COMRADES!

Cardrona World Cup

2011-08-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

via: nathanjohnstone.com

Childish by Remi

2011-08-16T22:32:00.000-07:00

via. jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

This is it. My friend Remi's first ever release. Childish.

There are 4 tracks. All available from either Bandcamp or Soundcloud

You can find Remi's fan page on Facebook by clicking here.

Get amongst it. Spread the Love.

Samuel Murphy .COM Upgrade

2011-08-13T20:03:00.000-07:00

Papa Smurph's website has had a renovation.
Check it out @ samuelmurphy.com

Tweet Tweet

2011-08-11T15:18:00.001-07:00

A few of the boys have jumped on the Twitter band wagon over the last year or so.

You can find...
Nate at @Nate_johnstone
Scotty at @scottyjames31
Jarryd at @jarryd_williams
Sam at @SamuelJMurphy
Charlie at @steinbacher1991

Lake Wanaka

2011-08-11T15:15:00.000-07:00

Nate and Jarryd put together this little edit down in Wanaka, NZ

Heli Challenge

2011-08-10T23:38:00.001-07:00

We forgot to mention SJ did the Heli challenge in NZ the other week.
To check out his blog post click here

Hut Jam Recap

2011-08-10T23:31:00.000-07:00

via. nathanjohnstone.com

Last weekend my Nitro team mate Jarryd Williams and I headed down to Mt Buller for the 2011 Mountain Dew “DEW HUT” competition. Here a couple photo’s I pulled of the net from the dew hut that was held over the weekend.

It turned out to be a unreal event the weather held off so we scored some sunny shredding, which doesn’t happen alot in Mt Buller so everyone was pumped. Congrats to Jye and Chris DeCampo for taking it out, also Nick Woods and Andy Lloyd for best trick, those back rodeo’s were insane… Well deserved!!

For pictures click here

Mountain Dew Hut Jam

2011-07-18T16:51:00.000-07:00

Whats up friends!? Winter is back, and so are we...

A few of the boys are competing on the weekend of July 30 in the Annual Mountain Dew Hut Jam staged at Mount Buller. It is a ridiculously fun, unique event where companies put forward teams of two to represnt them. So if your at Buller that weekend make sure you don't miss it.

If you can't come, you can still help us out a bunch! Gatorade, for the second year now, is putting up 4k for the Rookie Award at the Dew Hut Jam. A percentage of this is decided by online voting so if you could take a minute to click here and head to the Dew Facebook page where you select your top three riders. Comrades that are eligible include - Nate, Jarryd, Jase and Tys! So make sure you put them in your top three!

Thanks peeps!
Check back for updates soon!

Happy Birthday Scotty!

2011-07-06T01:29:00.001-07:00

The youngest of the Comrades has survived another year and we are here to congratulate him...

Happy Birthday SJ, have an epic day... Hope you like your cake.

Much Love, your fellow Comrades.

Slope In For The Olympics

2011-07-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

Yerp,
get excited for what is now sure to be the most exciting Olympics ever. The IOC just announced that slope style for skiing and snowboarding will be included in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

This opens up a whole bunch of doors, for a whole bunch of our friends so we are absolutely pumped right now.

Click here to read more at the TTR website

More Spring feat. Nick Wood

2011-06-25T18:57:00.000-07:00

Good friend of Comrades, Nick Wood, was also in Mammoth for some spring sessions with Samboss. This is his little edit. There is a pretty boss double right at the end...
Killing it Woods!!

This one is a compilation of Woods working upto finally stomping a Dub!

Spring Time in Mammoth

2011-06-12T19:01:00.000-07:00

via. http://samuelmurphy.com/

Check out my final little edit from Mammoth.

It includes Backside 900, Frontside 720, Frontside 900 and a frontside 1080.

Hope you like it.

SM

[ There is also a backlog of posts on Sam's blog, so check them out here ]

The EPIC Camp.

2011-06-12T18:26:00.000-07:00

Our boy Jase has been working hard of late on developing a new kind of snowboard camp. The outcome is this, 'The Epic Camp'. The website explains it all, so check it out @ http://theepiccamp.com/

Peeace.
P.S. Happy Winter!

isft.

2011-05-03T00:26:00.000-07:00

via. jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

The new i ski for tommy. website was just launched! So head to iskifortommy.com or isft.com.au to check it out! There's a pretty bad photo of Jarryd on the homepage so it's good for a laugh. You can also 'like' isft. on good old trusty Facebook which will be updated frequently with all the good stuff re: isft. and its ambassadors.

Peace!

RADical.

2011-04-08T03:28:00.000-07:00

Also from the pages of Snowboardermag.com,

Comrades Jase Maxfield and Charlie Steinbacher did a day filming in Breck with Jeremy from Radical Gloves. The outcome was this cool little edit - Radventures Ep. 3: Breckenridge which also features friends of Comrades Chris DeCampo, Shaun 'Wetsocks' Belmore and Andrew 'RothDog' Roth.

