C4 World Domination Company

Angrysnowboarder — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:58:21 +0000

Earlier this year long time snowboard manufacturer Elan Snowboards declared bankruptcy. This came as a bit of a shocker to people as it has long established roots in the snowboard industry and was a manufacturer of a lot of the top tier brands. With its doors shuttering this caused a bit of a scramble for brands to find new facilities before production season began.

Photo borrowed from Transworld Business

Transworld Business wrote a follow up article to the aftermath of the bankruptcy. In that article it said, “Capita is also finalizing its future production and Founder Blue Montgomery says that due to all of the moving pieces, his team is not commenting at the moment on their future production plans as the details are buttoned up.” Talking with various industry insiders no one knew what this meant and felt that it signaled something big within the C3 organization. Whether that would be good or bad was left up to speculation.

Late last week an industry source told us that Capita was leasing out the Elan factory with former CEO Michael Kollmann. Earlier today a second source showed us a press release from Capita talking about the formation of C4 and the acquisition of the Elan factory. We currently don’t have the press release but will update as more information comes in.

*Update*

CAPiTA SUPER CORPORATION ASSUMES CONTROL OF THE ELAN SNOWBOARD FACTORY
For Immediate Release:
Seattle, Washington – May 16, 2013 – CAPiTA announced today it has assumed control of the Elan snowboard factory in Furnitz, Austria. CAPiTA will continue to produce snowboards at the renowned Austrian factory under its own management utilizing the technology, expertise and talents that made it one of the premier snowboard manufacturing facilities in the world over the last twenty five years.

At an April 12, 2013 insolvency hearing, the CAPiTA ownership group filing under the
Austrian name C4future GmbH was granted legal right to assume control of the factory. Facility control was obtained April 15 and the entire factory is again operational producing CAPiTA snowboards at this time.

Former Elan Austria CEO and Technical Director Michael Kollman brings eighteen years of manufacturing experience at the facility to the CAPiTA team as Director of Production. Fifty highly skilled factory operatives have also been retained. CAPiTA President Blue Montgomery commented, “This is a milestone in regard to our long held vision of vertical integration and production control. Our first commitment is ensuring our ability to deliver our 2013/14 line, consistent with our samples and on schedule, with the high quality standards that people expect of our snowboards. We’ve produced at this factory for ten years. We know the facility, technology and team very well and we’re sure of our ability to deliver our best lineup of boards to date.”
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CAPiTA Snowboarding is based on the fishing docks of Seattle, Washington and is recognized throughout the industry for unique graphics, progressive product, and worldclass athletes. CAPiTA Super Corporation | We devour everything!

So what does this mean for the snowboard industry? Is Capita and it’s umbrella of companies poised to take over the global snowboard scene? It is interesting times that is for sure.

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Jambox Shred Gears Trash Edit

Angrysnowboarder — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:31 +0000

The Trash Edit series was founded on a few simple rules. 1) Have fun. 2) Use a sub-par video recording device, such as an iPhone, Contour, or GoPro. 3) Spend an unnecessary amount of time on production, polishing the turd.

Featuring riding by Colton Maddy, Lippy, Owen Johnson, Rodney Hardboot, Paul Lavold, Alex Roslansky, Zach Beckmann, Colton Allen, Cody Paulson, Dan Spooner, and Kai Sandal.

Edit by Cody Paulson
Film by Cody Paulson, Alex Roslansky, & More

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Zach Soderholm Season Edit

Angrysnowboarder — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:57 +0000

When you work in snowboard media living in the mountains you start to acquire friends that are solid riders. Zach Soderholm is one of these riders, we’ve been friends for a few years now and I’ve watched him go through some sponsorship changes that finally landed him in a position with a great company backing him and helping him put out solid video parts. Here is one of the smoothest kids in Summit Counties season edit.

Filmed by: Shamus Lahman, Ben West, Tylor Berreth
Edited by Ben West

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Every Third Thursday: Pinewood Derby

Angrysnowboarder — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:09 +0000

Signal Snowboards cap an epic 2012/13 winter with a good old fashioned derby race! Paying tribute to traditional Soap Box Car races, Signal founder Dave Lee rounds up pinewood 2x4s as the foundation for these unique snowboards. The Signal crew then gets to work in the factory planing and gluing the 2x4s to create the base for each board. Custom graphics are added, then it’s time to hit the road to Mammoth Mountain. Snowboarders Ian Thorley, Dylan Synnott, Joey Yorba and friends meet up with Dave to transform these boards into their own custom derby destroyers! With boards assembled the guys hit the hill to compete on their creations. You won’t believe the speed these guys get on 2x4s! Goodbye winter-hello summer 2013!

