LATE SESSIONS SUPER PARK POST

It was Andreas first super park and he was stoked to be there!

Tim Humphreys was boosting this hip well into sunset. One of his warm up hits...

Kyle with a proper plant...

Peter Benchetler about to eat a delicious burger...

Andreas, Billy and Miller taking a lunch break...

This jump was big and narrow. Taylor wasn't scared... FS 5 over the beast...

Kyle Miller boosting a method on the big hip...

Brett and Billy, there to show the team how it's done...

BS 180 courtesy of Zak Hale...

Chris Benchetler was one of only a handful of skiers to get to ride Super Park...

Chris sending it over the 100 footer...

Miller gaping some rollers...

Humps on the hip...

Taylor Carlton was sending FS 3s through the gap and taping the tree...

Miller and Zak taking a time off to chill...

Miller shooting one off on the Bear Hip...

Andreas sending it on one of the bigger jumps...

Super Park was a blast this year and lived up to it's name. Thanks to Pat Bridges and everyone at Snowboarder for a putting on a great event!

Tim Humphreys invited back to the air and style!

Air & Style 09 – Riders List

1. Peetu Piiroinen (FIN)
2. Antti Autti (FIN)
3. Risto Mattila (FIN)
4. Werner Stock (AUT)
5. Seb Toutant (CAN)
6. Chas Guldemond (USA)
7. Gigi Rüf (AUT)
8. Travis Rice (USA)
9. Torstein Horgmo (NOR)
10. Tim Humphreys (USA)
11. Elias Elhardt (GER)
12. Mikkel Bang (NOR)
13. Pat Moore (USA)
14. Andreas Wiig (NOR)
15. Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI)
16. Eero Ettala (FIN)

Congrats Tim!!!

Windells winter and spring camps

Mt Hood Meadows and Timberline are open this week with over 5 feet of new powder! You know the winter/spring windells sessions are going to go off with this much early season snow. Get over to windells.com and sign up for a session today!

5 Minutes With Jeremy Thompson

Words by Joe Carter

Photos by Joe Carter, Tyler Heffernan

CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE AND GO READ THE INTERVIEW!

Snowbomb.com Ski & Snowboard Festival

Last Saturday and Sunday kicked off the 2nd annual San Francisco Ski & Snowboard Festival put on by Snowbomb.com. Everyone from the Bay Area came to check out their favorite vendors, buy gear, and test out some of the Bay’s best beers and wines. This year was even better than the last, offering extreme sports shows, professional athletes, and the best deals on ski and snowboarding gear that you will be able to find, not to mention the beer and wine! Sessions headed up to the city to set up a tent and give away some great prizes and offer some great deals throughout the weekend, and luckily it was extremely nice weather so we got check out SF’s great nightlife!! Snowbomb.com will be throwing another event this coming weekend, November 14-15 at the Santa Clara County Convention Center so be sure to come down for a chance to catch some free Sessions swag or maybe just hang out with all the Sessions homies in out tent lounge area. Hope to see you all there!

Sessions tent

Raffle's at the Sessions tent!!!

Overview of the show

Beautiful day in the Bay!

More raffle fun!

Kyle Miller rocking a pink shirt! Wait thats not Miller thats Johnny Mosley...My bad bro!

Danielle with Pro skier and Nitro Circus' nut Erik Roner hangin out at the Sessions Tent.

Sun setting in the Yay Area....Crazy for November!

Wall in memory of Shane...You can see by the comments he was a pretty cool dude.

Sessions TM Brett Butcher scores photos in both Snowboard-Mag and Transworld Snow!

Transworldsnow.com

Snowboard-mag.com

Photos shot by Jeffhehlen.com

Sessions friend and snowboader Johnny marr who is in the band The Cribs will be performing this Sunday in Portland Oregon!

