Tim Humphreys - GoPro camera self filming - snowboarding @ Mammoth

First day out riding with my new GoPro for a few hours at Mammoth. Best 350 bucks I ever spent.

Dave Fortin wins big!

Yep, Canadian Sessions rider Dave Fortin took first at the Grenade Games Finale making him 10k richer. Way to go Dave!

Mastering Whistler

A long overdue trip to Whistler just concluded for me. We (4FRNT) were invited to compete in the Orage Masters event this year. We've been participating in this "anti-comp" since day 1 and this year we finally made the finals and ended up 2nd. We scored a 15 day Retallac trip out of it so we're stoked.



While in Whistler and around the Masters comp, I was fortunate to have met up with our Japanese distributors during their epic qwest to Whistler for some spring shred. We met up with some other local friends and teammates and did a nice size hike up to a pretty classic zone in the Blackcomb backcountry called something Japanese ironically.



We seshed a full day in Blackcomb's park a couple days after the comp with COC filmer Leo. The other kids where crushing it, me not so much. Its cool to blame that on my 187cm lengths skis right? Skiing Alta this year has been great but I'm ready for park after that day. Man, Blackcomb has the park gig figured out and it was so much fun to just fly down the mountain off huge jumps with no impact. Peep the video.

http://vimeo.com/channels/4frnt#11097745

Now I'm back in Utah. Warming up the moto season with a new bike I just got for street and dirt. I got a ride planned for late May through the Mendicino state forest to the coast. I'm psyched.

Summer Interns Wanted

Industry Interns Wanted


Ever wanted to put your skills to the test in an industry that actually suits you? Sessions Outerwear is offering a summer internship in marketing and event coordination fields allowing you to pursue your dreams of working in the action sports industry. Not only will this job put your skills to the test, it will help you to acquire those, which you will need for the future and not to mention interaction with some of the Worlds greatest action sports athletes. The Process is simple. If you are an upper level college student looking to boost your resume you can send us your information, resume, and why you would like to work here to: Info@sessions.com



Internship Positions & Requirements:



-Skateboarding Contest Coordinator
• Must have some management skills
• Has experience in the action sports world (i.e. Skateboarder)
• Commitment to the job
• Detail oriented
• Can work at least 12 hrs a week

-Marketing Intern
• Experienced with Microsoft Office application’s (Word, Excel)
• Has experience with Adobe Photoshop
• Some management skills
• Detail oriented
• Can work at least 12 hrs a week



*All qualified applicants are subject to a half hour working interview

Nial Romanek and Kyle Miller at Northstar

Nial Romanek & Kyle Miller at Northstar from brett butcher on Vimeo.

See E-Man Anderson in Dope

DOPE from Knabelkcorb on Vimeo.

Video dropping this Fall

Nial Romaneck cleans up at the Red bull Buttercup

The Red Bull Butter Cup rolled through Lake Tahoe with three stops at Boreal, Northstar and Sierra at Tahoe. Nial rode in all three of them and took 3rd at the Boreal and Northstar stops and 1st at the Sierra at Tahoe stop. Also up for grabs was the overall winner of the three stops and Nial won that as well. Nice work Nial!

Tim Humphreys does Northstar from brett butcher on Vimeo.

Kyle Miller Full Part "Montevideo"

KYLE MILLER - MONTEVIDEO from the tree project. on Vimeo.

Sun!

By Brett Butcher

After a week of grey and snow the weather finally broke in Tahoe. We raced out to the jump we have been waiting to hit all week. Snow was great and we all put down some tricks!

Need the split boards to get to these mountains...

Looks fun? It was amazing...

We built a second jump but the snow was baked by the time we hit it...

Miller time...

NOAA is saying more snow this weekend... winter is staying to the bitter end and that puts a smile on my face : )

Dangerzone Season 2 Episode 16 - "Hot Tub Shred Machine"

Dangerzone Season 2 Episode 16 - "Hot Tub Shred Machine" from Nick Visconti on Vimeo.

A blast from the past. It's not where you've come from, it's where you've been.

Featuring Nick Visconti, Kyle Miller, James Brumfield, Tim Eddy, Brett Butcher, Sammy Spiteri, Taylor Carlton, Andy Lewis, Robbie Sell, NJ Peterson and Brent Oftedal.

TahoeDangerzone.com
EasyLoungin.com
EvolveChile.com
Sessions.com
TWSnow.com

Winter is Back!