Check out the full post here.

World Junior Wrap Up

2011-04-08T02:51:00.000-07:00

Our friend Ryan Willmont over at Australian Snowboarder Mag just posted a wrap up from Junior Worlds featuring excerpts from our own Sam 'The Boss' Murphy's blog.

Check out the full post at snowboardermag.com.au but untill you click that link <<< here are some photos you can check out. This is Samboss in the pipe comp just before he got bucked up [And the aftermath]. Unfortunately it resulted in re-injuring his shoulder [Heal up quick Papa Smurph!].

Vote for SJ!

2011-04-04T17:30:00.000-07:00

Show Scotty some love by voting for him in the FINAL ROUND of the Mini: Creative Use of Space competition.

Heres how it works:

Go to the Mini Facebook page [click here] and 'Like' it
Then click 'Burton' on the left hand side menu
Click where it says 'Click here for Final Voting'
Scroll down and under the 'Men' Category you will see 'Scotty James (Aus)- Candian Open'
Hit the 'Like' button, and if your feeling generous hit the 'Share' button too and tell your friends to vote for SJ.

Thanks for helping out our pal Scotty, and Aussie snowboarding in general [Help him get up on that Swede and the Yank]

Much Love.

Spring Pow.

2011-03-31T18:44:00.001-07:00

Spring time; Fresh Snow; Arapahoe Basin.
Enough Said.

FIS Junior Worlds 2011

2011-03-30T16:17:00.000-07:00

Samboss is currently in Valmelenco, Italy, with friend of Comrades, Nick Woods [aswell as some of our other friends] for the FIS Junior World Championships.

The boys compete in a couple of days [Goodluck Lads] but Smurphy has been blogging about Italy, so check it out @ http://samuelmurphy.com/

There's A World Cup Champion Amongst Us

2011-03-26T15:44:00.000-07:00

Yep, Nate just came 5th at the World Cup Finals in Arosa, Switzerland, and was crowned Halfpipe World Cup Champion winning the 'Crystal Globe'.

Congrats Nate! We're super proud of you mate!

Samboss - Breck Pipe

2011-03-22T13:26:00.001-07:00

Yesterday Jarryd left his GoPro running on the side of the pipe and captured Smurphy doing some Frontside Nines. Check It

OMG!

2011-03-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Excuse the 'typed by a 16 year old girl' title but this is ridiculous!

Nate may not have done as well as hoped [Placing 10th - still a rad effort] in the Euro X-Games this week, however he has been enjoying the pipe in Tignes which he says is up there with the best he's ever ridden.

This is a massive front 5 he was doing on his first hit in the comp. It has to be pushing 20 foot... super steezy too. {Video will be posted soon}

[Click to enlarge]

If your curious Louie Vito took out the gold followed by IPod and Christian Haller.

Bardonecchia

2011-03-12T01:43:00.001-08:00

Nate just destroyed the Bardonnechia World Cup in Italy which slipped him into first position of the World Cup rankings. Jarryd came 13th in what ws his first World Cup start, missing out on finals by .2 of a point. And the gold medal in the ladies event was snapped up by friend of Comrades and all round champion Holly Crawford.

Being that Jarryd didn't make the finals he took some happy snaps yesterday... check 'em out.

Comrades Represent [This one is actually taken by Nate]

The pipe cut with a 22ft Global Cutter... Looking primo!

Nate boosting an Indy Nose Bone on his last hit.

Holly laying back a nice slash during training.

Holls on the podium...

... and Nate.

[Left to Right] Jarryd, Kerry (The team physio / runAbout), Holly, Benny A (Coach / Wax Tech) and Nate.

More so than the prize money and trophies this is by far the best part about winning yesterday. Nate and Holly each took home one of these boxes of meat.

Big Man Goes Dubs

2011-03-05T16:05:00.000-08:00

So today was super busy up at Breck, but it was mostly Weekend Warriors so the Freeway Park was pretty much empty. Patto took advantage of this opportunity to try andlearn some Switch Backside Doubles - He got so close, will definately have them next time - Luckily WetSocks was there to catch the action- Check it Out!

Turning Japanese Vol. 1

2011-03-04T12:46:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago Comrades Jason and Charlie were invited on a photo trip to Japan for Australian New Zealand Snowboarding Magazine. Accompanying them on the trip was good friend of Comrades Chris Decampo and Photographer Richard Hegarty.

The trip kicked off in Nozawa Onsen where the boys spent the first 5 nights. Straight off the bat they were blessed with great snow making it super easy to find features to shoot. The great snow and amazing terrain in Nozawa made it easy for the boys to get work done shooting a variety of different features. Along with all the shredding extra curricular activities included beer drinking from vending machines; eating great food and of course karaoke.

From Nozawa they continued to Myoko, a resort nearby to keep everything fresh. Upon arrival there was more fresh snow which made for some sick turns and some decent cliff lines.

