Yes sir, the big 400! Here we have a great little interview by YEA.NICE of Anthony Hull from our Boulder fam about representing Colorado. It’s great to see this kid on the come up, his dedication and passion are paying off.
It’s that time of year again. You are as tan as you can possibly be. Your liver is most likely very upset with your summertime alter ego. Photos of you keep popping up on Facebook that you immediately must de-tag. And yes…snowboard premier season is officially under way. In celebration of the countdown to opening day, here is the teaser for Absinthe Films latest gift, “Nowhere.”
NowHere trailer by Absinthe Films from Absinthe Films on Vimeo.
It’s gonna be a fun season so get excited people. See you out there.
Satellite and Oakley have had a long lasting connect that we always look to continue to grow. This goggle out first collaboration with them themed classic moonman style with a custom frame and strap print. The strap was apparently a pain but they killed it and made it work! We’re excited to release our second goggle in 2011. More info on that soon…
Product Design: Andrew Kimmell, Raul Pinto, JG Mazzotta
Photos: Kealan Shilling
Just got the heads up on this webisode from the guys at Absinthe Films in the lead up to their upcoming feature release “Neverland.” Watch as Dan Brisse talks about the setup and eventual execution of the urban road gap of the year! If you were not convinced this will be the video premier of the year then you should be after this…
And if you haven’t seen the trailer, here it is one more time…
If you are anywhere in the know about DC Shoes owner Ken Block, you know he is mentally unhinged when it comes to rally driving. Aside from being a rally driver for Subaru America and racing around the globe, he has also been seen hitting 70 foot kickers at Snow Park in NZ (check out the cover shot from Snowboarder,) overshooting and 171 feet off a dirt jump for the Stunt Junkies series, and recently jumping under a back-flipping Travis Pastrana .
His newest contribution to awesome, the Gymkhana 2 Project, falls somewhere between “WTF” and “OMG!” Although being loosely catalogued as an “infomercial” for the new line of performance clothing and shoes based on his rally outfit (which totally suck btw,) the video is more of a Hollywood showcase of his godly driving skills than anything else. 360’s, 80 mph horizontal burnouts, near death drifts, fluorescent lights, crash dummies, explosions, Rob Dyrdek and a paintball gun…this video has it all. Thanks to RadCollector for the heads up.
Remember breath while you watch, it may take your breath away…
Be sure to check out his other YouTube videos for further drooling.
My last few weeks have been spent undertaking and witnessing extreme doses of mahem. Let me explain. I left the Indian Summer of Colorado for a lil’ contest work in the Ditry Northeast. First stop, Waterville Valley New Hampshire. If you’ve never been, you probably never will. But for those of you lucky enough to have been (and by been I mean you either grew up here or drove up from Boston one time) then you know what it was all about. Outdated accomadations, one bar discreetly named “Legends,” and a decent little hunk of east coast ‘solid’ to slide down on your toboogin or shred stick. After surviving the weekend, I made a pit stop in Burlington, VT for some of the grimyest karyoke I’ve ever seen. Who doesn’t want to slam pitchers of PBR while two quistionable gentleman from the backwoods of Vermont confidently recite ‘NSYC’ two inches away from each other? Now the real reason I took two flights to VT, the US Open. Whoever decided to schedule St. Patty’s Day right before the contest is a bastard, but we made the most of it. Four days of shred later I can say I witenessed Luke Mitrani go 25+ ft out of a 30 ft quarterpipe of ice,
got to see DJ Benzi make everyone drunk enough to dance like banshees (download the US Open Amplitude Mixtape,)
celebrate Danny Kass’ fifth Open Halpipe title,
and close it down with a dope Santogold concert apres style.
The Afterstory: 09 World Quarterpipe Championships, Somewhere VT
I remember hearing someone mention a smaller, grittier contest somewhere in the woods outside of Stratton the Monday following the Open, but had to catch a flight from Burlington so decided to look into it when I got home. Well, after I read the article covering the ‘World Quarterpipe Championships’ I wish I had stuck around.
Fire, PBR, Fireworks, and the drunkest motherfuckers of all time made this a contest to be proud of. My only wonderment is where was Danimal, he would have loved this.
As I bask in the Boulder sun and think about the coming summer, one word comes to mind. Windells. Many of us here at BDN have done our time at Windell’s Snowboard Camp on Mt. Hood, Oregon in the years past so I thought it befitting to see what they have in store for this coming summer.
Every year they seem to find ways to make camp better and better, from adding concrete features all over the campus and making B.O.B. better and better, to replacing the old wood spined out mini ramp with an all new concrete version! The mountain has been relatively unchanged until this summer however, when old man Windell rolls out the only tow rope on Mt. Hood. Best part, it’s private and only available to Windell’s Campers. Not gonna lie, this makes a Minnesota man drool. Let it be known, a BDN road trip is in the works to verify the awesomeness.
See if you can pick extended family members James Frederick, Reid, Dre, Molly Agguire…actually anyone who has or does work here is a friend indeed.
It’s nice to see the web design world appreciating snowboard graphics. Unfortunately, whoever posted this just stuck to the well-known big brands (pretty much copy/pasted the Burton catalougue. But definitely some rad stuff!
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