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insides 14 Checking - Sweden Daniel Blom

18 Creative Quest w/ Chris Faronea

20 Bckgrnd

Bell, Smith, Rodriguez

Kyle McCoy

26 Up & Coming

Adam Hohmeyer Shimpeno

28 Dropping

Ashley Barker

34 Simon Chamberlain interview

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Photo Karim Ghonem

52 Stupid Questions Beagle & Peter Line

Donut, Peter Line

56 Weekend Trip Berlin, NH

Erik Hoffman

64 Pat Abramson interview

Sean Sullivan

70 The Gallery Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

76 Now Playing

The Ducky Boys Lauren Mangini

80 Junkfood

Flavor Saver Katie Doner

82 Nut & Bolt

84 Shop Spotting Baton Rouge

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WINTER CAME AND WENT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. Part of the reason for that is because La Nina, or El Nino or whatever it was - sucked! The other reason being that it was still a super busy season.

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Andrew Bablo andy@steezminimag.com The 30th Annual Burton U.S. Open went down in early March with Shaun White and Elena Hight taking superpipe, meanwhile Seb Toots and Jamie Anderson stole slopestyle. Local hereos Shaun Murphy and Chas Guldemond took home first at the night jam. Seb and Jamie were also crowned the 2012 TTR Slopestyle World Tour Champions and Shaun and Elena named the TTR Halfpipe World Champs. Seb Toots wasn’t done yet, he also took the 11th Annual Ride Shakedown. Over in France for more Winter X, Shaun White took multiple golds, while Jamie Andrerson and Kelly Clark took gold for women as well. In case you didn’t fully get your winter fix in, don’t worry, Mt. Snow is still scheduled to host The 5th Annual Peace Pipe Jam on May 26.

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checking Sweden

Sweden After a few rough years, the Swedish snowboarding scene is on its way back with a new generation of rippers, and an older generation who know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up and use their expertise to develop new and interesting parks.

words & photo Daniel Blom

Markku Koski

checking Sweden

top to bottom Markku Koski over the bales. Markku ridin into the sunset. Park crew puttin in work.

ince we’re not spoiled with big snowfalls in this part of the world, a lot of resorts know that they need to have updated and well maintained parks to be able to compete. Even in the capital of Stockholm, which is pretty far south, you can take the subway to Hammarbybacken for a couple of runs in the floodlights. Stockholm is also a prime location for urban riding. Along with the noncaring police, Videograss and other crews can enjoy an endless selection of fine Swedish steel, and this is why pros have been coming here for ten years to bag shots. Along the mountain chain, several smaller resorts have understood that to make good parks they need help from people who actually ride; Funäsdalen, Kläppen, Kungsberget and Bjursås are my favorites here.

Resort wise, Åre remains the main player as the biggest ski resort in Scandinavia. They hold their ground with a couple of big, diverse and always changing parks, and as you can see in the photos, they’re not shy about pushing up massive features come Springtime either.

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Trailer Park Jump Session When I think of trailer parks, I typically think of the stereotypes that surround the trailer park way of living. A few things that immediately come to mind are; cigarettes, wood paneling, cans of Busch, Keystone or Miller Light, Bubbles, and men wearing wife-beaters driving Ford trucks.

We recently got hooked up with a kind storm courtesy of Mother Nature, so we gathered up the crew, and went jib hunting to have some fun and stack footy. When my eyes wandered into the direction of a trailer park near our filmer’s house, not only did I observe the large majority of these stereotypes in action, but I also found one gem of a landing that would offer us a great opportunity to build a jump up over a fence into a perfectly pitched landing with two feet of fresh snow

waiting to be stomped. I would never have expected to wander into a trailer park and encounter an awesome spot to ride my snowboard. This is why creativity continues to remain king. I gained a new appreciation for trailer park jibbing, but I’m not sure about the whole trailer park way of living. This session was at sunrise, perched on a hill overlooking the Denver metropolitan city limits. We got an hour-long session in, stomped some tricks, and even got offered a Busch Light. I guess the moral of the story is stereotypes, like dreams, become reality when living with an open mind… -PAT MILBERY

