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Happy Holidays from JumpCamp
What does every shred dog dream of waking up to Christmas day? A JumpCamp session under the tree of course. Don't be lame and buy your loved ones something like a sweater or a  touque. Sign up a friend or family member this Christmas and become their favourite person for the rest of the year.
Go to Onethirtythree, call or sign up online today.

Road trips
With the lack of snow on the Island this last month we were getting a little too antsy to sit around so we headed out on holiday road. First we went out to Banff and hit up Sunshine Village. It was my first time out to the rockies and it was awesome! The weather was perfect; sunny and cold and we got lots of killer pics and footage for our new movie project. We'll definitely be going back again. Thanks a lot to Doug Firby for the great hospitality. www.skibanff.com

Patrick Kitto enjoying the cold smoke out in Banff. Mmm Mmm good

When we got home there was still not very much snow so we packed up some clean undies and headed out again, this time to Whistler. Whistler is always wicked and this trip was no exception. We shredded the opening day of Blackcomb and then Whistler the next day and it rocked ( my board and my mind ) haha. Early season conditions joke... Thanks to Ryan Proctor for hooking us up. www.whistlerblackcomb.com

Myles col' kickin' it with his favourite run on Blackcomb behind him: the Sudan Couloir

When we got home from Whistler, guess what? Still not that much snow. So we packed up some more clean undies and headed out again, this time to Golden. Now if you've been to Kicking Horse you know it's rad. Steep, deep and gnarly. We had a wicked time there until the third day when the temperatures were a cool -28 in the hills and our nostrils were sticking together when we went outdoors. We all looked like Michael Jackson with our noses frozen closed so we bundled our Vancouver Island butts back into the truck, cranked the heat and headed back west. Thanks to Jordan Petrovics for the hook up.
www.kickinghorseresort.com

Matty, Joe and our main man Eric. "Close the damn door, it's cold!" Thanks to Eric for setting us up so good. You rule Rolston!

Matt Trigg riding some deep, cold stuff with Ole in the background filming. Trigger kind of looks like Darth Vader coming out of there.

Back Home
Now don't get me wrong, we've had a few good days of hiking around here. We've been noboarding up the hill quite a bit and even hitting some urban stuff in town with the cold temperatures.

No bindings? No problem... Ole loves noboarding. photo by Patrick Kitto

The Green Room "Eco-friendly Styles for Your Home"
Do you enjoy breathing? Of course you do. You probably enjoy drinking water too. Well, these luxuries will not be available if we don't start taking care of our lovely planet. Our friends
Rebecca Wood and Cortney Upham are proud owners of Courtenay's first housewares and gift store entirely dedicated to eco-friendly living. Go down and check out the goods. Do it for the kids... www.greenroominteriors.com (250) 898-0400 A407 5th street Courtenay

New Onethirtythree Team Manager
That's right folks, Patrick Kitto has been appointed the new TM of Onethirtythree. Send all your sponsor-me videos and pics to the shop and you could be living the high life of a sponsored rider full of free stickers and t-shirts. (250) 897- 1907; 143A 5th St, Courtenay

Avalanche Course Coming Up January 24, 25
Avalanche is the greatest hazard facing "out of bounds" backcountry snowboarders, skiers, sledders and ice climbers. This course is a must for those venturing into the backcountry and highly recommended from your friends at JumpCamp.

Have a safe and happy holiday.
See ya in the hills.

 

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THE MESSAGE  - OCTOBER 2008

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

Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails

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

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

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

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

THE BLOCK BOOTCAMP 2008

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

Knock on Wood

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

Upcoming Events

Big Bear

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

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

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

Lake Tahoe

Wednesday Oct 15th  Technine's own Eric "MessyHair" Messier aka The Snow Man, will be playing with his group "The Fiz" at Whiskey Dicks with The Mathematicians in South Lake Tahoe.


