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Triple Threat Tour 2010 & World Premiere Release/Contest!

poorboyz — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:30:04 -0700

Poor Boyz Productions is proud to announce the return of the Triple Threat Tour. Building on the success of last year’s tour, this Fall we’re packing even more into each and every Triple Threat Tour stop. There are three exciting elements to each tour stop: Athlete autograph signings, the premiere of PBP’s new ski film Revolver, and a massive after party. DJ Hathbanger (aka Andrew Hathaway) will also be on hand at many Triple Thereat Tour stops pumping up the crowds!

The tour kicks off with the World Premiere Weekend in Seattle, Washington from September 10th - 12th. The weekend is broken up into three different parts…

1) The World Premiere Weekend starts on Friday, September 10th, with a pre-party at Grass Roots Outdoor in Everett, Washington, with a DJ Hathbanger live concert, pro autograph signing and raffle. You do not want to miss this night at GRO. Doors open at 7pm.

2) Get some sleep that night because Saturday, September 11th is going to be huge! At 3pm we head over to the birthplace of the Triple Threat, evo, where athletes will be on hand to sign autographs and chill with all the fans.

3) After evo the Poor Boyz crew will cruise over to the King Cat Theater for the Triple Threat Tour World Premiere of Revolver. Doors open at 7pm and the first 600 people through the door get a FREE night lift ticket to Stevens Pass. All attendees of the premiere will also get a chance to win a FREE Lifestylez SnoDaze ski vacation for them and three of their friends. Before the premiere pro athletes will of course be ready to sign posters for the crowd, while DJ Hathbanger along with Matt Walker will be bumping a live concert before the World Premiere. At 9pm Poor Boyz will premiere for the one of the most cutting edge and progressive ski films to date, Revolver. After being blown away by the movie and receiving ample amounts of swag from our partners (Salomon, Red Bull, Oakley, Nike 6.0, Giro, Atomic, Dakine, K2, Skullcandy, Freeskier, Pull-in, Newschoolers, Kicker, SBC Skier, Icelantic, & Countour), DJ Hathbanger and Matt Walker will reemerge for an encore live concert during the 21+ afterparty at the King Cat Theater Bar. Poor Boyz after parties have become legendary for so many reasons and with DJ Hathbanger playing all night long we know this one will go down in the history books as the biggest we’ve ever thrown!

This year we’re also very excited to announce the Poor Boyz World Premiere Ticket Giveaway Contest right here on Newschoolers! Upload a photo of yourself or a friend during your favorite moment from any Triple Threat World Premiere in Seattle that you’ve attended in the past to the contest page here on NS before Saturday, September 4th. Then on Monday, September 6th, Poor Boyz will hand pick and announce the winner, who will receive two tickets to the World Premiere of Revolver in Seattle, plus a limited edition bag of goodies including a signed copy of Revolver, a limited edition PBP t-shirt, a limited edition pair of PBP/Skullcandy Icon 2 headphones and more! Please ensure that you live in the Pacific Northwest area or can make it to Seattle for the show on your own before entering, as travel to the premiere is not included in the prize.

Get your advanced tickets for the World Premiere on sale now only at evo, Grass Roots Outdoor, and online at www.poorboyzstore.com.

Triple Threat Tour World Premiere Hotel Accommodations are provided by the Holiday Inn Seattle. Poor Boyz has a special block of rooms available to all our attendees at a discounted rate. Please book through this link here, or call in directly the Holiday Inn Seattle at (206) 694-0066 and ask for the Triple Threat Poor Boyz rate (Booking Code: TT2).

Revolver (Official Trailer) from Poor Boyz Productions on Vimeo.

After the World Premiere in Seattle the Triple Threat Tour will then hit over 100 stops in the US, Canada, England, Europe, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand. For tickets, locations (which are being updated regularly), showtimes, and more information for the entire 2010 Triple Threat Tour please head over to www.poorboyz.com/tour.

2010 Poor Boyz Triple Threat Tour Trailer from Poor Boyz Productions on Vimeo.

We look forward to seeing everyone this Fall!

Hans Gallery from Haines

Timmy D — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:56:15 -0700

Hans was hanging out with us for a few Heli ski days in Haines. He got some really good photos of the crew killing it in AK. His website is nice, he put up a gallery that you can check out here. I will post a few of the beauties here if you are on the run and don’t have time to click around the internet. I know this isn’t stumble upon so your not really bored! You either chose to come to poorboyz.com, or you were forced to by my non-stop twitter habit, what was it?

Haines was a big trip for the PBP movie Revolver. I'd say their were 5 big trips in the mix, Austria, Haines, Edmonton, Bachelor and Whistler Park Shoots. Haines was my favorite to be a part of, this is where my skiing was tested, and It felt like all season I was waiting for this opportunity.

A big thanks to Hans for taking photos of our crew in Haines. There are photos of Julien, myself, and Pep in here. I think that JP was not there yet, but he showed up in good time. There are some pictures of Tyler Hamlet in action, a rare coincidence that Hans displays in this stunning, not to be missed gallery. There are alot of crew up in Haines, but there is no crew I would rather be with than PBP crew!

