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JIB TBT
The DISASTER GULLI EDITION features JIB TBT which is great for jibbing and urban riding. JIB TBT is completely symmetrical about the nose and tail. JIB TBT has the biggest center base flat of all our TBT flavors. The extra centre flat base width stabilizes your slides and presses. On the side bases the TBT uplift begins under your feet for a super loose and forgiving effect with the TBT uplift. JIB TBT comes with a very mellow flat camber to make pressing easy but still give plenty of pop to your ollies. Read more on Triple Base Technology shapes at bataleon.com/tbt
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JAEGER BAILEY PRO COMBO
WELCOME TO THE TEAM Yes, Jaeger Bailey is now pro for Switchback Bindings! Here is his binding of choice which comes with the ALL NEW C-PAD a canted padding that is mellow on the knees. Jaeger rides the ST HIGHBACK for maximum flex and board feel.
Switchback Bindings are awesome! Switch between highback and no-back riding and back again in seconds. Don’t need forward lean? Don’t pay for it! Don’t want a highback? Leave it out! Want everything? Take it! Now why didn’t somebody think of that before?
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After one solid year of concrete thrashings and high-impact backcountry beat downs, ShadowFit has been given the unanimous thumbs up by our wildly diverse team of riders. Strap to the future.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Thomaz Autran Garcia thomaz@methodmag.com SENIOR EDITOR: Alexis De Tarade alexis@methodmag.com SENIOR EDITOR: Chris McAlpine chriso@methodmag.com ART DIRECTOR: Brooklyn Whelan hello@brooklynwhelan.com ILLUSTRATIONS: PWEE3000 VIDEOGRAPHER/ EDITOR: Ryan “Diggles” Scardigli diggles@methodmag.com WEB PROGRAMMER: Laurie Barker laurie@methodmag.com WEB CREW: Klaus Lotto Mike Goodwin Tom Guilmard
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“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…” - Theodore Roosevelt
Not surprisingly, mr. Roosevelt’s aphorism above applies to every facet of life, mundane and extraordinary alike. If you’ve ever cringed in horror at the sociopathic self-entitlement that seems so prevalent these days, now you know why. Instant gratification doth not good humans make. Which brings us to my theme for this issue. Yea, things have been rough lately, the economy is in the tank and it’s easy to get discouraged. Well, fuck that! Perseverance is an admirable quality to have. Having to go through trials and tribulations in your life will make you a better person, and provide some muchneeded perspective. The very struggles that seem so daunting will give meaning and value to your life, they’ll dignify your choices. So roll with the punches, don’t let any of this shit drag you down, if life smacks you in the face don’t just sit there, hit back. Hard.
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In our modern world of literally instantaneous gratification, ol’ TR’s words might sound anathema to many of you reading this. To anyone who has never known a world without the internet, you will never realize how hard it was to get your hands on all that cool stuff you needed so desperately. But you know what? Precisely because a lot of the things you wanted weren’t so readily available, it meant that much more to you if and when you finally managed to get it, whatever ‘it’ may be.
VOLUME FOURTEEN ISSUE ONE
COVERSTORY Kalle has been riding these rocks up in Riks for a couple of years now. It’s the perfect place for what would usually be a down day because of the weather. This was one of the last days of the season, waiting out strong winds for 7hours before it calmed down and we were able to go for it. Kalle did a couple of methods and we got this shot. It really was a team effort, and big thanks to Fischi (Pleasure Mag photo editor) for pulling the bungee! – LUCAS NILSSON CAMERA: CANON 5D MK2 LENS: CANON 135MM F2 APERTURE: F4.5
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1000 RIDER: KALLE OHLSON
TRICK: METHOD TO ROCK RIDE SPOT: RIKSGRANSEN, SWEDEN DATE: MAY 8, 2013
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Kyle Beckmann, Ben Birk, Carlos Blanchard, Sylvain Cochard, Vernon Deck, Eddy Densow, Markus Deutinger, Bud Fawcett, Petter Foshaug, Brendan Gouin, Erik Hoffman, Jason Horton, Jordan Ingmire, Steffen Kornfeld, Cyril Müller, Lucas NIlsson, Franz Ortlepp, Felix Pirker, Bob Plumb, Alex Roberts, Frode Sandbech, Toni Soldevila, Patrick Steiner, Syo van Vliet CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Vernon Deck, Phil Jacques, Bob Klein, Lucas Nilsson, Bob Plumb, Peter Rossner
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Here’s the end of that quote: “I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” Well put, mr. President. We’re not going anywhere, - TAG
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REVENGE OF THE BONER
A few seasons ago we had a section called "Boner", where you got to feast your peepers on some seriously boned-out tricks. Well, it's high time we injected some more high octane tweakage into your life, welcome to the Revenge of the Boner! This month we've got Chris Beresford slam dunking a fully twerked FS180 melon pole jam up and over the whole damn basket. Look out for Beres in the new Think Thank movie, Brain Dead Heart Attack, now available at your local shred emporium!
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The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Method Mag’s editorial policy. "A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap or other dry goods from a manufacturer to a retail store." - Wikipedia Whenever I hear the news that a snowboarder died, I feel a connection. The connection is knowing the feelings we share through riding a snowboard. I would say my connection to other snowboarders is not nearly as strong as it once was. Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s a change in snowboarders. Either way, I see a big change in how snowboarders see and treat each other. The natural course of evolution seems reasonable: snowboarding has grown exponentially and as it has grown, the base participant group has diversified. In other words, we’re no longer a global group of teen to early-20’s males with strong skateboarding roots. Now we are a bunch of fashion-conscious, judgmental creeps. And a lot of really nice women. Since this is somewhat of an op-ed piece, I can say whatever I want. I don’t think things are all bad on the Western Front. In fact, the way it is now, I feel forced into introspection. I am forced to question myself every day. Why have I spent the majority of my 49 years totally enamored with snowboards and riding them? Why this particular activity? I am really active, I still skate, ride mountain and road bikes, play hockey, etc. I get a huge thrill from any of the activities I am doing, but snowboarding is the one that grabs my heart and pulls the hardest. Maybe it’s the one “sport” I could actually do as well or better than some of the jocks I grew up with. Funny thing, those same jocks that gave me endless shit in high school for being a dork, a hippie, an outsider, are the same jocks who felt no shame in calling me years later looking for a free snowboard. It should have been a glaring
signal to me. Jocks and kooks are taking over. How can I tell the difference between a “real snowboarder” and a poseur? Ha! I bet most of you have no idea why I used the word “poseur”. Look it up in old Transworld and Thrasher archives. We had some serious issues in the mid- to late-80’s regarding real skaters and poseurs. When I go riding now, I expect to encounter these groups of snowboarders: core riders, weekend warriors, first-timers, familyof-four riders, groups of jocks that don’t have practice that day, old dudes like me and women. It is the women who intrigue me the most. Everyone else appears to be caught up in some self-absorbed image identity crisis. The women appear to be the purists, out there riding for fun and the true feeling they are getting from the ride. True, it’s a generalizing statement and it’s based on anecdotal evidence, yet I am convinced women hold the future of snowboarding in their hands. While I work with and know women who are trying to make a profession out of snowboarding, some of whom take it far too seriously (non-US riders, I’m looking at YOU!), most women I come across are just so stoked to be out there, no matter the equipment or style of riding. And the closer I get to the core of the sport, i.e. competitors, industry and media, the more I realize they are the most out of touch. Nobody seems to give a shit about my view or thoughts on the industry, or they might partner on some of my ideas. Maybe my view and ideas suck balls and I am delusional in thinking what I have to
