Passports Packed

As some of us get ready for summer the team are getting ready to get their snowboard game on in the northern hemisphere. With some resorts reporting a record start to the season it looks like the crew are in for an epic time, here is a breakdown of who is heading where.

Jye Kearney is going to be based in Tahoe and Mammoth this season to have the best of both powder and park.

Tom Pelley is going to be coaching at the TSC camp in Breckenridge before heading over to his home of last season Tahoe.

Mitch Allan is unpacking his bag in Mammoth again.

Chris de Campo is starting in Breckenridge with the TSC crew before joining Jye and Tom in Tahoe.

Nick Gregory is the mystery man one minute you will see him surfing Manly next you will see him riding the chairlift. Where Nick goes even he doesn't know...

Courtney Phillipson has just joined the team rocking Burton hardgoods she is hitting up Japan for a couple of weeks of powder before heading to the United States.

Hannah Trigger as you all know suffered a knee injury this Australian season therefore her summer is all about rehab.

So that you can feel that little bit of jealousy when you know someone is snowboarding and you are not the guys will be keeping See My Method up to date with their adventures.

Made You Look With Tom, Jye And Nick

Mad You Look - Australia B-Shots from Mountainwatch.com on Vimeo.

You may remember the last Made You Look that we posted, well this is the final in the series of seven before the teaser drops and features b-shots of a number of riders who will feature in the final product including Jye Kearney, Tom Pelley and Nick Gregory.

Issue 3 AUS & NZ Snowboarding

The third and final issue for the season of AUS & NZ Snowboarding is out now. It features Nick Gregory in Japan and Mitch Allan in Colorado, while also having the story from Thredbo that we mentioned a few posts ago with Jye Kearney and Tom Pelley. Pick a copy up now to keep you stoked for the rest of the season.

Nick in Japan.
Jye at Thredbo earlier this season.

Mitch enjoying Colorado.

Stylewars Update

The weather gods have not been to kind to Stylewars this year with the first 2 days canceled because of conditions. Charles Reid did managed to tie for first in the rail comp last night and Mark Sollors scored best trick so at least the boys have some dollars to pay off the bar tab they have been racking up.

Over at transfersnowboard.com they have a blog post which gives you an idea of what Nick Gregory, Jye Kearney, Chris Decampo, Charles Reid, Tom Pelley, Marko Grilc, Mikkel Bang and Mark Sollors have been up to.

Hit up the post and images here.

NZ Club Field Tour

Over at Transfersnowboard.com they have a feature about the tour of the NZ club fields that took place in August just a couple of weeks ago. Nick Gregory, Mitch Allan and Jye Kearney were part of of the tour with Vaughan Brookfield capturing the shots.

Read the full story here.

Down Day In Manly

Mikkel Bang, Mark Sollors, Marko Grilc and Charles Reid landed in Sydney over the weekend. After a night out on the town the boys joined up with Nick " Pistol " Gregory, Chris Boadle and Russell Holt for a down day in Manly which consisted of a late breakfast, surf checking, jump rock and finally a couple of quiet beers at the Wharf Bar. The crew are heading to Falls Creek today for Stylewars and then to the Boost SnoSho at Perisher on Friday.

Jump Rock Set Up.
Charles Reid backflip from the sketchy top railing. Charles wasn't into jumping at all and pulled this off for his first go.
Marko Grilc
Mikkel Bang
Chris and Russ.

Pistol

Keep an eye out for Pistol at all the A list parties, he is currently in New Zealand so be warned paparazzi.

Snowboarder Issue 3

In the third and final issue for this season of Australian and New Zealand Snowboarder (The Travel Issue) you will find a story on Tom Pelley and photographer Liam Kaska hunting rails and pow in Poland. While Nick Gregory and Mitch Allan hit up the north island of Japan to ride Hokkaido's hidden secret.

Pelley in Poland

Mitch and Nick in Japan.

Good Times Go Bad

Everyones favorite Burton rep Shirvo did not have the best morning. While riding with Nick Gregory and Mitch Allan (who sent us these exclusive iphone pics) Shirvo fell on a rock just under the snow and snapped his femur. To make matters worse the ski patrol thought it was just a dislocated hip and tried to yank it back into place.

We all wish Shirvo a fast recovery so that he is back riding in no time.

Nick And De Campo Riding Mt Buller

The day before the Cattleman's rail event a large posse of riders rode Mt Buller. The crew was made up of people who keep the wheels turning at Burton HQ here in Australia. Joining the crew was Nick Gregory and Chris De Campo, they came along and reminded everyone why they get the title of team rider.

Rolling deep in numbers.

Full chairs all the time.

Mr Nick Gregory.

Mr Nick Gregory getting in the way of the photo of Mr Chris De Campo.

First hit by Nick.

Nick getting some advice from the crowd.

De Campo's first hit.

Behind The Scenes With I Heart Winter

Nick Gregory is working on an exciting new project this winter called I Heart Winter. I Heart Winter will give you an insight into the snow lifestyle of some of Australia's top snowboarders. These mini episodes will screen on Fuel TV and Mountain Watch during the season to keep you amped between trips to the hill.

Nick is in charge of this project from filming, editing, to coming up with who to cover, so you could say he has a bit on this season. We tagged along while he captured Jye Kearney and Tom Pelley for two separate up coming episodes.

Hit the image of Jye's head to go check out episode one "Jye Kearney Secret Stash".



The chair lift crew.

Nick recording some snowboard type audio

Getting mood shots.

Riding on the other side of the lens.

Make sure you keep up to date with the series on Fuel TV or if you don't have cable then bookmark mountainwatch.com

Issue 2 Aus & Nz Snowboarder

Issue 2 of Australia and New Zealand Snowboarder is out on the shelves. If you had been following our Twitter you would of seen Jye Kearney checking out his 7 page interview and Tom Pelley reading about his day job.

Plus if you kept up to date with See My Method you would know that there is a 5 page story on Japan in this issue featuring Nick Gregory and Mitch Allan as we posted a video from the story last week.

We try our best to keep you in the know.

Jye checking out his backside 180 melon at Thredbo.


Tom checking out his tree ride to backside 180 out in Tahoe.

Mitch And Nick In Japan

Snowboarder visits Nagano, Japan - Nozawa / Shigakogan / Takafuji from Ryan Willmott on Vimeo.

To coincide with the Japan story that is in issue 2 of Australian Snowboarder the guys have produced a small video from the trip featuring Nick Gregory and Mitch Allan.

Nick's ESS Rail Jam Photos

Nick Gregory took his trusty camera up to the ESS rail jam and here are some of the images he captured.

Nick, Mitch And The South Coast

Nick Gregory and Mitch Allan along with Mitch's brother Jamie made a quick trip to the New South Wales south coast to take full advantage of the recent swell that hit. With a couple of scary moments and a broken board or two the guys still managed to score some quality waves. With these swells hitting it must be a sign that winter is on the way.

Photos by Nick Gregory.




Mitch before.
Mitch after.
Jamie getting salty.