After a solid couple weeks of sunscreen, tees and park riding, winter is back and making one last stand in Tahoe. Kyle Miller, Andreas Gidlund, Taylor Carlton and myself have had some amazing days at Alpine Meadows and out in the backcountry on the sleds. Here are some photos of the past couple days.

Morning tune up on the sled

Miller was so stoked to be out there he was doing handstands

Andreas, taylor and Kyle hiking to the goods

We built this jump but the weather shut us down

Taylor getting loose

Some fun little lines you could double on the sleds.

Brett kicking out a method

Same spot... Miller Back 180

Lunch time!

Skullcandy Tube providing the tunes

Brett and Andreas hanging with the squirrels

Taylor and Shane took off to check out some other potential jump spots while we chilled at another jump. Five minutes went by and we got a call over the radio. Taylor put his sled into a creek hole. After some searching we found them and helped dig them out. keep an eye out for them holes... they sneak up on you!

We hit this spot at the end of the day... snow was weird but we still got some stuff

Miller popping over the nose

Taylor hitting a windlip

Get those pow turns in... Summer is knocking on the door

MALAY DAY April 8th, 2010

Oxborn Session 2010

Some are calling it the sickest contest ever. You be the judge. Sessions rider Niklas Mattson won the rookie award and most technical. More to come from Niklas in the weeks ahead!

Oxborn Session 2010 from Chris Thelin on Vimeo.

Where in the world is Tara Dakides?

Where in the world is Tara Dakides?

Correctly identify where this billboard of Tara Dakides is located and win a Tony Hawk’s RIDE for the Wii, Xbox, or PS3.

Obviously the possibilities are endless so…If you don’t have the free time driving all over The World in search of this billboard we have left you some clues…but you’ll have to search our website for them!

Remember the first two people to correctly identify “Where in The World Tara Dakides” is will win the Tony Hawks Ride Video Game! Good Luck!

Please send all entry's to Contests@sessions.com

First Clue: It is amazing how much Tara has achieved in her career, no wonder she is the most influential female snowboarder!

Thorley Talks...

For a few years now I have been noticing Ian Thorley doing insanely inverted maneuvers off pretty much anything. In addition to getting upside down Ian's riding is solid all around and he is usually in the top 10 of about any slope contest he enters. Ian grew up in Michigan, made the move to Waterville Valley New Hampshire to receive proper coaching and education. Ian took his east coast skills west and now crushes the Northstar Park on a regular basis. Ian may be under rated, if you don't believe me, fine but a 3^rd place finish on the 09/10 Dew Tour and a 1st place finish at the Spin Cycle event at Mount Hood is evidence that I am correct in calling Ian a really good rider.

Go check out Snowrev.com for the full interview!

Sessions SIA write up on Shayboarder.com

By Brett Butcher

If you have never checked out Shayboarder.com you need to ASAP. Shayboarder is a website that features articles on the snowboard industry, riding tips, resort reviews, product reviews and interviews. It is unique in that you can ask Shay a question about a product or resort and she will do the research and answer your questions. She gets you involved and digs deep to bring you the things you want to know about. Shayboarder's reviews are in depth and the interviews are insightful and interesting.

Shay came by the Sessions booth at SIA to hang out and check out the new line. The review just dropped on shayboarder.com and it is a must read!

Check it out here....

Dangerzone Episode 15 "First Decent" Behind the scene photos!

Can't ask for a better setup!

Miller and Andreas taking in the rays

QP maintenance

Miller sending a heve ho, michael chuck, backside rodeo... whatever you want to call it

grilling up some dogs

Quintin Butler is one of three ridiculous good young riders coming out of Tahoe. He took a break from the North Star park to come hang out and ride.

Quintin learned cripplers on this QP

Nick getting hyped on his first decent

Looks boney in there!

www.tahoedangerzone.com

SUPERCHARGED, The Tim Brauch Documentary

NIMBUS "En Route Departure"

This edit is a short version of our full length 40 minute film titled "en route departure". if you like the edit you will really like the full length movie. en route departure documents two months of travel with the nimbus crew. everything that goes with a ski trip is portrayed in this movie; amazing powder, terrible conditions, airports, road trips, culture, etc. the en route series is an attempt to depart from the norm of ski film making. instead of jump after jump, en route departure is about the people, places and skiing along the way. ian cosco, bene mayr and christian sirianni join the original nimbus crew: pep fujas, eric pollard chris benchetler and blake nyman for a great adventure.