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say has any importance. Yet my opinion stands. The industry if full of chauvinistic men who somehow feel threatened by women in snowboarding. These women are awesome. They take so much grief from all these macho dickwads and they still go out and do their thing. These are the people of the future. They are persistent, passionate and full of energy. The opposite of most industry veterans. Women hold the future of snowboarding in their hands. There is something interesting about taking snowboarding seriously enough to write about it. You put all this thought and energy into making some profound point, some view that gives insight to the “secret” of snowboarding’s appeal. But the reality is, each one of us has an individual view and we each know what style or situation appeals to us as individuals. As snowboarding has become more popular, the crowd is more diverse. I’m not surprised there are now more people who oppose my views and opinions about snowboarding than there are people who share them. “Back in the day, bro”, everyone was a punk rock snowboarder and I loved it. Now I am a loudmouthed 49-year old punk rock snowboarder, but I know and respect The Code, probably because I grew up on mountains and a strong advocate of utilizing mountain etiquette. You know, the simple stuff, like the downhill rider ALWAYS has the right of way. Open your eyes, dummies! -BK
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FIVE THINGS
5 things an Isenseven video part needs: - Fun - Action - A good soundtrack - Some more action - And some more fun 5 things that make you sweat: - Hikes which always look way shorter than they are to get that pow spray... - Being deprived of pow sprays - Spicy food - Not being able to stop trying that one line I’m not gonna get anyway at the new skatepark in Zurich - When I fall asleep on my couch with my clothes on I start to sweat like a motherfucker 5 best things about a Camel Toe: - It’s a Camel Toe - Pow sprays - Tree runs - Riding your natural stance all day - You can pretend to be a soul boarder
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5 things you own you would never get rid of: - My girl (maybe it’s wrong to say I own her, haha) - The feeling I get when cruising pow - My camera - My “explorer gene” - A sword my grandpa gave me 5 best things about having Peruvian roots: - You can spit as far as alpacas - I’ve got the Latin temper (maybe?) - Peru has the longest lefthand wave in the world - Living in the Andes, the higher the altitude the more comfortable I feel - I love ceviche! 5 things you wish they put in sushi: - More fish - More avocado - Bacon - More bacon - Even more fish
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5 places you’d rather be after ruining an untracked landing: - At the beach surfing waves - Not in the dungeon Schiller locks us up in after ruining a landing - In a restaurant where they serve the kind of sushi I suggested above - In a hot tub - Back in the air (since I know I’m gonna ruin the landing anyway, I would go totally sofa-air on it) Top 5 moments tag-teaming with Maurer last season: - Spraying Mu and him being stoked about it - Mid-run high fives - Just doing our thing - Filming real snowboarding, which is the most fun - Doing what you would with your buddies when cruising, but actually doing it for your film part 5 favorite clips from 100DAYS x 100SECONDS: - The pilot in the cockpit of the heli, because it was my first time ever flying in a heli, and on top of that we got some good shots that day! - The ocean shot from the plane, flying to the States for the Bataleon shoot at Superpark, I love the play of light and shadows of the clouds, I love to look out of the window on planes - My buddy Cory cruising downtown Seattle on his skateboard while playing the guitar (sorry for the bad audio), he inspired me to start filmmaking and is an overall awesome human. - The hillton.ch guys playing ping-pong in their oversized pingpong room at the office, they are stoked I’m into filmmaking now and help me out a lot - The local dad looking at the waves with his son in Indonesia, it’s important to let your kids know what you love and what inspires you.
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CRUNCHING NUMBERS
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HOW MANY KINKS HAVE YOU GOTTEN THRU?
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND AT HOME IN STAVANGER DURING A WHOLE YEAR?
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HOW MANY COFFEES IN THE MORNING DO YOU NEED?
HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HIT SNOOZE ON YOUR ALARM CLOCK?
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HOW MANY TRIES IS TOO MANY? WHEN YOU GET IT YOU GET IT
HOW MANY IBUPROFENS DO YOU TAKE AT ONCE?
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HOW MANY SKATEBOARD CONTESTS HAVE YOU WON? NOT REALLY SURE, HAHA
WHAT IS YOUR GOLF HANDICAP?
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HOW MANY INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS DO YOU HAVE?
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HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU MISSED YOUR FLIGHT? ONE TOO MANY… HOW MANY BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE DID YOU CONSUME LAST NORWEGIAN NATIONAL DAY? CAN’T REMEMBER 026
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SCOTT STEVENS ON HIS PRO MODEL
WE DEVOUR EVERYTHING
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Where are P.A.G. global headquarters located? In a town called Gap in the south of France, but we are thinking of moving! Maybe Hawaii, (yea, maybe in a couple of centuries) we'll see... So who's grandma do you have chained up in a basement making these? Mine! She is a retired professional seamstress. She wanted to keep being productive so we created P.A.G. together. So it's the best of both worlds, she is really stoked on having a new project and we've had a very good relationship since we started the brand.
What is P.A.G.? (Victor Daviet) P.A.G. neckwear is a small neckwear brand made by an association between riders and grandmothers to keep our necks warm! Who makes up the crew? The main crew is Ben Thomas Javid, Arthur Daviet (my brother), me (Victor Daviet) and for sure the rest of our friends (our team riders).
Does she like to wear them too? Sure! Especially when she goes hiking with my grandfather. Can I see a photo? I only have pics of her working. Sorry... weirdo! Can you claim anything about your face masks that make them better than the rest? They are made with love to keep you warm!!
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Are they waterproof? They are almost waterproof! We are using Cocona fleece which is the most breathable fleece out there. That way your neckwear doesn't get soaked and dries faster! Can fleece get fleas? No fleas, our quality is too good! How do feel when you get to the mountain and realize you forgot your P.A.G.? Seriously, in the last 3 years I've only forgotten it once. I was pissed. I don't like to feel cold air on my neck. I can't really imagine a powder day without my P.A.G.! Do you make P.A.G. for pets? If we like a pet, and we think it's special, we will make it a pro model! Does your blind cat need one? Cause she is really unique! Where can we get our face on some of these? You can get them in a few shops in the French Alps, the full list of shops on our site, go check it out! pag-nkw.com
POWDER DAYS ARE WAY MORE FUN WITH FRIENDS.
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Who are the Yawgoons, tell us about the crew and everyone's personality a bit. (Brendan Gouin) The Yawgoons are a group of friends who snowboard at Yawgoo Valley in Exeter, Rhode Island. Dylan Gamache, Marcus Rand, Mary Rand, Brian Skorupski, and myself all met years ago and have been filming these past few seasons. All those guys are so positive and fun to be around. It's been sick linking up with other riders as well. Kai Wiggins and Brendon Rego are native Rhode Islanders who have gotten involved. Travis Neuenhaus, Shaun Murphy, Tanner McCarty, Mike Ravelson, Derrek Lever, Tyler l'Heureux, Eugene Stancato, Tim Major, and Luke Haddock have all been part of our sessions as well. You guys are definitely one of the most creative crews in snowboarding right now, how is it that you guys are so good at shredding despite being from Rhode Island, a state that has no real mountains? Thanks! When we all learned at Yawgoo there were no jumps or rails. It was all about ripping around and finding fun, unique lines. By the time snowboarding
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around here became heavily parkoriented we had the fundamentals down and I guess it all translated.
Ah man, I'm not too sure, but I heard once it's a Mohegan word that has something to do with water.
So how big is the snowboard scene in Rhode Island actually? Tell us a bit about it, are there more unknown rippers up there? The scene in Rhode Island is great. Most people I know make a good effort to ride throughout the winter at Yawgoo and up north in NH, VT, or ME. There are a lot of young motivated riders at Yawgoo who are inspiring to watch. CiViL is an amazing skate/snowboard shop that has shown tremendous support to not only the Yawgoons, but the entire RI snowboard and skateboard community.
