Spring Break is the snowboard/art project created by Corey Smith in which he and his friends make absurdist art snowboards, take them out into the snow, and ride them.
This year Ben Rice, Eric Messier, and Corey Smith took the boards to Mt. Bachelor and filmed in all it artistic, blur/pan, slow-mo glory. And yes, we have to admit that it all works beautifully all the way around. Scrap wood never looks so good.
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Last night Burton premiered their new film 13 at locations around the world. We attended the kickoff in Newport Beach, California and someone apparently captured the most of the opening sequence of the film. So, until we hear otherwise, here it is, live from the Lido Theater. Crowd noise included free of charge. If you want to watch the official version, click the link. We’ll have more soon.
[Link: Burton 13]
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The opening sequences of the 1985 James Bond film A View To A Kill featured one of Tom Sims most visible snowboarding moments and helped introduce pop culture to snowboarding. Even in the midst of the hailstorm of bullets, explosions, and chasers you still get a great feel for Sims’ timeless snowboard style.
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The word started getting out this morning that on the evening of September 12, 2012 skateboarding and snowboarding legend Toms Sims (pictured right in 1996) founder of Sims Skateboards and Sims Snowboards has died near his home at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital of suffered sudden cardiac arrest. He was 62 years old.
The Sims Snowboards website has the following message:
Forever missed, forever loved and forever a legend. Tom’s accomplishments speak for themselves. A true pioneer, Tom brought forward thinking concepts and innovations that forever changed the landscape of the snow and skate industry. His constant quest for the deepest powder, the longest downhill paved road and the smoothest wave has been and always will be an inspiration to us all.
Sims is survived by his wife Hilary, sister Margie Sims Klinger of Santa Barbara, sons Tommy and Shane, daughter Sarah and step daughters Alexa and Kylie Wagner. Our thoughts go out to Tom’s family and to the entire snowboard world. His contributions to the world of action sports will never be forgotten. Follow the jump for the official word.
[Link: Sims Snowboards via Yobeat and 705, ESPN] [click to continue…]
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Each week (or so) snowboard site Yobeat interviews someone on Wednesday. The interview is called Hump Day and this week they interviewed big mountain Jeremy Jones and got the lowdown on his unceasing quest for riding epic snowboarding lines.
We’ve always wondered where Jones’ big wall chasing would eventually end and in this interview he explains it pretty succinctly. In answer to interviewer Brad Oates question about a snowboard mountaineer who went missing in 2002 on Mt. Everest Jones had this to say:
Marcos Siffredi is a hero. Words can’t describe my respect for what he did with his snowboarding. The style that he did it – just on a whole different level. He went out in style and really did the biggest line in the world. For me -I don’t have a draw to that, I have a ton of respect for guys that are doing that stuff, it’s just that if I had gotten into real mountaineering maybe when I was 18 or something, maybe I would be on that plane, but my deal has been looking for these dream lines, meaning these ripple lines with perfect snow that can be charged, that can be ripped, so I’ve kind of stayed away from the really big, classic extreme mountaineering aspect of snowboarding and will continue to stay away from that stuff.
And we’re glad, because we like having Jones around in the long term. The rest of the interview is equally good and explains why Jones has had such a long, successful career in snowboarding.
[Link: Yobeat]
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Snowpark Technologies, the designers and builders of custom snowboard parks for Burton, Winter X Games, Oakley, and Red Bull announced today that they have hired former Mammoth Mountain Action Spsorts Brand Manager Josh Chauvet as their Resort Program Marketing Director.
“Josh returns to the SPT family during a period of growth and change for our brand,” said Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson, SPT’s President. “In the past, Josh was instrumental in the development of the SPT Park Program. Over the years, the program has evolved and as we embark on a new chapter with our SPT partner resorts, and with our increased focus on company-wide marketing initiatives, he is a welcomed addition to the team.”
For the official word from SPT, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Frequency: The Snowboarder’s Journal announced that they’ve made their award-winning magazine content available on Apple’s iPad.
“This is a great opportunity for ourselves and our advertisers to bring frequency TSJ to new audiences,” says Publisher Jeff Galbraith. “It’s been a long while in development and it’s been worth it. Holding off on producing another web flip-book in deference for a real product in keeping with our brand was a good call. This is a true complement to the ten-year legacy of frequency TSJ.”
The digital version of the magazine is available in the iTunes click here. Single issues are $9.99 and a year subscription is $29.99. Follow the jump for the official details. [click to continue…]
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For the past year Jake Blauvelt has been working on a film. It’s called Naturally. And he’s got one more year to work on it. Here is a little taste of what you can expect when his new shred flick launches in the fall of 2013.
[Link: Mpora]
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Bear Mountain will kick off the 2012-13 SoCal winter season the same way they have from the past eight years–with a huge party, fresh snow, and monstrous rails, walls, and other features. The 9th Annual Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails goes down September 22, 2012 beginning at 2 PM.
Watch 40 top snowboarders with raw talent battle it out for $15,000 cash on 130 tons of man made snow at this ultimate park showdown. This unique, summertime snowboarding competition will feature some of the best professional jobbers in North America to compete on new urban-style park features that will be available for the public to ride in the RedBull Plaza at Bear Mountain this winter.
Click here to check out all the photos from last year or follow the jump for the official word from Bear Mountain. [click to continue…]
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Volcom Snow is letting the kids do their own video parts with #IP2. And this is Daniel Brown’s turn. Here’s what VeeCo says about the project:
IP2 stands for “Individually Produced Parts” . Whereas, each rider has 100% control of the direction, action and content collected to produce their own part for Volcom’s 2012 Snow project. We identified the riding characteristics of our team, matched them up with a videographer and gave them the green light. We are excited to share their personalities, travel experiences and shit they pulled off this past season.
In addition to hitting the streets pretty hard, it appears that Mr. Brown also has a serious appreciation for hip-hop, weed and tittiies.
[Link: Volcom]
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