The Seattle Greasebus is up and going! Spread the word and make sure to join us this next weekend (3/18-3/21) for the inaugural trips to the Summit and to Stevens Pass!
How it works:
The Greasebus service is first-come first-serve. For the spring of 2010 we’re offering trips to the mountains four days a week, pending at least 10 seats are sold. On the calendar (see link below) you can view how many riders are registered for any particular day by clicking on “Sign Up” in that date.
Schedule:
Summit: Thursdays & Saturdays (leaves evo @ 8am, snocon at 830a)
Stevens Pass: Fridays & Sundays (leaves evo @ 8am, snocon at 830a)
SIGN UP - Easy as 1-2-3
STEP 1: Select a day on the calendar. (Take note of which mountain the bus is headed to.)
STEP 2: Reserve your spot on the bus by filling in your mobile phone number.
STEP 3: Use a credit card to pay using Paypal (no account required) for just $10!
Scott Sullivan (foreground), Jake Price, Gigi Ruf (seated)
Spacecraft Commander Scott Sullivan reporting from the outer reaches of the North American sector.
Traveling with the Absinthe Films crew we set up camp in Haines, Alaska.We were trying to escape the warmth that has plagued the Pacific NW winter thanks to El Nino and it looks like we suceeded.
However it is only February and the conditions are similiar to what we would normally find in late March early April. It sounds like it has been a really warm winter up here as well, but luckily we can get high enough in our “whirlybirds” to get up to the goods. We are a tight but productive unit consisting of Jake Blauvelt , Gigi Ruf, Absinthe’s filmer Justin Hostynek,Volcom’s Jake Price and myself. Short of being some kind of miracle we somehow arrived to find bluebird conditions for 5 days straight (rare in these parts). Excellent snow conditions, stable avalanche conditions, and a small crew made for some hyper productivity.
Jake Blauvelt is riding the new snowboard that was a collaboration between Ride and Spacecraft called the High Life. All tests of the board so far have proved positive. Blauvelt is riding like an Alaskan vet Even though this is only his first time up in Alaska riding the giant exposed slopes and spines is new to him. Luckily he is following in the tracks one of the great masters, Gigi Ruf. Gigi has been riding in AK consistently for the better part of the last decade and his unique ability to be creative on such technical terrain is in a class of its own. Both riders excel at freestyling in the natural terrain and I am happy to report that we have not built a single cheese wedge booter during the whole trip. The jumps are as clear and free as a newborn babies conscience.
We are currently sitting thru our first extended bad weather period, its a great time for the crew to heal up and refresh a bit. Today we took over the local radio station for 2 hours and the airwaves belonged to us. Everyone took over the microphone controls at one point and dropped some classic cuts on the masses of Haines. Yours truly played a brand new song on the air live and pumped up my concert that is going down at the infamous Pioneer Bar tonight,I’m anticipating it will go into the wee hours of the morning since the bars don’t close until 5 up here.
Reports from the snow gods are that we have received possibly several feet of snow so far out of this storm. I guess we will be saying goodbye to the snow stability that we have enjoyed thus far. We will most likely be tiptoeing around on some low angle slopes when the sun finally pops out again .
Marco Zamora’s is an installation artist/printmaker/painter, who displays his fascination with bicycle culture with densely populated street scenes and Derek Albecks Print maker/painter/photographer who’s richly patterned works dominate. Both these artists have worked with Vans as well as exhibiting throughout the west coast.
Check out there exabition at the Fecal Face Dot Gallery, April 1st 2010, 6-9pm
Fecal Face Dot Gallery
66 Gough St. @Market
San Francisco, CA 94102
gallery@fecalface.com
415.255.6479
Rumors have been buzzing all around the Internet Worlds, should Windells get
a second private lift in their private park or is the one good enough?
