| FREE STUFF Ok crew, we have a slight change to the FREE JACKET giveaway Promo. From now until the end of July we will be GIVING AWAY a FREE JACKET or PANT each WEEK! We'll make a random draw each Wednesday & if your name is drawn, bingo! The promo only applies the NZ & Aus crew, we'll run a similar promo for our northern hemi friends during your season:-) So get your friends to like our facebook page to be eligible, easy as, follow the link: http://www.facebook.com/Groovstar | | We had two more garment styles that were sent out to the shops last week, the Women's Sika Pant and Vintage Jacket.
The last of the new season gears will arrive into the country this weekend, perfect timing for the kick off of the southern winter season! | | ESS Billy Jam 2011!!!! Peep this video guys. Louis Macindoe and Jae Haydon throwing it down for Groovstar in the finals against Aussie's finest. Good work guys! | | Vaughan Brookfield has updated his website for the coming NZ Winter. It's definitely worth a browse as this travelling kiwi photog is one of the best in the business, check him out on http://vaughanbrookfield.com | | Our European rider Loic Tonnot sent through his wrap up video for the FWQ 4* event in Norway. We're super stoked to advise that Loic will be wearing Groovstar again next season while competing on the European Tour, enjoy your summer bro! | The men's Morton Pants were sent out at the end of last week and should now be instore. These pants feature a nice subtle slim leg fit, not to skinny that they're not functional, just a really nice look and feel to them!
We're expecting more deliveries arriving into the country over the next couple of days, we'll keep ya updated as they land. | | Canada 2010/11 season montage Our good friend and long time Groovstar rider Jeremy Bruce (JB's) sent us these great pics from his time spent up in Canada this winter. He also caught up with our candian rider Ty Kuhn on his journeys. Both Ty and JB's have had many seasons riding the club feilds and back country in canterbury, so this big country riding in canada is second nature to them! | | Our first lot of new season gears will be hitting the shops over the next few days! the gears look sic and there will more styles dropping over the next three weeks! | | Tims end of breck season vid.. more to come soon. | | Christie won the PBRJ Keystone stop last week and she was super pumped on it. The finals are in Mammoth THIS weekend, good luck! | New team rider Christy Prior is currently in mammoth. Mammoth has just passed their record snow fall EVER and its only March! They've had 90 inches in 2days! Ohhh yeah!
Check out Christy's blog for some pics of the snow http://www.mountaindew.co.nz/category/ambassadors/christy-prior-snowboarder/ as well as some pics from the CMC rail jam she won in Leadville!!
Here's a nice a short edit of Christy in Breckenridge doing some spring riding. | | Team Rider Tim Herbert spent the northern season up at Breck and he hooked up with local photographer Jeff Brockmeyer, the result are some super nice photo's! | March Powder in Hakuba with Snow Season Japan The cold and snowy conditions they've seen all winter long in Hakuba have continued right into March, bringing lots of deep powder to ride. In between the storms, the sun has been shining… bluebird freshies, what more could you ask for? There’s no sign of these weather patterns stopping just yet, with heavy snowfalls forecast all this week in Hakuba!! | Hot off the email, Lioc Tonnot sent us this video from Saas Fee switzerland where he is currently filming for a video part between two competitions of the World tour.
Its been dumping big time and he's had some sick conditions to film in! | | Lioc Tonnot sent through this montage of his qualifying run of the FWQ 3* in Monterosa Italy, super nice pics mate!
image copyright of www.duzimage.com | | Our thoughts are with everyone down in Christchurch. The beached whale is back to donate to Chch! | | Cam McDermid is in Japan shredding some deep pow! Check it out!
This is just a All Us In Winterland promo vid of all the excess footage. Cam and Tom have been filming a documentary style show that they will be releasing next month...Check out this teaser of powder skiing in Hakuba..Epic | | Brett Wilson and Sponsor This? brings you the third installment of the Nah, Just Watch It video series. In this episode the crew takes it to the Utah backcountry! Sledding and Backcountry in the same sentence always = fun! | | Team rider Will Harris does some laps of Breck with Tom Grooten, fun times.. | All us In Winterland - Japan (Part One)
Cam McDermid and his mate Tom Brownlee have arrived in Japan and are experiencing all the delights of endless snow and deep powder. The boys will be sending through regular updates of there adventures, we'll keep ya posted! | | Here's a double wammy from Jason Hancox @ Basket Productions. It's been dumping in Kashmir and the team head out after the storm passes and are greeted with a fairly touchy unstable snow pack.The guides do their job and the stoke is high! | | It's Sale Time in the Uk and our UK partners are clearing the decks of old and new Groovstar gears.