Check out the full gallery here- http://diabloto.com/preview/pbp/index.html

TRIPLE THREAT WORLD PREMIER AND TOUR

poorboyz — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:48:07 -0700

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TRIPLE THREAT WORLD PREMIER AND TOUR

REDONDO BEACH, California (August 5th 2010) – Poor Boyz Productions is proud to announce the return of the “Triple Threat Tour”. Building on the success of last year’s tour and we’re packing even more into each Triple Threat Tour stop this year. There are three exciting elements to each stop of the tour: athlete autograph signings, showing of PBP new ski film “Revolver” and a massive after party with many of the stops featuring DJ Hathbanger.

The tour kicks off with the World Premiere Weekend in Seattle, WA September 10th–12th with Revolver premiering at the King Cat Theater on September 11th. The tour will then hit over 100 stops in North America, Europe, Russia, Australia and New Zealand. Please visit www.poorboyz.com/tour to find a tour stop near you.

We invite you to join us for the world premiere weekend in Seattle, WA starting on Friday September 10th. We have a special block of rooms available to our attendees at a discounted rate at the Holiday Inn Seattle. Please book through this link here. Or Call in directly the Holiday Inn Seattle (+1) (206) 6940066. Ask For the triple threat poor boyz rate. Booking Code (TT2)

The weekend kicks off on Friday September 10th, with a Pre-Paπrty autograph signing up at Grass Roots outdoor with DJ Hathbanger, pros, spirits and drinks. Get some sleep that night because it’s on the next day where we start at the birthplace of the triple threat, evo with all the athletes signing before the big show starting at 3:00. Then it’s on to the King Cat Theatre, with doors opening at 7:00 PM. Tickets go on sale August 5th available at evo, Grass Roots Outdoor, and poorboyzstore.com

Poor Boyz athletes will be traveling the world this fall making sure the Triple Threat Tour absolutely goes off!! Athlete autograph signings will vary from stop to stop, mostly taking place at theaters, local ski shops, resorts, schools, restaurants and bars.

The Triple Threat Tour celebrates the new PBP ski film and the crossover of two winter seasons. The previous winter season is officially over and another new winter season is upon us. Triple Threat Tour after parties are quickly becoming legendary because they capture the emotions of anticipation of the new winter season and the joy of all that the previous winter has given us.

Come out to a Triple Threat Tour stop near you this fall and get posters signed by athletes, watch one of the most cutting edge and progressive ski films to date, party with the pros, and receive ample amounts of SWAG from our partners: Salomon, Red Bull, Oakley, Nike 6.0, Giro, Atomic, Dakine, K2, Skullcandy, Freeskier, Pull-in, Newschoolers, Kicker, SBC Skier, Icelantic, & Countour HD,

Buy Your Tickets online now!

REVOLVER (official teaser)

Tyler H — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:33:45 -0700

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Poor Boyz Productions
8-2-2010.

Poor Boyz Productions is please to announce it’s official teaser for this coming seasons film, "Revolver". From the high northern Country of Canada to a quick jump over the pond in France, Austria & Japan ending up back to our routes in North America Poor Boyz has circled the globe capturing the highest level of skiing to date. Revolver is a clear staple of what PBP is best known for a high action, well rounded film that will sure nock your socks off! Join us this season experiencing what factors have driven the sport of skiing.

POOR BOYZ PRODUCTIONS
“REVOLVER” (2010)

SYNOPSIS
Revolver, the 2010 film from Poor Boyz Productions, presented by Salomon focuses on the progression and the factors that have coincided with many great advancements of the sport of skiing. (Over the last decade skiing has exploded into what we know it is today. But skiing has had many trying moments long before the end of the 20th century.) This season Poor Boyz Productions plans to showcase today’s raw talents of skiing in a high action, retrospective, yet progressive look at what things are pushing the sport today.

STARRING
Simon Dumont, Tim Durtschi, Dane Tudor, Sammy Carlson, Jossi Wells, Charley Ager, JP Auclair, Bene Mayr, Pep Fujas, Andreas Hatveit ,TJ Schiller, Charles Gagnier, Riley Leboe, Matt Walker, Mike Henitiuk, LJ Strenio, Julien Regnier, Josh Stack, Alexis Godbout, John Spriggs, Nick Martini, Brandon Kelly & Leigh Powis

LOCATIONS
On Location in British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Quebec, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Norway, Austria, Japan, France, Alberta & more

SPONSORED BY
Salomon, Red Bull, Oakley, Giro, Nike 6.0, Atomic, DaKine, K2 Skis, Skullcandy, Pull-In, Kicker, Newschoolers.com, Freeskier Magazine, SBC Skier Magazine

TRIPLE THREAT TOUR
Poor Boyz Productions is proud to announce the return of the “Triple Threat Tour”. Building on the success of last year’s tour and we’re packing even more into each Triple Threat Tour stop this year. There are three exciting elements to each stop of the tour: athlete autograph signings, showing of PBP new ski film “Revolver” and a massive after party with many of the stops featuring DJ Hathbanger.

