Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Gnar Video Live



Video is up on the Rome SDS site as a ShredTV Sunday on Transworld. Stoked to have the winner be from the Midwest three years running. I think four is around the corner. So calling all Midwest crew to drop a entry in this season. Remember it's not a banger fest movie, just good stuff of you and your crew riding. Good Luck.

Ole' the Local Gnar.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Hit Cavan Up!



Here's a way to winner some Boots! One less thing to buy for the season. Hit up Cavan he super-stoked to Tweet at you.

"Ever wonder what actually goes into making a snowboard video? Well, wonder no more, or at least no more after this Friday September 4th, when Rome’s John Cavan, (Rome Team Manager, Filmer, Editor, Red Bull hoarder, video guy and at least a half a dozen other things on his business card) will be sitting down for the first “Inside the Design House Twitter Interview”.

Cavan got his start in shred flicks making the “Iron Curtin” East coast video series. From there he headed west to work with the Grenade crew, and has ended up here at Rome where he’s been traveling the globe with the Rome team filming and editing films like Any Means, No Correct Way, and A Hard Days Night.

So get your questions ready. How does he choose the music for the videos? How is it traveling with MFR, LNP and Bjorn all season? Have you ever blown the shot? Why do you love snowmobiling so much? How often do you deal with the cops while filming hand rails?

And as always, the Rome SDS will be hooking one lucky random tweeter who tweets in a question with something awesome. A spankin’ new pair of Rome Libertine snowboard boots.

Because nothing keeps your feet warmer while filming a handrail in Québec, at night, in -15 degree weather, while ducking the cops.

Here’s how it all works:

1. Log on to Twitter at the designated time
2. Submit your question in the “What Are You Doing?” box
3. End your question with a #Rometeam
4. Cavan will fire back his answers to your questions

Come up with some good questions and fire them Cavan’s way for a chance to score a new pair of Libertines, right before the snow starts flying. Bring some snacks, and make sure you go to the bathroom before it starts, no bathroom breaks.

3-5 Eastern

2-4 Central
1-3 Mountain
12-2 Pacific

Stay tuned to here at romesnowboards.com as well as twitter.com/romesds for more updates on the happenings of the SDS as well as the announcement of when and with whom the next “In the Design House” or “Ask the Rider” interview will be going down."

Good luck!

How It Was Done

Zimtstern Making of "Leaves" from Pleasure Snowboard Magazin on Vimeo.



Follow up to Yesterdays post, on how the leaves were rode.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Creative Control

Zimtstern "Leaves" from Zimtstern Snowboarding on Vimeo.



This idea is awesome. Fall feelings here, while we lay in waiting for cold and snow. Link from Craig and his super computer netwrok/intouchrobo6001.

Thanks Craig.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Yo Beat Repost, Jammin Joe Mertz


Switch Back Lip. Photo Ryan Taylor

So been skating with Joe the last three days. He's been ripping, 50-50 for sure, me too. So Yo Beat just dropped at interview, super pumped for him. Joe was a Fobia Burnsville OG, held it down in the shop and rode Buckhill on the regs. Funny one season him and Fryman dipped to Cali to ride and work at Bear. Shit, worked out, next thing you know Joes in all the Bear edits and movies. Sponsors and a bag of chips, summer diggin at hood. Well proud of you Joe way to make it happen.

Ole' Joe Mertz

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Past - Tim Swart



Tim Swart is the Marketing guru at Ipath and owner of UNIV, he sent over this photo from 1984. I'm sure a bunch of you weren't born then. Yeah snowboarding really isn't as new as you think. Really the first reverse camber boards were built right around this time. Funny!

damn
sick stuff
jersey 1984
really
wow
stoked
brings back the memories
So was that the year you started?
1982
How many days riding would you get in around than?
every day after school
maybe 30-40 i guess
not always snow there
same town as Paul from rome
Mostly at a hill of some sort?
golf course etc
Not resort yet huh?
funny. That jump someone had to push you too
i did resort before they banned it but the twin fin would just slide around
When did you take those off?
never
Never did? Interesting so did your second board have fins as well?
no
What was that and what year?
went edges next
maybe 86 got another one
Direct Instant Message session ended
Years later, i know your still sliding snow sideways, what keeps you strapping in?
i dont
10:11 AM
You dont?
went once in 3 yrs
oh thought you were just riding up at that spot we just were?
10:21 AM
well snowskate
havent strapped in there since before the kids
10:25 AM
so that change the game, when are they going to shred?
more sledding this year prob next winter mess around, he'll be 3 and a half then
10:31 AM
nice
well i'm posting this on corduroy any shout out from back in the day till now?
ha
thanks
memories!

New Rome SDS Site Live



Rome SDS new site live. Looking sharp and product is hype for sure. Get your Artifact 1985 soon or that shits going to be ghost.

Check it out Romesnowboards.com