Prospect Snowboards will be giving out a T-shirt each month this season starting in November.

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The finals of the Es Game of Skate took place at the ASR trade show in San Diego on Saturday, September 9. Thousands of people pack into the San Diego Convention center to watch the madness. The day started off with the am contest, where kids from all over the world got to showcase their talent.  I was super impressed with the consistency of all these guys, and the new innovative tricks they were pulling out of their asses. In the end it was Alex Mizurov from Germany who made it to the top.

The pro contest was straight up crazy.  The crowd was constantly oh’ing, and ah’ing and when someone would flawlessly execute a difficult trick they would be crazy.  Chris Cole and Taylor Smith worked their way through the field, taking out guys left right and center; Cole taking out PJ Ladd along they way.  But it was the unexpected German from earlier in the day that had worked his way into the Pro contest that would eventually take the victory. Congratulations Alex Mizurov.

Skaters warming up.

Some kids sessioning in the street.

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May 3rd, 2006

Hold the phone everyone, I have some serious Team news:

I.S. Design is excited to announce the addition of Finnish power house Wille Yli-Luoma to the team. A serious force in the snowboard world for years, Wille continues to push the limits and amaze with his flawless style combined with the ability to crush any type of terrain you throw at him. Wille has been busier then ever this year traveling the globe filming for the much-anticipated Volcom video out September 06. Look for a limited edition in-season release of Wille’s signature goggle fall 2006. Wille joins Devun Walsh, Mikey Leblanc, Chris Dufficy, Kale Stephens, Tadashi Fuse, Jon Kooley, Alex Auchu, DD mang and Joel Mahaffey on our snow program. Welcome to the team Wille!

“I’m happy to be part of a good team and to support an eyewear company with style that will not make me wear some craziness on my face”

-Wille

Sorry for the lack of blog updates over the last couple days my bloggies, my dog ate my computer.

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   With last season ending up being a complete bust, due to all the old crew moving for school and not riding together once, we decided to kick off this winter with a different approach. An early snowfall coated the small peaks of southern Ontario at the end of November, coming a month earlier than most years, and the entire crew made a pact not to let the distance ruin another season of shredding. After a few warm up sessions at the smallest hill around, we decided to take our skills to a slightley larger venue. There it was, two small twenty-five ft booters followed by a fifty-five ft'er with a forteen ft lip, along with an arrangement of jibable metal objects. 
   We couldn't have been more ready to kick the season of reunion off to a start. The first few runs were of the warming up kind, me getting used to the new Capita from my unofficial sponsership from the local shop, a couple big airs here, and a couple small spins there. We all decide that this was going to be the year that we remember as the turning point in our snowboarding careers and we decide to up the ante. I go first, lining up the first small booter as a speed gainer for the last. I take off flawlessly backside with a floating three to leave me riding regular for the big underflip that awaited on the larger booter. I spotted the landing and stomped flatbased, lightly sweeping my arm throught the snow during the followthrough, when it hit me. A loud snap that was followed by a numbness in my left arm. 
   With a short stay in the ski patrol hut, followed by a longer one at lakeridge hospital and an x-ray showing that I had broken a fragment off of my radius on the joint where it attaches to the ulna, I was joined by another member of the crew, that had bailed on a radius box and was later told that he had recieved a smaller fracture across the radius of his right arm. 
   What could make a season worse than having two men down with injuries for three months? How about having mother nature cancel the snow and replace it with its close relative, rain. But we were unable to allow this to get us down. We had the whole season in front of us, as short as it is in Ontario, and I was back on the board only a week after the break going just as upside down as ever. 
   With the injuries, rain, and small verticles that filled this season, we came to a conclusion. We're going to move to BC

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What do you do
when there is nothing you can do?

all you can do is wait
wait for a miracle, a chance
something to happen
wait for a glance

wait until he finally notices
notices that I actually exist
he might find out
that there is something he missed

missed our on what I could give him
I would give him the stars and the moon if I could
but would he accept them
I just don't think that he would

I know what it is he wants
he just wants a piece of ass
doesn't want any commitment
doesn't want anyone with class

he's so quiet
there’s not much to say
we rarely talk
but we did the other day

I want to get to know you
know what you're all about
I don't know what to say
except that I have a problem with self-doubt

I don't think I'm good enough
you seem so perfect and flawless
I swear I would do anything
anything for just one kiss

After everything you've done
I find myself coming back to you
so now what do you do
when there is nothing you can do?

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