photo Chris Faronea

bckgrnd Stevie Bell

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Kyle McCoy

Canon 1DM3, 50mm 1.4

Rail Mission

Stevie is no stranger to rail missions. Early flights, cold temps, recalculating gps machines, long days and longer nights, sh*tty food, tons of gear, no snow and two weeks to clock as many shots as possible. So any chance to rest or grab a nap between fixing the landing and pulling the bungee is few and far between. With temps somewhere between 10 and -10 and the sun about an hour from coming up, Stevie found the most comfortable spot around to sit and dream about a bower (a cold beer in a hot shower) and bed. -Kyle McCoy

bckgrnd Fred Smith

This is Fred Smith in Newport, RI on Memorial Day 2011. I shot a ton of photos with Fred for an interview in another magazine this day. He couldn’t skate ‘cause he had a bum knee, and he wasn’t down with shooting any “b.s. lifestyle shots.” This dude has got about 15 years on me and I was whooped trying to keep up, he never stopped; motorcycles, tractors, a few liquor store runs, backflips off of bridges. I thought I caught him in a quiet moment here, but right when I shot the photo, he turned around and gave me this. -Karim Ghonem

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bckgrnd Billy Rodriguez

Shot in Eagle-Vail Colorado, located between Vail and Beaver Creek Resorts. Early in November we had two big storms come through the valley. We decided to take advantage of the early season snowfall with a nighttime session - the only way to evade the law. Billy Rodriguez with a front side wall ride. -Ryan Bregante

photographer Ryan Bregante

equipment -Canon 7D with Canon lens 17-40f4 -Cybersync triggers -1 Vivitar 285hv -1 Canon 580exII

location Eagle-Vail, CO

photo top to bottom Shimpeno, Hensler

up & coming

Adam Hohmeyer age 16

hometown Grand Haven, MI

Hohmeyer is a man of few words. To say he lets his riding speak for him is clichĂŠ, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so true here and in his case exemplifies his personality. He is humble, smooth, calculated and always willing to step up first. All good qualities to have and his parents raised him right. Style never takes a backseat and the progression over the last year proves he is committed to seeing how far he can take it. -Mike Mallon

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Interviewed by AB / Photo Ashley Barker

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ou were born and raised in Canada. Were you required to play hockey? You kinda have to I guess. (Laughter) I played until I was 9, then started snowboarding when I was 10 and just quit ‘cause I wasn’t down for the sport really. But I like watching it now. I like playing pond hockey and stuff too but you kinda have to learn for sure. So how did you get into skating and snowboarding, and what was the scene like up there? I came from a super small town. It’s like an hour and a half outside of Toronto. Pretty much no one skated or snowboarded that much, but my older brother kinda got into it. He went shredding a couple times and was like ‘Yo you gotta try this.’ So I tried it with my twin brother, we both went out and did it. We’ve just been skatin’ and snowboarding ever since. Pretty much my older brother got us into it. There’s a bunch of pics on your Tumblr site Simon-Sayz.com. Who’s taking them, you? Yeah, I take most of the photos and sometimes I re-blog some stuff off JP’s site or wherever. Most of the stuff, I take the photos. So are you into photography as well? No, I mean it’s fun but I just take iPhone photos and edit them, and take some real photos. I have a good camera and stuff but I wouldn’t say I’m like super into it – but I love it, you know. I just like to play around with it for sure. I would never call myself a good photographer though, I couldn’t tell you what an F-stop stands for. (Laughter)

How’s the season going so far? It’s goin’ awesome. JP and I started this video project called “Jibberish.” Our website is absolutejibberish.com and we’ve just been putting up some web video series of what we’re doin’ this year. It’s mainly just some teasers on there because we wanna drop our own video parts at the end of the year. So in the summer we’ll drop full video parts for free for kids, it’ll be all on YouTube. I think we’ve dropped two

videos a month and now we’re just doin’ teasers. We’ve got three teasers so far that have dropped and we’re doin’ a Nixon Jibfest video with all the footage from last year, that’s goin’ up in the next couple weeks. Then we’re doin’ some park stuff and some backcountry edits that are comin’ too. It’s pretty fun, it’s been awesome. What made you guys decide to start doing the “Jibberish” edits and how have they been received? Well, JP’s done 20 video parts and I’ve

“Keep shredding, keep smiling, just have fun with what you’re doing.”

done 9 or 10, so we’ve been working on the video thing for a long time. One year we did the “This Video Sucks” video. That was received really well. This year we just kind of wanted to do something different and put out teasers through the year and a couple little edits. We just wanted to do it not super polished and kind of ghetto, it’s been fun. Growing up, did you ever pretend you were your twin brother Andre or vice-versa? Yeah totally. (Laughter) There were a couple days

like April Fools day. We’d always switch class and the teacher would never guess and we’d switch back at lunchtime. We might of went all day once and they just never knew, it was pretty funny. I’d be in class and I had to ask some of his buddies where he keeps his books and stuff, it was funny. Then a couple times his girlfriend would call and I’d answer and talk to her for a half an hour, then be like ‘ok, you wanna talk to Andre now?’ (Laughter) She’d be super pissed. Things like that for sure because we pretty much sound identical on the phone so it was pretty easy.