This Thursday and Every Thursday BAR24 is holding Battle of The Bands until a winner is announced on November 6th, so get down their and show your support!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


-Dirty D from THE BLOCK


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

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Your train of thought is lost

and your vision is blurred

your heart is torn

and your life is burrned

 

Torn into pieces

forgotten by all

you lose your grip

and suddently fall

 

you scream out for help

you reach out in fear

but theres no one around

and no one to hear

 

Your all by yourself

and you feel so alone

your in your own world

but it feals so unknown

 

your to far gone

theres no turning back

the will to survive

your beginning to lack

 

Cuts and bruises

scrapes and scars

cover your life

like the night sky stars

 

As the fall ends

and you hit the ground

you open your hand

and look what you found

 

The small razor blade

is beginning to rust

the need to be gone

 is becomming a must

 

And with one last cut

you try to end your life

but the blade is too dull

so you cry in he night

 

It seemed that the blade

was your only friend

and then you realize

it betrayed you in the end

 

As you search for a way

to finally disappear

a gun you see

will bring death near

 

And as you touch the metal

to your head

and with the pull of the trigger

you fall and your dead

 

You decend into hell

and take a look around

and notice that this is no escape

burried beneath the ground

 

You look into the eyes

of all the cold souls

no friendly bodies

no hands to hold

 

It's all our fault

that you chose this path

and the devil's the one

who got the last laugh

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  hey guys just under a week to go until pro snowboarder trevor andrew's band will be ripping up the stage at foufs with montreal locals trigger effect and astepaside there will be a  ll kinds of free give aways so head on down next wedsenday the 27th the show starts at 9pm so hope 2 see u all there tickets are 12 $ in advance & 15$ at the door 

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how do you take care of a problem a 12 guage in there mouth and pull the trigger. end of problem

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Mommy.. Johnny brought a gun to school,
  
  He told his friends that it was cool,
  
  And when he pulled the trigger back,
  
  It shot with a great crack.
  
  Mommy, I was a good girl, I did What I was told,
  

  I went to school, I got straight A's, I even got the gold!

  
  But Mommy, when I went to school that day,
  
  I never said good-bye,
  

  I'm sorry Mommy, I had to go, But Mommy, please don't cry.

  
  When Johnny shot the gun, He hit me and another,
  

  And all because Johnny, Got the gun from his older brother.

  

  Mommy, please tell Daddy; That I love him very much,

  

  And please tell Zack; my boyfriend; That it wasn't just a
crush.
  

  And tell my little sister; That she is the only one now,

  

  And tell my dear sweet grandmother; I'll be waiting for her
now,
  

  And tell my wonderful friends; That they always were the best;

  

  Mommy, I'm not the first, I'm no better than the rest.

  

  Mommy, tell my teachers; I won't show up for class,

  

  And never to forget this, And please don't let this pass.

  

  Mommy, why'd it have to be me? No one deserves this,

  

  Mommy, warn the others, Mommy I left without a kiss.

  

  And Mommy tell the doctors; I know they really did try,

  
  I think I even saw a doctor, Trying not to cry.
  

  Mommy, I'm slowly dying, With a bullet in my chest,

  

  But Mommy please remember, I'm in heaven with the rest.

  
  Mommy I ran as fast as I could,
  

  When I heard that crack, Mommy, listen to me if you would,

  

  I wanted to go to college, I wanted to try things that were
new,
  

  I guess I'm not going with Daddy, On that trip to the new zoo.

  
  I wanted to get married, I wanted to have a kid,
  

  I wanted to be an actress, Mommy, I wanted to live.

  

  But Mommy I must go now, The time is getting late,

  

  Mommy, tell my Zack, I'm sorry but I had to cancel the date.

  

  I love you Mommy, I always have, I know; you know it's true,

  

  And Mommy all I wanted to say is, "Mommy, I love you."

  

  ****In Memory of The Virginia Tech. Students Who Were Lost****

  
 

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I want to share some memories of her, because so many people never got to see her as I did. Alzheimers causes people’s entire personalities to change, and as the disease eats away more and more of their brains, the confusion and the forgetfulness make it difficult for them to remember how or what they were. In the early stages, the patient often experiences a complete 180, and is paranoid and angry where they were once happy and cheerful. As my Gramma moved down that path, she accused family friends left right and centre of trying to mug her, simply because they were trying to help her cross the street and she couldn’t remember who they were. In the nursing home, she would often complain of hating it there and wanting to go “home”, triggered by seeing a familiar family face and knowing it didn’t belong in her surroundings, therefore she must not belong either. A friend of mine who worked with my Gramma would tell her that “Kendra says you can have a sleepover here with me tonight!” whenever this came up, and surprisingly, it worked. My Gramma would return to her normal happy self and enjoy the rest of her day.

