SIGNAL IN JAPAN

Signal just recently invented the funest (real word) snowboard ever: the "park rocker", (the video is on the way). So they pressed a couple boards and headed out to Japan for some good times. Here are some photos from the trip


If anyone knows how to make a snowboard, it's this guy.


Flying around Japan


We lucked out and arrived just when the cherry blossoms began to blossom (Hi-cu)


First night was spent in a hostel


Sunrise time-lapse with the man, the myth, the legend: Dave Lee


Team Japan Tadashi, Myson, Yusaku, and BOB


Team photo on a high building


SIGNAL!!!


JAPANESE CUISINE


Eel


Weird fishes


This guy still had legs


By far the best beverage ever made


Jake at "Liquor Mountain", "Hi mom!"


Hammer is getting psyched for a 4 hours car ride


Time traveling with Yusaku


This is Jin, he is the man


Spencer Link got pretty jacked the first day


Editing Dojo style


"Autumn LIne" in Japanese


The crew on the last day


Good-bye Japan See you next year

www.signalsnowboards.com


Tadashi is a champion

1080!!!!

Remember this game? I used to choose Deon Blaster myself.

I used to think it was funny that there was a helicopter following you down the mountain in the game, but now I realize they were just preparing simulations for the filming of Travis Rice's new movie.

Ben Bilocq is the Winner!

So who's part are you most looking forward to in "Technicolour"?

The answer is BEN BILOCQ!!!!

You won't be disappointed.


Props to you Ben!

Westenbarger Update @ FSM

Kevin Westenbarger put up a blog over at FSM about a few days shooting backcountry with us.


Cody Switch Back Rodeo

Check it.

Grenade Games!!!

Archives...

I dug these photos of Pat Lynch out of the archives from a trip to Portland a few summers back, probably like summer '03... All of us were scared of Burnside at the time... only Pat really dove in.


Car ride antics. Pat ended up getting naked in the back seat to make our buddy Ryan feel uncomfortable. It worked.

Frontside air... scratch that. Lien Air. I stand corrected.

Rocks on the quarter in the back.

Pat rules!

Northstar E(lph) roll

'09 Gear Check Out

After summer you're gonna be watching videos and checking out new gear for next season.  Here's a quick view of what you're gonna see next fall.

UNION Force SL

DEELUXE Sonic CF

FORECAST_ Strike

Randoms

Here are some random snaps of mine.  They may be a bit of social commentary, or maybe a metaphor for our search for deeper meaning.  Or, just maybe, they're total nonsense.  

Man, jumps are getting big these days.

Don't eat here, it gives you gas.

Nor'westerners

Me and filmer-guy Mike cruised up to the northwest for a couple days in search of some pow.  It goes without saying, but we definitely found some.  Here's a few photos I took while we were up there.

The view from our classy hotel.

Where do you start?

Warm up run.

Handled like a champ.

Disaster!

Yikes. How about this screen grab from a nearly disastrous Eric Fernandez backside 5 at Northstar last week!?

(Don't worry... No little children were harmed in the making of this sequence...)

HOVEN Shades!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday is Payday... and my Payday came in the form of brand new HOVEN Shades!!!!!!

They are so amazing I can't even tell you... Corey Duffel did his homework when he helped design these guys.

Check these out... then go get yourself a pair! Check the whole line at HovenVision.com!


Outside

Inside


Be jealous.

Japanimals...

Peter Benchetler sent over a shot of the view from the Signal team's loft hangout...



Japan updates coming soon... Spencer got jacked??? Gonna have to sit out Game 4. Bummer.

School of Shredology

Hey everyone....

Check out Brett Butcher's School of Shredology.

Want to take your riding to the next level? Brett can take you there.


Get it done! Yea Brett!

BGP's!!!!

Our Michigan homey Stewart Smith sent over a rad edit last night... low and behold I have a BGP shot in a quick sneak shot he got of B Hayes on one of our rail trips.



Dang.. gettin the angle with a scarf!

Still capturing footage... Dudes rolling to Japan tomorrow!