They had incredible luck with the weather for the rest of the stay in Myoko with nothing but bluebird days, making for perfect conditions for jump building and shooting some different Japan features. The night life in Myoko was none existent which was a bit of a shame for the boys but they did get to visit a monkey park and hang out with some rather angry little monkeys.

From all reports the trip was very productive all the guys got sweet shots which should make for some good reading when this years magazines come out.
This is what the boys had to say:

Jason Maxfield
”Japan was an amazing experience both for the riding and crazy different culture. I recommend a Japan trip to everyone. It was a great way to break up the season from all the park riding in Breckenridge. And I was super stoked on the group of guys selected for the trip there was nothing better then going on one of your first mag trips with such good riders. It was a super fun trip which will show in the photos.”

Charlie Steinbacher
“Japan was awesome, it was a perfect way to start off my season, it was my first time there so I was blown away by the amount of snow they had... and being there with Jason and Decampo made it so much fun, we are all the same age and we all ride together during the Aus season so I couldn’t have asked for a better group of guys to ride pow and shoot photos with.”

Charlie also took part in another photo trip in Japan just before this one, so he will be hooking us up with some intel regarding that shortly. So keep posted.

World Cup Standings

2011-03-03T09:22:00.000-08:00

Nate is currently in a fierce battle with Japan's Ryo Aono for this seasons FIS World Cup title. Nate is currently sitting in second place with only two events left on the Calander.

It's a Miracle!

2011-02-28T13:21:00.000-08:00

Patto "The Big Man' Davis Meehan has finally updated his website. So check it out! @ patrickdavismeehan.com.

Calgary World Cup

2011-02-26T16:54:00.000-08:00

Big Congrats to Nate for placing Second at the Calgary World Cup today. Scotty came 8th, and friend of Comrades Holly Crawford placed second in the ladie event.

Well done guys!

Beached Whale for Christchurch

2011-02-23T15:39:00.001-08:00

Jason Does Things

2011-02-21T15:33:00.001-08:00

There's some pretty cool shots of Mr. J Maxfield in the latest WetSox edit.

Vote or Die!

2011-02-18T08:09:00.000-08:00

So Pop Mag is up for the People Choice Award at the AIMIA [Australian Interactive Media Industry Association] Awards.

Get behind the Aussie Snow/Surf/Skate industry and vote for them to win [it takes just two seconds] just click here to vote.

I'm sure the boys will appreciate it!
Peace

Samboss Hurts Ankle

2011-02-16T21:55:00.000-08:00

via. http://samuelmurphy.com/

"So today I kinda took a pretty gnarly spill. I’m not too sure how it happened but I landed all the way in the bottom of the pipe and landed a bit awkward and tweaked my ankle a little… well it was alot.

Enough to put me in enough pain to go to the medical centre and get an X-ray. Good news was that it wasn’t broken but I couldn’t put any weight on it and it’s even uncomfortable to move around on my crouches at the moment. "

The call from the Doc is two weeks, so it's not too bad but stil a massive downer.

Heal up quick Mate!

Nate is killing it!

2011-02-14T23:55:00.000-08:00

No big deal, Nate just won a World Cup in China [of all places]

Here's a photo we stole from the Herald Sun.

He's a good looking bloke hey! Read the full article here under the headline 'Johnstone smokes opposition in pipe'.

Scotty and his mate Bevan?

2011-02-14T10:05:00.001-08:00

via: www.scottyjames.com.au

Scotty's blog content is keeping the rest of us Comrades pretty entertained. Check it out.

"HAHAHA, Classic!"

Tha Loft

2011-02-11T13:44:00.000-08:00

Check out the oddly familiar crazy cracker 'Dogga' interview SJ after the Canadian Open. Early predictions are saying best interview of 2011.

Williams takes out Rev Tour

2011-02-11T13:24:00.001-08:00

Comrade Jarryd Williams placed 1st in the Revolution Tour Halfpipe in Boreal, CA yesterday.

Read more @ jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

Charlie shreds Nippon.

2011-02-07T18:38:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since we have heard from out boy Charlie.

It just so happens he is currently in Japan on a photo trip with Cohen Davies and Ryan Willmont for Australian Snowboard Mag.

They have been riding some of the infamous Japan powder. Check out these edits from the trip so far!

Scotty's Still Killing It cont.

2011-02-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

Check out the Halfpipe Finals Highlights from the Burton Canadian Open last week.

I spy SJ in the Red Bull helmet.

Scotty's Still Killing It

2011-02-04T20:54:00.000-08:00

Congrats to Scotty for coming Second in the Burton Canadian Open!

Bogans A'hoy

2011-02-03T19:48:00.000-08:00

Jason Maxfield and the WetSocks crew wishing you a belated "Merry Australia Day".

Brrr...

2011-02-02T19:24:00.000-08:00

Comrade Patto, his sister, Michaela and Missus, Laura showed photographer Tim Lloyd a balmy welcome to Colorado this morning.
Check it out!