Does JP or Joe ever get annoying on trips? JP is pretty professional on everything, he’s pretty bullets on the road so he doesn’t ever annoy me that much. But Joe is like a kid so I swear it’s like we’re always teaching him how to do stuff. It takes him awhile to learn stuff but he’s starting to come around. But in those early days, for sure, he kind of got annoying, but whatever. I guess when you travel so much you get annoyed by the little things. But nothing that I can’t stand. If I couldn’t stand him I wouldn’t be traveling with him. What do you do in your free time? I skateboard quite a bit. I always do some fishing trips with my dad and stuff. Hang out with my girl. That’s pretty much it. Tell me about the Austria Trip. Any good stuff go down? Yeah it was a Giro trip, that’s a new sponsor for me for goggles. It was just me and Seth Huot. Snowboarder did a story on it. This dude pretty much just toured us around and took us to the illest pow spots that you could find in Arlberg. We just shredded pow everyday pretty much. The pow stayed good everyday, it was pretty insane. It was a full catered trip though so it was not what I was used to, ‘cause we always rush it and stuff. But they tried to pimp it out for us. So they’d have breakfast ready for us in the morning everyday and when we’d get back they’d have a seven course meal dinner and stuff, it was pretty insane. So that was pretty rad, I hadn’t experienced that on a snowboarding trip. All in all it was pretty much face shots and good junk everyday. Have you ever been arrested by the cops while on an urban shoot? I’ve never been arrested, but we get hassled quite a bit. These days we’ve been going to Europe to do most of the urban stuff, like in Finland and Sweden. Cops will seriously come and stop at the bottom of the rail and say ‘can we sit here and watch for half an hour?’ They’re so down for it they don’t even trip at all which is rad. That’s why we go there pretty much because there’s so many rails and we never get busted. Like this last Finland trip I just went went on, we were just finishing cleaning up and these cops showed up and they were pretty much like ‘oh you guys are done already? We just got a

“ Cops will seriously come and stop at the bottom of the rail and say ‘can we sit here and watch for half an hour?’” call that some snowboarders were here and we raced over ‘cause we wanted to watch. Next time I’m gonna tell them to call us earlier so we make it when you guys are actually shredding.’ That’s the difference over there. Canada is more mellow than the States too. I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone getting arrested for doing it, but I’ve heard the states can be pretty sketchy for that. We’re not committing a crime though. You and your brothers, Andre and Mat, founded Nomis officially in 2004, but came up with the idea in high school. So it’s been awhile, how has the ride been so far? It’s been crazy. (Laughter) There’s been a lot of ups and downs and stuff. It’s been rad though. It was a lot different than it is now. It’s all good. You gotta take the changes and run with it. It was cool in the beginning when it was all of our homies and we could just do what we wanted, but we outgrew that and had to get more serious, you know? That stuff kind of sucks sometimes but it’s doing really good and I can’t be happier about it, so it’s good.

What’s the future of the brand and how much input do you have with Nomis on a regular basis? All the designs get sent to me before anything happens, to see if I wanna get anything changed. I have a lot of input in my signature stuff and I’m always talking to designers about that. I talk with marketing and talk about what we should put our money into for advertising and all that kind of stuff. I’m pretty involved for sure.

You seem like a super mellow dude, anything that bothers you? (Laughter) Not really. There’s a couple things I guess. It’s funny because when people eat with their mouth open, that can irritate me. It’s not like it bugs me that much but I just notice it ‘cause when I was a kid at home I used to do that and my mom would make fun

of us, and I think of my mom doing that so it just kind of bugs me. There’s lots of things that bug me I just can’t think of them all. Did you ever think you’d be married, a successful entrepreneur and pro snowboarder all by the age of 30? No, never. (Laughter) I mean I always had my dreams and stuff and they happened so fast. You’re just riding it, you know, you’re stoked, it’s awesome! Any last words? Keep shredding, keep smiling, just have fun with what you’re doing. Stay on your toes and stay focused. That’s all I try to do.

