go back to Szine Newsletter IndexThe Snowboard Szine
Vol. 1, Issue
47
10/18/06
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In This Issue
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1. Snowboard East & Movie Diary from Lauren
2. Join USASA - Discount Deadline Oct. 31
3. Snowboard/Tattoo Art Book
4a.Connecticut and Westchester County, NY Meetup
4b. Connecticut Snow Flick Premiere Nov. 9
5. SnowboardSecrets.com needs interns!
6. TRASH ATTACK! Snowboard Movie
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1. Snowboard East & Movie Diary from Lauren
Hello again, Dear Readers.
The leaves are turning yellow but still on the trees here. We'll be back
on the slopes soon. Now it's snowboard movie season, and you can read
about a couple of East Coast snowboard movie events below.
BTW, if you think we focus too much on the East Coast here, well, I can't
help it. This is where I live! No offense meant! I know 38% of my readers
are from California. Why don't you westies write some more articles for
the site and help balance things out! Lets hear from Canada too where 8%
of our readers live in the Great North Country.
Speaking of movies, I saw Scorcese's "The Departed" last night which takes
place in Boston. The movie started out brilliantly strong. By the end it
was about 45 minutes too long and over the top, and couldn't hold that
level of brilliance. But seeing the array of star power on the screen was
stunning: Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jack Nicholson had the big
roles, supported by Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, and my fave, Mark Wahlberg.
I'm originally from Boston, and the Boston accents were pretty good here.
Of course Damon and Marky Mark are locals anyway, but Martin Sheen did a
credible job on his accent too. Jack Nicholson just did his "Jack
Nicholson" thing and didn't even try to do the Boston accent.
There were plenty of one line verbal zingers like they throw around in my
hometown, and they made me LOL. I think the NY audience missed a lot of
them.
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2. Join USASA - Discount Deadline Oct. 31
A reader named Mike wrote to me that he wants to try snowboardcross, or
boardercross and doesn't know where to get a chance to do that. I wrote
back that USASA, the world's largest grass roots snowboard association, is
the only place I know where amateur riders can have the chance to try it
out. (See the full answer
here and
other Q and A too.)
In USASA, beginner, intermediate and expert riders, ages 4 to 74, compete
in 32 separate divisions in their regional series to earn a chance to
participate in the USASA National Championship, where they will vie for
840 medals. In addition, more than $15,000 in scholarships funds are
awarded by the USASA to National Championship participants each year at
Nationals.
I competed in USASA last season, in the Catskill Mountain series. It was a
blast! And believe me, you don't have to be that good to compete! All are
welcome. The events available to compete in are halfpipe, boardercross,
slalom (3 types), slopestyle, big air, and there are some skier events
too, depending on where you ride. I met a lot of friendly people.
Competing felt great! I hear the Nationals rock, and I hope to go
sometime!
Want to be a top competitor some day? The athletes who swept the
snowboarding events for the USA in the 2002 Winter Olympic all got their
start in USASA!
USASA costs $70 year to join, but you can do it for $60 before October 31.
Print out the application at
http://www.usasa.org/join.html
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3. Snowboard/Tattoo Art Book
You may have seen the page on my site about the Woodstock Tattoo and Art
Festival held in 2004 at
http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/Articles/woodstk.htm.
I have just gotten the book "Rides of Passage" that was made from that
snowboard art festival that traveled worldwide, and it is amazing!
Each of the 117 Burton snowboards decorated by the world's top tattoo
artists and graffiti artists is pictured in beautiful color on glossy
paper. The book is even snowboard shaped, at 7" by 12 " and feels good to
hold.
If you like snowboards, tattoos, and/or art, this is a book you must see!
Needless to say it's a super gift. Why not stash some away some for
holidays presents while your wallet still has some dosh in it!
See some of the fantastic snowboard art, and buy it
here:
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4a. Connecticut and Westchester County, NY Meetup
4b. Connecticut Snow Flick Premiere Nov. 9
If you live around here, join the Snowboard Meetup group that we've
started online so you can find out about local snowboard events and come
to events with us.
We're showing "Trash Attack" Thursday (tmw) in Stamford.
http://snowboard.meetup.com/43/
Read all about Trash Attack below.
If you don't live around here, there are snowboard meetup groups all
across the country too, including a big active group in NY City. You can
click the link above to find them.
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4b. Connecticut Snow Flick Premiere Nov. 9
Snowboard/Ski Flick - TGR's Anomaly in Connecticut
TGR's latest extreme ski and snowboard flick "Anomaly" is premiering in
Fairfield, CT Nov. 9, put on by SnowboardSecrets.com. (That's us!) Advance
ticket discounted, and lift ticket coupons come with purchase. Prizes
raffled. Fun! Check out the detes at
www.SnowboardSecrets.com/film.htm
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5. SnowboardSecrets.com needs interns!
Get experience in your field and maybe school credit while working on a
website with over 50,000 page views per month.
Needed: Interns with at least one of the following:
MS Front Page and intermediate HTML skills
Basic photo layout skills
Graphic design skills
Is your talent elsewhere that we might be able to use?
Contact us! Press "reply" or write
Lauren@SnowboardSecrets.com
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6. TRASH ATTACK! Snowboard Movie
This is a grass roots movie, made with love, of LOTS of East Coast riders
doing there "thaing." Here's what the producer of "TRASH ATTACK!" Alexis
de Tarade, says about his movie.
TRASH ATTACK!
"The movie was born outta of the depths of the EAST COAST and run rampant
all over the mountains of the US this past 06-07 season. With much of the
cast just outta high school, for many of the these riders it's their first
production.
Some of the riders like Yale Cousino, Chris Rotax, Sky Gale, Tom Weiss,
and Maxwell Scott
have gained a reputation through their contest performances, but now you
get to see them doing what they love best - rippin the mountain with the
crew and rail sessions in the streets.
These high energy graphics, vicious edits, and bangin beats will have u
feelin like your watchin a 45 minute commercial for RedBulll on RAP.
Pretty much the best thing to come outta the EAST this season to get the
kids amped about their local hills that might be covered in ice instead of
fluff.
These East Coast riders will be the ones making the noise out west and
beyond soon (if they haven't moved out there already) but this film will
always be a reminder of where they came from. The footage may not have
been captured out of a helicopter up in Alaska, but these guys definitely
know how to ride dirty, EAST COAST style."
If you want to buy a copy, drop me an email.
Lauren@snowboardsecrets.com
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See who's sponsored - at the Who's Who of Snowboarding
http://www.SnowBoardProfiles.com
http://www.SnowboardEventsCalendar.com so keep an eye there and check
before you go.
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Thanks for reading The Snowboard Szine!
Lauren
Editor and Creator of
http://www.SnowBoardSecrets.com
http://www.SnowboardEventsCalendar.com
http://www.SnowboardRegistry.com
http://www.SnowboardProFiles.com
http://www.SnowDealSqueal.com
Westchester County, NY
email
Lauren@SnowboardSecrets.com
