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« Previous EntriesWetrat in Oregon Backcountry
posted Friday, November 20th, 2009New video from Jesse “Wetrat” Johnson! Boardin’ in fresh Oregon backcountry, this video is from the end of last season. Check out his smooth ride and get pumped out there and snowboard! Wetrat and his crew are heading out again this weekend so be sure to check back for some more footage at the beginning of next week.
First Snow for the Tactics Team
posted Monday, November 16th, 2009Tactics Team Manager Jesse “Wetrat” Johnson got antsy when he heard snow reports of 28″ in a week and realized he couldn’t wait until the chairs opened to go snowboarding. So, this past weekend Jesse decided to shred Mt. Bachelor along with Tactics team riders Tyler Osland and Jesse Lederer. Check out their pics below. You can’t tell me these pics don’t get you hyped for the upcoming snow season!!
With the season just starting, there will be many more photos and videos to come. Check back soon for the next installment of Tactics snowboarding!
Checking in With JJ Thomas
posted Tuesday, October 6th, 2009We just got an e-mail from Tactics One Percent For The Planet team rider JJ Thomas, who has spent the last few months in New Zealand shredding. Read his story and check out the pics he sent us of his travels.
I just got home from a two month trip at the prettiest place on earth — New Zealand. I was on the South Island staying around the town of Wanaka. The first month I was in town, I stayed at the Alpine Motel with my teammates from ISTC (International Snowboard Training Center). We did a comp, rode powder and managed to party a little too (as seen in A Day in the Life of Josh Sherman, Episode 6).
After the comp, everyone went home but a fellow shred, Grant Heileman, and I decided to stay another month. We got hooked up with a family whose son shreds with ISTC too. Benji Sutherland and his family took us in as their own. We stayed on their farm outside of town where they grow their own food and run a catering service for whoever needs a good authentic New Zealand meal (usually movie sets). In a nutshell, it was paradise — snowboarding every day possible with home cooked food (that tasted better than the best restaurants in the States) followed by fishing trips to the coast on our days off!!
I’m happy to be back in the States, but I now have a favorite country to visit… New Zealand! If you haven’t been there — go. It’s paradise on earth. Good food, friendly people and tons of sheep.
Happy fall. I’ll be here with more updates as the winter unfolds!
JJ Thomas
JJ Thomas and Andy Finch about to go on the heli!
From everyone here at Tactics, good luck JJ with the 2009/2010 snow season!
JJ Thomas and Jeff Cormack launch MileHi Sound
posted Monday, August 10th, 2009Tactics 1% For the Planet team rider JJ Thomas and friend Jeff Cormack recently launched MileHi Sound, a psychedelic club pop, electrorock, and melodic electropop group based in Boulder, Colorado. Formed in May 2009, their debut album titled Hits and Misses is available to download for free from the MileHi website.
JJ is currently in New Zealand snowboarding (southern hemisphere = winter time during our summer months) and enjoying life. Congrats for the launch of MileHi!
J.J. Thomas video
posted Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Even though the winter season is slowly coming to an end, I just found this video of J.J. Thomas posted at Broadbandsports.com. It’s great to see J.J. shredding the back country and killing it with the best of ‘em. Also, be sure to check out J.J.’s new video on his team page by clicking on his name above.