Communication lines to the South restored, Hammo continues to leave his mark on the other side of the world with a series of proper massive drawings, this time in The Loft in Hobart. OHD has had word that Hammo will return to colder shores around Christmas time, and we cant wait, seriously!!

We sure hope so, as its the latest installment of SnoStorm, the Halloween edition!

You know the drill by now, Damo and the crew provide you with the finest on-slope entertainment in the form of a sick park, and also off the slope with plenty to keep you entertained in Rockies Snobar and the newly opened 50-50.

Get your hands on one of the latest in the series of limited edition SnoStorm tees, designed by Hammo, produced in association with the one and only OHD, you love it!

Not content with taking the top prize at the recent slopestyle indoor comp at Castleford, Jon Russell returned to bag third place at the Burton Scrap Metal event at Cas on Saturday 20th October. This despite falling in the final, in the midst of a super-tech run, well thats what he claims...

Jon wishes to point out that his prize is up for sale (as its hideous) so anyone wishing to look like a space-man with style(?) should get in touch and try to prise the Analog coat in question from his hands, for the right price of course. Whilst OHD are stoked that he's winning all this stuff, we'd like to make it clear that THIS WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY EXTRA FREE STUFF FROM US, so quit your whining and make sure you come first next time, ok?!

sketchy rumours reach us at OHD HQ that our very own Jon Russell may well have taken first place in this weekends renamed Aim series at Castleford, details to follow hopefully, but for now, bow down and show some respect to the man who in his own words, is "the champion of the world within British domes at a very specific apsect of the sport". Couldnt have put it better myself...

stolen from www.britishsnowtour.com:

Regarded as the jewel in the freestyle crown, the men’s competition was hotly contested, with only decimal points separating the top podium spots. Johnny Russell, who thanks to Jeremy Sladen was able to cut his afternoon shift at the TSA shop short, was throwing down some 90’s pop star inspired manoeuvres a “Jackson” (50-50 on your toe edge) to frontside boardslide on the kinked rail and a huge 50-50 on the top of the wall ride, which literally was “off the wall” to take the 2007 Animal Slopestyle Championship title. Jamie Nicholls who was riding super strong all day, came in a very close second after a textbook run including, a 270 on 450 off on the top box, a smooth 270 onto the wall ride and 270 on 270 off along the C box. Third place went to Steve Revill who impressed all with a wrong way 270 onto the top rail, gap to frontside boardslide on the kinked rail and a big stylish frontside wallride to 180 out, finishing off with a switch noseslide to boardslide on the bottom rail.



Animal British Snowboard Slopestyle Championship Results

Men
1st - Johnny Russell, Sheffield
2nd - Jamie Nicholls - Bradford
3rd - Steve Revill, Milton Keynes

Women
1st - Laura Berry, Milton Keynes
2nd - Laura Hill, Leeds
3rd - Gemma Marshall, Sheffield

News filtered through the chicken wire that Hammo has been visiting Japan, helping to promote the good name of OHD and generally do a bit of constructive littering! Hopefully gaining inspiration for the latest OHD threads during the trip, Hammo is pleased to report he met a real life Abtomat, and possibly the real Elvis?

Cementing a solid relationship with the Hungerpain crew, OHD are yet again sponsoring this years film offering, entitled Otium. No, we dont know what it means either, but we're proud to be involved with this high profile UK release, for the third year running. Check the flyer out for details of the premier to be held in London town, and look out for the exclusive OHD/Otium tees being released into the wild real soon...

After the success of the Summer Jammin' night at MK next on the calendar for the FBBB events is a trip to Tamworth Snowdome this coming Saturday the 8th of September. Live beats, spot prizes (courtesy of OHD and other fine upstanding sponsors), on slope mayhem and a sick park will all be available for those that want. OHD are pleased to be on board with this series of well executed nights, with all thats good about the UK scene rolled into one evening, you'd be a sucker to miss it! See you there...?

Last weekend saw the British Universities Snowsports Club take over the Cannonmarsh Amphitheatre in Bristol to put on a rail jam for all-comers, basically those brave enough to tackle the down rail that had been custom built to fit the steps. OHD rolled down there courtesy of the now legendary TSA party bus, which also brought down team members Jon Russell and Matt Leigh, as well as StandingSideways very own Mr Doyle and the North's finest rail slayer Rick Barrow.

After arriving early and finding ourselves at the mercy of the rain, a lot of shovelling commenced to ensure the run-in and landing areas were shaped before the snow (courtesy of Sno!zone) melted. Around 7pm this thing was ready to kick off and the riders scrambled to get a place on the steps which rose up to the drop-in. After a few test runs the riders really started to push themselves, and the dollar$ began to flow as a reward for super smooth or tech tricks, or sometimes just for a hefty slam! Some banging beats from The Urban Knights kept the crowd and the waiting riders entertained, and were accompanied by some fine B-Boy action down by the side of the rail.

