Alright, we all know who win's this fantasy fame battle, but honestly... I'm going to buy the Billy Mays Tee first. Just Saying... Shout out to Yobeat.com for producing the Billy Mays King of Sale T-Shirt.

Shaun White kinda leaked it on Twitter last week... Transworld Snowboarding definetely leaked it on Twitter today. No official word until Wednesday but... it is safe to say that YES Park City, Utah is the host of the final stop of the Grand Prix Tour where they will announce the Olympic Snowboarding Pipe Team. And YES, it is during the celeb-filled Sundance Film Festival. (Coincedence? hmmm?)

Will Shaun White, Danny Kass, Kelly Clark and Gretchen Bleiler make it through to the team? (With their major sponsors already banking on it?) What young guns are creeping on the seasoned vets? What new tricks will be thrown out? It's the most important contest of many of these riders lives, and already, seven month out, the politics are running high...

In other news... if you leak something on Twitter... is it called a Tweak?

Here's Shaun's Tweet from last week.

Man, these celebrities have been dropping like flies. First Ed, then Farrah and MJ, and now Billy Mays.

For those of you who don't quite remember Billy Mays right off the bat, just think back to the last time you woke up on the couch to blaring infomercials after falling asleep watching Late Night. Yeah, that obnoxious guy selling OxiClean and Mighty Mend-It... that is Billy Mays.

Awhile back DC Snowboards actually hired Billy Mays to help them sell stuff. They turned out pretty funny. Check out the infomercial spoofs below. It's our small way of paying tribute and saying thanks to Billy Mays.

The snowboarding headwear company Neff is officially the first snow brand to cash in on the recent Michael Jackson death, releasing this t-shirt design this morning that they say is a "perfect way to represent the King of Pop and let his legend live on."

Check out the Neff blog for more.

This place looks so fun. Check out the video.

Everything in the Woodward at Copper Barn is brand new. It's like Disney Land for Snowboarders and Skiiers. Head coaches this year are Chad Otterstrom, Josh Sherman, Rick Shimpeno and Erich Dummer. They have outdoor jumps and a terrain park from the start of the season through the end of July- but you can hit up the indoor Barn training facility any time of the year.




Satellite is a rad specialty shop located in Boulder, CO. They've always been known to have a strong snowboard and skateboard team. Check out their website at www.satelliteboardshop.com.

ROME COMMUNIQUE:

ROME SDS AT WINDELL' (TM)S SESSION ONE ' " SLASHER

Session One at Windell' (TM)s just wrapped up and it was an awesome start to a summer of shredding up at Timberline and post-snowboard hanging out on the Windell' (TM)s campus. The weather was a little foggy on hill, but the shred action was still tons of fun, especially with the brand new Windells' (TM) rope tow that started turning this week. Campers hot lapped the tow all day, every day, giving way to tons of learning, tons of fun and a giant twenty-person jump train on the last day of shred.

It' (TM)s been a Poprock 1985 week in the demo shed as campers have taken every opportunity to try out 2010 Artifact 1985s, Postermanias and Lofi 1985s. The Dream Feature for this session was a dance floor/butterpad/pole jam combo, so the pressy playfulness of the 1985s were perfect for the week.

Rome Slasher Night was a highlight of the week for campers. As Demo Mary explained the rules of the manhunt-style game, Rome supporters/Windells staff in bloody jumpsuits ran out from behind cabins and surprised the campers before anyone had a chance to run and hide. Campers that were not quick enough were attacked by the Rome SDS killers and were slashed on their necks with red marker. Despite some clever kids that hid around camp and one camper that climbed 20 feet up a tree, the campers succumbed to the jump-suited assailants and only one remained standing: Michael Hanson. Michael was rewarded with a brand new 2010 Rome Jacket of his choice for evading the slashers. Everyone else was stoked too, as they scrambled for schwag in a big Rome product toss led by local Rome riders, Steve Pierce and Jeff Rudinski.

As the session came to a close, red marks on everyone' (TM)s necks faded and the campers loaded their bags into the Rome Camp of Terror van and headed to the airport. Stay tuned for more from Windell' (TM)s next week'

When I was a kid I used to go to the local drug store after school with my friends and get these "mystery goodie bags". They were so cool. I would pay like $10 bucks (a whole weeks allowance) and pick out a brown paper bag. In it would be all kinds of random sh*t. Dumb toys (remember slap bracelets and POGS?), candy, baseball cards, stationary, chapstick, etc. You were stoked if you got something big and cool... like a ring-pop, a choose-your-own-adventure book, and an action figure everybody at school wanted. But mostly you got crap... like really bad tasting packs of gum they couldn't sell and a paper dress-a-doll package.

That was cool, but how cool would it be if you could've gotten a snowboard themed mystery bag (or box). And you were guaranteed there was going to be rad, useful sh*t inside of it. Like DVD's and wax and t-shirts? And occasionally some of those snowboard mystery boxes had a brand new, never worn jacket of Travis Rice's in it?