PRE ORDER SPECIAL INCLUDES

Revolver
The Limited Editions Revolver T-Shirt
Poor Boyz Sticker Pack
Revolver Poster

Shipping will begin MID-SEPTEMBER

*subject to change.

Donate to Alpine Initiatives

Tyler H — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:08:35 -0700

Poor Boyz is please to Anounce that you can now easily Donate to Alpine Initiative through Poorboyz.
Check it out Dude.
https://poorboyzstore.com/cart

Ask Julien

Tyler H — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:46:58 -0700

Ask Julien about snowmobiling in Alaska

Triple Threat Tour

poorboyz — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:07:25 -0700

This year's Triple Threat Tour is just around the corner. We wanted to remind you that it's not going to be long before skiing's hottest pre-season party rolls through your town! Check out the highlights from last year's World Premiere party in Seattle. Mark your calendars this year the tour kicks off in Seattle, WA on 9/10/10 with a epic pre-party and then on to the big night 9/11/10. Need lodging please follow the link below and type in the group code TT2 or call in for the poor boyz rate.

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/seattle/seasc/hoteldetail?destina...

JP Auclair: Alpine Initiatives

poorboyz — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:49:39 -0700

This is a brief introduction to Alpine Initiatives' first project in Kenya.

AI is a catalyst for the mountain community to collaborate, contribute and initiate change in communities and environments worldwide. for more info about AI and their projects, visit alpineinitiatives.org

The Reasons Vault: Japan JP's Long Cut Now Online!

poorboyz — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:05:02 -0700

Hey All, we will be dropping the new trailer for "Revolver" Next week but figured another video update would keep things moving along. Here's a oldie. JP's Extended edit of Japan from 2008 Film "reasons."

Enjoy

-PBP

The Windsurfing Movie 2 World Premiere This Friday July 16th!

poorboyz — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:58:18 -0700

Join top professional windsurfers Levi Siver and Kai Lenny for
The World Premiere of The Windsurfing Movie II
Friday, July 16th at the Best Western Hood River Inn
Doors open at 7:00 PM / $10 Admission
All ages show
Full bar, raffles, giveaways, DVD sales and meet and greet

From the winners of The X-Dance Film Festival 'Best Director' and 'Best Soundtrack' awards, Poor Boyz Productions is proud to announce that The World Premiere of The Windsurfing Movie II will be held in Hood River, Oregon on Friday July, 16th.

After three years in production, this is the first public showing of the much anticipated sequel
of The Windsurfing Movie (2007).

Filmed in 8 countries, The Windsurfing Movie II is much more than just an action clip reel; its an emotional ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Also attending will be the local pro windsurfers to watch the most dynamic Gorge segment ever shot.

Please join us for this historic evening.

Host Your Own Triple Threat Stop 2010

poorboyz — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:23:11 -0700

License your own REVOLVER tour stop!

Here's your chance to run an 'Revolver' premiere stop of your own!

It's a great way to boost the local pre-season morale in your town, look like a baller in front of your friends, get tons of free schwag and even earn an extra buck or two!

The Triple Threat Tour licensed event program has proven to be a great success in the past due to promoter enthusiasm, provided promotional tools and advertising mixed with great audiences. With some of the most world-renowned athletes and film crews working together, to create totally unique movies, your audience will be captivated and your premier will be one of the top preseason highlights for your ski community, friends and family!

For more information on licensing a tour stop of your very own, shoot us an eMail at info@poorboyz.com! ATTN: TRIPLE THREAT 2010 HOST YOUR OWN

Sammy Carlson Switch Triple Rodeo 1260

poorboyz — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:06:41 -0700

More coverage in revolver

The Countdown to The Revolver Trailer

poorboyz — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:48:50 -0700

for now...

Check back daily as we will be starting to unload lots of new things here at poorboyz.com

PBP TV Tim Durtschi for a Day in Utah

Timmy D — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:27:19 -0700

here is another PBPTV featuring Tim D. I know you are all wanting to see a Teaser but watch this for know and you will not be dissapointed when the teaser is perfected and dropped for all to see.

You can follow a pro around the park, but it is a little harder to follow around a pro in the Backcountry for a day. Steve Rozendall follows Tim on a day of backcountry "warming Up" for the bangers he got for Everyday is a Saturday. This was all sled access in Utah, all shot in a single day except for Pep's shot.
There is a shot of Pep in here doing a massive butter, sorry for not putting a shot of you landing Pep!

Durtschi Diaries 8

Timmy D — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:33:33 -0700

I finished Durtschi Diaries 8. It includes lots of exciting things including:

-Footage from my trip to Haines Alaska

-Footage of Pep Fujas and Dane Tudor shredding in AK

-The “Car Wash” testing of the new material for the 2010-2011 line of Saga Anomie Clothing

-Interviews and an Edit from my trip to Alaska for the Alyeska Summer Camp with my cousin Max D.