When Water Freezes from Tim Lloyd on Vimeo.

Peace

Fresh Pow Day Footage

2011-01-25T21:47:00.001-08:00

This is an edit by Wetsocks Productions featuring our own Jason Maxfield as well as WetSocks founder Shaun Bellmore and French Canadian mad dog Matts Kulisek, you may even see Samboss pop up. It is from the same ridiculous 26 inch pow day that Jarryd's video was posted from last week.

Enjoy, Comrades.

Nate Johnstone = World Champion

2011-01-20T07:37:00.000-08:00

Big Congrats to Comrade Nate Johnstone for taking out the FIS Halfpipe World Championship in Spain last night. Also freind of Comrades Holly Crawford took out the Womens title. What a day for Australian snowboarding!

Check back soon for more info.

Scotty Smashes Euro Open.

2011-01-19T12:39:00.000-08:00

via scottyjames.com.au

Hey everyone I just got back from Switzerland where I was doing a competition [The Burton European Open]. I ended up coming 6th over all and took home some cash. So I am pretty stoked on that. Here are some photo's from the event, hope you like them!

Powder Day in Breck

2011-01-19T07:20:00.000-08:00

via jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

This Morning Jack, Triggs and I had plans to go to A-Basin, which is usually pretty amazing [or so I've heard] on a powder day. However the early morning snow report check showed that Breck recieved twice as much snow as A-Basin - a ridiculous 26 inches [Thats 66 centre metres!!!]. So needless to say we hit up Breck.

To read the full post visit jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com.

Congats Chumpy!

2011-01-18T16:13:00.001-08:00

We would just like to congratulate friend of Comrades lex 'Chumpy' Pullin for taking out gold in the Boarder X this at years FIS World Championship in Spain.

CONGRATS CHUMP!

Check out Chumpys final run!

Playing Catch Up With SJ

2011-01-15T16:52:00.001-08:00

Scotty has been blogging a bit of late so make sure to stop by his website @ scottyjames.com.au.

SJ has been up to all kinds of crazy stuff, here are some of his video posts.

Thats whats up.

Back to School

2011-01-15T16:41:00.000-08:00

The Northern Winter is in full force and the Comrades are out to play. Stay posted for regular updats from now on...

To get us kicked off here is an edit made by WetSocks Productions - keep an eye out for some Comrades.

Visit WetSocks Productions @ wetsocks.net

Peace.

Movember.

2010-11-02T01:15:00.001-07:00

via jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

No, I will not participating as I have very poor facial hair growing abilities. However it is a well known fact that my boy Pat 'The Big Man' Davis - Meehan grows a mean moussi, and sometimes beard. So I will be putting all my support into Patto and his mates in team 'Mo Crescent'.

It's for a great cause [Proceeds go towards mens health], so if you want to get behind the boys and donate click here or visit au.movember.com/mospace/859742/.

Don't forget to check back here for a picture of The Big Man's ridiculously epic mo!

Peace.

Red Bull Performance Camp

2010-10-31T16:42:00.000-07:00

We're a bit late with this post, but thought we should put it up just incase you have'nt seen it.

In August Scotty James hit up the Red Bull Performance Snowboard Camp. It was pretty much just a bunch of young Red Bull riders getting their shred on - and these kids are definately smashing it.

This is Scottys video from the camp. Enjoy

Smurphy Update.

2010-10-24T01:36:00.000-07:00

Samboss has been up to some pretty cool stuff the last month in NZ so check out his updates @ samuelmurpy.com

SJ Goes Heli

2010-09-22T01:27:00.000-07:00

via scottyjames.com.au

I went Heli Boarding yesterday and it has been pumping down with snow all week and we thought it would be a good idea to go up in the heli while its good, Heres a quick video I made, check it out!

One Hit Wonder Day One

2010-09-16T14:01:00.000-07:00

Check out www.onehitwonderevent.com

One Hit Wonder Begins.

2010-09-15T04:02:00.000-07:00

via samuelmurphy.com

The One Hit Wonder event started yesterday and today I headed upto Thredbo to check out what all the hype was about.
The jump really is quite big. There is also a hip on the side which looks pretty fun.

I forgot my camera today so here are some photo’s courtesy of Snowboarder Mag.

I’ll make sure to take a couple of snaps up there tomorrow.

SM

Tremble Cone Shreddin.

2010-09-02T23:20:00.002-07:00

Nate went to TC in search of freshies last week with Chumpy Pullin and some other mad dogs. Watch episode 12 from alexchumpypullin.com to see how much fun they had.

Cardies Backcountry

2010-09-01T22:48:00.000-07:00

via http://samuelmurphy.com/

Yesterday we went riding at Cardrona. The pipe was in super good condition. The difference in pipe’s between Cardrona and Snowpark is crazy, Cardrona’s is alot bigger and narrower whereas Snowpark’s is smaller and considerably wider...

