Orage Parties with UVM

For those of you who hung with Orage at the IF3 up in Montreal last weekend... thanks for coming.

For the 300+ of you who hung with us at the UVM premier of Hunting Yeti and Journal in Burlington... thanks for coming. It was great chilling with you and Pollard and what was even better was putting back a few cold ones at Nectars afterwards.

We look forward to seeing you again somewhere along the long and winding road we like to call the Orage Anti Tour... aka: skiing's one and only free for all, anything goes ski tour whose sole purpose is to hit as many ski events of all shapes and sizes from now until the Orage Masters 6 this April in lovely Whistler BC at the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival.

Stay tuned to orage.com for more details on Anti Tour stops. We're most likely coming to a town near you.

One last thing, you'll want to do whatever you can to make it to a tour stop or two... we're giving away a few trips to the Masters... don't miss your chance for a free trip to the one and only Anti Comp... aka The Orage Masters.

See you soon,

8 Page JP Auclair Feature Article

For those of you still sleeping after the Orage Free Beer Festival in downtown Burlington go get yourselves a coffee and a copy of Freeskiers October Issue. Then open it to page 104 to digest an 8 Page Jp Auclair Feature Article.

Yes he's a living legend, but he's also a traveler, a surfer, a pioneer, a japanese yo yo champion and has recently completed his second season of mountain guide school in AK making JP one of the sports most well rounded athletes, personalities and ambassadors.

Enjoy

Free Beers On Orage in Burlington, VT

In support of Line Skis' Sunday Night Movie Series hosted at UVM (University of VT) this Sunday Night September 14, we command you to stop by Nectars in downtown Burlington for some free beers and good times compliments of Orage.

Once you've meet and bro'd down with actor, producer and ski star Eric Pollard and have witnessed some of the raddest ski footage from Nimbus' "Hunting Yeti"and Theory 3's "Journal" at UVM's University Heights Ampitheatre head down town to Nectars. Orage and Line will be getting our groove from 10pm til...

Good Times, Free Stuff and Ski Season Preperation will be in abundance.

Home Again

I've just returned home from one of the most memorable trips of my life with South America Snow Sessions (www.sasnowsessions.com). A month and a half flew by while I was indulging myself in the Argentinian culture. Plenty of meat, wine, and powder. Here are a few photos from my trip. Enjoy.

The trees were often the place to be.

This shot was taken from my bedroom window. Not bad.

Hanging out by the train tracks. Nobody got hit.

Cerro Catedral has amazing views.

Silly little fish with feet.

When it snows it dumps.

"Where did you get those skis bro?"

Dance party at the campers house. DJ, flashing lights, and Michael Jackson toe standers all night.

Me and fellow ripping skier Madeline. She was the Mother Theresa at camp and really held things together with her trilingual abilities and nothing but positiveness. Always down for hiking and picknicks in the snow.

One of the many on hill asados for SASS. How can you pass this up. Luckily it never happened on a powder day.

Mate...kept me going after long days on the hill and missing siesta time due to the debauchery at the house. There was always something funny happening, it was hard to sleep during the day...and night I guess.

My last asado. Hard to leave this behind.

Dash Longe trying to blend in with the locals with his fanny pack. If you ever try to pick pocket him you won't be successful.

Vino!

Asado time at the campers place. Lot's of red meat. Tough to be a vegetarian in these parts.

Nice little lip with and endless powder landing.

Dash and Pep getting ready for an epic tree run. Dash had a pretty nifty chest cam going on.

TJ SCHILLER & DR.VAN VALIN DO VERNON

Holy post !
I'm breaking my cherry doing this lady's and gentlemen. But here we go - After being up at Whistler coaching at Mommentum this summer, i convinced Luke to come back to Vernon to hang out with all the Vernon boys. We've been blessed with awesome arid weather for the entire month , so we enjoyed some killer time in the Lake (KALAMALKA LAKE).
Super pimp styles.

It's been a long time since i've been able to jump and take an impact - but my rehab is coming along SUPER good and my knee is feeling totally righteous. So why not test it out into the water???

