Not only is it free, there's going to be a fire pit and beer for you folks who are 21+.
Go have a good ol' time tonight with your buddies... cause' it's FRIDAY NIGHT!
Friday, November 16, 2012
GO to Mountain Creek Red Tail Lodge TONIGHT!
Not only is it free, there's going to be a fire pit and beer for you folks who are 21+.
Go have a good ol' time tonight with your buddies... cause' it's FRIDAY NIGHT!
Jesse talks Ransack Rebellion part
"Here is my video part from "Ransack Rebellion" in full on YouTube. Ransack was an interesting year, a good year, in a lot of ways our best year ever, although the movie didn't get the hype as some of the others it felt like the right message for that time for Think Thank. The whole rebellion part was cool too because it happened to coincide with the 99% Occupy movement, I think it was a little bit of a collective unconscious thing going on their. We always liked jibbing junk and doing more with less and the idea that it would be a rebellion against waste, like a rebellion against waisted opportunities, was really fun for me. Sean and Pika and I had a conversation pretty early on as well about the fact that Brain Farm was going to be coming out with Art of Flight at the same time and we knew they pretty much had a monopoly on epic jaw dropping scenery, cinematography, and next level backcountry riding. Basically they had a lock on "beautiful". So we wanted to have a lock on "ugly". We open the movie with smoke stacks and a rainy garbage dump in blown out black and white with some extra grain. That sort of set the pace. It was fun as well making a movie that wasn't supposed to bright and happy and orange and cones and "fun". It was like no, we're rebelling, against garbage and against what we have become comfortable being. Now, what comes to life at the end is never all you hoped in the beginning, but I was happy to say that Ransack from tip to tail achieved the aesthetic mood we were hoping for.
As for my part it was a good year, in retrospect maybe will be marked as "the last year of the one footers" for me because I got very hurt that summer doing one and still as of this moment haven't tried another almost a year and a half later. There were a couple of things in Ransack that I had been working on for a few years that only got done right for this part. Like the cab 5 fastplant indy. People liked that a lot, but I had actually done that trick in the previous three video parts, just not with a grab and not as solid. It goes to show how much doing a thing right makes a difference in communicating the radness to people. Also the hippy hop to stairs, I was stoked on that because I had wanted it for years and because I was wearing an Austen Granger Has a Posse tee shirt when I did it. Anyways check it out:
Another thing I'm remembering about this was it was when the movie Black Swan came out and I watched it on the plane on my way up to Alaska for our spring session. In the movie Natalie Portman's character actually (SPOILER ALERT!!!) has to kill herself to achieve where she want's to be artistically as a dancer. Not physically as a dancer but where her head needed to be, the emotions that her dancing could communicate only after she took it to a very dark place. She was all in. This idea resonates with any snowboarder filming a video part. So on the plane I came up with the idea of going "Black Swan" on the trip. It worked for a bit, I got myself out of my comfort zone. I filmed the picnic table half cab wheelie bs 3 over the dirt gap, the double one footers on the oil tanks and the opening shot on the red curb, the weird triple line one footer beres nose press thing. Then the ugly side of "Black Swan" reared it's head when I tried to bs 3 one foot over the foundation gap (it's been in some movies, you'd know it if you saw it). I had it so good but the snow there is super shitty and crystalized, like little miniature ice cubes, and it's extra slippy stuff on your board. My foot slipped off and I did the splits and my knee (patela) dislocated and I ripped my snow pants in half. My knee went right back in but it was a rude awakening, Swan style has consequences. It came back quick but not all the way I think. The next trick I filmed was only like three days later it was a line up in the junk yard by my house and Mertz shot what would later be a Freerun Magazine cover and due to my Cobra Dogs hoody earn me "don't let this guy pay!" status. I filmed the rest of the season and got close to that Swan feeling but never quite locked it again. Oh well maybe this year I'll be able to bring that Swan back!
I want to write more stories about Think Thank parts, this is pretty fun. The internet! It's good for stuff!"