From day one the Yawgoons edits have always been so on point, did you ever go to film school or are you self-taught? I started filming my senior year of dental school and have been learning on the fly ever since. At this point I am just trying to keep up with the people I film with. Their talent and progression is insane. I have learned a lot from my good friend Pat Fenelon and owe him a big thank you.
What kind of name is Yawgoo, is it Native American or something?
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Does anyone in the crew live only off of snowboarding? If not, what do you guys do for a living? No one in our crew makes a living off of snowboarding. Dylan is a student at URI and owns a landscaping business, Marcus is a stone mason, Mary is a student at URI, Brian works as a life guard, and I am a general dentist. You guys are creating quite the reputation for yourselves, what is in the pipeline for the Yawgoons? Full movie? More web edits? World domination? I love making web edits so definitely expect more of those. We are going to do a Park City trip to film with Pat. Also, we are going to be riding and filming more at Killington. I have no plans to make a movie, but we will be helping out with the upcoming CAPiTA full length, DOA2. It's going to be insane!
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P R O D U C T I O N VA L U E S
YAW GOONS
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Shout outs, thank you's, etc! A sincere thank you to all those who appreciate what we are doing and who have supported us!
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P O S S E PA G E
What is something you guys do that is very Spanish? (Juan Polanco) Driving in the car playing loud flamenco music on the stereo and singing along.
----------------Cuidado, here comes Juan Polanco! 50-50 barrier hurdle.
Who is the shrimp in the Spanish Paella? Who is the clam? Who is the squid? Who is the rice? Who is the spice? Puce is the shrimp, his nose looks like one of those. Yeyo is the clam, I don’t know why. Marc is the squid, especially if there are any girls around. Jorge is the rice and "Gigante" Massaguer and Alvaro “Pirri” are the spices, cuz everything is funnier when they are around. How many times do you guys say "joder" on a normal day of snowboarding? Hahaha, "joder" means “fuck” so pretty much the same number of times you'd use that word in your language. If you had a good day on the hill, 10 to 20… If your day sucked, approximately 1,000. What do you guys usually say when you bail besides "joder"? “Su puta madre”, “me cago en Dios”, “ja me maten por la raza”, etc. Do you approach the rail like a charging bull? Who usually wins, you or the rail? The answer is yes if the rail is mellow. If there are 30 steps with a gap to the rail, then more like a cow. Sometimes the rail wins… sometimes I do. "Mucho" snow fell in the Pyrenees fell this past season, did you guys do anything different because of that? Yep, we had a lot of snow this year in the Pyrenees so we were able to hit spots that other years would have been impossible. Also in the "sierra" around Madrid, which is in the center of Spain, it was a really weird season, at least for us. Tons of snow and not too many sunny days. What is something that you see on the mountain that makes you realize, "I am in Spain"? It all depends where in Spain you are. There's a snowdome called Xanadu in
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movie. First of all because we don’t have enough footage for a full movie, and also because I think nowadays most people won’t watch a 30-minute video on vimeo. Some of the riders have to do other stuff with their footy, sponsor commitments… So let's see what happens. We're gonna try to do something different. It's not about the HD, we film and we ride, we're not a professional production. We just enjoy what we do and then we edit fun stuff. Anyways, we called the first one “Almost a Teaser” because we just put bails and fails on it. Madrid, just an hour from the city, and it is the craziest place ever. The runs are full of trees and people who have never touched snow before, flying down full speed, taking out other people, themselves… But the most typical Spanish mountain specimen is what we call “plastiqueros”. If you go to a resort on any given Sunday you'll see a bunch of them. They take plastic sheets from the most random places you can imagine, lay on top of them and launch themselves down the hill. They also like sharing their sheets, sometimes you see up to 5 people on a fucking piece of plastic that is 1 m2. So fun… Another Spanish specialty in the snowparks is building huge ramps into the rails, so you have to “anti-pop” your board if you don’t wanna die. Did you guys get out of Spain this year? How many bags of "pipas" did you bring to survive? Yep, some of us went to Finland, others to Austria, France… Just one bag of "pipas" per person is allowed on the plane. We saw the teaser, is your project going to be almost a movie? We're about to drop a new teaser, but the answer is yes, we're not gonna do a full
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How much pain and medication did you guys go through to get those couple minutes of falls? Bottles and bottles of painkillers. It was so fun because we started stacking some good bail footy by the beginning of the season. Then we found that Spanish rumba song, I started editing the teaser to it and the crew liked what they saw. The main idea was to make the first edit a bail teaser, but after a few sessions it was the ONLY idea, because the teaser started to look so fun. So when we went to spots and someone crashed it was like, hell yeah, we got new stuff for the edit! If someone broke a board it was that much better. It didn’t matter if you didn’t get any good clips, that's the Spanish Paella way of life. Having fun crashing. Are your mustaches more legit since you are Spanish? Yes, they are, even more than Mexicans, haha! Finish this phrase: A day at Xanadu is like… …going to hell. Nowadays it sucks ass, worst park we've ever had. When do we get to see the movie? September/October.
The second edition of the DORA JACKET comes with lots of original solutions to make you stay out longer with more comfort. Check out our unique HELMET HOODINI, a hood with an exaggerated cut to help you hide that helmet. Our latest invention is called BAT PITS where we added smart pleats to your armpits which help keep your jacket in place no matter where you move your arms. Off course all vents come with FREE ZIPS so you never get stuck when you work those vent zippers. The Dora Jacket has a fitted cut at the chest and body combined with extended arm and body lengths. Here you see the DORA JACKED featured in our CURRENT PATTERN. Find more BATALEON OUTERWEAR styles at bataleon.com/outerwear
ROBIN VA N G Y N
FA L A F E L S TA N D
The Falafel Stand is where our Senior Editor ADT coughs up some nonsense, I mean wisdom, in the form of little snippets of philosophy, poetry, proverbs, theories, all the things ADT likes to call "falafels". Consider it your very own fortune cookie inside of each issue of Method Mag. Pretty sweet, right? So check it out, ADT just served up his first platter of steaming hot falafel balls! - adt
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H O LY S H I T
If your immediate reaction when you saw this photo wasn't "HOLY SHIT!", you should schedule an appointment with your doctor‌ You might suffer the same life-altering affliction as mr. Sexton here: massive testicular fortitude, also known as big, brassy BALLS. Noseslide yank into the bank with some extra gnarlitude, look out for other ballshriveling maneuvers in Joe's closer part in VG's "The Last Ones". Hammertime! - - - - - - - - - - ------P H OTO : B O B P LU M B
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TOM GUILMARD
The Methodology trick tip video that teaches you how to stick stunts from the best stunt stickers themselves has returned from a long hiatus!
( F ) A R T PA G E
The DVD and iTunes release of the new Methodology will be this fall and for this first (f)Art Page of the season we wanted to feature some of the art work from Tom Guilmard that you will find in the video. To illustrate the tricks we are teaching Tom has created some rebuses. What the fuck is rebus, you say? A rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words. What you see right below. These rebuses allude to some of the tricks that will be taught in the video, but in this case we have taken out the trick names. Can you guess them? Come on, it's not that hard! And if it is, then the answers are at the bottom of the page. Hit up Tom for any illustrations or doodles you might need at tomguilmard@hotmail.com and look out for the new Methodology video this fall!
