Tomorrow, June 21st, the Skateboard Market Skateshop is premiering their first ever film titled What´s Your Name? at Northside Skatepark in Fort Collins. Anyone in the area should definitely go check out the film, all the Market riders are super good and it will be sick for sure. I´m still adventuring in South America and am way bummed I´ll miss the premiere but I´ll be swooping up a copy as soon as I´m back in the States.
Go peep this film and support your local skate scene!
Hybrid Sessions and Mustachio Film, 12% More Shred: Hand Plants, Hot Chicks, & Huge Airs, drops today.
After months of intense anticipation from the entire snowboard community, and disparaging rumors of yet another drop date push back, Hybrid Sessions Films proudly announced yesterday that their collaboration film with TheMustachio.com was finally ready to be unveiled. Finally, yes... But is the world ready?
We caught up with Hybrid Sessions Films founder Zac Bryson and he gave us a little insight into what went down behind the scenes.
Gnar Shred: How does it feel to finally be done and have this long awaited film out there for the world to see? Zac: I just can't believe it's finally done. (Big smile) I mean we wrapped filming on this project just under 2 months ago and we've been in the editing room basically 24/7 ever since cutting this baby together. It's a huge weight off my back. And now I can finally get paid, holla!!
GS: I heard you had quite a bit of it done but then scrapped it? Zac: Yeah we were about a quarter way through the editing process when I had this brilliant, very ambitious idea to do a big stop-motion animation sequence for the intro. I've always really been into cartoons and shit, like the old Looney Tunes, and I thought it would be a rad idea. I knew it push back the release a little, but that shit took so long to do. I'm talking hours upon hours of shooting for a 2:52 intro. That really fisted us. Shits dope though...
GS: This has been billed as potentially the most groundbreaking, progressive snowboard film to date. What are your thoughts on that? Zac: Let me put it to you this way.... Imagine if, in 1964 when Beatlemania was sweeping the nation and every dude had this brutal looking hair cut, Slayer somehow managed to travel back through time and musically assault the masses with Raining Blood. People would've gone ape shit. It would have blown their very perception of reality to pieces.... That's what we've done here.
GS: Let's talk about the riders for a second. What did each one bring to the table? Zac: That's a great question. We had a great crew of riders who were out there risking it all for this film. These dudes are fucking insane. I have a couple decent shots but I was doing most of the filming so we don't need to talk about me.
The star of the film is hands down Jasper VonGoggletan. He was boosting massive airs out of the QP all day as well as providing comic relief, the inspiration for the title and introducing the world to the Euro Carve! phenomina. His Red Airblaster pants really gave him that extra bit of steez to front board everything and really carry this film. How is every major company not all over this guy??
David McStachio is one the most stylish riders I've ever seen. He has an incredible arsenal of tricks to draw from and he makes snowboarding look like any chump could do it. He was on point the entire time and had a couple super rad bangers. 50 back 3 off the flat rail? Yeah, he's better than you.
Pole Jam Sam, aka, hand plant master. Hand plants are hard, ok. But not for Sam. He was getting down on the pole jam all day, throwing methods off the up box, doing super sonic 5-0s on the corrugated pipe... fucking killing it. Plus he has an epic Mu-Stache!
The crew was unreal to film with, one of the best times I've ever had for sure.
GS: Any last words before people watch the film? Zac: Yes. All other snow film companies should just stop making films. They wont ever be able to top this. Dig it.
Oh, one more thing... There is a pretty bad misspelling of a word in the film, and I'm very embarrassed. If anyone spots it, leave a comment and you'll win a prize.
I've watched this about 100 times now and I'm sick of it. So now you watch. Let it load for a minute and turn up the volume!
12% More Shred: Hand Plants, Hot Chicks, & Huge Airs
OMG, WTF has been up with Hybrid Sessions lately?!? Why hasen't the site been updated in like a month?? Questions I'm sure the millions of HS fanatics have been asking themselves lately... (By millions I mean <25) href="http://agoodreed.com/wetzler-weekly-waveboarding/">Wave Boarding adventure to South America, more specifically the country of Ecuador tomorrow and I've been so busy I haven't really had the time to keep your shred fix up to date. Fuck me, right? Here's a little rundown of the last month and a half-ish's events:
Sometime in early April I ran out of money and had to leave the mountains of Colorado and my extraordinary shred-bum life style and journey back to the land of my birth, The Biggest Little City in the World, Reno, Nevada. I was definitely super bummed to leave Summit County, especially since Mother Nature decided she wanted to puke snow form the sky in large volumes for about 3 weeks straight, right when I was leaving. Sweet. Powder days in April? Yeah, those fucking suck. I'm way glad I missed out on that....................
