The alps just got hit by the first snowfall this year. Some of the glacier resorts have received already around 20cm fresh. Looks like a good start…

Luis „Kuki“ De Dios and photographer Xandi Kreuzeder got their Mission completed:

“After the big Flipflop search on Fuerte’s coastline and a lot of support of friends and surfers we finally got about 250 single Flipflops washed onto the shore. Kuki and me built the fish in a nonstop 24 hours right on the beach of Praia Esquinzo in Fuerte. For our filmproject we carried the fish into the water and let him swim…. I will let you know when the film “Free Flipflop” is online. Thanks to everybody who helped and supported us and a special thanks to Yvonne who got the idea for this sculpture.“

Cheers Xandi

Austrian photographer Christoph Schoech and Stefan Falkeis where observing this hairpin turn with gap potential for a while. Last spring they finally built a kicker and had a quite successful photosession. Enjoy the shots. Location: Kaunertal Glacier – in case you wanna do it as well …

Our bikinis and surf shorts are back in the cupboards, the skirts are getting longer, the trees are preparing for the winter and leaves are falling… – Guess what?! It’s opening time!

For all motivated snowboarders, hotzone.tv is heralding the new season in Hintertux already at the beginning of October. The first opening of the season 08/09 is coming up with an excellently shaped park, free snowboard testing, BBQ, an Absinthe Film premiere and deluxe party sound. Do not miss this opening for real shred dogs!

Program / hardfacts:

Friday till Sunday, October 3-5, 2008

Hintertux glacier, all day:
Betterpark Opening – Park open for everyone
Free snowboard testing (bring your passport)
BBQ at the Tuxer Fernerhaus

Specials:

Friday, Oktober 3, 2008
21:00: Opening Warm Up Party at Gletscherspalte/ Tux

Saturday, Oktober 4, 2008
11:00 – 12:00h Session of the Dudes (Best Trick Pro Session) in Betterpark Hintertux
20:00 insider/ the seeker/ hotzone.tv Video Premiere Night, Hohenhaus Tenne Hintertux

On Screen
World Premier: hotzone.tv Team Movie
Absinthe Films present „Ready“

On Stage:
SIMPLE (soulid kollective)
KING BANANA (Soundsystem Showcase)

On Decks:
DJ Rufflow (RGBG/ Hip Hip)
DJ RA.B (Vienna/ Funk)
Mortal Kombat (Reaggae/ Dancehall/ Soca/ Mash Up)

For more info check BETTERPARK !

Tom Wallisch, post-win interview at the Nike 6.0 Rail Jam (part of the AST Dew Tour).

Here’s the story from Freeskier Magazine

Gonna be a late night here in downtown Portland, but I doubt they’ll allow cameras in there…

Freeski and Snowboard Action

As every year everyone who is able to use one or two boards on his legs, is welcome to take part in a competition. The KTO mini shred amateur contest will take place on sunday, October 19th and special prices and goodies are waiting for the winners!

This is how the park setup looked like last june. Let’s pray for snow ...

Some „Lucky Bastards“ will also have the chance to compete against some wellknown names and pro riders on saturday, October 18th at the BIG PARK mini shred Contest. Besides 10 invited riders (f/m) in both disciplines, rookies and „Lucky Bastards“ will be part of the starting field. If you don’t make it into the competition you still have the chance to see a high quality contest with some of your stars from the scene. Please find all details regarding format, registration, scoring&judging on: www.kaunertal-opening.at

Party * Party * Party

Some wellknown act from the austrian and international music scene will guarantee two outstanding parties in the partytent in Feichten. There will be TEXTA from Linz on stage, wellknown for their dialect raps and lot’s of energetic live shows. They will be supported by VIVA LA MUERTE and if a band deserves being called „local hero“ – it’s them! England will be represented by the punkrockers FAILSAFE from Manchester who will warm up the crowd for the headliner RUSSKAJA.

Sideevents

Four of the best known film production crews in the freeski and snowboard scene will travel to Kaunertal to present their hot, new material: Absinthe Films, Headbud, Matchstick Productions and Pirate Movie productions. Besides shredding and partying there will be lot’s more action to do at the 23rd Kaunertal Opening. No details at this point – just some keywords such as „filming“, „parcour“ and „ style“ should be remembered….

Get ready to testride all new 2008/09 Amplid gear and meet and greet the A.R.C. All Stars at the 23. Kaunertal Opening on Oct. 17th - 19th. Snowboard and freeski, concerts and parties is the base of the wellknow opening. More info on the legendary KTO right here.
In case you won’t make it - here are more spots to test our gear.

Nope, that ain’t no Margarita or Daquiri. That is severe hail in front of the A.R.C. Headquarter. We just got dumped about 30 minutes ago. Hail has lots of downsides such as damage to cars, roofs or plants. But it also has an upside: We got sliding surface for about 2 hours in our railpark outside.

photo: Matt Harvey

Avid techno enthusiast, extreme napper and occasional A.R.C. accomplice Andrew Hathaway putting the 0809 Antidogma through the paces @ the Freeskier park ski test.