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AN DI GRI ESER In this new section we showcase old(er) riders who rip, kind of like a Fresh Meat but in reverse. They may smell like cabbage and expired meds, but they still got chops on the stunt plastic! Where do you come from? My mother's virgin lap. Where do you get your secret powers from? If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret would it? Okay, I'll tell you. I basically did everything you tell kids not to do, early. Can you tell us about the resistance that your village upheld against the FrancoBavarian army in the 1800's? All of Austria lost the war but our valley resisted hard. We set up a trap near the entrance to Kaunertal and locked the frogeaters in a narrow spot by releasing stone avalanches in front and behind them. Then all the farmers came with pitchforks and scythes and brutally mutilated Napoleon's army. Are you okay with French people now or are your people still pissed at Napoleon for trying to Roquefort up your valley? I get boards from a French company (APO). Regis Rolland, the boss at APO, is who more or less inspired me to first try a snowboard. In general my people don't really care as there is not much interaction with Frenchies up here anymore. We see them as "funny/weird" these days. Let's zoom forward into history, tell us about what the Austrian shred scene was like when you started boarding? My first time on a snowboard was in 1986. There was no "scene" as today. The crazy paragliding guys from my village had just gotten their first boards to try. "Schlรถgl Tommy" did a frontflip before he even learned how to make his first turn. Later, by 1990, a whole lot of people started snowboarding, and they did it pretty fanatically. Even untalented riders were really fanatic. You could either be a tightass skier or a hang loose boarder, so all the hot chicks were boarding and all the guys did their best to impress them. Also, local contests often had over 150 participants and lots of spectators. Even bad riders still competed for the fun of it. Most were drunk! What is your powder policy or approach when you come up to a cliff? Sharing is caring. I don't mind sharing my lines with strangers. It pushes me to find new ones. As for cliffs? No problem - you can hit it first but most times I end up having to do it.
----------------Tail method, only the best old bass can still hook this one. P H OTO : F E L I X P I R K E R
What does it seem like the young guys forget when they go snowboarding these days? The mountain. What do the old guys complain about too much? Worn out knees. Does snowboard technology really matter? On the slope and in the park, yes. In steep pow you could ride a board from 1987. Why don't you ever wear goggles? Goggles just suck. Always fogged, no view. They are just good to hold your beanie in place. The winter sun is not too strong so I feel best without goggles. On glaciers or in crazy storms I wear sunglasses. What kind of weird stunts have you been working on recently? No great inventions this year, sorry. I'm working on "backspins", e.g. FS3 with BS1 out, or BS3 to FS1 out. Another one I'm working on bringing back is the inverted
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FS1 I once did. Plus I constantly look for undone grabs/tweaks, of which there are plenty. When you build a park, what do hope to accomplish that sometimes other parks get wrong? Make sure you have big features that are still very easy to ride, so holiday riders can get impressive photos for their memories. Tell us about the second-hand snowboards you fix up. I buy any snowboard for really cheap, since I love having them in my possession. I fix 'em, wax 'em, clean 'em and keep them on hand for people who can't afford new boards. So I satisfy my collecting hobby, do people a favor, plus earn my cigarette money. Triple win. What does mean? (Ed. note: This is Andi's facebook user name.) When I converted to Islam I was rebaptized with this name. Too bad kids can't copy-paste this off a print issue.
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JESSE AUGUSTI NUS What kind of meat are you? I'm Jesse Augustinus, I'm from Brunssum, a small town in The Netherlands and I'm 17 years old.
Once you get past your spring chicken phase, where do you imagine yourself after you beef up and get older? I hope I'll be doing X Games Real Street and Real Snow backcountry. And also film for the Burton movie. But I hope that's before I get old, haha. I really have no idea what I'll be doing...
Who would you consider a fine aged meat? Hmm, I guess I'd say my parents, They taught me everything, they took me snowboarding for the first time, they always helped me with everything I needed, and I'm very thankful for that.
Would you describe yourself as a bag of bones or meaty? Hmm, well I'm very skinny, but I've grown a lot and been going to the gym as well, so I guess I'm slowly getting stronger‌ Haha! One person's meat is another person's poison. Which are yours? That's a tough one. I'm obviously into snowboarding, I like playing golf and soccer. I really don't like going to school, even though I pretty much never go.
Do you have any bones to pick? There's nothing really that I don't like, besides bad food. I really hate that but I guess everyone does. I don't like people who you can't trust, who are nice to you in person but always talk shit behind your back.
What makes you still feel like fresh meat on the scene? I still feel fresh because I'm still young, I still progress a lot, learn and experience new things. I travel to new places and meet new people... I think that's why. Have you ever been put through the meat grinder? Yea, I've gotten hurt a few times‌ Broke my arm a couple years ago, slight rips in muscles, loads of concussions, pretty much everything, haha.
What is the meat and potatoes of snowboarding? Having fun, it's hard to do something that you don't like. I think everything about snowboarding is fun, riding with your friends, learning new tricks, doing well in contests, filming for video parts, traveling, even impressing girls, haha!
When was the last time you thought you were dead meat? I went to a contest in Czech Republic a little while ago, they sent this guy to pick me up at the airport and take me to the resort, he drove about 200km/h for 2 hours straight on very, very sketchy roads. If he had lost control of the steering wheel we would have been roasted meat. ----------------P H OTO : R I K KO M A R O M I
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Who puts the meat on your plate? Burton, Electric, Clast and Revert.
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TOM PICAMOLES What kind of meat are you? Hello! I’m a kangaroo called Tom Picamoles, I’m 18-years old and I live in Grenoble, France. Would you describe yourself as a bag of bones or meaty? Actually, I’m what might be called a super skinny kangaroo! One person’s meat is another person’s poison. Which are yours? I like having good times and chilling on my couch, I’m not really into strenuous activities. What makes you still feel like fresh meat on the scene? Maybe because I’m still young and trying to learn new tricks every session. Have you ever been put through the meat grinder? I broke my left arm when I was 15, had to get surgery, now I have a big scar for the rest of my life.
Once you get past your spring chicken phase, where do you imagine yourself after you beef up and get older? I’d like to import and distribute a snowboard brand in France, or else open my own snowboard shop, I don’t know yet! The future will tell… What is the meat and potatoes of snowboarding? Spending good times with friends and feeling good vibes when I land a technical or new trick. Who would you consider a fine aged meat? Jeremy Jones (the jibber), he still kill spots with style, even with his old bones! Do you have any bones to pick? Icy snow and lift lines. When was the last time you thought you were dead meat? I spent my entire summer vacation working with children screaming and crying all day long… It was almost like a kind of mental suicide, hahaha! Who puts the meat on your plate? NDK, Picture Organic Clothing, Electric, Want’head, Drift Innovation, Ho5 parks, Dropzone Surfshop, Skullcandy and Giro.
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Once you get past your spring chicken phase, where do you imagine yourself after you beef up and get older? I would love to imagine myself filming video parts with a good crew when I’m older. Hopefully still having just as much fun snowboarding as I do now, still learning new things on my board. Maybe living in a nice house in California on the beach, with a nice lookin’ lady by my side too, haha.
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What is the meat and potatoes of snowboarding? I think that first of all snowboarding is about having fun. If you’re not having fun while snowboarding then you’re probably doing it for the wrong reason. There are definitely a lot of different routes you can take in snowboarding but I feel that video parts are the meat and potatoes. As far as contests go, they are good for some people but just not my cup of tea. Video parts are something that you work on for a whole year and put your heart and soul into, while contests are a one day or weekend thing, then on to the next one.
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What kind of meat are you? I’m Jordan Small and I’d say shark meat, since I spend so much time in the ocean, mixed with a little bit of grizzly bear meat. I’m 21-years old. Would you describe yourself as a bag of bones or meaty? I’m definitely on the skinnier side of things, but I do get some strength from digging and lifting rails all summer.