On the drive home, some where in Utah I believe, I saw a VW bus exponentially cooler than mine, The Greatful Dead Mobile.
This thing was so rad. There was a painfully obvious hippie couple piloting this exquisite machine and I made sure to pay tribute by throwing up a peace sign as I drove by. Another awesome story from my road trip, I stopped at a truck stop in some small, shitty town in eastern Utah to get some gas and went inside to use the bathroom as the X-Terra/my apartment was fueling. As soon as I opened the door I was warmly greeted by some dude snorting a HUGE line of some white substance (most likely cocaine...Or maybe Sweet n' Low) off the bathroom sink. I'm talking a good 3 seconds of nostril inhalation, taking it straight to the dome. I started laughing and the dude quickly hurried out. Now, I'm no sanitation expert, but I have to assume a piece of shit truck stop bathroom sink is not the best place to be snorting lines... hilarious none the less.
I had the X packed to maximum capacity with a large majority of my shit, finally getting it out of the numerous buddies' houses where it was stored. Even the passenger seat was packed full...
Since I had had no room inside the car, I had to bungee my Tupperware snowboard gear bin and lash my bike and shred stick to the top of the whip. Good thing the rope I had was 500 feet long, shit.
Since my bank account was hurting big time and I wasn't eligible for a federal government bailout , I had to get right to work when I arrived home in order to fund my Ecuadorian Expedition. My pops has a nice little custom cabinet business and we got right down to creating masterpieces quite similar to this. Little did I know though that creating custom cabinetry gems is all I would be doing. We had a particular entertainment center that had to be finished by a certain date so for about 2 weeks we worked 12-15 hours a day to finish this beast, including weekends. So long story short, pretty much all I've been doing is working since I've been home, as seen in this pie chart break down:
I had all these awesome ideas for shit to write about and this grand plan to write a bunch of posts and future date them so they would post while I was in Ecuador, but as it turns out, updating my blog is the last thing I want to do after working for 12 hours. And when I did have some free time, I usually just jammed some tasty grooves on my guitar. Although, I do have quite the laundry list now of post ideas for when I get back, since one has ample time to think whilst sanding wood for hours at a time. So stay tuned for those... Hopefully I don't sabotage my limited audience while I'm on hiatus.
Pretty much the best thing I've done here in Reno was see Heartless Bastards play live music. Holly shit they are incredible. If you haven't heard of them I demand you click their link and give em a listen, and then buy their albums.
Ok, so now on to my 2 month (minimum) surf trip through South America! Hybrid Sessions is taking over the world basically. Fellow voyager JB and I are heading to Ecuador in search of the perfect wave. We will be setting up camp in Montañita, a super rad little beach town, and surfing from sun up to sun down. After we get the feel for things we will then venture out and go where ever the wind takes us, back packs and surfboards in hand, vagabonding up and down the South Pacific Coast. Our main goal for this trip (aside from riding waves of course) is to "fall off the grid" so to speak and totally immerse ourselves in the Ecuadorian culture. We do not want to be the sterotypical tourists, we want to live how they live and do what they do. We are going to be all but free from the burdens of modern technology, bringing only a camera to document our adventures. There will of course be emails sent to family and friends from internet cafés for the sake of them knowing we're still alive, but that's the extent of it. No cell phones or laptops, just the ocean and an open mind. That's really what I'm looking forward to the most...
Like I said we will be there for about 2 months, but will most likely be extending our stay. I am stoked out of my mind for this trip.
This will undoubtedly be me in 2 weeks:
Hahahahaha! I wish. I'll definitely be getting my shred on though...
And this doesn't look so bad right?
If anyone out there has been to Ecuador or Peru and know of any good surf spots, or just anything awesome in general, please email and let me know, it would be greatly appreciated!!