Jesse Burtner
As for my part it was a good year, in retrospect maybe will be marked as "the last year of the one footers" for me because I got very hurt that summer doing one and still as of this moment haven't tried another almost a year and a half later. There were a couple of things in Ransack that I had been working on for a few years that only got done right for this part. Like the cab 5 fastplant indy. People liked that a lot, but I had actually done that trick in the previous three video parts, just not with a grab and not as solid. It goes to show how much doing a thing right makes a difference in communicating the radness to people. Also the hippy hop to stairs, I was stoked on that because I had wanted it for years and because I was wearing an Austen Granger Has a Posse tee shirt when I did it. Anyways check it out:
Another thing I'm remembering about this was it was when the movie Black Swan came out and I watched it on the plane on my way up to Alaska for our spring session. In the movie Natalie Portman's character actually (SPOILER ALERT!!!) has to kill herself to achieve where she want's to be artistically as a dancer. Not physically as a dancer but where her head needed to be, the emotions that her dancing could communicate only after she took it to a very dark place. She was all in. This idea resonates with any snowboarder filming a video part. So on the plane I came up with the idea of going "Black Swan" on the trip. It worked for a bit, I got myself out of my comfort zone. I filmed the picnic table half cab wheelie bs 3 over the dirt gap, the double one footers on the oil tanks and the opening shot on the red curb, the weird triple line one footer beres nose press thing. Then the ugly side of "Black Swan" reared it's head when I tried to bs 3 one foot over the foundation gap (it's been in some movies, you'd know it if you saw it). I had it so good but the snow there is super shitty and crystalized, like little miniature ice cubes, and it's extra slippy stuff on your board. My foot slipped off and I did the splits and my knee (patela) dislocated and I ripped my snow pants in half. My knee went right back in but it was a rude awakening, Swan style has consequences. It came back quick but not all the way I think. The next trick I filmed was only like three days later it was a line up in the junk yard by my house and Mertz shot what would later be a Freerun Magazine cover and due to my Cobra Dogs hoody earn me "don't let this guy pay!" status. I filmed the rest of the season and got close to that Swan feeling but never quite locked it again. Oh well maybe this year I'll be able to bring that Swan back!
I want to write more stories about Think Thank parts, this is pretty fun. The internet! It's good for stuff!"
Jesse Burtner
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
MATI-GNAR! Thursday, NOV. 8th
A van-load of riders from the video will be making a special appearance at the Layton Hills Mall in UTAH so get there early to have them sign your face!
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Win a 12/13 Burtner Box Scratcher!!!
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For more details:
http://www.lib-tech.com/2012/10/23/lib-techs-zombie-costume-contest/
Friday, November 2, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA Premiere, SATURDAY 11/3
The haps:
Saturday, November 3rd
The Wheel Mill
6815 Hamilton Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Doors open at 7pm
ALL-AGES
$10 general admission
(bar for 21+)
The Wheel Mill
6815 Hamilton Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Doors open at 7pm
ALL-AGES
$10 general admission
(bar for 21+)
Monday, October 22, 2012
Mt. Baker Film Fest: Thursday 10/25
Mt. Baker Film Fest is this Thursday, October
25th at the Mt. Baker Theater in Pika's hometown, Bellingham, WA. Jesse
put together a hammer edit special for the night.
Doors open at 6pm
Movies start at 7pm
$8 Advance/$10 At the Door
Free to 2012-13 Mt. Baker Season's Pass Holders between 6 and 7 pm day of the show!
Advanced tickets available at the Mt. Baker Ski Area Business Office or Mt. Baker Theater.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Video Man Heading to Sacramento Friday, 10/19!
Come out to Ace of Spades Friday night in Sacramento, CA and hang out with Lib Tech's Jesse Burtner and Flow/Arnette rider Nial Romanek.
Here's the poster from Ground Zero, the hosts of this fine event. There will be some kind of "Bucking Snowboard" there where you can win prizes. I'm not going to lie, my curiosity if piqued. I may have to try it, better wear some jeggings.
