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EAST Staff Greg Furey
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Senior Photographers Greg Furey & Owen Ringwall Photo: Mike Azevedo Rider: Chris Carr
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Contributing Photographers Mike Azevedo, Aaron Blatt, Jesse Rourke, Cole Martin, Johnny McCormack, Brian Landergan Contributing Writers Tanner McCarty, Matt Bothfeld, Greg Furey, Brian Taggart, Dan Hartman, Jonathan Kantor, Ian Macy, Jordan Soohy, Mark Wakeling, Cole St. Martin, Cole Martin, Mike Azevedo, Aaron Blatt, Kyle Luza, Tom Johnson, Paulie Yaremko, Scott Kuchinski, Devon McCarty THANK YOU To you the reader, our friends and families, Aaron Blatt, Adam Hawes, Burton Snowboards, Eastern Boarder, HCSC, Crab Grab, Strap’d Up, The Wordsauce Nation, Blk Beard Sales, DANG, Scorpionsighting, Keep The Change, Big Boulder Park, Loon Mtn, Seven Springs, Forum Snowboards, K2 Snowboarding, Tanner Pendleton, Brian Norton, Joel Rerko, Capsle Board Shop, The Snowboard Shack Adam Schutt, Tyler L’heureux, Ian Hart, Jena Colletti, Anon, Jon Pineau, Lisa Bonomo and everyone that we know!
Coming Fall 2012
Contents
10: Grendy Cook Up Henry
16: Caught Up
68: Sup Chick Jena Colletti
Brian Norton
70: Gallery
Adam Schutt Tyler L’heureux
80: Foul Hook’d
22: GreenHorn 26: Ian Cum Up Hart
32: New Silverton Year’s at 12,000 Feet 42: The Streets Seven Spings
54: Tanner Tanner Pendleton Interview
82: Story Time 84: CSM 85: Handplant
Look Better, See Better with Photo Contest WINNER
PHOTO: Brian Landergan Rider: Parker Szumowski
Anon is the industry leader in elevated performance and aesthetics. We provide optimal vision for every winter weather condition and fuse it with the latest in stylistic embellishment technologies. From progressive design concepts to technical executions, we ensure every anon goggle meets the demands of the most elite snowboarders in the world. -Look Better, See Better.
EAST teamed up with Anon to do a photo contest from February 6th until February 13th. We received a lot of awesome photos from all over the world. With us being a magazine from the EAST we had to pick a winner from the East Coast. Parker Szumowski sent a photo of himself doing a front lip that Brian Landergan took in Newburyport, MA, which turned out to be our winner. These two guys won two pairs of Anon goggles, trucker hats, Anon facemask, Anon T-Shirts, EAST Stickers, a ton of Anon Stickers, and photo published in the mag. Congratulations Parker and Brain! - Greg Furey
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Morning Wood Words and Photo: Cole Martin // Rider: Henry
Throughout the season Henry kept mentioning this huge wooden rail he wanted to hit that was recently built in a small town in the shitty state of Vermont. We wound up procrastinating until the last day there was any snow on the ground and our crew was small- rolling with just one filmer (Mark Kusek), our roommate Asher whom we dragged out of bed to pull the bungee, and myself. It was nearly 60 degrees out when we pulled up, no snow anywhere but the field below the rail, so our initial thought of this actually working out was grim. Despite the odds, Henry insisted on going for it. So the four of us each ran up and down the stairs with a single shovelful of snow at a time until a sketchy run-in was finally constructed. Within a dozen tries, Henry got it.
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Getting Critical
Words and Photo: Mike Azevedo Rider: Chris Grenier
Not only was this spot pretty gnarly, the distractions were non-stop. The rail was located right by the on/ off ramp for the highway so there was a constant onslaught of on-lookers. People were backing up traffic just to watch what they without a doubt, thought of as some X-Games stunts. Bunch of assholes if you ask me. I was standing at the intersection shooting, urging people to keep moving. Not only so Grenier could focus, but just for public safety. One dirty hippie tried to turn around and got stuck in the snow bank. A cop was almost rear ended when he stopped for a look. People stopped and were yelling at Chris, demanding that he go. He said he was waiting for them, (meaning to leave). They said they were waiting for him. It was a stand off. We don’t do this solely to entertain you. Everyone is psyched when you’re hyped on their riding and appreciate the support, but you should know though, we do this not for you but for ourselves.
