Wanted: All Pro Snowboarders For Snow GvR!
by: Travis | Monday, February 18, 2008
All pro snowboarders are invited to GvR Snow
which is going down at Bear Mountain, February 23rd. If you are not on the rider list, but have the Pro skills, then get a hold of us to enter the competition by going HERE!
With $50,000 in prizes, the first annual GvR Snow will be every bit as mind blowing as the Skate and Surf GvR competitions have been. Be sure to let us know your stance so we can add your name to the lists!
Wanted: All Pro Snowboarders For Snow GvR!
by: Travis | Monday, February 4, 2008
All pro snowboarders are invited to GvR Snow
which is going down at Bear Mountain, February 23rd. If you are not on the rider list, but have the Pro skills, then get a hold of us to enter the competition by going HERE!
With $50,000 in prizes, the first annual GvR Snow will be every bit as mind blowing as the Skate and Surf GvR competitions have been. Be sure to let us know your stance so we can add your name to the lists!
JP Signs With StepChild!
by: Travis | Monday, December 17, 2007
(Monday December 17th 2007) After much speculation and an industry-wide rumor mill, StepChild Snowboards is proud to announce the signing of JP Walker to the International Pro Team. "JP's riding and dedication to snowboarding speaks for itself- not many snowboarders have remained at the top of their class for over ten years. We are absolutely thrilled to have him on the team. It's cool that we share the same values and beliefs as to what a snowboard company and team should be." - StepChild founder Sean Johnson.
"Where else would I end up? Come on, you know I keep it one-honey! StepChild is one of the last true snowboard companies out there. I love that they value what a professional rider brings to the table. Rider owned and driven, others claim it but none live it, son!" - JP Walker. There's no denying JP has had a huge impact on the sport of snowboarding over the past decade. Anyone who knows anything about snowboarding is familiar with JP's video parts. Over the years he set a new standard filming with MDP and for some of the biggest selling team videos of all time; he invented tricks and numerous first-ever-bangers caught on film. JP's riding and style has stayed relevant even in an era marked by the X-Games, reality shows, corporate takeovers and riders with fistfuls of energy drinks. No one has been able to continually raise the bar, and maintain a high level of integrity, style, innovation and technical tricks like JP has. Even after a season unexpectedly cut short, JP managed to have a solid presence in videos and magazines, including his Future cover, surprisingly JP's first North American cover shot of his career.
Walker's snowboarding career is the result of immense talent, hard work and dedication -attributes he will continue to bring to the game in the future. His priority is the progression of snowboarding, but it's also about the way he and his sport are portrayed to the public. Driven by the same ideals StepChild and JP are the perfect combination. "Obviously StepChild is focused on snowboard videos and progression, two things that I've always been an advocate of. They have an amazing team of handrail slayers, and I’m stoked to be a part of it, been riding their boards on the down low this past week and I’m stoked. It's simply the best fit. One." - JP Walker.
Simon Chamberlain adds, "Growing up watching snowboard videos, JP Walker has always been my favorite snowboarder of all time. It truly is amazing to see him riding for Stepchild. Its like a dream come true, not only for me but for the whole company." JP will have a Pro Model with StepChild in three sizes: 147, 151, and 154. The boards will be sold with a regular edge as well as a RETT (Round Edge Taper Tuning) option. The board has a dull round edge between the feet for jibbing, and tapers out to a regular edge by the time it reaches the contact points. "The boards are tuned at the factory exactly how I would tune them at home." adds JP. JP is currently filming with Mack Dawg Productions for Double Decade, which will be released in August 2008. His current sponsor list includes: StepChild Snowboards, ThirtyTwo, etnies, Oakley, Nixon, Bear Mountain, Milosport and Molcasalsa. StepChild's International Pro Team now consists of JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Markku Koski, Stian Solberg and Fredu Sirvio. The International Am Team consists of Joe Sexton, Risto Ruokola, and Scotty Vine. Other notable supporters include Chris Wimbles, Brian McClatchy and E-Man amongst others. About StepChild: StepChild is a snowboard company that specializes in camping stoves, fishing tackle, and tennis rackets. The StepChild team is currently training and testing sand boards in Egypt. Joe Sexton and Simon Chamberlain are currently pushing the envelope of progressive sandboarding in the Egyptian Parallel Slalom while Markku and Stian aren't having much luck in the Sandboard half pipe event. The stupid camel just won't pull us to the top! He's going to need an energy drink sponsor added Markku. - StepChild
Staale's Method Photo!
by: Travis | Friday, December 14, 2007
Just thought you all might like a sick shot of Staale Sandbech while he was destroying the slopes of Breckenridge a few days past. I wish he would do a Kill Dracula in the pipe!