This will be my last Durtschi Diaries of the 2009-2010 Season. Thanks for all the support, and to all the people who helped me film my escapades this season. Some episodes were lacking skiing, and some were shorter than others, but I hope to the people who stayed tune for the release of each episode (very randomly throughout the season), I hope you got a good feel for how my season went. I wanted to show people what went down while I am not getting those high quality bangers for the PBP Movie, which should release their teaser very SOON! The season is long, and my segment is usually only 3 minutes long, so if your friends watch the PBP movie and want to see what else I did this season, tell them to check out Durtschi Diaries, episodes 1-8, all availible on the Saga Outerwear Youtube Channel

The Windsurfing Movie II U.S. Premiere

Ross R — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:26:26 -0700

Join us for the US premiere of The Windsurfing Movie II on Tuesday June 29th at Red Bull Headquarters in Santa Monica!

RSVP by Friday June 26th by sending an email to Jace@poorboyz.com

Don't forget to pre-order your copy of TWSMII at the Poor Boyz Windsurfing Store!

PBP TV Tim Durtschi in Haines AK

Timmy D — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:22:11 -0700

This is an edit that Tyler Hamlet worked on after my trip to Haines in 2008 while filming for Reason's. It was my first trip to Haines and was a real eye opener for me. I have since fallen in love with the terrain and amount of possibilities Haines has to offer. Our outfit is Alaska Heli skiing, the guides there are awesome. I am just really excited to keep going back there, this edit is fun and makes me want to go back right this second, even though there is no snow there right now...

Every Day is a Saturday Intro song available!

poorboyz — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:37:31 -0700

The Every Day is a Saturday Intro song titled, "Every Day is a Saturday" produced by our good friend PRONOBOZO is now available on ITunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/every-day-is-a-saturday/id359632883?i=3... #iTunes

Check out additional music, and happenings at
www.pronobozo.com

Durtschi Diaries 7 Mt. Bachelor Park Shoot

Timmy D — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:34:04 -0700

The Mt. Bachelor park shoot is going strong, I got the chance to film some end of the Season park riding with LJ Strenio.

We have been dealing with the late season snowfall which has been frustrating, since we want that spring sun to shine. But it has opened up some opportunities to build some different types of late season features, we are still trying to get the step up rolling, that will be exciting if it goes down.

We also have a step over jump in the process of being built, and you can actually watch the building updated every 5 minutes on the bachelor web cam! Yea same as last year, not kidding, its right at the base of the mountain. Check it out on the homepage of www.mtbachelor.com

The park features have been super fun and creative, here is the Durtschi Diaries and some photos.

Just Did It!

poorboyz — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:20:52 -0700

We just wrapped up a great shoot with the Nike boyz getting bangers upon bangers for Revolver check out Nate Abbott's Write up

Taken from Nate Abbott over at ESPN
http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5148407

Sammy Carlson showed up for a few days with his unique style and nonstop skiing. Fakie 360 blunt on the kicker.

Sometimes I feel lucky to be with friends, to have great weather, to be in a special place, to eat a great meal, or to have a new experience. Any one of those things is great on its own, but this week I got all of it in one place: Snowmass, Colorado. A few days in the sun on a beautiful mountain surrounded by people who make me laugh and smile, eating a fantastic meal to wrap up a shoot that saw skiers doing old tricks in new ways and new tricks in, well, new ways. "Lucky me" is really the understatement of the year.

We were in Snowmass for big television commercial film shoot with the Nike 6.0 team (Sammy Carlson, Andreas Håtveit, Simon Dumont, TJ Schiller and Jossi Wells). When the production was finished, the guys from Snow Park Technologies and Snowmass set the boys loose on some serious terrain features: A two jump line, a pretty good hip jump and a perfect 22-foot halfpipe. Tyler Hamlet from Poorboyz was capturing all the action for their fall release "Revolver," and the combination of warm spring slush and an intense crew meant that things were going to go off. (Unfortunately, Andreas was sick with the remnants of the JOSS flu, but the rest of the crew was primed and ready.)

The hip was positioned perfectly at the bottom of the halfpipe, so Dumont was spinning tons of laps including a full pipe run and a big boost on the hip.

Dumont and Schiller were, as usual, dropping the smoothest and biggest tricks. Schiller was skiing pipe for the first time in years, and then he blasted what might have been a world-record rodeo 450 on the hip (landing fakie). Dumont was hitting both sides of the hip, gapping from side to side, and finally doing these enormous double 900s and 900 blunts over the (running) halfpipe cutter. Sammy Carlson was only around for a couple days of shooting, but his passion and non-stop motion were a refreshing boost to the whole group. He slaughtered the right side of the hip with huge alley-oop spins and some fun-times lip tricks.

Here it is -- it might look like a mellow 540 mute, but this is halfway through Jossi Wells' fakie 1080 double flip.

The standout for the trip, however, was Jossi Wells. He started out doing fakie to fakie 270 blunt on the hip, then stepped up to bonk a huge light tower left in the pipe after the commercial shoot. Then came the hammer. We've seen Jossi and others throw switch double 1080s in the pipe using an airbag, and there is footage of Taylor Seaton almost landing one on snow (see this video, 1:55). But to my knowledge, this is the first time anyone has stomped this trick. After a couple times getting used to the commitment of the second flip, Jossi started going bigger, grabbing mute and stomping. Welcome to the next level, brought to you by Jossi Wells.