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2 Darko Boot 1 Happy Hour 3 Company IPO $479.95 $229.95 $279.95 This set up from K2 Snowboarding is one of the most fun set ups I have ridden in a long time. The Happy Hour is a perfect board for park, groomers, and that once in while east coast pow. The board has some good pop and can really hold an edge on those icy groomers. With this set up you’ll have fun all day and when it hits 4pm and the hill is closed, head to the bar for HAPPY HOUR! -Greg Furey
STAY WILD with K2 Snowboarding and Airblaster next season with the 12.13 Happy Hour. This 100% FLATLINE twin board is reshaped with K2’s NEW “Tweakend” technology. K2 just extended their Baseline Rocker all the way out to the absolute end of the board to create more rideable surface in the tip and tail of the board, giving the rider a more stable platform to press, butter, float, and stomp landings with. Add in K2’s “Ollie” bar and carbon web laminates the Happy Hour gets you all the pop and snap needed to stab and grab down the entire mountain. Pair it up with K2’s NEW Company I.P.O binding and you’re going to be tweaking out. The Company I.P.O comes standard with K2’s “Pro-Fection” “Harshmellow” chassis, core caddi ankle straps, and a 100% urethane “Tweakback AT” highback. The “Pro-Fection” chassis has a “Harshmellow” basepad and 3 degree canted seamless footbed to add Ollie power and lateral feel, as well as absorb vibrations. The updated “RADCHET” makes the already comfy cored ankle strap and EZ– set toe strap buttery smooth to get in and out of. K2’s “Tweakback AT” urethane highback finishes the NEW Company I.P.O for full freestyle tweakability. Combo this package up with the 20% lighter 12.13 Darko and your set up is complete. The Darko comes fully equipped with “BOA Conda”, Intuition liners, and “Harshmellow” in both outsole and insole. “BOA Conda” is K2’s internal lace harness that is controlled BOA on the outside of the boot, allowing the rider to dial their internal liner on the fly without having to unlace. The NEW Grip-Lite outsole makes this boot 20% lighter than last year and is loaded with “Harshmellow” to take those landings better. Finally, the heat moldable Intuition liner gives the Darko the comfort and support you need and want. Now go out have a few Happy Hours. - Paulie Yaremko (K2 Snowboarding Mid-Atlantic Rep)
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Caught Up With Brian Norton If you have ever been to Loon Mountain and noticed a huge dude dressed in all black that looks kind of like a grizzly bear, that’s Brian. There are many reasons why Loon’s parks are always on point and Brian makes up for most of them. He’s in the Cat building jumps, shoveling holes, setting rails, on the phone talking to your sister, and not only does he build some of the craziest set ups ever attempted at legendary events such as Eastern Boarder’s Last Call and Snowboarder Magazine’s Superpark, but Brian is a damn good fisherman too. So next time you’re at Loon and you see him, PLEASE go up to him and start a really long conversation about the history of Vermont (he loves that stuff), then say thanks, because without Brian, Loon wouldn’t be even close to what it is today. -Tanner McCarty Who are you and what is your father’s name? Brian Norton, son of Greg Norton, grandson of George Norton. Why didn’t you follow in his footsteps? To the contrary, we both are balding and we both have arthritis. Did you graduate college? Ouch, not yet. How many classes do you need to graduate? That’s a funny thing. When I walked as part of the 2005 graduating class, the total credits you needed for my major was 122. Now, the total you need is 120. I have 118.5. I only need half a Gen-
Ed class to be official. I think they just want my money. How did you break your back in Mammoth? Being stupid. I was hitting the last jump in the main park for a day and sending it. I wasn’t there for a couple days and when I came back, I just sent it from the same place I was starting from a couple days prior, without checking the jump out first. It got smaller and way more “Wu-Tang” [respect]. I got bucked, and ended up in the lift line on my head. Nice thing about it, was that I extended my spring vacation in Reno for an extra week and, got to take off the rest of the semester from school. Hence the credits I am short from graduating.
Norton builds one of the BEST pipes in the country. Ryan Stephany boosting out of the pipe at LOON. PHOTO: Mike Azevedo
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Caught Up With
Brian Norton
OK, so Lets talk about what you do best….. Fishing. Biggest fish? Smallmouth – 3lbs. 15oz. Largemouth – 7lbs. 2 oz. No lunker club yet, but I am going to put some serious time in this summer.
Ok, how long have you been at Loon and why are you still there? 10 years now. I feel like I have put so much into this place that it’s hard to think about leaving. Does that include when you were a lifty? Yah. I got a job in the park halfway through my first year. I guess I was too handsome to be a lifty. Why did you hire Phil Gallant? His oldest brother worked at Loon and his middle brother worked at WV. I guess he was my generation to manage. Plus, we need a skier to rag on. We liked it so much, I actually hired another one this year. Having skiers around you at work is like having a dog at home; you can always blame stuff on them even though they didn’t do it. You have a Myspace right? Yah. Look me up.
Longest Fight? Trying to tell my girlfriend she can’t come fishing with me. We have been fighting about that for years. What’s you dogs name? Ernest What is the fourth hole? Ask Jesse Beaton. He will fill you in. While you are at it, ask him about helicopters. What’s the best/worst part of your job? Working with all the people I have, (if you can omit that it sounds super weird. But I know these are his words.)over the years. Putting all that hard work in and seeing the result. Being at the mountain so much that when I actually get some time off I don’t want to be here. USSA Ski Competitions? You mean a sanctioned ski race in a terrain park?
