Friday, February 27, 2009

New sponsor

In support of my efforts to do well at u.s.a.s.a nationals this year, Ride 45 Board Shop of Petoskey Michigan has opened up a spot of their team for me. Thanks to Matt, Cristian, Rich and Chris for making it happen. Thanks to the shop for the new gear from Sessions and Bern! Now i'll be looking fresh and clean at Copper in April.

My first ad for Ride 45 Board Shop.
john curtis

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

pictures from the jam o champs at boyne highlands

me and connor waiting for awards!
connor k and johnny c at the jam of champs
2nd place !
johnny c taking home 2nd place at the jam of champions

Saturday, February 21, 2009

The Big Grin 2

Yup Yup,
my company, Go Film Crew Productions is putting on our second annual slope style comp, The Big Grin 2 @ Mt. McSauba !!!!!!!

Last year we held the first annual Big Grin and it turned out great!
The Big grin is a grass roots event aimed at bringing out the best shred heads in the Michigan area.
The open class offers prizes like a 1 year sponsorship from Revolution MFG, $200 cash, flow bindings, Bern helmet and a spot in Go Film Crews 09/10 production!

If you are in Michigan and you want to be part of one the fastest growing annual events, come out and throw down !

the Big Grin 2 @ Mt.McSauba

More events, more news

yo there,
things are going good out here in the mid-west!

I've been doing a ton of comps lately. In the last two weeks i have attended,

Boyne Mountain Rail Jam on 2/13/09 - 1st place. - This event was super fun, they had a good set up, 10ft up box 4ft gap to a 16ft down box and the down box also had street style lip options on both sides. It took me a little bit to warm up the the feature but i ended up getting the tricks i had set my mind on. On the up gap down i got, cab one tail back one switch tail, cab 270 270 the gap back one out, on the street style down box option i got, back lip, switch back lip, cab 270, reg 270 and southside 270.

Jam of Champions @ Boyne Highlands, an invite only event. riders competed through out the season to earn a spot in the finals, 2/20/09 - 2nd place. - This is an event that i'd been waiting all winter for. I'd been to 3 or 4 of the qualifying events and did well in all but the features were never anything that special. This event matched its name and truly was a Jam of Champions. Boyne highlands had there Challenger park closed to the public and let the top 20 kids from through out the winter take four runs each. The set up went like this, down bar, down flat down bar, down box, up down bar and a 20 ft step down. I showed up early and got my run dialed in, so by the time the comp started i was ready to throw down. the line that earned me 2nd place went like this, cab one back one off (down bar), 50-50 to back tail (down flat down), cab 270 (down box), 50-50 nollie melon grab gap to flat (up down) and backside cork 540 melon (step down jump).

Burton Demo Tour One Hit Wonder Slope Style on 2/21/09 - 1st place. - The Burton Demo Tour was in town showing their new line of product to the public and holding a one run slopestyle. The weather was super gnar at the top of the park with 40 mph winds and almost white out visibility. Our crew (myself, Conrad Klooster and Rusty Bolt) was ready to rip and didnt let the conditions deture us from illin it up. I took 1st place with some cab 270's, np 2 front board, 50-50 to back tail and a front 3 mute over the 30ft step down. Conrad also did well and earned himself 2nd place.

So yeah,
this years events have gone awesome and i still have a few more left.

Pictures and video coming soon.

later skaters,
johnny c

Sunday, February 1, 2009

McSauba session

Whats up?
here are some pics from a recent session i had at the Training Grounds Terrain Park at Mt.McSauba.

Pics from the session on the 35ft
Front side 5 lien
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Front side 7 lien
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Back side 540 melon
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Back side 7 lien
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Bringing the bs 7 around
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Pics from the tree bonk over the 20 ft
Front side 180 nose bonk 180 out
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Pics from the 35 ft
Switch front side 3 indy
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In run to the jump
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Yeah,
so it was a fun day and super soft day!
more to come,
john