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Steve Mull Up and over in Beantown Photo Mark Spooner

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Jay Kuzma Front 5 in Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last frontier Photo Noah Gotthardt

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Jarrod Pimental Hot dogginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; through the bend Photo Karim Ghonem

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Peter Line Late night air Photo Kyle McCoy

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BEAGLE

Interviewed by Joe Vice

Do one, kill one, marry one: fried chicken, weed, the VX? Switch crooks, road rage, a nurse.

How old is your first afro? I realized I had a fro when I was 15, but never picked it ‘til I was 26.

Does your mom call you Beagle? Sometimes clownin’. She’s proud.

Strangest thing found in your afro? An earwig pinchin azz bug.

Popeye’s or KFC? Popeye’s! Feelin that chicken wrap with the beans and rice for $1.49.

So does the carpet match the drapes? No. Weird.

Would you rather smoke with the Colonel or Foghorn Leghorn? The ranting chicken. Anyone allergic to bullsh*t gets extra stupid high.

How many decks can you ollie? I lost count.

Bo Vice Bro Vice Photo Donut

Are you sick of the Chicken Bone Nowison song? Impossible. 52 Did you just sh*t? A dark red wine terd.

Can you drop in on a vert ramp? Maybe, but then what? K.Y.S. myself. What celebrity do you think you look like? Gene Wilder.

stupid ?’s

Peter Line Rumor has it you’re an artist too? Tell me you do more than line drawings? Oh, I see what’s going on here, ‘Line’ refs, ha, I get it. Art for me is everything, yeah I paint and am starting now to take weird photos. I’ve been working with the companies I’ve helped start for years, art is all of it. Art is bigger than what certain people perceive it as. If there were no art, no design... I just remember going to East Germany and other former Soviet countries that were lost of that, everywhere was grey. These were places where money wasn’t given to the arts and creativity. Ugggghh, a dark, un-imaginative land is no place for anyone to live.

Have you thought about changing Interviewed by your name to something AB more interesting, like Peter Photo Circle, or Peter Trapezoid? Peter Line If I had the choice of naming myself from birth, it definitely would not have been Peter. My last name ‘Line’, eh it’s alright, but Peter? It’s weird, my dad’s name is Dick, and for real his middle name is Harry, not making this up. So, yeah penis names kind of run in the family, I should maybe name my first born Johnson or Chode? I don’t know, I wouldn’t change my name ever, I grew up with it. Only insecure people, people trying to hide their identity, and musicians (actors) change their names. So, no to your question. How does it feel being one of the oldest pro snowboarders? Well, I’m obviously not the oldest pro snowboarder, just an old one still getting paid. Terje is older than me, still going bigger and winning contests, but I guess I’m still one of the oldest still getting paid and still showing what I have, and here-and-again showing up young kids when I can. That feels good. Having the opportunity to learn from the kids and them from me is awesome. 54

You must be an excellent line dancer? Nope, that sort of dancing has nothing to do with me besides the name, I hate pre-conformity.

Have you given up on shaving these days? I’m dating a girl who doesn’t care, so... I don’t care either. I have a beard. I’ll shave it when I’m... that... bored. Is it true that Seattle has one of the highest suicide rates in the country? Finland is pretty high from what I read. Seattle I think is pretty far down, people who live here, know why they live here. If anything, it’s the new transplants who move here that are the ones who don’t take their meds and... What are your thoughts on having your own clothing collection like Shaun White? You could call it ‘The Peter Line’. Well, I’m back doing creative directing with Foursquare again for 2014, and though our outerwear blows any of his sh*t away for real snowboarding quality and thought, he’ll still sell a sh*t ton to a bunch of kids who know nothing. But, it would really be nice to sell all those kids a quality product and not just one for a Shaun White name on the label.

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GO WHERE THE SNOW IS

Words AB Photo Erik Hoffman

This Winter it was few and far between for quite some timeâ&#x20AC;Ś We found some snow though, far North in the state of New Hampshire in an old industrial paper mill city by the name of Berlin.