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One person’s meat is another person’s poison. Which are yours? I like to fill my time as much as I can, when I’m home in California I’m always either skating, surfing, playing golf, mountain biking and whatever else I can do when I’m not on my snowboard. As far as poisons go, I’m usually into trying out anything unless it involves razors, rollerblades or skis. What makes you still feel like fresh meat on the scene? Definitely feel like fresh meat due to the fact that my name isn’t very big yet. I just started getting into the mix the past couple years with the ThirtyTwo Spot Checks and Sunday in the Parks, but I haven’t had a video part yet. I’m hoping that will change for next year but for now I’m just trying to learn as much as I can from the older guys, keep progressing and having fun with all my friends, since that’s what snowboarding is all about. Have you ever been put through the meat grinder? Yeah, I have definitely had my fair share of injuries, who hasn’t in snowboarding. Luckily I’ve only had one serious fall where I broke my shoulder in Mammoth, but other than that it’s just your basic swellbows, spranged ankles and wrist, the stuff you just gotta live with if you snowboard.
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Who would you consider a fine aged meat? I look up to a lot of snowboarders and like a lot of different styles, but some of my favorite to watch are Scott Stevens, Chris Grenier, and Louif Paradis. Do you have any bones to pick? I’m a pretty mellow person, I think. I don’t really get into many quarrels so I don’t really have any bones to pick with anyone. But something that really bothers me is how popular razors are getting. I just don’t get how kids are choosing scooters over skateboards, I just don’t get it… haha. When was the last time you thought you were dead meat? A pretty sketchy scenario happened in Big Bear at the end of last winter when my roommates and I went on a hike to the highest peak at Bear Mountain. We made it to the top and I guess while we were hiking up some sketchy dudes were siphoning gas from the snow cat gas tanks. So when we started hiking down on the run, Bear Mountain security was watching us all the way down, thinking it was us that did it. When we got down low enough they jumped out of the bushes basically and started asking us a bunch of questions and checking the bottoms of our shoes. I thought they were definitely arresting us for trespassing since we weren’t really supposed to be on the trails, but they ended up telling us about the gas being siphoned and realized we didn’t do it, so they let us go. Who puts the meat on your plate? My sponsors are ThirtyTwo, Etnies, Dragon, Wend Wax, Stepchild, Active, and Hobo shred wear.
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Once you get past your spring chicken phase, where do you imagine yourself after you beef up and get older? I’m probably still gonna be somewhere around Austria, because we’ve got everything you need... But I definitely wanna continue traveling a lot. What is the meat and potatoes of snowboarding? For me it’s all about having fun with my homies... and impressing chicks of course, haha!
Who would you consider a fine aged meat? My dad. Do you have any bones to pick? Icy parks. When was the last time you thought ou were dead meat? I guess when I got hit by that car. Who puts the meat on your plate? Voelkl Snowboards, Volcom, Deeluxe, Union, Adidas, Sane!, Rockwell
One person’s meat is another person’s poison. Which are yours? My meat might be partying. So I guess the day after partying would be my poison. What makes you still feel like fresh meat on the scene? That’s pretty hard to answer cuz when I’m hanging with my homies most of us act like a bunch of 15-year olds anyway. Have you ever been put through the meat grinder? Yep. Two seasons ago I broke my metatarsal bone at the end of October, so I had to take a break for 2 months. Just when I was starting to ride again I got hit by a car and tore some ligaments in my knee, so I couldn’t ride for another 2 months. That sucked pretty hard but at least I was able to take some slushy laps in the spring. --- - - - - - - - - - - - - -To put it bluntly, Simon fuckin’ rips! P H OTO S : PAT R I C K ST E I N E R
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The first thing you want to do before trying this trick, or any other nollie rail trick, is to practice your straight nollie pop on flat. So every run you take you should snap as many nollies as you can.
For this particular spot I had to wait until I was past the post to turn into the back lip, but if you're doing it on a regular rail you just need to make sure your tail gets up and over the rail. The nollie should make that part easier.
Coming in for the nollie back lip, you want to approach the rail riding parallel to it, just like a regular back lip.
Look over your front shoulder to keep your board squared up and prepare for impact.
Make sure you have enough speed to clear the gap if it's the case like it was for me in this sequence.
Land on the rail in between the bindings and slide to the end of it.
With enough pressure on your heel edge to direct your board above the rail, load up your pop and snap it from your front foot, using your whole body to make the nollie as clean as possible. Suck up your knees and look at where you want to land on the rail.
If you keep looking over your front shoulder throughout the back lip it will make you come out regular, not looking will make you pop out switch. I personally prefer to come out regular because you can see what's coming at you. Land on both feet and ride away straight, then you can add nollies to every trick you know and make things very interesting! -PHIL
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DAVI D STRU BER "I prefer to call this gentle giant 'Davo'. By the time you read this his Part in BLV/NTHNG's 'Farewell Flowers' will have been released. Even if I still haven't seen a single shot I know by who Davo is that this is going to be snowboarding exactly the way I want to see it. Hopefully I watched the movie firsthand at the premiere and hugged Davo afterwards to congratulate him for the unique way he was performing his maneuvers. Spending time with him is like mental therapy for me. Davo is by far the nicest guy I've ever met." -Rossner
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Are Sharpies the new die-cuts? Maybe. I enjoy drawing a lot. Sometimes I'll set up a new board and not have stickers with me so it's nice to just draw sponsors logos and add a few random things. So yes, a sharpie or a paint marker is the new die cut. I remember seeing Peter Line's board when I was a kid and thinking it was crazy he would draw on a board, like he must get so many he doesn't care. Why is the simple life the best life? Because of freedom, the more complicated I make my life, the less enjoyment I have. I'm more interested in having experiences than having possessions. What is the best thing about having a mini ramp in your backyard? Trying to learn new tricks and getting worked, then lying in the flat bottom thinking, "is my ankle broken, how long would it take for someone to find me here?". It was the first thing I built at my house, before I remodeled the kitchen or the bathroom or anything. Wittlake came and stayed with me and we put in long hours, didn't know what we were doing at all, just watched Youtube videos and figured it out step by step. It's nice to wake up and go skate for a little bit, works better than coffee. How does it feel to be profiled in the New York Times? It was an honor and a huge deal for Drink Water. People still, two years later, will say they read about us in the NYT and were inspired by what we were doing. Maybe the sharpie is the new die cut, writing stuff on my snowboard got me in the NYT. I have the paper somewhere in my garage. I'll show my kids someday, "look, see, I was cool". Then I'll have to explain what a newspaper was. What is the most gratifying aspect of creating Drink Water? The stories about kids changing what they drink. This energy drink shit is out of control. We got an email
from a 13-year old kid with a picture attached of his lunch bag. There was a note in it from his mom that said something like "have a great day at school, and don't forget to drink water" and she had drawn our logo. The kid sent it to us saying, "look how cool my mom is". It was killer to see how this kid and his mom were hyped on the same thing. Why are morals and integrity important? That is all that matters in life, that is who you are as a person. No bank account, car, or mansion can make up for being a shitty person. What WOULD Craig do? I wrote that the first time I went to AK to remember to focus on making good turns and snowboard with purpose and confidence. Obviously he won a bunch of contests and progressed snowboarding in so many ways, but for me, I just really liked the way he did turns. Please explain to us why Oregon is the greatest place on earth. Snowboarding, skating, surfing, camping, rivers, lakes, hiking, amazing food, and 4 distinct seasons. Oregon is an amazing mash up of great shit. If you've never been, come here in July. Visit Portland,
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see Mt. Hood, go surf Short Sands, go camping and swim in a glacier run-off river. Have you been a rascal lately? Always a Rascal, I'll never grow up. Maturity is a hoax. Don't let society crush your spirit. How much would I have to pay you to get you to drink a fifth of whisky? No thanks. See the morals and integrity answer: money doesn't matter. I just watched that Bones Brigade movie and Lance Mountain talks about how Hosoi and all the "edgy skaters" made fun of him for not partying or drinking. He said how he didn't need anything else, how he still got "high" from skating. Skating was his drug. I know it sounds cheesy and nerdy, but I totally agree. Drinking is boring, people do it when they are bored. If you're really living, doing epic shit, you don't need to go sit in some bullshit bar and try to look cool with your new jacket on or whatever. I'm not telling anyone what to do, live however you like, but for me it's always been about being present and doing epic shit. Last word is yours! Get off your couch, get off the internet, go do something worth remembering. You're going to die soon.