Making it through to the final on the snowboard side were Sam Cullum, Mike Austin, and three of the party bus entourage, Rick Barrow, Matt Leigh and Jon Russell. The final sadly was cut short to just two runs each which meant the riders taking big gambles on what trick they thought may win it (and the £100 up for grabs) and led to a few missed landings for some. Eventually Mike Austin took home the big prize, with Rick, Matt and Jon finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

Perhaps at this point we should mention the lack of prizes for the placed riders, but that would just be being picky, so we'll complain instead about the after-party, which barely seemed to exist!! Small matter as we soon found a bar with some super strong pear cider and the night soon ended in a haze of take-aways and smoke rings.....

Thanks to everyone who helped to put on this event, including Sno!zone for the real thing and a man named Ellis for our excellent transport!! We hope to have some pictures soon from the lens of Dave F, but dont hold your breath! For now check this link - http://www.fearofthepark.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=124

The events and tricks from the second STANDINGsideways Invitational have now been performed and recorded to digital memory, joining the first event in becoming a fond recollection in the minds of those present at SNO!zone Castleford on Saturday 4th August.

The second after hours session, conceived to push the level of UK park riding, saw a team of UK pros step-up their game and hit an 18ft long up-box, angled to end at a height of 12ft and send them over a gap of 16ft to the landing. Another first for any UK slope!

Damian Doyle, the man behind the STANDINGsideways Invitationals, spoke about the feature. “The idea had been talked about at the previous session. We had a 24ft gap to box that worked out so well and we were stood looking at it thinking it’d be perfect to hit the other way round. The opportunity came up so we decided to make it happen.”

A finely sculpted gap kicker had been built by the CASvegas SNO!park crew and drawn plans could be made reality. After consultation with the riders, adjustments to the angle of the up-box, and a few tweaks with the piste basher, the feature was complete and left for the box to set in place, teasing everyone with it’s dominant presence.

Riders in attendance for the session were UK pros Colum Mytton, Charlie Clark, Jonny Russell, Si Foster, Monkey Stu Horsham and Rick Barrow, who declared himself test pilot and stomped the first 50-50 to backside shifty off, beginning an intense session that lasted into the early hours of the morning.




Rome’s Rick, voted ‘rider of the night’ by fellow snowboarders, was amped after putting down a variety of tricks and stepping up to some switch action [wait for the film for specifics!]. “I hadn’t rode for ages so was stoked to get the call from Damo saying the session was on. I had some tricks set in mind and was just happy to get everything I’d thought about on the drive over. It was just good to be with everyone and get motivated seeing all the other riders killing it.”

Like a piece of Banksy artwork, the set-up that was lovingly created on a secret mission has now been destroyed. Full images won’t be revealed until the release of the new TSA film in October 2007. A definitive UK movie from STANDINGsideways, showing the world that the UK dryslope and indoor scenes have most hardcore scenes anywhere.

Keep your eyes open for future releases from the STANDINGsideways Invitationals with SNO!zone and TSA.



Big thanks to Pete Wood for the images!

Dont forget to head down to MK on the 18th (this Saturday) for the ATV/FBBB collaboration Summer Jammin', bringing you an evening of entertainment in the newly refurbished bar, as well as a super sick slope set-up courtesy of the ATV crew. OHD are proud to support this banger of an event, get your grabbin' mitts on and hold tight for the throwouts! Be sure to look out for follow up events later in the year, hopefully a bit further North!!!

Hey Hey! Last weekend saw the one and only Sno-Storm take place up at CasVegas, with the by now legendary park set-up courtesy of Damian Doyle and the park team. Mixing the usual blend of on and off slope action, the residents of the sno-bar were kept entertained by the seriously LOUD tones of Mishkin and Middleman, while slope-side the riders were spoilt with a choice of two 4 hit rail lines, or for the rock star riders there was a huge booter to spin off. A mixture of heavily technical jib action on the boxes and rails, combined with some nice 5's and 7's coming from the kicker, meant that the viewing public in the bar were entertained all night. Those with a keen eye would have witnessed OHD's very own Lucy Butler slaying the S-box in style with this Switch Fronstside Boardslide, rip it Butler!!!!!



many thanks to Jools Smith for the image! dont forget Sno-Storm is now a monthly affair, taking it in turns to rotate between Braehead, MK and CasVegas!

News reached us yesterday of another success for one of OHD's uk riders, Jon Russell. He took home an impressive third place after qualifying for the Big Air super-final at the Bearsden leg of the Sno-flex championships this weekend. Switch spins were the order of the day, with Jon just missing his grab in the final and ending up third. No matter, cos with top honours going to our good buddy Col Mytton, there were still plenty of smiles all round in the TSA fun-bus afterwards....

Damo Doyle was also present, ensuring yet more dope footage was canned for this years StandingSideways/TSA collaboration, keep 'em peeled for the release date coming soon...