Chris Carr sending a proper method on one of Norton’s signature hips. PHOTO: Mike Azevedo
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Name: Adam Schutt Nicknames: Schweat, Schweaty, Schweaty Balls, Schweppes Birthday: 7.26.90 Home Town: Nazareth, PA Home Mountain: Big Boulder. Shawnee back in the day Sponsors: Arbor Snowboards, Candygrind, and Dye Goggles It doesn’t get much better than living with this sweaty motherfucker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I drive him around, and he drives me crazy. Adam has a solid bag of tricks and makes a mean bacon, egg, and cheese. He kills it on and off the board. Keep an eye out for Adam! - Kyle Luza
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PHOTO: Cole Martin
Name: Tyle L’heureux Birthday: 8.5.91 Hometown: Laconia, NH Sponsors: K2 Snowboarding, Friendly Fire, JBEATs, and 525 East Favorite People to Ride With: CSM, Rav, Sledgefighter, Johnny OC, Skeet Rat, Feldman, Nick Doucette, Chris Buliung, Rego, Dylan D, Jay Minassian, Brandon Marini, Marty Tindle, THE NE STUD, Mark Wilson, Andrew fuckin Aldridge.. the list goes on.
Hailing from Laconia, New Hampshire (home of Bike Week), now residing at Plymouth State University (ranked ninth in Playboy’s top ten party schools in 2010), Tyler L’heureux is no stranger to the New Hampshire snowboard mecca. I’ve known this scum-head since I was fourteen years old, lapping the Waterville Valley Poma lift weekend warrior style. Over the course of these seven years, neither Tyler nor I have changed. We use to run around the lodge putting ketchup packets in people’s ski boots before they put them on. Now we poop on pumpkins, leave them downtown, and wait for people to smash them. One thing has changed though, and that’s Tyler’s snowboard dexterity’s. If you haven’t seen Loonatics, well then just go sit in the car, but if you have, you will have noticed Tyler’s suave jump skills and tech rail tricks, and because he came from Waterville Valley, he can also turn his snowboard better than you. Big things poppin’ this year for Tyler; riding around in the EB Van filming for Keep The Change’s “HOLY SMOKES” and maintaining stable health while attaining a higher education at Plymouth State University, is proven to be easier said than done. - Tanner McCarty
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PHOTO: Owen Ringwall
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Name: Ian Hart Nicknames: Sledge, Sledge Fighter, Blue Birthday: July 7th, 1990 Hometown: Merideth, NH Home Mountain: Sponsors: Rome Snowboards, Oakley, Eastern Boarder
Whether your talking about his snowboarding or not, there’s a heap of things to say about Ian Hart. Offspring of the owners of Merideth, New Hampshire’s famous Hart’s Turkey Farm, Ian knows the proper way to treat a bird. Both of his brothers are really good snowboarders also, and it’s pretty safe to say that all of the Hart brothers are better than you at snowboarding. Earning the nickname The Sledgefighter from his HCSC excursions, Ian has the style and the power that rivals some of the game’s best. Coming off a strong summer as a digger out at HCSC, Ian has settled into his new position as the permanent living room
resident at Plymouth State’s Chub Club and #1 fan of all things blue. Ian has been working super hard all winter, putting in some work both on and off of the hill. He has been filming daily for Keep The Change’s latest effort, as well as KTC’s “Loonatics” and other online edits. He hasn’t been eating buffalo chicken anymore, but instead opts out for the #22 down at Mandarin Taste, although he still hates the Crab Rangoon. Late night, you can find Sledge still drinking aggressively in Plymouth, but as of late he has been keeping his shirt on (but this may just be attributed to cold weather). -Tom Johnson
Top Three:
Places to board 1.) Gunstock 2.) Waterville Valley 3.) LOON Rappers of all time 1.) Venom 2.) Witchcraft 3.) Motorhead Things to do during the Summer 1.) Swimming (Still Learning) 2.) Camping 3.) Eat Chinese Food
Chicks you’ve hooked up with (Initials are fine) 1.) K.G. 2.) J.H. 3.) C.C.
Favorite non-snowboard and skateboard companies 1.) Fubu 2.) JNCO 3.) NASA
Juice Flavors 1.) Strawberry Banana 2.) Lemonade 3.) Blue
Hamvan experiences 1.) 4th of july in Bend 2.) Playing Cee-Lo for hours 3.) Don’t remember. I’m sure it was awesome though.
