JEFF KIESEL iPOD

Jeff Kiesel iPod at random

PRO SALE @ CAUSWELL - SATURDAY NOV. 14TH

Needing a new setup for the coming season?? Anything you need will be available from tons of different brands. Skis, boots, bindings, outerwear, gloves, goggles, helmets, poles, backpacks, luggage, hats, tall teeeez, stickers, face masks, base layers, street wear, etc... It will be there. Saw something you liked in a movie or an edit? I'm sure that exact piece will be there on the cheap! Bargain face to face with Todd Walnuts and get something of his. It will help you ski better. Ask Sage if you can touch his hair, I bet he might let you if you buy something of his. It will help you ski better.These people will be there selling their gear..Pep FujasTom WallischSage Cattabriga-AlosaBlake NymanWiley MillerAlex SchlopyJulian CarrDash Longe4bi9Clown SchoolLil' John StrenioCody BarnhillJohn SymmsGrete EliassenDania AssalyAngelia VanLaanenJen HudakAshley BattersbyRachael BurksCome by, have a brew, have a hot dog, watch a movie, buy some cheap quality shit!BBQ and sale going on all day long.Saturday, November 14th. 10am - 5pm @ Causwell.2258 Fort Union Blvd # B6Salt Lake City, UT 84121(Across the street from Lonestar Taqueria!)

BLACK DIAMOND AGENT W/ AVALUNG

Our boys from Black Diamond stopped into the shop today and stoked us out with these Agent packs with built in Avalung. We are expecting our shipment from Black Diamond next week with shovels, probes,packs, avalungs and FAT SKINS all the way up to 120mm - if you are planning on venturing into the backcountry to shred lines or just build a jump, get your gear straight.. pack, shovel, probe, beacon....Causwell will have this stuff in-stock in a few days so swing in and check it out.

BRIGHTON BBQ & PRE-SEASON MINI SHRED TOMORROW!!!

Come up to BRIGHTON tomorrow from 10:00 AM - 2:00 AM for a little BBQ, Rail and Box session and an overall fantastic day in the mountains with friends. Brighton is setting up some of their new jibs in front of Alpine Rose. There will be prizes for best tricks or crashes. The shredding is free so no lifts obviously... come check it out!