In keeping with their age old tradition of the secret, free show, The Cribs will be playing a secret 'hometown' (for Gary, at least) show in Portland, OR this Sunday!! It will be at the downtown Jackpot Records, and will be the first US performances of any of the Ignore The Ignorant songs, and the band are excited to do this in Portland, all ages, and for free. Info is below, from Jackpot Records. Free, all ages live show to celebrate the release of THE CRIBS "Ignore the Ignorant". Unless you’re wintering in Belgium or holding tickets to upcoming Letterman tapings, chances to see the The Cribs in person anytime soon are minimal to nil. simply walk through the door of Jackpot Records on Sunday, November 8th 2 PM. For an instore performance w/ The Cribs free at Jackpot Records (Downtown Location) to promote their new album "Ignore The Ignorant" The brothers Jarman, along with new brother and guitarist Johnny Marr, will be rocking an absolutely free, all ages instore at our downtown location. Topping their previous honor of selecting Jackpot Records as one of three places IN THE WORLD to sell the deluxe Roses (they’ve really taken to their new Portland homes) Edition of their latest album “Ignore The Ignorant”, they’ve picked us as the launch pad for their upcoming tour. After this they’re off to a Letterman taping, a few coast dates and then the world. In all practicality, this is it for seeing them this year until they return to America to tour in January 2010. Come early to find a spot and brace yourself. We predict a swift transition from SRO to SOL. If you’re unfamiliar with a Cribs gig, it’s not exactly an evening with The Chordettes. Be safe Jackpot Records SHOW INFO: Sunday, November 8th – 2 PM Jackpot Records (Downtown location) 203 SW 9th Ave. Portland, OR 97205 2 pm GIGS 09/11 // The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA 12/11 // Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY 13/11 // Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY 17/11 // Batschkapp, Frankfurt 18/11 // Röhre, Stuttgart 20/11 // Sportshalle (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Hamburg, DE 21/11 // Lotto Arena (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Antwerp, BE 22/11 // Heineken Music Hall (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Amsterdam, NL 24/11 // Arena (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Berlin, DE 25/11 // Phillipshalle (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Dusseldorf, DE 26/11 // Le Zenith (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Paris, FR 28/11 // Le Liberte (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Rennes, FR 30/11 // Medoquine (w/ Franz Ferdinand), Boreaux, FR 02/12 // Academy, Birmingham 03/12 // Brixton Academy, London

SESSIONS Get to Know a Pro!!!

Do you have a question you are dying to ask a member of the SESSIONS Team? Maybe you want to know Tim Humphrey's favorite contest to compete in, or Tara's favorite summer hang out? Submit your questions to sessionsteam@gmail.com and we will pick one question per week to have a SESSIONS team rider answer. If your question gets selected you will also receive a goody in the mail from SESSIONS!

Gatorade Free Flow Tour

About The Gatorade Free Flow Tour

The Gatorade Free Flow Tour, the official amateur series of the Winter Dew Tour, holds competitions at resorts across the country throughout the month of January, providing a platform for amateur freeskiers and snowboarders to showcase their skills. The inaugural winter leg of the Tour consists of 10 regional events across the U.S., featuring freeskiing (superpipe and slopestyle) and snowboarding (superpipe and slopestyle). The winners of each regional event earn a trip to compete in the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals held in conjunction with the Dew Tour's Toyota Championship, Feb. 5-7, 2010, and the overall champions in the four disciplines automatically earn a spot to compete against the pros in the first stop of the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour. Gatorade's partnership with the Free Flow Tour began in 2009 and its presence and commitment to uplift amateur freeskiers and snowboarders and provide an extended platform to grow action sports enabled the creation of the winter season of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour. Fuel TV will broadcast select coverage of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour and allisports.com <http://www.allisports.com/> will be the home of all digital content and Tour information.