Boulder Colorado! Hathbanger! Fox Theatre!

poorboyz — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:20:31 -0700

Thursday May 6th @ The Fox Theatre.

PBP Revolver Super Park Fun laps!

poorboyz — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:49:01 -0700

Check out some of the shred going down in between the shred:

Dane, Durtschi, Sammy & Bachelor Loc Dawgs getting it.

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

JOSS 2010 Videos

poorboyz — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:18:01 -0700

While our crew is always spread out across the world capturing the best images we can find, there comes that time once a year when Jon puts on arguable the worlds most entertaining and best video contest. Here are the final videos from the PBP athletes that participated this year.

Here they are!

JOSS 2010 – TEAM CANADA FINAL VIDEO Featuring TJ Schiller & Ian Cosco

JOSS 2010 - TEAM CANADA from Jon Olsson Video Blog on Vimeo.

JOSS 2010 – TEAM NEW SCHOOLERS FINAL VIDEO Featuring Mat Walker & LJ Strenio

JOSS 2010 - TEAM NEW SCHOOLERS from Jon Olsson Video Blog on Vimeo.

JOSS 2010 – TEAM NORWAY FINAL VIDEO Featuring Andreas Hatviet

JOSS 2010- Team Norway from Jon Olsson Video Blog on Vimeo.

JOSS 2010 – TEAM AMERICA FINAL VIDEO Featuring Simon Dumont

JOSS 2010 - Team America from Jon Olsson Video Blog on Vimeo.

JOSS 2010 Team Europe final video. Featuring Editing and Shooting by Dre "The Fatman" Lederer

JOSS 2010 - Team Europe from Jon Olsson Video Blog on Vimeo.

JOSS 2010 Team Down Under final video. Featuring Jossi Wells.

JOSS 2010 - Team Down Under from Jon Olsson Video Blog on Vimeo.

Revolver Superpark Continues

poorboyz — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:41:11 -0700

It's spring time and that can mean last min changes to your features depending on what mother nature throws you, that doesn't bother Sammy Carlson one bit as he has continued to work every last second of light available to the cameras to get just that right shot. This special jib the other day consisted of bonking, barrels, and perfect timed stunt driving and coordination to make sure all the pieces of the puzzle came together. See Tim Durtschi's account of it below:

PBP Mega Park shoot

posted by t.durtschi on 04-23-10

POOR BOYZ MEGA SHOOT

So there are alot of pros in Bend Oregon right now for the Poor Boyz Mega shoot. Â Sammy Carlson and I have hit a few features together. Â I have not skied with him much since Booter Crunk so it was fun to session a few features with him before things get real hectic here in Oregon.

P.S. I painted my poles purple, then they broke.

Image capturing device

I was told by a wise man, not to bring your sled to a park shoot… it will be abused and used

If your wondering what that Transformerlike metallic contraption is… its a camera crane

No shovels needed with this hog

I am taking tommorow off because there is a Kendama contest atÂ Wabi Sabi Downtown tommorow. Â Come check it out, should be really fun, finally able to enjoy a spring day outside!

So far 25 kids have signed up for the contest.

Thanks to Wabi Sabi for putting on the Kendama Contest

Toturo full Size, look for him riding a Bicycle tommorow in the parade

Thanks To John Chandler For the Photos

PBP 2010 Superpark to Take Flight

poorboyz — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:38:11 -0700

We're about to embark on our staple Park Shoots. We will be making Bend, Oregon our home for the next 4-5 weeks. Where we will be, "working tranees for five weeks" If you see us in town or on hill don't be afraid to say hi! Here are some highlights from last year.

2009 Highlights:

Please remember while shooting may happen during mountain hours; safety first. Obey all closed areas.

Check out the most recent conditions:

Last Year's Action at Mt. Bachelor

LEts Do a BaCkfliP

Tyler H — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:14:41 -0700

La Plagne backflip from julien regnier on Vimeo.

I just came back from filming some big mountain in Alaska and a couple of friends build this jump in my home resort in La Plagne, France. Thanks to my friends for the 3 days of work.
Always fun to do a backflip.

Working hard in the deep Whistler terrain

poorboyz — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:55:57 -0700

Riley Leboe here (www.rileyleboe.com)
Cold Rush wrapped up last week and it was an amazing event. Snow conditions, weather, and stability all worked in our favour. I had a great week, stayed on my feet, and ended up 4th overall. I was pretty stoked, wish I would have skied a bit better, but that’s the way it goes sometime. I’ll be on that podium next year...

After Cold Rush I went straight to Whistler. It’s been snowing like crazy, we must have gotten like 4 feet in the past week here. So conditions have kicked ass. Been skiing lines, hitting cliffs, step downs and jumps all over the place. I’ve been shredding with Charley Ager, Brandon Kelly, Mike Henitiuk, Bene Mayr and Josh Stack. Behind the lens for PBP is Jeff Thomas and Pete Alport and we’ve been getting some bangers! Pretty stoked. Anways, here’s some shots from this past week.