Congratulations to OHD's good buddy Dan Bevan for his super-human efforts while completing the 77km Merida MTB marathon in Builth Wells on Sunday 8th July. Dan did a fine job in the saddle, representing for OHD and of course DLB Joinery in a one-off riding jersey produced for the event!

check out his grimace tailing Jim 'Buff-man' Lee in the picture below (bike 1128)

GO BEVAN!!!



(thanks to Roy at EnduroEvents for the picture)

3rd of August is the next installment of the self-proclaimed 'king of the UK events' up at CasVegas. Head for J32 of the M62 if you fancy being entertained by some serious on-slope action as well as live music and DJ's in the bar! OHD's very own Damian Doyle will once again be charged with providing the best park you can ride on home shores, so get along and show your support for the UK scene!

Get down to MK on Saturday 18th August 2007 for a sick evening of Snowboarding, Music and Art.

ATV Summer Jammin' - in association with FBBB, MonthRag & FOTP - will be nothing you've experienced at a UK snowboard event ever before.

The infamous ATV crew (comprising of established UK riders Steve Revill, Aly McMorland, Chris Chatt and more) will be creating a park set-up to test the best of the UK snowboard scene. You'll have seen nothing like it at an indoor slope before! There'll be two parks open from 7pm until midnight - the regular/intermediate park, and then the ATV park. The snowboard comp will be an open jam format.

There will be live music until 2am in the newly refurbished SNO!bar from DJ Ch!co, bringing you Funk, Soul, HipHop and Breaks. Plus there'll be an exclusive debut set from the UK's next big HipHop DJ including a unique stint of turtablism and live percussion.

There will be a live art show in the cafe from DBO as well as artist friends, and also brand displays from the event sponsors.

The sponsors so far include Tunnel Vision, Thrilly and OHD. They'll be providing on-slope spot prizes and generally holding the event down with their unique presence.

Photographers and filmers from various UK mags, web sites and film crews will also be covering the event, including MonthRag and Fear of the Park.

Don't miss ATV Summer Jammin' at SNO!zone Milton Keynes!

Check out the sites of the relevant organisers/sponsors:

www.atvsnow.com
www.forboardersbyboarders.com
www.monthrag.com
www.fearofthepark.co.uk

www.thrilly.com
www.homeclothing.co.uk

www.myspace.com/atvcrew
www.myspace.com/forboardersbyboarders
www.myspace.com/monthrag
www.myspace.com/fearofthepark
www.myspace.com/tunnelvisionlondon
www.myspace.com/this_is_dbo
www.myspace.com/dirtycheeks

www.snozoneuk.com

true to form, the gallery we promised some months back is now finally up and ready for your viewing pleasure, with some nice shots of our resident riders. Go check them out, but not before you read about shock number two:

Hammo's back from Hobart!! Yes, it may seem like an enternity since he left, but OHD's creative backbone casually strolled into town earlier this week as if he'd simply been out to the shop for a pint of milk, nice move sucker, and good to see you buddy!

I was wandering through Melbourne the other week and saw a couple of illustrations I submitted to Is Not magazine ages ago, which was a nice surprise.
Here's one of them.
But if I'd have known they were going to print a 4 metre high version I'd have done something better.
http://www.isnotmagazine.org/

hammover and out.

Friday 27th April saw the first of many SS sessions planned for this summer, with the aim of capturing some of the best UK riding for Damian Doyles latest film release, this time around in conjunction with TSA. After hours at the Castleford Sno-zone, a massive gap kicker was put in place, with the addition of a slide box on the landing. Let me assure you kids, it was massive! Riders stepping up for the session were UK pros Charlie Clark, Rick Barrow, Colum Mytton, Jamie Nicholls, Jonny Russell, Si Foster, Laura Hill and Tom Wood.

OHD has been sworn to secrecy regarding the sick stuff that was thrown down last night (the session went on after 4am!) hell we cant even show you the best shots that snapper Pete Wood captured, but rest assured when the film does come out, you'll be saying "holy shit" or other such profanities!

By special permission, heres a shot of Laura Hill doing what most of us don't have the balls to...

I'm back in the land of Whiskey and Irn Bru now. Had knee surgery about 6 weeks ago and my new acl should be ready for next winter. I'm involved in a new company producing short-films about snowboarding and general shinanigans. Check out www.nothingbynoone.com

I've also discovered that walking about on crutches with a dog in your pocket is probably the easiest way to get sympathy in the world.

Please someone hit the summer button.

Chris

Get your ass up to Cas on the fourth of May for the latest installment of Sno-Storm, the all singing all dancing best freestlye park night around! We'll be up there whoring ourselves out to the highest bidder, come along, throw down and take some lovely OHD spot prizes home...

If current plans are to be believed photographer Pete Wood will be up there shooting a'plenty, so bring your best finger pointing gloves and show some steez...you can see some of Petes stuff on this site very soon in the gallery section.

The latest installment in the OHD/CasVegas collaboration tees, dont forget your stamped flyer...

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