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Snowboard On The Rocks

Friday, September 17, 2010

6:30 PM

Door Time: 5:30 PM

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Buy Tickets Online: TicketsWest

Come be part of history at the 1st annual “Snowboard on the Rocks” at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre!

Snowboard on the Rocks will take place at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, September 17.  This event is organized and overseen by snowboarders for snowboarders.

Snowboard on the Rocks is a first-of-its-kind snowboard lifestyle event that will kick off the 2010/2011 snowboard season with the World Premier of 3 new snowboard videos, live musical performances, pro-snowboarder autograph signings, FREE LIFT TICKETS for everyone, tons of free product giveaways, and more!

It will make history as a festival that brings people together to one place, at one time, on an unprecedented scale, to celebrate the snowboard lifestyle as a united community.  Snowboard on the Rocks will host the first World Premier of a snowboard video ever to be shown @ the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheater.

SNOWBOARD FILM WORLD PREMIERS:

Standard Films’ “THE STORMING”
Featuring Torstein Horgmo, Halldor and Eiki Helgason, Xavier De Le Rue, Lonnie Kauk, Ryan Tiene, Sammy Luebke, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Reawyn Reid, Erin Comstock, Leanne Polosi, Hana Beaman, and Kimmy Fasani.  This is a global snowboard progression warning ranging from Norway, Iceland, Quebec City, Valdez, Squaw Vally, Northstar, Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe backcountry, and BC backcountry.

Think Thank’s “RIGHT BRAIN / LEFT BRAIN”
Featuring Tim Eddy, Scott Stevens, Sean Genovese, Gus Engle, Pat Milbery, Nick Visconti, Jesse Burtner, Mark Thompson, Matt Edgers, Chris Beresford, Austin Hironaka, Blair Habenicht, Chris Larson, Ben Bogart, Sam Hulbert, Andre Spinelli.  This years “Right Brain, Left Brain” is a double feature meant to encompass both aspects of your mind and all aspects of snow.

Never Summer’s “MADE IN AMERICA”
Featuring Cooper Hoffmeister, Ben Millsaps, Jason Hindman, Rajat, Elms and Ryan Cruze.

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY:

Del the Funky Homosapien – Oakland, CA

Bukue One – Oakland, CA

London Dungeon – Denver, CO

TICKET INFO

FREE LIFT TICKET to Echo Mountain included with every Snowboard on the Rocks ticket sale!

Tickets on sale NOW!
Get them online at TicketsWest or pick them up at any King Soopers Grocery Outlet for $22.50.  To charge tickets by phone, call (866) 464-2626 or (719) 576-2626

more info:
http://www.redrocksonline.com/

Copyright Criminals is a documentary that traces the roots of Hip Hop back to the streets of New York where sampling was just part of the game. Now, it is the game for many in the multi-billion dollar industry of music.

It provides perspectives from both those who sample and from those who have been sampled from. The growth of music in a variety of genres has strong roots in sampling.

In this day and age where technology is easily accessible, sharing info & content across the various channels has become easier than ever, but more importantly, the demand to obtain info & content has also risen. There are a couple facets of copyright infringement that are widely spreading as a result; illegal duplication and distribution of music, and the age-old sampling of others’ music to create new tracks. Emerging tools within the music industry, both hardware and software, are making it easier to remix, sample, cut, mash-up a multitude of music into new productions.

This documentary takes a look into this art form to review the source, process, politics, and art of sampling. It features foudning figures of hip hop such as Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers (Atmosphere, P.O.S.), Ninja Tune, and more.

From the other side, sampled artists such as Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown’s drummer and the world’s most sampled musician), as well as commentary by another highly sampled musician, the original funk legend George Clinton.

(by the way, I sampled some of these snippets from the Copyright Criminals website, modified and re-purposed it for this post – thanks www.copyrightcriminals.com)

Here is a nice clip from the documentary:

Copyright Criminals – Trailer from IndiePix on Vimeo.

Copyright Criminals
“A look at sampling, in which snippets of old songs are reused in new productions, featuring remarks from hip-hop and electronica artists as well as George Clinton and ex-James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield, whose beats have been heavily recycled.”
duration: 60 min

There are several dates this will air, but here is the next date for the Denver area is:
Saturday, January 23 — 11:00pm
Channel 0006 – KRMA
or HD
Channel 0658 – Digital/HD Rocky Mountain PBS

For additional show times and more info visit PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broadcast.html

For details about Copyright Criminals visit:

http://www.copyrightcriminals.com/

Some would ask Noah who?

