Ballistyx Snowboard Show - back on air
The Ballistyx Snowboard Show is back for another season. The first episode was this past Sunday at 1pm on Channel Go, but it will be repeated also late on Thursday night around midnight.
This week Natasha and the gang travel to the USA and the first stop is the amazing Mt Baker then its off to Canada to The RIde Shakedown where one of the biggest crowds of the year attend one of the best events on the competition calender.
We also catch up with Aussie Rome Rider, MC and Third Chapter founder WIll Kendall, plus we have part 1 of the history of Mervin Manufacturing, the makers of the famous Lib Tech and Gnu Snowboards, we go back to the very start of how this amazing company helped develop what we now recognise as snowboarding.
Make sure you tune in or set your recorders/IQs to Channel Go at 1pm this Sunday
This year the show is on Sundays at 1pm and repeated at 12.45am Thursday nights, plus it will be shown again on Nine later in the year , so set your recorders Thursday night and see episode One.
This year Natasha again host the show and we would like to introduce Forum Team rider Mitch Williams to the crew. Mitch has been undergoing lots of training and will feature in an increased role as a presenter as the series progresses.
This year our crew travelled to the States and Canada visiting some great resorts and catching up with lots of Aussies including the Allen brothers, Ryan Tiene and many more..
We also funded Rob Stagg to film with Robbie Walker throughout the season to produce “On Tour with Robbie Walker” which will start on Episode 2 next Sunday . Despite Robbie injuries we still got plenty of content that will help bring Robbie into thousands of homes and raise his profile and that of snowboarding.
Episode One which will be shown again this Thursday night . We got a great response to Episode one with the History of Lib Tech & Gnu, MT Baker and the Will Kendall rider profile getting special mentions.
On Episode One we covers one of the best events on the calendar; The Ride ShakeDown held in Canada, showinng both the slopestyle and rail event.
In what I think is our best rider profile to date, Rome rider/ MC and the man behind Third Chapter Clothing, Will Kendall,
We also have part One of the series The History of Mervin Manufacturing with some great historical footage and and insight to the beginning of snowboarding.
Our crew travelled to Mt Baker and were fortunate to land blue bird days and get some amazing riding including the recluse Scotty Whititaker and riding with the Mervin Family and riders, some of the footage is spectacular.
Plus with help from Scotty from Ride Snowboards one lucky viewer will win a Ride Antic and bindings.
A big thanks to Jeff Sweeney, Quiksilver/Roxy and Ride Snowboards for their help with this epsiode.
Mervin Manufacturing from episode two…
Episode four is on tomorrow (Sunday) at 1pm on Channel GO! 99.
This week on the Ballistyx Snowboard Show we travel to LA to join Robbie Walker on Tour and go behind the scenes at the Von Zipper photo shoot. We head over to cover one of the most exciting comp on the calendar, the Mt Dew Battle for Supremacy.
We have a great story about Mt Bullers state of the art snow making and then head back the Lib Tech & Gnu factory in the U.S.A and see how these boards are made in the worlds most enviromental snowboard factory.
And last but not least we go behind the scenes with Wet Sock Productions with the some of the best up and coming Aussie riders such as Andrew Roth, Shaun Belmore, Nick Wood and Tyson Pollard. See how the new breed of riders are getting innovative in getting their names out there.
Join host Natasha Ferre and forum rider Mitch Williams as we travel the globe in the world of snowboarding, every Sunday at 1pm on Channel GO! 99, ch88 in regional Australia and ch 129 on Foxtel.
If you miss it it is repeated at 12.30am on Thursday nights (Friday mornings)