TV Shows 1.) Not a big fan of TV 2.) So I play on my iPhone 3.) And play Nexus Craziest people you know 1.) Dave Agan AKA “Bigdog” 2.) Jay Bial 3.) Matt Bothfeld
PHOTO: Owen Ringwall
Places to hang in Plymouth 1.) Mandarin Taste 2.) Chub Club 3.) The Riv
Back 180 on - filimg for Keep The Change PHOTO: Cole Martin
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New Years
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A few months ago, Andrew Burns planted the seed to send it up to a cabin in the high alpine of Silverton, CO for New Year’s. The idea of spending the turn of the year up in the mountains was much more appealing than the thought of watching the ball drop two hours early while drinking fake beer in a Salt Lake City bar... I ended up pulling the trigger, driving through the night to meet up with Burns and his cohorts, Randall Stacy and Hunter Wood. Upon my arrival, and without hesitation we began packing up the numerous bottles of booze, 12 gauge shells and supplies that we’d need to ring in the New Year high above the tree line. An hour after arriving in Silverton we found ourselves at the trailhead unloading the sleds, strapping down the excessive amounts of cargo before firing up the engines, and cruising into the woods.To preface our motives, it should be stated that at this time in late December, the snowpack was absolute shit everywhere in the continental U.S… The crew was up there primarily to party for New Year’s, and potentially get some clips and photos. Upon arriving at the hut in the early afternoon, we scoped out our home for the next few days and cooked up some lunch. The Bonnie Belle hut is two stories tall and rests on a saddle around 11,500 ft above sea level. A wood stove heats the entire structure and the Treasure Mountain crew keeps it stocked with clean drinking water. A gas stove makes for some good high mountain cooking, and as far as huts go, Bonnie Belle is plush - beds and couches are a welcome commodity after a long day riding in the backcountry.
(Upon my arrival,and without hesitation we began packing up the numerous bottles of booze, 12 gauge shells and supplies)
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(The following two days held a few different sessions above the treeline building some decent pat downs and take offs)
From the cabin, the access is unmatched - 5-minute sled ride out to seemingly endless rollers, transitions, and jump spots. Directly out the door are lines that are easily ‘lap-able’ with the sleds… In optimal conditions this place would have you pretty set up, however we had to pick and choose what would work with the snowpack that we were presented with. The following two days held a few different sessions above the tree-line building some decent pat downs and take offs despite the sugary consistency of the snow. On January 31st, our last full day, we headed over to some old mining cabins that we had been scoping over the previous days. The zone was pretty amazing, with scattered shacks and debris from what looked to be a pretty heavy silver operation in its time. We picked out a roof that looked to have some potential and piled up a take off that put you well above the shack it was built on. Everyone turned it on, and blasted some classic straight airs by the evening sunlight followed by a quick romp back up to our hut to watch the sun cut-out behind the ridge on the last day of the year.
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(As our watches showed midnight, we lit off a few shotgun rounds and proceeded back down to the cabin)
The air is thin up there, and a few bourbons into the last night of 2011 things were getting pretty weird. Once the playlist moved from the classics and into death-metal, everyone was on a tear. Somehow we all made it to midnight, and scaled the hill next to our cabin. To be perfectly honest it was one of the most insane places I could have ever imagined spending the turn of the year. The stars were crazy, it was dead silent, and you could make out the vast ridgelines of the San Juan Mountains across the valley. As our watches showed midnight, we lit off a few shotgun rounds and proceeded back down to the cabin. We were pretty worse for wear when the morning came around, and we looked like a bunch of homeless people with trash tied to our sleds on the way out (carry in, carry out!). We all knew we had made the right choice, and this won’t be a New Years we soon forget‌
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Words and Captions: Matty B // Photos: Greg Furey
The Streets legitimized Seven Springs’ evolution over the past 6 or 7 years. Growing up there, comparing what the parks were then to what they are today is truly insane. I’ve got so much respect for the park crews who have made it happen. The Streets will help expose the local snowboard community’s riding at a higher level now, as well as develop the up-and-comers even faster. Seven Springs has always had great riders come out of here and The Streets is another outlet to help highlight what the local snowboard community has to offer, as well as grow snowboarding as a whole. - Dan Hartman: Mid Atlantic Forum Rep
Local legend Danny Vogal - Backside wallride
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Home Builder Louie Hanft - Switch back blunt
Seven Springs, a.k.a. “the Cruise Ship”, is the one-stop snowboard mountain that has it all: bowling alleys, indoor mini golf, a 350-room hotel, 5 bars, a roller rink, barber shops, a 22-foot halfpipe, 70-foot jumps and now The Streets too! All visitors have to do is park their cars on Friday, then they can go ride and party like an animal all weekend long without having to leave until drive home on Sunday night. I am not messing around with you when I say that Seven Springs is the best partymountain I have ever been to. The hotel, condos, and everywhere
