TETON SNO*BOTS

EPIC*SODE 4!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY HERE!!!

2010-04-11T23:34:00.001-07:00

TETON SNO*BOTS EPIC*SODE 4 from Jade Magnum Thomason on Vimeo.

TETON SNOBOTS EPICSODE 4 TEASER

2010-03-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

TETON SNO*BOTS EPIC*SODE 4 TEASER from Jade Magnum Thomason on Vimeo.

Jedds Gap

2010-03-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

Coming soon, footage from Jedds Gap

-- Sent from my Palm Prē

TETON SNOBOTS EPICSODE THREE!!!

2010-02-17T12:15:00.000-08:00

We are so proud to present EPIC*SODE THREE OF THE TETON SNO*BOTS!!!

TETON SNO*BOTS EPIC*SODE THREE from Jade Magnum Thomason on Vimeo.

WATCH OUT FOR THEM SNOW BUNNIES

2010-02-14T00:42:00.001-08:00

Some are not as they appear!

RedBull Smoothies, breakfast of the SNO*BOTS!!!...

2010-02-13T20:24:00.000-08:00

Alright, if you want a kickstart to your mornings then the redbull smoothie is the perfect thing... Easy to make, all you need is some frozen fruit, vanilla icecream, a banana and a 12 oz. Can of redbull... Give it a try, it's the breakfast of the SNO*BOTS!!!

-- Sent from my Palm Prē

GET STOKED FOR EPICSODE THREE OF THE TETON SNOBOTS!!! COMING OUT THIS SUNDAY!!!

2010-02-09T23:46:00.000-08:00

Alright everyone, not going to say much!!! Just that I'm pretty dang excited for this next EPIC*SODE! I've been doing the math all night and pretty much what I've figured is that Awesome+Awesome=Awesomer!!! And that's pretty much what this is! Just some preview shots of what's to come! Wanna know where this amazing feature is? Keep checking the blog for this update!

Conrad, Tapping that tree

Oh, that's nice to see Jade checking up on those branches up there

Jedd, backside 3 tapperooni

Get Ready For "CRAMER CAM" In EPIC*SODE THREE

Him dropping down Bobcat at Grand Targhee.

(Jason gave it some contrast so you can see them cliffs better)

PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT!!! If you love the park you have to ride here!

2010-02-09T23:21:00.000-08:00

So, about a week ago my brother calls me up and says "Dude, you wanna ride PCMR for free?" and I said "HELL YEAH!!!".

Somehow he got 3 free tickets but only good saturday... It was friday night. I didn't want to go alone so I needed to recruit someone, so I called up my good friend Mark and he was down... During the same night I was editing EPIC*SODE TWO of the TETON SNO*BOTS. I didn't end up going to sleep till 2:30 a.m. and had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. to make the drive down to Utah...

Lets just say Red Bull is a miracle of modern science, we made the drive there safely and rode the whole day without being exhausted... That night we had to return back to Idaho, 8 hours of driving and it was all worth it...

Blake doing his famous back one things

Jade with the Backside Cork 7

I mean, it was a Saturday in a world renown resort that is known for their park.

The biggest kicker I have ever hit... Jade, Last jump in Kings Crown.

Blake, Huge Backside 180

Jade Magnum, Backside 360

"It was Mr. Plum with the Corrugated Pipe"

2010-02-09T19:08:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you get up to the hill and the hill just isn't the place to be... Thats what happened to us, got up the Grand Targhee, super foggy conditions, very low visibility and no chance of filming...
We decided to forfeit our day up there and head home early... Luckily we past our good friend Jedd on our way down and he told us of this Corrugated Pipe he had laying by his house. We decided that maybe this day wasn't a complete waste and drove down to victor to take a look at it... Turns out it was one of the funnest days I've had this year!

Jade, front 180 gapping the flat

Jade, Nice Tail Honkey Tonk

Jade, 180 to Switch Frontboard

Cruiz with the tail press

Jedd, backside 180 gapping the flat

TETON SNOBOTS EPICSODE TWO!!!

2010-02-08T17:03:00.000-08:00

Well, I wish I didn't have to put this one out right after EPIC*SODE ONE but Rome Snowboards had a competition for the best college backyard jib called Ima Betta Jibba Contest... If you are wondering if we won I can tell you that we didn't. Some people in a alleyway with some barrels won. Oh well, at least we have a sick vid, haha!
Check it out, leave us some feedback and comments!

