Helgasons 2010 wrap

A highlights package of Eiki and Halldors year of shredding and fun in 2010!

Random moments part 1 from www.helgasons.com on Vimeo.

Prospecting Idaho

Scotty Lago is a beast in this one

Prospecting Idaho Episode #6 from smith optics on Vimeo.

Better in the 80's

Remember back in the day when you would open a surf mag and be amazed at the skills of the surfers on the page, then you would watch the same surfers video parts and wonder why none of the massive punts from the mag were in their parts? Well thats because back then you didnt have to stick the trick to get it run.



Magazines like Waves have tried to eliminate this over the years by running a lot more sequences but you still see companies putting ads in which you find hard to believe were rode out of by the surf star.



Regardless of this on the wave starved beachs of Perth its crazy how much fun can be had with a jet ski to pin at the ankle biters and throw a few cannonballs into oblivion.



We headed down a few days back and I shot a few snaps off the back of Fitzy's ski of Quinten and Fitz and although the majority of the punts were incomplete if it was 10 or 15 years ago I dare say they may have made the cover.

(click on each frame to enlarge)

A night at Chips

Jared and I headed over to Chippers house in Alpine Whistler for a bit of box fun and some beers. The night was super fun. Thanks to Chipper and Ariane for having us. Quickly threw this little video together. Hope you enjoy.

Chips Box from zak kennedy on Vimeo.

On the way to a full english


Innit


My stereo broke





Off licence juvie darts


The weather has been pretty junk in Perth for Xmas


My boy

XAVIER DE LE RUE - big dawg world exclusive!

So here it is, the second installment of Xavier De Ler Rue's timeline series.

This one is an acid flashback to a trip they did to Greenland. Some amazing scenery to be seen coupled with some textbook hard charging riding.

I'll leave it at that as we have an interview with the man himself to go with the edit, so sit back and read what he has to say while you enjoy the fruits of Greenland. As Coach Gordon Bombay was told in Mighty Ducks 2 by the banging Iceland local, " Iceland is very nice, Greenland is full of Ice!"

Nice

S01E02 Timeline - Greenland Trip from TimeLine on Vimeo.

Top FIVES.

Top 5 things to do on a storm day

sleep in

ride in the forest

practice safety exercise.... i wish

read a book

eat to death

Top 5 places you have been

home in the pyrénées

chamonix

mexico

haines

antarctica

Top 5 things that stoke you out

riding with my daughter

riding fast

very fast

even faster

Sushi

Top 5 places to party

home

verbier

spain... good vibes there...

any where where we meet with the swatch team... always a big disaster

on any beach drinking coktail after some good surf

Top 5 resorts

St Lary

chamonix

verbier

marecottes

lech

FIRSTS

First day riding - it was more painful than i thought!

First snowboard setup - crazy creek 120 what a blast.... haha not really

First job - never worked...too spoiled for that...

First school - pretty protected

First concert - chu tsao some local band from my home valley.

First time wasted - at some wedding, I was 11yrs old, it was great start!

First car - crashed after two weeks in Austria

First love - already forgotten

First thing you'd buy with a million bucks - a house on some point break somewhere

First thing you'd do if you were primeminister - i'd make sure kids eat healthy food and i would stop stupid wastes like over wrapping products, energy wastes, etc...

First thing you'd change in snowboarding - the tolerance towards skiing

Name the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the word .

Snow - pillow

Girls - love

Wax - surfing

Obama - keep it up man

Osama - ghost

Hung - how can he still be around?

Facebook - good and bad

Hype - snobish

Friends - important

Beer - very important

Beach - even more

Tranny - hein???

Avalanche - please no more

Fake - like lots of things

Olympics - fake

Youtube - potential

Politics - a pile of bullshit

Wind - slab

America - fuck yeah

Halfpipe - fun

Travel - too much is too much

Ice - steeps

Internet - freedom

Powder - lines

Citizens - of the world

Switzerland - a bit too safe sometimes

Australia - kangaroos

Elias and friends

Relatively new web series from German shred Elias Elhardt. This 3rd ep sees him head to China for the Air and Stlye, then a quick surf trip, before heading off to the Arlberg in Austria for some powder that will make you more than a little keen to ride.

Enjoy.

S01E03 Elias and Friends: two intense weeks / contest, surf trip and powder from Elias Elhardt on Vimeo.

soggy salt

Our mates from soggybones ran their 1st annual salt fest at Perry Lakes skate park last weekend. This park is a bit of a favorite for us and it was sick to see the boys putting on a good show.

Soggybones Salt Fest 2010 from Darren McCagh on Vimeo.

Dropping in with Chas ep 2

Another epic ep with Chas. On a side note how fucking funny is Scotty Lago. From getting the girl to bite his metal that happens to be hanging out his fly after the olympics to winning a bet and preceding to skull a bottle of tomato sauce. He seems like a real lad.

