IAN vs. IAN

all photos by IAN MATTESON thus the Ian vs. Ian bit...

STREETS OF COMPTON

Ian Wade is from the streets of Compton. Can't you tell? Nifty photograph taken by IAN MATTESON

$1 VALUE MENU

Just got back into the office from Burger King, home of the illest $1 Menu and out of nowhere was Ian Matteson with a disc loaded with images of Surface athletes and travels. Needless to say, I was stoked because (a) I haven't seen Ian in months and (b) the disc was loaded with gems like this one of Banks Gilberti from Whistler last spring. Good to see you buddy.

POCKET FOOTY

Hayden Price in the Brighton slackcountry this week.

2 DAYS IN WHIS: ELIEL HINDERT

Here's a little GoPro edit from Eliel Hindert up in Whistler. I keep wondering when he's going to venture back into Utah but after watching this I know why he's tucked in up North... Big El !!Two Days in Whis from Eliel Saarinen on Vimeo.

CAUSWELL 2010

Launched the Causwell line this year which consists of outerwear, street wear, baselayer and accessories. Stay tuned for a full spring launch just in time for summer shred in Mt. Hood.

REVENGE OF BISHOP

This is what happens when Josh Bishop takes control of the camera.Revenge of the Bishop from HOT POSSIE on Vimeo.Straight up stole this edit from HOTPANTSANDHANDPLANTS.COM

SLACKCOUNTRY @ BRIGHTON 2/22/2010

All photos courtesy of Jason Eichhorst (woot!)

SAVE LIFE ON FEEDTHEHABIT.COM

Got a nice little review on FEEDTHEHABIT.COM this morning. Thanks boys!

WOW...POW!!!!

The Surface Crew was out in full force in Brighton yesterday praising Jah and locating hidden pow stashes. Right out of the gate, Hayden Price sent a large 3 right to his feet. Needless to say, Joshua Thomas Bishop of New Hampshire made his parents proud by stomping a 180 straight to tree stump. We counted it as landed though. And last but not least, Dania Assaly broke out the Live Life's and shredded some pow with the big boys. Sending cliffs and slashing pow turns, Ms. Assaly can hang. All photos courtesy of EICHHORST

ASPEN OPEN*

Surface shreds, Jeff Kiesel and John Ware ventured into the lovely town of Aspen (home of TJ Burke) this week to compete in the infamous Aspen Open. With nothing more than the clothes on his back Jeff Kiesel was able to qualify 2nd in his heat to advance on to the next round. Despite being the best looking and most stylish skier on the hill, John Ware just missed moving on to the semi's. Stay tuned for more updates here or on NS.

BELIEVE IN STEVEN!

The Nyman's roll into Vancouver to watch Steven ski in the 2010 Olympic Games. Stay tuned for updates at Steve's Blog and as always - "Believe in Steven"

10/11 PRODUCT PREVIEW VIA NEWSCHOOLERS.COM

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

JASON ARENS GATORADE FREE FLOW UPDATE

A few weeks ago Myself and a few of my good friends decided to head down to Big Bear in Southern California for one of the regional stops of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour. I had tweaked my knee fairly badly a few weeks before while in Breckinridge and was not really planning on competing. But after getting back on my skis the morning of the competition for the first time since I hurt my knee, I decided to tough it out and try my luck in the competition. It was a blast! Everyone that traveled down to So Cal with me did well in the competition, and for the most part were skiing the best I have ever seen from them, with Dylan Curry placing 5th, his younger bother Noah placing in 4th and somehow I managed to come out with First, which meant I would get to go to Vermont to compete in the Free Flow Finals. So on Friday February 5th I got to head to the airport at 3:30 in the morning for a long day of traveling. After a long day of changing flights and sitting around in random airports, then taking a nearly 2 hour bus from Albany, we had made it to our hotel near Mt. Snow Vermont at 2 am! The next morning was Beautiful, I went up to the mountain and got registered for the finals, before I was able to go out and explore Mt. Snow. This was only the second time I have skied out on the east coast and I really enjoyed it. Towards the end of the day we were taken through the coarse to check everything out. Everything was HUGE, and unfortunately we were not able to ride the coarse that day so I really think it just added to how nervous I was about the upcoming competition. I woke up the next morning and immediately went to the mountain, It was just as sunny as the day before but the winds on the mountain were very strong, and after a while it was decided that we would only compete on the lower portion of the coarse, being the bottom down rail, into the last 2 jumps on the coarse with the addition of a big Gatorade bonk at the bottom. With the freezing temperatures and the strong winds I was not feeling all that confident about competing. But when it came time for my runs I decided to just try my best and put together a run I knew I could land with the less than perfect conditions. I somehow managed to land my run of switch right 7 to switch left 9 despite the speed issues on the coarse and when the scores came in I was put into 3rd place! The whole event was amazing! Gatorade and all the people putting it on did a really great job of making sure everything went well. I really hope they decide to put this event on in the future because I really feel it was a really good experience. The next day I was shuttled to the airport at 7, and after many more hours of waiting in airports, a flight delay, a missed flight and a night spent in Summit County I finally made it home 2 days later.

SNOWBASIN ON-SNOW DEMO...TODAY!!

We will be in Snowbasin at the On-Snow Demo all day today and tomorrow. Swing on by the tent to check out 10/11 'isht and ride skis. Chances are you'll even get a high five from one of us. If not, just ask... Drink up!(super irie photo of Tyson Henrie taken by J. Eichhorst last season)

10/11 CATALOG PRESS CHECK

It's that time of year again to produce print catalogs for the upcoming season. This is something we have a lot of fun with and Jay does very well. Here are some random photos from press check at Lorraine Press here in Salt Lake City. Pretty hyped on the new 10/11 range of skis and apparel. Thanks to all those who contributed to the making of the catalog, you know who you are.

BANKS GILBERTI: DEW TOUR FINALS*

Banks skied his ass of today at Dew Tour in Vermont placing Top 10 among the best skiers in the world. Hell yeah BANKS!!!

EXTREME SPORTS

BRIGHTON SHRED DAY UPDATE*

Good times in Brighton today at the Surface Shred Day. There's still plenty of good snow to be had and more on the way this weekend. Big thanks to all those who came out today.(all photos: Eichhorst)

PC EDIT*

The boys went out with Clown School yesterday and put together a little edit featuring John Ware, Josh Bishop and Jeff Kiesel.Surface/Causwell team afternoon at PC from Evan Heath on Vimeo.