We’ll admit it. Our only interest in watching this Frendly Gathering 2012 official video was the hope that it would feature long-haired, smooth-skinned Vermont hippie girls spinning around in the forest. While the video does, in fact, feature a few glimpses of hippie girls doing yoga, getting their faces painted, riding quads, and hoola hooping, it was a solid reminder that we didn’t miss a thing by not taking a early June trip to Vermont. Which is not to say the people who went didn’t look stoked out of their heads. They all seemed very happy with all the work the Frends crew and bands put into the weekend.
Having spent the past few days in the shadow of Mt. Bachelor’s snow packed slopes it comes as little surprise that the mountain announced today that it would re-open June 29 through July 1, 2012. The place is loaded with snow.
Mt. Bachelor will be open for skiing from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Friday-Sunday, June 29 to July 1, with daily lift tickets priced at $30 for all ages. A reduced-rate $20 daily lift ticket will be offered to all 2011/12 full season, midweek and 12-day pass holders. Skiing and Snowboarding will be available from the Summit Express chair, accessible via Pine Marten Express located in the West Village base area.
One more reminder that in the Pacific Northwest winter is never really over. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
Yesterday (June 19, 2012), several hours after we posted a link to a HQ Kelowna story (which has since been removed) covering the unseemly details of Olympic snowboard gold medalist Ross Rebagliati’s divorce proceedings (read about it here on Canada.com), we got a email from lawyers representing Rebagliati. The lawyers, Lorne MacLean QC and his associate Ronak Yousefi of the MacLean Family Law Group, included an official statement from Rebagliati. Here it is:
Mr. Rebagliati will not litigate what is best for the parties’ son in the media. Rather, he will more appropriately continue to focus his energy on making sure that his son is not exposed to any danger or detriment. Mr. Rebagliati hopes that both parents will be child focused in this shared parenting case so that their son can grow up in a caring and nurturing environment free from parental conflict.
Mr. Rebagliati has steadfastly focused on ensuring the parties’ son’s emotional and physical health is protected and advanced in the best way possible and will continue to do so moving forward.
Lorne MacLean QC and Ronak Yousefi, Counsel for Mr. Rebagliati, have been successful in the past two child custody Court Orders. These Orders awarded and maintained a regime of 2 week on 2 week off shared child custody and parenting of their three year-old son.
Mr. Rebagliati looks forward to the BC Supreme Court determining the veracity of these allegations not the media.
Mr. Rebagliati is very concerned about the validity of the alleged test results and is making it a priority to get to the bottom of how his son could have tested positive for low levels of marijuana in or on his hair and the methodology and background to how this test was conducted. The existing Court Order requires both parents to authorize and approve any medical treatment and testing. This testing was conducted without any consultation with Mr. Rebagliati as required under the existing Court Orders nor was any Order made authorizing such testing.
Lorne MacLean QC notes that children do not forfeit the love and guidance of two caring and concerned parents merely because of marriage breakdown.
Can’t say we disagree with a single thing Rebagliati has said. Divorce sucks.
Bonfire, Salomon, and Nakita have a new national sales manager and his name is Mike Lawson, formerly of Emerica and Altamont. He’ll be working out of the Amer Sports Portland Design Center.
During his time at Sole Tech Lawson was instrumental in increasing sales, brand awareness, and developing key brand strategies. . . Brad Steward, VP of A2 brands says, “Mike is a huge add-in to our team. He’s a solid business leader and has a clear understanding of the brands, sport, and culture. I am very pleased to have him on board.”
Congrats Mr. Lawson! For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Thanks to court documents related to what appears to be pretty nasty divorce proceedings between Ross Rebagliati, the first Olympic Snowboard Gold Medal winner, and his wife Alexandra Rebagliati, we are all privy to bales of Rebagliati weed smoking allegations, according to a story on HQ Kelowna (and Canada.com). Here’s one:
The three year old son of Olympic gold medalist Ross Rebagliati tests positive for “Cannabinoids” by way of a hair analysis test conducted by MotherRisk laboratories.