TETON SNO*BOTS EPIC*SODE TWO from Jade Magnum Thomason on Vimeo.

TETON SNOBOTS EPICSODE ONE

2010-02-08T16:44:00.000-08:00

Yeah it's finally here, EPIC*SODE ONE of the TETON SNO*BOTS!!!

Watch and check it out, give us some feedback. If you see a feature or jump in the vid that you would like to hit up or just know where it is you can find some more info on it in one of my older posts. Check those out as well!

TETON SNO*BOTS EPIC*SODE ONE from Jade Magnum Thomason on Vimeo.

The Gap of Gnarnia!!!

2010-02-08T16:14:00.000-08:00

Ok, this jump is probably one of the funnest jumps we've made in a while... Its as fun as the name itself. The Gap of Gnarnia is about a 40-60 foot gap/step up jump, low consequence and doesn't get bombed out fast... You can find this jump right below Mary's Nipple on the frontside of Targhee. Takes about 2 days to build with just 4 people...

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Everyone checking it out before hitting it up.

Perspective...

The hike is horrible but worth it... You need all the speed you can get when hitting this jump... When you come out of that wardrobe come out charging!

Jade Magnum with a nice clean backside 5

The Crew just chillin, watching

After getting the jump and runway groomed and set for day 2 on the Gap of Gnarnia

Cramer, tweakin the hell out of this back 3

Cruiz lookin steezy

Dylan pulling a nice back 1

The day with Rob Kingwell

2010-02-08T15:11:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of spending the day with Rob Kingwell, a professional snowboarder that kills it. Make sure to check out the Avalon 7 channel on youtube...

The TKO Jump

2010-02-08T11:59:00.000-08:00

Being locals to Targhee we know of many different places to build some pretty decent sized kickers.

One of these being The TKO Jump. Its about 70-80 feet and pretty good kicker to build even with our late start to the season. To find the location to build the jump is pretty easy...

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If you look at the map you'll be able to tell where you drop in to the backcountry at and where to find the jump location.
Hopefully this map is helpful.

Just got the jump built, now ready for the session to begin.

Jedd getting ready to hit it up.

Our runway.

The Approach.

Messing around, if you notice that cliff behind me is the one that Jamie Pierre jumped off of for the world record cliff drop.

Nice method.

Cramer hiking up after hitting the TKO.

The TKO Jump.

Cramer throwing a nasty backside 3.

Jade with a front rodeo 5.

Conrad with a nasty frontside cork 5.

Jedd throwing down a backside rodeo.

Backside 3 by Cramer.

Early December Shred at Brighton

2010-02-08T11:30:00.000-08:00

We made a trip down to Brighton, it was still a really fun day even though only half the mountain was open.

The Jib Country Club...

2010-02-08T11:14:00.000-08:00

This year has been different in many ways... 1. No snow... 2. New members to the crew... 3. Freezing cold temperature, -15 F for pretty much all of december... 4. College classes... 5. NO TERRAIN PARK AT GRAND TARGHEE!!!
Grand Targhee decided that the terrain park wasn't important enough to keep. Many people were a bit mad about the decision they made. Some would say "whats the problem, Kelly Canyon has a park", well many of us don't want to buy 2 season passes and so we just end up getting a pass to Grand Targhee and try to put the park out of our minds... Well we weren't going to let that happen, we wanted a park we can ride anytime. We got our resources together and made our own park, and so was established The Jib Country Club...

Thanks to Sled Shed we were able to borrow their rails and use them to make this project work!!!
Thanks to Ricks Farms for letting us use their land to make this possible!!!

Beginning of December, just enough snow to get a session going.

Conrad with his expertise on nose presses.

Cruiz getting a little grab in on the press.

Jade with a nice tail press.

Thanks to Noodle for bringing the stadium lighting to make this night session possible.

About 8 truck loads to put in this new feature, a 20' down rail. We have those smaller boxes up to hold the snow in place for the lip.

Twisted Noodle.

Sick

Joe testing out the rail during the day.

Newby... Frontboard

Jade, pressing his nose on the rail.

Well, we had a bit of a dryspell, at least our runway stayed a bit longer.

New Feature, a 1950s potato truck...

Conrad in the back working on packing down the transition.

Success

Let the session begin!

Joe with his new board the Signal Park Rocker...

Conrad tearing it up!

Everybody just chillin, watching the show...

