Cardrona World Cup

via: nathanjohnstone.com

Childish by Remi

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

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

Tweet Tweet

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

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

Heli Challenge

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

FIS Junior Worlds 2011

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

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

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

OMG!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Calgary World Cup

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

Jason Does Things

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

Vote or Die!

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

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!

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?

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

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

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


Read more @ jarrydwilliams.blogspot.com

Charlie shreds Nippon.

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.

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

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

Bogans A'hoy

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

Brrr...

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.