January 9th - Big Boulder Ski Area, Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania (slopestyle only)

January 9th-10th - Vail Ski Resort, Vail, Colorado (slopestyle & pipe)

January 16th-17th - Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (slopestyle & pipe)

January 17th-Mountain High Resort, Wrightwood, California (slopestyle only)

January 23rd-24th - Killington Resort, Killington, Vermont (slopestyle & pipe)

January 23rd-24th - Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado (slopestyle & pipe)

January 23rd-24th - Bear Mountain Resort, Big Bear Lake, California (slopestyle & pipe)

January 30th - Brighton Resort, Brighton, Utah (slopestyle only)

January 30th-31st - Loon Mountain Resort, Lincoln, New Hampshire (slopestyle & pipe)

January 30th-31st - Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Mammoth Lakes, California (slopestyle & pipe)

February 5th-7th, Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, Vermont (slopestyle & pipe)

Big Bear Opening day video

Head over to TWsnow.com and watch Zak Hale get down on opening day at Big Bear!

Nick Rockwood... SESSIONS welcomes newest So Cal Rep Rider

Look for Nick riding up at Big Bear this winter. He rides for Sessions/Flow/Freestyle/ Kicker audio. Welcome to the Sessions Family Nick!

Brett Butcher taking a few early morning runs at North Star

Brett takes some pow runs at North Star from brett butcher on Vimeo.

Check out Sessions Greek Rider George Ouzounis get down at North Star!

Pink Pants, Yellow Jacket from silentprogression.tv on Vimeo.

Sessions Canadian Team has a Big month!

Sessions Canada team rider Phil Jacques was featured in the road trip section. You can also check Phil out in the new movie from Brothers Factory “Time Is Now”

Sessions Canada team rider Kevin Griffin had a three page interview in the new Snowboard Canada

Tara Dakides Re-Joins the Sessions Family

Scotts Valley, CA, October 22, 2009- After 10 years of building her talent and winning the reputation of the “Best Female Snowboarder in the World”, Tara Dakides signs back up with Sessions joining the U.S. Pro Team. Sessions was Tara’s first outerwear sponsor when she first began snowboarding and winning awards and today we are pleased to announce that she is back with us.

“Life really does come full circle… Sessions was my first sponsor back in the day (19 years old) when a girl getting sponsored was few and far between. It’s a trip to come back after all these years with a new outlook and more experience. I’m excited to have more creative freedom with my outerwear designs and to be able to work with such great people who love to ride. Sessions is one of the few core snow/skate companies alive. I say core in the sense that they have kept it real and true with there riders and the people who work hard to build the brand. It’s nice to feel a part of helping build something and appreciated in the process. It’s good to be home!” –Tara Dakides

Tara has had many accomplishments in her career to date from Transworld and Snowboarder including winning such titles as Best Freestyle Rider, Best Overall Female Rider, Female Snowboarder of the Year, Best Rail Rider, Gold Metal Winner for the X-Games in Slopestyle and Big Air, 1st Place Vans Triple Crown, and the list goes on and on…

“I’m stoked to see Tara back with the Sessions family. She is so passionate about what Sessions stands for- snowboarding, skating, music and friendship.” –Joel Gomez

“Snowboarding has a lot to thank Tara for. In a time when women’s snowboarding was not as popular as it is today, Tara was breaking boundaries. She was not only progressing woman’s snowboarding but snowboarding as a whole. She paved the way for the Gretchen’s and Torah’s of today and opened up everyone’s eyes to what was possible. Cheers to you Tara and welcome back!”

- Brett Butcher, Sessions Team Manager

Everyone at Sessions would like to thank Tara for everything she has done for snowboarding and we are very excited to have her back in the Sessions family!

Look out for Tara’s Signature Jackets and Pants with Sessions for Snow 2011.

Taylor and Miller Session a back yard park

Taylor and Miller Session a back yard park from brett butcher on Vimeo.

Tim was so stoked on re-signing with Sessions that he got these tattooed on his nipples!

Frontline Railjam Downtown Stockholm 10/10 - 2009

Frontline Railjam just finished this weekend in Stockholm!
Got there on Friday, checked in to the hotel and went out with the other riders on a dinner and some partying.
The day after we went up pretty early to get some breakfast and watch some snowboard video to get some more stoked!
After we went down to town with our snowboard gear... people were looking pretty strange at us when we came in the middle of town with snowboards .....
The contest was with 2 heats... around 13-4 riders each heat and 6 from each heat to finals.
I were in the second heat and made it to the finals.
The finals format is really cool.
Best trick and Best over all and 50 euros in your hand when a rider made some outstanding cool trick..