So Victor, you had a pretty busy winter, tell us what went down. Yeah, busy winter with loads of snow and fun, :) Basically I started the winter in November with a bit of urban riding with the Almo boys in France. It was dumping pretty hard so we were able to do cool stuff. Then I got hurt on a wallride to rail, fell on my shoulder and I was out for a month. It was the opportunity to take a break, and enjoy Christmastime and New Year’s with family and my girlfriend. At that time of the year, I had never seen that much snow in the Pyrenees (where I live) before… It was really exciting but I had to stay off my board as I was still recovering from my injury. I was digging my car out every day, and we couldn’t leave my village because the roads were totally blocked by tons of snow. It was pretty frustrating…
I love the surf lifestyle, it’s so perfect after the long, dark winter...
Once I was ready to ride again in mid-January I ended up calling my friends from Almo Film, Victor Daviet and Tuno Delfino and they told me snow conditions were great where they were, a small family resort in the Alps. Once I got there we shaped like 7 monster kickers in one small zone, it was awesome. We all had fun and killed it, :)
A little bird told us that you have the world’s stinkiest feet, would you say they smell more like camembert or roquefort? Do you ruin snowboard socks after wearing them just once? I’ve always had smelly feet, but I thought it was just because I never changed socks, just kept re-using dirty ones since I only had a few pairs of hand-me-downs that my brothers and sister gave me after they outgrew them, :) This Christmas I got the best present ever: a couple of pairs of brand new socks, YAHOOOO… So this season I tried a new technique, and believe me, this was a novel concept for me: you ride 1 day and then change to clean socks for the next day. I know, it sounds kind of crazy, but it worked… NOT! My feet still smell like fucking French cheese. But I love REPRESENTING the values and the aromas of good products from my country all over the world!!!
I was basically supposed to film with Standard Films but they told me in early February that the movie wasn’t happening this season because they weren’t able to raise enough budget. I met Brusti from Absinthe at ISPO and it was all good, I was back in business with them. I thought it would be an amazing experience to film with Absinthe. We were in the Dolomites for a while and ended up in AK in an RV for a month. My season was over after Superpark, around mid-May. We heard your girl Paola is a way better surfer than you, what’s up with that? Yes, I know, it’s true. And I find it really cool and attractive. It’s also pretty sweet having a private coach, :)
How does it feel to be part of a snowboarding dynasty? Basically the de Le Rue’s are the most dominant family in the history of snowboarding. Whoa, isn’t that a bit over the top? Thanks, though, :) It’s just really cool, we all do our own thing and are proud of each other’s work too…We are trying to do more stuff together these days. You scored the cover of the new Absinthe movie, congrats! Tell us how you feel about it. That is really crazy for me, it’s my first season with Absinthe, I actually started to film with them in February and they push me like this… I am really thankful!!!!
You’ve filmed with Standard and Absinthe, what is the main difference between an American film crew and a Euro one? It was pretty much the same deal,
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both years I filmed my entire video part in Europe, ended up in AK in April and then went to Superpark in May. Just one thing though, when you film with Americans, everything is “SOOO RAAAAAAAD”, :) How many times do you say “holy shit” in a day when you go snowboarding with your brother Xavier? Actually we don’t ride much together, we both have different projects we’re working on that take up most of our time. Last year we did ride together in AK, and what impressed me the most was not the riding itself but the process of choosing a line. This year I was in AK with Absinthe and Xavier came with his Time Line crew. He showed us the line he was going to do and right there I really thought, “HOLY SHIIIIT”. Four days later he had ridden all the lines he wanted to and left. We stayed for a whole month up there, :) Why are the Pyrenees better than the Alps? Because we have the “GARBURE”. Please explain to our nonFrancophone readers what “à branler” means. “Branler” means wank. “À branler” is an expression that means fuck it, let’s just do it. We are a crew of 7 young stupid guys and a girl with big boobs, and that’s how we motivate ourselves when we’re scared of something… It is also a good way to describe our lifestyle. You’re known as an all-terrain ripper, but what is your absolute favorite thing to shred and why? I just really enjoy to ride everything, it’s actually the change that I like the best, going from park to rail to pow to freeride. But what I respect the most is all-natural freestyle tricks added into freeriding lines. Last words are yours! À branler !
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"Growing up with a dad who works as a photographer and being surrounded by cameras probably had a big influence on me. Maybe not in the interest of actual photography but more in cameras, haha. I'm not really that interested in the technical aspects of photography but more in the designs of the cameras themselves. I've been shooting everything between half format cameras to 4x5" just to try it out and learn how to shoot with them. Older cameras are way more interesting than new cameras, using a Leica or a Hasselblad is something completely different than shooting with the 5d, even though the end results are pretty much the same. Yes, that sounds highly illogical but what the hell, let's just be romantic and say they've got more soul to them. I started shooting when I was seventeen, just a little bit now and then with my friends from back home, then things escalated around 21 and I started shooting almost the whole winter. I am currently 24-years old." - Lucas
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NILS CRIPPLER I went down to the Arlberg with Nils Arvidsson for a Standard Films mission. It was the first time I was invited to go on a shoot with a big film crew so I was pretty fucking nervous. Fredi K was in charge of building the jump and he's the man, so we ended up with a sick kicker. I managed to hit Kalbermatten in the head with a snowball (sorry Fredi), one of the first things I did on the trip, which didn't really help my nerves at all. Nils threw down a crippler and the folks at Onboard were kind enough to run it as a cover last season. Great memories from that trip.Â
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VOSS BLASIGT I snapped this one with my 35mm compact film camera just cruising the resort in Myrkedal, Norway on a crazy windy day. I actually fell over a couple of times while shooting because of wind gusts. I guess this is nothing special, just a personal favorite since it reminds me of good times with friends, making the best out of the conditions.
JONAS OLLIE Jonas Wilhelmson is one of my favorite people to shoot with, we were actually just out taking laps in Funäsdalen when I saw some cool looking light. Jonas just popped a simple ollie over the fence and it actually ended up being one of my favorite shots last season. Which proves that it's not always the biggest, gnarliest stuff that works out best in a photo.
