No, this isn’t a Destiny’s Child post but you should still check it out.
Friend of mine, Keri Herman, along with other ski girls friends are featured in this EPIC film – check the teaser and wait patiently for the video to come out…us rider girls need to step up the game. who’s in?
Say My Name follows female professional skier Grete Eliassen as she travels the globe with the goal to inspire and evolve women’s skiing. Stacked with a handful of skiing’s elite female lineup, this high definition film features Lynsey Dyer, Sarah Burke, Keri Herman, Ana Segal, Kaya Turski and Suz Graham. See the world this international ski superstar roams, from a world record hip jump in 2010 to her exploration of the rugged backcountry
Being that the snowboard community is a pretty small one compared to others, word of whats good, not cool, and just balls out LAME travels pretty fast. With the help of Twitter and Facebook – this news travels even faster. I’m sure if you read my blog you read other, better, blogs as well – like Angry Snowboarder and Deserts Dont Snow. If so then I’m also sure you’ve read and discussed with fellow riders how ignorant, immature, and pretty much ridiculous Tyrant Snowboards is.
After reading Angry’s post and watching the video of Dirty D. I couldnt help but laugh out loud. If I was going to be told to, “cop one of these” or that these boards are the ” illest, freshest, on the market” or ”one of the dopest boards” and they’re for “serious riders only”?… seriously – lame. All while the sales kid was wearing his flat billed flex-fit hat cocked to the side? what…are we filming Malibu with B-Rad Aspen edition?
Unlike Angry, I would probably nod my head and act as much like this cracka as possible so he doesn’t cop my pack pack and run – but as soon as I left that booth I would fuckin clown he SHIT outa that fool…ah stuck in white ghetto mode…sorry.
anyways, atfer reading angry’s post, Dirty D’s response and other readers comments – I kinda felt bad for D. like, almost as if he was being bullied the way he was taking it so well and keeping his cool even tho angry was dishin it out like Angelina feeding the hungry – the guy couldn’t sell a board if his life depended on it. Then…the big baaaad owner prolly got a text from Dirty about the “shit talking” and came at us all with full force “I’m an idiot – just listen to me talk” mode.(he prolly never switches this mode off)
“you want thug? anytime anywhere. sack up, and send me an invitation. you can bet your fat ass i’ll use “due dilligence” in taking care of this problem. we’ll handle your bitchy attitude real f*cking quick. Weve been in this industry for 6 years and were not going anywhere, EVER so get used seeing us in the snowboarding community turnin heads. i would love to see your next 2 posts bitch, lets see your “destruction” You sound like the biggest f*cking geek in the world. and why is snowboarding the whitest sport around? you ignorant racist f*cking pig. i bet your about 5’5, 300lbs, and definately not getting annnyyy pussy. im right? whats your name? i bet i know you personally…which would mean your a fake f*cking loser who PROBABLY doesnt ride at all. any real snowboarder sure as f*ck wouldnt be runnin their mouth about that gangster shit that we rep with pride. Thats our style, ride or die and f*ck what you heard cause until you hear it from us, your just another broke ass jealous cock sucking paper pushin f*cking fag” …”go f*ck yourself ass jockey. i’ll reiterate this for the angry douche, i will meet you ANYWHERE face to face. Hate on haters, we eat this shit up. infamy is still fame Tyrant fo life!!!!!!” – Comment left from owner of Tyrant Snowboards on Angry’s post
Like Angry, DDS and readers have pointed out multiple times – threatening your potential buyers? not the way to go about it. oh, and acting like the fake wigger who’s fronting harder than Ricky Martin was, isn’t going to help either. Your reaction to us calling you out for not being “thug” shouldn’t be to try and act more thug. We’re only going to laugh even more. Ready?
“Jimster, I think you’re the one that doesn’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. In your sheltered fucking world, you might get away talking like that. If we ever met face to face, you’d be the one with his fucking brains spillin out. How do you know where we come from? I’d think about that first with anyone you encounter. It’s kind of an important life lesson, knowing when to shut your ignorant mouth. When you grow up and catch yourself a good old fasioned man ass beatin, you might change your tune a little.
And Zack thats awesome you’ve started riding over the last 6 years. This industry you speak of has been around for over 30 years at this point. And these well known brands, for which Tyrant Snowboards has the up most respect, were the forefathers of the sport we thug for today. Nothing BUT respect is due. These companies have been around a long time and have put in alot of hard work to get the recognition they have today. Thats why we started building our own snowboards, not just slapping some graphics on some chinese shit that so many of these so called “1st tier snowboard companies” have started doing. This shit takes time and intense dedication. I dont see you guys starting with next to nothing, building great snowboards with no more than snowboard techshop experience and staying around for six years in this economy? Back off the people trying to make their lives all about snowboarding and go enlighten yourself with something you truly love.I apologize to all for not getting the proper information on our boards. But I thank everyone for this uproar, since traffic on our website has increased 20% more this july than the same month in years previous. So at least the people are still getting the real story for Tyrant Snowboards.” – Second comment from Owner of Tyrant Snowboards
And that whole deal of claiming six years in the industry? I’ve been in it for that long and riding for 13 – dont see me makin a shotty snowboard company claiming to be the “freshest and illest on the market”. It’s not about how thug you are, how deep you roll, how hard you worked to get to the hill – It’s about getting to the hill and fucking have fun doing the one thing you worked so fucking hard to do. RIDE.
Quit fronting such a facade and actually try and sell your products. We’re not stupid. We know what you should be offering us and if you’re not, well then we’ll tell you – just don’t bust a cap in our ass – ok?
and PS – I grew up in this “city of sin”…def not a thug.