When I first learned how to use a telephone, my Gramma was the first person I called. She was always there for us, to lend a hand, give a few words of encouragement, remind us to share, or break up a fight. In kindergarten, she would come pick me up from school, and we would go out for fudgsickles at the local corner store. We’d take our treats back to her house and have fun until my dad came to pick me up. I remember one day coming out of class, I fell down and startled myself. Before I could start to cry, the principal picked me up and put me on his shoulders. I have a vivid recollection of looking down at my Gramma from my perch, and her laughing up at me asking how the weather was up there. She had a great sense of humour, always teasing and making light of things. I’m happy that sense of humour stuck with her throughout her life; even in her final days she was still teasing the nursing staff. For the last few years, she’d been teasing me about boys, telling me not to rush into anything and to take my men for a test run before I married any of them. In return, I asked her if any of the men on her floor had caught her eye, to which she replied with a laugh “What would they want with an old woman like me?! Besides, they’re all too old for me!”.

My Gramma was the one to introduce me to makeup. When she thought the time was right, she took me down to the local Shoppers Drug Mart, loaded up the basket of her walker with all manner of cosmetics, and sent them home with me and my sister. She was always very generous; if she knew there was something we liked, next time we went to visit her she’d have a whole stockpile of it. When her vision got too bad for her to continue driving, she gave her car to my cousin who had just got his license. During high school, my Gramma would let me spend the night with her if I wanted to go out with my friends, or even if I just plain didn’t want to go home. I would cook dinner and dessert for her and she’d let me pick what show I wanted to watch on TV. We’d talk about school and music, and I’d do my homework while she watched Jeopardy and crocheted.

I learned to crochet from my dad, who learned from Gramma. She was a master of the craft; she could make anything from basic potholders to intricate lace. My uncle swears he once saw her crocheting in her sleep, and I quite believe him. She was truly an artist. Her hands were always soft and smooth, and every time I went to visit her in the nursing home, she’d hold my hands in one or both of hers. I remember how her wedding ring looked way too big for her finger, but she never once took it off, even though her husband predeceased her by 44 years. For half her life, she remained true to his memory. There’s a lot to be said for loyalty like that. Family was everything to her.

After she gave away her car, my Gramma walked everywhere. She occasionally took the bus or a cab if the weather was terrible, but she thought nothing of walking two hours to the mall to go shopping, or an hour to the grocery store to stock up on our favourite goodies. One day after a trip to the mall, she invited me over for dinner. I showed up and she immediately got a conspiratorial look on her face. She showed me her new purchases, which included not only a new bra, but some realistic looking implants for said bra! She said she was tired of having two shapeless flaps of skin and wanted to feel like a woman again.

For those of you who stayed with my ramblings this long, thank you.

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Jib Jamboree,

What originally started as an excuse to bring together as many snowboarders as possible and have a few pre seasons laughs, has now evolved into the must attend event of the year. With 2 years to work out the bugs we are ready to kick off the season with the biggest bang yet. With $1000 cash up for grabs you can rest assure that the Jib Jamboree is going to be as entertaining as it gets. With the top 25 riders in the province battling for the green it is going to be a must see event! This season the event will be bigger and better then ever, riders will be driving in from as far as Quebec to battle for the belt.

Cash Breakdown

$500- Best overall rider on the night
$300- DC best trick (awarded for single best trick)
$200- Specifically for the Women!!!

Competitors

All invited athletes will be contacted via email before the 8th of November, making the total riders, 20 men and 10 ladies. If you feel up to the task we will be taking 5 wild card spots from all over the province to give them an opportunity to go up against the best. So please email us with all of your info. Good Luck!!

Judging

There will be three judges on the night, all focusing on overall impression. The judges will be the following:
Scott Taylor: Representing Source For Sports
Taylor Ricci: The Man with the Plan T-man Ricci
Lance Rowbotham: Newly appointed ZOO YORK trigger man.

Set Up

The set up will be a 12x12 deck drop-in to a 12x10 flat section. The rails will be two ledges on either side of the scaffolding, see specs below. The set up has been designed and built by JBR designs, please see contact page for info.

Riders Right = Ledge 4 ft tall
Riders Left = Flat 6 ft, Down 14 ft

Venue

Jim Bob Ray’s
585 Richmond St.
London ON
519.663.5665

We will be set up in the parking lot of the restaurant (IMPARK) for the night of Friday Nov 17th. Which will include, barbecue, DJ’s and lots of prizes from all of the sponsors. There will be a $5 entry for all spectators to come and participate in Ontario’s greatest pre-season event it will also get you into the after party.

Spy VIP

For the next two weeks we will be hosting an online competition. Sign up for our mailing list and you and a friend could be chosen. Winners will be invited out to the event and dressed from head to toe in Spy gear. The winners will also watch the event in the fully loaded Spy tent with couches and the whole works.

Contact
Andi Roth - andiroth@eventsing.com

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