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HANS ÅHLUND TRANSFER THINGY Hans is a legend, he's been around for so long and still manages to find new, creative stuff to shoot. I was in Umeå to shoot with the Random Bastards crew when Haze told me about this "gap over a road into a wallride". We ended up building for a couple of hours and almost gave up, but after some final adjustments we got it working and as the sun started coming up again we finally got the shot. THE END
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You filmed for the new Transworld movie “Nation” last season, who did you spend time with the most this season? Where did you travel for the movie? I started filming for my video part back in Iceland like I usually do, because we get snow there pretty early in the season. Then I went to Sweden, Finland, Austria for some pow and then the U.S. Eiki was filming for the Transworld movie as well so I spent most of my season with him, and also Halldór, Ethan Morgan and Dylan Thompson. I’m stoked that I got to spend the season with those dudes plus the media dudes: Petter, Johannes, Mark and Frode. How does filming with Transworld compare to filming with Standard? It was pretty much the same, every season I’ve had has been pretty similar and I try to keep it that way because it works well for filming video parts. We have always tried filming together, me and the Helgasons, at least in the beginning of the winter when we start in Iceland, so I’ve always tried to plan every season with the same basic schedule. You also filmed a part for the new Sexual Snowboarding movie, how was that? I did that at the same time as I was filming for the new Transworld video.
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Johannes, who is the main filmer behind the Helgasons, was always with us and the new movie DTF is gonna be sick! Have you heard the new Sabbath album, 13? Of course, I really like it! Two tracks especially, “End of the Beginning” and “Dear Father”. Did Dio ruin Sabbath? No, I wouldn’t say that at all, but I do like Sabbath a lot more with Ozzy. I don’t really look at it as the same band, it was really different with Dio in it but songs like “Heaven and Hell” and “Zero the Hero” are classics in my mind. (Ed. note: “Zero the Hero” is off the “Born Again” album and was actually sung by Ian Gillian.) Why are Icelandic crime rates so low? Well, it’s because of the elves of course, they keep us safe! Seriously though, it’s hard to explain, I guess. I think the main reasons are because there is no virtually difference among upper, middle and lower classes in Iceland. And with that, any tension between economic classes is virtually non-existent. Why do Icelanders eat such crazy food? Tell us your nastiest (or would that be the greatest?) food experience. We are real Vikings and our food is super
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bad ass! The nastiest meal I’ve ever had would be fermented sheep balls, but I really enjoy eating rotten shark and dried fish. By the way, rotten shark is best served with an Icelandic liquor called ‘’Brennivín’’. What can snowboarding learn from skateboarding? What can skateboarding learn from snowboarding? Street snowboarding pretty much comes from skateboarding so there is always something there to learn, I get inspired for my snowboarding from watching skate videos. There is so much creativity in street skating with spots and how to use the environment around
you. Skateboarding can probably learn something from big airs in snowboarding, because they have started to do some seriously fucked up tricks on the mega ramp in skateboarding. What’s your favorite kind of videos to watch online? Skate/snowboarding and music videos/ band documentaries. How would you describe your humor? Childish, to me nothing is funnier than farts. The first time I saw a video of a girl farting on another girl I thought I was going to die!
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Would you rather wear wet socks or wet underwear? Wet socks, pretty used to that actually because of snowboarding. If we had a look in your refrigerator right now, what would we find? Beer, booze, snus, vegetables, dried Icelandic fish, milk and eggs. What’s the one question you’ve never been asked in an interview but always wanted to answer? I would ask myself, “what’s your worst experience in a hospital ever”? And the answer would be when I broke my spine in Austria few years ago. I stayed 10 nights
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in the hospital, and there was an old man in the same room as me who had chronic diarrhea, but he took care of business in his bed because he couldn’t actually get up and go to the toilet. I, of course, felt bad for him but at the same time I couldn’t get anything out of my own gut because I wasn’t allowed to eat or stand up. So there I was in my bed, farting like a maniac in some silver bowl, trying to get some of the real stuff out. I chose that question because I love telling that story, haha!
What could snowboarding do without? FIS, the Olympics and dub step music. Last word is yours, say what you want! I want to give a shout out to my girlfriend, family, friends, snowboarding and skateboarding. Thanks to all my sponsors, Method Mag and the people I get to work with! And a special shout out to my brother who is expecting his second baby, you dog!
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Brown bear stew, hard cider, rotten jeans, broken tail bone and new spots. Who knew that Estonia could be so accommodating. I was here on an Adidas/Gnarly trip with Alex Stathis, Forest Bailey and Keegan Valaika. Our trip to Lithuania had been cancelled and some how we ended up here instead. I knew this was going to be a good time with plenty of hi-jinx after the first night. We found ourselves in a part of old town with vodka shots flowing freely and loud accordion music ringing through the hall. We followed this up the next day by putting diesel fuel in our generators, which would eventually lead to explosions‌ Anyway, after filling the "gennies" up there was still too much diesel to put back in the van so we figured it would be a good idea to get rid of it back by the dumpster. The spot we were hitting was only a block away from the station so after dumping the diesel we repeatedly went back to get snacks and beers. Good thing gas stations in Estonia don't have cameras in the back‌ Or do they? The next day we met up with a local crew Pierre Minhondo had found named Pia Pua. They had tons of spots no one had hit before. The next 12 days consisted of a lot of snowboarding, a little drinking and lots of good times. Here is the trip through photos. - Bob PS - READ THE CAPTIONS.
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A chameleon changes its appearance to suit its surroundings. Markus Keller does the same with his snowboarding. Whether it's donning the Swiss national colors for Olympic halfpipe, strapping on a short board for some urban action or climbing into a heli for some big lines, Markus does it all. This is a very rare thing in snowboarding these days, so our goal was to show thats it's still possible to ride everything at the highest level. Basically just go snowboarding. The team, consisting of Markus, filmers Pirmin and Clemens plus myself as producer/photographer, traveled around the world for a year, meeting the likes of Guch, Bjorn Lienes, Arthur Longo, Elias Elhardt, Eero Ettala, Nils Arvidsson, and Will Jackways. Markus has had the same sponsors for over 10 years now and they all jumped on board when we pitched this idea, so thanks to Red Bull, Volcom and Nitro we were able to have the best year of our lives.
First trip of the new project and we all arrived in MN frothing. Turned out we didn't get a single shot for the film! After 5 days we cut our losses and flew home again. Our plan had been to hook up with Dan Brisse, but he'd had some setbacks with filming his X-Games Real Snow part and was grinding the last days trying to get two special shots. So we sort of helped him out for a couple of days as we didn't have a winch, lights, or any other gear of our own and hoped he'd get his shots so we could start filming our stuff. A couple of busts and a build that took way longer than expected though and we had to change our plans and get out of there early. Only positive thing for me was the fact that I got a shot with my drone and it made it into Brisse's X-Games part. - - - - - - - - - -------Markus Keller with some wild refrACTION, cab underflip in the Arlberg
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----------------TOP: Sa???? Photo: Frode RIGHT: Sa???? Photo: Frode ----------------Under the bridge downtown, Markus draws some blood with a switch wildcat ----------------Left: Eero Ettala going balls out, fastplant in Helsinki Right: Uplifting tunes, Olivier Gittler in Kitzsteinhorn
So after getting home from Minnesota earlier than expected we called Eero Ettala in Helsinki and made a plan to hook up with him. A three-hour flight from Zurich to Helsinki and we all met up at a Chinese restaurant and got updated by Eero on the situation there. Up there things work differently than in other places we'd been. Instead of the riders owning all the necessary equipment to go jibbing (lights, winch, ramp, shovels, etc), in Finland it's the photographers who own the gear. So when in Finland riders sort of have to make sure they have a photographer in their pocket to get any work done. In our case it was Pasi Salminen who held the key to our success or failure. The first night we decided to hit this bridge support with a natural in-run. An hour of so of work and we were ready to go. The session dragged on a bit but Eero and Markus both got the tricks they wanted. Finally we had our first CHAM채LEON shots in the bag. Next night we decided to hit this spot no one had ever tried. We spent the best part of 5 hours getting it ready, then the riders speed checked it and all decided it was too risky, so we packed up and we back to the hotel. After this disappointment Eero came up with the idea for us to head a few hours north where there was more snow on the ground and we would be able to make features safer to ride. Red Bull had loaned us a van for the trip, which was nice of them, only problem was that it only had 3 seats and we were 4 so Clemens volunteered to ride in the back. The temperature was -25c so we made him a bed out of all our boardbags and gave him all our puffer jackets. He was okay for an hour but that was it, so we had to squash together in the cab for the next couple of hours.
