March 10, 2008
The first SASS grom session is coming together for 2008. Up and coming mini rippers such as Kyle Mack, Jacob Aaronsen, Shayna Aaronsen, Jack Herald are coming down to Argentina, stepping it up to learn some new tricks into pow, get strong for the contest season and get some footage and photos. Keeping in mind these kids are 10-12 years old and already working on 7’s & 9’s I personally cant wait to see the progression.
Photo #1 Kyle mack / #2 Jacob Aaronsen
#3 Jack Harold
Photos by James Streater at Loon Mtn.
Travis Moore has been crushing the East Coast with the kids hitting the Red Bull Finals, Burton AM contests, and training a group with their sights on the Grand Prix and the Open. The Open will be all time this year with the SASS family representing strong. Sean Ryan, Ally Carroll, Bobby Witty, Scott Kutchinski, Lynn Neil and more make a run for it in both Pipe and Slope.
March 7, 2008
Pep Fujas continues with his Hunting Yeti project…this such is a cool new way to look at allowing the public into the life of chasing snow 24/7. For free. Eric Pollard is leading the crew for the follow up to IDEA with Nimbus Entertainment, Poor Boyz Production, and K2 skis. SASS is strongly supporting this new film initiative and those companies and skiers involved.
Download a full HD copy of the video yourself to watch over and over again on your IPOD to inspire you as you travel in search of snow and fun.
http://www.rip.tv/events/downloads
Pep will be back at SASS for another year to crush lomito completos, brush up on his Spanish and slay anything and everything that is in front of him on his skis.
Pep, James Heim, Josh Lampert Skylar and John Sang get the band back together
Photo: Ed Herbold
March 5, 2008
Chris Coulter came out of slopestyle contest retirement to make a presence at the Vans Cup in a big way this year. I was able to check it out in person as he stepped to the slopestyle course at Northstar on a colder and windy day and threw down with the best of them. With the most insane (and effective) stretching techniques known to man, Coulter gets after it, with everything he does. He is headed down for a full week at Silverton Mountain in SW Colorado to slay some lines with Skylar Holgate. SASS is excited to welcome back Chris for another year.
Chris Coulter getting some work done at South America Snow Sessions
Photo: Ed Herbold
Bobby Witty
The latest addition to Team SASS is Bobby Witty. We have known Bobby for the past 8 years and have watched him grow up riding with Scott Harris, Ryan and the Squaw Team and get better and better at snowboarding. After having qualified and made the cut of 16 for finals at this years Van’s cup, Bobby has proven he has what it takes to compete against the worlds best. With a cab 270 on to switch out on the 1st monster box features, a switch bs 5, nasty front 7’s tail and a perfect back 9 landed on his toes, Bobby stepped to the plate and delivered.
Bobby Witty > Northstar Pipe
Photo: IJ Venezuela
We are very excited to be having Bobby down for a month of training this year in Argentina, to work on all of his 9’s & 10’s and maybe add a few 12’s…get tons of footage and photos before heading to New Zealand for the OPEN. Hell yeah Bobby way to get after it. Brian Sullivan and Seb Latapie from SASS made the trip out to Tahoe to ride park, pow and trees for a week and chekc out the action.
March 3, 2008
SASS is proud to announce our first co-branded session with none other than MGT camps. Leanne Pelosi, Robin Van Gyn and the MGT crew are invading Argentina by storm and inviting any female shred that wants to join them to jump on board for the trip of a lifetime.
Sara Baca (Team SASS & USCSA Champion), coach Robin Van Gyn and Meredith Russell
Come hit jumps into powder landings, hit up a huge resort, work on overall board control, play a little in the park, get sun on the deck, brush up on your Spanish before dinner. You decide what you want to work on at the SASS/MGT session for 2008 with a bunch of girls backing you up! Trade in your flip flops for snowboard boots for 17 days and get a little winter in your summer. MGT will be hitting Argentina July 25th-August 10th.
Log onto http://www.mgtsnowboardcamp.com/snowboardcamp_summer/index.html and get registered before it is too late!