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There’s Only Moldy Bread On The Ice Coast

Angrysnowboarder — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:22:44 +0000

Shoot the moon cause the Ice Coast Kills Shit crew has moldy bread. Seriously if you don’t love high flying, fast riding, loose women, and snowboarding you’re just not a snowboarder.

Film and Edit:
Sean Talonhands

Riding by:
Erich Bubanick, Matt Soreasshole, Lil Brudda, Mark Blondie, Buddy Tenderass, Adam Andervan, Colton Bulky, Kahndaleeza Rice, Chunky, Young JOC with cameos from a bunch of other down ass cats.

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Heart Films Vol. 7 TEASER

Angrysnowboarder — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:24:20 +0000

Japans Heart Films never disappoints with getting after some of the best powder on the planet. Vol. 7 continues this awesome trend, you should watch this because there’s probably no powder in your immediate future.

Starring / Takafumi Konishi, Akifumi Hiraoka, Yuta Watanabe, Yu Sasaki, Futa Adachi,
Tomohide Inoue, Geoff Brown, Taisuke Kusunoki, Tetsu Kawaguchi, Shikaichi Ueki
Kazushige Fujita, and more…

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A Spring Nonsense Safari

Angrysnowboarder — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:17:05 +0000

Having fun instantly makes you the best snowboarder on the mountain. The Safari Safari crew was up to a lot of spring nonsense in Lappland Sweden. Plus any edit with a Bloody Dracula is awesome.

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Jibgurlz in Park City

Angrysnowboarder — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:18 +0000

The Too Hard crew is still being a bunch of Jibgurlz in Park City. More park riding from those wily ladies that might throw a tampon at you. Enjoy.

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Who Cares About Devid De Palma?

Angrysnowboarder — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:30 +0000

Who Cares? Is a movie by the Different Vision Productions out of Europe. You might have missed it but you shouldn’t miss this part by Devid De Palma. It’s kind of good if you like old world front country.

Produced By: Different Vision Production
Edited by: Marco Morandi
Filmed by: Marco Morandi, Alessandro Redaelli, Francesca Casagrande e Alberto Castaldo.
Additional Camera By: Tim Schiphorst, Matteo Maggi, Alessandro Miniotti, Pat De Lorenzi e Clemens Prankl

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DefCon Transistor Glove Used and Reviewed

Angrysnowboarder — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:16:22 +0000

Gloves are the one thing we all end up having to buy and frequently go through. To hear of someone that gets more than one season out of a set of gloves is a rarity. Back in the day I used to ride DefCon exclusively, to this day I still use pairs of theirs that have well over 500 plus days on them. When I received the opportunity to test out the latest generation of the Transistor I jumped at the chance. Here’s what I had to say.

Product: DefCon Transistor Glove

Purpose: To protect your hands from the elements and those sharp edges when performing grabs. Or to be a fashion accessory while you grab your crotch, well only if you live in the 80′s and think you’re Bad.

Fit: I went with a large on these which fits between 21.5 and 24 cm’s. I would say my hand is on the small size and closer to the 21.5 cm’s. Due to this there is a little bit of room in the finger tips and palm.

Features: The big features that stick out are the silicone palms for added grip, Velcro wrist closure, and my personal favorite the softer finger on the thumb for wiping your nose. Don’t let them fool you into believing this is for clearing moisture off your goggle lenses this is for wiping snot and boogers.

Conditions: I used these in everything from bluebird brisk days to puking torrential snow storms. This is a heavier glove meant for colder temps.

Pros: Stayed dry, were warm, allowed me to flip people the bird, highly breathable, and no one else had them.

Cons: The silicone grip came off too quick, it was constantly flaking off. Near the middle of the season I blew the seams out between the fingers which shouldn’t have happened with that few of days.

Durability: Well the fact the seams went and the grip on the palms didn’t last sucked.

On the left the current generation and on the right the past.

Personal Thoughts: I actually have a pair of Transistors from about 7 years ago that I still use from time to time. DefCon was a company I used to back hard back in the day and it’s good to still see them around, although I think some of the quality is a bit suspect. I will say that the comfort, dryness, and breathability I was used to has remained.

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