Chinatown ? Nope, Tokio Town. Downtown.

Benny Deeg getting used to double Cork 1080´s… but with that music!??? For sure…. NOT!

… the evidence that there’s no snow in Brazil. Not sure whether this automatic iron will simplify our lives … unless we have tons of time !

teddy and maxi berr waisting summertime

… featuring Benny Deeg and friends.

So this is the direction we are working in for next year’s Teddy. Long, wide and stiff.

What’s wrong with that picture ?

- Eric Themel has a girlfriend.

- A car company sponsors Eric.

- Anian is drinking mineralwater.

Kaunertal, a couple of minutes ago.

Photo: Korbinian Geiger

Not sure what size board we’ll need, but the wave shape is perfect!

Nice, that dude in the red racing suit ! :-) Stefan is the guy on the bottom. BTW !

… in fact the discipline “Powder 8″ derives originally from motorsport ;-)

What is when you grow up in Spain, where people have wine for breakfast, then you spend most of your life in Germany, where mothers raise their kids with beer, then you travel to the US and suddenly drinking alcohol isn’t something you can do when and where you want to? Then you pretend like drinking apple juice. Like Benny @ Tahoe. Not cought by the cops, but by Peter Ortmann.

… and means: “Don’t even think about touching Riccardo’s brandnew Teddys or he will beat the shit out of you!” This is the nose of Teddy’s 2008/09 wonder weapon. The tail you will get to see in August 2008, right here or at a selected core shop in your rough neighborhood.

Wojciech Mafia Z. with his two blondies, checking out the GAP Big Air Session. Which one is his true love? We’ll never know…

Peter, ich kann halt nicht auf n skitest. Bigfoot-Test würde gehen.

- Teddy Behlert

A.R.C. artist Luis De Dios is currently getting ready for the 2009/10 board and ski graphics. Not sure whether we will have tap-nipples on our shred sleds next year, but our art endorphines are in the mixer …

Learn about the A.R.C.’s high performance diet … you are, what you cook !

So: Who invented what we know as “The 80ies”? Who was the first in pink and purple? Who was against any kind of establishment? Who was able to show the world that you actually can control a snowboard? And: Here comes the evidence for “20 years experience in boarddesign” … enjoy PB and friends carving it up at Whistler B.C., the capital of platebindings (in the 80ies!).

(Thanks Fernando for pulling this one out!)

How to get a free “Teddy Driver” ? Get a silly wig, put it on, shoot a picture and mail it to info@skiingmag.de. The most stupid photo will get a handsigned Teddy FOR FREE !!!

Wow - another extreme item straight out of the extreme world. Released in 2005. The colours on the cover are quite up to date. Not the content though. Check this review from a not so happy customer:

“I started watching this and thought it was some kind of a wind up, but unfortunately it wasn’t. I could only watch about 10 minutes before I had to turn off (perhaps it get’s better but I doubt it). Judging by the ski kit the footage is 10 + years old. In places the quality is worse than my own ski holiday videos. And as for extreme - go to any major resort on a deep pow day and you are likely to see far better sking than this. I have never written a review before but feel others should be warned. If I could have selected zero stars I would have done.”

So tell your granny NOT to get you this flick for x-mas.

Do you believe in time machines? Well, backwards they seem to work quite well: This killer DVD on “Extreme Snowboarding” is a release from 2005. Wow!!!

Here is a charming review by a pissed off buyer “Pamela E.”: “Dont buy this DVD if you are looking forward to extreme snowboarding. Although it is advertised as released Sept. 2005 most of the ‘action’ in it would have been filmed before global warming“.

Right on Pam! Wip’em!

Respect also to the choice of the killer cover shot. This is really extreme.

Photo: V. Egetarian

Argentina doesn’t only have nice mountains and beautiful chicks. It also has a, incredible BBQ culture. A.R.C. underground ambassador Miguel Duhalde and the renowned grillmaster Marcelo Blanco show us all the steps to prepare an authentic pampas style grill: from the different cuts and ways of roasting the meat to how to start the fire and obtain the ideal temperature of live coals to achieve that unmistakable flavor of grilled meat.

This DVD+Book set also explains how to grill on the cross grill and on the rotary plow, and shows how to prepare the traditional sidedishes of a “criollo” grill, such as sauces, typical salads, and grilled vegetables, as well as advice on which wine to choose to enhance this delicious combination of flavors.

The constant interaction between Marcelo Blanco’s words and the advice of the book will enrich your culinary knowledge, and will turn you into a real argentine grillmaster!