February 28, 2008
The SASS & EESA New England School Tour has not slowed down one bit with the latest stop happening at Vermont Academy bringing the total stops up to 14 for the year. A huge thanks goes out to Jamal Reid and the all VA crew for welcoming us onto the campus. We even got a short shred on their private park behind the school. So cool. Past SASS family members Nick Woytuck, Josh Eichen (currently holding court in Burlington)and the legendary Steve Denmark all came out of Vermont Academy.
For some reason every time we visit a school to do a SASS presentation it dumps snow. Vermont Academy was no exception. If you want SASS to visit your school show some videos, give out free stuff and make it snow hit us up!!!! info@sasnowsessions.com
The SASS family (coaches, campers and pros) have been killing it everywhere this season. Time to give out some props as the hard work put in by the people below is paying off. Each month we will add to the list and recognize all the people who help make South America Snow Sessions the best camp on the planet.
- Head SASS Freeride Coach James Heim has been everywhere lately. He landed a cover of Powder Magazine and a 2 page check out called “The Bionic Man” in yet another Powder. Heim’s segment in MSP’s latest movie 7 Sunny Days is so sick, you have to see it. In addition he is also designing his own ski for Head, which is sure to be a Backcountry Freeride weapon. James is one of the nicest guys and best coaches I know. Come ski with him this summer at SASS.
- SASS Snowboard Coaches Andrew Burns and Robin Van Gyn were featured in a 3 page story by Ed Herbold about Argentina and South America Snow Sessions in the latest Snowboard Canada. We love Canadians…and ED of course. Check it out:
February 17, 2008
took 1st place in Halfpipe at the Revolution Tour in Park City, UT. The shot below is from a full day photoshoot with our Argentine friends and Propaganda Magazine. Nick is the man, it was great to have him a part of SASS last summer and we are stoked to seeing him get what is coming to him. Go get em Fuca!!
Nick Fuca in Bariloche Argentina. Cover Shot of Propaganda Mag #6 / Photo: Matias Posti
February 15, 2008
has been having a sick season competing all over the East Coast. Sean stepped up to compete at the Aspen Open last week. He took down 19th in Slopestyle out of a stacked field of 160 pros from all over the world. We predict a bright snowboarding future for Mr. Ryan. Keep your eyes on this kid.
January 20, 2008
was featured in the last Transworld Snowboarding during a checkout of his home mountain Silverton. You can’t tell from the picture but Skylar is doing an enormous BS180 off of the roof of the mining building. IN addition Skylar added Vans and DaKine to his longtime sponsor Venture Snowboards. Anyone that knows Skylar, knows how hard he kills it on all terrain. Yeah Skylar!!
Shane C from Absinthe Films, Chris Coulter & Skylar Holgate in Bariloche. Photo: ED Herbold
Skylar Holgate Gettin’ Some at Cerro Catedral Photo:ED Herbold
January 17, 2008
has been non-stop this season. From competitions all over to photo shoots & filming to just having fun on her snowboard, Ally is killing it. Highlights include taking 3rd in Halfpipe at the Park City stop of the Revolution Tour. Ally spent the whole summer with us at SASS where she slayed powder, ripped tree lines, showed up on ESPN Latin America, trained on backcountry jumps with powder landings and owned the Cerro Catedral terrain park. Keep your eyes on Ally Carroll, she is going to the top with a smile on her face and having fun the whole time.
Ally Carroll wheeling one out in Bariloce Photo:ED Herbold
January 13, 2008
has been chasing the snow everywhere. Keep an eye out for his next video project it is going to be off the hook. We were lucky enough to have one of the first screenings of the movie IDEA last year at the SASS lodge. Everyone loved the movie and having Pep a part of the family.
If you want follow along with Pep’s adventures in the snow yourself, check out his blog Time Passing Through Snow here: www.pepfujas.blogspot.com/
Pep sampling the local Lomito Completo at SASS while Garrett Russell looks on.
Photo:ED Herbold
