Brooke Geery

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An Almost-Olympic Hump Day with JJ Thomas

The top of the podium is a nice place to be. Despite boyish good looks and solid snowboard skills, JJ Thomas has never been a Danny Kass or Shaun White type. He's always been good, but just lacking that hype that creates true snowboard sensations. Maybe that's why when JJ ended up in a 3-way tie for the 4th US Olympic team slot this year, it was labeled as a comeback. Of course, he'd spent the past few seasons filming, not pipe jocking, but if you're not at every Burton-sponsored pipe fest every year, you must be washed up right? Over the years though, one place JJ tops the charts…
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Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Scotty Lago Olympic Interview

We've got Olympic fever and it's mostly cause Scotty Lago made the team. Not only is he a good ol' New England boy, but he's down for a good time, even while trying to make Team USA. If anyone can show the world what snowboarding is really about (hint: not double corks) it's Scotty. As the only Frend on the Olympic team, do you think not being on a Burton board had anything to do with you making it? Naw, hahaha, but being the only one from the crew gives me more motivation to go and shred it So given Kevin and Danny's untimely injuries, did that help motivate you…
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Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Louie Vito Olympic Interview

For all this talk about how little we care about the Olympics and what not, we've really been paying pretty close attention to it. When the team was officially announced on Monday we realized that maybe we are even a little bit psyched to see how big of a junk show Vancouver 2010 really ends up being (or not.) It also doesn't hurt that a decent portion of team USA are not just lame pipe jocks, but snowboarders we actually kind of like. And since we could, we figured some quick, EXCLUSIVE interviews were in order (but only with the people we care about.) First up, Louie Vito. Which experience…
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An Almost-Olympic Hump Day with JJ Thomas

The top of the podium is a nice place to be. Despite boyish good looks and solid snowboard skills, JJ Thomas has never been a Danny Kass or Shaun White type. He's always been good, but just lacking that hype that creates true snowboard sensations. Maybe that's why when JJ ended up in a 3-way tie for the 4th US Olympic team slot this year, it was labeled as a comeback. Of course, he'd spent the past few seasons filming, not pipe jocking, but if you're not at every Burton-sponsored pipe fest every year, you must be washed up right? Over the years though, one place JJ tops the charts…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Scotty Lago Olympic Interview

We've got Olympic fever and it's mostly cause Scotty Lago made the team. Not only is he a good ol' New England boy, but he's down for a good time, even while trying to make Team USA. If anyone can show the world what snowboarding is really about (hint: not double corks) it's Scotty. As the only Frend on the Olympic team, do you think not being on a Burton board had anything to do with you making it? Naw, hahaha, but being the only one from the crew gives me more motivation to go and shred it So given Kevin and Danny's untimely injuries, did that help motivate you…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Louie Vito Olympic Interview

For all this talk about how little we care about the Olympics and what not, we've really been paying pretty close attention to it. When the team was officially announced on Monday we realized that maybe we are even a little bit psyched to see how big of a junk show Vancouver 2010 really ends up being (or not.) It also doesn't hurt that a decent portion of team USA are not just lame pipe jocks, but snowboarders we actually kind of like. And since we could, we figured some quick, EXCLUSIVE interviews were in order (but only with the people we care about.) First up, Louie Vito. Which experience…
Read More

An Almost-Olympic Hump Day with JJ Thomas

The top of the podium is a nice place to be. Despite boyish good looks and solid snowboard skills, JJ Thomas has never been a Danny Kass or Shaun White type. He's always been good, but just lacking that hype that creates true snowboard sensations. Maybe that's why when JJ ended up in a 3-way tie for the 4th US Olympic team slot this year, it was labeled as a comeback. Of course, he'd spent the past few seasons filming, not pipe jocking, but if you're not at every Burton-sponsored pipe fest every year, you must be washed up right? Over the years though, one place JJ tops the charts…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Scotty Lago Olympic Interview

We've got Olympic fever and it's mostly cause Scotty Lago made the team. Not only is he a good ol' New England boy, but he's down for a good time, even while trying to make Team USA. If anyone can show the world what snowboarding is really about (hint: not double corks) it's Scotty. As the only Frend on the Olympic team, do you think not being on a Burton board had anything to do with you making it? Naw, hahaha, but being the only one from the crew gives me more motivation to go and shred it So given Kevin and Danny's untimely injuries, did that help motivate you…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Louie Vito Olympic Interview

For all this talk about how little we care about the Olympics and what not, we've really been paying pretty close attention to it. When the team was officially announced on Monday we realized that maybe we are even a little bit psyched to see how big of a junk show Vancouver 2010 really ends up being (or not.) It also doesn't hurt that a decent portion of team USA are not just lame pipe jocks, but snowboarders we actually kind of like. And since we could, we figured some quick, EXCLUSIVE interviews were in order (but only with the people we care about.) First up, Louie Vito. Which experience…
Read More