Kyle Ingle FS 180 Nose Grab Tail Tap

here’s not much going on in Berlin besides buildings being torn down or abandoned left and right. A perfect place for a snowboard shoot! The night we arrived, good ol’ Mother Nature dropped 7 inches and left us with a nice little East Coast urban pow-day. Despite constant snow squalls, freezing temps, and 60m.p.h. wind gusts, we gave it our all in Berlin. Surely, it’s not a place we plan on going back to anytime soon, but it served its purpose this time around. 58

We found a skatepark tucked away behind a broken down building near a baseball field. The cars got stuck in snow drifts a couple times just

driving out to it. We probably got the most use out of the park for the entire year. There was one store in town that sold skate decks. A woman’s clothing store had about 5 completes shoved in a corner. When we asked about snowboards, the woman there looked at us like we had 3 heads and told us to drive 40 miles south. I guess it wasn’t a bad skatepark considering. The Berlin version of Stonehenge is slightly less ambitious. But it made for a nice jib sesh. Usually with a tourist attraction like this, you can’t even get within 50 feet of the features. Not in Berlin. We walked right in and owned the granite sculpture while a snowblowing neighbor looked on unamused. We never saw any cops on the streets, back at the hotel was a different story...

TOP Walking the dog. RIGHT Johnny Miller Melon BS 180

Johnny Miller BS Rodeo

YOU

can’t in the

HOT TUB if you’ve been

rink in’!

– Hotel Employee

Kyle Ingle FS 360 Bloody Dracula

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OFF

HOVEL THAT WHOLE GODDAMN

STAIRWAY FOR YOU KIDS TO GO THROW

snow on it again!

- NH College Worker 63

interview

P A Abram PAT ABRAMSON Life after being pro

I signed my first contract with When did you start snowRide Snowboards in ‘92. I Interviewed by boarding and what got you rode Am for my first year. I got Peter Levandowski interested in it? a board and a pair of bindings. I started snowboarding in Then after getting shots in TB2 Photo 1985. I was in 8th grade. One and Uppin the Ante, they ofSean Sullivan of my skater buddies brought fered me a paid contract in a snowboard to our local ski ‘93. So I guess that’s when I area. I remember riding up the turned pro. $350 a month. I chairlift and he had hiked up quit my job and hit the road. the hill next to it. They wouldn’t give him a lift ticket. My goal was always just to travel for a year without I was skiing at the time. When I saw him riding down having to have a job and film. I ended up getting on that I was blown away. It was like I just saw the 12. Not bad. greatest invention ever. Now I could get my skate fix during the winter. I had to borrow boards from Who is the best snowboarder you have ever my buddies for the next season till I could save up seen ride? and get my own. Luckily one of my friends broke his Wow. I have to break it down into a few. Skate wrist the first day out and I got to use his board for style, it was Roan Rodgers. I could never figure out most of the season. The first board I owned was a which way that guy was riding. His style was so powder board made in Tennessee of all places. I got much like skating. He did tricks like shuffles afit for $50. It was a swallow tail. It only had edges on ter stump jibs and handrails. No one ever did that. the fins in the back, so on the mid-west ice it was a Freeride, it was Craig Kelly. I got to do a heli trip in challenge. Then I got a Sims 1610 which I still have the North Cascades for a week with him. It was like in my basement. I then spent my Summers skating art to see him ride. We would take our runs and we and my Winters snowboarding. could look back at our tracks. His were so smooth and perfect. Mine looked like a hack job compared How long did it take you to reach ‘pro’ status? to his. As an all around rider, it’s Terje. Riders like

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interview The freedom of waking up, turning on The Weather Channel, seeing it’s snowing somewhere, calling your team manager, booking a ticket, and being there that day. Especially when that included a heli. Do you stay in contact with other pros you’ve traveled with? Yeah, I always did. I do the Banked Slalom every year for that reason. I’ve only missed one in the last 17 years. I can go there knowing I’ll see some old buddies at the top of the race course. Most don’t make it every year, but a different mix is there, guaranteed. Plus I see so many new pros getting to experience that race for the first time. It’s super cool.

him don’t really exist anymore. He can ride it all. Pipe, park, rails and pow lines. That’s my definition of a pro rider, is one that can hang in all aspects. I see the rail guys and they claim they don’t like riding pipe, when really they suck at it and they are afraid of looking stupid. Or the park guys who never hit pow jumps. Pow jumps are hard and most of the time you fall. I’ve always said, if you see a lot of people doing a trick, it can’t be that hard. I see doubles going down all day here in Colorado. Don’t see many switch straight airs. Or clean frontside cabs (not a switch backside 180). I’d like to also add that I’ve witnessed so many un-named riders at Mt. Baker throwing down gnarly lines without a camera for miles. What was the best perk as a pro?

