Top Fives with Jordan Mendenhall

26.07.08 by admin 

Places to be:1. In the basement2. Ben's ramp3. Raging Waters4. Sandy Skatepark5. On a bike

Things to do with Rohen:1. Play in the dirt2. Go swimming3. Feed the ducks4. Slide down slides5. Long walks

Skateboarders:1. Rowley2. Reynolds3. Dylan Rieder4. Spanky5. Silas Baxter Neal

Musicians:1. There is2. No way3. To narrow it4. Down! My brain hurts just5. Thinking about it.

Things that make you cringe:1. Scratching a chalkboard. It's cliche I know, but itmakes me cringe every time.2. Watching people roll their ankles3. Hearing about blown knees4. Putting on grip tape. It's improved lately, but itstill gives me the chills.5. Trends in snowboarding.

Things you appreciate:1. Life2. Every second with Rohen3. Good tunes4. Hot tranny moves5. Most modern inventions

Things about growing up in Utah:1. Mountains2. Lakes3. Rivers4. Good skate spots5. Mormonism

Things about snowboarding:1. It's a damn good time2. It will never be as cool as skateboarding3. Snowboard movies are horrible right now4. The bigger the spin the bigger the bank account5. Snowboarding is dead, Shaun White killed it.

People to film with:1. Jon Kooley2. Joe Sexton3. Bryan Fox4. Mills5. Fillipo

Snowboard video parts of all time:1. Any Peter Line part2. Jeremy Jones parts3. Every Love/Hate part except for mine4. Gigi Ruf parts5. 90's snowboard movies

Things about Love/Hate:1. Justin Hebble2. I think it depicts real snowboarding.3. Hot rail moves4. Mikey Leblanc is the best guy5. Hanging out with Forgash and Shelby all winter
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Artec Team Update

25.07.08 by admin
Artec Snowboards has updated us all with the happenings with their team. Click on one of Nima’s eyes or Gus’ flower to view.
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Catching up with Robbie sell

24.07.08 by admin
Robbie doesn’t ride for Ashbury, but why not catch up with him?


Robbie owns this Ak47, he also just bought a Glock 17 too… No joke
ROBBIE WHERE YOU AT?

Robbie: at a coffee shop in Portland

WHY ARE YOU IN PORTLAND?
I came up to hang out at Mt Hood for a session at HCSC to get some photos, and now I’m just visiting friends in the city, and to chase after some hipster girls.
NICE, THEN BACK TO RENO?
Yeah, back home to take advantage of the rent I pay.  Then off to southern california to stop by the snowboard magazines and to see other friends and to chase after some beach babes.
YOU GONNA COME VISIT ME IN LA BEFORE THAT?
yeah for sure. Pierre and I actually might be bicycling from SF to SD.

OH SHIT, THAT’D BE CRAZY
it’s going to be sweet… I’m down for pedaling.

LANCE JUST TRIED TO GO FROM SF TO LA, BUT HE COULDN’T HANG AND TOOK THE TRAIN BACK.
He told me about the itinerary and it was way too much, even for a trained rider.

WHAT’S THIS SHIT I HEARD ABOUT YOU GETTING IN SOME BIKE ACCIDENT?
Some old lady ran a stop sign and ruined my day, actually ruined a month of my life…
$28,000.00 later and my shoulders still hurt.

WHAT KINDA DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE SHOULDERS?
I took the initial impact with my left which fractured my scapula and cracked my collar bone, I also partially collapsed my left lung.
Then when I hit the ground on my right side it separated my ac joint a little, and smashed my face and got some stitches by my eyebrow.
Luckily I saved my bike with my body, it’s totally fine.

FUCK, THAT SOUNDS ROUGH, AND YOU PAID 28G’S OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET? NO INSURANCE?
nah, I have health insurance, but that’s how much all my bills were.
The lady was way under insured too, just had the state minimum.  So no big settlements or anything… next time I’ll aim for a Range Rover!

OR JUST RIDE THE BIKE PATH… AT THE BEACH

True.

WHAT’S YOUR PLANS FOR THE WINTER?
I hope to be a full time photographer, working with the snowboard film crews again… I did all last winter and got a ton of great photos.
The mags are all hyped, and so are the brands who sponsor the riders I shot.

