Tony Hawks RIDE

Sessions is proud to announce the release of Tony Hawks RIDE.

Most are familiar with Tony Hawks games. Tony Hawks Ride is different because instead of using the standard gaming controller you have a custom board shaped like a skateboard. The board is covered in sensors that detect which way you're leaning, whether the nose and tail are raised, or even if you are reaching down to mimic a grab.

Sessions is stoked to be a sponsor of Tony Hawks RIDE!

For more information please visit www.thride.com

SESSIONS, Get to know a Pro!

This weeks question is from Kenny Mullet....

For E Man, i would like to know how often he breaks his nose, since after watching this video sucks, and on sessions site he said he broke it twice this winter alone, is it like a routine thing every year ?

So heres the deal. I was so damn good looking that all the dudes in whistler sat me down one day and asked me to help them out. So i decided that breaking my nose a few times might be the perfect solution for them..... Thats the only real reason i broke my nose....it was all calculated and for the homies.

E-man

Kicking off the 09/10 Winter!

The stars finally aligned and I was able to get up to Mt Hood Meadows to make some turns and shake off the summer rust. Jeff Hehlen, Christine, Jessica and new Sessions NW Rep rider Joel Fuquay joined me on this beautiful NW sunny day.

I've known Jeff for a long time. By far one of my favorite people to ride with. Check out his work at www.jeffhehlen.com

www.joelfuquay.wordpress.com

Jeff is one lucky guy.

Meadows is full of natural hips and jumps. Jeff popping off a hip on one of our favorite runs at Meadows.

remembering how to get it up

Jeff with a picturesque front board

I grew up riding at Meadows and still find myself in awe at the views

www.skihood.com

Sean Busby on Super Nanny...

Tune into ABC tonight to watch Sean Busby on the show Super Nanny. He joins Jo and the McGrath family to help their five year old son cope with his diabetes. 8/7c

Worst Fall Ever!

The Snowboard Realms interviews Brett Butcher.

SnowboardRealms- What happend ?

Brett Butcher – It was day two of Snowboarder’s Super Park and after hitting the 90 footer all morning, the attention turned to the massive hip. About 20 of us where feeling it out and warming up. There was a weird rut in the far right takeoff, so a few guys started to hit the takeoff more too the middle. I believe it was the fourth or fifth time I had dropped. I remember getting a little swirly in the bottom of the transition and got pushed right

SBR- When you were in the air what were you thinking?

BB- The second I left the lip I knew I was done for. There was a shadow line at the bottom of the transition and I was already out of the shade and over the sun as I was peeking. I could also hear the gasps of everyone watching. I new it wasn’t going to be good. The only thing going through my mind was to stay loose and land feet first. The fall didn’t knock me out so I remember it all very vividly. Watching the video, it looks like I’m falling forever. When it happened it seemed to have gone by quicker.

SBR- What were your injuries from the crash ?

BB-My injuries from the fall where a compressed L1 vertebrae and a blown out sternum. My back broke on impact. Once I hit, my body went numb. Everything hurt. *Friends where by my side instantly helping me out and Ski patrol was close too fallow. They advised me to get a ride down in the toboggan and take an ambulance to the hospital. I had never been on a toboggan ride nor have I been in an ambulance and I was determined to avoid it. Ski Patrol was very reluctant to let a friend take me to the hospital but after some discussion they agreed and told me I had to sign a waver to release me from their care. By this time I had been laying in the snow for a good 10 minutes and everything was sore. Felt like I got hit by a truck. This is when things took a turn for the worst. There was a ton of pressure in my chest from the fall and as I sat up, the pressure released blowing out my sternum. I instantly started to freak out thinking I was dying. My chest was gurgling and I was having trouble breathing. Ski Patrol jumped into action and raced me down to the ambulance.

*( myself and another dude were the first on the scene , I’m in the purple hoodie with the shaved head. I remember we started running towards him before he had even hit the ground. This was one of the scariest moments of my life. I thought for sure he was going to be broken in half. When i got up to him he was gasping for air and we just tried to keep Brett calm. I was really scared for him. )

SBR- Are there any lasting injuries from this crash ?

BB- It has been 18 months since the fall and my back and sternum still get sore from time to time if I don’t stretch. I have a bulge on my chest from where my sternum blew out and that will be with me forever. I swear I am shorter because of the fall!

SBR- When you think back to the fall, how does it make you feel ?

