Chillin.

Niseko has been topped up a few times in the last few days, so we've been riding a bit! Been pretty fun doing endless pow runs. Had one day shooting with Blair Findlay, but no luck, the weather is far too unpredictable, shooting is a nightmare! Not much else to report for now, probly just ride some more!

Blair Findlay scores some pow on the summit of Hirafu.

Tuition Edition :: Trick Tips 101

I previously posted regarding a project that I worked on during the 07 New Zealand winter. I produced ,directed, filmed and edited a DVD called the Tuition Edition, that is going on the cover of this years April/May issue of New Zealand Snowboarder. A huge thanks to Chris Arnison for tying up the project with Motion FX and titles. The DVD is now complete, so make sure you go get yourself a copy of the mag when its out! Its a free DVD!

Chris Arnison Authoring the Tuition Edition DVD.

Chris Arnison & Robett Hollis rolling power moves in the DVDs final stage of production.

The DVD features New Zealands top riders teaching you basic tricks, from 5050’s right through to front and backside 540s. It will have you all set to go and get your jib and jump on at Snow Park this winter.

Bonus footage also includes, MDTV 2007 highlight episodes, which is about 40 mins long and has all the hammer competition footage from the season, plus some fun opening days and shred missions. GO GET THE MAG!

Farm Jam Video.

On the 27th/28th of Dec 07, the Frew Farm Jam went down just shy of Winton, Southland, NZ.

I was there shooting an article for Spoke Magazine, it was a pretty amazing weekend and some sick riding went down. The article will be out in the next issue of Spoke magazine, but for now, theres some vid footy on this clip on youtube.. it starts about half way through... EDH bmx boys ripping!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5pmG5ZhQgI

Pinky.

Blair Findlay turned up a couple of days back with his girl Kate in Sapporo. More kiwis for the crew! We had a couple of rad days in Sapporo, including spending one going to a Resort called Kokusai, which is about 40 mins from central Sapporo. Had a few fun runs with the crew. Good times.

Will Jackways and a Dam on the way to Kokusai

Blair Kate and myself have now traveled back up to Niseko. Will J, Abby and Lee have stayed in Sapporo on the search for some more rails. The train ride back up was as good as on the way down, a good way to travel.

Otaru viewed from the train.

Theres only a little bit of fresh in Niseko, but its still pretty fun, just had a solid day of smacking mushies with Blair and Kate.

Got one more week in Niseko, then back down to Sapporo again for a few days before I leave, hopefully get some more street shots of Will J & Abby. Hang there for a couple of days then its off to Germany to see Mattias Orlea, who helped with the production of ‘How About It’. Jeah!

The Big Smoke

Have been in Sapporo for a couple of days now. The city got dumped on a few days back, and theres about 1-2m of snow in most places. The jibbing potential is pretty ridiculous, with every block having so many rails or ledges, how ever having to dig out every one for a couple of hours before hitting is getting tedious..

A Photo I shot the other morning whilst on a stroll.. Sapporo Streets

Yesterday we shot a dope 29 stair down rail with some rivets on it, near a river. Was a pretty dope session. Abby 50’d the whole shibang, legit! Andy and Will did some rad presses, and also doubles on the rail.. pretty unique.

Andy K & Will J wanting more...

Andy K left at 5:00 this morning, got atleast half a dozen bangers of him, at present he should be somewhere near Frankfurt. We’ll hopefully be shooting in Tahoe. Had a few bevies last night to see him off!

From left, Will J, Myself, Lee and Andy K, bevvies last night.

Im just poaching internet outside an apartment just down the road from where we’re staying. Heres a shot from earlier in the day of us poaching!

Living the dream

And last but not least, we’re just about to go and scope out the cowboy rail. This is one big massive kink, round tube thing its sick. Blair Findlay also arrives tonight, and Logan Holt tomorow, bring on the good times!

The Cowboy Kink... Hopefully we shoot this soon!

Moving on...

Set up the massive kink rail in Kutchan yesterday. Will Jackways got cover of Australian/New Zealand snowboarder last year on a very similar kink just across the bridge. ( but hes also done this one, go figure! )

Unquestionable bangers!

Just as we were about to shoot, after a few hours of prep we got the boot from the road police! Gutted

Andy K, Nakamura, and Chook just after getting the boot.. doh

Today myself and Andy Kennerly traveled down to Sapporo from Kutchan on the express train. It was a super rad trip. For once the weather wasn’t packed in, so we got to see a bit of the Japan Country side.

Myself and Andy K, Kutchan Train Station. Struggling with baggage.

Pretty amazing just passed Otaru, where the railway follows the coast line. Theres about a foot of snow, waves, and even saw a few people out surfing. Lots of potential to shoot there!

Yet another self port, me and AK passing by Coastline.. En route Sapporo

Met up with Will J, Abby and Lee at the Sapporo train station around lunch time. Had a bit of a look around a massive shopping mall, soaked in a bit more culture, good times.Gonna be kickin round Sapporo for a while, shoot some rails as theres plenty of snow to get it done.. Updates soon.

Hung like a brick.

Wow, another dope hang over! Met up with Toddy from SnowPark last night, hung out at the Staff Quarters, got told some interesting tales. Met a few more kiwis, tryed some new japanese quisine, finished a few bottles of whiskey. Hit town, got drunker at the brick!

Spent most of the day yesterday roaming the streets of Hirafu looking for fun shots... Came out a pretty cool shot of Andy K boning a shifty with some japanese school children in the foreground. Pure art!

Andy K and Chook setting up a flat rail, but we got booted before we could session it!

We then hit the gondola up in the afternoon. Taking advantage of actually being able to see. Andy K did a butter to drop thing on this old Gondola Station.. Cool Video Line. Hopefully we shoot tomorow!

Andy K, Myself and Chooky in the Gondola.. Yoitei in the background...