STEEZ MAGAZINE® – Snow, Skate, Culture

What Exactly is it that you do?
I’m a Sales Rep for Analog Clothing, Gravis Footwear and Frends Headphones.

What is your favorite part of your job?
I get to be a part of three great companies as well as meet a lot of great people. I also get to travel all over New England.

If you could go or ride anywhere in the world where would it be?
A nice pow day in the back bowls at Smuggs is definitely high on the list, but Alaska would be pretty fun too.

On a lighter note, whats one thing you can’t live without?
Snowboarding.

Who’s your favorite super hero? If you could have any power in the world what would it be?
Captain America, not really sure what power he has, but I’ll go with teleporting… Pow day – boom you’re at the top of the mountain.

And last but not least, whats the last thing you ate today? Was it good?
A bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and a cup of coffee.


Internviewed By: Ben Meadows

Elm Company, known for superb clean street style, has dropped some new summer product on their site. Shown above are the Laurel Snapback and the Brookes Woven. The Laurel Snapback features a cotton twill crown and visor, finished off with an embroidered patch and embroidered leaf on the undervisor. The Brookes Woven is a lightweight 100% cotton oxford that’s perfect for Summer and the hidden shoulder pocket will ensure that your valuebles don’t become someone else’s. Both are available in black and red colorways to be hitting select retailers with the rest of the collection soon. Get it now so you’re fly before the summer comes.

Granite Skatepark and Renegade Skateboards will host Granite Mayhem on Sunday May, 22 from 6-8pm. Only $10 to skate one of the dopest new indoor parks in the Northeast. Best trick contest and plenty of other goods for ya including free pizza. Get there.

Skaters Egde will play host to a Game of Skate in Saturday April 30th at 3pm. Cash and product prizes from Complx and All I Need.

With 6 stops throughout the state of Maine, the 2011 Maine Sk8 series begins at CVA on Wednesday April 27th. All events are free and open to seventh through twelfth grade riders with 2 divisions for boys and one for girls. Coming to a town near you, don’t miss out Mainers!

What Exactly is it that you do?
After I drink some coffee and have a toast with peanut butter and sprinkled sea salt I put on my first layer and my snowboard pants and drive to Darkside. There are a couple of other things that happen between coffee and leaving the house but I am not going to list them here. Once I get to Darkside, I realize I forgot my snowboard socks at home so I get a new pair of socks. I put on my boots and ask one of the guys to help me change my stance on my snowboard, so we do that for the next 30 minutes and then I put on the rest of my gear but realize I lost one mitten. If I didn’t have to choose a lip balm on the way to the wall of mitts I’d get to the lift on time where my buds have waited for me and head for the Stash where I know I’ll meet up with so many cool associates. A couple of hours of fierce big air and extreme chilling leaves me wishing for the pleather couch at Darkside. A cool associate asks if I want to party tonight so I say, “Sure.” DS is humming with our peeps so I wait on a rider looking at jackets. She chooses a puffy in a color that will match the pants I’m wearing cuz she wants to wear rad pants just like mine. When I bring her purchases up to the counter she asks if I want to ride tomorrow. “Sure”, I say.

After that I sit on the couch and eat a piece of pizza while I update the Darkside facebook. A rider from PA is trying on boots and I suggest he check out darksidesnowboards.com if he remembers something else he wants when he’s back in PA. Since his girlfriend is just hangin I ask her if she wants to see the indoor DS bungee riding video I just posted on the DS facebook.

A rider buying a new board asks me if the Darkside die-cuts are waterproof. I tell him they’re not Gore-Tex but they’ll stay on.

“Do I get a free die-cut with the board?” “Sure,” I say.

A grom asks if he can buy the pot leaf die-cut before his mom comes up to the counter. “Sure,” I answer.

Since some of my job description at Darkside is artistic applications I attach a glittery banner from one of our vendors to an artistic mobile I’ve been growing all season. Sounds simple, but I had to ask Will to get the big ladder out for me and then climb up holding fish line, scissors as well as the banner. “Want me to hand you this goggle-popup-poster thing too?” he asks. “Sure,” I say. “Why the hell do you still have your snowboard boots on?” he says. “I’ve been too busy to take them off,” I say.

What is your favorite part of your job?
The people, definitely the people- especially the people who I work with at Darkside. They are all fun to be around. Snowboarders are always up to something interesting, creative and cool. I also really like snowboarding.

If you could go or ride anywhere in the world where would it be?
Anywhere with pow, a cabin and a hot tub.


On a lighter note, whats one thing you can’t live without?
I could not live without clean H20. I couldn’t live without my family and friends either, and a puffy jacket would be nice too.

Who’s your favorite super hero? If you could have any power in the world what would it be?
Well, I’d like be able to fly and I really like Dora the Explorer.


And last but not least, whats the last thing you ate today? Was it good?
Pesto pasta – it’s my favorite and it was delicious.

Internviewed By: Ben Meadows

Signal Snowboards has teamed up with Chester Bennington of Linkin Park to raise money and awareness for the Japan disaster through MusicforRelief. Inspired by Signal’s hit show Every Third Thursday, Chester hand builds a custom snowboard with Linkin Park vinyl records pressed into the board as the top sheet and graphic. The board is now being auctioned off with all proceeds going to the Japan disaster relief efforts. Fans of music, snowboarding and charity will all be satisfied watching Chester build a board from scratch with pure love. Visit musicforrelief.org to see how you can help or bid on it here.

Other sites to find the auction -
Signalsnowboards.com
LinkinPark.com
Facebook.com/linkinpark
MusicforRelief.org
Facebook.com/signalsnow