Team Europe Update 12/14/07!
by: Travis | Friday, December 14, 2007
Team Europe update!
Young Swiss ripper, Mario Käppeli, is in Breckenridge warming up for the season. Don’t think he’s just hanging out and chilling. No, the young fellow is busy working on coverage while in the states. He recently had a photo on the Future Mag website and now has a little interview in there as well. Check out the interview HERE!
Mario is busy shooting with different photographers including; Jeff Potto from Transworld. He will be ready for the season when he’s back in Europe. Keep your eyes open for Mario!
Thomas Harstad is in Breckenridge with a whole crew of Norwegian ThirtyTwo riders. He’s hanging out with Erik Botner and Ståle Sandbech, shooting photos and riding park in Breckenridge. According to Thomas, Ståle is super stoked to be in the states for the first time and is having the time of his life. Thomas also just recently celebrated his birthday and had a crazy party in Denver. He also scored the cover and an interview in the most recent issue of Norwegian based Playboard Magazine and believe it or not, he’s hanging in Madrid, Spain. I guess you don’t quite understand what I mean. Well , check out the picture.
Thomas will stay in Breck ‘til December 19th, then fly back home to Norway for Christmas and the X-Mas Jam that he and his buddy, Andreas, will hold in Norway. The X-Mas Jam is all about the kids, who willThis will be able to ride and receive coaching from their favorite Norwegian pros. So kids, keep your ears and eyes open for the X-Mas Jam. While home Thomas is hoping for some fun sessions at his local resort before he heads down to Switzerland for the O’Neill Evolution contest in Davos.
Swiss boy, Nicholas Wolken, is Mr. Unlucky for the month. After some days of shooting in Hintertux and a new contract with Sessions he ended up in the hospital with bruised kidneys. Some lovely rocks were hiding under a nice stash of pow, which led to Nicholas heading straight to the hospital. Now he has to take a break for a couple of weeks. At least he has time to concentrate on his studies. Get well soon Nicholas and see you on the snow. (Photo by Creager)
German rider Simon Schweiger has a smile on his face. After his collarbone problems Simon is enjoying the powder around Innsbruck and the Arlberg region. He said he didn’t once ride on a normal slope for the last two weeks. Now he’s busy planning his season and organizing a filming crew to film with. So keep your eyes open for Simon this season. He’s on fire!
Slovenian, Matevz Pristavec, is stoked on the amount of early snow this season. He has been riding his home resorts in Slovenia and spending lots of time in the Dachstein area. He has also been slashin’ the surf in Croatia because of the snow barren mountains. His next trip will take him to Sofia, Bulgaria for his last big air contest of the season and then back to the Austrian powder.
Remi Lamazouere
, from France, had a busy start to his season. First he prayed for snow, then he felt like becoming a snowboard sage, so he taught at a snowboard school in Grenoble While there the kids wanted to know all about his life, so he also did a little Q&A session. Remi also hit up Rip Curl TV and now he’s on his way to Breckenridge, then Calgary to shoot with Eric Bergeri. Busy, busy!
Miikka Hast was travling quite a bit over the last couple of weeks. He started filming with the Scrapebook Project in Rovaniemi, Finland, then headed to Austria to get some serious snow. Miikka, Markku Koski and some other guys went to Kaprun and Leogang for some amazing early season powder. Word is they got some sweet kicker shots on film. Next up, young Miikka journeyed to Bulgaria for a photo-shoot. He is now back in Lapland, waiting for the holidays, cursing the darkness, riding as much as possible and trying to film for his movie part.
Martin Sandberg is in Sweden, enjoying the snow and having a great start to his season.
Have fun in the snow and merry Christmas!
Tyler Flanagan Joins etnies!
by: Travis | Monday, December 3, 2007
Tyler Flanagan is a young man of many talents. We've recognized his abilities on the shred stick by signing him to both etnies and ThirtyTwo. Head on over to ThirtyTwo to find out more about our newest snow master.
Chill and Destroy Tour 2007
by: Travis | Wednesday, November 28, 2007
etnies and ThirtyTwo are proud to be partnering up with the Chill and Destroy Tour 2007. This event is a great platform for up and coming riders to showcase their wicked moves throughout Europe.
