....................... 01.29.07 - What an exciting month to kick off the New Year of 2007! Volcom’s PBRJ @ Mt.High on the night of Friday January 19th was off the hinges! 272 riders from all over the nation converged to bring Volcom’s first night jam ever as well as the biggest turnout. From Mammoth’s Tyler Flanagan to Tahoe’s Ires Lazzereschi it was an event of unprecedented proportion. Big congrats to Nirvana Ortanez 1st, Bryn Valaika 3rd & June Bhongjan 4th in Open Women’s. Big ups to Tyler Flanagan 2nd Open Men’s (The heats were only 15min and Tyler was getting in 3 or more hits on each rail showing everyone what it takes to get to podium status.) Jon Strader was killing it in the 16 & up division, which had more than 130 riders! Jon Strader placed 4th!!! In the 15 & under division Nick Sibayan was showing skills, attempting a switch back on to the gap to down butter box! Congrats to Chuck Allen’s grandson Devin Allen placing 5th and to James Floen 3rd. Big ups to our local favorites Corey Cronk, Kyle Lopiccolo, Corey Whetstone, Spencer Link, Curtis Hill, Ananda Ortanez, Mikey Radziwon, Danny Williams, Anthony Fire, Blake Lopiccolo, James Robin, Nick Haymaker, Whitney Haymaker, John Haymaker, Katie Britt, Kaitlyn Elswick, Jason Salkeld, Jamie Morales, Thomas Bacon, Brendon Simons, Yoshi Komiyama, Matt O’Connor, Josh Androlie, Jackson Jewett, Bobby Clark, Jamie, Julie & Gilbert Madrid & all our local riders! Special thanks to Volcom’s Jeff Arnold and Jared King, Chuck Allen, Mark Sibayan, Mark Link and all the USASA Volunteers, John McColly & Mt.High Staff, Justin Montoya and the Faultline Crew & to all the riders who made this an unforgettable event! For more coverage check out Jeff Arnold’s write
up at Volcom.com ------------------------------------------- Saturday January 20th 2007 Powder and Sun’s Throwdown and Chowdown @ MtHigh Tim Turner cooked up a storm of carne asada tacos and hot dogs! Not only did Powder and Sun provide food for everyone but had a prize pool of gift certificates up to $500 as well as skateboards and prizes for all the winners!!! All the competitors had a great time! The NAC (NirvAnanda Crew) represented hard! Congrats to Cory Whetstone 1st, Anthony Fire 2nd & Curtis Hill 3rd in Men 18 & older. Big ups to Spencer Link 1st, Brendon Simons 2nd & Jonathan Strader 3rd in Men 16-17. Congrats to Nicholas Sibayan 1st & James Floen 2nd in the 13-15 division. Nick and Spencer were both pulling 450’s onto the up box! Big ups to lil’big time Ananda Ortanez 1st, Tommy Bacon 2nd and skier Chris Levai 12 & Under. Congrats to our big time favorites, Wrightwood’s very own Laurrie Currier 1st! Whitney Haymaker 2nd & Kaitlyn Elswick 3rd Girls 14 & older. You go girls!!! Congrats to Jamie Madrid 1st, Julie Madrid 2nd and Team Mt.High’s Dylan St.Germain 3rd in Girls 13 & under. Special thanks to Tim Turner and the Powder and Sun Crew, Chuck Allen, USASA Volunteers, John McColly & Mt.High Staff, Justin Montoya and the Faultline Crew. ------------------------------------------- 01.27.07 Big congrats to our very own Nirvana
Ortanez for representing
hard at the High Cascade and Transworld Magazine TransAM mini-slopestyle
event @ Bear Mt. Nirvana took home 2nd place in open Womens
and got a video plug on transworld.com check it out: ------------------------------------------- Saturday January 27th @ Mt.High Kawasaki Triple Air by Powder and Sun. One of the biggest events in So.Cal. The 10th Annual Triple Air was on point. Riders form all over came to compete for the 20k prize purse. Big congrats to Spencer Link for taking home 2nd place in Mens Pro. Nicholas Sibayan proving once again that he got what it takes for placing 1st in Mens Am. Congrats to James Robin 2nd and Mikey Radziwon 3rd. Big ups to Nicki Sletcha 2nd place Womens Pro and Desiree Melancom 3rd. Big ups to Bryn Valaika 1st and Nirvana 2nd in Womens Am. Special thanks to Tim Turner and the Powder and Sun Crew, Chuck Allen, USASA Volunteers, John McColly & Mt.High Staff, Justin Montoya and the Faultline Crew, Wahoo’s, Kawasaki and the Bacardi Girls! For more coverage please visit Mt.High.com ------------------------------------------- 12.24.06 - Christmas Eve Wrightwood Happy Holidays to everyone!!! On December 9th 2006 the "Utility Battle of the Boards" comp was held at Mt.High. Special thanks to: Kevin Sanchez and the Utility crew for bringing such a awesome event to Mt.High, Chris and Ben keeping it real with the Judging crew, Justin Montoya and the Faultline crew for once again making the setup unpresidented with the "Superman" box! USASA volunteers and Chuck Allen and Mt.High for always making our comps the best in the region!!!. big ups to Anthony Fire 1st, Yoshi Komiyama 2nd & Casey Timms 3rd! 17&Over. Congrats to Jackson Jewett for placing 1st, he was on fire all day long! Nick Walters again showing some technical skills for placing 2nd, Brendon Simons 4th & Nick Sibayan 5th. Congrats to Nirvana Ortanez 1st, Whitney Haymaker 2nd & Katie Britt 3rd Open Womens. Congrats to Cameron Maestro 1st, Wyatt Reimers 2nd & Ananda Ortanez 3rd in 11&under. Also representing was