For those who have snowboarded before parks were standard at every resort, before pipe dragons were manufactured, or the term “Super Pipe” was even coined, may remember a revolutionary snowboarder by the who was responsible for changing the game with his strong skateboard influence. If you don’t remember him personally, he’s the man behind the iconic Sims board with bottom of a skateboard with trucks as the base graphic. I’m talking about Noah Salasnek!

He’s been off the grid for several years now, but in the older vids which were lucky to be filmed on hi 8mm, he threw down the first generation of “jibbing” along with a hybrid part including amazing snowboarding and skateboarding. (Shout out to John Cardiel too!)

Powder to Rails has put together a couple documentaries about this amazing rider and even if you rode back in the day and desired his Sims pro models, or am a new rider from today, Noah is a pioneer that you should check out and see why snowboarding is where it’s at today.

I can;t find part 1, but here is Part 2 of 2:
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/powder-and-rails-season-2–2/noah-salasnek-2-of-2

It is November 3 and red Bull’s Project X has announced the new tricks that Shaun White has added to his arsenal from the secret Half Pipe in Silverton.

They have some amazing video footy of these tricks and the stories behind them too.

Front Double Cork 1080º
What!

Switch Back 900º (kind of late double cork)
(for newbies-switch backsides are considered pretty damn hard even if it is less than a normal 1080º – plus he styled this out)

Double Back Rodeo
(alley-oop style!)

Cab Double Cork 1080º
Go from a 1080º double cork to a cab 1080º double cork? Who Knows?

Visit:

http://www.shaunwhite.com/projectx/?fbid=FjiUKVt531_#/doctricks

Not only are the turn tablism & beat boxing skills off the hook from this crew, but the video they produced is just as tight!

Check it out:

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

I was recently showing an old friend some skate clips while reminiscing about the “old days”. He had never seen PJ Ladd’s Wonderful Horrible Life, nor seen any of his skills in any other publication. We went to YouTube and viewed a few clips… to say the least, he was definitely impressed.

When this video came out, it was crazy. It was a shop video by Coliseum and it was simply amazing. You will need to do some double takes at his tricks just to ensure yourself he really did that. Switch? Nollie? How many revolutions? Bigger Spins? Where are his magnets?

It is old news, but as we revisited this, it brought back one of the points in skating where you see someone skate and you just get that feeling about how amazing and great skateboarding is and the talent out there.

Check it out below:
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Just check this intro. I know it’s old news, but still impressive to display the true art behind skateboarding and how good cinematography can expose it. One of the best I’ve seen for a skate video. Spike Jones does it again!

please note that this intro is in super slow motion, it is probably not your connection.

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Girl’s Yeah Right! was sick too

I just got my copy of DVS’s latest video since Skate More entitled Dudes Dudes Dudes. You don’t need to wait to get your hands on a DVD (which is rumored to soon be handed out for free here and there).

You can view it online for FREE!
It is in parts on YouTube already, but you can view the full lenght directly from DVS’s official site at:
http://www.dvsskate.com/video/dudes_us.html

DVS.com

Aside from being one of my all time favorite books, now Lakai has featured them on a series of shoes! Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is now part of the Lakai family.

The models are: Howard, Mariano, MJ and Telford

This is in following to Spike Jones’ latest film project. Although, I hear that his movie may be a bit on the scary side, and may not be released for that reason. Even if it is not child friendly, the story has a great theme and concept for any age. The exploration of imagination is beneficial for anyone, and definitely applies to skateboarding.

Spike Jones has been a large factor in the skateboard film industry. He has worked on several projects with the Lakai family, including Girl’s Yeah Right and Lakai’s Fully Flared. He not only captures the traditional skateboard footy and puts it together well, he brings in great cinematic such as Yeah right’s invisible skateboard segway.

You can read more about the movie here:
FirstShowing.net

I went to the Fallen skate video premier last night in Denver at the Bluebird Theater, hosted by 303 skateboards. After watching the impressive 303 video, the Fallen Ride the Sky DVD ended up missing. Someone from the early show stole the DVD, so the late show was a bust!

Many people paid $8 to hit up this video, and it’s not 303′s fault, but some inconsiderate kid who thinks having the DVD prior to public release is a personal priority. Sure, go ahead and upload it to Youtube and distribute it to friends, but all of those people at the late show, mostly 21+ crowd, are ready to kick your ass! Save the bootlegging crap for the blockbuster industry.