else sell out almost every weekend, filled up with tons of people (MILFS from Pittsburgh) that want to rage harder than you. If you don’t have a place to stay, no worries - just slap on the cougar hunting goggles and you’ll be in a slopeside king suite quicker then the MILF can say she has a husband. This was our second visit to Seven Springs this year and it may have been one of the best trips I’ve taken so far. I couldn’t have asked for a better crew of dudes to go with: Greg Furey (photographer), Trip Brown (filmer/rider), Peter Pape, Jayell White, recent college
Matt Guess had more cameras filming him than the paparazzi. - Bean Plant
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Trip Brown loves Dinosaures Will Die so much that he threw the Dino hand. - Stalefish front lip
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Josh Zerkel was killing it all day - Backside 270
grad Louie Hanft, and myself. As soon as we got there we met up with Joel Rerko, the Director of Action Sports at Seven Springs, and went straight to the top. Trip found a sick side-cut right away; we shaped it out and he ended up getting a sick sunset photo within the first hour of us being there! Afterwards we went down to the Foggy Goggle to meet up with Seven Springs filmer Ian Macy. The bar is right in front of The Streets so we had some beers and grabbed lights to get ready for the night shoot. One of the coolest things about The Streets is that there are outlets all over the park so the features can be lit up at night - a genius idea thought up by Joel and his crew. “The (Forum) Streets is super important to us because it gives
every snowboarder the opportunity to get a taste of what urban snowboarding is all about. Urban riding is such an important part of what our team does, but it’s just not really accessible to the majority of snowboarders out there. The Forum Streets allows anyone to get that feel of what urban snowboarding is about without having to worry about trespassing or getting busted by the cops. For the kid who aspires to do real urban snowboarding, this is the perfect training facility for them. We at Forum are super proud of The Streets and Joel and his crew at Seven Springs couldn’t have done a better job of making our dream a reality. Love those guys!” - Mark Wakeling: Dir. of Sales at Forum
Peter Pape - Frontside 5-0
Snowboards We started out the night session by setting up at the wall ride for about 2 hours. None of us got a shot, but with local legends like Danny Vogel and Dan Hartman there, it was a good session nonetheless. After that bust, we went over to the stair set to try to get at least one more photo. We lit that bitch up and everyone started throwing down! Local boy Jordan Soohy was putting down beautiful front boards and Louie Hanft… well, was just being Louie! “The Streets is a place where kids don’t have to deal with cops or security guards, it’s a cool opportunity. It’s a crazy project that the guys put together in about 3 months. It turned out extremely well Jayell White - Cab 270
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We out hure! Jayell White with switch frontside 5-0 180 in.
considering how much time they had to make it happen. I am stoked to be out here filming all year in The Streets with all these local kids getting down on these rails.” - Ian Macy: Seven Springs Filmer Our second day at The Streets can basically be described like the winter we’re having right now: SHITTY SHITTY SHITTY! We woke up to rain so everyone decided to go fishing in the river behind DH’s house. I think the only things any of us caught were a hangover and some weird log thing. The rain let up so we headed to the mountain to try and get some shit done! When we got there, Pape and Jayells started going nuts on the rail to bank. Later Louie joined them and it became a 3 Dudes 1 Rail to Bank
slaughterfest! After this, Danny Vogel came in hot said, “Fuck it,” and got an awesome shot on the main feature’s wall ride. As soon as he got his shot the rain started to come down again so we got fuck out of there and started to drink a shit ton of PBR’s with The Intern. We ended up going back to check out the nightlife and for a Thursday night it wasn’t half bad. I ended up puking all over the place, a.k.a. Junior’s monster truck, after a nice shot of J.D. and I think we got a great Instagram of it too. “I think The Streets is the coolest thing that ever happened to East Coast snowboarding, it’s absolutely insane! The amount of options and features inside this little area of a park is crazy. I think it blows
Matty B partied harder than he snowboarded
people’s minds when you roll up here and see it for the first time. It’s indescribable. I can’t really explain the feeling I get every time I see it, it’s something that’s just amazing.” -Jordan Soohy: Seven Springs Park Crew
Our last day was insanely beautiful: 45 degrees and sunny! I just so happened to have the worst hangover in the world. The boys were ready to get down and start getting shit done. First we set up at the “main feature” which has a wall ride, close out rail, down flat down, and an up ledge gap to down ledge. We got a ton of shots from that zone and it was time
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Pape was higher than this close out rail - Frontboard pop-in
to move on. We went back to the stair set from our night shoot for what might have been the best part of the day. Josh was killing the gap to down rail and Trip Brown was doing huge gap front lips… so huge that he went hesh and broke his board right between the bindings - it was AWESOME! “I think The Streets represents Forum well, which is why we chose to do the project. Forum is synonymous with progressive freestyle snowboarding, and right now a big part of that is going on in the urban environment. The Streets bridges the gap between that and resort riding. A lot of it was inspired by our team so I think The Streets is a killer representation of not only
our brand, but the overall direction of snowboarding right now.” - Junior Kantor: Mid Atlantic Forum Rep After the board-breaker, we decided to pack it up and head home (and stop somewhere in PA to get some “real food” for a change). We said our good-byes to all the locals and left Seven Springs with only one thing on all of our minds: how soon can we come back to hit up THE STREETS!