BB- When I look back at the fall, I feel very fortunate. I wasn’t really feeling the hip but decided to hit it again. I usually am good about listening to the little voice in my head. But that’s life, you live with the choices you make. Looking at the footage, I fully believe it’s a miracle that I am walking, let alone alive. Landing any other way would have been devastating. It hasn’t changed the way I snowboard but it has made me think a bit more about what I am hitting and how I am feeling that particular day on my snowboard.

check out Brett , were happy he’s alive too.

theSnowboardRealms.

Be sure to head over to www.thesnowboardrealms.wordpress.com

Nice work Tara!

BAJA CHALLENGE (Subaru-powered, identically-equipped Baja touring cars)--1. Nick Baldwin, Mission Viejo, Calif./Brian Nix, Lakewood, Calif./Matt Cruson, Irvine, Calif./Nick Johnson/Tom Cook, Anaheim, Calif., 21:42:05 (31.00 mph); 2. Boris Said, Escondido, Calif./Tara Dakides, Oceanside, Calif., 23:15:40; 3. Jay Culbertson, Portland, Ore./Todd Clement, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Joe Baguio, Canby, Ore., 24:08:35; 4. Mike Cassling, Omaha, Neb./Craig Donaldson, Mission Viejo, Calif./Marco Guerrero, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Mike Mitten, Omaha, Neb., 24:14:10; 5. Christian Hammarskjold, Extgen, Pa./Dominic Fitzsimons/Conor Fitzsimons, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 25:14:34; 6. Brian Valentine, Bellevue, Wash./Eric Lockard, Sammamish, Wash./Matt Swann/Pete Pigott, Seattle, 27:30:13; 7. Bill Weber, La Mesa, Calif./Garrett Golden/Joey Boyle, Virginia Beach, Calif./Steve Mackie, Brea, Calif./Bud Brutsman, Burbank, Calif., 27:58:45.

Windells Holiday Fix Pack

DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE SUMMER TO GET YOUR HANDS ON WINDELLS GEAR!

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4. Windells Beanie by Chaos
5. Custom Dakine Viper Pipe Gloves
6. Windells Sticker Pack

Its that Easy, Simply enter ilovewindells into the Discount Code field during your online registration. Shabam! Windells gear will be shipped right to your house.

The Canadian Sessions team gets after it in the 1st issue of King Snow magazine!

King Snow is a nationally distributed magazine making it’s way into over 500 snowboard and skateboard retailers across the Country. As of now they are releasing 2 issues per year.

Early season MT photo blog

Quick photo blog from the start of the season here in MT from my friend/photographer Reid Morth. Check it out.
http://www.morthphotography.com/Morth_Photography/Montana_Preseason.html#0

Just got word that Tara finished second in the Baja 1000!

Tara Dakides just finished the Baja 1000 this morning. She and Plake took second. One rough ride but they pulled it!

Antarctica Expedition, November 10th - 11th

Antarctica averages around 30-40 sunny days a year. So far we have had three in a row, so roughly closing in on 10% of Antarctica’s clear weather. We are keeping our fingers crossed and knocking on wood that this will continue. Yesterday we set anchor in the Port Lockroy area and rode amongst dramatic mountains such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the highest peak on the Peninsula Mount Francis (9,456 ft straight out of the sea). I can’t even begin to tell of how gorgeous the weather has been. I come close to fainting from the overwhelming feeling that I get from the scenery here. As you hike up, you look over your shoulder and see glaciers as old as time, gnarly ice falls, calm ocean water reflecting the majesty of all the mountains and ice flows and icebergs creeping along with the tidal currents - then add in the sounds of penguins and seals. WOW!

Anyways, yesterday we started our tour by taking the zodiacs from the ship loaded with our gear to a landing point on Winkie Island. Once we organized into our rope teams we worked our way up and across the glaciers. On our way we passed by hundreds of penguins and a couple of seals basking in the sunlight on the snow. We quickly went at our objective which was straight in front of us and began skinning up as far as possible. When we could no longer use our skins, we all shifted into boot pack mode with crampons and short roped the remainder up the ridge, ready to self arrest at the slightest misstep with our ice axes. Skipping the fixed rope that was set up by another rope team near the ridge, we took our steps very slowly and maneuvered around cliffs and across the fall line until we reached safety. We kept the rope tight and were all ready to fall instantly into self arrest positions should anyone slip and fall. Our slope looked almost glacier free, but was loaded with crevasses and weak snow bridges that were hiding beneath us in the snow. This made the experience even more interesting. I got to look down a few of these hidden death zones as our boot pack would occasionally break through and give us clear sight of their dark eerie abysses. I remember this place being loaded with crevasses from last year, but they weren’t hidden like this.

