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Team Report 03-01-06

Posted: March 1, 2006 | Skip To The Comments (7)

All right, gang, here’s a quick update on the ThirtyTwo team. A lot of major stuff has gone down since New Year's. As you probably already know from reading all the recent headlines, Janna Meyen made history with a fourpeat at the X Games, Hampus Mosesson won the X-Box Big Day Out and Markku Koski went and got himself all bronzed at the 2006 Winter Olympics! In other ThirtyTwo news…

Eric Jackson and John Jackson are both out on the road, trying to get some backcountry shots. Eric spent the last few weeks in the Northwest. He was planning on heading up to Terrace, BC to go on a heli trip with Standard Films, but he got delayed, so now he’s hanging in Washington and chillin' in the wet conditions. John has been out in Montana getting the goods, but he’ll soon make his way to Northstar at Tahoe for the Vans Cup, and shortly after that, he’ll head to Japan for the Slopetyle contest.

Tyler Lepore was last seen in Whistler, hitting up some secret spots and filming and shooting with Kevin Sansalone and Sandbox Films.

After the X Games, Janna Meyen went on the road to hit up the backcountry and concentrate on filming with the Volcom crew. Janna reported that she’s having a blast and will continue to follow the snow. In fact, she’s planning an Alaska trip in early April. This will be her first heli experience, so she’s pretty pumped.

Leanne Pelosi and Alexis Waite have been on a serious mission to get the goods, as well. They were seen a few weeks ago at the legendary Mt. Baker banked slalom contest, and then shortly after that, they drove up to Whistler to get their backcountry shred on.

Leanne and Lexi will head up to Tahoe for the Vans Cup, and shortly after that, Leanne is going to Japan for the first time with the K2 crew to terrorize Tokyo and Akihabarah. Uh, oh. I can hear that song right now: "She's turning Japanese, she thinks she's turning Japanese, she really thinks so!" Ha-ha. Good luck, Plo! Better take lots of oatmeal! As far as Lexi goes, she’ll continue the journey of filming with Misschief, probably somewhere in Tahoe.

Back up in Canada, Benji Ritchie has been back and forth from Whistler to the interior, filming and sledding with the White Out crew. He reported that he’s been having a great season so far.

Stian Solberg flew straight to Canada from Norway about a month ago to take on North America as a road warrior. He’s been on a mission, driving from Whistler to Salt Lake to Montana and then back to Lake Tahoe to shoot for Defective Films. Stian has encountered a few road nightmares, but is keeping his spirits up.

After a hectic day of getting Sean Johnson’s truck to the shop, Stian had to drop $450 on a new starter! Yikes. Good thing he had a decent day on Saturday. He stomped a handful of tricks somewhere in the backcountry of the Sierras. Stian’s plans for the next few weeks include attending the Vans Cup, followed by a short trip down to ThirtyTwo headquarters for a quick lifestyle shoot, and then it's back up to Whistler. Ah, the good ol’ life of a pro snowboarder on the road.

Jussi Tarvainen has been in the States for the last few weeks, filming and hitting up the backcountry around the Tahoe area. He was recently chillin' in BroCal with fellow shred buddy Shaun McKay. They got in a quick surf session down in the OC, then went up to Bear Mountain to judge the Wide Open contest. Now they’re on the road heading back to Tahoe, where they’ll be filming and sledding for the next week or so.

Now let's look back up at the Northwest, where Wille Yli-Luoma’s been living for the last year or so. He has also been on the road mission lately, slaughtering it back and forth from Montana, Jackson Hole and Washington. He’s been focusing on filming with the Volcom crew this year. Wille’s had a handful of the best days of his life at Mt. Baker. He’ll be hanging out in the great Northwest for now until mother nature calls.

Upcoming Events
March 1-5 Vans Cup, Northstar at Tahoe, California
March 9-12 Slopestyle contest, Japan
March 15-20 U.S. Open at Stratton, Vermont

Until next time, keep the dream alive! ThirtyTwo boots for life!

Words and photos by Eddie Lee