Half Cab Productions

Check out Switchback’s fully customizable bindings.

With the Helgason’s on the team we are bound to hear a lot of hype about this new binding brand.

Is this 1988? Nope… Apparently the 3 Event (slalom ski, trick ski and jump competition) still exists in Australia.

While driving up the Pacific Highway, we noticed a watersports complex and I needed to pull over. We quickly realized that we took a step back in time.  A pretty kick-ass venue, hopefully they come to their senses and turn it into a wakeboard park.

Yup, I saw this coming…

While I am here in Australia, it seems like the snowboard season is going off back in Ottawa. In the past few weeks, a bunch of film crews have made their way through the city. The Quiksilver crew and the guys from Peach Hat have both made their rounds, and then recently JP Walker and Simon Chamberlain have graced our snow-covered city filming for their new video project entitled Absolute Jibberish. The OG even made his way up to my hometown, Renfrew, to do some filming; check it out.

Yesterday, we picked up the rental car and headed to Cables Wake Park.

Believe me when I say, Cables is one of the sickest wake parks in the world; they have two full size cables (one clockwise, one counter clockwise) and a System 2.0, all filled with incredible features.

Counter Clockwise Cable

Clockwise Cable

I filmed for a little while on both cables, then before leaving Nicole snapped a few photos of me shredding the counter clockwise cable.

After riding yesterday, my body feels pretty beat up and I am going to need a few days to recover. I guess that’s what happens when you haven’t been riding in over five months.

So far, our honeymoon has been nothing short of amazing.

After nearly 30 hours of travel we finally arrived in Sydney. The locals have described the weather here to be freakishly cold for this time of year (25 degrees, sunny/partly cloudy) but for two pale Canadians, this is pretty ideal.

Once we checked into our hotel we hit up some of the nearby tourist destinations on the habour front including the Sydney Aquarium.

There were some incredible looking fish there and seeing sharks close up was pretty badass.

The following day we hoped on the ferry and headed up to Manly Beach, where we relaxed and watched some surfers tear it up.

Just before leaving Ottawa, we found out that Kid Cudi was playing a show in Sydney, so last night we jumped on the train and headed down to the venue to see if we could still grab tickets.

Seeing Cudi play in a small venue was incredible! The fact that we were 3 feet from the stage was amazing.

He sounded so good, playing everything from his hits, to covers of Jimi Hendrix and Kayne West, and closing with a few songs from his upcoming new band. One of the best concerts I have ever seen.

Today, the plan is to pick up the rental car and head to Cables Wake Park just outside of Sydney for my first day back on a wakeboard since August. Check back in a few days and I will let you know how it goes.

PEACE!

Artec Snowboards have been creating quite the buzz this year.

Not only do they have a great lineup of boards and bindings but they have also expanded their team to include a few up and coming Canadian kids.

Not to mention, solid social media marketing which has included team videos, photos and several online contests where they have given away boards, passes, etc. Head over to their Facebook page, like them, and find out what all the hype is about.

Here is a little video of Canadian Global Am Vincent Grandmaison rippin’ it up on the Nima.

We have all heard it, shit, some of us have probably even said it.

Shit Skiers Say

This off season, the Derome brothers have been hard at work. Oli has been working on his video part for Lipsmack, while his younger bro, Raph, has been plotting his comeback after a crazy elbow injury. Here is a glimpse into what they have been up to and if this is any indication, 2012 is going to be a big year for the two of them.

Oli: Exclusive Lipsmack Teaser

Raph: A few laps at Ski Rixen

This year Charlie decided to make his own private snowboard park in his back yard. He also got a GoPro for Christmas. Now that we have some snow on the ground, he decided to test both the camera and all the features in his park. Check it out!

Needless to say, I am excited to go there, ride and film some of the action that is sure to go down there this season.