"Droppin in with Chas" Episode # 2 from CHAS GULDEMOND on Vimeo.

Next Level - Scando Heat!

Grand theft thursdays #5

Real quick one today as a mate is in from Melbourne for a one night only visit.


Nasty girl


Follow this link for more of these epic sculptures
www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/12581/apparatu-skate-fails.html


Two mates are turning dirty and they decided to make a video invite. It is boss.

Chilean Marching Powder.

The northface team head south and sample some Volcanic goodness

Tyler flanagan

Full part from the mammoth park

winning run Breck

how on earth does any one put down a run like that is a blizzard?

Winning Run @ the Dew Tour from torstein horgmo on Vimeo.

Xavier de le Rue: Timeline EP1

Those of you who haven't heard the name Xavier de le Rue must of been living under a rock. He is one of the best things in snowboarding right now, specializing in gnarly and creative lines.

Xavier spent the last winter season filming with Standard and Tenton Gravity Research and now Xavier is gearing up for another epic winter again filming with Standard and also filming with Videograss for the first year.

Timeline is the behind the scenes footage of Xavier's winter. If there is one show you follow this year it has got to be this. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

S01E01 TimeLine: Checking Lines

Here is what they had to say about it: "Twice a month TimeLine will get you behind the scenes access to exclusive footage of Xavier de le Rue’s season. You’ll discover what it takes to film a big mountain video part for Standard Films and Videograss, to compete on the Freeride World Tour and what is happening during trips to Canada, Japan, Norway or Alaska. It will show you the team efforts of passionate friends to seek the best lines and best snow and use the best mountains as playground, Guido Perrini as filmer, Tero Repo as photographer and Xavier and his friends as riders. Shot mainly on Canon 7d."
Follow the blog on, timelinemissions.com

Every Third Thursday Lego Board

The guys at Signal have really out done themselfs on this one.

Grand theft thursdays #4

The first two images are by Will Robson Scott



few weeks old from the Student riots in the UK

700 Wall - Final Update from Molotow on Vimeo.

a.i. TRIBUTE

pretty loose. some amazing footage from seminal release RAW IRONS as well as more recent stuff and interviews with friends and family.

A.I. Tribute H.264 from Irons Brothers Productions on Vimeo.

Shanghai 5

A look at the budding skate scene in China.

Shanghai 5 from Charles Lanceplaine on Vimeo.

Super fun Alpental edit

These two mates look like they are having a pretty boring day.

I wanna go to Alpental.

Opening Day at Alpental with Aaron Robinson & Kyle Miller from Sam Tuor on Vimeo.

geelong 3rd chapter.

A Day In Geelong from THIRD CHAPTER on Vimeo.

SchrottCast

Simon Abt sent us through another edit from the Grindy opening weekend. The light looked a little flat but they manage to make it a fun day with the help of some sparklers and an addicitve disco tune.

schön!

Saturday Jib with Felix & Kasper

Our good Swiss friends Felix & Kasper just flowed us through this video of them riding a bit of early season First park. Looks so much fun and by the looks of it they have had some practice over the summer they are ripping. Keep them coming dudes.

Saturday-Jib with Felix & Kaspar from Kaspar Hösli on Vimeo.

Whistler Excitment

Exciting things are happening about to happen to Whistler.

Arena Snowparks fall update from Lucas Ouellette on Vimeo.

Kareem El Rafie

Would have to be one of the most stylish riders around right now.... Kareem El Rafies 2010 online part.

Kareem El Rafie Online Part 2010 [Blind Spot Visuals] from Blind Spot Visuals on Vimeo.

Tom Sims

Another cracking powder and rails

Grand theft thursdays #3

This is a picture from a collection by photographer, Simon Wheatly. He spent a few summers in and around North London taking pictures of a group of youths going about their business. Follow this link for more shots. The slide show is narrated by Simon to explain the story behind each image. inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/innercity


Just a cool shot


Rob Dyrdek sells his soul. Twat




always a fun thing to do.



This film clip was banned in Australia. For some reason I had never seen it even though this would have to be one of my favorite tunes of the last 10 years. It was brought to my attention this week and it is a banger.

Jake Burton: My life as a pioneer

As mixed the opinions are towards Burton, you cant say there hearts arnt in the right place. Read on to see how a young stock broker from New York helped cement a sport and started the most well known company in snowboarding.

I grew up on Long Island, and I'd always wanted to be a surfer. When the Snurfer [a snowboard forerunner created by Sherman Poppen] came out, it was my form of surfing on snow. I was 14, and from then on, I was convinced there was a sport waiting to happen.

