New tattoo by Sandy

I’ve been snowboarding in Oregon for the last ten days… at least that’s what I was supposed to be doing but I triggered some agonising back pain which put an end to that. Luckily, I’d already managed to get a couple of shots in the bag for the magazine I was out there with so I turned my attention to hot tubs, beer and tattoos instead of the snow.

We spent a couple of days in Bend before heading up to Portland where Sandy Jones tattooed this little drunk fella with a PDX beer coozy on me. Sweet!

Hell Yeah zombie and boobeyes shirts shipping

The Hell Yeah zombie and the second run of the boobeyes shirts are finally here and will be shipped tomorrow. Sorry to any people who have been waiting on their orders; there was a bit of a delay at the printers. Shirts will be with ya soon!

Shredding in Oregon

The folks at Tourism Oregon have been treating us so well on our snowboarding trip out here. At the moment we are staying in an amazing house nestled in the middle of the woods near Mount Hood with huge open fireplaces and a hot tub on the deck.

We’ve already been night riding in Skibowl and jibbing in Timberline and after a rainy day off yesterday we’re heading up to Mount Hood Meadows today.

Unfortunately I left my camera on the plane on the way over so no pictures to post here but head to The Reason magazine’s site here to see some of Ian’s snaps.

Red Bull mini drome picture by Roman Skyva

Grabbed this pic of me with Chris Akirgg in hot pursuit from Roman Skyva’s flickr. Head there for a larger pic.

Go check out what went down over at my Charge blog here!

 

 

New Burton snowboard shizzle

I’m a lucky mo fo. I’m off on a super badass snowboard trip to Oregon with The Reason magazine on Tuesday and Burton hooked me up with some new gear. Whoop! Getting my new Rome board in the next few days too.

On the trip we’ll be travelling around some resorts shredding the gnar. Plus I’ll get to see my Portland buddies. Stoked!

New Hell Yeah Zombie shirts in stock

I’ve got some great new shirts in the webstore right now. This little beauty was drawn by Saskia Haex. Go grab one from the webstore now before they’re all gone!

New Charge Scissor V2 bike check

I just got the new Charge Scissor V2 frame through. This is the production model of the frame I’ve been riding for a few months. The head tube and seat tubes are shorter but the top tube remains the same.

Here are the full specs

Frame: Charge Scissor V2

Fork: Charge Scissor Fork

Cranks: Profile race cranks 165mm

Chain ring: Profile 38 tooth

Pedals: Carhartt

Straps: Sofus Francisco

Chain: KMC Ultralight

Stem: Eclat

BB: Eclat Spanish BB

Bars: Gusset Open Prison

Grips: Carhartt

Headset: FSA

Seatpost: God knows what pivotal

Saddle: Odyssey

Rims: Chukka 26inch

Hubs: System Ex

Tyres: Schwalbe Marathon 1.75 x 26

Sprocket: 17 tooth something or other

 

Just one point: This frame is designed for 700c wheels so the bottom bracket is rather low with these 26 inch wheels. I’m eiher gonna be trying some shorter cranks or swopping back to the 700s.

All I need to do now is get back into riding the bugger! Been riding BMX a fair bit whenever the weather has allowed. When I went out on the fixed gear last night to try it out I totally sucked.