Also please take note: Matthew Walker, Andrew Hathaway, and Joshua Bishop stay blunted

Our friends from SCORFOR (you might have seen’em during our last ISPO-booth-party) just recorded a new track “Hidden in the Moment”. Awesome tune. Listen to and watch it right here…

Only a couple more hours and beers and our IT-dudes will get the all new AMPLID 2008/09 website online. Until then, go skating or surfing and check your browser on August 1st for some severe infotainment (silly word !). Hold on …

Teddy B. sailing it up on the local lakes. Check the massive speed!

photo: JamminJuliePhotography.com

Check out how the final shoot for Level 1’s TURBO went down @ Newschoolers.com

Getting grimy in Windells…

Snowboarder, graphic artist, flash master, rastaman, bassplayer: Tommi U. was rockin’ the party last night with his latest band SUPERPURSUITMODE. If you want your ears to have a look into his accustic electronical artwork, check Tommi U.’s website right here.

Two reasons to party last night: Mitch T., finishing the university in order to surf some mexican waves for the rest of the year. And: A party to raise money for the SURFAIR foundation, which was founded by Mitch Tölderer, Flo Puritscher, Bibi pekarek and friends.

Surfair? The money from the SURFAIR Charity event goes to Franz Lackner and his crew who can use it for the most urgent needs. Franz Lackner, originally from Steiermark, Austria lives already for 40 years in the east of Indonesia (Timor,Roti and Savu) where he is working as a missionary. Every day he is living and dealing with the problems of the local people and is helping them to help themselves. At the moment he is working with the locals on a well where they have to dig 30 meters deep on their own. He and his staff travel around the island to bring medication and other things of need to the people. Furthermore they run a girl school which gives them the chance to make a degree and learn a profession. At the moment there is a big need for scythes (a simple tool to cut grass) in the rain season. Otherwise the grass rottens and during the dry season people have to slaughter their animals because of the lack of fodder.

AK cinematographer Seppi Dabringer, Stefan Gimpl, Peter Bauer & Stefan Falkeis donating themselves some beers after donating to the charity event.

A.R.C. rider Bibi Pekarek, getting tropical, while her knee is healing up from her accident during an O’Neill filmshoot last spring.

Watch frenchman and A.R.C. rider Mati Imbert floating.

Pako at COC…

photo: Dice

Planning to shred the glaciers during summer? You want to improve your level in Freestyle? Just get to the GFS summer camps in Tignes, and ask a pair of Amplid! The tests are free and all the features are built for your pleasure.

Gigi Müller, currently living in Chilliwack, B.C., is not only an awesome ripper. He’s got some serious talent as a carpenter (in fact he is a carpenter!). Here is his latest furniture collection pimping up his backyard. Gigi - can you smoke these plants in the background !?

… cats.

Alex Martini, buttering his homeland for security on the C7.

NS.com interviews Tom Wallisch on life, liberty, and the pursuit to create a new era in skiing. Check it out HERE!

photo: Felix Rioux

NS.com interviews Alex Martini and younger brother Nick. Check out “Shaken And Stirred” for a glimpse into the daily struggle of living with ADD.

photo: Matt Stauble

8 more inches since monday night, and 840 “so far” this season ( 21.3 meters for the metrically inclined )

Tomas Podpera dropping by in Kaunertal/Austria!

Results later this summer in the mag …

Photo: Ethan Stone

More news on the Newschooler’s West Coast Session right here…

After a whirlwind tour through the quagmires of event organization, Newschoolers is proud to announce that our signature West Coast event, the West Coast Session, will return to Mt. Hood next week!

The West Coast Session public park session and official Newschoolers West Coast member gathering goes down on April 26, 2008 at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, where park staff and the WCS team are already hard at work building an amazing park with the epic amounts of snow on hand. Main event sponsor Amplid has stepped up huge to provide a DJ, lunch on the grill, and lots of schwag to give away during the session. And of course, what would an NS member gathering be without Newschoolers staff on hand to hand out $1,000 in cold, hard cash throughout the day?

Discounted accommodations have been arranged for Newschoolers members through Collins Lake Resort and the Mt. Hood Hostel in Government Camp; just tell them you’re with Newschoolers when booking and you’ll receive a 20% discount! For larger groups with at least one member of age 23 or older, we recommend getting a condo at Collins Lake (starts at $145/night). If you’re coming alone or in a smaller group, or won’t have someone 23 or older with you, check out the Mt. Hood Hostel for a bed at only $16 a night.

We’ve also set up pre-registration so you can buy your lift ticket in advance at a discounted price, plus score a limited edition West Coast Session T-shirt and be automatically entered to win a pair of Amplid skis! Only pre-registered members will have a chance at these skis, so click this link to pre-register for the WCS now.

What’s that, you want to know about the West Coast Session private shoot? Well Mr. Nosey, Newschoolers has invited a few dozen friends to join us in the days before the public session for private shoots at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl and Mt. Hood Meadows , with all the content coming straight to you online. Once again we are indebted to Windell’s Camp for hosting our crew during the shoots.

Check out the West Coast Session news page or the West Coast Session forum for additional information, exclusive releases (like the invite list!) and to jabber your heart out about the big event.

Can’t wait to see you all here in the Hood for the best NS West Coast park jam ever!