Halldor helgason won Best overall and Eiki got the best trick with a cab 360 sw nosepress 180 out...

These brothers are proberly the best railers in the world without any douts....

Myself i was pretty stoked, first contest of the years and i made a few 100 euros!

Heres a Link for a video for the Finals and some Pictures!

http://tacky.se/skateboard/video/?id=132093











Cheers and soon ill post more upcoming things that is happening!
//
Andreas Andy Gidlund

Tara Dakides participates in the 4th annual Powder Puff Race for the Cure

Tara took part in the 4th annual Powder Puff Race for the Cure this past weekend in Barstow California. Benefits and donations acquired from this years event will support Cedar Sinai Woman's Breast Cancer Research Center. Please check out www.powderpuffrace.org for more information!

Tara's ride

Middle of nowhere Idaho

This past weekend I rallied up to a rail comp at Barrie's Ski and Sports in Pocatello. It was a carpet only event so I judged and hung out with the local kids. They put their carpet mat burns to the test and pushed pretty hard on a 100% artificial surface. Barrie's built a cool down box for the feature and later switched up the take off ramp to a more urban set up which was the first I've seen done. Modular, artificial and hyped heavy. They even had BBQ vendors there. A+ for a fall kick off parking lot extravaganza. Back to the report.

Midway up from SLC, in a place I swore not to tell, we rolled up to a field of full pipes. Naturally, skates in the back, we pulled off and headed down some farmer roads to find the pipes. We skated for a bit, it was ruffer (as always) than it usually looks and some gravel in the bottom didn't help. The weather and backdrop was all time for this lil excursion so we maxed out the trip with some skating. We later needed some hydrogen peroxide to clean up some flesh and scored a couple sick hick t's for 5 bucks.

Tim Humphreys Re-Signs Contract with Session

Scotts Valley, CA - Sessions is very pleased to announce that Tim Humphreys has Re-Signed with Sessions and will be representing the brand for another two years.  Tim’s great skills and hard working personality have placed him at the top of Sessions’ Professional Snowboard Team where Tim will continue to stay.

“I’m excited that Tim has chosen to stay with Sessions! Aside from his obvious snowboard talents, Tim is a great kid and a perfect ambassador for Sessions,” says Team Manager, Brett Butcher.

“I pumped to be back with Sessions for another 2 years!  Sessions is by far the best company I've had a chance to work with in my experience,” says Tim. “Everyone at Sessions has always been straight up with me from day 1, which is something that is very difficult to come by these days.  We're working on a signature piece right now, and hopefully there will be more to follow!”

Sessions is looking forward to seeing Tim’s great skills on the slopes this coming season.

Check out more on Tim Humphreys at Sessions.com

About Sessions:

Sessions is a leading snowboard and action sports company that designs, merchandises, sources, and distributes high performance snowboard apparel, accessories and apparel for the core, youth-driven sports segment.  Sessions was the first snowboarding company to incorporate Gore-Tex fabrics and Recco avalanche reflectors into their products.  Today, Sessions is considered an innovator in technical outerwear.

Andreas Gidlund Edit

Filmed by Tim Bradley 

www.reelcomp.com

Exit Real World premier and sale

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHOP!!!!!!!!!

Check out Sessions on Snow Rev!!!

Check out the July 24th part in this blog from Snow- Rev's Joe Carter up at High Cascade camp at Mt. Hood! Props to Joe on some dope shots!

http://crew.snowboard-revolution.com/tag/high-cascade

Tim Bradley Demo Reel

Check out this Demo Reel from our good friend Tim Bradley. 

Sessions riders Andreas Gidlund, Kyle Miller and Taylor Carlton all have shots in this video.

Please check out reelcomp.com for more of Tim's work!