YEAH MAN, WE GOTTA HOOK UP AND TAKE A RAIL TRIP
trips…

TRUE
It was great to work with the People crew again… missed my buddies.
WHICH FILM SHOULD WE ALL BE LOOKIN’ FORWARD TO?  SINCE YOU WERE OUT THERE IN THE MIX WITH A FEW DIFFERENT CREWS.
Oh man, since we didn’t get skunked on any of our trips, I say the best films are going to be: Finger On da Trigger, MDP, Autumn Line, Standard, MDP-People, and TWS… every one of those film crews I shot with and came away with “A” grade stuff.
THAT’S LIKE ALL THE MOVIES
I heard Grenade is going to be sweet, same with Absinthe too,
but they had legit photographers with them all the time, so I didn’t get the call… next winter I hope!

AND YOUR WEBSITE, WHAT’S THE URL?
just my name, robbiesell.com

I DON’T THINK I’M GONNA REMEMBER THAT
I can’t update it until the mags publish my new photos though. So look out for my name credits in print.

YEAH, I HEARD YOU GOT SOME LEGIT PICS COMING OUT, THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW ROBBIE

Oh you know this!

PEACE FOOL

yeah, till we meet again!

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SANSsurface

24.07.08 by admin
Our friends at Estate along with Skateboarder Magazine are throwing a art show featuring Jeff Schaid July 25th (tomorrow) at Estate. Free tacos as well!
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Nick Dirks’ Hot Lap

24.07.08 by admin
Snowboarder Mag has a new video series called Hot Lap. The very first Hot Lap stars Nick Dirks and Jed Anderson plus friends LNP, Ben Bilocq, Louif Paradis, and Will Lavigne. Click the image above. Only the blue part.
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Catching Up with Sean McCormick

23.07.08 by admin
Nima’s been stealing my thunder on this blog lately, doing interviews with Corey and Pierre. I’m a very jealous blogger. So I figured what better way to regain my thunder than through Team Thunder’s front man Sean McCormick. Above is his image and below is his interview.

HEY SEAN.

Sean: Oh hi Lance.

HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING AWAY IN YOUR EDITING LAIR FOR A WHILE NOW?

Sean: Shit, I have only left my basement in the past week for a Taco break. A man has got to eat. But seriously, I’ve been here stressing out for quite some time now.

STRESSING, SOUNDS LIKE EVERY EDITOR ABOUT NOW. HOW IS THIS YEAR’S TEAM THUNDER SHAPING UP?

Sean: Well to tell you the truth, way better than I thought it was going to be. It is crazy going through and editing everybody’s part, at first you don’t know what to think, but i am loving watching it come together, other than the fact that my back hurts from sitting down.

I HEARD ALL THE REALLY GOOD EDITORS EDIT STANDING UP.

Sean: Ya that’s why MDP’s stuff is such high quality, Dawger is standing up all day editing, while I’m here just hangin in my lounge chair.

I HEARD THAT YOU GUYS ONLY HAVE ONE CAMERA? THAT’S GOTTA BE ROUGH.

Sean: Well…. yes and no. The two main filmers Adam Morales and myself do share a camera. But we got a lot of help from other filmers, such as Will King, and Joe Carlino got some good stuff of Harrison (Gordon) and Jarad (Hadi) so that helped a ton and than some others but ya. 2filmers1camera.com, that is just part of Team Thunder.

HARRISON? YOU MEAN BOARDIN’ GORDON? WHAT OTHER ASHBURY PEOPLE CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE?

Sean: Boardin’ Goardin is correct. You can expect to see Jordan Mendenhall, Eric Fernandez, Desiree Melancon, and I’m not sure if he is on Ashbury but I know he was sportin them all winter Cody Comrie aka Crappy.

CODY? I DON’T KNOW. IS HE EVEN ANY GOOD? NO, HE’S DEFINITELY ON.

Sean: Hmm… He tends to steal clothes and goggles a lot so you can never tell with him.

WHAT ABOUT THAT HAY BAILS VIDEO, THAT WAS SORT OF A HIT. DID YOU GUYS EXPECT IT TO GET THAT KIND OF RESPONSE?

Sean: Not at all, it was the shittiest day of the year, so we decided to go to the park and goof around, it ended up being so awesome though, I loved making that montage. I remember when I got done editing it and thinking about how much fun making movies is. By far the best way to start a good video.