Andrew Holson iPod

Andrew Holson iPod at random

DANIA ASSALY JOINS SURFACE*

We would like to welcome Dania Assaly to the Surface team. We are super stoked to start working closely with Dania on breaking into the women’s freestyle-freeride market this coming season. We feel like she is a perfect fit for the Surface brand and we look forward to an exciting 09/10 season watching her compete and ski around the world. - Mike SchneiderWe had the opportunity to catch up with Dania this week and grill her with some interview questions:Hey Dania, you just arrived back in SLC for the winter. How much time do you spend here vs. traveling? And what do you think of this place?SLC rules! I absolutely love everything about this place. The mountains are incredible, the snow is the best I have ever skied, and the people are amazing. I spend about half the season here, but get real busy traveling in December, January and some of March. Once the competition season gets rolling, it’s always so nice to come back to Utah where the pow is plentiful. Who do you live with nowadays?I am livin in my friend Molly’s bed (my old bed). Spoon sessions every night, pretttty good. Anna Borgman and Becca Sedler are the roomies, they rule.Congratulations on your recent move from Roxy to Surface. How did that go down?Surface created the opportunity for me to be able to be a part of a diverse team and share my ideas. Team trips and photoshoots, filming and riding in the back country with your teammates is something that I have not had the chance to do, and have always wanted too. This is going to be an amazing season and I cannot wait!You pretty hyped on the direction Surface is headed as a brand? Of course! I know since the beginning Surface is a brand that wants to be ahead of the game, and what the kids are looking for. So as the company grows, I know that things will get bigger and better.It sounds like you are going to take a major role in helping us develop their women’s program and product line. Tell me more about that?I would really like to help Surface have a ton of support from the female side. I think this program has the right ingredients to a great beginning. With the right momentum behind this new brand, women will be interested in it’s opportunity to grow, and explore other options with quality products away from the larger brand. We want to be put at the same level as the guys, so designing a ski without a girl graphic can sell just as much as any other, but we can capture the women’s interest by advertising product that girls are skiing. Posters, ads and photos of girls rocking a new ski that looks as good as it skis will get the attention of anyone.What do you think ski brands are doing wrong in terms of branding and marketing their female athletes? Why do you think Surface can do it better?It’s not so much about marketing the ski, it’s more about marketing the female athletes behind the ski. I would rather see a picture with someone using the product rather than a photo of just the skis. Brands should focus on athlete centric advertising to better promote their products. As a consumer, it’s easier to look at someone actually using the ski doing something sick than the specs or graphics of a ski.  Use girls to advertise just as much as the guys by giving us equal opportunity to get the shot! What Surface skis will you be riding this year?My Life and the One Life.Rumor has it that you want to venture into the backcountry and do your thing? Is this true?Indeed. A couple years ago when I moved to Utah, I realized I had never skied deep powder in the back country before. Growing up skiing at Marmot Basin, AB, you would get 1 foot of snow and call it a powder day… Step out into the Cottonwood mountains of Utah, and you can have face shots all day long, find crazy lines and drops, and really learn to ski. I think I called my Dad after every one of those days and told him it was the best day of my life. I can’t wait to learn more.What’s this Modan Productions thing? Who are the Modan girls?Modan Productions started last fall, when my friend Molly and I decided that it was time to make an all girls movie. We shred with a great group of girls everyday at PC, and everyone had a fantastic reaction to the idea. So basically, it is just a group of us girls who shred hard and really support and push each other, camera or no camera. This year you will see mini edits and a film at the end of the season! Modan girls are myself, Molly Ellowitz, Anna Borgman, Veronica Kelly, Angeli VanLaanen, Anna Segal, and Carrie Rossman.What is your contest schedule look like this year?Contests are looking busy toward the start of the season with the first three Dew tours and X Games all within December and January. Then it mellows out until March with Euro Open and WSI in April. Giving me lots of time in Utah to shred!Any new projects that you are working on this season? Trips etc?I hope I can get into most of the Surface trips and shoots, and also get a ton of time to film for our Modan Productions film. We want to schedule a week in Tahoe or Bachelor for that, and here in the BC.Can’t do an interview without SHOUT OUTS – list ‘emLor, Rich, Jay Carter for always backing me up, Modan girls, Mols, Nicole B., J Bish, and Mike at SurfaceAnything else?Watch for MODAN edits this season at modanproductions.blogspot.com DANIA'S CONTEST RESULTS FOR 2008/2009 SEASON:1st- NZ Open Slopestyle 20091st- WSI Halfpipe 20091st- Winter Park Open Slopestyle 20092nd- Queens Cup Open 20093rd- NZ Open Halfpipe 20093rd- NZ Winter Games Slopestyle 20093rd- NZ Winter Games Halfpipe 20094th- World Cup Half-Pipe Les Contamines, France 20094th- Dew Tour Breckenridge, Half-Pipe 2008

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TOUCH OF GREY

INTRO TO 09-10 SURFACE 'ISHT

Surface Skis 09-10 product intro! from Surface Skis on Vimeo.Short little edit by Adam Clark introducing the Surface Skis 09-10 line of freestyle, rocker and big mountain skis. Narrated by Blake Nyman and Josh Bishop and guest ski appearances from Jeff Kiesel, Banks Gilberti, Blake Nyman and Josh Bishop.

SURFACE HYPE @ BROBOMB.COM

The boys over at BROBOMB.COM ran a little Surface interview this morning. Get over there and check it out. Big thanks!

Dania Assaly on Surface!

Dania Assaly on Surface!

SURFACE ON BROBOMB.COM !

A little Surface HYPE on www.brobomb.com

The real BLOG

We have a blog site too: www.thesurfacelab.blogspot.com

48 Hours of Hood

The Surface Collab. was in Hood for the weekend to hook up with Freeskier Magazine for their buyers guide and shred out with the latest member of the Collaboration - Brandon Becker a.k.a. The Darkness

Surace Monthly E-Newsletter

We are going to start releasing a monthly newsletter via email - to join the mailing list please shoot an email to me at surface.collaboration@gmail.com the newsletter will cover both ski and non-ski related information, such as art, music, links, athlete news, ski news, sales and limited edition surface items that will only be available to subscribers... so get on it.

Blake Nyman

This blog will pertain to the happenings of Mr. Nyman i.e. his thoughts, ideas, travels, photos etc.

Surface Happenings

This blog will cover anything and everything that pertains to Surface///