Advanced tickets are on sale at all Ground Zero shops:
Ground Zero Boardshop
225 G St
Davis, CA 95616
Ground Zero Boardshop
1801 Taylor Rd
Roseville, CA 95661
Ground Zero Boardshop
1632 Howe Ave
Sacramento, CA 95825
Ground Zero Boardshop
3642 North Freeway Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95834
and also online at: http://boardersmall.com/xcart/product.php?productid=23957&cat=1103&page=1
Monday, October 15, 2012
Thanks Spokane and Spread the Shred!
Spread The Shred beckoned us to Spokane, WA Saturday making the 4 1/2
hour drive fly by. Spokane is a special place really, a large city with a
small-town feel and a close-knit snowboard community. Several local
ski-hills including Mt. Spokane, Lookout and 49 Degrees North donated a
ton of day passes and even a couple of season's passes to the raffle and
kids were stoked!
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Thanks for everyone who came out to Spread the Shred and support SOS! Sponsors came out in full force to support the cause and I hope everyone left with a little something to take home.
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Jesse with the Lib Tech Burtner Box Scratcher 151 Raffle Winner!
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Big thank you's to Zachary and Martin for putting on one awesome show, even cutting snowflakes and carving pumpkins to make the night extra special. Also thanks to Frequency, Snowboarder, Lib Tech, Arbor, ThirtyTwo, all of the local shops that came to show their support, SOS, and most of all the nicest most down-to-earth rippers who make Spokane one of my favorite new places to visit!
Monday, October 8, 2012
SLC/Reno/Spokane THIS WEEK!
The Video Man is on the move! He's been to Denver, Burlington, Vancouver, Duluth, Minneapolis, had 2 sold out shows in Los Angeles, 1 sold out show in Seattle, and is now turning up the heat and making appearances in SLC, Reno and Spokane this week!
Salt Lake City is going down THURSDAY night at Spidelli's. Bundy has the night off so is going to get loose right along side of you. I had the honor of seeing him dance it up at the Downtown Throwdown afterparty in Seattle last weekend and it was quite a treat.
As SLC is home to so many Think Thankers and Dinos don't be surprised to see Beresford, Stevens, Hammid, Sean Black, Ross, Sean Lucey, Bogart in the melee'.
A Think Thank/DWD premiere wouldn't be complete without a board to win and Lib Tech has graciously supplied SLC with a Burtner Box Scratcher for one lucky jibber who either eats enough pizza slices to earn raffle tickets or buys them for a buck apiece.
RENO is going down FRIDAY night at Freight House. Eternal Snow does it up big, and with Givin's ToO and the DWD Team Video premiering with Mind the Video Man you will bear witness to a whole smorgashboard of rail riding and freestyle moves.
Newcomer Nial Romanek will be on the scene along with DWD's Ben Bogart, so treat them to a beer and a high five or two if you see them.
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Last but not least is the 4th annual SPREAD THE SHRED in SPOKANE, WA Saturday night at The Garland Theater. Jesse and I have always wanted to personally attend, and finally this year, we're going to make it a road trip and drive over from Seattle for the event. Spread the Shred is a benefit for SOS (Snowboard Outreach Society) that helps gets at risk youth out onto the hill. It's a good cause folks!
Salt Lake City is going down THURSDAY night at Spidelli's. Bundy has the night off so is going to get loose right along side of you. I had the honor of seeing him dance it up at the Downtown Throwdown afterparty in Seattle last weekend and it was quite a treat.
As SLC is home to so many Think Thankers and Dinos don't be surprised to see Beresford, Stevens, Hammid, Sean Black, Ross, Sean Lucey, Bogart in the melee'.
A Think Thank/DWD premiere wouldn't be complete without a board to win and Lib Tech has graciously supplied SLC with a Burtner Box Scratcher for one lucky jibber who either eats enough pizza slices to earn raffle tickets or buys them for a buck apiece.
RENO is going down FRIDAY night at Freight House. Eternal Snow does it up big, and with Givin's ToO and the DWD Team Video premiering with Mind the Video Man you will bear witness to a whole smorgashboard of rail riding and freestyle moves.
Newcomer Nial Romanek will be on the scene along with DWD's Ben Bogart, so treat them to a beer and a high five or two if you see them.
Friday, September 28, 2012
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