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Shaun White wins Nissan X-Trail Jam

Thousands of stoked out Japanese snowboard fans packed the Tokyo Dome for the legendary Big Air & Quarter pipe competition of the phenomenal 6Star Swatch TTR Nissan X-Trail Jam. Shaun White with the highest combined score from both the Big Air and the Quarterpipe, claimed the first 6Star TTR Title and 1000 ranking points of [...]

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Thousands of stoked out Japanese snowboard fans packed the Tokyo Dome for the legendary Big Air & Quarter pipe competition of the phenomenal 6Star Swatch TTR Nissan X-Trail Jam. Shaun White with the highest combined score from both the Big Air and the Quarterpipe, claimed the first 6Star TTR Title and 1000 ranking points of the 08/09 Season.

Horgmo, Piiroinen (FIN), White and Mueller duked it out in a heated battle that certainly stepped up the level of riding. Although favoured to do well, Mueller placed only 4th in the finals with a Cab 9, behind 3rd place finisher Shaun White who found himself on the podium once again after his sick Switch BS 9. Peetu Piiroinen gave White some much needed competition in the race for the 1000 TTR ranking points by also placing in the podium in both formats. It was super close, as Piiroinen took second in the Big Air with an impressive BS 9 Cork that had the Tokyo Dome on its feet in amazement. Torstein Horgmo walked away as the Big Air champ in Tokyo thanks to his consistent riding throughout the sessions. His Switch BS 10 in the finals finally carried him right to the top of the Big Air podium and to TTR World No. 3 . The best trick was awarded to Mueller who amazed everyone in the semis with his first ever Double Backflip in a comp.

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At 12.00am Oct 1st 2008 StepChild Snowboards will launch 'Downloaded' live on our integrated media site. Downloaded is our video offering for 2008, a follow on from last years Child Support DVD which is still available from your local retailers while stocks last. Downloaded runs a little longer than 20 minutes and is a mini movie showing what the StepChild team does between filming and travelling. With footage from Japan, Bear Mtn, Whistler and Europe, be sure to check out the Media Page at www.stepchildsnowboards.com 12am PST to view 'Downloaded' in HD.

Downloaded can also be Downloaded - Imagine that! As well as embedded on your own site or forwarded to friends, all within our media player, care of our chums at mobilerider.

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KNOCKOUT 'the tenth round' is now available for purchase in our online store.

With ten years under our belt, Alterna Films hits you up with another instant classic.
Knockout ‘the tenth round’ stands out from the pack with highlights that include an exotic journey through India to the Himalayas.
This film is a quenching blend of inventive freestyle snowboarding with a cinematic punch.
Locations: India, Japan, Aspen Colorado, Mammoth California, Whistler Backcountry, Mount Washington, Grouse Mountain, Montreal Quebec, Austria and Slovenia.
Riders: Matt Belzile, Chris Dufficy, Seb Toots, Takaharu Nakai, Tadej Valentan, JF Fortin, Matt Beardmore, Greg Maxwell, Craig Beaulieu and friends.

Here is the link for the Alterna Store

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Snigggty snap boom crack….ahh yEAAA….  THE MESSAGE is BACK!!!

Summer, Summer, Summmer tiiiiiiiiiime is finally winding down, there have been some kickass concerts going down in Tahoe all summer I saw Pato Banton, Andre Nickatina, Rebelution, The Pyrx Band, and many others,  4th of July was off the hook! For those of you who caught the fireworks, than you know that Tahoe and Big Bear offer some amazing fireworks shows, if you didn't make it to the lakes this year, you better plan on it next year!!!! And then we had Labor Day, Thanks to everyone who came out and partied last weekend! Both Hotels were SOLD OUT and it was an amazing time!!!  IF you can't wait to get away, check out these upcoming events that you don't want to miss!!!

In LAKE TAHOE,

Tuesday September 16th – Living Legends – (Eli, Sunspot Jones, Luckyiam, Scarub, Aesop, Bicasso +more TBA) along with The Bayliens and Rise of the Revolution.


Tues September 23rd - Eek-a-Mouse

Wed Sept. 24th - Sweatshop Union

Nov 28th - "Blizzard" Pray for Snow Party at Vex Night Club


And X-mas with THE GROUCH!!!


All of the above shows are at Whiskey Dick's Saloon a few miles from THE BLOCK. Cept the "Blizzard" Party at VEX.

Coming up in BIG BEAR,

Weekends, September 13 - October 25th - 38th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest, located at The Convention Center at Big Bear Lake.