Bene and Chuck had a sick session on this huge poppy road gap. They were throwing down. Everything from massive flat 3’s to 720 pillow bonk 180’s.
Pretty pimp day, I went to shred some pillows in the trees but unfortunately the snow got a bit to heavy to make it look epic. So, I shredded the lines on my sled and it was some of my best sled turns I’ve ever had!

Jeff Thomas here....
The boys have been working hard playing in the deep late winter conditions up here in Whistler. We are currently on a down day waiting for some more sun but watching it snow once again. Yesterday saw us build our 3rd large step down this week, unfortunately, late fog only allowed us to build a fire and chat. Anyways, the first one rendered a perfect switch misty 9 blunt, and a massive 1080, the 2nd saw some switch 9s, switch cork 5s, and some of the biggest switch 7s I have ever shot from both Charley and Riley. Pete and I have been floored by the amount of stuff we have been able to get done with zero days of planned sun in the last week. Each athlete has seen their hard work pay off with lines, pow, pillows & big jumps all going down. I am excited to see what happens on step down number 3 of the week....its a big poppy one!

PHOTOS BY
RILEYLEBOE.COM
CLOVERONEAPPAREL.COM

So you want to go and shoot skiing in Alaska ……..?

Tyler H — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:44:44 -0700

Dan Carr's blog post about A.K. for more info please and photo's please go to. http://dancarrphotography.com/blog/2010/04/02/so-you-want-to-go-and-shoo...
I’m becoming very very familiar with the interior of the hotel room in which I’m currently sitting. The front door is a portal to the 1970s, wood paneled walls that creak in the night, vinyl flooring and a selection of electrical appliances that would make an interesting museum exhibit. They call it the “slow roast” here in Haines, Alaska, and nobody knows how long it will last. When I first arrived in town 2 weeks ago the skies were blue for a couple of days and we got right into it. But since then our fortune has changed. We have flown for 1 run in the last 7 days….. and its beginning to drive us insane. The weather patterns seem totally unpredictable, even by the most seasoned of Alaskan forecasters. We have given up even checking on them, the only way to go is to look out of the window.

I’m here with a crew from Poorboyz productions, working alongside them while they film for their new movie, Revolver. Our stacked list of pro skiers consists of Dane Tudor, Tim Durtchi, Julien Regnier, Pep Fujas and JP Auclair and I’m doing some shooting for Atomic Skis and Salomon . The trip actually started out with a bang though….. flying into Juneau from Vancouver I was greeted with beautiful sunshine. There are only 2 ways to get from Juneau to Haines, sea or air. And we aren’t talking 737s here , you need to pile into a tiny 4 seater Piper Cherokee with all you ski gear and camera equipment. When the weather is nice the plane is the way to go and saves you a ton of time and for $100 you get one of the most beautiful flights you could ever hope for as you fly up the Chilkat inlet towards the port town of Haines. As soon as we landed we headed straight up to “33 mile”, the base for Alaska Heliskiing , located 33 miles outside of Haines. It was already late afternoon but we did all the necessary paperwork and safety checks that are required when you go heli skiing, so that we were ready to fly the next day if the sun held out.

Unfortunately, as usual, I cant show you any of the skiing photos until they have been used in next winters ski magazines but here is a few other shots from our trip.

On the flight from Juneau to Haines I jumped in the front seat with my Canon 1d MKIV and my 24mm f1.4 II lens. Due to limited space I could only take the camera and one lens but I made a quick little video. These little planes are shaky, could have done with a gyro to stabilize things a little bit. If you want to watch it in HD you can head HERE

Shooting in AK is very different from normal shooting in most situations. The cost of using a helicopter is huge, nearly $3000 per hour to be exact. There are several ways to approach using a heli and they both have their advantages and disadvantages. If you rent a private heli then you have to pay a minimum cost per day, whether you use it or not. This cost varies but it can be upwards of $4000 a day. When you often have huge long stretches of down time like we have had, having your own heli can really ruin your month! On this trip we have experimented with various options, including splitting a heli with a snowboard film crew that is also up here. The disadvantage is that you get less drops on a good day, but at least you dont go broke if you have some major down time. Its not unheard of for people to come up here and spend all their budget without ever getting to fly at all! So you finally get up in the air on a bluebird day and that clock starts ticking, you pay for the heli for every minute that you are flying in it, $50 per minute. Taking hours to search all the lines in the area is financially not really an option so the riders have to be on the lookout for something they want, and we have to quickly make a decision as a team, as to whether its going to look good on film and photo with the light that is currently on it. Knowing the area is a huge advantage, knowing which lines get light at which times and which ones get sun-baked by a certain time. Its a huge learning process for the younger riders in the crew like Dane and Tim. When a zone is selected the heli spins round to let the riders snap a photo of the zone and then often they are dropped straight on top of the line, only seconds after seeing it. From there everything looks very different and picking your line down by looking at the photo is an art in itself. Because of the limited weather windows and the huge costs, there is always pressure on the riders and filmers/photogs to make every shot count, its a very different vibe to most shooting that I do in the mountains. For the skiers , and even myself to a slightly lesser extent, you have to stay constantly mentally prepared. The weather can change quickly and then you get the phone call to gear up and get down to the heli port. As a skier, in an hour you can go from being in bed to standing on top of the line of your life, with no warm up run. And as a photographer you have to make sure that you capture that moment perfectly because you might have waited days and spend thousands of dollars for that split second. There’s always a lot of choices to make, where can you stand that is safe (which can be a limiting factor), what lens will you use and when will you take the shots. The lines can be long, and simply holding down the shutter button will have you filling your in-camera buffer in no time meaning you miss the shot as the skiers sends it off the cliff at the bottom of their line. If you don’t have a private heli for the day, the riders can only expect to get 3 or 4 runs in a day if its bluebird all day. More often than not, the weather is not that stable and you might get one run in before the clouds roll in and its time to head back to the motel. It’s a waiting game.

