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The Monster Cirkus

Written by ArakadeMag
Friday, 03 April 2009 09:57
"The Evolution of the Cirkus for a new Generation" -Brian Packer ZAGG It took a team of about forty people, Months and Months of planning... but the cirkus was erected and brought into the heart of Salt Lake City, to blow the minds of every person who was lucky enough to be there that Saturday at the end of March. The Cirkus was a particularly hard event to construct, because of the sheer amount of work it took to put it all together, and because of restraints with the venue, our team wasn't able to start building the set up until 12:00 am the Morning of. So a team of about 25 hard working snowboard finatics stayed up all night, into the next day, moving over 30 tons of snow, building a several story scaffolding set up, and transforming the Gallivan Center, into the Modern Day Cirkus----- Thanks Team! "You have heard of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. You know the zany circus shows that come to every major city that claim to be the “greatest SHOW on Earth?” Well picture combining Barnum and Baileys “Greatest show on Earth with the Salt Lake City snowboard scene with the “greatest snow on Earth” and that is exactly what took place at the first ever Monster Cirkus: The Greatest Snow Bro Show I have ever seen!” -Dave Brewer, Snowboarder.com Dave Johnson Photo: Cameron Pierce, 3rd place winner, killing it on an existing rail at the Gallivan Center Dave Johnson Photo: Trent Saunders, 2nd place winner Justin Peck Photo Justin Peck Photo Handy Photo: DJ Roksteady killing it on the Ginesh Neale Gibbons Photo: BJ and Cheeseburer holding it down as the MC's for the Snowboard Comp Steve Rose Photo: top 5 baby! Prize Package: 5,000 prize purse: $3,500 First place went to TED BORLAND (Feature Interview in Arkade Magazine, and Product Prize Package) $1,000 Second place went to TRENT SAUNDERS (Full page Interview in Arkade Magazine, Snowboard) $500 Third place went to Cameron Pierce (Snowboard) Fourth through Eighth Place: ($5,000 product prizes) Steve Rose Photo: Cheeseburger giving Ted some Props on collecting the$3500 first place! Handy Photo: Scenic Byway boys getting their sk8 on during the middle of their set Neale Gibbons Photo: Kenny Bell going huge off of the Boost Moble, Monster Energy FMX ramps. Freestyle Motocross Exposition: Monster Energy and Boost Mobile FMX team, three thirty minute expositions from pro riders: John Distler Kenny Bell Beau Bamburg More Info: FreestyleMX.com Neale Gibbons Photo: Neale Gibbons Photo: Neale Gibbons Photo Neale Gibbons Photo Justin Peck Photo: The Street All Stars came out to show Salt Lake what Free Running is all about! Tha Alkaholiks: Justin Peck Photo's Music Groups Scenic Byway: http://scenicbywaymusic.com/ Wisebird: http://www.wisebird.net/ Tha Alkaholiks: http://www.alkaholiks.com/ Incendiary Circus: Jusin Peck Photo's Cirkus Pandemonium Silk Dancing - from a 20 ft. Tepee Apparatus Trapeze - Freestyle Aerial Dance during a band - from a 20 ft. Tepee Apparatus Acrobalance - people balancing in crazy weird positions on top of each other Plate Spinning (Spinning Plates on a Stick) Man Laying on a Nail Bed and having a Block of Ice on his Chest Broken with a Sledge Hammer! Contact Juggling - Juggled object never leaves the contact of the body Clowns- Making Balloon Animals Incindiary Circus; Two Fire-Dancing Expositions throughout the night Live Graff Mural: Justin Peck Photo's Thanks to our Sponsors including: Monster Energy, Arkade, ZAGG - Makers of the invisibleSHIELD, The Truth, Rockwell Watches, Bikesellerz.com, GearSwap.com, Ogio, Gear Swap, Fuel TV, City Weekly, Tech Nine, Ride, Kab Rails, DankSquad, Play N' Trade, Natty Light, Autumn Garage, Elm, Nikita, Milo, Salty Peaks, Rockwell Watches, Lenitech, Crowell Advertising, UpRock, Ghetto Slider, Desert Rocks, Zotes, B-Hood Clothing, Head Snowboards, Palmer Snowboards, and Haven Apparel Be ready for the next Cirkus, it will be coming to a town near you... and you won't want to miss it! On Saturday March 28th, Downtown Salt Lake City was bombarded with a huge event that was far different than any other snowboard event ever held within the capital city known for the greatest snow on Earth. You have heard of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. You know the zany circus shows that come to every major city that claim to be the “greatest SHOW on Earth?” Well picture combining Barnum and Baileys “Greatest show on Earth with the Salt Lake City snowboard scene with the “greatest snow on Earth” and that is exactly what took place at the first ever Monster Cirkus: The Greatest Snow Bro Show I have ever seen!”
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 18:28

32 Day at Brighton: An Interview with Mark Waters

Written by contentadmin

Friday, 13 March 2009 18:21

Last week 32 headed up to one of their favorite resorts, Brighton, for an awesome day of slopestyle, rail/box comp, and free beer for all the riders. The event took place March 2nd (03/02... get it) and lift tickets were available for a mere $32 bones.