An Almost-Olympic Hump Day with JJ Thomas

The top of the podium is a nice place to be. Despite boyish good looks and solid snowboard skills, JJ Thomas has never been a Danny Kass or Shaun White type. He's always been good, but just lacking that hype that creates true snowboard sensations. Maybe that's why when JJ ended up in a 3-way tie for the 4th US Olympic team slot this year, it was labeled as a comeback. Of course, he'd spent the past few seasons filming, not pipe jocking, but if you're not at every Burton-sponsored pipe fest every year, you must be washed up right? Over the years though, one place JJ tops the charts…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Scotty Lago Olympic Interview

We've got Olympic fever and it's mostly cause Scotty Lago made the team. Not only is he a good ol' New England boy, but he's down for a good time, even while trying to make Team USA. If anyone can show the world what snowboarding is really about (hint: not double corks) it's Scotty. As the only Frend on the Olympic team, do you think not being on a Burton board had anything to do with you making it? Naw, hahaha, but being the only one from the crew gives me more motivation to go and shred it So given Kevin and Danny's untimely injuries, did that help motivate you…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Louie Vito Olympic Interview

For all this talk about how little we care about the Olympics and what not, we've really been paying pretty close attention to it. When the team was officially announced on Monday we realized that maybe we are even a little bit psyched to see how big of a junk show Vancouver 2010 really ends up being (or not.) It also doesn't hurt that a decent portion of team USA are not just lame pipe jocks, but snowboarders we actually kind of like. And since we could, we figured some quick, EXCLUSIVE interviews were in order (but only with the people we care about.) First up, Louie Vito. Which experience…
Read More

An Almost-Olympic Hump Day with JJ Thomas

The top of the podium is a nice place to be. Despite boyish good looks and solid snowboard skills, JJ Thomas has never been a Danny Kass or Shaun White type. He's always been good, but just lacking that hype that creates true snowboard sensations. Maybe that's why when JJ ended up in a 3-way tie for the 4th US Olympic team slot this year, it was labeled as a comeback. Of course, he'd spent the past few seasons filming, not pipe jocking, but if you're not at every Burton-sponsored pipe fest every year, you must be washed up right? Over the years though, one place JJ tops the charts…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Scotty Lago Olympic Interview

We've got Olympic fever and it's mostly cause Scotty Lago made the team. Not only is he a good ol' New England boy, but he's down for a good time, even while trying to make Team USA. If anyone can show the world what snowboarding is really about (hint: not double corks) it's Scotty. As the only Frend on the Olympic team, do you think not being on a Burton board had anything to do with you making it? Naw, hahaha, but being the only one from the crew gives me more motivation to go and shred it So given Kevin and Danny's untimely injuries, did that help motivate you…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Louie Vito Olympic Interview

For all this talk about how little we care about the Olympics and what not, we've really been paying pretty close attention to it. When the team was officially announced on Monday we realized that maybe we are even a little bit psyched to see how big of a junk show Vancouver 2010 really ends up being (or not.) It also doesn't hurt that a decent portion of team USA are not just lame pipe jocks, but snowboarders we actually kind of like. And since we could, we figured some quick, EXCLUSIVE interviews were in order (but only with the people we care about.) First up, Louie Vito. Which experience…
Read More

An Almost-Olympic Hump Day with JJ Thomas

The top of the podium is a nice place to be. Despite boyish good looks and solid snowboard skills, JJ Thomas has never been a Danny Kass or Shaun White type. He's always been good, but just lacking that hype that creates true snowboard sensations. Maybe that's why when JJ ended up in a 3-way tie for the 4th US Olympic team slot this year, it was labeled as a comeback. Of course, he'd spent the past few seasons filming, not pipe jocking, but if you're not at every Burton-sponsored pipe fest every year, you must be washed up right? Over the years though, one place JJ tops the charts…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Scotty Lago Olympic Interview

We've got Olympic fever and it's mostly cause Scotty Lago made the team. Not only is he a good ol' New England boy, but he's down for a good time, even while trying to make Team USA. If anyone can show the world what snowboarding is really about (hint: not double corks) it's Scotty. As the only Frend on the Olympic team, do you think not being on a Burton board had anything to do with you making it? Naw, hahaha, but being the only one from the crew gives me more motivation to go and shred it So given Kevin and Danny's untimely injuries, did that help motivate you…
Read More

Exclusive! YoBeat’s Official Louie Vito Olympic Interview

For all this talk about how little we care about the Olympics and what not, we've really been paying pretty close attention to it. When the team was officially announced on Monday we realized that maybe we are even a little bit psyched to see how big of a junk show Vancouver 2010 really ends up being (or not.) It also doesn't hurt that a decent portion of team USA are not just lame pipe jocks, but snowboarders we actually kind of like. And since we could, we figured some quick, EXCLUSIVE interviews were in order (but only with the people we care about.) First up, Louie Vito. Which experience…
Read More