Vans Am Nick Poohachoff spent last summer down in New Zealand honing his skills for what's sure to be a breakout season this year. And now his friends at SNOWFILM.TV have put together a video of Nick tearing up Snowpark NZ and Cardrona. While the rest of us were busy with BBQs and baseball, Nick and his boys were shredding the Southern Hemisphere like winter never ended! Shout to to "Pooch" for puttin' in work year round.
Team Volcom.
Vans Team Riders Mark Landvik and Jamie Lynn are featured in Volcom's new Thermal Defense System (TDS) video, helping to explain the science behind Volcom's new outerwear technology. Volcom spent months of research in the field with riders like Lando and Gigi Ruf to development the new system, which distributes body heat and uses strategically placed insulation to keep you warm and dry. The video has plenty of powder shots from the boys testing out the product in some of the harshest environments in the world. If it's good enough for these guys, it must work for mere mortals like the rest of us. Check it out, and visit the Volcom Snow Team Page anytime for exclusive content like this Mark Landvik Interview.
Jamie and friends.
Head on over to the Artists For Tomorrow facebook page to see photos from Jamie Lynn's "ABC's and 123's" Art Show in Laguna Beach over the weekend. You can also watch a video from the event from Jesse Fulton. The show was a huge success, with all of the pieces from artists Ben Brough, Jamie Lynn, Brennan Coyle and Bryan Iguchi already sold out. However, the art will be on display until December 24th, so you still have a chance to stop by and see the show for yourself. For Gallery location, hours and more info, check out www.AR4T.com. Congrats to Jamie and all the artists on another visual victory!
Arthur Longo. Photo: Frode Sandbech
Frode Sandbech's photo of Vans Team Rider Arthur Longo blasting out of the Mammoth Mountain Superpipe from the Transworld Team Shootout has found it's way onto the cover of a brand new magazine. It's Mammoth Mountain's Unbound, brought to you by Jeff Baker and Mike Basher, former editors of Snowboard Magazine. The Mag is filled with sick photos from Mammoth Mountain's Unbound Terrain Parks, backcountry booters and scenes from the active nightlife in the Village. It also has a great story about I AM SNOWBOARDING, featuring photos of the artwork and the story behind the entire project. They even had a huge release party at Hyde Lounge during opening weekend to celebrate the issue's release! Check out some of the photos on SnowboarderMag.com, and be sure to grab the issue if you can find it!
Zac Marben. Photo: Adam Hawes
Transworld Snowboarding was on hand at Mammoth Opening Day last weekend, and so was Vans Team Rider Zac Marben, testing out the new jib line in the early season Unbound terrain park. With Transworld's 200th Issue Release Party and good snow conditions, it looks like Mammoth was the place to be. Check out twsnow.com for full coverage of the action both on and off the hill. Resorts are now opening up all over the country, with new snowfall in Colorado and the Northwest over the weekend, so get your shred gear ready and go get some!
Art By Jamie Lynn
Holidays are our favorite time of the year. A time of magic when the air is crisp, homes are gussied up with strings of twinkling lights, families come together by the tree, eggnog and cookies await Santa coming down the chimney, and the joys of giving and togetherness makes us kids again. For our first Christmas in Laguna Beach, 210 AR4T Space and The JLA Project have commandeered the help of artist and legendary snowboarder Jamie Lynn to transform the gallery into a wonderland of art created especially for children. Together with Jackson, WY big mountain rider Bryan Iguchi, Newport Beach hometown hero Ben Brough, and Seattle based painter and sculptor of skateboards Brennan Coyle, 210 AR4T Space will be home to a living children's book full of letters, numbers, characters, color, and poetry.
The gallery will open on Saturday November 20th with art from the four artists, and will transform over the weeks toward Christmas with children's art mornings and the addition of their art to the gallery.
For dates and times, please visit www.AR4T.com
ABOUT JAMIE LYNN:
As a skate grom growing up in Auburn, a suburb of Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro in Washington state, Jamie Lynn was drawn to skateboards designed by pros like Mark Gonzales, Neil Blender and Chris Miller - guys who used their pro models not only as vehicles for self-expression with how they rode them, but also with the artwork they put on them. So when Jamie had the opportunity in 1994 to have his first pro model through his longtime sponsor Lib Tech, he saw no better way to carry on the same kind of tradition in snowboarding than to do his own graphics.