YoBeats Firing Squad!!

By Brett Butcher

Our friends over at Yobeat.com hold a contest called the Firing Squad. Two photos go head to head every week and the public gets to vote on which photo they think should win and move on to the next round. If you make it four weeks, your photo is submitted to the championship gallery and you win a Da Kine Camera Pack. Five weeks ago Jeff Hehlen's photo was picked for the firing squad and his photo went the distance. Here is the interview and photo! Yeah Jeff!!!

We have yet another black and white inductee to the Champions Gallery. Either black and white photos really better or are you guys just totally emo? Either way, Jeff Hehlen is the latest photographer to enter the champ’s circle. Hearty congrats are in order as his photo took down some worthy opponents. We caught up with Jeff to find out a little bit more about him and his shot.

When was this shot taken, where is it, and who is the stuntman?

The photo is of Brett Butcher in the Tahoe backcountry last February. Brett and I grew up shredding together. He used to look like Simba with braces, now he looks like Mufasa.

What set up did you use to make the magic happen?

Canon 5d with a 24-70 L-series lens.

What’s with the twig in the foreground?

People seemed really opinionated about that. I like shallow depth of field, and I framed the shot with the twig to add some some content to the foreground. And no, I did not place it there.

Was the jet stream planned or just dumb luck?

Smoke and mirrors.

If you took it again, would you do anything differently?

I shot a lot of different angles that day. I’m pretty happy with what I got.

What’s your story — where are you based and what do you usual shoot?

Portland Oregon, born and raised. I have a lot of pride for my hometown. I like shooting skating and snowboarding, and I’ve been carrying this old Nikon FM lately and shooting lots of black and whites of friends. I love working in the studio. I want to do a cross country motorcycle trip and shoot pics and put a book together. Maybe you could give me some advice, you’ve driven across the country like a million times.

Full disclosure: Do you feel like going to snowboard camp with me in the 90s helped you win the Firing Squad?

Yes. I knew when 15-year-old me met 16-year-old you, we’d both be famous on the Internet someday.

Do you have any insightful advice for people who want to get into
shooting snowboarding?

Learn your trade, go shoot film. Shoot as much as possible, and shoot everything. Have fun.

Check out more of Jeff’s work at jeffhehlen.com

Dangerzone Edit - Donner Summit QP

Dangerzone Season 2 Episode 15 - "First Descent" from Nick Visconti on Vimeo.

Sam Tour 08/09 Reel. Click HERE!!!!

Click title to watch my friend Sam Tuor's 08/09 Demo Reel featuring myself....Miller brah. He is a really good filmer and editor so someone hire him! Enjoy.

4th Annual Sessions Log Jam video!

4th Annual Sessions Log Jam from brett butcher on Vimeo.

Most influential woman in action sports...

Check out this article on ESPN about the most influential woman in action sports. Sessions own Tara Dakides was one of three woman snowboarders to make the list. Congrats Tara and thank you for everything you have done to push snowboarding to where it is today!

Riders for the Cure... April 11th, 2010

Supercharged Photography Show & Fundraiser

Come down to "The Blank Club" Tuesday, April 13, 2010 to support Tim Brauch! "Supercharged" starts at 9pm followed by a live performance by RSII Solid Sound and Dj COCO!

Niklas Mattson wins the Oxborn Session video qualifications!

Swedish Sessions rider Niklas Mattson just won the Oxborn Session video qualifications. Basically the riders made a clip, then presented it to the judges and could that way qualify for the competition that will be held in Tandadalen during the Tandadalen Winter Weekend on March 25-27. Congrats Niklas!

A fun switch day with Kyle and Andy

Andy and Miller Switch play around day from andreas gidlund on Vimeo.

down days

Andy And Millah from andreas gidlund on Vimeo.

Tim Humphreys rocks the US Open Rail Jam and snags second!

Check out the video on Snowboardermag.com And read the full story Here.

CONGRATS TIM!!!

wakeboarding

Welll....today was hot as a beavers den in July. Myself (Miller brah) and Andreas (deadlung) skipped our boards across the Truckee river. It was peaking near 60 degrees so a nice pond skim seemed appropriate. I totally thought we were not going to make it across the whole way. Nicki V gave it the guinea and it actually worked pretty well. So we sent it. There was no good way to cross the river so we got pretty wet getting across. Our boots are ripped open and sitting in front of the fan on full blast. Gonna be wet for a few more days probably. Here are some pics from today.