AND THEN, the 1st SNOWBOARD CONTEST OF THE SEASON is BACK!!!! September 20th – Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails returns to Big Bear! Pro Jib Contest with over $15,000 prize purse!  Vendor Village, weenie roast, raffles, FREE ADMISSION! 6,000+ people showed up last year, so Book your rooms at THE BLOCK early to insure you got a spot to crash!!



Big Bear is also getting ready to open a new skate park at the community center,  be amped on that!!

SO with the 1st contest coming our way that means winter is just around the corner, and THE BLOCK has been busy preparing for THE BLOCK BOOTCAMP 2008!!  This year's BLOCK Bootcamp will be held once again in Big Bear from Nov 10-22.  We have been receiving numerous applications from all over the world and will be selecting 100 recruits to participate in THE BLOCK Bootcamp of which only 20 will be hired! The Bootcamp is a HIGH STRESS Environment and will be intense, so start training now! If you have any injuries that prevent you from completing physical tasks (ie. push-ups, pull-ups, running and general calisthenics), please refrain from enrolling as we will not be making any exceptions for any physical and mental handicaps this year!  If you were not hired last year and can physically complete the course you are welcome to re-apply for Season 3.

However, This year we are going stern on snowboarders, you MUST BE ABLE TO SNOWBOARD! We don't want non-snowboarding actors trying to get the job, just because it's a TV Show. SO if you don't own your own snowboard and gear and cant ride down the mountain, don't even bother applying!!!!!!  Snowboarding will be part of The Bootcamp, so your skills will be put to the test!

If you have already applied, don't worry your application has been received and we are in the process of reviewing them, All accepted recruits will be notified atleast 30 days prior to Boot Camp Departure Via 1st Class Mail from Marc Frank Montoya and Liko Smith.

IF you think you have what it takes to work for the Dopest Hotel on the planet, Please send a resume (include work history, address and phone #), 2 pictures, your myspace link (if you got one) and a paragraph on why you would be good for THE BLOCK to bootcamp@theblockhotels.com

 This year is going to be the best year to date at THE BLOCK, Liko and G4TV have been throwing around all types of rumors for Season 3, will we be going to Japan, Whistler, LAAX or somewhere else equally as cool, we will just have to wait for this next upcoming season to find out!!! THE BLOCK Season 2, is downloadable on iTunes and X-Box Live so if you ain't seen it, go check out all the debauchery that goes down at our Hotel!! Everything from bootcamp to Aspen X-Games, Vivid Porn Stars and Spring BLOCK!!!

Also if you missed THE BLOCK, when it premiered on 4-20 you can catch it again when it re-plays again this winter or download it on i-Tunes, V.O.D., or X-Box Live.

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AIGHT thats all I got for ya this time, WE will be having more updates closer to bootcamp, so keep yo eyes and ears peeled!!



Dirty D Signing OFF



Check out these flicks from the Summer...





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Twin ninja babies? New 2008/09 ad campaign.. Church party scene!

Monday, August 11, 2008

 

Dev didn't tell me about this...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

 

Today is Kale's Birthday!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

 

Guido Epidemic

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We just finished our most amazing winter camp season so far. The snow conditions were great all season and lots of powder. Lots of cool campers joined from all over the world – Canada, U.S.A., England, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Brazil, Japan, Australia, Brunei and more... Thanks to all of the great guys and gals who joined the camp this winter – we will miss you and hope to see you again. It’s difficult to explain with words about what we do and the fun we have at the camp so I have attached our 2008 video Enjoy and see you this winter.


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So I busted down to california, 25 hour drive in a 3 seater truck with 3 people, pretty comfy to say the least. We got into town a day before the West Coast Invitational Rail Jam, so I got one day on my injured ankle too see how it was going to perform. My ankle felt great and I rode fairly well in the event. The rail was too close on one side of the scafolding to get my banger tricks out,  but I could make alot more excuses than that if I felt like it. The next day I was riding threw the park just cruising, and I corner cut a jump and landed right on a japanese guy that wasn't paying attention and re-sprained my ankle. That took me out of Snowboarder Magazine's Superpark, so I ended up helping the filmers and rider communicate during the event because I was too bunged up to ride. I ended up partying though, because if you can't ride, you gotta enjoy yourself somehow. Here are some pics from a couple of the nights, and a pic of me really motivating the guys to go out there and get after it.
 
Logan





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Admit it, four blog posts in five days is decent..

I've heard you should learn something new everyday. Yesterday I learned what type of girls Zeddy's into for like two hours and that the Japanese pronounce binding "Bing Ding Ga". Does that count??