Through the process of designing board graphics, as well as contributing to the creative energy wheel at Volcom, Lynn developed a certain style of artwork he describes as "kind of a strong outline, simplistic fill-in colors, easy to digest and absorb." The Volcom Artist Series launched featuring one of Jamie's paintings as one of the first for the special clothing line, and over the years while spending time in Costa Mesa, California, he's been seen lurking in Volcom cubicles, helping with ads, window displays and indoor mural design.
Art undoubtedly remains an important part of Jamie's life even with an active schedule that includes international travel and playing music with Kandi Coded, a Seattle-roots-influenced, grungy punk band that Jamie joined as vocalist/guitarist in 2004. He continues to set aside time to focus on blank canvases and come up with two or three pieces a year to add to his own personal collection or to a small number of friends' collections.
At 37, snowboarding remains a top passion in Lynn's life as he rides as much as possible in his backyard mountains - Baker, Snoqualmie, Stevens and Crystal - where, if he can still do drawn-out, style-y methods and nice frontside 360s, boned-out, he'd be a "happy man for the rest of my life," he states simply.
Even though the unassuming Lynn, a ripper across multiple media - canvas, snow, ocean, stage, skateparks - would say he's never considered himself an accomplished artist ("I mean, I used art electives in high school just to kind of get through it"), his influence has spread deeper than he may realize, and his desire to share that creativity with younger generations and spread the stoke remains evident in his latest works.
ABOUT 210 AR4T SPACE:
A collaborative art experiment between The JLA Project, art advocate AR4T, and artists, photographers, designers, forward thinkers, and community organizers of today who are shaping the face of tomorrow. 210 AR4T SPACE is born from the world of youth culture with a mission to peel back layers and give exposure to the fine arts that dwell within.
"ABC's and 123s" - Artwork by Jamie Lynn, Bryan Iguchi, Ben Brough, and Brennan Coyle, runs November 20th through December 24th, 2010, at 210 AR4T SPACE, 210 North Coast Hwy. (between Broadway and Cliff), Laguna Beach, CA. The opening reception, on Saturday November 20th from 6 to 9pm, is free and open to the public. Original artwork and prints are for sale. Regular gallery hours: Wed-Sat 1 to 6pm. www.AR4T.com.
Eric Willett. Photo: Danny Zapalac
Quiksilver is proud to have snowboarder Eric Willett now riding with the Quiksilver snow team. The 22-year-old is one of snowboarding's major up-and-comers having racked up world-class slopestyle wins worldwide last winter. Willett's smooth style and pocket full of double corked tricks mix into slopestyle runs and shine brightly in big air contests.
"Everything Quiksilver makes is sick! I remember when I was younger and seeing Quiksilver outerwear and thinking it was the raddest stuff," says Willett. "And they've got some of the best riders on their team. I'm stoked be a part of it!"
Last season the Breckenridge-local came in hot winning Stylewars New Zealand and taking third place at the NZ Open. The northern hemisphere season started with a podium finish at the 2009/10 Dew Tour opener. Willett firmed up his place at the top of slopestyle riders today with a convincing second place finish at the Winter X Games chased by a win at the European X Games.
"I am so excited to have a young ripper like Eric join us at Quiksilver going into this winter. Style is something you just can't teach and it is oozing out of Eric," says Oren Tanzer, Quiksilver Snow Brand Manager. "I look forward to seeing him on the top step this season."
This season Willett is fired up for a contest season with stops in every corner of the globe. He'll be dropping into all of the Dew Tours, as well as both the US and European X Games, Beijing Air & Style and the Arctic Challenge among others. Look out as Willett blends a bunch of different double corks into his slopestyle run with smooth, stylish jibs and maybe even a few "good ol' laid out backflips."
At home in Breckenridge, Willett spends his summers mountain biking, skateboarding, camping and on down days geeking out with a good game of Tetris. Check out Willett and the entire Quiksilver snow team at www.Quiksilver.com/where you'll also find weekly episodes of the Todcast, hosted by Quiksilver rider, Todd Richards.
