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Hump Day Interviews

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
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Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
Read More

Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
Read More

Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
Read More

A Monumental Hump Day with Dave Tran

Dave takes a hands on approach. He's actually whittling a snowboard out of that snow bank. Amidst a sea of giant ski brands and influx of corporate culture, there are still plenty of small snowboard brands, run by snowboarders. Monument may be out of Washington DC, not exactly a snowboard epicenter, and Dave Tran may be Oriental Asian, which is only relevant as I like to make fun of him about it, but MNMNT is about as true to snowboarding as you can get. Run out of Dave's DC apartment, the brand is one of the few to stay true to the East Coast, and not deserting the ice for…
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

A Random Hump Day with Sean Genovese

Photo: Keenan When you're not happy with your board sponsor in this day in age, there's only one thing to do: start your own brand. Sure, given then current economic climate, and the responsibilities of running a company, it might not be the easiest proposition. But for Sean Genovese, it's a walk in the park. Wait, no, I am lying. Sean is honestly one of the most random, out-there individuals that I've ever met, and the fact he is able to run his own snowboard brand is a testament to the fact that snowboarding is the world's greatest industry. Don't get me wrong, Sean is potentially the most fun human…
Read More

Hump Day Salutes El Schwarez

The fateful day. Nothing but smiles. Anytime someone is seriously injured snowboarding, it’s easy to start throwing blame around. And in the case of Mike “El Schwarez” Schwarz’s injury, there’s no shortage of culprits. Last year, at the World Quarterpipe Championships at Timber Ridge, VT, any paranoid person would say it was bound to happen. Even when I learned someone had been airlifted to Dartmouth following the event, I wasn’t surprised. In the hubbub of the gauntlet and the fire pit, I didn’t even notice when Mike Schwarz fell, hitting his head twice on the way down, and then stumbled off. It wasn’t until the next day I heard official…
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Hump Day Goes Shooting with Dave Lehl

Ahh, snowboard photographers. Chicks love them, dudes want to be them. Oh wait, that's the actual pro snowboarders. Snowboard photographers are the ones with cold fingers and (probably) massive debt who, let's face it, probably weren't very good at snowboarding. But a few lucky and talented individuals have had the pleasure of living the dream (at least for a little while) thanks to a camera and a photographic eye and Summit Country-based Dave Lehl is one of them. That's not to say he goes home and rolls in piles of money, but Dave is what many want to be: a professional snowboard photographer, traveling the world and (usually) getting paid…
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Hump Day Throws a Grenade at Joseph Condorelli

It’s easy to make fun of Grenade. Between Danny Kass’s antics, and the company's complete makeover, one has to wonder what exactly is going on over there?  Then, when you add in the fact that almost everyone in snowboarding has worked for, hung out at, or done business with Grenade, yet only a few people know what’s really happening, it gets even easier. In fact, I heard last week, CEO Joseph Condorelli bit the head off a live bat. True story. You believed me for a minute didn’t you? After all, Joseph is an outsider. A loud-mouthed New Yorker who came from a business background, having never set foot on…
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