Tim Brauch Memorial Skateboard Contest

September 27, 2009

This weekend Sessions kicked off the 11th Annual Tim Brauch Memorial Skateboarding contest at the Scotts Valley skatepark in Scotts Valley, CA. This year was one of the biggest years yet with over 100 skaters from the grom to grandmasters level, and boy were they all destroying the courses. On Saturday the groms and ams got down on the street contest, competing for a ton of great prizes from our sponsors. The bangers were out that day in the amateur division showing off some sick tech skillz, and killing all aspects of the street course. Are 360 flips the new kickflip?

I don’t know why but it seems that everyone has those dialed these days, and so steezy.
On Sunday day two of the contest, we switched up the park to the Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark in San Jose, CA and prepared for the heavy hitters in the girls, Local, Pro, and Grandmasters divisions competing in the sixteen foot skull bowl to take home the 1st place prize purse. Hosoi, and Caballero ended up in the finals battling it out for first place, but Hosoi’s continuous 6-foot blasts out of the skull bowl couldn’t match Cab’s flow in this round. Cab stole the show with his unreal flow and buttery slides leaving the judges with no other choice but to put him on top of the podium. The turn out was great this year and we appreciate everyone that came out to support Tim Brauch! Also, thanks to all of our sponsors and everyone who made this event possible!

Results:

Grandmasters Division:
1. Steve Caballero
2. Christian Hosoi
3. Tony Mag
4. Mark Partain
5. Josh Nelson

Pro Division:
1. Brad McClain
2. Michael Brookman
3. Steven Pineiro
4. Sky Siljeg
5. Josh Rodriguez

Locals Division:
1. Chris Henderson
2. Cory Juneau
3. Jerry Gurney
4. Brad McClean
5. Shane Sullivan

Girls Division:
1. Lindsey Adams Hawkins
2. Allysha Bergado
3. Priscilla Lee
4. Lizz Armanto
5. Erin Wolfkiel

Ams Division:
1. Tommy Werner
2. Adam Emery
3. Anthony Anaya
4. Dylan Hilton
5. Christian Lanza
6. Nate Linford
7. Zach “Ducky” Kovacs
8. Skylar Bowers
9. Stephen Moulding
10. Jeremy McNamara
11. TJ Lewis
12. Jesse Boudreax
13. Stephen Smith
14. Konnor Adney
15. Brogan Robinson

Groms Division:
1. Jake Selovar
2. Drake Riddiough
3. Ryan Sanders
4. Joshua Douglas
5. Ethin Montes
6. Kalani David
7. Matt Beaton
8. Ricky Williams
9. Reid Nikolaieff
10. Shane Sullivan
11. Justin Miller
12. Jack Doran
13. Pero Simic
14. Koa Cortina
15. Stephen Hill

Almost Dead Full Movie on TWS

NC Production's 2008 release Almost Dead is now online. Almost Dead features Sessions AM Kyle Miller. Miller starts off the movie with the opener and also features amazing riders like Lucas Wilson, Jason Robinson, Kyle Martin, Justin Norman, Vincent Remmel, Aaron Robinson, Aaron Brietenbach, Carson Schubert, Nicki Wiess, Jonny Malanga and Skylar Thornton. Filmed by Leland McNamara and Sam Hiltner. Don't miss this one, she's a good!

Almost Dead from Leland McNamara on Vimeo.

Montevideo Premier @ 50/50 In Truckee

September 16, 2009

Last weekend Truckee, CA's 50/50 Brewery hosted the premier of the new Autumnline video "Montevideo," starring Sessions riders Brett Butcher, Andreas Gidlund, Kyle Miller, and Taylor Carlton. The Premier had a great turn out and everyone had a hootin good time! Check out some of the pictures from the premier below!

Miller on the Big Screen!

Sessions VIP Section/ Nacho Bar

Havin' some fun during the video

Steve having a nice cool glass of apple juice

Bataleon team rider Nicky V. Showed up to hang with the Sessions crew

The ladies love Sessions Team Manager Brett Butcher!

To much fun in one night....But still hangin on the that Sessions lid