We want everyone to enjoy the fruits of our labors and we don't want to charge anyone but we do have certain expenses that need to be taken care of. The plastic on all the boxes are our main concern, they have started cracking up pretty bad and we estimate that its going to cost us around 500 bucks to replace. We only charge 5 buck to ride at the JCC and hopefully with everyones help we can pay off these necessary costs. To find out where this place is just ask at Sled Shed!

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Sled Shed Rail Jam Nov. 14th 2009

2010-02-03T17:46:00.000-08:00

Alright, so late october everyone just gets so stoked to go ride but problem is that there is no snow... What do you do? Well you call up Sled Shed and find out when they're going to have their rail jam... One of the best rail setups you'll find in Idaho... They have real snow made by Mother Nature herself and the perfect slope for a rail setup too... If thats not enough Sled Shed even makes Sled Shed Jerseys to give to all of the competitors so they can use them as a bib... So if you're in Idaho or Utah or anywhere close, then come to the rail jam and have a good time... Not only that but theres an After-Party with live bands, a DJ and a HUGE raffle...
We'll just show you some of the pics from this year from making the rails to building the lips, from the session till the After Party... Check it out!

Bron Wescott is out master wielder and chief engineer. Look at that good work.

Joe, Owner of Sled Shed, sweats at his brow while he grinds the crap out of that rail, getting it nice and smooth for the competition.

So bright! So wielding!

As you can tell, painting high grade paint in an inclosed area can make you a bit high and stuff... Look at those wonderful faces.

Hauling the rails to Smith Park in Rexburg, Id. which is a good place if you have your own rail and wanna get a little bit of a session going on... and if you don't have a rail or box then just use some of the picnic tables there.

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Just an exact pic and map of where we had the rail jam at.

Man power

Snow we shoveled the night before...

Dang them rails look good...

Sick

Setup is in its critique stages...

Jedd Mumm, Front Board

Jade Magnum, tweakin that ish...

Ben Kohler, putting out a very proper Frontboard.

Ah, now the After Party... This is the band "BattleSchool" playing. They are way good and if you haven't heard of them before then check them out!!!

More of Batteschool

Battleschool

Over 400 people packed in there... One good show.

OK, Lets start from the beginning of the season!!!

2010-02-03T14:29:00.000-08:00

Its been a very very, ummmm different winter... We have been getting hardly any snow and just recently its been snowing pretty good... It is now the beginning of February so we're missed a bit of stuff... Lets take it back to the beginning and let the pictures tell the story.
We are actually going to start clear back in July... Why? Cause I went to Mt. Hood in July. We have a friend, Sean McDonald which has a brother named Corey that works up at Mt. Hood in the High Cascade Snowboard Camp. Corey McDonald was kind enough to let us shred the hill as long as we help set up features and help groom the park. Check out the vid and just get a glimps for yourself...

We also have a few pics from the trip, some on the way there, some at Mt. Hood and some of the ride home...

So we decided to use a trailer to haul our stuff yonder from Rexburg, ID till Mt. Hood OR. Well we made a quick stop over in Idaho Falls and when we got out of the car we could smell something burning and soon found out that one of my Boots (Burton Sabbaths) got caught in the wheel well of the trailer... Haha, I demoed some boots as soon as I got to Hood.

Dang we look greasy... 13 hour drives are way fun and not at the same time... Quick story, on the way there in the middle of nowhere our tire blew, we put the donut on it and then camped out at a rest stop. I was so worried I was going to get stabbed by some serial killer or a homeless dude...

First time on the hill after our frickin long drive, we are stoked even if we don't look like it...

Us in Trillium Lake over by Mt. Hood. For some reason it decided to be 90 degrees all the time while at Hood. We slept outside so there was no escape from the heat except this wonderful lake. If you go to Hood in the summer make sure you hit up this Lake for sure!!!

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A map to Trillium to those interested.

View of the ski hill from the lake!!! If you look close enough you can see the halfpipes and jumps and rails!

This is the jump they made for Bode Merril to hit at the private photoshoot. Lucky for us we were able to hit it up the day after. Everyone was throwing down on it. Then the snow decided to get super slushy and we all ended up getting broke off after hitting the knuckle a couple of times. Too bad this was also our last day at Mt. Hood...

Shoshone Falls over by Twin Falls. Hit this up if you're going by Twin Falls for sure. I hear in the springtime is the best when all the snow is melting...

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Map to Shoshone Falls to those who are intrigued...

Mexican Band making a music video when we arrived at the falls... We couldn't pass up a pick with these fellas! YEAH

One last pic with all the crew! Good times!