Hybridsessions1@gmail.com
Well, that's what going on in the HS world. We'll see how things go and I might try to post up some photos and video of the trip. Who knows though... I hope everyone has a great summer, get out there and skate, and until next time... Peace I'm outa here! Dig it.
TJ also has a very cool new feature called "The Shot" where he gives a little behind the scenes look and talks about what goes down with getting a certain shot for the vids. Really rad, make sure to peep it.
If there's one day you should skate, or ride a bike, or unicycle, or Razor scooter, or roller blade, or even just walk, instead of starting up your car, it's today. But it shouldn't just be one day a year... Go do something positive for the Earth today!
Transworld Snowboarding recently reported that Vail Resorts, the owners of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, A-Basin, and Heavenly shred hills, is making it mandatory for all employees to wear helmets while skiing or riding starting next season. Really? I mean c'mon... That's a little, um, brutal if you ask me. Don't get me wrong now, I'm all for safety on the mountain and protecting your melon while riding, I wear a helmet most all the time, but to make it mandatory of all employees is a little much.
A vast majority of the on hill employees are ski and ride school and are teaching little kids how to... ski and ride. And most of the time they're just eeking their way down the mountain, waiting for their pupils to follow. Occasionally I see an instructor riding with a private lesson where the kid can actually make turns, and maybe they'll take a couple laps through the mini park, but pretty much all the lessons are a bunch of beginners within a group. And a lot of the time the instructors don't even have both feet strapped in! So how much is a helmet really going to help them?
Like baby-sitting... I mean teaching a bunch of screaming little kids how to ride for $8 an hour isn't bad enough, now the instructors have to wear helmets to accompany their already lame uniform. This is something I guarantee they're NOT going to be stoked on. I know a couple instructors who complain about the job so much already, I can only imagine what they're saying now. It might not be so bad if it was a rad looking, skate inspired helmet or something, but I'd put all my money on it looking like this:
Haha! I can picture a mountain full of these babies covering the domes of many a disgruntled worker. I like the idea of a commitment to safety by Vail Resorts, but for the love of God, let the employees keep some of their dignity!
Found this floating around the interweb last night during one of my lurk fests, and the new gear from Airblaster looks super tasty. Let's have a look at some of the goods! 09/10 Airblaster Catalog, Yeee Hawwww! (Click to download, duh)
Airbleezy is expanding their genius Ninja Suit line next year, with more kung-fu options and colors to choose from. Their also introducing the Sumo Suit, which is basically just a loose fitting Ninja Suit. I wish I could snowboard in just one of these...
TJ Schneider with perfect Ninja skills
New Sumo Suit... Operation awesome
The new outerwear is brighter and more radical than ever. You wont ever have a problem being noticed wearing Airblastoff. It looks like their adding some pants with a baggy fit to their line, which is really cool for all the gangstas and thugs on the mountain who don't want to wear Tech Nine. It's like saying, "I'm very fashion conscious, but also a hard core mutha fucka, holla."
Here's a combination of goods from the Coloring Book series... You can literally color on the product, schweet!
Color me bad
This is a sick combination, I love the black and yellow contrast... with pink.
I only want to stand out a little...
This one's for all the ladies...
Pretty in pink
For the sunny spring riding days or for picking up babes at the grocery store, Airblastfromthepast's soft goods work 60%, every time.
Hoody's for the homies
You CANNOT go wrong, ever, wearing a shirt with a Terradactyl with shades on grabbing Indy, or a huge 80's T. Rex . So awesome.
Flying steez
Jurassic pimp
The new line also features some supreme goggles and shades, as well as other crowd pleasing accessories. I really like Airblasterrrrr and am most definitely going to pick up some goods for next season. For shreds, by shreds. The way it should be. Dig it. **Peeps form Airblaster** If you don't want the new threads and catalog on display yet, I will gladly take them down. Just say the word... Cause you guys fucking rule.
Yo I'm Zac and Hybrid Sessions is my little platform to discuss all the shit in life I'm super stoked on: Snowboarding, Skateboarding, Music, and Art. A one-stop shop of sorts. Here you'll find my thoughts and opinions on said subjects, local and national shred news and happenings, interviews with rad people, amazing art and music, my adventures, hilarious humor, shit talking, and anything else I deem awesome enough to write about.
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