Archive for September, 2008

OMATIC HAS GONE SUPER-NOVA

POSTED BY: Team 18/09/2008

Have you ever just sat under a shaded tree contemplating the meaning of it all?  Yeah us neither. However, we have had some pretty profound ideas while sitting on the toilet. What in the wide world of sports does this have to do with anything? Maybe nothing, maybe everything. Deep, huh?

Anyhow, It is with great pleasure that Omatic Snowboards welcomes Michael Casanova to the family!

While most of you have been bronzing the summer away, we at Omatic have been busy at work adding one of snowboarding’s best rail crushers to the team.

Originally from Hudson WI, now living in Breckenridge CO, Nova has been winning rail events and turning heads on the scene for years. 

This past season, Mike has been concentrating on his video part with the Pirate Movie Production crew, throwing himself onto scary, hard, sharp, metal, pointy things, with stairs underneath and twirling over scary, hard, sharp, pointy things with rocks underneath. As if that’s not enough Nova recently took top honors at the Dew Tour rail jam in Portland, OR this past weekend. 

“I’m so amped to have Nova as part of the program, I think that he fits the whole scene very nicely.” says Omatic Snowboards cofounder/owner/ rider/janitor/team manager, Todd Richards.

“It’s amazing to now be part of a team with others that I have looked up to for so long” Says Michael Casanova.

Well Nova we at Omatic can tell you this, you are one tall mambajamma so we will be looking up to you, literally, for some time to come. 

Check out NOVA and the rest of the crew of Pirate Movie Production in the trailer of their new film “OVERSEAS”

BILLY HAYMAN RIPPING OZ

POSTED BY: Team 18/09/2008

13year old Omatic Ambassador team rider Billy Hayman has been throwing down lately. When not ripping the Perisher Blue Park with his mates, Bill has been dominating the Aussie contest season.

+ Overall winner Australian Junior Series with a 1st in the pipe, two wins in the slopestyle events and a 2nd in the big air. 

+ 1st Place in the Juniors at the World Industries Australian Halfpipe Titles and 6th place in the open.

+1st Place in the Groms division at the Volcom Australian Peanut Butter & Rail Jam.

Nice work Billdogg!

TR ENTERS THE BLOG-O-SPHERE

POSTED BY: Team 17/09/2008

TR has been riding longer than the internet has existed so it’s with great pleasure that he sat down with Shannon from shayboarder.com for an interweb-view recently and dished the dirt on his role as  O-matic Co-Owner, Team Manager, Professional Snowboarder, Janitor, Receptionist, and Marketing Director. 

Read the full story here.

HAMPUS’ SWEET SUMMER

POSTED BY: Hampus 17/09/2008

Summertime has never been so sweet for Hampus.  While putting the final edit touches on his new movie “Pony Tale”, Hampus found time to shred the winter mountains in New Zealand for 3 months.  He then took some much needed down time in his home town of Sweden.  Now he is back at it workin oh his new Omatic Ad….keep an eye open for this masterpiece.

“Pony Tale” is set to premier on October 31st just before the snow starts falling…  Check the teaser below.

 

Hampus also has a part in Park City Mountain Resorts new film “I Ride Park City”

Stay tuned for more from Hampus right here and on his other blog http://hampusandstefan.blogspot.com/ 

*****’* CELEBRITY SUMMER

POSTED BY: Louie 17/09/2008

***** has been on the move this summer. Hitting New Zealand, Canada, Oregon, and Argentina just to name a few. He has been living the “Celebrity” lifestyle rolling around with Lil’ John and staring in music videos.

Catch ***** killing it in the newest Grenade movie “The Boned Age” as well as having a few shots in the Park City Mountain Resorts “I Ride Park City”.

Here is a little thought straight from Mr. **** about his adventure to Argentina.

“I just got back from a nice lil trip to Argentina with the Nike Crew. Nike is always dope to travel with and we have a good crew of people there so I knew the trip was going to be dope. After flying into Bariloche, we drove to a small town about an hour from Bariloche. We went riding the next day testing our new color way boots we designed. It was fun riding around the resort, it was pretty small with old fashion chairs but there was a ton of wall hits and cat track jumps. Some of us had been to Hood to ride this summer, but it was nice to ride a whole mountain in the wintertime rather than a 2 lane run in the middle of summer. Plus its funny riding with people like Austin Smith, E Jack, and JBennee who you don’t get to ride with that much since they are doin their own thing during the winter. Bill from Windowseat Productions came out as a vacation and rolled with us, which is always a good time with him.

After that first day of riding the weather rolled in. Most of the resorts we went to didn’t have the highest elevation so this first resort was gettin the same weather the town was, rain. So we chilled for a day and a half trying to wait out the weather. We got to have a big feast at a homie who was the first person to bring Grenade to Argentina. Shout out to Diego. He has an ill crib on the lake and we cooked up whole sheep and everything. Such good eating. After that, we decided to peace out early to the other spot we were suppose to hit up, Chapelco. That was about a 4 hour drive on bumpy roads.

Chapelco was alittle bigger of a town and a little higher elevation. In Chapelco’s town we recieved the same weather, rain, but on the mountain they were getting some snow. We got some good pow days there, but by mid day, the weather would rise above freezing and it would turn into hot pow.

We ducked into some of the many forests they had there and got some ill shots with Cole Barash and Andy Wright. Jess Gibson is on the program filming everything, he and Pierre are the ones who brought you those sick Robot Food movies.

We got to spend one night in Bariloche but it was dead and I think everyone was ready to get home. The trip was fun as expected. Good times with good people. Shout out to everyone. Shin and David who were our guides on the trip, Bobby Meeks for killing it as TM as always, DK, Annie, Austin, Bennee, Ejack, Laura, A. Wright, Cole Barash, Tyler Heff (he also killed it shooting), Jess Gibson, Michael, and Steve.

DONT CRY FOR MY ARGENTINA. I will be back.

*****