OK, I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU A PHOTO AND I WANT YOU TO REACT TO IT.


Sean: Oh my dear god. Thats the most fucked up thing I’ve seen………. ever.

YEAH IT MAKES ME SICK. THAT IS A PITBULL WHO ATTACKED A PORCUPINE.

Sean: I can see that. That’s not helping my editing concentration

WHO’S PART ARE YOU EDITING?

Sean: Well I jump around a lot. Right now I just finished Will’s (Tuddenham) part, Blue World and Desiree’s part. In the past hour that’s what I’ve done.

BLUE WORLD?

Sean: Don’t worry about it. Could be another hit.

PEOPLE LIKE HITS.

Sean: Who doesn’t like a hit? Nobody.

WELL KIDS WHO ARE SUPER EDGY AND MISUNDERSTOOD TEND TO LIKE TO DISREGARD THE HITS.

Sean: Ya kinda like Harrison and Jarad, they are way edgy.

OK, ONE LAST QUESTION. FAVORITE SNOWBOARD VIDEO OF ALL TIME?

Sean: Ohhhh man, this is a tough question. Burning Bridges. Ya. Burning Bridges for sure. I don’t want that to boost Shelby’s ego if he reads this though.

Sean and Neil ‘Nier’ Dacosta

COOL, THANKS SEAN. I’M DEFINITELY SOLD ON GOLD COUNTRY. ANY LAST WORDS?

Sean: Thanks to you Lance, thanks to Ashbury for being so good to the Thunders and wish me luck on the video, she should be done tomorrow.

TOMORROW? BE SURE TO PUT ON SUN BLOCK BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE.

Sean: Thanks for caring.

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Catching up with Corey Konineic

23.07.08 by admin
I caught up with Corey Konineic (formerly of Neoproto/People) to see what he’s been up to.
I can’t wait to see the Transworld Movie “These Days”…  Corey is at Transworld helping edit the movie.

This is where Corey sleeps while editing the movie.

Corey hangin’ out in his bedroom.
COREY, WHERE YOU AT?
Corey: right now I am in a dark room and my eyes are bleeding
haha just kidding hanging in Oceanside, CA at Transworld HQ editing the new movie “These Days”

I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE TO COME OUT… ARE YOU GOING CRAZY?

Corey: nah not too bad. I am actually way less stressed then normal

I CAN’T IMAGINE THAT

Corey: Joe Carlino has been coming up with some great stuff and Transworld is giving us a pretty layed back timeline, But I am going crazy too cause i want kids to be stoked… thats what we are doing it for man.

HOW IS WORKING ON THIS MOVIE COMPARED TO NEOPROTO/PEOPLE? YOU WERE WITH THEM FOREVER, THIS MUST BE DIFFERENT
Corey: yeah things are way different man for sure. I spent a long time with Pierre, Justin and Gabe and it was like a family. We definately made some good movies and we had a tight crew. But this year was way different.  All new filmer and riders so it made things interesting… Everyone on our crew rider wise was fairly new to filming a video part and it took a little time for them to get in a rythm, But as the year progressed the guys got into a good groove and everyone who rode in the movie surpased my expectations. They took in every bit of advice and got some great stuff on film.
Working with unknown kids has been so rewarding. We worked twice as hard as normal but looking back on it I personally feel so fulfilled from the experiences we had on the road. Everyone put they’re whole heart into this, which meant the world to the filmers… and  Look out for some serious surprises this year. 
I just wish i could work with everyone again.
YEAH ONE OF ASHBURY’S PRO’S NICK DIRKS IS INTHE FILM, HOW’D HE DO?
Corey: Ok so when Joe Carlino asked me if I thought we should have Nick Dirks in the movie I was like Nick who? Then I was like sure if you think he can do it than ok.  To me he was a wild card cause I had never seen him snowboard before, to to say the least i was super skeptical. Well a year later its not Nick who? but Damn this kid can snowboard.  He seriously blew my mind everytime I snowboarded and filmed with him. He is not a video part snowboarder, he snowboards for the love of it. If we weren’t filming he would still go snowboarding all day long and would always come back with a smile.  Oh yeah he’s from the Northwest too so he has some pretty sweet style.  That was one of the biggest things about Nick to me, his style and his attitude for snowboarding.  Its not the money that makes him want to push himself he just loves it.  So i guess to sum things up he destroyed it, he can ride rails really good and he can jump really good and oh yeah he can actually do a method!  Watch out for Nick Jerks he’s coming for your paychecks people.