Upon meeting that evening for dinner we exchanged results and made plans for the next 4 days. Next night we hit this big metal ball, everyone got 1-2 tricks and the world was good. The night after that we build a jump over a shipping container to wallride. It was a fairly big build and everyone was sorta slacking but in the end she was ready. It turned out to be a tricky beast and it was 9 AM before everyone was satisfied. Markus got a sick shot though so we were happy and slept the whole day. Turns out that was our last shot as Pasi kooked on us, the result being we had absolutely no gear. So we drove back down to Helsinki, dropped the van off and flew home. Not such a good ending but in general we were just happy to have begun.
A couple of days after coming home from Finland we all boarded a Lufthansa bird to Japan. Now this was of great excitement to me, as I had never been to Japan after several unfortunate attempts. We changed planes in Osaka then flew on to Sapporo. The security guys had some concerns about my flash batteries but they were so nice that it was nearly a pleasure. After years of traveling to the USA and coming to hate that whole process it was certainly refreshing to be treated with respect. The Tourism Board of Niseko had kindly organized a van for us so we signed the forms, loaded up and were nearly out the gate when we realized that the GPS was only in Japanese. There was no other van available so the very
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helpful office girl explained to us how it worked and we took off. Right away we gave up trying to figure out the GPS, as we had no idea what button did what but the driving turned out to be no problem at all and we made our way easily to Niseko. Misaki from the Tourism Board had hooked us up with a rad apartment and after being told the rules we all just crashed, it had been a long day. The next morning we met up with Will Jackways and Abby Lockhart and followed them up to a pass. We hiked out for a few minutes and got a couple of little keepers right away. We spent the next few days in this zone and it was pretty rad as we spent the days totally alone hiking around the magic forest. Local shred Ruiki Masuda joined the crew after a few days and showed us some new zones. He has a pickup with a camper on the back and lives the whole winter in it, towing his sled around as well.
----------------Whipping the cream, stacking the tracks, Bryan Iguchi gets rad in Jackson
We didn't shoot a single thing in the resorts, just stuck to the passes and hiking. The last few days we got to stay at the Vale, a pimping 5-star hotel right by the lift in Niseko, thanks Lisa and Misaki for that one! We had about 10 days of very fun shredding in the Niseko area, then flew down to Tokyo for 3 days in the city. Red Bull hooked us up with Tetsuro the Ninja, who choreographed and played the fight scenes for Kill Bill. We went to his studio and he showed Markus some moves. All-in-all, an epic trip.
The whole crew knows the Arlberg very well so it was a no-brainer to spend a couple of weeks there. Volcom have had a team house there for years now, so we holed up there and just got to work, hiking and shaping hits everyday. We had some spots that we
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knew of, we found some new ones and we even found a whole new zone that we managed to keep to ourselves for a few days before some kooks followed us in there. On a good snow year the Arlberg region has so much potential it's impossible to get your head around it. It's huge, with valleys running in all directions and has some of the best tree riding in Europe. So even if it's dumping, you can still get the best shots of your life.
I have been going to Jackson for some years now and Bryan Iguchi has shown me some new secrets every time. He is such a great human being, such a talented snowboarder and a great collector of information. I just feel safe in the mountains with him. Our crew flew into Salt Lake City, rented a pick-up truck and drove the 4 hours north to Jackson. As this was going to be a long trip we decided to kit the crew out with our own snowmobiles, as it's cheaper to buy sleds and sell them again than rent for a month. When we arrived at my buddies sled shop, four new Polaris snowmachines were sitting on a trailer, ready to go. We went out to an easy zone the next morning and rooped around for a couple of hours, just getting used to them. Bjorn Leines joined us the next day and we got to work. Guch had a couple of spots ready to go and we logged shots the next 3 days in row. It warmed up pretty quick so we had to go north a couple of hours, where we again found amazing terrain and snow. Two days later though it got really warm so we packed everything up, tied the sleds down firmly and headed north. 14.1
I guess you would call the Whistler region the “home” or “mecca” of sled-accessed backcountry riding. There is just so much terrain out there, it's almost impossible to grasp. Even after years of going there, I am still blown away when you get to the top of a peak and just look out, in every direction you have snowy mountains as far as the eye can see. We made Pemberton our home base, Bjorn was with us again and Elias Elhardt also joined the crew for the first time. The sledding here is as tough as it gets and our two filmers, being pretty inexperienced slednecks, definitely got a shock. But we made sure we put in good tracks for them to follow and it ended up not slowing us down too much. Markus had only been sledding for a couple of years but on this trip he really came into his own and by the end was ripping. On the second day out we found a nice hut on the edge of a frozen lake and decided to haul a bunch of gear out there and camp. It would mean we would get 2-3 extra hours per day to film, as the ride in and out was 30 km of whoops. So nice waking up at 7 AM, firing up your sled and in 5 minutes you are at the spot. We logged long days filming lines, kickers, pat-downs and were exhausted when the weather finally crapped out. We left a bunch of gear in the hut and high-tailed it back to town where we rested up for a couple of days. Fully loaded with fuel and food, we cruised back in and spent another 5 days in the wilderness. This is my sort of thing and I fully enjoyed it. Warm weather arrived though and the powder was gone within 3 hours of our arrival. With the snow being sort of hard you can sled
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pretty much everywhere, so we spent the last day using this opportunity to scope new zones for future use. We said goodbye to Canada and made the long drive back south, stopping in at Jackson to drop off the sleds and trailer at my mate Justin's place before the final short dash to SLC. There we stayed with Torah and Benny Bright for a couple of nights before jetting back to Europe.
A very important part of the film was always going to be halfpipe. Markus has always been an amazing pipe rider; a past World Champion, Arctic Challenge winner and 2-time Olympian, he is one of the most stylish guys out there. Kitzsteinhorn is close to Salzburg in Austria and were the first resort in Austria to have a real superpipe. The pipe and park are also sponsored by Volcom and Nitro, so that assured us a perfectly shaped trick ditch. We had accommodation up on the mountain so we could take advantage of the amazing sunrises. Red Bull's home base is Salzburg so they sent over a heli with cineflex for one of the early sessions. Arthur Longo and Olivier Gittler joined us in Kitzsteinhorn and absolutely ripped. Markus was a little sick the first 2 days but came back to life towards the end and nailed some epic maneuvers.
We had planned to go up to Norway in May to shoot big park features but it rained like crazy at the resort we were working with, so we had to come up with another plan. Superpark is an event put on every year by Snowboarder Magazine and we had been invited by their infamous editor Pat Bridges. We all flew into Portland and drove up to Mt. Bachelor for a week of slushy shred action with 200 other cats. It's not easy to get good footage at Superpark as there are so many people ripping in all directions, but we managed to get some keepers and had a ball doing it. It was the end of a long, hard season and everyone was just about shredding with mates and drinking beers in the parking lot after. It was a fitting end to the season for us. In late July we had a couple of jumps built for us on the glacier in Saas Fee then right after that we flew down to New Zealand for a couple of weeks of heli boarding in the Mt. Cook region. This would be our final mission for the Chamäleon project. Instagram: @chamaleonfilm facebook.com/chamaleonfilm
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