Well It is official, Tim Windell himself called from the Oval Office minutes ago and made the announcement: ”WINDELLS CAMP will have a second lift for the
Summer of 2010.” Windells is once again the first summer shred camp in the
history of the world to own, operate and install, two of its very own
private rope-tows!
The basis of this blog is to travel around with Spacecraft Astronaut the world renowned Surf/ Snow/Art/Culture Photographer and accomplished musician Scott Sullivan. Join him on his adventures with some of the world’s top professional Snowboarders and Surfers on their mission to capture some of the most
progressive riding weather it be snow or waves, and searching for the ultimate conditions to provide high quality imagery to share with the masses.
Experience what it is like to fly around in a helicopter up in Alaska with top up and comer Jake Blauvelt, figuring out which one of the sea of
endless peaks you want to be dropped off on and find your way down. Hang in Switzerland with Nicolas Muller arguably one of the best
snowboarders in the world at his home in Laax and explore what’s in his back yard. Combine these adventures with Scott’s musical talent blended in along
Spacecraft is like a fine wine, the older it gets, the better it tastes, or the better it looks in this case.(CLAIM!) Here is another preview of the spring 2010 line.
Get some!
Check with dealers for more details and keep checking back for more sneak peeks every week, or better yet join our movement on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter and keep up to date with the daily happenings here at the Spacecraft Lab….
What do you think of the new designs? Let us know…
Self-taught designer Danny Yount has become one of today’s top title designers for film and television, as well as a photographer and commercial director. As a Creative Director at Prologue Films, he has designed and directed title sequences for films including Sherlock Holmes,Iron Man, RocknRolla and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.Yount will be here to show his work, discuss his creative and technical processes and field questions.
ByDesign explores the intersection of graphic design and moving image, and celebrates multidisciplinary artists who push the boundaries to create new techniques, styles and forms. Over the past decade, we’ve had the pleasure of hosting a great number of special guest artists, and presenting hundreds of new and historic films. We’ve seen new technologies developed, old techniques revived and watched as interest has grown in this overlap of design and film.
The tenth annual ByDesign program features a range of film title sequences, animations, documentary portraits and guest presenters. We are especially pleased to present films by Charles and Ray Eames, as the work of the legendary multi-disciplinary husband and wife team was the main inspiration for our starting this program a decade ago.
This Weak(ly) report focuses on: Greenhorn Games to Red Mountain another WEAK in the books featuring the discovery of a new singer/songwriter sensation, Yoshi Gaga
Spacecraft continues to be inspired by Jesse Burtner for his and his crews creative approach to film making and focusing on the most important thing about snow shredding… “having fun”.
Enjoy the new Weakly Report and stay posted for the Spacecraft gear the Think Thankcrewwears to keep their heads warm and their pants up while having FUN.
Come support the Juniors in the University of Washington’s Industrial Design Program at Drink+Draw II, tomorrow, March 2nd. The last one was a big success, and they’re hoping to draw an even bigger crowd this time. What’s more fun than drinking beers and drawing pictures right?
The music for this short film was made entirely from sounds recorded from a collection of antique cameras. The imagery is comprised of over six thousand still photos shot and edited together via stop motion animation.
Shay is a Washington transplant living in SLC. She started the infamous blog site: www.shayboarder.com keeping all in the know with industry what’s what and genuine perspectives on the state of snow shredding and the people that make it tick.
Shay (Left) and Ryan(Right)
Check out the company profile she put together during a visit to Spacecraft ::
We’ve been waiting a while to bring this one to the public, so without further ado here is “Mc Laden” a fusion of cultural icons Bin Laden and Mickey Mouse by Stefan Hofmann. This design was originally meant to be placed on a t-shirt but continually was dismissed because of the controversial aspect radiating from the work.
Arbor riders, Ryan Linnert and Byron Bagwell got together with photographer, Justin Kious for a shred session at Sugar Bowl Resort near Donner Lake, California.
To check out more of the story and to watch there video, Check out arborcollective.com