...After they closed the pipe we went free riding a little bit because the weather is meant to be coming in the next few days.

We hiked out the back of Cardrona in search of fresh snow. Alot of hiking for some not epic snow.

We hiked to almost the top of the bowl you can see on the left.

For the full post and more photo's head to Sam's website here. Jarryd also blogged on this @ jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com.

Nate Blogs World Juniors

2010-09-01T18:27:00.000-07:00

The Nate Johnstone Blog via Pop Mag

Hey guys, just a quick update. I had World Juniors last week up at Cardrona. Things ended up going pretty well for me on comp day, the pipe was in real good condition and everything was feeling really good.
I ended up placing 2nd, which was great for me coming off an injury. The run in the finals that got me 2nd was fs 9, bs 9, fs 7, cab 10, fs melon. I’m hoping the weather gets better over here in NZ so I can get some more pipe riding in and start doing a little bit of filming with my GoPro before heading back to Australia in 2 weeks...

For more click here.

Steinbacher Ouch.

2010-08-27T01:10:00.000-07:00

via jarrydwilliams.blogpot.com

Today we went up to Snow Park but unfortunately after three runs we ended up here...

Yep, Charley fell in the pipe and dislocated his shoulder... no fun at all. He is about to head down to the medical center to get an X-Ray, so hopefully the results are good.

Nate Johnstone Blogs Ripcurl Freeride Pro

2010-08-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

The Nate Johnstone Blog care of Pop Mag

So I have just finished up with the Ripcurl Freeride Pro here in Aus. It turned out pretty good this year as we have a awesome day riding on the Tuesday with sunny blue sky’s and some good snow which was great to kick start the event.

I ended up qualifying in 4th followed by Ben Mates & Pete Long tying in 2nd and then the Kiwi Mitch Brown taking out day 1 qualifiers with a sweet under flip off the bottom jump.

Unfortunately the weather came in for the next 2 days and we didn’t get a chance to run the finals so results of the event ended up coming off day 1 qualifiers results.

The Throw Down event was on the Wednesday night and Charles and the boys really put something special together this year. Team Ripcurl had Kieran McLaughlin taking out 1st place with a sweet gap 360 onto the down box. But all in all it turned out to be a great fun event again. Thanks to Ripcurl for putting on a great event again this year.

For more photos click here.

Nate Places 2nd at Junor Worlds.

2010-08-24T19:54:00.000-07:00

Yep, today was the Finals of the FIS Junior Worlds Championships halfpipe event and Nate came second! Well Done Nate!

Junior Worlds: Training

2010-08-23T02:26:00.000-07:00

via jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

The last two mornings we have had official practice in the Cadrona halfpipe. It was really good to get back into their pipe after a fair stint at Snow Park. We have been pretty lucky with the weather so far and pipe was/is in awesome condition. I can't wait to ride it again tommorow.

This is how the pipe was looking this morning.
[I stole this photo from Sam. Taken by Benny A]

There are three qualification heats tommorow. I am in the second, Scotty James is in the third and all the other boys [Nate, Jase, Sam and Charlie] are in the first. The top two riders from each heat advance directly into the final on Wednesday. The next four placed riders in each heat advance into a semi-final also to be held on Wednesday. Six riders from the semi go through to make it a twelve man final...

For more visit jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

Sam Murphy Blogs Junior Worlds

2010-08-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

via samuelmurphy.com

This arvo we had the opening ceremony for junior world champs. It was a pretty crazzy experience all the Athletes from all countries where there.
We had the parade through the main street of Wanaka followed by a tradition Maori ceremony and the accepting of permission to enter the Maori land peacefully.

The police closed off a section of the main street for us to walk down, there were people on each side of the road cheering us on and it was pretty amazing to have all these people out there for us and all this effort put into the event.

For more photo's visit:
samuelmurphy.com
jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

DJ Knows - Hut Jam

2010-08-17T23:51:00.000-07:00

This video is mostly about the after party for the Mountain Dew Hut Jam at Buller. It's a pretty cool vid and there are also a few shots of some of the Comrades [Jarryd, Jase, and Samboss] so check it out.

Also Blogged @ jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com and samuelmurphy.com

Smurphy Gets A Haircut

2010-08-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

This is what Sam Murphy looked like earlier today.

This is what he looks like now.

For more go to:
samuelmurphy.com or jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

Sam and Scotty Get .com's

2010-08-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

Both Scott James and Sam Murphy have got new webites. They are pretty straight foward URL's you can find...

Scotty @ http://www.scottyjames.com.au/

and Samboss @ http://samuelmurphy.com/

Save them to your favourites.

Nate Johnstone Blogs NZ Open

2010-08-15T22:25:00.000-07:00

The Nate Johnstone Blog care of Pop Mag

I Have been over in NZ now for about 2 weeks and have had some really fun sunny days shredding with the NSWIS boys. We have been playing around with my Go Pro over the past week and got a little bit of footage together so Charlie Steinbacher put together a small edit of all of us cruising around Snowpark and Cardrona. I’ll hopefully try put it up soon.

