13th Annual Transworld Riders’ Poll Awards recognizes iconic snowboarder Jamie Lynn with the Legend Award.
Between the Winter X Games, SIA, and the 13th Annual Transworld Riders’ Poll Awards…it’s been a crazy and epic week in the world of snowboarding. One of the highlights was seeing our friend and former SESSIONS snowboarding team rider, Jamie Lynn accept the Legend Award from Transworld. Since the beginning, Jamie has made a huge impact on snowboarding, continuously raising the bar for the sport. We couldn’t be more stoked for him in all that he’s accomplished…and continues to accomplish in his career. He is and always be an important part of the SESSIONS family and we’re glad we could be there to see him receive this award.
SESSIONS Snowboarding Team Rider Nick Visconti and SESSIONS Skier Meg Olenick both took trips to Aspen for the 2012 Winter X Games.
Nick Visconti pulled a 3rd Place finish in the Men’s Snowboard Street competition. This was Nick’s first trip to the X Games. Meg Olenick competed in the Women’s Slopestyle competition for her 3rd in a row, settling into the 8th spot.
Congratulations to both of these great athletes on their runs!
Sessions presents the 13th annual Tim Brauch Memorial contest, honoring Tim and promoting youth skateboarding in the local community. The Tim Brauch Memorial Fund (TBMF) is an independent scholarship fund and a skateboard park development fund established in 1999. The fund was created to keep giving back to the sport of skateboarding that Tim loved so much! By giving scholarships and promoting skatepark development we are promoting kids to be active outside. The TMB vision is that through skateboarding, kids will develop discipline, confidence, motivation and other traits that encourage success.
Thanks to Kaya Lampe for this great footage and edit!
Sessions Team Skier and wingsuit stuntman JT Holmes plays a part in one of the highest budgeted movies released this year, Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.
JT and a crew of wingsuit stuntmen took to the skies as they jumped off the edge of the Sears Tower, also known as Suicide Corner, and flew around Chicago for one of the most visually stunning scenes in the movie. You can see more on JT’s part in the movie below in his ESPN interview. Hope You Enjoy!
Check out Transformers 3 on DVD now to see our man JT’s entire scene, its definitely worth it!
Clayton Vila is a sick rider on the rise. Check out his park and b-footage in this amazing HQ video! To see more of Clayton check out Stept Productions’ “Weight” and Poor Boyz Productions’ “The Grand Bizzare”.
I started Skiing at Baker when I was 9 months old because my father was on Ski Patrol for 20 years. From growing up at Baker and riding I remember seeing snowboarders such as Craig Kelly just starting to hit the slopes and knew I wanted to snowboard. Craig Kelly was a big influence on me picking up a snowboard.
One thing about me is I love the back country so in my adventures in snowboarding the thing that has provided the best access for me is on a snowmobile. I spend most of my winters in the back country areas of most the west side of the United States. WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, WY, NV, UT, and CO.
I have also been wakeboarding professionally since high school. With wakeboarding I like to look at it a little different then the most. I have a high speed winch that I can bring anywhere and am able to do lines down a rivers, waterfalls, log slide, and rock jibs. This has changed my view on wakeboarding because it is a mix between wakeboarding and snowboarding. My sponsors in wakeboarding are O’Brien wakeboard and MB Sport Boats.
I also am a part owner in a video production company called Wild Card Movies. We have produced for two snowboard movies for FUEL TV in the past two years as well as one wakeboard show last year. Last years snowboard movie is called “The Saturday Night Ride”. The Year before was “How the NorthWest Was One”. Check out wildcardmovies.com for snowboarding. On the wakeboard side we produced a show called AguaPlease. You can check it out at aguaplease.com to see winching as well as other amazing wakeboard locations.
I feel that what I am most passionate about being in amazing pristine places such as the Mt.s, Islands, Rivers, Lakes and forest while doing my hobbies and job. Mt. biking, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, wake boarding, and snowboarding.)
ESPN.com Feature Article on Nick Visconti, Sessions Snowboarding Team Rider
In the article, Look Who’s Calling Nick Visconti, ESPN snowboarding writer Matt Vanatta identifies Visconti as “one of the most progressive snowboarders riding today,” and credits this to his outside-the-box imagination and determination.
When Vanatta asked Visconti to speak to the idea that the industry has become so much about appearance, he said: “If nothing else, snowboarding should be so far beyond that, because we are individuals it’s an expression of ourselves. It’s an art form.”
The New 2012 Newschoolers Jacket is now hitting stores just in time for the 2011-2012 winter snowboarding season. Check out this video to take a tour of the new jacket!
I started Skiing at Baker when I was 9 months old because my father was on Ski Patrol for 20 years. From growing up at Baker and riding I remember seeing snowboarders such as Craig Kelly just starting to hit the slopes and knew I wanted to snowboard. Craig Kelly was a big influence on me picking up a snowboard.