on the table, and oh boy I had enough speed alright. I gapped the table, and I think my board must have just touched the end of it & threw me forward..I watched myself go past the rutted out landing, then landed on my nose and flipped around & landed on my left butt cheek. I didn't hit anything else the rest of the day, just worked on my switch riding, yaaay. I didn't really mind though, my knee was still hurting too much to land anything & I can always use some work on my switch riding. We stayed until Annie wrecked & decided she was done for the day, then left around 7.

Published On: 3/12/2007

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Snowboarding Blogs: One Stellar Weekend In Whistler!
By: Canadian1st

What a stellar weekend I just had at whistler! Got to spend some time with some friends I havn't seen in quite some time just riding around the mountain. Saturday was a pretty bad day, didnt get to do much and had some of the worst park runs I can think of all season long. Saturday night I went and watched the Showcase Showdown finals which was great fun. Watching Justin Lameroux pull an amazing Cab 10 and Chris Wimbles pulling a huge 450 on to tailslide! Sunday was pretty amazing! 14cm of fresh powder over night. I spent the morning at the symphony chair hitting a small cornice drop and making some powder turns. By the afternoon I was hitting up the park pulling some simple 3's and 5's. By the end of the day I was getting kind of antsy to try something new so for my last run of the day I decided that I would try a 720. Sadly I didn't spin the full 720. It basically looked like an overspun 540. I spun about a 610-650 and then spun into the 720 on the gound. I will be up this weekend so Im going to go for it again then!

Peace!

Published On: 2/27/2007

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My Blog: Days 38-39
By: daisys95gt

Saturday -- rode Tyrol with Edgar. Thursday or Friday I broke down and said I was going to try a 3 this weekend, no matter what. So, I started spinning off a roller, & made it to 270 a couple times but couldn't get all the way around to land a full 360. Edgar hit his shin, AGAIN, on the fun box & it turned into a huge welt. The long awaited blizzard started up and we stayed about an hour or so longer till the snow stabbing me in the face got a little too painful, then went to the Grumpy Troll, yuuuuummmm.
Sunday -- Tyrol again with an extra foot of snow from the blizzard, and it snowed all day. The snow was really wet & sticky so the riding was slow. I started tail pressing the barn box, & continued working on my spins. As you can see below, I had some nice wrecks. Closest I came to landing a 360 was still a 270. And those were always when I didn't think about it. When I thought about what I needed to do, I wrecked. That whole looking over the shoulder thing is ackward when it forces you to turn away from your landing. Oh well it was a start, I'll get it eventually.

Published On: 2/25/2007

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My Blog: Homecoming
By: G_Money90

"Homecoming"
By: Green Day

[Part 1: The death of St. Jimmy]

My heart is beating from me
I am standing all alone
Please call me only if you are coming home
Waste another year flies by
Waste a night or two
You taught me how to live
In the streets of shame
Where you've lost your dreams in the rain
There's no signs of hope
The stems and seeds of the last of the dope
There's a glow of light
The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night
Bearing gifts and trust
The fixture in the city of lust
What the hell's your name?
What's your pleasure and whats your pain?
Do you dream to much?
Do you think what you need is a crutch?
In the crowd of pain. St. Jimmy comes without any shame
He says “we're f*cked up”
But we're not the same
And mom and dad are the ones you can blame

Jimmy died today

He blew his brains out into the bay
In the state of mind it's my own private suicide

[Part 2: East 12th St.]

Well nobody cares
Well nobody cares
Does anyone care if nobody cares?
[x2]

Jesus filling out paperwork now
At the facility on east 12th st.
He's not listening to a word now
He's in his own world
And he's daydreaming

He'd rather be doing something else now,
Like cigarettes and coffee with the underbelly,
His life's on the line with anxiety now,
And she had enough,
And he had plenty

Somebody get me out of here
Anybody get me out of here
Somebody get me out of here
Get me the f*ck right out of here

So far away
I don't want to stay
Get me out of here right now
I just wanna be free
Is there a possibility?
Get me out of here right now
This life like dream ain't for me

[Part 3: Nobody likes you!]

I fell asleep while watching spike TV
After 10 cups of coffee
And you're still not here
Dreaming of a song
But something went wrong
But I can't tell anyone
'Cause no one's here
Left me here alone
And I should have stayed home
After 10 cups of coffee I'm thinking
(where'd you go?)
Nobody likes you, everyone left you
(where'd you go?)
They're all out without you havin' fun
(where'd you go?)
Everyone left you, nobody likes you
(where'd you go?)
They're all out without you havin' fun
(where'd you go..go..go..go..)

Geeze...Ha..

[Part 4: Rock and roll girlfriend]
[written and sung by Tre Cool]

I got a rock and roll band
I got a rock and roll life
I got a rock and roll girlfriend
And another ex-wife
I got a rock and roll house
I got a rock and roll car
I play the shi*t out the drums
And I can play the guitar
I got a kid in New York
I got a kid in the bay
I haven't drank or smoked nothin'
In over 22 days
So get off my case
Off of my case
Off of my case!

[Part 5: We're coming home again]

Here they come marching down the street
Like a desperation murmur of a heart beat
Coming back from the edge of town
Underneath their feet
The time has come and it going nowhere
Nobody ever said that life was fair now
Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear
In the summer heat
The world is spinning
Around and around
Out of control again
From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down
To send my love a letterbomb
And visit me in hell
We're the ones going

Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again

I started f*ckin' running
As soon as my feet touched the ground
We're back in the Barrio
But to you and me, that's jingle town

Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again
Home
We're coming home again

Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you havin' fun

Published On: 2/8/2007

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My Blog: Flowrider Finals...
By: poorboyoz

Hey Crew

I'm in the Flowrider Finals tonight at dreamworld and on current form i should do pretty good. I won't be winning though as there are a couple of lads that ride better than me and good luck to em i say...

I'll try and post some photos of the action it should be a pretty rad night with Dreamworld being open to 3000 punters with John Course from Ministry of Sound spinning some tracks...

As for everything else all's good and there are even rumours that Poorboy has new owners in the states and we could see a return of the winter line of sick snowboard goodies this winter here in Oz.

I'll keep you all posted on any developments...

Don't forget if you need any snow gear check out www.heresy.com.au we rock....

Cheers

Leigh

Published On: 2/8/2007

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My Journal: I am a winner.
By: robintaylor

Stolen from Becka's blog

It was a long and gruelling two weeks of voting, non voting and sexual contact, but after 14 days... and then some... the votes are finally in!!!
In a 6th place tie, we have: Clay and Will, both with 17 points!
In a 5th place tie, we have: Ryan and Mike (ssf) with 25 points!
In 4th place, we have: Mike (4real) with 27 points!
In 3rd place, we have: Tim (sleeping) with 30 points!
The runner up is: Kyle with 36 points!
And the winner of the hottest male of 2007 is .... wait for it... ROBISAM!!! with a head spinning 40 points! Congratulations Darkie!

Honourable mentions go to Rodney, Joe (admin), Joe (Jgardiner), Oli, Tom, Steve and Shawn!!

Thank you all for participating against your will!

To view this in it's original context, visit http://snowboard.colonies.com/smsbrdr1/blogs/500985/

I'd like to thank my mom and dad for the kick ass genes that rocked all you other kids. And myself...for being born. Beautifying the world, one me at a time.

Published On: 2/8/2007

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