The day ended up, despite its beauty, being quite sketchy. There were numerous reports of snow bridge collapses with other rope teams that had many punching through and looking into these gnarly crevasses and even one person who took the plunge of over 35 feet. This marked the end of our day, and began the start of a 6 hour rescue to get the victim out of the crevasse and onto the boat. The rescue went fantastic and quickly and we have God to thank for the clear weather and for the victims safety. Being down in Antarctica, you are essentially days away from help and an emergency of this magnitude can turn to life threatening quickly. Everything that could go right went right and the victim was in good spirits despite the ordeal. Due to the fall occurring while he was still in his crampons, he caught sides of the crevasses walls which broke his bones above his ski boot in his leg as he fell down the giant crack. It is amazing that he survived this fall and that the crevasse was not bottomless or jagged. Once he was brought onto the boat, the crew tried to get him an emergency evacuation from the US Antarctic research base - Palmer, which was two hours to the south of us. Unfortunately, we found out that they would be unable to get him flown out and that we would have to head up to the South Shetlands (18 hours) to get him flown out by a C130.

Today we reached King George Island in the South Shetlands during the afternoon and the plane was there waiting with engines running. It was definitely a different sight to see in this part of the world. He is expected to be in an American hospital in the next 48 hours.

We are now planning on going back down to the Peninsula to an area called Hope Bay. We should be there by tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I am going to enjoy the views of frozen ice floating in the ocean and waves crashing upon them. I also need to get ready for my live satellite broadcast to Wasatch Academy tomorrow.

PowderLines.Com,
Sean Busby

March of the Penguins

Rescue boat of to the races

Penguin Pup!

Early Montana Boardin

This last week Bozeman, MT got blessed with a little love from above. We had received in the upwards of 20 inches in the city and close to a meter in the mountains. Needless to say, we were boardin. -Miller

S.Stalling in powder snow.

Too much fun.

Some hammer lines. Not quite ripe yet.

Roopin.

Yep, it begins.

Premature photo snap.

Good thing I fight fires in the summer....

Lost my shovel handle, stick job.

Tried No-boarding for my first time. Wild stuff.

The ol' jimmy rig.


Choo choo.

It was super cold this night.

Update from Baja 1000

CREW UPDATE: Tara is still leading the race! She will be at mile marker 400 in one hour. In a gnarly section of whoops right now.

NAKU's part from 2008!

Antti-Juhani Piirainen videopart from The Scrapbook Project (2008) from Flatlight Films on Vimeo.

Nov 10th, 2009.....

We have been under an emergency situation the last 6 hours. We encountered tons of

crevasses today with multiple people punching through. We are on an

emergency run to the US Antarctic Station - Palmer. We had an

accident with one person falling 35 feet down a crevasse and taking a

heavy beating. Will keep you all updated. I think things are going

to be fine but the Palmer Station has a doctor and equipment to make

the appropriate care.

-Sean Busby

Hi all,

We are heading back to the South Shetland Islands now to do an

emergency air lift of the crevasse victim. Will let you know what

turns out and if we will head back down to Antarctica.

-Sean Busby

SESSIONS Winter Sale!

SESSIONS, Get to know a Pro!

This weeks question comes from Mitch Giles.

Hey Tim,I am just wondering what you keep yourself busy with during the off season? Right now its driving me nuts, trying to find everything possible to shred, but whats your vice?
Thanks
-Mitch Giles


Oooohhh mannn, The things that I keep myself busy with in the offseason. I would have to say that my biggest vice is skating. Itrequires the least amount of effort to go from the couch to shreddingthe gnar. It’s also alot harder then snowboarding so I feel like I’mlearning tricks and little things that will help me out in the winter. Surfing would have to be a very close 2nd. It’s alot more difficult forme though because I have to wait for there to be waves, and then driveat least an hour to the shore. When I’m not skating or surfing, I’mprobably shredding road in my STi. It’s a nice change up for when I’mtoo beat up from the latter. I always have a good time going to thistrack with some friends and dragging some 1/4 miles : ) I’ve also beendoing that gym thing when I can. Hopefully I answered your questionMitch. Shred On!
Tim