I’m hoping to keep filming a bit more over the Southern Hemi season so hopefully there should be some more video edits on the way. I had the Burton NZ Open on today and lucky enough it ended up being a pearl’a of a day with sunny sky’s and some good shredding. I-Pod took out 1st followed by Taku Hiraoka (this 14yr old Japanese kid coming in 2nd who blew everyone’s mind) and Louie Vito with some insane doubles coming in 3rd. Also Mitch Brown had a cracker of a 1st run placing in 9th and Scotty James throwing down on the last hit with a sick double alley chuck but unfortunately not landing but impressed the judges for sure.. I didn’t end up going very well, my ankle has been giving me a little grief the past 2 days, but she should be all good for the Ripcurl Freeride Pro next week in Aus. I’ll have another update from the Rip curl Freeride Pro next week.

To view more pictures and other Nate Johnstone post's click here

Starting Fresh

2010-08-15T22:20:00.000-07:00

As you may have noticed we haven't really been updating the Comrades blog. As a result of this from now on we will be using it as a sort of 'News Feed' Hotspot where we will post some of the Comrades blog posts, aswell as updating you with any big news. This format should work way better so start checking back in right here at comradesaus.blogspot.com.

Happy Shredding.

PDM- Cribs

2010-02-22T17:31:00.000-08:00

This video we made is a insight into how our newest Comrade, Patrick Davis Meehan, does.
He actually does have a room he was just kind enough to give it up to our friend and coach Anthony for 10 days. The edits a bit rough because my computer died along with my editing suite, but Windows Movie Maker is good enough! Enjoy

Blogsters

2010-02-21T19:48:00.000-08:00

As we can't always update the Comrades blog as much as we would like you can always check out the Comrades personal blogs.
>>> Links are to the right >>>

Scotty Do Good.

2010-02-21T19:25:00.000-08:00

As you may have read in our previous post... or if you havent had your head in the sand for the last few weeks... you would of heard that Scotty James, at 16, competed at his first Olympic Games on Wednesday the 17th. Scotty came 21st in the Halfpipe event, which is a pretty impressive result, only four places from making semi-finals. So on behald of the rest of the Comrades I would just like to take this opportunity to congratulate Scotty - we're real proud of you buddy.

You also would have heard of Torah Bright (Scotty's training partner / defacto big sister) winning herself the gold medal in the womens event. This medal was well deserved and the first ever medal won for snowboarding in Australia. Torah has done us.. and all of Australia proud.
On this note a big pat on the bag is due for Ben Bright who coached both Torah and Scotty.

Also a big well done to Holly Crawford and Ben Mates who cam 8th and 17th respectivelly.

JW

SCOTTY JAMES QUALIFIES FOR GAMES (hey that rhymes)

2010-01-23T09:49:00.000-08:00

Yes that's right, Comrade Scotty James did it. Finishing in 13th place at the FIS World Cup in Calgary yesterday easily sustains Scotty with enough FIS points to ride at the Olympics for halfpipe. This is the best possible scenario since the devastation of Nates injury. What this means is that if Nate is unable to compete at the games Scotty (at the age of 16) along with Ben Mates will head to Vancouver next month, this is surely to be a life altering experience for the youngest Comrade.

Scotty your an absolute champ! Do us proud buddy!

The Comrades

Not so good news.

2010-01-23T09:34:00.000-08:00

As most people would have heard, be it on the grapevine or in the Australian media, Aussie Olympic Team member and Comrade Nate Johnstone injured himself in Otsego Resort, Michigan.

Nate was learning cab double corks into an airbag at the resort earlier this week and one one attempt landed one awkwardly leaving him with a fractured fibia (ankle / lower leg). Now without speaking the obvious it is unlikely that our friend Nate will be able to compete in the games, but hey crazier stuff has happened. As Ben Mates (who was with Nate in Michigan at the time) put so well on his blog 'It is a huge bummer for Australian Snowboarding' but 'he will be back bigger and better. Nate will be well missed at the games, it certainly wont be as exciting for us to watch, that's for sure.

Here is a photo poached from Matesy's blog of Nates ankle.

If there is a silver lining to this devastation it would be that comrade Scotty James is now able to qualify for Nate's position. Scotty just needs to finish up in the top 19 places in the next world cup in calgary. Good Luck Scotty!

Keep your chin up Nate, we hope you have a speedy recovery so we can ride together soon!

The Comrades

'check out Ben Mates Blog @ http://www.benmates.com/

Fresh Blood.

2010-01-23T09:21:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone. We have a new comrade by the name of Patrick Davis - Meehan. We have been riding with Patto (a.k.a The Big Man, a.k.a Onyx) alot over the last year or so and he has really stepped up his riding. Being that he is riding sweet and the fact that it is pretty difficult not to have a good time with Onyx around, we thought it was a good time to make him one of us. Keep an eye out because I expect big things from this one.