Oh, and on top of that... you were signed up to win a contest. And if you win said contest, you end up with next year's Travis Rice pro-model board from Lib-Tech (all signed and sh*t), That's it That's All on blue-ray (best snowboard movie ever), T-Shirts, and a bunch of other really cool crap.

You guys are so lucky, because the Bluebird crew out of Jackson Hole are doing just that. Watch this movie. Travis explains everything you can win (like how his new board has technology that hasn't even been dropped yet.)

And since it's a legit contest you don't have to actually buy a box to win... but you should. It's only $25 and it's going to be full of sh*t worth way more than that... stuff you'll actually use. And from the looks of these vids that keep coming through our door, the bluebird pro team is packing the boxes themselves. Who knows when Bryan Iguchi, or Kyle Clancy or maybe even T.Rice himself is going to "pack your box" and give it some of their own special love.

Check out these vids... and go to www.bluebirdwax.com to find out more, enter the contest to win some next level sh*t, and have some pro's pack some sh*t for you. (It's 'bout time someone made those guys do some real work.) Or you can just go straight HERE to sign up for a mystery box.

Twitter is the new hot ticket these days, that we recognize. We compiled a list of snow pro-shreds, brands and industry types that we recommend. First things first though, follow GrindTv's Snow Twitter here. Then go follow these guys:

Pro Snowboarders:
Gretchen Bleiler
Shaun White
Danny Kass
Louie Vito
Todd Richards
Josh Sherman
Rob Kingwill
Jamie Anderson
MFM
JP Walker
Peter Line
Leanne Pelosi
Trevor "Trouble" Andrew
Robbie Sell
Tricia Byrnes
Molly Aguirre
Tara Dakides
Stephan "Mu" Maurer
Frends Crew
Darrell Mathes
Desiree Melancon
Jeremy Jones
Amber Stackhouse
Chanelle Sladics

Pro Skiers:
TJ Schiller
Tanner Hall
Simon Dumont
Tim Durtchi
Michelle Parker
Jonny Moseley
Grete Eliassen
Anthony Boronowski
Sarah Burke
Chris Davenport
Erik Roner


Brands/Industry Types:
GrindTVSnow
Newschoolers.com
Never Summer Snowboards
Transworld Snow
Snowboarder Magazine
Snowboard Magazine
Ashbury Eyewear
High Cascade Snowboard Camp
Cobra Dogs
Skullcandy Headphones
Bonfire Snow
Salomon Snowboards
Nike 6.0
K2 Snowboarding
Nikita
Line Skis
Red Bull
Ride Snowboards
Volcom
Airblaster
Grenade Portland
Smith Optics
Boardistan
Orage
Yobeat.com
ESPN Snow
StepChild Snowboards
TTR World Tour
Oakley
Grenade Gloves
Sal Masakela
Nate Abbot (Photographer)
Tim Zimmerman (Photographer)
Embry Rucker (Photographer)
Matt Harvey (Editor, Freeskier Magazine)
Doug Bishop (Newschoolers.com)
Jeff Schmuck (Editor, Newschoolers.com)
Freeskier Magazine
US Snowboarding



Did we miss somebody? Go ahead and leave it in the comments!

Traveling Circus Chatter and Episode 9 Drop
Highlights from a conversation with the guys behind the popular freeski series "Traveling Circus", plus this year's Finale Drops

By Rom Marcucci via Newschoolers.com
Photos courtesy of Will Wesson, Josh Malczk & C.Nelson James (www.meatheadfilms.com)

Nine episodes later and the Traveling Circus wraps up for the season. Newschoolers called up the main players this past week to discuss the conception, realities and future of the online video series. Line Ski's founder and head honcho Jason Levinthal, team manager Josh Malzcyk, silent Will Wesson and hippy killer andy Parry chatted with us for over an hour. Our chat covered all aspects of the Circus, from its inception to its future- Ron Marcucci

(Ed Note: For the full interview visit newschoolers.com by clicking HERE.)





The vibe of the whole intro is just goofy and fun and weird. Was that the type of skiing and atmosphere you wanted to showcase in the series right from day one?

Andy: I think our style of skiing and our true selves are just weird, wacky, and goofy. From Erik Olson, to me, Will, Ahmet and Giray, we' (TM)re all pretty weird. I think we wanted Traveling Circus to convey our personalities and strange quirks. It' (TM)s just taking the reality of it and putting it into an intro.

Let' (TM)s slide into what went down. What did you guys go through to find all the unique ski stuff that' (TM)s in the videos?

Andy: The rail into the pond was pretty unique and cool. Everything else was pretty much just going around and filming features that people have already hit like the rail gardens but our advantage is we can do something completely new and different on the same old thing. We' (TM)re just adding our own flavor to it.

Some skiing webisodes are very polished, like Nimbus, while some are as raw as it gets, like Cosco' (TM)s Chug Life series. You guys fall somewhere in the middle. Where do you find the balance of skiing versus non-skiing and reality versus picture perfect tricks?