Here's a couple shots from a recent trip to Whistler with Zeddy and Goto Son. Just so you know, we killed it.



Two different dudes. Two different backgrounds. Two different ways of taking care of business.



I was too busy getting air to get any action shots so here's some filler from the ride home.




That gap in the rock where you can see sky wasn't there last time I drove up to Whistler. Its construction crunch time so they're blasting the shi*t out of the Sea to Sky HWY to get it done for the 2010 Olympics.







I'm not sure who's grumpier in this photo, Zeddy or Jack..
I'd say its a tie.


I saw this awhile ago but didn't get around to putting it on the blog.




Ian sent this in for the blog yesterday. All I have to say is WOW!



Our SoCal rep and good friend Seumas sent this to us yesterday as well with the subject heading "when did the Gav and Trav have a kid?"



He then followed it up with



Oh youtube..

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I haven't gone a halfway decent rant in a long time, and in the face of AP Exams, Finals, and PMS, I figured now was just as good a time as any to bitch.

While driving home the other day we were listening to the local conservative talk radio station, and it came to my attention just how pathetic this place really is.  Mike Buck, the host, was discussing the ethnic backgrounds in the state of Hawaii.  Now, it's a given fact that most people here aren't white.  We're a minority, enough said.  He was getting to the point about how only 20-30% of Hawaii residents identify themselves as 'all white', and that the state with the highest percentage of self-identified 'all white' residents was Vermont.

That's all fine and dandy until he made the comment of "And really, what kind of stupid person lives in Vermont?"

Oh yes, he did.  In case the hypocrisy of this situation isn't clear enough, let me highlight some facts you may not recognize.  First off, Mike Buck is half white, half Japanese.  Local term is happa.  Second, this is a conservative radio station and pretty much all of the conservatives in Hawaii are 'all white'.  They're pretty much also all in the US Military, which doesn't make them conservatives, but it's  a fairly conservative institution.  The US Military also makes up for about 30% of Hawaii's economy, and when the tourist industry (which he saw fit to bitch about the day before this segment when AAA published that the average cost per day of vacation per adult in the state is over 700 dollars, he called it a 'gross over estimation that discouraged travel' and then continued to rant about how tourism was already a sick industry and how the price gouging wouldn't help anything at all...nevermind that it pretty much does cost that much when you factor in food, transportation, lodging, and shopping...) isn't doing as well as it used too, do you really want to go and piss off your one stable economic endeavor?

So kudos, Buck, in successfully insulting your audience.  Perhaps you should retire from the right wing and join the left.  It's not as if your red vote counts here anyways.

Party politics aside, this state is a disgrace.  The state government is a mess, restraining the power of the governor left and right and then complaining when she is unable to institute any legislations because they took away her ability to do so (Gov. Lingle is a Republican too, ironically...).  The homeless problem is pitiful.  The large majority of them are either into drugs are just refuse to work, and state efforts to aid them have failed wonderfully, providing problems for those who are actually trying to get back on their feet.

77% of local high school students actually graduate in Honolulu, and when the state offers to put forward advanced diploma projects that allow honors students and academic achievers to be rewarded for their efforts with recognitions, a huge up-roar occurred from many parents, legislators, and school board committee members alike.  God forbid we should attempt to help those who help themselves.  Most kids in this state can't locate Texas on a map, and that's including the 4.0 private school ingrates I go to school with.

So there you have it.  Just a few things that piss me off, outside from the rainbows, traffic, and 'aloha spirit'.



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Well Japan is fukin awesome, me and my mate ben were there from 13th Janurary - 15th feburary 2008 staying at a place called hakuba powder lodge in Hakuba, Nagano.

Spent most of our time boarding at hakuba 47 resort but also visited happo-one, yanaba, cortina and iwatake..

will definatley be going back sometime in the future, the snow was amazing, people are nice, food and booze is cheap.. nothing to complain about in a whole month besides a hangover lol..

so yeh, take a look at some pics and feel free to ask away if you have any questions about japan i mite be able to help you!!

cheers
tim.



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Jeff Batchelor emerges with silver

 

Montreal February 23, 2008 (Sportcom) – Jeff Batchelor of Oakville, Ont., won the silver medal Saturday in the men’s halfpipe at World Cup snowboarding competition at Gujo-Gifu, Japan. 

 

It was Batchelor’s second career World Cup medal. In February 2007, he won gold at Sungwoo, South Korea. He came close to victory on Saturday finishing within 1.1 points of victor Kazuumi Fujita.

