Team – Academy Snowboards

21 Jan Eric Royce Side Hit City, USA

04 Jul MT. HOOD ON A BUDGET VOL. 1

Dan-O Sondergaard (Official Mt. Hood Academy Snowboard Co Shred-correspondant) has just sent us his first official expose of Mt. Hood on a budget. “No pass, no problem!” He and the homies have been busy in the woods skating and shredding to fight off the summer blues. Check out the photos below for a day in the life shreddy-dirtbag.

Dan Sondergaard, Official Academy Shred-correspondent

Finally made it to government camp, before I could move in I had to make the house official with a sticker slap

My friend from college Leif Draznin-French let us stay at his sweet cabin in rhododendron so we wouldn’t have to sleep in our cars. What a guy

Matt Turner and James “chicken bone” Wilson preparing for the hike to the rail line

No pass no problem! We set up a little rail line in government camp to jam on

Terrance Haverlandt with a wood rail 50-50 in government camp

Gear up before the big hike

First day on the mountain and the pipe was perfect

Bk is from the east and he is hyped on the academy lid

The double bypass! Backy’s for days

Insta-Hood!

29 May Camp Academy 2013 ReCap

Camp Academy rounded out the 2013 season with a BANG! Pros and coaches and campers had a two day party in the park at Boreal Mt. Mother Nature gave us her total support with bluebird weather and sunshine for days. The snow soft and buttery, which was the perfect condition to throw yourself off kickers and onto boxes and rails with little regard for your own well being. Amongst the chucking, campers of all ages kept the Academy Snowboards manifesto alive by learning something new everyday.

To finish up strong, every camper was loaded up with so much free product thanks to all of our unbelievable sponsors. (Academy Snowboards, Boreal Mt. GoPro Cameras, Skull Candy, EFX, Dakine, Super Feet, Nixon, Neff, Flux, Cliff Bar, Vitamin Water, Air Blaster, 686, Gnarly, Snowboarder Mag, Arnette Goggles, Video Grass and Yo Beat!)

Thanks to all the campers, coaches and parents for helping this event happen, and make sure to sign up early for next years camp. We have a feeling with coaches like ours and a sponsor list like this, we will be at capacity…

Camp Academy 2013

Learn something new
Camper Back L

New friends

“Dropping!”

“Stay low and go!”

2 Day Shred Party

Lane Knack had the park dialed as always…

“Just throw it up there sideways and see what happens.”

Every camper received new Skull Candy headphones!

Get wild!

Arnette stoked out quite a few campers with new goggles

Best attitude award received a brand new GoPro Hero 3!

Nixon made everybody happy

Coach and camper drawn together over gnarly clothing

Unti next year!

13 Mar New Academy Germany Video

Andre’s back with a brand new edit from the Hangin Screws Crew. Check it out.

H.S. UPPERCUT from Hangin' Screws on Vimeo.

11 Feb VG TEASER “THE LAST ONE’S”

Check you Jonas Michilot in his latest caper, “The Last One’s from Video Grass Productions” The teaser is epic and we can not wait for this to drop.

06 Jan FLASHBACK FRIDAY #2

FLASHBACK FRIDAYS https://vimeo.com/55908718

Academy Snowboard Co. has been making some of the best snowboards for ten years now and over that time, we have had our fair share of awesome dudes and dudettes shred our boards. For many, we were their very first board sponsors and no matter where they are now, they are apart of our Academy family forever.

Flashback Fridays will be a weekly homage to all those who have helped make Academy what it is today. Have fun and follow along on this history of snowboarding.

Academy Shredboards: Good People, Great Snowboards

29 Nov MARKASS MONDAYS ARE BACK!

Mark Rez and Video Grass are back with a brand new installment of the Big Bear posse doing their thing. Park riding at its best. Check out Ryan and Chad Tarbell pulling out the ender segment.

26 Nov Matty P sliding sideways

Matt Peterson, OG Academy Shred now tears up keyboards and phone calls as Academy’s Media Director and Domestic Sales Manager, but he still gets after it…

Matt Peterson sliding sideways from Academy Snowboard Co on Vimeo.

13 Nov PO-GAN-SKI!

Youth Shelter Supply rider, Drew Poganski getting his season started off right with this little 5-0 at Trollhaugen Ski Area in Dresser Wisconsin.

Look for shots of Drew in Bald Egal’s new film Egal Eye. in fact, you should just go buy it on Itunes right now!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/e-gal-eye/id556680927

photo credit: Jared Levine Photography

25 Oct JORDAN MICHILOT / SNOWBOARDER MAG

Jordan landed a tight two page spread in the newest edition of Snowboardermag shot by photographer Kealan Shilling.

What can we say? The kids got skills…

14 Oct RYAN TARBELL VIDEO PART 2012

Ryan Tarbell just dropped his video part last year for VG and the Markass Monday Crew! This kid has got some of the best style in the business.

http://vgsnow.com/markass-mondays-ryan-tarbell-full-part/

16 May THE 2012 GATHERING

Drew, Jordan, Jonas, and Chad at Donner Lake

The 2012 Gathering brought Academy Snowboards’ team and friends together in Tahoe for a week of photoshoots, bbqs, and adventures. Our crew comes from different backgrounds and regions, and when we reunite every spring there’s a special magic in the air that ignites everyone that comes in contact. This season was no different as one after another stepped up to stoke out the crowd with tech moves, flawless style, and stories from back home.

We have a unique crew that make up the Academy family and it’s always a pleasure to bring everyone together to share their spirit, passion and style. Here’s a little sneak peak from an amazing week in Tahoe!

Jonas creating some magic in the trees

Brandon, Billy, and Van

Jordan taking a moment before his next drop

All Photos Courtesy of Matt Peterson

29 Nov TARBELLS IN BIG BEAR

Chad, Ryan, and Bradshaw getting ready for another big year filming with Markass Mondays.

Two weeks in and we’ve already seen fire from MarkAss Mondays and the Tarbell brothers, hungry to be back snowboarding around Big Bear and motivated to get it done on any obstacle that stands in their way! We’re looking forward to what the rest of the season holds for the crew, burn baby burn!

17 Nov RASTA-MIXER VIDEO

Putting in Work at Boreal

We sponsored Boreal’s park this year and helped bring the new cement mixer to town and spread the good vibrations to the mountain!

The crew headed to Boreal mid October to get the feature dialed in our favorite Rasta style. From getting the massive feature standing, to painting, grilling, tagging, and skating, good times were had with friends and Boreal’s awesome park staff. And, all the work paid off when we were able to shred the mixer in Boreal’s park a couple weeks later!

Academy Snowboards’ project team includes Founder/Paint-Shaker Jeff Baughn, Sales Rep/Logo-Tagger Joel Vandruff, Media Director/Stencil-Engineer Erich Dummer, and Friend/Painter Brandon Griffin. Thanks to the crew and everyone at Boreal for making it happen!

19 Oct NEW BOARD GRAPHICS

Although 2011/2012 boards just hit shelves, development on next year’s graphics are already underway!!! Jonas and Jordan spent some time last weekend with pad, paper, and creative visions getting the 2013 Team Board styled out! We can’t release the goods just yet, but it’s already looking to be another epic deck!