YEAH I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE HYPED WHEN THEY SEE WHAT HE’S BEEN UP TO…  SO IS THE MOVIE ALMOST DONE?
Corey: uh yeah its gettin there, everyone’s parts are layed out just need to tighten it up a bit.

WHEN’S THE DEADLINE?

Corey: Well Joe is leaving to Argentina on the 5th of August, so i guess two weeks.

THANKS COREY, AND WHEN AND WHERE IS THE PREMIER?
Corey: yeah thank you Ashbury, the premier is on September 4th at the Wave House in San Diego…
its gonna be huge.
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Rob Mathis’ new book "SLIDE"!!!!

22.07.08 by admin

“Photographer Rob Mathis has just released his first hardcover book 
documenting the last 10 plus years of shooting. The book, SLIDE, 
features JP Walker, Jeremy Jones, Peter Line, Darrell Mathes, Eddie 
Wall, Seth Huot and many more. SLIDE offers a behind the scenes look 
at the infamous Forum 8 and other all star crews from Mack Dawg 
Productions. This 240 page hardcover book was designed by Jared 
Eberhardt, the man behind the Burton book, Blower. Go to www.robmathis.com 
for more info and special pricing.”
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Team Thunder Episode 2

22.07.08 by admin
If you click on Cory Comrie’s left knee you may be linked to Snowboarder Magazine’s website and the new Team Thunder webisode. No promises.
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Catching up with Pierre Minhondo

21.07.08 by admin

MDP-People editing office
So i did a quick mini interview with Pierre Minhondo, him and Justin Eeles are who’s behind the mdp-people videos, and the o.g. neoproto movies.   Everyone who is making a movie is crazy stressed right now cause the deadlines are coming up, and they’ve seen all the footage a million times so now it looks weak to them.  They’ve also been trapped in an office and sitting in front of a computer for the last few months.
here’s what Pierre had to say:
ARE YOU SICK OF THE COMPUTER?
Pierre: yes, very over the computer…
very very very very very very over the computer

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THROWING IT?

PIerre: yes, out the window… i hate the computer

WHAT TIME DO YOU SLEEP?

Pierre: I don’t sleep…
well, that’s not true, I sleep four hours a day,
it’s not really sleep though. it’s more like four hours of 50 percent less stress

NICE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHO’S GOT FIRST PART?

Pierre: no. I can’t, I can show you without printing it in your blog

CAN YOU TELL ME WHO’S GOT CURTAINS?

Pierre: I could. but i won’t

NICE, NOW ALL THE KIDS ARE GONNA SAY “PIERRE IS A DICKHEAD”

Pierre: no there not, First part goes too a really amazing snowboarder who wouldn’t want me to tell you he has first part.

HAVING FIRST PART IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF

Pierre:  The ender would just not be kosher for me to tell you because then it wouldn’t be a suprise
and who wants to see a movie when you know the opener and ender
that takes all the excitement out of it
that’s half the fun. You take the DVD or your at the premier and the intro finishes and then bam. you find out first part
and then your anxious the rest of the movie and parts pass and pass and you start figuring it out in your head who you think has last part and then it comes and it’s a good suprise

WHERE DO YOU GUYS EDIT?

Pierre: we edit in Southern California…
Oceanside, CA

WHEN DOES THE MOVIE HAVE TO BE FINISHED?

Pierre: It is currently the 11th hour of edit. The movie will be finished next week.
It’s not enough time. I still have to edit the intro, Simon Chamberlain’s part and Jon Kooley’s part…
I am half finished with Simon’s part though,
I might switch seats in a few for a seat at the local theatre so i can watch Dark Knight

DID YOU GET ALL THE SONGS THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET?

Pierre: I am still waiting on the Intro song and Jon Kooley’s song

GIVE THE KIDS A HINT OF WHO’S GOT FIRST PART

Pierre: Hint: Hey Man
OK, THANKS, IM GONNA GO WATCH SOMETHING REALLY SECRET AND THEN DELETE IT OFF MY COMPUTER
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