The video below was shot entirely with a GoPro® Helmet HERO™ Wide camera. I’ve had one of these now for a couple of months and been really impressed with the quality of the video. It shoots in full 1080p at 30fps , or 720 in 60fps. It can also be used to take low res photos and you can set an interval timer on that to create a timelapse. These things are a lot of fun and small enough that i can just slip it in my pocket. Most of the shots in this movie were taken using the optional GoPro chest mount. This video is well worth watching in HD on vimeo’s site, if only just to see the exceptional quality of the video from such a tiny tiny camera! Hopefully it give you a bit of an idea what its like to shoot a day in Alaska. The video was edited in Final Cur Pro but one thing you should know is that natively the GoPro records to an h.264 encoded file that is not much good for editing. If you want to edit multiple clips together like this you will need to use a program to convert the files to a quicktime file with a different codec like AIC or prores 422. You can use a free program called Mpeg Streamclip to do this. To watch the video in HD please go HERE.

Euro Trip!

Cody C — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:44:29 -0700

Austria Crew Update:

Over the last 10 days Myself, Pete Alport, Nate Abbott merged with the Star Power of Simon Dumont, Jossi Wells, Tj Schiller and European native Bene Mayr. Arriving with blue skies and sunshine we wasted no time from the day the crew arrived off the train from Tignes France.

We were dealt a hand of weather from mother nature that ended up being interesting; that if you didn’t know when to hold em’ and know when to fold em’, or know when to walk away, you would get skunked. Luckily we weren’t here to just gamble but make that straight flush.

We were able to combine a unique trip of Pow, Urban and Kickers with various styles, with hitting every day’s condition to go with the right feature making it a Triple Threat shoot for us, get it?! Triple Threat Tour=Revolver (gratuitous tour plug). Each day after shooting we would find ourselves more often then not at our favorite après ski life place, “The Funky Chicken” Where those guys know how to keep us hydrated. We’d like to thank the whole staff there for their hospitality for letting us make that our home for the 10-day tour. Also Wima @ St. Anton Tourism for year after year helping us out!

There are quite a few highlights, Picking up Revolver this fall would be the best way to catch it all. Just take a look at the photos for teaser preview.

Were rolling on back to the homeland US of A. Park Shoot madness, pow chasing, and urban filing still to come.

For a preview of the goods for the first few days, check out Nate’s Blog on ESPN at:
http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5006247

Leigh Powis Drops a Edit.

poorboyz — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:48:36 -0800

09 with PeBuePee from leigh powis on Vimeo.

A edit from Leigh Powis:

Here's what he had to say,

just wanted to put together these shots because i enjoy editing for FUNN especially when i have some down time!! its is mostly shots you will have seen but i few you may not have but anyway check it out :)

Chads Gap With Tim Durtschi

Timmy D — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:06:29 -0800

I have been very lucky over my 10 plus years of filming skiing to be at every major Chad's gap session. From filming Chad clearing it with my one chip digital camera to capturing Tim Durtschi on HD it has been amazing to watch.
This latest build was one of the hardest. Including a scouting day I spent over 70 hours at Chad's over the course of 9 days. In that time my friend CR Johnson passed away(RIP), we had bad weather and with the five year reunion of Tanners crash on my mind I constantly questioned weather I should even be building it. There is nothing a filmer hates more then seeing one of his friends hurt, and as you will see(eventually) The most famous gap in the world did give up a new trick, but it also dished out some punishment.

Chads Gap with Tim Durtschi

poorboyz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:36:45 -0800

Steve R.

Check photos below for....

Poor Boyz & VholdR Release

poorboyz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:59:43 -0800

FOR RELEASE: March 9, 2010
Poor Boyz Productions
462 Palos Verdes Blvd
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Poor Boyz Partners With VholdR To Bring HD Helmet Cams to “Revolver”

Much anticipated “Revolver” will bring insane video from a rider’s point of view.