Local boy Jordan Soohy - Frontboard
Josh with a backside wallride 180 out.
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Tanner
Pendleton [Interview] Interview by Matty B and Tanner McCarty
Tanner not only has the best first name you can have, but has some talent that is unmatched. The future for the snake is one that even Miss Cleo can’t predict but it sure as hell will be successful. Keep it up Tanman.
-Tanner McCarty
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PHOTO: Mike Azevedo
• This year you’ve been traveling the world with Salomon Snowboards, what have been the highlights so far?
It’s been pretty crazy. Definitely an opportunity of a lifetime. The other day we rented bikes and rode around London - dodging cars and seeing all the sights. It was insane. I fell super hard with my camera bag and everything. Bought a new sweater. Ate some good food. So that was a highlight, for sure. We just got to Japan yesterday and it is unreal! I’m just excited to be in new places all the time and see weird stuff. • How did you become DFL (down for life) with Eastern Boarder? Growing up I looked up to a lot of people that worked at EB or hung out there. And everyone
I rode with at Wachussett was down - Jacques, Reid, and those guys. Flood too. EB was just the coolest, and still is. I think DFL is the technical term for team riders that don’t snowboard anymore but still hang haha. • You have one of the best front-side inverts in the game, who is your favorite hand-planter?
Thanks. I haven’t done one in quite a while. I wanted to learn hand plants because of Flood. He was a big influence on me as a young boarder. And watching bridges board always gets me hyped. Low impact snowboarding is the best. Leaving the ground is overrated. • What’s your favorite East Coast movie? Iron Curtain 2.
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• You’ve lived all over, where do you call home these days? Mass is still home. I never really moved away. I lived in Tahoe for a couple winters and New Hampshire in high school, but never permanently relocated. I’d like to live somewhere else for a bit though. Maybe somewhere warm like southern California. But I’ll end up back in Mass for sure. • After filming, riding, and editing the EB movie and For The Hell of It, would you ever consider making another movie?
It used be a dream of mine to make a movie and put out a dvd and everything - but it’s not really anymore. I’d rather do other stuff. Maybe a video if it seemed right. But there’s a lot of stuff that comes out every year. I don’t think there’s room for another person to hop in and start cranking out videos every year. OG EB crew plus friends would be too sick to pass up though. I think back on the EB video year and get so hyped – I think a lot of the other guys do too. • When did you start filming?
I used to make little movies with my friends when I was younger. Not snowboarding or anything. Just random skits and stuff like that.
Basically since I started snowboarding I’d always gather clips from my dad or Bill Enos and make edits. I never showed them to anyone though, just did it as a hobby. I didn’t really get into filming snowboarding until I was a sophomore in high school. • You went to Waterville Valley Academy and I went to Okemo Mountain School, would you say the snowboard academy/school days are over?
I hope not. That was the best experience ever. A lot of people hate on coached snowboarding, but whatever. From an outside perspective it seems kind of cookie-cutter’ish. Everyone wearing the same stuff, doing the same tricks. Me and all my friends at Waterville wore the same stuff, did the same tricks, grabs, and everything but it’s not really like that, even if it is, you grow out of it. Just thinking of everyone from Waterville, so many people went in different directions. Pat is Pat. Chas is doing his thing with contests. Cameron is going to Med school. I point cameras
at snowboarders. At the end of the day everyone is doing what makes them happy. • What was one of your most memorable moments while at Waterville Valley Academy? Everything. It was pretty much putting school on hold for a few months to snowboard and hang out with friends. I probably remember trips the most. Going to the US Open was always sick. We’d cruise over there in a couple vans and stay in some shitty hotel called The Avalanche. I’d be hyped if I didn’t get last place in the contest but either way it was always the sickest time. • Is Bill Enos the best coach ever?
Yea Bill is the man. Thanks for everything Bill, and Therese!
• So much talent has come out of Waterville, who do you think are the new up and comers coming out of the Loon/Waterville area? I’d say Mike Rav and all those guys but I think everybody knows who they are already. I get pretty hyped on the edits Cole Navin and those guys have been putting out. • Do you think going to school (college) is important for snowboarders these days?
It’s definitely not necessary to be a snowboarder or work in snowboarding. But I think it’ts a cool thing to do, if you’re into it. For me I was super wrapped up in trying to do the snowboard thing and just got extremely over it. So it was cool to go to school and not be involved with snowboarding at all. I still haven’t finished school though because I keep getting sidetracked with this snowboard stuff, so that says something...
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I was never a professional snowboarder. Being a professional takes a lot of hard work, filming a video part, winning contests or whatever - I didn’t do any of that. They were just on this weird program of sponsoring kids and giving them ads for no reason. I really hated it. I remember meeting Pat and Chas and thinking they were so sick and just being embarrassed of all that stuff. It’s funny now - never-ending material for my friends to make fun of me. I just don’t like being like “yea I was a pro snowboarder, now I’m not” because in my mind I never was in the first place. • How have you changed mentally throughout the years from being focused on snowboarding to now filming?