So, I’ve left Mammoth once again only to have a summer and get a tan and tell myself,”yeah! I’m going to Europe!” and to the realize simply that I’m not. I swear I hype myself up more than anyone else could and let myself down harder as well. whatever.boo fucking. hoo.
Instead of going to Europe, i’ve managed to give myself a lil beach vacay for a week and a half for free. How? you might ask? it’s called making friends in sweet ass places. aka. friends that don’t live in their parents basement and live off Totino’s Pizza Rolls.
well, with one exception, Shawn. She’s a fellow instructor from mammoth who lives literally a jump, skip , and a hop away from the beach…at her parents house… but since the house is like a fancy Dana Point beachside bed and breakfast and her Mom cooks us fucking steaks, roasts and everything else you could want in a hearty dinner – she is not considered lame. infact, since i get my own room, tv, and awesome view? She is considered awesome. I’ve spent the last week with her. meeting her awesome and hot lifeguard friends and burning my ass falling asleep on the beach. thank you Shawn.
Not wanting to wear out my welcome with her parents, they love me cuz i clean out all their leftovers in the fridge. I’ve since ventured north to Newport. Tyson, another fellow seasonal Mammoth kid, lives amazingly closer to the beach. Shawn had a 3 min walk. “how do you live closer?!” you might ask. well, I can see the waves and walk to the sand with my eyes closed and pretty much not get lost. I could prolly throw a rock and hit the sand. I’ll be here for a few days.
Sadly, I feel my beach time this summer will be remarkably cut short due to the fact that I wil not be living here this summer. duh. and also to the fact that i still do not have a car, i’m getting shit for money from unemployment, and i actually have to get a job to keep my sanity while living back at home for the 3-4 months of summer i have.
Theres been talk of going back up to seattle for the month of October, which would be fuckin sweet. but i’ve also been looking for flights to germany for the whole month of October. Being that Seattle is undoubtably more affordable – thats prolly where ill end up spending my halloween once again. and if so, my only question is…what will i be this year? i’m thinking unicorn…
OH! AND THE 4TH OF FUCKING JULY!
some friends and I rode our bikes from Huntington down to Newport then back up to HB. my vagina hurt…bad…like it was my first time………………………………riding a bike…pervs
ANYWAYS – to keep the post interesting and not just me blabbing – here are some pics i’ve taken over the last week.
Ok Folks, it’s here and it’s time for you to go vote.
Get that 10,000 beer party so we can kick off summer right all thanks to that one canadian I mentioned in the last post.
VOTE VIDEO GYPSY
Go ahead and click the photo, go vote, and enjoy the edits. I think I may have made it clear who to vote for, but just incase I haven’t – VOTE FOR VIDEO GYPSY.
You can go back daily and cast your vote – so go ahead and make it your homepage so you have absolutely no reason or way to forget.
This is the first contribution from the newly acquired Canadian correspondent - Nick Khattar.
one fun Canuck
He’s on a boat at the moment in San Fran just cruisin like a boss gettin the write up for the video from last weekend at “The Patch”
that will be posted ASAP
enjoi.
oh nd PS: his edit for the SuperPark Showdown will be up on Sunday over at Snowboardermag.com so you all should go over there on sunday and look for his edit and vote.
if he wins he’s throwin a 10,000 beer party and we’re all invited…if thats not incentive – i don’t know what is.
If you ride Mammoth you know the Main Park jump line.
middle jump
step up
setup
showtime
going big, bigger, smaller, bigger. With setup averaging 30 ft right now, probably the smallest it’s been all season.
After watching multiple people hit this what seemed to be massive jump – I decided I have to hit it. It’s spring, the snow is soft – I really have nothing to lose. So, I watched a few friends, called my drop, and BAM! Threw the fattest fucking shifty of my life. SO stoked. This was all yesterday and all day today I hit it no prob – even got a somewhat decent shot.
While I was down in OC, I searched my little heart out on Craigslist for a cheap Macbook and what did I find? An awkward simming UCSD student who needed to get rid of his old one since he’d just purchased the new one. Perfect.
Slightly used but in good working condition. I am no longer a PC. I am now a Mac and I AM invited.
So, now the only sad part is that I lost my Camera. I’ve been looking on Ebay for about 2 weeks now. I’m trying to upgrade to the Canon G10 instead of staying with the Sony. I love the Sony but the Canon is what i really want. If any of you out there have any connections or know of anyone trying to sell one? PLEASE let me know. Contact info is on the contact page .
Being without computer or camera REALLY sucks when you’re trying to run a blog. All my photo’s i was going to post – Gone. All the content I had written up – Gone. I almost feel like I’m starting from scratch all over again. and with the summer coming and spring riding in full swing? bummed.
But, no matter. Life must go one. and until I get a new legit camera – iPhone shots will have to do.
Speaking of iPhone – heres an awesome sneak peak of the new iPhone coming out this summer.
Just when I start to get back I to the swing of things what do you think happpens? The one tool that I avidly need to update the blog… dies. Yes, my laptop I think has reached it peak. It doesn’t stay on for more than three min and sadly it takes about thirty to back up all my important file to my external.
So not only am I not able to make the blog all it can be, outside of what the handy dandy iPhone here, but I’m also running the risk of lost the files and photos that are most important to me.
So thank you mom for my laptop as my hs graduation gift and thank you aunt verna for givi ge your laptop when that one died. Buy now sadly this one has died as well. I appreciate the generosity but please next time get me a mac.
Now, all you readers out there. If you know of anyone selling a MacBook please send them my way. And since I’m sure were all in the same boat of little money. Have them cut me a deal. Says it’s to save your favorite blog.
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