How did you become the snow coach at Colorado University? I started coaching at Mt. Hood for Tim Windell after a bad injury. Ride was one of the sponsors of the camp so I had an in. I couldn’t do anything and I was going crazy up in Seattle. So I went down to the Ride house in Government Camp and started hanging out at the camp. I got to know everyone and one day Tom Nordwall needed someone to coach a beginner kid. I could only side slip anyway so I became a coach for that session. Then I kept doing it that summer when they needed me. Then next summer I could start coaching more experienced riders. I ended up getting the head coaching job in 2003. One of my kid campers ended up at CU and joined the snowboard team. They needed a new coach after Jimi Scott, and my camper John Loether gave them my name. I was just finishing up my contract with Ride and I was ready for a change. I used to hang out in Boulder when I lived in Breckenridge in the early 90’s so I knew the town was really cool. I always had great respect for that school. So when they offered me the job I had to take it. It’s been 9 years now and I’m still loving it. Getting to watch kids learn tricks for the first time or take that first pow run is pretty cool. What inspires you to continue riding? Terje. Had to throw that out there. He’s in his late 30’s, he just won the Banked Slalom then flew

back to Norway and boosted the highest air, crushing kids 15 years younger than him. He inspires me. What inspires me is the mountains, powder, nature. I get out in the backcountry on my snowmobile as much as I can. I still just love it. What is one trend in snowboarding that you like? That you hate? I like how creative snowboarding has become. The jumps were only going to get so big or the handrails so long. I guess we’re not done with the most spins or flips. Is that really fun? Most have zero style. It’s cool that the vids have more stuff your average kid in the Midwest can relate to. It seems the fun has come back to snowboarding. Not many kids are going to get in a heli and shred lines like Travis. I love watching it ‘cause that’s what I loved to ride. I wish it was as easy as one footing a garbage can to get a shot in the mag. We had to hike for miles and build kickers for days to get the shot. Plus it was all on film so sometimes it never came out. I don’t really hate anything. I find things funny or annoying. Some of the trends make me laugh, like how every street guy has a mustache, tight clothes and glasses. Very emo. I watched an Absinthe film last year and when it came time for the street section, guess what the guy looked like? Every other guy riding handrails. Speaking of handrails I’d like to set the record straight. If you build a kicker to a handrail, you are not impressing anyone. We didn’t do it so how is that progressing anything? We came from skateboarding and the thought of a kicker to a handrail never crossed our minds. The theory was if you could skate it, don’t film it on a snowboard. I thought the whole idea of filming and

putting out videos was to show how good you were and how you were one upping the previous guy. Example: Gonz gap. Skateboarding for those who don’t know. Gonz ollied this one gap. The shot was in a video. The next guy 180’d it. So if you were to film it, you’re not going to ollie it like Gonz. Same thing with handrails. If guys before you didn’t build a kicker to them, why would you? The board is attached to your feet, how hard is it to jump onto a hand rail? It’s not. I have this discussion with many new shredders and they say “Pat, but how are you going to spin onto it?” You might not. It might be really hard and not every rail will work. You might fall trying just to get on it. Not every skater can nollie to every rail, but they don’t build jumps to them. Let skiers do that. Bottom line, we didn’t so you can’t. Sorry for everyone who made a career out of kickers to handrails. Not my fault if you didn’t know the history. Where do you see the progression of the sport heading? I hope the spins and flips slow down. Airs with more style. More creativity. Smaller companies making it and putting out fun videos. I think the industry needs to laugh at itself more. Not everything is cool. There needs to be a little more calling out of some people, tricks, and product. What is one thing that you learned in snowboarding that applies to life as well? Longevity. Smart decisions. You may be around for a while so think things through before you act. Remember, it’s just snowboarding. You’re not saving the world. So don’t let your head get too big.

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Interviewed by Joe LoVasco Photos Sean Sullivan

Hey Sean, what’s new? I saw you had your first gallery showing, how did that go? Ya, had my first show recently, it opened last week at a little spot here in Reno. It got extended for another two weeks which is good! Sold a few… The show is made up of classic and new imagery that I printed on this new inkjet I got recently, the Epson 4900. It’s as big as my Subi but it kicks out amazing prints! So that’s been a focus lately, figuring out this beast of a printer to make the most of it.

