The O Park Video

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From April 8 Boyne Mountain

Team Member - Mat Sanford

Skates everything
a badass
have been around sinse the shop opened
loves gaps and sets
loves all kinds of music
loves everyone

Team Member - Eric Hafner

This guy didn't get the it's time to grow up memo. He lives at Nubs Nob 100 days a year, teaching ski and snowboard lessons and going big in the Superpipe. With a style reflects his two decades of skating and snowboarding.

Team Member - Kendall Francis

Here are my sentences about myself: I love skateboarding for my Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ. I love people that spread posi vibes and I
enjoy hot chocolate.

Our webstore has a new model - Jessica Muha

Here's a link to our Women's Jackets

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Casey Huizenga

Here's an edit by JakeBreed from late summer 09' www.hellofriendsproductions.blogspot.com

Casey Huizenga from Jake Breed on Vimeo.


Aside from skating basement boxes, or heading to Traverse City to ride their new indoor park mainly consisting of tranny, my friends and i have been getting out to Nub's and Boyne as much as possible to ride just as hard. Fortunately for us, this weather is seeming to make a turn for dryness so that we are once again able to shred all around michigan and make new edits for your viewing pleasure.
-Casey Huizenga

The O-Park is so hot right now!

The O Park (located at the Otsego Club in Gaylord, Michigan) is a fairly new and unknown snowboarders paradise located not to far from anywhere in Northern Michigan (it's literally in the center).

One local snowboarder put it best when he said, "The O Park is Michigan's best kept secret!" We totally agree. But there's only one problem...we're the super sleuths of snowboarding and the secrets out!

Now that they have finished building the tightest all-mountain terrain park in all of Michigan, they are ready to open the flood gates and let everyone (and we mean "everyone", including people that currently or may soon get PAID TO RIDE - aka Pros) experience these awesome parks for themselves. No other resort has the kind of rails, jibs, jumps, and terrain than the O-Park has, and that's a FACT! For example, did you know that the O Park is the only resort east of the Rockies to have a 22' Monster Pipe?? Yep, It's true. We measured it....the tape measure wasn't quite long enough (we brought the small one)...but it is definitely 22 looming feet tall. And obviously that's why pros from all over the world are coming to ride the totally epic O Park. But don't be intimidated if you are not yet a wizard in the pipe (Christian), because while they do have one of the biggest halfpipes in the country, they also have over 50 rail features and jumps that are great for riders of any skill level. And here's the kicker: because the O-Park is located in a members club and not open to any 'ol Joe that wants to come in, their parks don't get beat up and abused from millions of kids riding on it! It's actually the exact opposite: Awesome snow and no lift lines or waiting to hit your favorite jib or jump... and no getting embarrassed by crowds of kids that saw you catch an edge on that backside-boardslide! You just have to ride midweek, but that's not so bad.

This park is so sick, olympic snowboarding teams from around the globe are coming to Northern Michigan to train for the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics. By the end of this week, the teams from Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Germany will all be there, with Italy and Switzerland coming next week. Woah! After the Olympics, beginning March 1, Team United States will make a stop at the Otsego Club's O-Park in preparation for the U.S. Open of Snowboarding. Yes, this is all real.......
(Below is Michigan's own Pat Markiewicz boosting out of the pipe)

So come see what one of the midwest' best kept snowboarding secrets has to offer - we're betting you will love it, especially this week when you can watch some of the top riders in the world, like Kazuhiro Kakubo from Japan flying 12 feet above the 22 foot high pipe and cracking a barrel roll backflip. Are we kidding?!?!?! NO WE ARE NOT.

Introducing Matty Michel!!!

Ride45 welcomes Matty Michel as a team rider. Here is a short interview that we had with Matt:

Age: 24
Stance: Goofy

Classify your style and what you like to snowboard on: Everything!!!

What is your typical full day of riding?
I like to warm up, ride park, trails, and look for new stuff.

What is your favorite trick to pull?
Backside 540

How does snowboarding progress you as an individual?
It gives me freedom and self enjoyment.

If you could ride anywhere in the U.S., where would you ride?
Backcountry anywhere and a trip to Northstar to see a good buddy.

What other hobbies are you into?
Skating, biking, hiking, fishing, and cars!

Wall Jam 2010

Friday Night Jams @ Boyne

Friday Night Jams are back at Boyne. The comps switch between the Mountain and the Highlands every week. Matt from Ride 45 will be setting up our tent, handing out prizes, and taking lots of video tomorrow 1-15-10 at Boyne Highlands. Registration is from 4-5:30 in the cafeteria. Comp starts at 6pm in the terrain park. Dan said it's going to be a wall ride jam. See you there!
We will be at Boyne Mountain on Feb 5 and at the Highlands on Feb 26.