Here are a couple of bad photos from Pattos' facebook.

Check out Pattos website @ http://www.patrickdavismeehan.com/

JW

Colorado...

2010-01-03T21:24:00.000-08:00

This week Tyson, Jarryd and Jason arrived in Colorado, USA and will be riding Breckenridge and other resorts in Summit County. On top of this Nate, Kim and Scotty are traveling a bunch as well, so stay posted for regular blogs.

However Charlie and Samboss are at home in Jindabyne recovering from knee and shoulder reco's, so we wish them a speedy recovery.

The first Northern Winter blog update will be up soon. So don't forget to check back.

Dew Hut Jam TV

2009-10-18T23:49:00.000-07:00

Hey Hey,
The video series for the Mountain Dew Hut Jam has been released.
There are a few shots of Jarryd and Tys so check it out.

If you want to see the rest of the videos in the series (total of 9) check out the Do The Dew blog @ http://dothedewblog.wordpress.com/

[Note. In video 007 Team Nitro (Jarryd and Darragh Walsh) are mislabeled as Team Rome (Tys and Cohen Davies) and in video 006 the first shot of Team Rome is actually team Nitro]

JKW

p.s. Hit up the COMRADES group on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16408513666&ref=ts

Meet Fred

2009-09-27T04:05:00.000-07:00

This is Fred.
Fred is the freshest face of comrades thanks to the creative works of one Sam Murphy.

Look out for Fred on Comrades' boards and apparel soon!
And check back here at the comrades blog soon for an 09 Aus season summary.

Peace

Rip Curl Freeride Pro

2009-08-17T04:44:00.000-07:00

Last week the Rip Curl Freeride Pro was held on the Bluff up at Thredbo. It is one of the funnest comps on in Australia and Nate and Jarryd were both there representing Comrades!!!

The first day (wednesday) was pretty average with rain, wind a very poor visabilty, but both of the comrades qualified for finals the next day.

The weather was a fair bit better on thursday, but not perfect. Nate had 2 awesome runs, throwing down 3's off the rock drop, a switch back 5 off the hip and in his second run half cabbing an awesome rock butter down the bottom of the bluff. Jarryd kept it a bit more simple with a 3 off the hip, gapping the same rock butter Nate hit in his first run and hitting the rock butter in his second.

Nate and Jarryd's solid riding paid off with Nate taking out 1st place and Jarryd tied up for 3rd with Pete Long... Ben Mates pulled up 2nd.

Check out the official video @ http://www.ripcurl.com.au/?2009freeridepro

Hut Jam

2009-08-06T21:17:00.001-07:00

So on the weekend Tys and Jarryd did the Mountain Dew Battle for supremecy.
The set up was crazy. starting with 2 down bars at the top, then a picnic table and a tyre bonk leading into the infamous hut.
There were a fair few options for the hut, you could gap it, gap to the downside of the roof, ride up and down the roof, hit the box-downbar, and the list goes on.

Congrats to the Quicksilver team who took out the event, and the Burton team who took out best trick.

Theres a video on the popmag website @ http://www.popmag.com.au/videos/ (you might have to scroll down a bit). We will post some pics as they come in. And wil lgive you a heads up when the event will be televised.

Peace.

Comrades doing the Dew!

2009-07-22T02:36:00.000-07:00

On August 1/2 Mountain Dew is hosting the Battle For Supremecy - Dew Hut Jam at Buller.

The dealio is that 10 companies put up a team of 2 riders to session a fully Jibbable hut which will be set up on Bourke Street.

Comrades Jarryd will be riding for the Nitro team, and Tyson will be representing for Rome.

It's going to be a sick event so if your round you should definately come to check it out.. if not photos and or video will be posted soon after the event.

Check out the dothedew blog for more info http://dothedewblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/battle-for-supremacy-dew-hut-jam/

Comrades in snowboarder mag again!

2009-06-24T04:04:00.000-07:00

This week Snowboarder mag issue 2 droped, and guess whos in it? none other than Comrades Charlie Steinbacher and Sam Murphy... both on the same page... as a matter of fact the photo's where both taken on the same day... weird?
Mr Steinbacher himself also has a little check out in there... a good insight indeed.

Anyways be sure you grab a copy for yourself and have a look...

Also dont forget to peep the other comrades blogs... links are over there to the right...

peace

SM

Ny Addisjon å Kameraten

2009-06-16T05:03:00.000-07:00

If you can't understand Norwegian it says 'new addition to Comrade's' (at least thats what it's meant to say).

Yep, Norwegian Kim Rune Hansen is now a Comrade, and we're excited to not only have a flippin sweet rider amongst us, but also our first international Comrade!