Redondo Beach, CA– March 1st 2010 – Award-winning ski producers Poor Boyz Productions and Seattle-based VholdR are pleased to announce a branding and content partnership. The arrangement, in which VholdR provides a number of high-end ContourHD™ helmet cams to Poor Boyz, will set a new standard in the use of true 1080p high-definition “POV” video in ski films.

In exchange, Poor Boyz will list VholdR as an official film sponsor of “Revolver” and provide exclusive webisodes and other content, available on both the Poor Boyz and VholdR website. VholdR will also be demoing product at select locations on the Poor Boyz premier tour this fall.

“Revolver” is expected to be the most progressive ski film of the year, bringing a fresh perspective with an international crop of stars. Filmed on location in Japan, Montana, Colorado, Washington, Canada, and Alaska, among other spots, the project will incorporate extensive ContourHD™ POV shots into Poor Boyz’ signature, mind-blowing, style.

“We’re excited to partner with VholdR to take POV to the next level,” says Johnny Decesare, Poor Boyz founder, “ We’ve always been committed to documenting the progression of the sport. The ContourHD™ is light, durable, and are the best quality helmet cams we’ve seen. Having killer video equipment is as important as epic scenes and insane skiing.”

“We couldn’t be more stoked,” says Jason Green, Executive Producer of VholdR.com and a life-long skier himself. “As a fan of Johnny and his crew, I’m proud they’ve selected the ContourHD™ to help get sickest shots in a variety of challenging terrain and conditions. These kinds of partnerships are the best endorsement I could hope for.”

“Revolver” will feature current and future stars Dane Tudor, Tim Durtschi, Simon Dumont, Sammy Carlson, TJ Schiller, Jossi Wells, JP Auclair, Charley Ager, Charles Gagnier, Mike Henitiuk, Andreas Hatviet, LJ Strenio, Leigh Powis, Matt Walker, Ian Cosco, Nick Martini, Pep Fujas, and many others

Visit www.vholdr.com to watch the revolver trailer!

About Poor Boyz Productions
Poor Boyz Productions of Redondo Beach, California is the creation of Johnny Decesare. For the past 15 years, the Poor Boyz family has built itself on documenting the most quintessential ski moments in skiing history. Poor Boyz prides itself on not only being at the forefront of skiing but also on the forefront of the changing new media platforms.

About VholdR
VholdR is the market leader in HD Wearable Camcorders, enabling modern day explorers to tell their stories of action, adventure, and travel through video. Leading the way in making action video easy to shoot and share, VholdR is dedicated to creating simple tools that enable hands-free capture and effortless sharing of video online with the world.
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Revolver Trailer:

Product Testing With Brandon Kelly in Whistler:

Big Sky Country Urban? Part 3 The Wrap Up.

Cody C — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:51:32 -0800

In this third and final installment of Big Sky Country Urban?! I’m just going try to giver’ and re-cap it all, in as few words as possible.

Between 36 hours with LJ, air soft bb gun fights against big chuck, and Simon getting us the ok from the local law enforcement we were able to snag a handful of shots right off the bat from the start. With a warming trend coming through our spot we headed further eastbound and down, packed the trucks, pumped some Sexy Chick, and Tik Tok to keep us moving and met up with the local Montana crew “Toy Solider Productions” Where we found them and shared what is soon to be a hit urban spot and shredded the underpass with them late into the night. Next day before heading back and getting exiled from the local cops we were able to add a few more shots in the can. When Sunday rolled around we took a little time off to go to the local hill up to Great Divide and ski with the local talent, and it’s booming! With setting the schedule for the rest of the week and Walker due to leave on Wednesday, Charles, Alexis and I got down to business trying to get creative with the little snow that was left and Simon (Host and Owner of Big Sky Board Sports) Was able to wrangle us some sleds up to use for some potential back country urban mission. As with most things nothing ever turns out as easy as it seems but shots were gotten and we moved onto the night mission on a standard down rail where the likes of Walker, and Gagnier got greasy smooth with style on to complete the trip for walkers departure only a few hours later. Lastly we headed north for search of more snow with Alexis and Charles but only to find ourselves getting red flagged and in trouble with State Sheriffs this time. When a local man demanded we leave and refused to show ID we refused to leave a public spot in Belt Montana to session a epic 60+ stair down rail, we then called the Sheriff ( keep in mind the small town of belt has no local police) to tell us why we couldn’t be at the public spot and he claimed due to the town not being happy, and him not being happy for making the trip out. It was useless and they just didn’t get it so by barely avoiding jail time (according to the sheriff) we made our way to our next feature that took another 12 hours to get permission to session before we ended the trip.

All in all BB fights, the best coffee ever (thanks simon) handrails, buffalo strips, subway eating challenges, and Charlie Grinnell aka Big Chuck, made the trip what it was.

I guess that wasn’t so short of a post. Whoops.

Many thanks to Simon & Greta Elston for hanging in there while we got our mission accomplished! Please visit http://www.bigskyboards.com/shop/

and in case you haven't seen this yet, please view the BB Video.

Tough day at the office

Pete A — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:30:43 -0800

Tyler goes a little too big.