August 30th & 31st Darkside Snowboard Shop will be throwing a pre season kick off at their Killington shop. Pre season already? You know how Darkside does it, we are always ahead of the curve. Anyway if you are in the area you should come down, get some jibbing in, eat some food, and get in on the tent sale. Hope to see you there.

A little while ago eesa’s team rider Tim Humphries stopped by the offices here at eesa to do a photoshoot for the upcoming catalog. We paired Tim up with eesa’s new Arcade sock so what better place to do a photoshoot than an arcade? We ventured into Burlington to hit up Pizza Putt, the pictures can explain the rest of the story. After a while we ended up with a couple hundred tickets which was enough to get a rather large bag of Tootsie Rolls. We were stoked. Then we proceeded to play a few holes of mini golf. It was Agatha, Jules, and I against Tim. We won by a long shot. A big thanks to Tim for playing along all day and winning us that bag of Tootsie Rolls.

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Lotus Entertainment threw an amazing party in Burlington VT this weekend. It was the Lipstick Lounge with a 1920s theme. People showed up in all kinds of crazy outfits including neon Flapper outfits and old school pilot uniforms. The party started on a cruise ship and the after party took place a Red Square. It was an interesting night to say the least. All photos by me… LAustin Design.

What happens when you pack a bunch of people who love to party into a house right on the lake during 4th of July weekend? Pure chaos. It was a weekend full of drinking, boating, slip and sliding… the list goes on.

Shean showing his American Pride

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Red Bull and Embasi hosted a Manny Mania skate contest in Manchester, NH on June 28th. This contest celebrated Embasi’s grand opening of their Manchester store. It was a manual contest with a three part manny pad (flatbox, up down, and step down). Around 60 skaters competed in the event. Dillon Buss ended up winning the event and a VIP trip to the Manny Mania contest in NYC plus a bunch of swag. All photos by me. Shout out to Mary Walsh who organized the event and Lotus Entertainment for spinning records.

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So I recently decided I needed a fisheye lens, but I didn’t know which lens to get. So who would be better to ask than Dean Blotto Grey? I asked him and he highly recommended the Canon 15mm Fisheye 2.8 lens. He claimed this was the ONE if I wanted a fisheye lens. So I looked around and it retailed for around $630.00. More than I was willing to pay at the moment. So Blotto decided to sell me his for a pretty damn good price. I have had it for a week now and am in love. I just have to careful not to overuse because too many fisheye shots can get old fast.

Here is a shot Blotto took with the lens of Jones in Utah.

And here is one of my shots with the lens of a good friend Ebo.

So clearly I have some work to do to catch up with the quality of Blotto’s shots, but he should watch his back. I am stoked on the lens and recommend it to anyone looking for a fisheye. And a shout out to Blotto for hooking it up. Check out his site to see what he has been up to. 

Stowe Resort in Vermont threw down on Saturday May 24th. They gathered all the snow left over from the halfpipe and set up an impressive 9 features for a rail jam including a crazy new C Box, a dance floor, and many of other boxes and rails. It was 70 degrees, clear skies, and everyone was stoked to be able to get a little more riding in. Matt Beck from Burton announced the event and Lotus Entertainment’s DJs Russell and DJ provided the music. If you want to see all the pictures I took go here.

Kids Hiking 

Lotus entertainment providing well.. the entertainment with DJ Russell spinning with ZJ in the back 

Riley Nickerson destroying the C Box 

 Banks Gilberti looking good as always

 Announcer Matt Beck making fun of the littlest rider of the day Hannah Merson

Keith Bennet, Matt Beck, and Danger Dave 

So Burton has this program called Shopgirl. It is a community to connect all the girls working in snowboard shops across the country. Anyway, they decided to do interviews of girls they thought were worthy of writing about. These chose me as their first victim. Check it out.