True to Brighton form, the comp at the base of Milly was super styled out...not just tricks, but outfits too. (Oh yeah, the 80's called, they want their colors back!) And after all was said and done, we met up at Molly Greens for free pitchers. Mark Waters, from 32 and some of his crew even brought in huge speakers so we could jam out to some tunes while we chugged back the booze. I sat down with Mark and got a run down of how the event went for them.

Mark said all in all they had 188 riders, about 100 in the slopestlye and 80 in the rail comp with $320 in prize money for the winners. As the day wore on and conditions became.. well, not so great (flat light, icy, hard pack, wind) the slopestyle got crazier and crazier. The fastest time of the day was on one of the last runs, earning Tyler Eamund and Wiki Jones the fastest times for the mens and womens races. For the rail comp, judges pick their favorite rider, Everest Arnold, to take first place. (No surprises there, this kid dominates Brighton park!)

Due to the way Mark and the guys decided to handle the judging and prize money, the $320 plus a slew of other gear (including a 32 and Stepchild collaboration board, shoes, and gear from Etnies and 32) went to best overall rider Chris Brewster, and second place Carson Pippin.

Mark said he and the rest of the 32 crew had a great time. It was apparent at our table at Molly's where the crew and some Brighton guys, including Jared, park crew, Matt from the rental shop, and some of the top riders, threw off their neon beanies and goggles and threw back some frosty cold ones. Mark said next year they may try to do the judging a little differently to even out the prizes, and hoped for better weather. (Just a better season all in all would be great!! He said the slopestlye was especially sketchy with our lack of snow.)

Thanks to Mark for his time and all the 32/Brighton park crew for putting the event together. It was a blast!

SIA '09

Written by contentadmin
Sunday, 22 February 2009 14:17
SIA '09 was the last year the trade show was in Vegas. We at Arkade had a rediculously good time and have the photos to prove it! Tech 9 is lookin' G'd up from the feet up! Ride's new board line up had something for everyone. Leif likes to call this "networking".... Too many slushies! (that's our story and we're sticking to it.) Maybe it was the slushies, or just the bright colors of the new gear, but we felt like we could totally taste the rainbow. Tech 9 dials it in for the ladies!! Our model budget is running thin, we make do! We saw a lot of celebrities. Word up Sponge Bob. Ride Contra-Band came out with the craziest new binding this year, and continues to be cutting edge. Stunner shades Jeff Spicoli would be stoked on. (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, kids.) Straight up grubbin! Nitro team riders designed these bad ass boards. The new GNU ladies boards are sooo pretty! "You can't beat the beat, the beat beat!" We hope to see you guys shredding next year with some of this sweet gear! Peace out Vegas! Denver 2010... get ready. We're coming.
Last Updated on Monday, 23 February 2009 11:32

AST Winter Dew Tour Line Up

Written by contentadmin

Wednesday, 18 February 2009 18:33

The AST Winter Dew Tour kicks off tomorrow, Thursday February 19th at Northstar in Tahoe. Big name riders include Shaun White, who took home a ton of X games medals, Scotty Lago, Mikkel Bang, Torah Bright, Kelly Clark, Spencer O'Brien and Jenny Jones fighting for a piece of the $1.5 million dollar prize purse.

In addition to the competitions, the Dew Tour will feature live music and autograph signings, games, and interactive events in the Festival Village including a larger-than-life Plinko game, custom bandana making shop and oversized video wall. Hip hop star Common will be playing Friday at the Verizon Wireless stage. Other events are as follows:

Thursday: Snowboard Slopestyle Prelims, 11 am - 2:30 pm

Friday: Snowboard Slopestyle Finals, 2 pm - 3:30 pm and Common concert 5 pm -7 pm

Saturday: Snowboard Superpipe Prelims, 10 am- 1 pm

Sunday: Snowboard Superpipe Finals, noon - 3 pm

Pipe finals will be shown on NBC on Sunday from 4pm - 6pm EST and slopestyle finals on the USA Network Friday night from midnight - 1 am EST. Additional coverage will be shown on MTV, MTV2, and Fuel TV.

Windells Presidents Day Weekend Camp

Written by ArakadeMag
Saturday, 07 February 2009 15:06
Windells Presidents Day Weekend Camp is coming up! Register soon! It starts February 14th and goes thru February 20th, so show your love for snowboarding (or skating!) and head to Hood on Valentines!
Last Updated on Monday, 09 February 2009 18:33

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