Photo: Mountain High
Snowmaking began yesterday evening at Mountain High and the Wrightwood resort has already laid down close to a foot of new snow at its West Resort. Over the next several days conditions look favorable for nighttime snowmaking and Mountain High will continue to make snow whenever possible. Thursday would be the earliest possible opening date however, if it doesn't take place by Friday, the resort will have to wait until next week when snowmaking conditions return.
Mountain High has invested more than $600,000 in its snowmaking system over the past two years and this season added five new guns, three fully automatic. Thanks to new technologies, Mountain High can now make more snow than ever, and the system has never been more environmentally friendly.
For guests looking to save money, Mountain High's adult, anytime season passes are still on sale for just $349. Regularly $599, these passes are good any day or night this season including holidays. But don't delay. There are only 1,235 passes left at this price and when they are gone, they are gone. For more information visit mthigh.com/rates/seasonpass.
Mountain High has been the first resort to open in Southern California for the past 13 years and this winter should be no different. For the latest information on opening day, snow conditions and more, guests are advised to visit mthigh.com.
Mountain High is Southern California's closest winter resort located just an hour and a half from Los Angeles and Orange County. The area consists of three separate mountains (Mountain High East, West, and North), and offers a wide variety of lifts and trails, two world-class terrain parks, an outstanding Winter Sports School, and the region's largest tubing area. Night skiing & snowboarding is available 7 days a week and snowmaking covers more than 80% of the slopes. Mountain High has been the first resort to open in Southern California for the past 13 years and traditionally operates from mid November to mid April. Get more at mthigh.com.
If you're on the East Coast, don't miss the SNOW Film Fest NYC coming to Tribeca Cinema on November 19th and 20th. Tickets are on sale now for this inaugural event featuring some of the top snowboard films of the year. A screening panel including Vans Fam Craig Wetherby and Vans own Nikki Scoggins will view the films and participate in panel discussions. Q&A Sessions with filmmakers and athletes, a Snow Art & Expo with new products and much more await attendees. Come out and help the City kick winter off right.
"SNOW FILM FEST NYC's mission is to showcase the diversity of the snow lifestyle by bringing the varied perspectives of snow to a wide audience. We will celebrate snow as the powerful silent element that stirs massive excitement in all ages. As enthusiasts find different ways to interact with snow , it's important to explore both the range and the common threads that connects us all to the snow lifestyle. The SFF NYC aims to bring together the greater community to get stoked, create, inspire, motivate, reflect, and most importantly, live life in the snow."
For more info check out www.snowfilmfestnyc.com
Time and time again Professional snowboard photographer Frode Sandbech produces timeless images. When he's not jet setting around Europe shooting the world's best riders in exotic locales, he's in places like Mammoth for the Transworld Team Shootout. It was during this event that he captured some amazing shots of the Volcom team, including Vans Team Rider Arthur Longo. Click on the photo to get the full-sized wallpaper and put it on your phone, desktop, iPod or whatever device you need to remind you that winter is here.
VIDEOGRASS.com announces acquisition of second video production company with plans to launch 2 unrelated snowboard action titles for Fall 2011.
Videograss, the makers of Bon Voyage (2010) and Videograss (2009) announced the acquisition of the crew that brought you In Color (2010), Get Real (2009), and These Days (2008). Videograss founders Mikey Leblanc, Darrell Mathes, Nima Jalali, Mike Hakker, and Lance Hakker have brought in the directors of both projects, Justin Meyer and Joe Carlino, as co-owners of Videograss. For the 2011 season Videograss will be launching two major titles with two separate crews. Each video maintaining the look and feel that you’ve come to expect from both Justin Meyer and Joe Carlino. Along with Joe come Gary Milton and Hayden Rensch, both formerly of Transworld Snowboarding. Videograss is also proud to announce the addition of Eddie Grams formerly of Variety Pack and Riley Erickson formerly of House of 1817 to fill out the roster of accomplished filmers.
For more info, check out the Video Press Release.