The events will take place at snowparks in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the “Grand Finale” this coming March at the Fellhorn, in Germany. This year marks the tours 5th anniversary and since winter has opened full throttle, the tour will be a blast.
Check the Chill and Destroy website for more details and updates.
etnies Iceland Jacket Review Breaks Bones!
by: Travis | Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Joe Sketch over at Crossfire went to the hospital wearing our new Iceland Jacket. While at the Kings College Accident and Emergency ward, Joe put the jacket through pretty much every test you could think of and even invented new uses for it; like converting the hood into a handy note holder and head rest.
Unfortunately Joe broke his scaphoid, but in doing so he wrote a very entertaining review.
December Snowboarder Magazine Team Coverage!
by: Travis | Monday, November 12, 2007
Snowboarder Magazine's December issue is looking pretty Holly and Jolly for our riders. With that said, here's your monthly update with some great coverage from our ThirtyTwo team riders.
If you're in need of some more hot shots from our riders, then you are just gonna have to buy the mag. So go do it, now.
Euro Team Update
by: Travis | Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Photo credit: Thomas Tovang!
Hey winter lovers and snow flake addicts. Winter in Europe is coming closer and closer, so we are crossing our fingers to get buried with snow this year. In the meantime I have some news from our European etnies/ThirtyTwo team:
November 7th is Danny Larsen’s birthday. Happy birthday Danny! He will be heading to Paris this weekend for another Pirate’s “Walk the Plank” premiere and of course to celebrate his birthday. After that, it’s study time for another week, then he will hopefully have the chance to get some snow under his board. He already had his first session last weekend in Norway with Ståle Sandbech - our favorite ThirtyTwo Euro grom in Kirkerud, Norway.
Slovenia’s Matevz Pristavec went to Hintertux for some early season glacier riding. The conditions were really good with hard takeoff’s and slushy landings. But then winter kicked in and it became quite icy. After that he had a team photo-shoot with Elan. Then he traveled from Hintertux to Slovenia, back to Tux and then to Dachstein for his last day. They were quite lucky with the weather and were able to get some good shots. Matevz will be heading to Sweden mid-November to compete at the Winter-Jam Big Air contest in Stockholm.
Heppu Pentti just got back from a trip to Portugal. He went surfing and enjoyed the waves, sun and his new surfboard. This weekend, Heppu will attend the Slammer Gala and Board Expo - which is a guarantee for good parties. After that he plans on going riding and doing some photo-shoots to test the new Icon Boards. He is also just about to release a new album with his band Rad Natas. www.myspace.com/radnatas
- Rider: Remi Lamazouere
Miikka Hast went to Hintertux in October with the Finnish mafia. They had good conditions and a great time while there. He also got to spend a couple precious nights at home before heading off to Ruka, Finland for their resort opening day. Unfortunately the weather was terrible and they had to close the resort for a while. The Board Expo was in Helsinki last weekend, so he popped on down south again. The event was fun with lots of "Hello’s and what up’s", like always. Now the rain has turned into snow in Lapland and Miikka hopes to get some fresh snow in Ruka.
Switzerland’s Nicholas Wolken is getting settled into his new home in Innsbruck and has started studying at the university. He spends most of his free time in Hintertux and just recently went on a photo-shoot with Playboard Magazine. Next stop will be the Pleasure Jam at Dachstein. Let’s cross our fingers for some good weather. Dachstein has a lot of snow already, but the weather is always a big risk.
- Rider: Nicholas Wolken
Mario Käppeli just got some screws removed from his hand, which have been there for quit a while. Mario will also be heading to Dachstein, Austria for the Pleasure Jam and then he’s headed to Sweden for the FIS Big Air Contest that will be held in Stockholm during the Winter Jam.
After his trip to the Mondial Du Snow, Remi Lamazouere is heading to Paris for a photo-shoot with Rip Curl. Then, he might head to Hintertux, Austria for some park riding, or maybe to Breckenridge to warm up for the season.
Jakob Wilhelmson is heading to Canada for a life-style shoot November 10th-15th. He is crossing his fingers for some snow to ride while there. After that, he’ll be staying in Sweden for a bit to ride his home resort.
Martin Sandberg is home in Sweden and getting ready for the first snow. It has gotten cold up north already but hasn’t snowed, so he will wait and hope for the best.
Simon Schweiger just had the same fate as Mario and got some screws taken out of his collarbone. He is now back on his board and enjoying the first snow in Austria’s mountains.
- Rider: Mario Kaeppeli