Posts Tagged “snowboard”

With the olympics going on right outside my whistler house, many of my deep emotions from the past have been brought up lately.

please let me share with you the wikipedia article on the ISF - International Snowboard Federation R.I.P.

“The International Snowboarding Federation was a body organised to run snowboarding competition.

Following the collapse of the National Association of Professional Snowboarders in 1990, five nations and 120 racers established the International Snowboarding Federation (ISF) with the goal of keeping the officiating by riders and for riders. It sought to bring the world’s best competitors together to test their skills in an environment which embraced competitiveness, but stressed the idea of having fun. The ISF eventually attracted riders of varying ages and abilities, which allowed one-time rising stars such as Terje Haakonsen, Daniel Franck and Danny Kass to sharpen their skills at an early age on their way to joining the professional ranks. The ISF set the standard for snowboarding competition, which contributed to the development of it as an Olympic sport in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

In a controversial move, the International Olympic Committee recognized the Federation International Ski (FIS) as the sport’s official governing body. Three-time world champion Terje Haakonsen boycotted the Olympics as a result of the FIS being appointed to oversee the officiating. Other riders followed in Haakonsen’s footsteps and concluded FIS rules to be inappropriate for snowboarding. The FIS has maintained its control over the Olympics, giving credence to the position that snowboarding is a discipline of skiing and not its own, individual sport.

Although the ISF continued to represent snowboarding on an international level, it began to lose power, sponsors and finances to the FIS, and ceased operations on June 22 2002.”

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Snowboard_Federation

Honey I’m Home

SOUL boarding again….. finally - feels so good -

i’m home again …

been having some unreal snowboard and sled days..

untouched white as far as the eyes can see..

breaking trail in the most epic powder on the most beautiful of days..

ALL THIS CRAP SEEMS SO SMALL FROM UP THERE !!!!

ha

and dont come looking for me -

i’ll be OUT until at least April !!

impressions from last weekend’s ELEKTRO premiere in Maribor, Slovenija !!!!

BOOTY CALL SOUNDSYSTEM and NIKITA CLOTHING throwing a fat party !!!

thanks Horsefeathers, Nitro, and Playboard Magazine for the support !

the crowd watching the movie - more people behind us we’re in the front !!

der Yon, Johnny Flash, tadej Valentan, and myself

drinking LASKO - good slovenian beer !

“did i push any buttons last night??” tadejV helping JohnnyFlash rock the house !!

vera and tadej

vera and Domen Bizjak

consider this one massive BOOTY CALL !!!

EUROPEAN ALTERNA PREMIERE TOUR !!!

presented by Booty Call Soundsystem (Johnny Flash, Der_Yon, Gutterfinger)

stop number 1:  Subway Club, Cologne, Oct 16th - Special Guests: SCHLACHTHOF BRONX !!!

limited FREE DRINKS and give-aways !!!!

sponsored by Sport2.de, Ogio, Pow, Nitro, Nikita, Playboard Magazin

Alterna names its 2009 production ELEKTRO

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There are new posts about an avalanche that almost took out our sleds (we were safe, luckily) and the yearly Grouse Session over the city of Vancouver…