Riders Blogs

If you want to keep track of what all the riders are getting up to here are some of there blogs check em out......

Nick Wood-http://nickwood91.blogspot.com/

Iver Lynne-http://iverlynne.blogspot.com/

Pat Davis-Meehan-http://patrickdavismeehan.com/

Sam Murphy-http://sammurphysnowboarding.blogspot.com/

Tim Laidlaw-http://tlaidlaw.blogspot.com/

Andrew Roth-http://andrewrothinfo.blogspot.com/

TENNIS??

Today Iver, Nick, Timmy, Tyson and myself set out on a mission (not to far from our front door step) to film a tennis court fence. There was no slope what so ever so we had to improvise with the help of some rope from Wall-mart and a very nice car from our good friend Caitlin.

When Iver, Nick and Timmy arrived we got straight into setting up both Timmy and Iver's features.

Then a quick bite to eat and they were ready to go. Timmy was up first testing out the car system. He warmed up to this concept pretty quickly. After a couple of speed checks he attacked the fence and stomped first hit, but Timmy was determined to get the best shot so after a couple for hits, a little pain it all paid off.

Iver had his fair share of hammers also. Showing us he can change his tricks up when filming the one feature.

 Overall a very sunny, fun, and successful day. Well done everyone.

Stay tuned for the next day of SpareChange shenanigans.

Vail... less powder than expected.

Today myself and tyson headed down to Vail after watching the snow fall all night at our place we thought it would be perfect to shoot some pow turns and cliff drops at Vail. When we arrived it was a blue bird, but after our first lap we realised there wasnt as much snow as we first thought. So we decided to go on an adventure around the mountain searching for that waist deep powder we dreampt about. We did manage to find some fresh satshes through the trees but nothing worthy of filming just good times.

Back to Breck tomorrow for some training before the USASA slopestyle comp at Copper on Saturday.

Goodnight for now all.

BACK IN COLORADO

So i have arrived back in Breckenridge, Colorado where i will be based for the season shredding shooting hammers and having an awesome time.

here's a little edit from the other day.

Stay tuned for all the activities the wetsocks crew gets up to over the season.

All Up 'n Down

The 8 hour road trek to Jindy fully complimented the immense hang over that slowed down the team sunday morning. Yet with all our strength we hitched up the trailer, load it full of jibbits from generators to drop-in ramps, and lugged that beast all up and down the alpine way.

Upon cracking open sleep crusted eyeballs to catch first sight of early

 morning, we were caught by the homie Patrick Davis-Meehan, who beamed with excitement to share with us his newly captivated shred-vantage. The PT Cruiser was loaded up, and we headed to Perisher to find a Ben Randall,

 and one Jackson Collings awaiting our arrival. 

'Twas glorious. A gaping 12-ft rock drop stood before us, waiting to be sessioned.  The building comenced and after some shoveling and scraping, 

the drop was underway. Pat dropped first, sparking his edges, pinging the rock face.

 

After some minor adjustments took place, the chute proved more up to par.

The next day was the Freeride series at Thredbo. Among the competitors were Shaun Belmore, Pat Davis-Meehan, Ben Randall, Jackson Collings, Billy Haymen. Despite the awesome turn out, the weather turned for the worst with blinding white out conditions and strong winds. The competition was forced to be called short, canceling everyone's second runs with only several riders left to go. Pat came out third in the Men's Snowboard Open, and Billy ended up second in the Junior's Snowboard. Congrats to all those riders as well who qualified for the series. 

Next stop was a 4 hour cruise down to Falls Creek to catch all our riders competing in Style Wars. The Weather in Victoria was far from pleasant, making possibilities for the slope style bit not even in the air. But the rail jam commenced. 

 The set up was a pile of 28 stairs under lights, a down bar to the right, a flat kink in the center, and kink bar on the left. Tom Pelley was the guinea. The 28-stair long set looked staggering as the first few riders choked to the stairs. More riders showed up and more steeze flew through the air. 

The last of the warm up laps wrapped up and like blasts from an AK in east Compton the event exploded. The dj was spinnin, and the riders were steezin and the people were eager. Like balls from a cannon blast the homie French Canadians, Seb Toots, and Charles Reid blew themselves to some prize money with some gnarly gapping to down on the kinks. It was no question that these two deserved to be crowned stairmaster, and as the crowd headed inwards to the bars, they both received the title and a fat check to share. 

The day following, the weather was still weak as. With chairs closing all up the backside, riders were left scooping lifts from sleds to get back home all warm and cuddly with some school work and hot drinks. 

With the weather on the shits, the big air comp was postponed another day so a couple of us decided to head back to Jindy to prepare for the Boost Sno Sho wild card competition. And the show truely was wild!

 

With the world record for the world's longest rail on the line, all the competitors sucked it in as they popped the 100 meter rail, and held on to their toes for dear record breaking. Each slide brought the competitors further and the competition tighter.

The next night was the main even of Boost. WetSocks riders Jye and Charlie showed what they were made of. Congratulations to Jye for making finals alongside some major names on the international scene.

Stay tuned for our next post were we hit street rails then change up to road gapssssss.....

Past Couple of Weeks

Heres a little edit i put together of some of the hard work the Spare Change riders have put in over the last couple of weeks, With a few trips planned for the next couple of weeks, look forward to some new photos coming soon. Also we would like to say good luck to Jye Kearney, Andrew Roth, Charlie Steinbacher, Iver Lynne, Chris DeCampo and Tim Laidlaw who will all be competing at Stylewars at Falls Creek next week end.

Rider Profile- Iver Lynne

Name: Iver Lynne

Age: 16

Home Mountain: Mt. Buller

Stance: Regular

Weight/height: 5”9”, 58 kg

Years riding? 8 years, 5 years freestyle

Why do you snowboard? Because I can’t think of anything else I would rather be doing

Your favourite place to ride and why? Mammoth because of the weather and park and its over all a chill place

What’s your goal in snowboarding? To be internationally on top

What aspect of snowboarding gives you the most satisfaction? The state of mind it grants you

Your scariest moment in snowboarding? Overshooting Breckenridge’s big line

Any injuries from snowboarding? Knocked out and a broken tail bone

Your most prizes possession? I don’t know I have many

Most memorable run? I guess the overshooting is up there

Favourite saying? If life gives you lemons, fuck the lemons and bail

Last words: Norway Represent

Keep up the good work this season you've got some sick stuff so far bro.