Part 1 - His favourite colour and shit (only joking!)
Part 2: Trice explains the story behind the infamous Chad's Gap session from the Absinthe movie Pop.
Thursday 27 December 2007
Sunday 23 December 2007
Two Dudes In Capes
I have broken my 'strictly snowboarding' rule for these guys because they are comic geniuses. Although strictly speaking I was searching for a video posted by Method Mag's Jason Horton when I found this video on http://www.funnyordie.com/ so he must be associated with it.
Go to http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5e5a717748 cos the embedding code doesn't like my blog.
To Booyah! or Not Booyah!
I would have given this Method Mag video a 'Booyah!' but being on one social networking site is enough without having to join MySpace too.
Check it out though.
Tuesday 11 December 2007
Picture This (Mack Dawg) - dvd review
Riders: Seth Huot, Andreas Wiig, Wille Yli-Luoma, Darrell Mathes, DCP, Etienne Gilbert, Hampus Mosesson, Shaun White, Kevin Pearce, Jussi Oksanen, Eero Ettala, Heikki Sorsa, Aaron Biittner, JP Walker.
Mack Dawg are the kings of the skateboard style snowboard movie and so their dvds are often, for want of a better word, traditional. Yet Picture This is without doubt the pick of the crop this year.
It not only contains the most progressive tricks I’ve seen in some time but they always manage to find the most creative ways to film them in. So no surprise that the same set ups appear again and again. Last year was one of the worst for snow in living memory if you listen to the pros.
"it’s been a good season to experiment with different types of filming and snowboarding"
The irreproachable Jeremy Jones puts it best. “This season’s been hard for bangers… but it’s been a good season to experiment with different types of filming and snowboarding..”
Well here’s the proof. When reviewing I try capture frames from the movie to show you a flavour of the tricks but every time I thought I’d picked something brilliant, there was always something even better a minute later. In the end I had to stop otherwise I was going to produce a flick book.
Forget the first time you saw a road gap jump, check out newbie Darrell Mathes’ transfer over a man made canyon or at the opposite end of the scale but equally impressive, how about Jussi Oksanen turning an old tube into an impromptu rail? Or Aaron Bittner’s wall ride to wall ride.
"the last time I saw anyone pull a spine transfer like that it was on my Xbox"
Best trick? That is a tough call in a movie that continually tops itself on so many levels. I liked Heikki Sorsa’s one footed spine transfer. Heikki may well be an Olympic half pipe finalist but that the last time I saw anyone pull a spine transfer like that it was on a skateboard … on my Xbox. Picture This is the movie that hi def and rewind were invented for. The tricks are at times so incredible that they beg to be watched over and over, almost frame by frame. Quite simply the most impressive jibbing movie since Afterbang.
Verdict: 5 out of 5 http://www.mackdawgproductions.com/
Sunday 9 December 2007
Mpora Video Crimbo Comp
Some of you may already be familiar with internet TV company Mpora either through their extreme sports website (http://mpora.com/snowboarding/) or via their Joost channel.
They are best known for streaming well known snowboard and skateboard movies online for free but with their new Christmas competition, YOU could be the star!
Upload your snowboarding (or skateboarding) video to Mpora and you could win 500 bucks US. Don't worry I checked out the T&Cs and provided that you are over 13 years of age, it seems ok to enter even if you're not in the USA. if you win, you receive the money via Paypal.
You upload your video and promote it yourself by embedding it on your blog or sharing it with your friends on Facebook.
Whoever tops their HOT 10 video chart when the competition closes on December 20th will get $500.
Upload your video and check out the competition details here: http://video.mpora.com/xmasgiveaway
If you have broadband and want to try Joost's internet TV software for free on your computer (Windows or Mac), including Mpora's snowboard movies and loads of other channels ranging from hip hop to manga to The Monkees, download the Beta software here:
http://www.joost.com/download/
It's the best way of watching Mpora!
They are best known for streaming well known snowboard and skateboard movies online for free but with their new Christmas competition, YOU could be the star!
Upload your snowboarding (or skateboarding) video to Mpora and you could win 500 bucks US. Don't worry I checked out the T&Cs and provided that you are over 13 years of age, it seems ok to enter even if you're not in the USA. if you win, you receive the money via Paypal.
You upload your video and promote it yourself by embedding it on your blog or sharing it with your friends on Facebook.
Whoever tops their HOT 10 video chart when the competition closes on December 20th will get $500.
Upload your video and check out the competition details here: http://video.mpora.com/xmasgiveaway
If you have broadband and want to try Joost's internet TV software for free on your computer (Windows or Mac), including Mpora's snowboard movies and loads of other channels ranging from hip hop to manga to The Monkees, download the Beta software here:
http://www.joost.com/download/
It's the best way of watching Mpora!
Wednesday 5 December 2007
Special Blend: First Chair Last Call - movie review
‘Talent Technicians’: Travis Kennedy, Joni Malmi, Stevie Bell, Nic Suave, Daniel Ek, Kareem El Rafie, Niko Cioffi, Peter Kőnig.It may sound like coffee but Special Blend is a clothing brand for snowboarders who in their wisdom have decided to present their movie as a free download in high def (Quicktime), low quality (Quicktime) and iPod ready (.m4v) formats.
"As you might expect from what is in effect a moving clothes catalogue, the film is very colourful and crystal clear"
As you might expect from what is in effect a moving clothes catalogue, the film is short, colourful and crystal clear. It’s also high quality, lots of fun and let me repeat – it’s free!"A legal download where credit card or email details are not exchanged is a rare and beautiful thing."
A legal download where credit card or email details are not exchanged is a rare and beautiful thing. A good will winner in my book.
It’s also as jibby a movie as you’ll ever see because it’s mostly one park session after another.
"Finland’s Joni Malmi provides the best trick of the movie..."
Finland’s Joni Malmi kicks off the more traditional movie sections with urban rails and big airs, plus he provides the best trick of the movie - a magnificent wall ride along the side of a hut. It’s the way he hits it horizontally and 360s out that’s a bit special.I also cruelly enjoyed Travis Kennedy riding straight into a skip, not that I have anything against the guy!
Personally I can take or leave the dick jokes lads (don’t give up the snowboarding job) but if ‘Dick Listener’ sounds up your alley viewers, stick it out (as it were) to the very end.
Verdict: Short but sweet (4 out of 5)
FREE DOWNLOAD from:
http://www.special-blend.com/FirstChairLastCall/
iPod ready (.m4v) 221mb
Quicktime (.mov ) small 146mb
Quicktime (.mov) large 307 mb
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