You may have seen Kimmi in Burton flick 'It's Always Snowing Somewhere'. [Clip Below]

Also make sure you check out Kim's Website @ http://kimrunehansen.com/

WELCOME KIM! :)

Tyson + Rome = Goodtimes

2009-06-09T02:13:00.000-07:00

We would like to be the first to congratulate fellow Comrade Tyson Pollard for getting sponsored by Rome Snowboards. Good on ya mate! You deserve it.

Home

2009-06-06T16:20:00.000-07:00

Over the last week in Mammoth the weather started closing in. We got about 3 days straight of rain, and to add to this the pipe cutter broke. Considering the parks had already closed the first week of out trip this left us with very little to do. So we made the call and decided to come home early.

30+ hours of travel and we finally arrived home to Aus. Sam, Nate and Charlie flew Reno> San Fran > Sydney... but Jase and Jarryd got the milk run. Parting from the other guys at San Fran the then went > LA > Sydney > Melbourne.

Now we await the Australian season, which by the look of the webcams today, isnt too far off.

Ouch!

2009-06-03T14:37:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately on Sunday Comrade Jason Maxfield dislocated his left shoulder for the 7th time. We wish Jase a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the hill ASAP.

Friend of Comrades Kendall Brown also cracked some ribs and headed home early. Get well soon KB!

Mammoth MTB

2009-06-03T14:10:00.001-07:00

Sam – Jason – Nate – Jarryd – Charlie (Van Dutie)

So after a few days on the hill it was time for a day off.
However rather than just chilling by the pool and taking in the sun we piled in the Red Rocket (The beautiful maroon beast pictured below), rented some mountain bikes and headed up the road to the top of Mammoth.

We did about 4 runs from top to bottom, each time trying to find new trails and pedalling up a storm to make each other eat dust... which there was lots of.
Jarryd claimed the first bail... and the second one. Going off the trail and over the handlebars. We all had a rad time bush bashing and trying not to lose it as we hit little patches of snow but after a couple of hours we were pretty beat so we packed it in and headed to Pita Pit.

Who Shot Ya!?

2009-06-03T13:59:00.000-07:00

Over the last week Nate has spent about 3 days taking photos with Tyler Henderson, a US photographer from the East Coast. They got a whole bunch of incredible shots in the Mammoth Main Park and Pipe and down at the hot springs. The photo's will be in the next issue of Tranfer Magazine, so be sure to check it out.

Here's a little video of Nate shredding over the last week or so.

California Love

2009-05-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Yep, Comrades are in Cali!

After a big day of travel Jarryd, Jason, Nate, Sam and Charlie are at Mamoth Mountain, CA. However Tyson is in back at home relaxing in Mansfield as is Scotty chilling in Melbourne town. The biggest highlight of our travels would have to be the Airport Security lady hooning around on a Segway which was pretty fitting as we had all just watched the Segway antics of Paul Blart: Mall Cop on the plane. After 4 hours crammed in the back of the Red Rocket driving thru the Hot Nevada and California Sun we finially arrived to Mammoth - our home for the next few weeks.

Tuesday we were all pretty jet lagged but sure enough the clock in Charlie's room was wrong so at about seven O'Clock he woke us all up ready to ride. We headed up the hill a short while later and got our passes sorted and what not then headed up the chair with anticipation. Surprisingly enough there was a decent cover and no one got core shots... pretty decent for riding in late May. Unfortunatly Charlie hurt is back in the pipe and we are all still unsure of how long he is off snow for. Hopefully he will be back on the snow shredding in the next few days after a physio visit. We left the hill (some of us sunburnt) as a nasty looking storm crept in. The Afternoon was spent playing tennis in the Cali sunshine.

Today (Wednesday) was pretty much the same as Tuesday but less hectic as we did'nt have to shop and what not.

We are out here for 3 weeks so check back for photos.

First Issues

2009-05-14T01:59:00.000-07:00

As the Australian winter approaches, first issues of local snowboard mags start to pop up in news agencies and this year the Comrades are pretty well represented.

Australian Snowboarder Magazine
Nate has a full page shot (First Words Section) , a two page Rip Curl ad, and a page for the Rip Curl Freeride Pro

Jarryd got a decent shot with a rundown of his list of injuries (News - Medic Section).

Samboss got a good little shot and props taking out the Ocean and Earth Teenage Rampage Series (Comp Calender Section) .

Transfer Magazine
This is a new magazine hot off the press in Australia and Comrades are well spoken for by Samboss and Jason who both have photos in the first ever issue.

We would just like to thank Ryan Willmont and Russel Holt for producing some great mags, and letting us be apart of it all.

http://www.snowboardermag.com.au/

http://www.transfersnowboard.com/

What is Comrades?

2009-05-14T01:46:00.000-07:00

Comrades is a bunch of young Australian snowboarders who love to ride and travel the world living the dream.

Nathan Johnstone . Jarryd Williams . Sam Murphy . Charlie Steinbacher . Jason Maxfield . Tyson Pollard . Scotty James

Keep an eye out...