Sandro's Blog — April 2009 Archive Blogger Profile

They say it's best to grocery shop when you aren't hungry. Not so, when you're looking for some design inspiration! Check out this amazing illustration for Caution Bearrice rolls i found in japan town...

Paul Machnau, ss pop shove, photo by joel dufresne

The Telus Conference Centre parkade in Whistler got did yesterday for the first annual Skate And Deploy event. Over 30 of Canada's best skaters jammed it out in true D.I.Y. fashion for good times, cold brews, and a chance at the $2000.00 prize purse. A big congratulations are in order for John Hanlon (2nd place, $500), Bradley Sheppard (3rd place, $300), and most notably to Paul Machnau who definitely put skateboarding on the top of his agenda for the day taking the winning title and $1000.00.

vancouver to whistler pitstop.

alien

nate jones, lee saunders, moser, chad dickson, cyrus, caleb, (coming back now:) tim, joey williams, bryan wherry, aj macalister, frank, caissie, and adam hopkins - aboard the silver bullet train (10am).

Highlights for best trick on the car include Brett Stobbart's ollie up to the roof, to blasting frontside flip over the hood. Chris Connolly's air waaaaaay up and over the length of the car to hood smash was the real show stopper... or was it when the car was thrown over on its side and the whistler locals went ape-shit on it? A lot went down on it though, Bryan Wherry front blunts, Hanlon handled it, Nate Lacoste...

Onward to the PUSH.CA wallride jam - Joe Buffalo showed us what's up with an alley-oop wallride to fakie, Adam Hopkins got in there, surprisingly the wallride gap was done frontside first - Jorden Murray was the first to go backside on it.

The Finals were anything but ordinary. The top 7 skaters advanced from the semis to jam out for 7 minutes together, each with an opportunity of a solid 1 minute destruction session if they choose. There was way too much good stuff happening in those few minutes to list, but it closed with an impromptu hang-time air from the quarter pipe to the pipes above by Chris Connoly. The finals also brought a new approach to skating the car when the box was removed and finalists skated the roof in it's rawest form.

10:30pm: (left to right) frank daniello, dylan doubt, brett stobbart, elliot, and cory wilson scoping footage from the day like it was porn - or it was just porn.

Huge thanks go out to TWSSF (happening all next week) and their sponsors. As well, RDS, C1RCA, PUSH.CA, WSA, SPECTRUM SKATEPARKS, COORS LIGHT, SEB, CYRUS, PRANGNEL, And everyone who came out to skate or watch and have a good time doing it. We'll see you all again next year!

click here for a bit of footage someone posted.

above photos by joel dufresne, below by alex moser:

Jorden Murray, switch heel

stay tuned for more photos and video.

It’s the TELUS WORLD SKI and SNOWBOARD FESTIVAL this weekend so all/most of us at Color will be joining friends (Andrew Pommier et all) who will be showing some stuff at the “State of the Art” venue. The festival/art show kicks off this friday night in Whistler with skaters/artists in attendance! Here you will also get a chance to view our "a Rolling Perspective" exhibit that travelled across Canada last year - showing for the first time ever in a single space.

Call in sick, do what you gotta do to get to Whistler/Blackcomb during the day to catch this ever so epic skate jam, SKATE AND DEPLOY!.

I don't know if there could be a collab much sweeter (or complex) than the Altamont X Color, Andrew W.K. tee with photo by Patrick O'Dell and type by FOS.

Get yours now for just $25 at the Corner Store.

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