Andy Marr's blog

I (Andy Marr) recently had an article written about me in the Carleton student news paper, The Charlatan.  The article highlighted what it's like riding for Slaysh and being a Student. Check out the article by Jessica Huynh HERE.

So it's that time of year, winter is almost here.  So to kick off the start of the snowboard season the Carleton University Ski and Snowboard Club is hosting their annual season premiere party, Hustle and Snow 5.0.  Premiering the all girls shred flick Winter Wars by Peepshow, ski movie (with a little snowboarding) Set Your Sights by Toy Soldier Productions, super snowboard movie Defenders of Awesome by Capita Super Corp, and the headliner ultra shred snowboard, ski, skate, GT film That's Fine by Voleurz.  Followed by a crazy party with music from DJ Black the DJ and lots of prizes and free stuff from great sponsors like Slaysh and more.  For more details check out the CU ski and snowboard club webpage at cuskiandsnowboard.com or the facebook event page here

It's almost summer, but here is some more snowboarding anyways.  Just another video made by Nate of Myself and some friends from the Carleton Ski and Snowboard Club.

Andy

So winter has been pretty busy which has resulted in not hitting as much street and all that as I would have liked.  And helping run this club at Carleton is one of the main things taking up all my time....

Not all that bad I suppose, we still have a few trips left, and Jib Test on the 25th of March, come join us.

Friends at the Carleton Ski and Snowboard Club having a good time on the slopes set to some good time music.  This is from back at the start of the season, but expect to see a lot more where this came from very soon!  The club heads up to Tremblant every Sunday, and just started having weekly jib sessions on Fridays on Carleton Campus.

Edit Cred to Nate Williams

Film Cred to all the homies

So Monday night Cascade had one of their Nuit Blanch events.  They rented out an Airbag for the night, and well we all had a lot of fun getting up side down.  It will be back again on January 31st, with the hill open till 2am and half priced lift tickets.

An old skate deck and a 2L pop bottle can be great balance practise for the snowboard season, and a good way to ease some of that pre-season anxiety.

Balance Board: A little pre season conditioning on the balance board, Photo by Jamie Fisher

Photo by Jamie Fisher

So I just found this video from a contest my friend Ryan and I went to out in Edmonton last year.  The Calgary Harald newspaper was out doing a little story on the contest and Ryan and I made in into their video.  Check out the story here http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/ski-guide/Video+Town+Park+Snowboarding/2740963/story.html

or just watch the video   here

New board for the winter is what I like the call the Slaysh Blade with Auto bindings.  It is a second board so I won't be using it for park, but for carving up corduroy or laying out fresh pow lines out here in Fernie, BC it is pretty amazing.  They have moulded carbon into the fibreglass and added carbon forks in the tip and tail which make it an extremely responsive, kicky and lively board.  And with the flatline base you get the floaty forgiving feeling of a rocker without losing too much edge hold.  Having 3 layers of HarshMellow is also nice for those hard landings.  And the cantered foot beds in the Auto bindings let you really push your stance out without twisting your ankles too much.

Here is a compilation of my footage from my trip to New Zealand.  It's not the best edit, but that's what you get working with Movie Maker.  Enjoy.