Get in now to take advantage of some really great specials, visit www.groovstar.co.uk | Loic Tonnot has been busy on the 2nd stage of the freeride world qualifier tour where he scored a 6th placing at the Slovakian Event, stoked! A trip to 2 stages of the FWQ 2011 in Jasna Slovaquia and Engadin Switzerland.
WIth Sarah Martinais (Apo, Oxbow, Dakine, Giro, HO5Park)
and Loïc Tonnot (Amplid, Groovstar, VonZipper, Les 7 laux)
Filmed by Yves Thollon. Dedicated to Charlie BOo... | | The second installment of the "Nah, Just Watch It" video series brought to you by Brett Wilson and Sponsor This?. In this episode the crew rides around Park City and travels down Salt Lake City to the famous Rail Gardens spot. | | Our friend Jason Hancox is off on another one of his adventures, this time in the hills of Kashmir India and great stories of deep powder, armed boarder guards and exploring uncharted mountain ranges! Here's the first installment of Jases video blogs, can't wait to check out the rest. | | Team rider Tim Herbert has been enjoying his time in the Brenkenridge park and getting his tricks dialled. | | Our friend Sarah Mulholland from Snow Season Japan sent us there video update from Hakuba, Japan. Now if you're needing a powder fix this place has the goods! They skied nothing less than blower deep powder on the mountain every single day this winter. The relentless storms have deposited 300cm (and counting) bases on the ski resorts. Meanwhile the village below is quite literally buried under deep snow, that's quality!! | | The european start to the winter season has been epic. Our friend Sebastian Fischer sent us some pics from Austria last week, as you can see from this sequence he's been doing some product testing his Groovstar gears in some harsh conditions, looks like a whole heap of fun to me! | | Brett Wilson's first episode of Nah, just watch it, featuring Brett, Hamish Martin and crew from Park City.. | | Groovstar Friend Loic Tonnot has put together a nice edit of his last year of freeskiing around Europe and New Zealand. Filmed By Yves Thollon and my GoPro camera. Shots from Les 7 laux, Val Cenis, Les Sybelles, Saas Fee, Treble Cone, Cardrona, SnowparkNZ, Raglan and Hot water beach. Enjoy | | Brett Wilson gives us a tour around Park City Utah, go faster bro!! | | More goodies from Cam McDermid and his "All Us In Winterland" project.. Episodes 2 and 3 | If you're into big mountain riding, grandious scenes and missions with your mates, you have to check out this vid! Josh Clark was lucky enough to be invited on the Diaries DownUnder last shoot for the season, a heli adventure up to Fox Glacier!
I spoke to Josh a couple of days after the shoot and he was still blown away by how big everything is up at a place like Fox, the terrian is insane! Congrats to Ben and Rob from Diaries for a sic way to end the NZ Season!! | | It's Season Finally Time and Brett from Sponsor This has sent through his last two vids of the season, sunny hot Cardies styles, nice! | | Now we all know how hard Cam can shred, and that he has no fear when throwing himself off huge cliffs. Now he shows his hand at editing; looks like he does that just as well. Check out this little gem, it's worth a watch! | | Young Ruapehu ripper Ollie Deane spent a bit of time down at Snowpark, check out Ollie and his crew having fun down south. | | After bit of a slow start the Aussie season kicked into full swing. Wanaka local and Groovstar team rider Will Harris has based himself over at Buller for the season, from the looks of this vid it was a good call... | | Ah Well....The Sponsor This Crew and Team Rider Matty Taylor shredding Cardies | | JC and Vaughan Brookfeild went hiking up Remarks last week after a nice 25cm dump, check out the link to Vaughans Mountainwatch Blog for more pics. | | Andy Clark has been touring around South America and he sent us these great pics from a little oasis in the desert called Huacachina where they claim to have the biggest sanddunes in the world and the best sandboarding so of course he went there. Here are the pics of Andy Sandboarding the massive dunes, he reckons it's bit of a mix between surfing and riding slushy spring powder, 2 broken rental boards later trying to figure it out, but it looks like fun! | Team rider Hayden Seddon has been on the ankle rehab program for part of this season, looks like he's back in the game. Some super nice pics from out back of TC!
Photos: Takahiro Nakanishi | | Hey crew, we're super excited to announce the launch of our new UK Online Store!
Now you guys & gals up in the northern hemi can go shred your local mountain looking and feeling all good with all the best 2010 Groovstar styles available online.
