Even though Mammoth opened up last weekend for shredding the warm weather has taken a pretty good amount of snow from the hill. However there is some snow still up there and Matty Mo has been hard at work making sure that wether the mountain is open or closed he can still get his fix. At a spot high on the hill he made some pretty sick log jibs and more stuff for some good times in the woods. Then of course the JLA park is always amazing. So here is a little taste of what’s going on in Mammoth.
- Matty Mo not scared at all of any hangups. Frontside boardslide with plenty of chances to catch an edge
- Cornell Agee tailpress
- Matty Mo with a buttery switch nosepress
- Greg Bokenkamp high speed frontside grind
- Frank Knabb just moved out to Mammoth from New York to blast big frontside airs at the park
- Garrett blasting a method out of the bowl
- Lots of training going down
- Frank, frontside 180 melon
- Greg is not afraid of the vert
- Frank, Greg, and Garrett getting into a threeway in the cradle
Usually this time of the year we are all just waiting to see a few flurries fall from the sky. Last week a freak storm rolled into Mammoth giving them a solid blanket of the snow on the mountain for them to open on Friday. The second earliest Mammoth Mountain has ever opened ever. Thursday night we piled in the RV from San Diego with Jack Mitrani, Nick Russell, Elliott Levitt, Tyler Flygar, and myself to get into Mammoth right in time to make it for last call at the bars. Then we headed up to a night of rest up at the Main Lodge parking lot so we could wake up nice and early for Friday for our first day of shredding this season. To make things even better on Friday Mammoth decided to celebrate the early snow mother nature put down with giving everybody that showed up free tickets. Something that I thought would never happen, especially at a big resort like Mammoth. I think that most of the people there made up for it at the bars. The conditions were some of the best I have seen for an opening day in years. With warm sunny skies and enough snow to take runs all the way from the top of the mountain. Then towards the bottom on one of the runs there were some boxes set up for some fun early season jibs. After shredding all day we ended up camping out for a great night with plenty of frosty brews and then of course for a big night at the bars. Saturday morning got off to a late start because some of us were feeling a little under the weather, but we made it to the mountain for another solid day of riding with a solid crew. So make your way up here when you get a chance for some of the most fun early season snowboarding you will ever find this early.
- Prime parking spot right in the front
- Lots of C-Lo in the back
- There was a lot of this going down
- Posted up Thursday night in the Main Lodge parking lot ready for the morning
- Nick Russell pumped to do some chairlift boarding
- Free tickets for Friday really brought people out of the woodwork
-Nick Russell, Myself, Nate Farrell, and Greg Bokenkamp
- Greg poking a stalefish around the back of chair 3
- Greg
- Beers for breakfast in the liftline with Sticky and friends
- Plenty of snow up on chair 3
- Free tickets brings quite the crowd
- Nate Farrell and Nick Russell
- Matty Mo blasting a method looking like he’s back on the east coast with this little sidecut jump
- Ashbury’s Lance and Mike Hakker
- Jack Mitrani on the sundeck
- Matty Mo front boards on one of the many new jibs Mammoth has just made
- Matty getting over some rocks with a mandatory landing or else he would be tumbling into rocks in the landing
- Same run nosebonk on the slanted box
- Great opening with plenty of snow
- We had a legit campspot. (L-R) CBass, Tyler, Ben Gavelda, Danny Davis, Pat, Nick Russell
- Jack feeding Layla some weiner
- Jack getting up some wood
- Tyler making a natural fridge
- Tyler about a hour into partying
- Layla, Danny and Nick
- Nick walking the plank
- Getting ready for another amazing day of riding Saturday morning
- Danny boardslide on the slant box
- This thing will probably be fully buried with snow soon. Danny getting after it while you still can
By: Joe Carter Photos: Joe Carter, Eric Warner, Andrew Miller, George Crosland
As many of you may or not know. A good friend to us all here at Snowrev Cody had injured his L3 Vertebrae last May at Snowboarder Magazine’s Superpark. He had to be flown by helicopter to Reno for surgery. As you can imagine things like this do not come cheap. However he is on a good road to make a full recovery. So now all of you out there that either know Cody, or have even ever seen him snowboard are not left in the dark and if there are people that would still like to help out, you still can. Check the links below for more info.
- Cody Ally-oop backside rodeo during Mammoth’s West Coast Invitational
For the people out there who don’t know, how did everything go down?
I was cruising around Superpark no big deal doing what I normally do, not trying to get crazy just having fun. I was with Ricky Tucker And Harrison Gordon and I hit the last jump and completely missed the fucking landing. Not only that but I was going way to fast to begin with which is kinda weird because I could barely clear that jump all day. Anyway I did a backside 9 straight to flat and landed on my feet. I broke my L3 vertebrae, shit hurt. Then I flew to Reno and got surgery.
- Cruising earlier at that day at Superpark
- Brokeback yoga?
- The jump
How long did you have to stay in the hospital?
I was in the hospital for about a week. I was pretty out of it, but I had my family and friends there with me. If it wasn’t for them It would have been a lot worse.
- Eric Warner Photo
- Last Spring cruising Main Park at Mammoth in the Superpipe
- Switch Method? Nope, Ally-oop stalefish
- Right after riding all day. Boneless at JLA Park
- Backside 180
So now that you have had some time on your hands what have you been up to?
Mainly physical therapy, that’s really my focus. Thanks to Core in Encinitas for sponsoring my recovery! I also started taking classes online.
- Switch Frontside 900. Photo: Andrew Miller
http://www.snowboard-revolution.com/news/Revolution-Sunset-Session-at-Mammoth.html
What are some of the things that you have to do for Physical Therapy?