And if that’s not enough, even his old girlfriend is jumping in on the action:
Rebagliati’s ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Friesen, states in her sworn affidavit “through our relationship Ross could not get out of bed without smoking weed to function and he could not sleep at night unless he smoked an entire joint. Ross told me he smoked a joint at his friend Lumpy’s wake just weeks before the Olympics and that he had a bag of weed in his room in Nagano and smoked a joint only hours after his win. As soon as word came out that he had tested positive, he stashed his weed in the hotel and hid his medal in the ceiling tiles.”
Doesn’t sound so much like the whole Olympic weed scandal was much of a conspiracy after all.
It’s Saturday, June 9, 2012 and Gary Ream, the visionary behind Camp Woodward, is leaning against the railing of the upper observation deck inside Woodward Tahoe’s new 33,000 square foot facility (“The Bunker”) looking out over what they’ve created. He can’t help but smile. Moments before, a BMXer fastplanted over and through the ribbon to officially open the facility, and now a constant stream of kids and their parents pour into the building to check out the six olympic sized trampolines, the foam pits, and the concrete skate park for themselves.
While action luminaries like Tony Hawk, Todd Richards, Mike Vallely, Hannah Teter, Tanner Hall, and Slash dine on catered snacks behind him Ream (pictured right with his daughter Kelsey) looks out over the facility and nods. It’s obvious that he is extremely proud and excited about the new facility, but more than that he seems amped on what this means for the future of Woodward action sports complexes.
“Look at this,” he says gazing off into the cavernous space. “You know there’s obviously a lot of passion here. You listen to the kids, we have a great staff and look at the pros and family that showed up. We did this at Copper. We did this in Bejing. We listened to the kids, we listened to the pros. We added a little capital and a bunch of passion and we’re going to do this again.”
Follow the jump for the rest of the story and a slew of photos from the Grand Opening. [click to continue…]
Ryan Stutt and the die-hard print magazine enthusiasts behind the Canadian skate and snow magazines King Shit and King Snow are diving into the travel magazine world with a new titled called Later. Here’s their elevator pitch:
LATER. speaks to an audience of people who travel regularly to do what they love—be it surfing, skating, snowboarding or just getting weird in a foreign land. It features content from all over the globe and from a hugely diverse group of contributors —from pro surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders, to random people who just had a funny story from the road. . . “When all is said and done, you’ll never remember that week you worked overtime and went to sleep early, but passing out on a Mexican beach, getting robbed and scoring the best waves of your life are memories that will last forever,” said Editor Andrew Sayer.
From the looks of King Shit and King Snow, Later will be a lush, quality papered, fifth-color-and-varnish magazine that will go great on the coffee table, and with Keith Malloy man-handling a squid on the first cover Later promises to be “authentically hip.” Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
The design heads at Yobeat have created the newest snowboarding sensation that is poised to change the shred world as we know it. This new Bouncy Board technology could allow for progression unlike any we’ve seen before. . . or it could just rip your legs off and break your collar bone. You decide.
If you’re into hanging out in the woods, skateboarding, do yoga, and listening to bands like Deer Tick, Waylon Speed, Railroad Earth, The Felice Brothers and/or DJ Z Trip then the Frendly Gathering At Timber Ridge Mountain, in Windham Vermont June 14 – 16, 2012 must be about as close to hippie heaven as you can get.
Setting the balance with world‐renowned music headliners and aspiring up‐ and‐comers, The Frendly Gathering strives to create a world of live music that all friends can enjoy together. Set in the picturesque Vermont countryside, the music of 30+ artists provide the live soundtrack to an intimate three‐day festival with four stages, camping, skateboarding, hiking, swimming, live art, and a host of other activities.
The Frend’s crew has turned what was once a weekend camp-out into a real deal musical/cultural event. Click here to buy tickets or follow the jump for a complete three-day lineup and all the details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