I think snowboarding and filming or photography or whatever else you’re excited about - it’s all the same mentality. You get hyped on an idea and try to make it happen. The same way a snowboarder wants to do a trick a certain way, I’d like my videos to look and feel a certain way. It never comes out exactly like I want but that kind of makes it fun I guess. I get all these ideas for stuff I want to do and obsess over it. • If you could, would you snowboard professionally?
I used to think that I wanted to be a pro snowboarder. But it’s really not for me at all. I think my experiences when I was younger made that seem pretty unappealing to me. Not to mention I wasn’t the most talented person, I just tried really hard. When I filmed for the EB video, it was for personal reasons. I wanted to make a video and I wanted to film a part, that’s it. I remember thinking that Jesse Burtner had the sickest set up - the only way I’d want to keep snowboarding is if I did it like he did. • You and filmer Matt Roberge have been a film team for a long time, how do you guys work with each other so well? He’s a dickhead and I’m really patient.
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• I know you hate to talk about it, but how was being a pro snowboarder for one of the biggest skateboard companies of all time (World Industries).
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He’s a dickhead and I’m really patient.
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• Do you guys see eye to eye all the time, or do you work off each other’s differences?
We like the same kind of stuff. I trust his opinion - on video related things at least. • Who do you look up too?
Friends and family for sure. My little brother is the fucking man - he’s making music and is just an all around awesome individual. My sister just got engaged. A lot of my friends outside of snowboarding have jobs, which is sick. I look up to everything they’re doing. • For Video Stuff?
For video stuff Greg hunt, Jon Holland. Robot Food was my favorite growing up - they were probably my biggest influence. Kai Neville makes cool surf films and this guy Mini that films all of Dane Reynolds stuff. But it’s hard to pinpoint influences to snowboard and skateboard films. I’d like to think that I’m influenced by a lot more. I don’t want to make snowboard videos forever. I love snowboarding and I’ll always be involved,
but down the road I’d like to explore some other stuff too. • How is the snowboarding culture from the East Coast different from the West Coast.
I think there’s a lot of cool culture on both sides. But being on the east is really comfortable, all of my friends are there, and I just like it. Out west usually feels like I’m in a cool boarders video game or something. But I’m really biased (haha). • What are your feelings towards the Salomon RV? The RV was super fun. I feel like a made a bunch of new friends and saw a lot of stuff. I think there should be more random stuff like that going on.
• You got so much going on filming, traveling, riding and school. How do you manage all of that? It’s mellow. I guess I just do one thing at a time. I think it would seem like a lot of work if I wasn’t
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excited about what I’m doing. • How did you get the nick-name Snake? Ask Chris Carr, I actually have no idea.
• What are some other interests you have besides stuff to do with snowboarding?
I like regular stuff, music, friends, surfing, building stuff. Nothing too out of the ordinary, pretty stock. (Haha) • What can you build?
I can’t build anything actually (haha). But my grandpa is just really smart and so good at building stuff like wooden boats, kayaks, whatever. I built a few wooden surfboards with him. I’d like to do more of that stuff when I get time. • How about Music. What are you listening to when you are on 20 hour plane rides to Japan?
I listen to literally just about anything, but I go through crazy phases with music. Recently I’ve been into 80’s and 90’s inspired electro stuff…. But, mostly random stuff I find from friends, blogs, and movies. • You were one for the first to have a full online free video, now a days they seem to be more frequent then the “reel” video’s. What do you see next for the video world? That’s a tough question. I think every form of entertainment is trying to figure out
what to do next with the Internet and everything. People want to see stuff immediately, and for free. Free stuff is sweet, I’m down. If you missed an episode of your favorite Tv show, you’re not waiting until it comes out on DVD. You’re going to find it on Hulu, or Netflix, and if it’s not there, you’re watching it on some weird Japanese website. It sucks to say but I think the snowboard DVDs is just about dead, unless it changes somehow. How is a kid supposed to get hyped on buying 15 different videos that all come out at the exact same time? Even the biggest snowboard nerd can’t keep up with that. It would be cool if the snowboard video world wasn’t so rushed. If you’re going to make a movie, spend 3 years on it and put it out when it’s ready. I’d rather see 3 good parts in someone’s career than 1 good one and 5 decent ones. I think that would open up a lot of room for cool and different stuff to happen in snowboarding. • So, you’ve done just about everything in the industry… what’s next for the you? I like making videos so I’ll probably keep doing that. I’m going to finish school this fall and then who knows.
• Ok its 3 am in Japan and you are choosing to stay up to finish this interview, but lets close up shop by you telling all the aspiring kids out there who love to film their friends a few words of wisdom. If you have an idea, then go out and do it.
