7 Skateparks, 4 Skateboarders, One Day

4 skateboarders skated 7 skateparks in one long push. The day started by a drive from Santa Cruz to Sunnyvale skatepark where we met an old friend "Nate Linford". After one hour or so, the crew moved to Lake Cunningham in San Jose. That place is big for sure.
Next was Ben Lomond (Felton), Scotts Valley, Derby park (Santa Cruz), Live Oaks (Santa Cruz) and Mike Fox (Santa Cruz).
We met a few strong skateboards during the trip, Nate and Ford at Sunnyvale, Bill at San Jose, Blake at Ben Lomond and Alex at Sunnyvale.

We initially planned to skate 3 more skateparks but instead we choose to drive less and skate more :)

The video was shot with the Sony FX7, edited with FCP.

Music from Klaxons, song "The two receivers".

Santa Cruz Mike Fox Skatepark

Moke, Isaiah and Benoit all share the same hobby, snowboarding. So it was natural that they met together during the summer at Santa Cruz for some skateboarding.

Mike Fox skatepark has a 2 very large pools and a street section.

Since they had so much fun, they decided that they all will get back together during the summer and skate 10 skateparks around Santa Cruz. The video is coming soon.

The movie was shot with an iPhone 4 and edited with FCP and Color.

Music from Hotel Costes 5, song "Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap".

Bear Valley Back Country Ski/Snowboard Trip

The 2009/2010 ski season came finally to an end late May with the last trip to Bear Valley. We started the weekend by getting the equipments (snow shoes, beacons...) to MAS at Bear Valley Village.
On Sunday not so early morning, we hiked up Super Cub, Spring Gap to the top of Porridge bowl, where the kids warmed up on the cornice.

We then, dropped Cliff Run to reach Mickey's meadow.

Since the snow was getting too wet on that side of the mountain, we made some fun runs from the top of Snoopy Dog hill.

The video was shot with an iPod nano and edited with Final Cup Pro. Enjoy.

Music from The National, Song England.

Bear Valley Rail Jam 2010 - The Video

Bear Valley hold their third rail jam contest April 10. The park was setup just in front of the Sun room. It was composed of one hand rail, one canon box, one C box and one tap tank.

Benoit Rouchy won the snowboard under 15 category. He was the defending champion. He was challenged by Moke Taylor who won the best trick of the day with a 360 nose tap.

James Young won the ski under 15 category. Sean Finnegan won the ski 16 and above.

Thomas Costa won the snowboard 16 and above. Kevin Warren the defending champion decided to judge the contest this year.

Jessica Lawrence won the women snowboard category.

Music by the Sonic Youth, song "Ca plane pour moi", a remix of the original song by Plastic Bertrand released in 1977.

Kirkwood Spring Session

Kirkwood was your destination today. Benoit and Lucas checked out the parks. Overall, we had a great day but the half pipe looked quite small and weak.

Benoit FS board slide

Lucas 50-50 the dinosaur

Benoit FS air

Lucas plain air

Benoit tapping the huge tire

Bear Valley April Pow Pow

Bear Valley has received a few feet of snow during the first week of April. On Tuesday, the Grizzly (aka Lower Mountain) opened just after the storm with more than one foot of untracked powder.

Lucas and Benoit Rouchy, the last winners of the BV Village Jib Jam, showed their skills with a very different type of terrain.

Music from Floating Vibes, song Surfer Blood.

Bear Valley Village Jib Jam Contest

Bear Valley Village Jib Jam first every contest was organized by Mike Schimke. The competitors were asked to do the tricks called by the judges (Tyler Skivington). And like the game of skate, the skiers and snowboarders will get a letter called when the trick was not executed correctly. Once they have collected the 3 letters Jib, they were eliminated.

Check the uninvited dog collecting 2 letters.

Music by the Vampire Weekend, song A-punk.

They had running a few categories, ski under 12, ski above 18, snowboard under 18 and above.

Ski under 12:
- First place Lucas Rouchy
- Second place Tyle
- Third place Riley Doyle

Ski above 18:
- First place James Young
- Second place Josh Turley
- Third place Matt Greenley

Snowboard under 18:
- First place Benoit Rouchy
- Second place Tyler Doyle
- Third place Austin Jones

Snowboard above 18:
- First place Kevin Warren
- Second place Thomas Costa
- Third place Travis Jeitz

Women Snowboard:
- First place Whitney Bourassa
- Second place Mel Rynd

Bear Valley Village Jib Jam

Mike Schimke explaining the game of "Jib" to the competitors.

Tyler Doyle (second place, under 17) BS board slide

Mathieu Lavoie

Benoit Rouchy, the winner of under 17 division, BS board slide

Mike Schimke and Kevin putting the finishing touch to the contest.

Moke BS board slide

Austin Jone (Third under 17)

Lucas Rouchy (first under 12), working on its ski slide.

Whitney first place.

Mathieu Lavoie pressing hard.

Travis Jeitz (third) FS board slide

Bear Valley - Kodiac Park March 2010

Check out the young Bear Valley team ripping it up at the Kodiac park.

Dream Team:
Riley Doyle 6 years,
Lucas Rouchy 7 years,... See More
Tyler Bottomley 8 years,
Joe Young 9 years,
Benoit Rouchy 10 years,
Tyler Doyle 11 years

Benoit Rouchy 50-50 the 40 ft Tower Rails

Joe Young 50-50 the stairs

Benoit 50-50 the stairs

Tyler Bottomley tapping the 10 ft Tank Tap

Benoit stalling the wall

Benoit 50-50 the 20 ft C Box

Joe Young spread eagle over the hip

Benoit board slide the 24 ft flat box

Lucas tapping the 10 ft Tank Tap

Benoit half way through the 25 ft table top

Benoit 360

Tyler Bottomley 360 on snow blades

Bear Valley Back Flip Session

Matt Geenlee, Corey Sciotto, James Young and Shamus have step up their game with this back flip session on Blue Jay (Bear Valley). A fairly steep kicker was built the day before that video was shot. You'll see Matt, Corey, James and Shamus (snowboard) landing their first ever back flip (barrel roll).
The video also feature a "Bail" sequence with the 1 and 1/2 flip from Corey, the not quite a flip by James, 360 attempt by Lucas (7 years) and Benoit big air crash...

Santa Cruz's Steamer Lane O'Neill Cold Water Classic

The last day of the O'Neill Cold Water Classic started with the first quarter final.

Bicycle Trip Park - Santa Cruz

The new Bicycle Trip Park has just opened at Santa Cruz.

Antony, Jordan and Kyle at the Bike Park - Santa Cruz

We have been at the new Bicycle Trip Bike park a hand full of time now. One of the biker thought that Lucas and Benoit were brothers with Matt Davies the pro scooter rider. Not quite but may be some days, they'll do some of its tricks.

Antony

Shifty

Benoit Rouchy

Kyle wall ride

Jordan FS air

Jordan yet another FS air

Lucas Rouchy

Bicycle Trip Park

Benoit and Lucas are enjoying the new Bicycle Trip park at Santa Cruz. The park has just open for bikes and scooters.

Benoit clearing the smallest jump.

Lucas ollie.

Kyle.

Benoit clearing the gap.

Dirt Bike Polo Ground

Benoit is enjoying the sun at the dirt bike park at the Polo Ground near Aptos. Time has come for a new bike.