What is the story behind your first camera? Well that’s an interesting question because, my first camera wasn’t really the one that got me started. I started shooting skateboarding around ‘87 or so, and I had this Canon. It had 250 th flash sync which was a big deal. We used to skate down by the beach in Newport and the OG TWS skate photog “O” was always hangin’ out bashin’ curbs & causin’ a ruckus. He pretty much forced me to trade in the Canon for the mechanical Nikon FM2, which I did, and it was soon paired with the atthe-time industry standard Nikkor 16mm 2.8 fisheye. Looking through the mags in that time period, you can pretty much guaranOmar Hassan tee that the 1988, The OC shot was taken with that set I met Omar when he was 12 or 13. up, everyone Growing up around Newport Beach had the same Ca, from day 1 there was no denying rig for a while that Omar would go on to be one of the there. Then sickest skaters of all time. He would Dan Sturt came skate with us, but he was always severaround and al notches above the posse. I enjoyed shook things watching Omar go on to be a respected up. From there ripper, he earned it. the rest is history…

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Jeff Ronnow 1988, Nude Bowl Jeff was one of my best friends from high school, and he was a full blown ripper. He was Junior World Skateboard champion in his elementary days, by the time this image was taken, Hydro had moved on to surfing but still skated for fun. Growing up in Newport with Jeff and the bros, we would sometimes drive out to the Nude Bowl near Palm Springs… this was Jeff’s stomping grounds and he ruled the place like few others.

Having experienced the breakthroughs of the early 90’s skate and snow scene, could you ever imagine the level of riding to progress this far? Ya know, watching the progression of these sports and how they evolve, it’s crazy how far it’s gone, and continues to go. I was an aspiring skateboarder, but after I got injured around 17, I decided the risk to my jewels was just too high. This is what eventually got me shooting photos. These days, standing more on the outside of these sports, the things I see these guys do is just mind blowing. I’m old school so the tech stuff doesn’t impress me as much, people goin’ huge… that’s what I like to see most, and lately people are just gittin’ crazy! Terje’s giant method in Norway recently, might not of been the biggest in history, but WTF. Terje is probably the best, most naturally gifted person to ever ride a snowboard. The dude is unstoppable! Out of all the years you’ve been shooting, what has been your most memorable experience? There has been some amazing moments for sure, without a doubt the times riding and shooting with people like the late Craig Kelly, or the quiet storm Temple Cummins. With those guys a lot of the times we were doin’ heli days, which just made it that much more epic. I did a trip to Hemmsedal, Norway in the mid 90’s with Terje and Jamie; Mike Hatchet was filming, that was just surreal. Norway is such an amazing part of the world, and being there in great conditions, with homies who are just ripping so hard… it was never even close to work! Analog or digital photography? I’m a digi guy, I stuck with film as long as I could but it just got to be impractical. I do respect those who stick with it, but with the current technology unless you’re looking specifically for that film look, there really is no point. In my opinion.

Andrew Burns Bariloche, Argentina Bariloche Argentina is one of the most epic places to shoot on the planet, but to make it fire you need a solid rider. Here, Andrew Burns steps up and sends it.

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Jeff Brushie 1990, Breckenridge, CO My first year with Snowboarding, 1990, I flowed a keg at my buddies print shop in Breck during the Worlds. A bunch of heads showed up for free beer and I did portraits of some of the players at the time. Brushie was most definitely on the cutting edge of things at the time and went on to a hall of fame career, for rip curlin as well as ridin!

What is the best way to stay up to date with you and your work? I am working on a new website featuring my work and will be launching a book site soon thanks to a suggestion by you Joe! Thanks for that. I’m currently a full time student working towards my masters in photography, so I’m not out touring as much as I used to. But I love to shoot and hopefully you’ll see me on the hill again sooner than later! I’d like to give a lil’ shout out to the people who have supported me over the years. I know I haven’t been

the easiest person to get along with all the time, so for those of you that have endured my endless chatter about all the injustices of the world, thank you for being there. And thanks to my mom too for gettin’ me my first camera and all the support over the years, she’s had my back from the word go. And to my bro Pat A who has done more days on the hill, hucked more cliffs, flips, jumps, rails, logs, jibs, and posed for more stupid lifestyles than anyone else I know. Thanks Da Bird for steppin’ up! Now go bigger! That means all of you!

