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Copper Mountain's Catalyst terrain park crew, along with the help of Snow Park Technologies Frank Wells and Brad Hoerter, built one hell of an insane quarter pipe this spring. A monster standing almost at 35+ feet of tranny. Lauren Pelletreau of the Copper Mountain marketing department extended an invite to me to come over and check it out.

The shred crew consisted of Steve Fisher, Chad Otterstrom, Erich Dummer, James Frederick and C.J. (Seabass a.k.a. The Bass) Marsh. The foto crew, Aaron Dodds and one Jeffrey Potto. And I can't forget to mention Newsroom Cinema's Ms. Justine Gunson. Actually it's Mr. Justin Gunson, on the HD. Big ups to this crew that stood atop the mountain in extreme winds easily pushing 40+ mph, riding and documenting.

Benny is on his own program. This kid is a giant ball of energy. If you can keep up in his world for more than 15 minutes, consider yourself one of the lucky few. On-hill, Benny bounces all over the place with style and board control way beyond his years. Off-hill, he likes to do stuff like appear in new Lil Wayne videos. See Benny everyday on BET's Rap City. Seriously.

Photos: Brian Hockenstein

Saturday, May 3rd marked a momentous occasion for the Sandbox crew and for our new film, ‘ALL DAY EVERYDAY’. We finally had our first bad ass helicopter shoot. The Whistler/Blackcomb marketing team, along with the park staff put together one of the best sunset film shoots ever done in Whistler. The jump was perfect and the riders had a lot of time to warm up and get it dialed while the sun dropped below the clouds. We called in the heli and got Clayton and Hockenstein suited up in their harnesses ready to hang out of the doorless chopper. Clayton had never even been in a helicopter before and now he was hanging out of one. By the time the riders, filmers and the pilot got their timing right, the sunset was perfect.

And the count begins...I'll be adding more teasers as they are released so keep checking back.

All Day Everyday #1 & #2 - Sandbox

Back East - I Heart Snow Productions

Bad Ideas #1 & #2 - Newsroom Cinema

Bread & Butter - Tearoom Productions

Colortelevision - Colortelevision

Photos: Andy Kuljis / Nikita Clothing

At last year's Nikita Chickita Ana Rumiha competed and made it to the women's finals, narrowly missing out on a podium place, finishing 4th. This year the judges all confirmed she was the clear winner, busting out some consistent and stylish runs. Her final run comprised a backside 180, frontside 360 indy and she was the only girl who bonked the tree with a nice frontside 180, finishing off with a frontside 360 on the wall. She claimed 1st place, 1,000 Euros prize money and the coveted one-year Nikita contract.

8 May 2008 - To further cement Perisher Blue’s reputation as providing the leading terrain parks in Australia, the resort has committed to pouring $10,000 into terrain park upgrades for the upcoming 2008 season.

The investment will deliver impressive new features including an S-box, table box, battleship box and an 8m round bar rail. There may also be a new 12m down flat down rail. New beginner features will also be added in the Columbia Fun Park on Mt Piper to provide ultimate progression for emerging freeriders.

According to Matt Klemm, Grooming Manager for Perisher Blue, “12m of the longest rail known as the Dragon’s Tail (a 12m dipper rail) may also make a comeback alongside the popular Ride Wall and the 40ft Rainbow Rail.” If this jargon sounds incomprehensible, these types of features can be viewed at fusionparks.com.au.

Snow Sports Product Sales Records Strong Growth at Retail for 2007-08 Season to Almost $3 Billion

McLean, VA (May 8, 2008) -- The snow sports products market grew by $280 million to reach $2.97 billion for the 2007.08 season, up from approximately $2.69 billion in all channels last season. Equipment sales were relatively flat in specialty shops and chain stores but increased by more than $40 million in online sales. Apparel sales increased by more than $100 million with snowboard tops and parkas selling very well in all channels. Kurt Widen, KJUS USA COO says, “The US market is challenging especially in these difficult economic times. However, snowfall is a great equalizer in our market, and early snowfall in the 07/08 ski season helped jump start sales in our segment. This along with strong sell through and continued growth in awareness of our relatively young brand positioned us well for the 08/09 order season where we saw a 27% increase over last year.”

Healthy sales of helmets, goggles and snowshoes led increases in accessories sales that grew by $64 million this season in specialty shops and online. “It’s hard to imagine a better season in the accessories business. We sold out of helmets and our goggle supply was similarly tight thanks to a season where every region had record snowfall and every resort was open,” states Blair Clark, SMITH Optics, Sr. VP, Marketing and Sales.

“How does it feel Chas to win one bizzillion dollars in a year?”

Words by Tawnya Schultz/ Pics by Binky

First off I must apologize for slacking and not having a post up sooner. I know; it’s not like me or us at all. Here’s the thing. Something so random happened this weekend at the West Coast Invitational after party while Talib Kweli was performing on stage. While Pancho was holding my camera and showing me a “memory card full” message since we had taken more than 100 photos that night some crazy guy jumped on stage attempting to stage dive. Well literally within a split second security grabbed the dude and bro went flying off the stage landing directly on Pancho who’s like half this guy’s size. Anyway Pancho somehow survived but my camera did not. It went flying as well vanishing within seconds. So I’m putting the word out. Someone has my Canon digi cam with tons of rail jam and Talib Kweli party photos. We pulled some pics together for ya though, courtesy of Binky, and here’s a brief rundown of what went down at this year’s W.C.I. in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Chris Grenier mobbin’ it before he got hurt.