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The term “Urban” dates back to the 1600’s. The origin of this strange word comes from the Latin translation, “Urbanus.” Webster’s dictionary defines this term, “of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city.” Please tell me why the fuck any snowboarder would use this term when referencing snowboarding anywhere that is not on a ski resort designated slope. “Hey BRO, let’s shred some friggin URBAN tonight!” “Big Boulder’s park is so fucking URBAN right now.” “So lame, shit’s ride on...not even URBAN.” “The URBAN sesh went off last night, I got 1,505 shots then I went to URBAN outfitters and bought a new V-Neck dildo. So fucking hip!” Now considering this seems to be a fairly new term amongst the younger knuckle dragging clan, I’ll start by blaming the pizzas. I think since skiers figured out that there was no way to actually ollie a pair of skis, they needed to refer to “grinding fuckin’ rails like Jamie
Thomas,” in a new creative light. Fair enough. Since I don’t give the slightest bit of fuck about snow roller blading...cool, say urban all you want. The problem is now my Facebook newsfeed is trending the word “urban” every single fucking time it snows. This problem goes deeper. As I referenced before, Urban Outfitters is a store that sells over priced “hip” gear. This is the place you go when you need a pair of pants to look like that whore Ke$ha. You can also find things like knock-off Ray-ban’s with clear lenses, extra medium rainbow flannels, and fake leather jackets. Perfect spot to be if you’re now transitioning between the “Mothaaa Fuckin’ THUG LIFE bitch, I shred hard DAWG” and the, “I’m so fucking jaded I can’t skate well. I’ll just snowboard like a skater!” So now instead of being able to creep on what new Kesha-slut-approved clothing some girl bought and posted a picture of, I now have to read about a bunch of idiots talk about shredding on URBAN features. Fuck. -Scott Kuchinski
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(Kid that had no Idea what the fuck just happened)
It was a pretty shitty Friday night up at Mountain Creek; the entire mountain was bulletproof due to the blistering winds and bitter temperatures of New Jersey. We were all hanging out at mid-mountain hiking a down box or rail either way we were having mad fun. My friend Cuban called me and we were bullshitting about what we were going to do that night (party, hang with girls, do some drugs or all three). All of a sudden, I looked up and my younger/bigger brother Joey aka Joeythickneck aka Joeysundays surrounded by 6 kids and Joey in the middle of them swinging his ski poles saying, “Lets go mother fuckers, I’ll fuck you all up!” Seeing this I proceeded to tell Cuban, “I got to go! It looks like Joey’s getting into some shit!” So I put my phone into my pocket, made sure it was zipped up tight. Then, I walked down to the commotion and did what I later learned was a flying squirrel punch. This set it all off, all of our friends saw
“I walked down to the commotion and did what I later learned was a flying squirrel punch.” this and ran down to help us out. These poor kids really didn’t know what they were about to get themselves into. All I can remember is Kyle Earl getting caught up in a classic pullthe-jersey-over-your-opponent’s-head move but out of nowhere Ryan Matthes aka Hot Ryan came through and cleaned house before Earl got his ass beat. After this, Greener who for some reason was skiing that day kicked a kid in the face with a ski boot. Now this was a little over-the-top, but fuck it, we were a bunch of punk Jersey fucks that didn’t like to get fucked with. To end the confrontation, yours truly stomped on some kid’s chest and the kid started convulsing. Park crew rolled up and told us to get the fuck out of there so we did. It looked like a scene straight out of Green Street Hooligans. We were all laughing and cheering about what we had just done until my brother got a phone call from Vernon P.D. All in all, Joey just had to do 6 months good behavior...... -Brian Taggart
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I said in the last issue that some of the focus would fall upon the collaboration of snowboarding and skiing in the same video. I know it’s contradictory to say I think this is stupid when I have friends that ski and jokingly film with at the mountain and another example of acceptable skiing is the kid in the “Shorts and Shades” in the Mt. Bachelor videos. Wild and crazy antics with a lack of the tall tee, sagagenesis, 17-angle Go-Pro STEEZ, that’s the type of skiing that displays the characteristics similar to the raw snowboarding we can all appreciate. Aside from bitching about skiing, one thing I’ve
been wondering about lately is where I could get my hands on a copy of the original Iron Curtain movie trilogy (the best films to come out of the East). I’ve seen all three and owned the third, which has the first video as a bonus feature on the DVD, but the second seems to be rare. So, I’ll leave off by paying homage to some of the original boarders who set the bar for the East, and hope to see a lot of you at the 12th annual Last Call at Loon Mountain on March 12, where shit is going to get crazy. -Cole St. Martin
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Aaron Blatt is one of the best people out there. He has coached me through some serious stuff in my life from school, to girls, to boarding and helping us in the beginning stages of the mag. Thanks Aaron for everything! Just wondering, do you always hold your breath when doing handplants? -Tanner McCarty PHOTO: Greg Furey
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