Will: I like watching perfectly filmed tricks and epic stuff but there are other times you want to see what really goes on. I just wanted to bring more of a feel that people could relate to. I' (TM)m not going up in helicopters and skiing somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I' (TM)m just driving down the road and hitting a rail or going to the local resort and hitting the park. I felt like having more of a raw feel would be appropriate. I' (TM)m not a film major and trained in filming or editing in any way, I' (TM)m just doing it for fun.

I want to talk about highlights of this season. I' (TM)ve got a couple topics. What was your favorite skiing?

Andy: Skiing in California was one of my highlights. There were two days at Squaw. A powder day where we skied all mountain, and a park day that I learned some new tricks I was really stoked on. California has it going on. I love California.

What was your favorite shot, episode, or moment that happened while skiing?

Will: My favorite episode was either episode 1 (Hood) or 3 (Road Trip). They were both big adventures. We had a lot of fun with them and they weren' (TM)t too stressful. It was kind of just go out and have fun and film it.

Andy: My favorite is either episode 1, the Hood episode, or episode 7, which was filmed in California. In 7, Will did a really good job editing. Some of the shots from the GoPro really added to what we were doing. Hopefully we' (TM)ll be most stoked on episode 9. Will and I did some tricks that we learned and then got on film. That' (TM)s really exciting to go out, do a new trick, then you see it in the episode and you' (TM)re like ' Oh, snap. That wasn' (TM)t as good as I thought it was but it' (TM)s still sick.





There' (TM)s Line Traveling Circus Week at Windells. Give us all the info.

Josh: I guess it was an excuse for me to get out of the office for a week. I needed some sacrificial lambs so I had Andy and Will design up some custom features. We' (TM)ll have a lot of Line guys at Windells for session 5, July 16th - 23rd. There are still spots available. We' (TM)re trying to bring the whole Line entity together.

Jason: Traveling Circus is Line and Line is Traveling Circus. We are one big circus, one big family. Expect the unexpected. That is what Line has always been about. Whether it is product, marketing, graphics and that' (TM)s what these guys' (TM) riding and lifestyle is all about. Everyone from the office is going to be there: R&D, sales, graphics. It' (TM)s just a big rally.

Who else will be there as far as Line athletes go?

Josh: Pollard is going to be there. LJ is tentative, he' (TM)s got a camping trip planned in Vermont we' (TM)re trying to get him to change, but he' (TM)ll be there all summer. Ian Compton said, ' This would be like missing a concert with Biggie and Tupac featuring Elton John.' (laughs)

You' (TM)ll be filming Season Two Episode One there?

Will: Yup, that' (TM)s the plan.

So that' (TM)s a wrap. Even after such an entertaining run this season, Traveling Circus will be better than ever next season, starting with Windells in just over a month. It is the feel good story of the season. Will and Andy have gone from rags to riches, zeros to heroes, or maybe, more realistically, two meals of ramen daily to just one, with plenty more entertainment to come.



Without further ado... Here is the drop for the first season finale of "The Traveling Circus":

Rochelle Ballard in a Yoga Pose

Unarguably surfing's Rochelle Ballard and snowboarding's Chanelle Sladics top the charts when it comes to successful action sports female athletes with talent. It's fair to say they are both "easy on the eye", but it isn't only paddling out everyday or hiking the backcountry that keep these two friends riding, and looking, their best.

Both covergirls share the common passion of Yoga to keep their minds and bodies in alignment with the demands of their respective sports, and this summer they've put forth a collaborative effort to create the ultimate Yoga DVD geared towards surfers and snowboarders.

The girls brought on filmer and director John Roderick who was fresh off working on the Oakley "Uniquely" all-girl film project that featured skate, surf and snow. Roderick, who came with plenty of experience working with females, brought another level of passion, commitment and quality to the fledgling project, and it quickly took on a whole new beast.

"It started as a simple project, but once we all got into it we saw the potential of it. We had the talent of Rochelle, Chanelle and Rochelle's brother Hoku (who is a Yogi and certified health facilitator) and Rochelle called in some of her resources and we got Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, and Jon Swift behind it (for music)." Roderick explains.

"More than anything we are all super passionate about what we do. None of us were about to produce anything that was only half way. We're all really proud of how it came out."

And proud they should be. Unmatched visual aesthetics, perfectly toned music and multiple different levels of Yoga sequences to choose from (from easy stretching to advanced core building), all of it geared to benefit anybody who rides goofy or regular on whatever kind of board, make this a truly unique and valuable DVD to have in the collection.

Take a look at the teaser, and some of the behind the scenes photos taken during production down in Hawaii. You can find more information about the movie, or even make the leap to purchase it (highly recommended) over at www.surfintoyoga.com





As the success of the DVD grows the idea of producing more and growing it into a series hasn't escaped Rochelle, Chanelle and Roderick. "We're all really stoked on how it came out. We want to continue to work together as a team and possibly put together more Yoga DVD's that promote this conscious lifestyle." says Roderick.

Hey, with a couple of girls who have street cred and good looks walking us through Yoga sequences that are going to help our riding, we're not complaining. Bring it on.


Find out more over at:
www.surfintoyoga.com
www.neuproductions.com