These are the Kal cliffs. I come here as much as i can every summer. This was my first time this summer . After doing some tricks off this one i had an ear to ear grin for the rest of the day. Seriously have been waiting for that weightless feeling of floating something out in the air. Dr. Van Valin scoping 911 - sorry the camera dude filmed it sideways :P

Cliff jumping was sick for sure. But we wanted to hit some balls into the Lake by the Butt-hutt. (our remote hang out spot for the loc-dogs)

Luke wanted to get this girls number on our way out, but she wasn't awake Luke was a lil cheesed for missing the opportunity.

On to the BUTT-HUTT ! This was some dudes private beach. He owns a mansion right above this spot. The story (as i have heard) Was this dude who owned all this got into some legal battle and he thought the best thing to do was to off himself, instead of dealing with the issue. He did and then gave all his property (incl the mansion and beach) to the district. So now its public but knowone really knows about it. Styles. We brought down a bucket of balls and a couple drivers and Irons. When we cruised down there , Justin (J-Bone)Dorey, Rylie (Tybo) Leboe, Marsh (munch) Talbot, Fergilicious Cancade and Joey cheese belly Schuster were already down there soaking up some early evening rays. Choice. Vernon boys

Ahhh.. Luke here! As Teeeeej explained, and as im sure you can imagine, it was a truly sensational day of Canadian Debauchery. Highlight for me? Seeing Tom Schiller flying through the air in nonstop light, smooth rotation.

"Hey Luke! Do a bio 9!"

"Ummm, yeah, I was thinking more like...."

"Oh screw you, I'm doing it!"

And then the happy go lucky young child thrusted himself off a high rock into a splendidly slow motion front cork nine hundo.... And he even threw in a Schiller mute.

No big deal.




- DR. LUKE VAN VALIN MD..PHD
-TJ SCHILLER
choices.

South America Snow Sessions

My view from my bedroom every morning.

I'm here in South America right now coaching with South America Snow Sessions (www.sasnowsessions.com). I've been here for a couple of weeks now and feel like I've gotten an amazing experience, but I'm planning on staying longer because I know it's only going to get better. 

This was just sitting at the top of the lift, no setup.

The first couple of days after I arrived were a bit rainy, but then it started to dump. It's been snowing or sunny ever since. We've opened up some sick zones in the backcountry with our two camp guides and have been able to take kids back there who haven't ever skied powder before. The end of camp session 2 is today, but a handfull of kids are staying for another session. The park is opening up soon, but in the meantime there is plenty of big lines, pillows, and jumps to session. 

Just some of the amazing mountains surrounding Catedral

This is the ideal summer camp...you get to ski powder and have an amazing cultural experience. The ski coaches are myself, Garrett Russell, Jordan Seldon, and two Argentines who absolutely kill it. The camp is pretty much full, but we still want to get some skiers down here. If you want the Michelle Parker deal, e-mail Travis at travis@sasnowsessions.com. 

My girls Mel and Hailey stoked on the pow day!

You can check out www.sasnowsessions.com and www.michelle-parker.com for more info and pics from the camp. 

I hope you guys are having a great summer. I've just about lost my tan, but skiing powder makes up for that. 

Shake Gets er done at Montreal's Formula 1

Each year thousands of people flock to Montreal QC during the month of June to witness the only Formula 1 race still held in Canada. All weekend long car exhaust, beer girls, parties and more parties take over our fair city with reckless abandon and we at Orage embrace it! This year at Montreal's Formula 1 we were extremely pleased to join forces with local band "Shake" who headlined one evening during the weekend where thousands of spectators were on hand to enjoy the show. You'll be seeing more of "Shake" as we begin to feature them on our website throughout the coming year. For more info on "Shake" or to check out some of their latest tracks, visit them at http://www.shake-band.com/

Oh yeah, In case you forgot, the Orage Summer Contest Series is well underway and for all those interested please head to www.orage.com/oscs for details.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

Finish!

Just an average day on F1 weekend.

"Shake"it down!

Lead Singer Yan!

Raging crowds...

argh!