The Motown Throwdown is back for the 4th year. This year Pathfinder of West Virginia has enlisted the help of Oakley, Skullcandy, and Red Bull to make this year's event one to remember. With a 30 foot stage, over 100 lights, sound rigged for the entire street, 10,000lbs of snow, 40 competitors, and tons of free gear and discounts at Pathfinder, this years event will blow the doors off anything previously imagined. With musical g...uests DJ Sean Nice, and the one and only MIX MASTER MIKE performing Live on High Street from 6:00pm-9:00pm Saturday, October 30th This is going to be huge! Lets Make This The Biggest RailJam in the US! Pro Ams from New England, NC, and all over the country are competing to win two $1,000 Cash Prizes and loads of free gear. This comp is invite only, but spots are still available. For entry please send me an email with a rider resume and edit to motownthrowdown@gmail.com. I hope to see you all there. Again 10,000lbs of Snow, MIX MASTER MIKE, High Streeet, October 30th, 6-9pm. Don't Miss IT!

Relocating to Colorado gives me the opportunity to attend many of the top snowboard video premieres that skip over the ice coast. So I figure why not spread the love and tell you whats up with some of the fresh material:

Forum's F-IT!


Forum delivers another goofy action-packed banger of a video, no big surprise. Although the goofy holloywood-esqueness is a little much, the snowboarding is such that I really wasn't bothered. Stand-out parts from Andreas Wiig and Pat Moore delivering more double corks than is healthy, bone crushing rail segments from Niko Ciofi and Cam Pierce, and a backcountry ender from none other than Big Jax, aka John Jackson, make this movie totally worth buying!

Grade: A+


F.O.D.T.'s The Arena

FODT and Technine(pwn3d by Cole Taylor and MFM) delivers an astonishing video beyond anything they have produced previously with a dreamteam of street hooligans dropping an epic movie that is sure to be a contender for the Transworld Video of the Year honors. Top-notch editing, a rap and dub-step soundtrack, and all-time urban destruction make this video nothing short of awesome. Look for the parts from Derrick Dennison, MFM, Cory Cronk, and Dylan Thompson.

Grade: A

Standard Films' The Storming

Standard brings yet another heavy movie with a nice mix of freestyle and freeride snowboarding from the likes of Jeremy Jones, Keegan Valaika, the Helgassons, and Torstein Horgmo.  Each part is coupled with a sweet alternative soundtrack including a ridiculous ender from Torstein, who oddly enough got to see his part for the first time as he was standing right next to me.  Single corks, double corks for days, and even a triple cork matched with an epic top-to-bottom run at Northstar-at-Tahoe (since he is now on their team, btw) make this a contender (and likely a winner) for TWS Video Part of the Year.

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This last week Pathfinder has received the majority of our Burton Boards, Bindings, Boots, and Apparel so make sure to come down and pick your gear up before its gone. New Boards include the Burton Whammy Bar (Bob Marley Edition). This board is part of the Restricted Program, which means that not only is it a collectors edition but there are only a few of these things out there. Also we have the new CobraShark Binding, which our Global Domination Team Rider Corey Snyder has been riding for the last several months of last season. He loves this binding and it loves him, giving him plenty of flex but at the same time being super supportive of all that extra style that guys got to offer. Look for it hanging on our binding wall, it's pretty easy to find.


Also be on the lookout for the New Burton Hail Restricted Boot. This boot is super comfortable, is really supportive, and uses Burton's new EST Footbed to bring you closer to the board.

Todd's back for another year, but this year with a movie. Check out the webisode, and look for more Featured Todcasts to come.



-Andrew

Hello from beautiful Boulder, CO!