I have a class in the pool where I do a lot of resistance stuff and some swimming. Physical Therapy in the pool is amazing because it’s less strenuous. I also go a few days a week to Core and do some basic stuff. Now that my range of motion is better I am starting to pick up a little and do some more challenging stuff. I am happy that I’m getting stronger and I’ll be back to normal one day soon.
- One of the many Methods from Cody. First week at Mammoth last fall
- Another classic one. Photo: Tyler Heffernan
When are you expected to be back snowboarding?
If there was snow right now I could make turns. I’m thinking in a few months I’ll be good. I skated around a little bit and it felt ok. The problem is I wanted to do all the tricks I used to do. My brain was battling my body the whole time. Like “Don’t even think about trying to do that trick, It’s gonna hurt and mess your back up”. I held off for the most part but I can still do a nose manual and some no complies. I am gonna take it easy though that was my little test run.
- Last winter storm in January bashing through some tree limbs
- Backside 720 at Active’s BroDown Showdown.
- Awesome dudes
Anyone you want to thank?
Yeah, Everyone who visited me, My Doctors and Nurses, My Family, All my friends, GATORADE, CORE ORTHOPEDIC, Any who donated, Snow-Rev, Snowboarder, Transworld, Mammoth, Kevin Pearce, All my sponsors; Volcom, Electric, Flux, Magical Go-Go, Vestal, Active
Crew: Springtime In Mammoth
Words: Joe Carter
Photos: Joe Carter
Springtime in Mammoth is going off right now. Camping, snowboarding, then skating the park in the afternoon. This is the place to be right now. With WCI this weekend happening there are plenty of people in town including the FRENDS crew. Here are some pics from a couple of days taking laps in Mammoth’s main park and skating at the JLA skatepark.
- No shortage of snow around here anytime soon.
- Shayne Pospisil, Luke Mitrani, and Desiree Melencon taking some ganjala runs.
- Luke blasting a ally-oop Japan in the Superpipe.
- Keith looking gangster as hell, frontboard on one of the down bars in Main Park.
- Kevin Pearce blasting a stalefish down the pipe.
- Cody Rosenthal getting some extension on a first hit indy nosebone
- Cody again, now at the skatepark popping a boneless.
- Luke hauling some ass around the oververt in the big bowl
- Cody putting down a fly-out one footed mute grab
Finally, Kyle turns the big two one. So we pile two cars full of our friends and make another trip from Salt Lake City to Mammoth. Once we got on the road the fun began. Kyle was making fucked up bagged mixes of whatever he could find in the car, and piss, to throw at Mac and Sam Spedale’s car. In Nevada we gambled at gas stations. Then we made it and the party began. Our first night started out at our old house where Mitch Richmond now resides for a warm up before heading to the bars at Midnight for Kyle’s first time legally in the bar. That next morning all of us somehow made it up to the mountain for a sick pow day, with about half the time spending it at the Main Lodge bar. Slamming white Russians until we got kicked out for Kyle puking all the floor. After the hill we made a mandatory stop at 5 Boroughs in the village for some pizza. You might think at this point we might slow down. Wrong. We kept the party going all through the night for Matty Mo being the DJ at Whiskey Creek that none of us remember, but I’m sure we had a good time.
- A mellow 8 our drive from SLC with 10 people
- Kyle’s ammo consists of wheat thins, cheez whiz, Rice Krispies and of course, piss.
- Joseph hoping to find gold from the slot machine and his nose.
- Night one of partying and Mitch is getting a little bit tipsy
- We got some shredding in while it was puking snow and a few drinks deep.
- Capko making a suprise appearance to watch this little guy play human pinball at the bars.
- Three out of the four people here don’t remember this picture at all. I bet you can pick who.
- Raging
- A few more wasted runs as the snow is shitting on us
- These guys are hammered drunk
- Kyle puking for the first time as a 21 year old.
-Toadsback ending up in his back after a few too many dudarinos.
- I didn’t know you can get kicked out of the bar at Main Lodge, but I guess they frown upon throwing up on the carpet.
Shots at Whiskey Photo Show
Photos Tyler Heffernan
Our homie Tyler Heffernan sent over some photos from the Shots at Whiskey Photo Show that went down earlier this month in Mammoth. I’m pretty sure Curley has been organizing this on going pre- season photo show for the past year or two. What better way to support these hard works photographers then to come out, check the rad photos, buy some prints, buy the photogs some some brews followed by a couple of pats on the back and rage into the night while having a great time with friends. Photos on display were shot by Jeff Curley, Tyler Heffernan, Kevin Westenberger Christian Pondella and Josh Gunter. Hopefully there will be another show next year! Check a few photos from the night.
Lonnie Kauk: The Standard Snowboard Show PhotosAndrew Miller
As everyone should know we have nothing but love for our homie Lonnie Kauk here at the Revolution. We have supported him from day one and he was actually the first Snowboard Revolution Interview ever. Johnny Centi did Lonnie’s Interview back in 2005. It’s a great to look back at your roots, where you started, the journey and how you have grown and evolved into what you are now. Now 2005 wasn’t that long ago but alot has changed for us (snowrev) and Lonnie both in postivie ways.
After having a heavy season riding for DC, competing while still filming with Standard and a total slaughter fest at Superpark Lonnie had a pretty amazing year. The Standard Snowboard Show just did a whole episode on Lonnie that aired on fuel tv. It turned out pretty fucking sick and were are pumped for Lonnie and what this next years brings him! Now watch Lonnie’s whole episode below..
Lonnie Kauk: The Standard Snowboard Show: Mammoth Mountain local and New DC team rider, Lonnie Kauk rips the park and backcountry in this episode.
- Check the bonus features on “Thats it Thats all” for some insane heli footage of Lonnie at Superpark 12.
- The warrior Lonnie Kauk.
- Killing it over an amazing Mammoth sunset during the REVOLUTION SESSION
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