October 1, 2009 - With a fresh dusting of snow in the mountains and the 09/10 riding season peeking over the horizon, Seattle got a little stoke for the upcoming winter months. Thursday, Oct 1 MSP premiered its latest masterpiece, In Deep, hosted by the King Cat Theater downtown. Red Bull made sure all the teenagers were sufficiently caffeinated, beers and other social lubricants were flowing steady and moods were high.
Mark your calendars! Thursday night, Oct 1st Matchstick will bring the last winter’s highlights to the screen of the King Kat Theater. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the movie is to begin at 8. Tickets are available at evo now for $15. Can’t wait till Thursday? Well, you have to… but in the meantime check out the teaser for In Deep
evo will be hosting a kick off party for all the attendees of this years P.C.C.C. to raise awareness and provide insight into the amazing journey the group is about to embark on. We invite you and all your friends, snow sport enthusiasts or not, to join us for a beer in celebration of 3 amazing individuals and the crew riding their bikes from Seattle to San Diego raising money and awareness for their funds. This special happy hour will be held prior to the MSP movie In Deep playing at the King Kat Theater later that night where the celebration will continue. Read the rest of this entry »
We were informed that pro skier Shane McConkey died today while ski-basing in Europe. This is obviously shocking and tragic news and our thoughts are with the McConkey family throughout difficult times.
From Bryce:
For many reasons, Shane McConkey is the reason that I and so many others love to ski. His passing today is a massive loss for all of us who have made the sport an integral part of our lives. Among so many other things Shane has brought us fat skis, rocker, and most importantly, a personality committed to having fun in the absence of pretentiousness. Growing up I watched in awe early Gaffney and MSP films as Shane destroyed Tahoe and AK lines and only recently had the honour of knowing him after he signed with K2 Skis.
I know that I speak for us all when I send my condolences to his wife, child, close friends and family.
With Respect,
Bryce
More info at MSP’s website.
Watching a Matchstick movie will make just about anyone want to become a pro skier.
You don’t need to know what it feels like to cram your feet in ski boots and step into your bindings to see that besides being incredibly atheltic and adventure driven, there is always a touch of Hollywood to any of MSPs featured skiers. Just watch Claim.
MSP has out done themselves yet again with the latest add to their repoirtorie, “Push”. I don’t know about you, but I have a love-hate relationship with this time of year. Some of the sickest video premiers roll into town from some of the most amazing production companies. It’s this time of year when every morning when you..re out the door you’re debating whether you should bust out your new jacket already or if its too early, all the while thinking to yourself, ..Nah, it’ll get warm later this afternoon…. but you bring it anyway. It’s this time of year when temperatures drop and the first snowfall across the country teases us intermittently.. then the next week it feels like the summer again. This time of year, all your friends and industry folk alike amass in one place to share the one undying passion for the VP. That’s the love.
On Friday, September 29, 2006, Seattle, Washington was lucky enough to experience an evening of emotional highs from what can easily be dubbed as one of the season..s most epic films. I hadn’t even seen the trailer, and all I was going off of was friends saying, “Oh dude, I know some guy in a different time zone who just got out and said it was siiiiick”. Yeah, thanks. Anyhow, Fremont Studios was gracious enough to open its doors and roll out the red carpet for an evening of what I was soon to find out to be a night of awesomeness. Pre-show, the mood was super chill, people slowly started to trickle in as the doors opened. I actually looked away for a bit, then turned the corner and all of a sudden, mobs! Lines ceased to mean anything and everyone was so stoked to get inside. How can you blame them? Ingrid Backstrom herself was present and accounted for signing autographs and kickin.. it with co-star Sammy Carlson. Eric Pollard? Don’t think that I wasn’t keeping my eyes open for the Line Team Shredder, but he was no where to be seen that night except for on the screen droppin it hot as usual.
I don’t need to sit here and tell you how rad the flick was. Okay, it was rad. Before you run out to buy it though, I’ll giver a go at ranting about the After Party hosted by none other. Following the movie, I was swept away with the masses as we took a short trek down the street to the nerve center of evo (www.evogear.com) a Seattle based retail and online lifestyle and apparel shop. So at this point, we..ve got a mob of stoked skiers, an open bar, Vancouver Hip Hop legends Sweatshop Union, and well, you guessed it, from there the night transitions to non-stop ski talk, break battles, red bull pulling out all the stops , and 6 empty kegs.. and that was only night 2 of a 3 night movie weekend for evo! Let the pictures do the talking!
*all photos by Wenarto!
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