Volcom Snow Team Update December 2008

Winter rolled in! All across North America winter white is falling from the sky. Europe shows snow in the forecast as well. This means chairlifts are begining to turn laps, snowmobiles are getting purchased or serviced and the Volcom shreds are in pursuit. The anxious energy is unsettling, especially after peeping one of the many mind numbing shred flicks.

In the latest in snow movie news, Wandering Winterland is 30 minutes of good times, good tunes and great shredding brought to you by your good friends at Veeco Productions. It will be premiering on Dec. 23rd on Fuel TV at 8 pm. Get a load of turbulence, schnitzel, chopsticks and cheeseburgers with members of the Volcom Snow team during the 2008 winter. Join Curtis Ciszek and Zac Marben as they submerge themselves deep within the 30,000 screaming and dancing fans as teammate Kevin Pearce stomps a perfect 1260 winning the coveted Innsbruck Air and Style. A short ride later, Curtis and Zac find bliss riding pow in the Austrian mountains. Zac then hopes a plane with Seth Huot to the North Island of Japan were they get busy in the city and secret zones with translator Ruiki Masuda. Lost bags and a car crash later, Seth and Zac bounce as well as Ruiki who travels west to meet up with tyrant teenagers Tyler Flanagan, Daniel Brown, Johnny Lazzareschi and Dylan Alito ripping the parks around Lake Tahoe and Mammoth. In the final segment, learn how to board and no-board in the Canadian Rockies with brothers Erik and Bjorn Leines, Blair Habenicht, guide/mountain goat Shandy Campos and his dog Randy. Check the first teaser here.

Our newest addition to the Pro Team, Gigi Ruf is up to many good things! Art shows, movie premieres, birthday parties and snowboarding. A summer trip to New Zealand allowed him to heli and probe around in the ice fields. So, after 3 video parts and 2 video box covers, Gigi also snakes in on the December Method Magazine cover, along with a 10-page photo story, and has received 2 nominations for the Transworld Rider Poll Awards: Rider of the Year and Standout of the Year. Gigi is also selling his Defender jeep, know anyone interested?

Bjorn Leines sent in a text high up in a tree stand out in Minnesota. As soon as he gets his deer, he’s back to SLC slashing the world’s lightest snow with brother Erik Leines. Rumor has them wanting to return to Shandyland in Canada, with terrain like this, you’d foolish not too!

Mark Landvik provided a stomach full laughs and seriously mental riding in “That’s it That’s All”. Right before he bailed for the Europe premieres, Lando swung by Fuel TV for a Daily Habit appearance! He’s been pretty quiet upon his return. He’ll get things fired up in the damp Northwest.

Wille Yli-Luoma is racing cycle-cross in Portland. Apparently, he’s qualified for nationals. He looking to join numerous crews all winter, documenting his travels on snow. Fellow countryman, Eero Niemela is going over the falls on last time in Southern California surf before he moves back to Whistler for the winter.

Seth Huot started an after market Harley fabrication business making custom handle bars. He’s already got a few days of jibbing on his Volcom board. Both Seth and Zac Marben had amazing seasons on the boards. Marben locked into the ender in MDP’s “Down with People”. He’ll be venturing toward the west coast soon, with no particular location set, Marben is letting it flow, landing wherever the snow is good.

Word has it, little man Tyler Flanagan is lapping Mammoth, Johnny Lazzareschi is chasing down people in Tahoe, Zak Stone is working on an International work visa, Curtis Cisczek just purchased a new snow jumper in his home town of Bend, Oregon and is trying to figure out how to load into the back of his truck. Scott Stevens bought himself his first car! Pretty impressive considering he knocked out 3 years of filming with out a whip, he’s relocating to Salt Lake City along with Dan Brisse. The Brisse took the ender in Pirate Productions “Over Seas!” Blair Habenicht broke down his tent by the river, loaded up his girlfriends’ car and transplanted himself as close to Mt. Baker as possible. He joins local boy Lucas Debari as they hunt for big foot in the Northwest.

Pat Moore scored opening part in the new Forum movie with Slayer’s “South of Heaven” to compliment his Slayer pro model snowboard. This part also received a nomination for Video Part of the Year in the 2009 Transworld Rider Poll Awards. He and New Hampshire buddies toured the northwest on annual skate trip and is now in Utah getting pissed. Kevin Pearce, was seen in Mammoth at Tweak Bird show and making laps. He’s trying to figure out where to live this winter.

Aside from raising kids, Terje Haakonsen is playing soccer, baking and gardening. He managed to squeeze in some much needed surf time in Bali and even France, always dropping in on his poor Euro Team manager. He also found time to film last minute in New Zealand, and fly onto the November issue of Method. There have been repeated calls coming in from Miami. Not sure what that means? He’s back in Norway for the dark days before it snows. He’s got all kinds of plans.

Markus Keller got himself a sweet part in Absinthe’s, “Ready”, found himself on the cover of Snowboard US. iPod aka Iouri Podladtchikov, finished school, hurt himself at Freestyle.Ch and has been partying ever since. Naah, the iPod is back, training hard, preparing himself for the Pipealympics and taking over the world! Fillipo: landed yet another sweet part with Mack Dawg’s “People” as well as a part in the Nitro Video. These days, he’s getting ready to go film with the Pirates crew. Arthur Longo, just had a 10-page interview in Onboard, and scored a total of over 4 minutes in the latest Yeahh video Yeahh Love. Arthur will be in Breckenridge all of December, warming up for the winter.

The 2009 Peanut Butter and Rail Jam tour is gearing up to kick off in January and will be our biggest tour to date, with 17 stops and a championship ending in Mammoth. Make sure you check out last years PBRJ tour to get yourself all psyched up and ready for the 2009 tour.

In the wake of a somewhat checkered past, one that conjures up images of broken teeth and lacerated body parts, Austin-by-way-of-Denton, TX Riverboat Gamblers return this coming Spring 2009 with a new album, “Underneath The Owl”. In anticipation of the album’s release Riverboat Gamblers have released the first single, “A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology” from the new album and encourage fans and casual freeloaders alike to download the DRM-free mp3 from their website as well as the exclusive b-side, “Don’t Jinx” that can’t be found anywhere else. Riverboat Gamblers “Underneath The Owl” was recorded and produced by the “band ruining Famous Hollywood Producer” Mudrock, and will arrive in stores and on line March 10, 2009.