Snowkite Soldier Mt. Event / SS DEMO CENTER. Feb 18-21th

Calling all Kite Soldiers! If you came to last years event, then you know that Fairfield is the place to snowkite. If you heard the hype and are curious, then come see it for yourself. This event seeks to showcase the future of our sport by giving everyone a chance to push their own personal limits. The event concept will be similar to last years. Enjoy an amazing terrain park that utilizes our mountainous terrain and a backcountry poker run that shows you how limitless snowkiting can be and at night come celebrate the good times with live music and share your epic snowkite tales. We have two poker run courses, a 3 card (beginner) and a 5 card course to the top of a mountain. The idea is to encourage all levels of riders to come explore the backcountry using your kite with a dedicated event team to help support you in your efforts. Each rider will stop at the flagged checkpoints to receive your poker card. Keep your cards because the best poker hands win amazing products from our amazing sponsors. Last year we gave away kites, skis, snowboards, gloves, jackets, hats, backpacks, bindings, travel gear and much, much more.

We will be registering riders at Soldier Creek Brewery on the night of the 18th with some snowkite movies playing on the wall.

We will also be having a rider judged terrain park event with more details to follow soon.

For all things related Kite Soldier Event including registering, go to this years event website:
www.snowkiteevent.com

Official Core Jam 2010 Teaser

Its about passion…

Hello all, Robby Jacques here. I just got back from a bicycle ride with my Dad and it really opened my eyes to what wakeboarding is to me. My Dad and I had a long conversation about how his Dad and his brother were watermen. When I started wakeboarding, it was because my Dad was a waterman before me. My Dad was a three event skier of immense talent when he was my age and it made me want to follow in his footsteps and be just like him. Wakeboarding for me has always been such a great friend and family experience. This sport has brought me incredibly close to my family and has forged some of the greatest friendships I will ever have in my life. I think sometimes we all can lose sight of how fun and wholesome this activity can be. So do me all a favor, next time you go out and ride with your friends/loved ones, give them a hug and thank them for sharing the moment with you. Thanks for reading friends!

P.S. feel free to follow me on twitter.com/robjacques, add me on facebook.com/notrobjacques and check out my blog at www.goodmorningbromerica.blogspot.com I am always down to talk and answer any questions!

Robby J

RIDGE RUN

Some more good POV snowkite action around Hill City, Idaho.

This should get you pretty stoke for the Soldier Mt. event coming up on the 19th-21st. Pull the trigger on a ticket if your still on the fence, its gonna be a really good time with lots of stoke, riders, wind and snow.

For all things related Kite Soldier Event including registering, go to this years event website:
www.snowkiteevent.com

2010 RPM “Technology review” HD video

The 2010 Slingshot RPM is the one kite that allows for top performance while executing un-hooked freestyle, wakestyle and surf style. The RPM is changing kiteboarding with its innovative 3 strut “Open C” Canopy design. Delivering limitless high end performance options for all conditions.
Kite Sizes: 4.5m,6m,8m,10m,12m,14m

For further questions please contact riderhotline@slingshotsports.com

SK/Blue Bird/First Chair/RPM/POV VIDEO

Just a wonderful day out in Hill City, Idaho with conditions to die for. First spot on our 4 day tour of the area. This POV captures the highlights of the day and just the epicness of what snowkiting is all about. You should enjoy this video. HA!

South Africa 2010 – The first 3 weeks

Ok, so its been a long time since my first and only post on this thing, but contrary to popular opinion, I do actually work and don’t have time for this kind of kak. So in summary, weather is nice, work is going, wind is blowing, drinks are flowing, laptop jacked, got emergency repacement, knee is busted, healing fast, bionic knee here soon, good monkeys, good times, good people…I’ll let the pictures do the talking…

On Facebook

Buy me a donkey

Creativity is key…

Hello everybody, Rob Jacques here to check in once again. I have been thinking a lot about creativity while riding lately and it has been very refreshing. The past few times I have gone out riding, I thought every time I was going to edge in and do a trick, that I would do it slightly different. It could be something as simple as grabbing melon instead of mute to adding a neat little shifty in there somewhere. Overall it has been REALLY fun and exciting and I urge all of you reading this to start trying it, regardless of skill level. I don’t care if you are just tweaking a stalefish a different way or learning to front hand grab a tantrum to blind, it is the same amount of fun either way. If you have anything that you have learned lately like this that stokes you out, feel free to send me a message on facebook to share it with me. I love to hear from all of the riders out there who are just pumped to ride, learn and share it with friends, so add me on facebook.com/notrobjacques and let me know how you feel! You can also follow me on twitter.com/robjacques to see what the heck I am up to on a daily basis. Keep shredding, keep pushing it and keep the stoke alive!

Your friend,
Rob Jacques

LEN10 recovering in Cape Town

Spending time in South Africa has been pretty sweet. I had some big deals going down with my surgery and stuff…But all seems to work out pretty well, doctor said it’s healing up pretty sweet and with the right physiotherapy and exercises I will get stronger quickly. It still is a serious injury and will need to give it all the time to heal properly…The doc said it’s best to have 3 months rest. People ask me if I don’t get bored here. But honestly I keep myself busy and going quite good. Just planning things for the year ahead and really sort everything out properly so all my products with Mystic and Slingshot roll out smooth.
It’s cool to still be able to work on the designs and make sure the prototypes are there when I’ll be back in action.

Also the lifestyle here in SA is really comfortable and I enjoy hanging with my mates down here. We go to the gym quite a bit and make sure we eat healthy and have a bunch of fun.

Cape Town’s also a beautiful city to cruise around in and there’s come great clubs around. Camps Bay is a pretty nice area with some cool beaches.

William Milne is out here now to start filming some cool stuff with Aaron. They go to quite a few good spots like, Langebaan and Brandvlei. Also they hit the cable park to go wakeboarding on the no wind days. I join them on the trips quite a bit to have some good laughs and just to get out. ☺
I just can’t wait to get involved with riding again and film all the shit we get up to.

Anyways, I’m off to the gym…

Check out some of the pics to get the vibe we are cruising at…Some pictures of my surgery, inside the ankle they did quite an interesting job. ☺

Aight, ride hard everyone and I’ll check back in with you guys later.
Peace!
Ruben

“The Dirty South”

The last two months have been pretty crazy for me here in Oz! After 3 months straight on the road overseas, I had one of the most exciting trips I have ever planned on the east coast of Australia.

The boys mapping out the trip (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

The trip was a 21 day long road trip starting in south west Victoria and finishing on the Sunshine coast of QLD, we (Scott Wisenbaker, Ian Alldredge, Jason Wolcott & My Dad Bill) did about 3000 kilometre’s in total and everyday was classic in one way or another.

The crew (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

We scored some epic east coast swell.

Classic east coast right-hand point break built for kiting (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

Kited the famous 12 Apostles.

Ian & Ben scoring a view of the Apostles that only few will every experience (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

We got Pro Surfer Danny Wills up and kiting in 1.5 hours.

Ben instructs Willsy (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

Hit the prestigious Mambo event.

The famous Mambo BBQ (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

Shaped some boards.

Ian watches Warren Cornish finish of his board (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

Went paragliding off a stupid cliff.

Ben over the cliff (frame grab from "The Dirty South")

Spent a day teaching some young kids with cancer how to fly the kite.

Training kite session (Jason Wolcott)

Canteen kids (Jason Wolcott)

To sum it up pretty much had a trip of a lifetime filming for my new movie project “The Dirty South”, so be sure to check it out!

12 Apostles sunset (frame grab from "The Dirty South")