For more info visit, www.groovstar.co.uk | | Was he really a environmental scientist? Who almost burnt his sled to the ground? What's his biggest challenge as a photographer? Robett from NZSnowboard.com catches up with our friend Pablo Azocar. | | This time of year we always get little treats like this when we open up our email. JC and his crew did the mission from Queenstown over to Ohau last week and scored some of Ohau's white gold, definitely worth the drive! | You've got to check out this vid, put together by Luke Mallinson & featuring Aussie rider Jae Haydon, seriously funny stuff..
If you like Lukes styles make sure you vote on the Perisher website before 31 Aug.. | Cam McDermids World Heli Challenge Blog is now up, check out how he got into the main event, what the conditions were like from an athletes point of view and how Cam felt about participating on the world stage, nice one mate..
Words and pics by Cam McDermid | Our Austrian friend Sebastian Fischer is doing a tour of NZ with some of his mates. Roundhill Ski Feild opened up some new terrian this season with the longest rope tow in the world. Last week Roundhill got dumped on, 70cm of fresh was reported and Sebastian & his mates scored big time!!
Photos by: Kai Stoeckel | | The Kiwi boys did themselves proud at the World Heli Challenge Freeride Day, including our boy Cam McDermid who powered his way to forth place! Nice one mate.. Check our Hamish Aclands blog ... BLOG | | Brett Wilson and his "Sponsor This? crew are back for round 2 and taking a tiki tour of the Snow Park NZ features and jumps, nice work fella's. | Hamish Acland - World Heli Challenge - Blog
NZ Skier Magazine editor, Hamish Acland is judging the World Heli Challenge, here's his blog from Day 1. | | Facetime with Shelly Gotlieb, After so much success does she feel pressure to perform? Does she see herself as a role model? | | The guys from Racers Edge are putting together Product Review Vids of some of the ski styles that they're running with this year. If you want to know about rocker, camber, side cut and other new ski technology, Charlie and the crew can help you out. | | Joram and mate shred up the new jump line and Air Bag at Snow Park NZ. Vid from NZSnowboard.com Hallways series.. | | Do you know who Ross Palmer is? Watch this weeks Facetime to find out.
What is SSNZ? Why should snowboarders care? Is slopestyle in the Olympics a good or bad thing? | | NZSnowboard.com present another Facetime vid with the one and only Bevan Hall. How'd he get into coaching? How'd he get his own show called 'The HALLway'? What is 'that? | Jae Haydon shredding the gnar at perisher.
Just a little edit of Jae shredding. All filming was done over 3 days, in the Perisher slopestyle park.
Song:
Kiss with a Fist, Florence and the Machine | | Cam McDermid earned himself a chance to fight it out with some of the world's best in 'The World Heli Challenge' by winning the Big Air Qualifier event at Treble Cone. You can follow Cams results on the official website http://worldhelichallenge.com | | Matt Taylor went on a quick solo mission at Remarks a couple of days ago, keen as!! | | Local Whangamata groms scored some great results at the recent Mt Ruapehu Mini Games. Pictured here Max Webb and Harry Cullen took 1st and 3rd placing in the Boy’s 5 – 7 years age group. Samuel Pitcher also took out 3rd place in the Boy’s 11-12 age group. Good to see the groms rocking the Groovstar gears and no doubt we’ll be seeing more from the boys over the coming season | | Long time rider and Groovstar friend Ellen Waugh won the womens division at the Nitro Elan Jib Nationals up at Turoa last weekend, yeah Ellen!!
It was a massive turn out of around 80 riders and skiers for the jib nats. Although the day started with strong southerly winds and limited visibility it was not to effect the wanting of a good time. Positive vibs and a little word to the man up top saw the afternoon change to unlimited viz with a light southerly. | | Brett Wilson just sent a new webisode of him and his crew up at the Cardies Park, nice bro! | | Congrats to Team Rider Hannah James for her second placing in the open womens division of the Electric Hip Attack comp up at Snowpark.. | Snow Park has opened the first halfpipe in the Southern Hemisphere this winter when they unveiled their new 22-foot, Olympic size haflpipe. Mountainwatch.com's Pablo Azocar spent Friday the 16th of July shooting the pipe with Joram and the rest of the Snow Park Team. Check out the link @ transfersnowboard.com for some more banger pics from Pablo. | | NZSnowboard.com present the Groovstar Facetime interview with Dylan Butt.
Did you know he got 3rd at the US Open? How'd he become the editor of NZ Snowboarding? Did he reach his pinnacle? Was the Olympics his goal? | | D.O.S. Media Collab Teaser!
Collab is a non-budgeted ski film that features some of the best up and coming talent in the ski industry including team rider Cam McDermid.
Collab was filmed on location on the streets of Pittsburgh, Ohio, Nebraska, Utah, and Colorado as well as in the backcountry of Oregon, Nevada, California, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. | |