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Interview with Mark Lind of the

The Ducky Boys have been a staple of the Boston punk scene since the Dropkick Murphy’s had a firefighter singing for them (and were the openers to boot). From the Rat in the mid-90’s, to hell and back, Mark Lind and his band of regular guys have never stopped rocking in one form or another. Their newest album, ‘Chasing the Ghost’, released on

their own State Line Records, finds them exploring familiar territory with a mature energy (and a lot of emotion); the Ducky Boys are a rare band that has continuously improved over the last nearly two decades. Mark Lind took some time to answer a few questions about the band and the new album.

Words Andrew Lapham Fersch Photo Lauren Mangini

now playing Ducky Boys lowed us were also teenagers. We’ve grown with those people and they’ve continued to be able to relate to what we’re doing because we’re continuously giving them a soundtrack to new time periods in their lives. We’ve also been able to pick up new listeners by writing about universal truths that everyone can understand and setting it to the most palatable music we can offer. We’re lucky to have such a dedicated following.

“ All of the music is the product of

How much does your personal life influence, and help you create your music? All of the music is the product of my personal life. The music is just an outlet for some personal therapy.

Have you ever had second thoughts about your choice for a band name? Would you change it to something else now if you were naming it again? On the contrary, I would have released all of my music under the Ducky Boys name rather than starting up new bands, if I could change anything. People that get the Ducky Boys reference, and know where we got it, really like it. And people that don’t know the reference still remember the band name. That’s all you really want, right? For people to remember you.

my personal life. The music is just an outlet for some personal therapy. ” How has your connection to music (punk or otherwise) matured or changed as you’ve gotten older? Like with anyone, I’ve started to understand more and more of what other artists are talking about as I’ve gained more life experience. I’ll listen to whatever music I want to. If it’s good then it’s good and I’m not concerned with people judging me for it. All kids worry about that. With regard to making music, I feel like I’ve gotten better at my job which is another thing that comes with time and a lot of consideration. 78

What makes the Ducky Boys music still relevant? We’ve grown and aged with our audience. We were still teenagers when we started playing shows and making records and most of the people that fol-

What should we know about the Ducky Boys but we probably don’t? I don’t think there are a ton of secrets with us. We wear our hearts on our sleeves in the music. If anything, people might be surprised that we collectively don’t listen to a ton of punk rock anymore, but it’s something we carry with us and it’s part of our lives so it will always be part of our sound.

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words Ben Knight Photo Katie Doner

There seems to be something growing in the snow and skate industry. Something hairy, and often found with food stuck in it. Yes, I am talking about the mustache people. It seems in the past years the old flavor saver has been on the rise with us extreme sports folk. Last November I even found myself growing one, with no real explanation. Before I knew it I was sitting down at Thanksgiving dinner and my entire family stated that they “were thankful to have Ben’s mustache at the dinner table.” My girlfriend’s father at the time told me I looked like a 70’s porn star, and my girlfriend said I should keep it because it reminded her of her father… weird. Anyways, there are many reasons for the growing (pun completely intended) phenomenon in the world of action sports. Some say it is for a competitive advantage, (I happen to agree with this concept. The extra furriness has got to add some sort of wind resistance, allowing for better hang-time and for more controlled air-time experience) while others say it’s to attract the opposite sex. Last time I talked to Status Snowboards rider, Will Mayo, he

My girlfriend’s father at the time told me I looked like a 70’s porn star, and my girlfriend said I should keep it because it reminded her of her father

commented with these exact words to back this up: “It helps me concentrate on improving my snowboarding skill, because with a mustache you’re not worried about picking up females... they usually just fall into your lap without trying.” He also said that he grows his mustache out every March, just in time for the U.S. Open. I guess it depends on who you are, some wear it for work, some for play, but it seems like almost everybody is rocking the ‘stache these days, and it looks like it’s here to stay, well, for a while at least. I have since removed mine, and just can’t bring myself to grow it back out again, but maybe if Chevy decides to start making the Camaro again, and Oakley Frogskins come back into style…wait, what? Oh. Guess I missed the bus on that one, apparently its 1985 again, and to be honest with you, I don’t hate it. I guess it’s time to pull out the old ‘members only’ jacket and my bright yellow Walkman. Now if only MTV would start playing music again we could really get something going here!

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