JJ Thomas - New Zealand Update
What up, This month in NZ has been awesome. The crew is rolling deep and the snow conditions have been good. Brennan Swanson, Megan Ginter and myself are down here with ISTC. We having been snowboarding constantly and hitting the spa daily!! The month started with some contests. We all had fun in the NZ open and then went to the NZ Winter Games where Ride cleaned up the slope finals...
Just when I was getting burnt out on halfpipe and park jumps my friend Andy Finch barged into my room at 7:30am, and woke me up saying "get outta bed were going up in the helicopter". He was doing a Rip Curl catalog shoot and needed someone to ride with, and there I was!!!! We ended up taking 8 high speed laps and had a great day. Thanks to Andy and Warbs for bringing me along and making my NZ trip that much better.
Today is a bad weather day so were all resting and getting ready for happy hour! Hope summer is going well back home and see you guys soon!
JJ, Brennan and Megan
Photos are: JJ in the powder... Ginter on the kicker and Brennan giving props to his favorite movie Bruno...
2010-03-04
Ride Shakedown Live HD Webcast - March 13th, 2pm PST from Fuel TV
2010-03-03
Young Idaho rider Jessika Jenson blew everyone away and took first in both the pro and am divisions. Her styley fives really impressed the judges, helping her to sweep it all and take home 1000 bucks and a year contract with Nikita.
2010-02-25
Teammates Sam Hulbert and Nick Hyne had to battle in the Semi-Finals...
2010-02-18
Jake is unbelievably creative and smooth riding on any backcountry terrain,” said Scott Mavis, Global Vice President of Marketing for Ride. “He makes it look effortless. His style and personality are a perfect fit for Ride."
2010-02-17
Thanks to everyone that came out to support the 8th Annual Ride Snowboard Art Contest, including the handful of participating artists that came in from out of town: Tyrel Thornton, Brandon Pickett, Josh Scheuerman, Blair Krause & Caitlin Field.
2010-02-08
Update 2/24/10 New Video added. Brennen along with team mates Scotty Pike, Megan Ginter and Sam Hulbert made the trek out to Vermont and threw down everything they had to round out the tour.
2010-01-25
Submit your roadtrip photos on Facebook to win huge prizes from Jones Soda!
2010-01-20
The second stop for the Winter Dew Tour went to Snow Basin, UT. With solid runs from Ride team riders and a third place podium for Megan Ginter in women's Slope Style, Ride was out in full force.
2010-01-18
Stairsets and TransAm go together like bread and butter. Waterville goes off, watch the recap video and see the photo slideshow.
2010-01-12
Is Jusso going Commie on us??? He just won The Nanshan Open contest in China now he's in Kamchatka, which is 9 hours EAST of Moscow, that's on a plane by the way!
2010-01-11
Cloudy yet wind-free conditions in the Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park created a moody backdrop as yesterday’s 12 qualified riders stepped up to do battle...
2010-01-05
After our previous blog from Salt Lake City, Fichtl and I headed up to Seattle in search of the pow we had been hearing so much about from the other side of the pond.
2010-01-04
Hana in the Dew Underground Breckenridge Studio talking about training for the Dew Tour and her upcoming year.
2009-12-30
The Ride Snowboards Retailer window contest is complete, and the winner is...
2009-12-19
1st annual window sales contest for the Mid-Atlantic is over!
2009-12-01
Air & Style is December 5th! Watch the Live Webcast Here! Also In depth profile of young Canadian Snowboarding Superstar Sebastien Toutant.
2009-11-24
Homies 2 'Locked Out' crew goes to Manchester, UK and rides an indoor hill. Teaser video plus another premiere stop. 3 video mega post.
2009-11-16
Chat with two-time Supergirl Snowboard Rail Jam Champion Laurie Currier and X Games snowboarding medalist and Supergirl Jam Ambassador Chanelle Sladics. Thursday, November 19, starting at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m West Coast.
2009-11-15
It's here! Only 345 were made in the world. The DH2.3 features the original artistic styling of Shawn O’Keefe.
2009-11-06
[Video] Nico Droz, Corey Noble, Hana Beaman and Marco Feichtner embarked on a a five stop Zumiez tour across the U.S. promoting Ride Snowboards 2009 promo film "Along for the Ride".
2009-11-03
Halloween kicked off early as Ride Snowboards brought down the freak show, ahem, I mean Tweak Show!
2009-10-23
Scope out the photos from this Thursdays Ride Shakedown Thirsty Thursday party that went down at wrong bar in Toronto during the ski and snowboard show.
2009-10-23
Team riders Mikey LeBlanc & Darrell Mathes, and Ride Rep Big Jim, roll through Nor Cal visiting shops and partying it up.
2009-10-15
Limited Release Graphics Featuring the Man, the Myth, the Legend: Art Chantry
2009-10-12
Get all the details on the SBA 8 contest, including new elements, deadlines and reminders.
2009-09-25
At the beginning of March 2009, Onboard corralled some of ladyshredding’s finest talent into the resort of Silvretta/Montafon for a week of shooting and drinking Radler...
2009-09-23
I Heart Snow Productions' latest East Coast snowboarding movie, Recession Proof, is now available for download.
2009-09-17
Best Trick : Laurie Currier with a front 180 Hardway to front 180 out.
2009-09-15
The new DH 2.1 is released, featuring art from the one and only Michael J. Zepeda III
2009-09-14
What role does snowboarding play in your life? For Darrell Mathes, it is his life.
2009-09-13
See Why Backcountry Magazines Editors Chose the Slackcountry as one of the top boards this year!
2009-09-13
Click to read what Transworld thought of Ride's new Canvas snowboard!
2009-09-10
Jump board! Hot on rails too. I liked it, it was perfect for everything. It made pretty stable turns with a damp feel.
2009-08-25
The Machete Wins Snowboarder Magazine's Best Of Test Award for 2010!
2009-08-14
Opting out of the employee quarters, Windell's coach Austin Hironaka camped out all summer. Welcome to cribs, Hood style
2009-08-13
Tune in to watch the Live webcast of the New Zealand Open on GO211.com Aug 13-14.
2009-08-12
Darrell speaks with Push.Ca about life and his new film project Videograss...
2009-08-05
Welcome to Austin Hironaka's Hump Day. Talented as all hell, and able to karate kick a hole in your chest, Hironaka is a name that you will learn if you want to live.
2009-07-28
Two dozen riders from 12 different countries caught on 16 mm, each bringing their unique style and together raising the flag once again for Pirate Movie Productions.
2009-07-23
People showed up to the secret location to compete for the NRc bindings! Beanies on a 80 degree day!
2009-07-16
We are at the peak of summer fun at Mt. Hood this month, with Hana Beamans's signature session at High Cascade summer camp coming to a close.
2009-07-16
In Darrell We Trust... High Cascade Snowboard Camp Session 1 Re-cap.
2009-06-17
From the cover of Transworld Snowboarding to the podiums of the X-games and the US Open Hana has proven herself time and again...