I started Burton six months after graduating from New York University in 1977. I was working for Wall Street investor Victor Niederhoffer and wasn't super-happy. So I started researching how skateboards and skis were made, moved to Vermont, and hired two friends and a relative. I had some money saved, some I'd inherited, and $100,000 from the bank; I lost it all before I knew what had happened. I underestimated the cost and time it would take to get the business going.

We sold only 300 boards in 1979. The ski, skate, or surf shops weren't interested. So I advertised nationally and began selling through mail order. Once I became focused on growing the sport, instead of just getting rich, things took off. People started talking about snowboarding, then the dealers started calling and making orders. Still, financing was an obstacle along the way. We'd hook up with banks for a year or two, then they'd say, "This has got to be a fad," and jump off.

In 1985 my wife, Donna, set up our distribution network in Europe, and Innsbruck, Austria, became our home for three years. It opened my eyes to being a global company.

After 25 years running Burton, Donna and I took a year to travel with our three boys, following winter around the world. We wanted to immerse ourselves in the business from a fresh perspective. Part of that involved letting go of my day-to-day duties, and ultimately the CEO title in 2005. This past May, I made the difficult decision to return as CEO, feeling that I was the best suited for the opportunities and challenges that face Burton. I'm fortunate that I didn't take on shareholders who would expect numbers, or Burton wouldn't be the success it is today. Everything is still in Donna's and my hands. We don't have an exit strategy. In many ways, the company is like our first child. We want to see it have a long, healthy life.

My Advice: "Plan lots of lead time for starting any business. It will take longer than you think, and it will cost more than you imagine.

Back Yard Jiberish

Last night after work I was a little disappointed I hadnt been for a shred in 2 days, so Jared and I got in our gear and headed over the road where John, James and Sammy were kind enough to let us ride there back yard set up. It wasnt the biggest thing Ive ever seen but it was really alot of fun. And the good news is the boys have told us to go hit it when ever we feel and build what ever we want so expect to see more this coming season. The back yard is perfect for it and with the 90+ cm of snow predicted in the next 3 days we should be able to build something pretty cool. Where looking into getting a rail soon too. Here are a few pics from last night.

gigi

Talking Headz with Gigi Rüf Part 2 from Spatziba.com on Vimeo.

2 x 3rd Chapter

Will from Aussie company 3rd Chapter sent us through a link for this Blake Harris skate clip. Noticed this little clip on their vimeo page of Will speaking bout the company, his shredding and his hip hop group that aired on a snowboard show thats on the TV in Oz. Pretty interesting interview for a Monday arvo.

BLAKE HARRIS - EDIT ONE from THIRD CHAPTER on Vimeo.

Third Chapter- Will Kendall interview on The Ballistyx Snowboard show from THIRD CHAPTER on Vimeo.

brother from another

Our buddy from Switzerland Kaspar Hosli just sent us through a quick edit of himself shredding his backyard set up and working on some new switch tricks. He has also just been picked up by FLOW snowboards. Yeh boy

Sunday afternoon vol. II from Kaspar Hösli on Vimeo.

this dude lords

CHIPPA
HACKING

Just a few pic taken of what I have been up too over the last week or so.

Whistler is slowly getting more snow and the chairs are beginning to open up. What I like about Whistler is that it stays so cold that when you do find somewhere new to ride the snow is still good, even weeks after its powed down. Ive pretty much been riding freshies for the last 11 days. Also Chip and Ariane arrived from there mammoth drive across Canada so winter is starting to feel in full swing. It was good to see that the COS sticker on the Blackcomb xl park stayed intact over the summer too. Stay tuned for more videos in the coming week.

Peace.

ettala-serena

Eero coming back strong after surgery, shredding with koski and freddu

Serena lines with friends from Eero Ettala on Vimeo.

PENNY Skateboards AUS

Just got this sent through

PENNY AUSTRALIA from Penny Australia on Vimeo.

torstein mcMorris in your face

Game Of: In Your Face ft. Mark McMorris from torstein horgmo on Vimeo.

salomon forgotten treats

please do not watch this from javier fernandez on Vimeo.

tell Ä vision

from the infamous Ziller valley crew aesthetiker

Flachau Winkl from aesthetiker on Vimeo.

Grand theft thursdays #2

R.I.P the king of slapstick


Marmuts are amaz


Good place to rest up





Shot last week during UK student protests


WATCH THIS, some may have seen his work before, but this is sweet with Parisian artist JR's narration.

scott stevens volcom mash

If you havent see left brain right brain, watch this

Talking with Gigi Rüf

We need more snowboarders like Gigi.... he makes our world better.

Varingskollen

Eric Botner shredding Varingskollen with buddies.

Varingskollen shred with jokke with the knife from Erik Botner on Vimeo.