 

In the final, Batchelor collected 41.1 points on his first run while Fujita took the gold with a 42.2 mark on his second run. Gregory Bretz of the U.S., was third at 38.7.

 

‘’This is wonderful, even though I’m a little banged up,’’ said Batchelor, who didn’t finish his second run. 

 

The event was held in a snowstorm.

 

‘’When we got here this morning I knew it was going to be a difficult day. It wasn’t easy with the snow. But I’m from Ontario, so the conditions were familiar. Maybe that’s why I did so well.’’

 

Justin Lamoureux of Squamish, B.C., also reached the final and finished fourth at 37.5. It capped a successful trip for Lamoureux, also sixth at this season’s Sungwoo stop last Saturday.

 

Gabriel Dussault of Donnacona, Que., missed a berth in the final by 0.2 points ranking seventh in the second round of qualifying.  The top-six from each qualifying round advanced to the final.

 

Dussault wound up 13th overall while compatriots Crispin Lipscomb, Brendan Davis, Ryan Bausch and Charles Reid were respectively 17th, 28th, 31st and 37th.

 

Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland remains the halfpipe World Cup leader ahead of Ryoh Aono of Japan. Lamoureux jumped from 15^th to seventh while Batchelor is 11^th.

 

No Canadians in women’s final

 

In women’s competition, no Canadians advanced to the final.

 

Katie Tsuyuki of Squamish was 10th in qualifying which was a career best World Cup result. Charmaine Ironside was 12th, Dominique Vallée 13th, Sarah Conrad 15th, and Alexandra Duckworth 20th.

 

Zhifeng Sun of China won the gold medal with 34.3 points. Soko Yamaoka of Japan was second at 32.9 and Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland third at 32.2.

 

‘’This was very good preparation for the events in Calgary and Stoneham’’’ said Canadian national team coach Tom Hutchinson.

 

Canadian entries for Sunday’s parallel giant slalom are Caroline Calvé, Alexa Loo, Kimiko Zakreski, Jasey-Jay Anderson, Patrick Farrell, Michael Lambert and Matthew Morison.

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Kazu or Zizo, Beardmore and filmer Pat Henery, just generally looking hard If your familiar with famed japanese photographer Kazu then you know how much of an enigma the guy is. His very existence is a mystical feat of nature. Kazu is now staff for Atomic Snowboards so he's been shooting with MATT BEARDMORE a ton as well as Gerg Maxwell who's in town filming for the new Alterna Film. Both Greg and Kazu have been bunking out in the famed Artbarn which has turned into an international hostel these days. The Beards has become some what of a father figure to Kazu (who i'm sure in reality is actually older then mat) and has many a fantastic stories of the little guy that range from a rare bum disease to and rolling deep into Revy's Back-country with only a single frayed snowmobile belt. Rumor has it he even got out shooting with Atomic hopeful and teen heart throb BARRY HARTMAN but the report is still out on that one. When it all comes down to it Kazu is a righteous lens man with a sweet english-canadian vocabulary and just a real treat to be around. Kazu has had multiple international snowboard magazine covers, been a model for AIR blaster, has his own T-shirt designed after him and just generally wows everyone he collides with. In a random move of role reversals i shot this sick sequence of Kazu going from photographer-dude to dude-in-a-pink-shirt-with-his-own-image-on-it, breath taking i know....and your welcome. Piece!

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So it's been decided. I got some dirt cheap flights to Calgary, Canada at the begining of April and have arranged to stay at my Girlfriends aunt's house. Gonna stay as long as poss and hopefully do a season. Then we're off across America, got mates and family there we can stay with. Then were gonna bum it to Brazil and mission it down to Peru & Argentina where my girlfriends parents have got some friends we can stay with. From there were off to Japan and Thailand (which one first depends on the season) if it's winter in Japan we're gonna try and do a season there too, I've got lots of Family in Thailand so we can stay without problems. Then to China, Mongolia and Tibet to stay with some Monks if we can. Next comes Malaysia on the way to Austrailia where we know afew people throughout. And then, the one I'm most looking forward too, New Zealand, we're gonna do a season there too. From New Zealand we're off to South Africa where we'll atempt to bum it up through Africa right up to Egypt then across to Morroco. Now we head back to Europe starting with Italy, then Switzerland or Austria for yet another season. Up to Denmark, over to Finland through Sweden then Norway (maybe another season). Across to Scotland where we can stay with my family in a range of places (season again). From there who knows, but I doubt I'll wanna go home. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME!

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