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Burlington, VT (May 21, 2013) Burton Snowboards is proud to present the third annual Frendly Gathering, taking place at Timber Ridge in Windham, Vermont on June 28th & 29th. Started by pro snowboarders Danny Davis and Jack Mitrani of the Frends Crew, the Frendly Gathering is a grassroots music festival that brings an incredible line-up of bands and DJs to the beautiful Green Mountains of southern Vermont. At this year’s Frendly Gathering, the acclaimed tribal-electro trio Beats Antique is confirmed to headline the two-day event, along with other amazing confirmed artists, including Keller Williams, Rubblebucket, Paper Diamond, Conspirator, Toubab Krewe, Assembly of Dust, Vermont’s very own Twiddle, and many more. And if a weekend of music and camping with the Frends Crew isn’t enough, there will also be a skateboard ramp, hiking, swimming, yoga, live art and one-of-a-kind vendors for everyone to enjoy. “The Frendly Gathering truly represents what the snowboard lifestyle is all about – hanging with friends, enjoying amazing music and sharing good times outdoors,” said Burton VP of Marketing Anne-Marie Dacyshyn. “We’re honored to be the presenting sponsor of the Frendly Gathering for the first time, and with the insane line-up and laid-back vibe, all taking place in beautiful Vermont, it’s a summer festival not to be missed.” “Our passion to build the ‘Frendly Gathering’ comes from growing up within the very inclusive community that snowboarding represents,” said Jack Mitrani. “We’re beyond excited to be taking The Frendly Gathering to the next level with a little help from our Frends at Burton Snowboards.” To celebrate the upcoming Frendly Gathering and to kick-off summer, the Burton Flagship Store in Burlington, Vermont will host a free event on Saturday, May 25th from 1-6 pm, featuring live music by Twiddle, along with food, drinks and games. Special guests from the Frends Crew will be on hand, and Frendly Gathering tickets will be on sale at a discounted price for that day only. In addition, the Burton store will be fully loaded with the new 2013 Spring/Summer collection, and all guests will have a chance to win a VIP Frendly Gathering experience. For more information on the summer kick-off event at the Burton Burlington Flagship Store, call (802) 660-3200 or check out www.Facebook.com/BurtonBurlington. And to purchase tickets for the Frendly Gathering, head to www.FrendlyGathering.com.

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The second film in the LIVES OF THE ARTISTS series for Relentless examining the character of artists from very different worlds, discovering the deep similarities despite the surface differences. Featuring freeride snowboarding legends Xavier De Le Rue and Jeremy Jones in Antarctica riding terrain never before attempted with only their own skills for support and James Lavelle of UNKLE and MoWax in Japan and Russia, telling the real story behind the highs and lows of his experience. The post Follow Me Down FULL MOVIE appeared first on .

Admittedly, I should have known better than to to go a Kamp, spelled with a “K” and hosted by a ski company in the middle-of-nowhere Washington. When they used a halfass temptation like “DJ Mullet is gonna be there!” I should have avoided it at all costs. But no. I’m a serious journalist and I’d been put on the media list so I had to go. I arrived at Crystal Mountain at 10 pm on Friday to find a drafty pop-up tent blasting bad alternative music and skiers playing beer pong like zombies. One terrifying lap and I was headed to get back in the car, but an enthusiastic K2 employee noticed me before I had the chance. I was stuck. I was escorted to my room, which I’d be sharing with four skiers, and fellow media nerd Mary Walsh. I tossed my gear a top the firm top bunk, but it wasn’t time to go to sleep quite yet. I located the five other snowboarders, who hunkered down in a hotel room filled only with gross snacks and cans of Coors Light to avoid the mob of skiers. To pass the time, Nick Dirks was painting tattoo flash art at the table, while Pat Bridges, Harry Hagan and Mary were reading questions off Trivial Pursuit cards. —- The sound of ski boots clomping around and Van Halen blasting from the tent were the official wake up call. We had to hustle out of our cells rooms to breakfast in the Washington drizzle, as it ended in 30 minutes.  I filled my plate with bready flapjacks and dry scrabbled eggs but only managed to down a half a pankcake. It was here I was issued my tracking device – a lanyard with my ski pass and schedule. I made phone call. Faced with the reality there was absolutely nothing else to do here and “shred” (on the rock it was called recreation time I think) was scheduled from 9-noon, Mary and I met up with two of the other snowboarders — Josh from EB and Justin from Tahoe — and headed up the hill, despite the ominous rain cloud hanging over the gondola. The limited terrain was mostly moguls, with a few long flat stretches which the slush was too slow and we had to unstrap. Even though I was soaked through in an hour, the “shred” portion would definitely turn out to be the highlight of the experience. — At dinner time we headed to the mess hall, where we found skiers being forced to mingle over pitchers of Coors light and dry pizza. Enthusiastic K2 employees circulated, hob-knobbing and rubbing elbows with owners of ski shops and encouraging everyone to get “as wasted as possible.” Sure that my tracking device would inflict damage if I tried to leave, I sat through an hour or so of “industry talk” before finally making a break for it. In the room I found a sick Jake Kuzyk (who’d just arrived), Dirks and Harry watching the new Gremlinz video on a lap top. It was the scheduled “chill” time and we were all happy to get a break. But almost as soon as the 40-Year-Old Virgin came on TV, the door was thrust open with the announcement that the K2 boss guys wanted everyone in the tent. We were lined up by a kid in a mullet wig and K2 shirt announcing, “I’m the K2 intern, it’s my job to make sure you’re all partying!” We trudged obediently down to the tent, where skiers huddled together in the cold, and the kegs barely pumped out flat beer. We’d been pre-assigned teams for the big beer pong tournament and the MC called out names, “Team Slayblade! Nick Dirks, Brooke Geery, come on up!” I did my best to hide from the calls, but they grabbed Nick and shoved him at a table before he could refuse. In my corner, I found a belligerent skier with bottles of booze offering to make “anything you wanted.” As long as it was whiskey or Pepsi. Nick looked at me and asked if I wanted to make a break for it right away, but my drinking had already commenced for the day — I couldn’t make it for a four hour drive. We manag

3 unemployed snowboarders tryin’ to make it from rags to riches and Russian bitches by risking their health to get nasty stitches. Oh look at that little rhyme they used to describe this teaser for We Out There. Ethan Morgan, Mario Kaeppeli and Flo Corzelius. Filmed by: Frederick Thelen, Martin Potocnik, Ryan Scardigli, Franco Marco Avi, Balint Hambalko, QParks, Sebi Madlener, Philipp Haeberle, Julian Pintarelli and Daniel Diedrich Edit by: Daniel Diedrich The post We Out There TEASER appeared first on .

In this fourth and final episode, we join Geoff Brown, Gordon Emery, Mat Galina, Marc Triffitt, Braden Dean and Spencer Kaleb, Ryan Manning, Greg Murray , Marc Triffitt join David Kinskofer and Canadian jump slayer Charles Reid for some good ol’ Canadian style boardin.