Thomas Bacon great job guys! For more results and pictures and video please visit www.USASAsangabriel.com Also check out www.Utilityboardsupply.com ------------------------------------------- Attention! We are honored to announce that Spencer Link has chosen Nirvananda Beanies to keep his head warm!!! Be on the look out for this kid he just recently did a shoot for Nickelodeon in Cananda and also an interview with Mtv. Definitely a rising star in the snowboard industry. We Love you Spencer! ------------------------------------------- 12.07.06 - USASA San Gabriel website ------------------------------------------- 12.02.06 - OAKLEY'S BIG DAY OUT RAIL JAM @ Mt.High "Lets get this party started.... quickly right!" The coverage at Mt.High was incredible for the first event of the season. First and foremost big ups to the snowmaking crew, Justin, Mikey Radziwon and the Faultline Crew, USASA Volunteers, Oakley, Chipotle (filling our stomachs) and Chuck Allen for again bringing an event filled with smiles and laughter! Congratulations to: Curtis Hill 1st, Yoshi Komiyama 2nd and Cory Whetstone 3rd in 16&over. The finals was off the hizzy firshizzy! The new vertical U-Box and the MountainOutHouse Rainbow VAN box caused riders to go off! Best trick went to Curtis Hill "Hardway 270 On 270 Off" on the Van with precision execution and a lil'bit of "psychedelicgrungerap" steez. Big congratulations to Nick Walters 1st, Nick Sibayan 2nd, JD Floen 3rd 15&under. Don’t let age deceive you... these kids were throwin down! Props go to Gilbert Madrid, Thomas Bacon, Cameron Maestro and Ananda Ortanez for representing the next gen of rail technicians. Big congrats to Nirvana Ortanez 1st, Whitney Haymaker 2nd, Katie Britt 3rd Open Women’s (We miss you out there Kaitlyn.)Props goes to Philly Bacon, Jamie and Julie Madrid for shredding with the big girls! For pics of the results check out www.USASAsangabriel.com Props goes to Spencer Link, Jon Strader, James Robin, Matt O'Connor and Jackson Jewett... Nirvananda is so stoked to announce the official addition to our rider’s roster Cory Whetstone. We have all watched Cory's fluid creativity on a snowboard, now you are going to get to see another side of Cory's dynamic personality, so stay tuned.... Nirvananda is so proud to announce that Yoshi Komiyama is now on board. (Curtis Hill is also on Nirvananda... Hmmm the top 3 in 15&0ver proving once again that Nirvananda beanies are the "Shredder Better Beanie"...15&Under Nick Sibayan and Nick Walters are also on Nirvananda and Nirvana and Whitney in Open Women’s also rock NAC (NirvAnandaCompany) That’s 7 out of 9 places! Here at the NAC it’s all about who is having the most fun!!!) The vibe at the High is definitely on the right start for this season. If you missed this event don't miss this coming Saturdays event, UtilityBoardShop's "Battle of the Boards". Saturday Dec.9 @ Mt.High For additional photos check out:: JasonAndersonPhoto.com for photos of the awards ceremony and more check out USASAsangabriel.com ------------------------------------------- Check out the new Nirvananda Gear in the beanie store. All transactions/registration is now SSL encrypted for a safe shopping experience. You can find our gear at the nearest UtilityBoardShop go to UtiltyBoardShop.com or call 1.888.566.6596 for their nearest location. Coming soon is the official NAC (NirvAnandaCompany) Team Jersey for 2008. There is a lot going on here at the NAC who is teaming up with NLY10 Magazine to bring you something NEW! So stay tuned for the all new website... ------------------------------------------- Welcome aboard Bear rider (who now resides in Tahoe) Bobby Clark. Bobby is a Flip7 rider who tears it up! Check him out @ Flip7.com -------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------- 09.30.06 - Volcom "Totally
Crustaceous Surf Tour" - Manhattan Beach Pier ------------------------------------------- 09.16.06 - HDHR @ Bear Mt. ------------------------------------------- 09.02.06 - BUCK OFF @ MT.HIGH The "Buck Off" was awesome! What a great time! Thank you Mt.High, Chuck Allen, USASA volunteers, Justin and the Faultine Crew, Kevin Keller, John McColly, Kyle Lopiccolo and Eli Weiner rockin the mic, Mt.High Team Riders, and the entire Mt.High staff. Big ups to all the vendors for representing… there were a lot of great companies such as Powder & Sun, Victorville Motors, Quiksilver, Flip7, Mada, Da Hui, Spy, Vestal, Herr Vaughnster, RIDE, Burton, DVS, Etnies Girl, Propaganda, 32 Boots, Anarchy, Pheelgood Inc., Monster, RideSoCal.com, Tiki Jax, Dimension Boards, Girl Powder, Pure Air Systems, Electric Visual, Newhall Coffee and to all the other vendors I may have missed. Special thanks to all those who visited our booth…much Love! Check out Snowboard Magazine, which covered the event. (Thanks “Basher” for the Nirvananda plug in the article:) http://www.snowboard-mag.com/node/14029 Other news for the week: -Congrats to Nirvana Ortanez! Mt.High has chosen her to be one of their sponsored riders for 06/07. -The release of “Dirty South” a
must see snowboarding film by Pheelgood Inc. Check it
out @ pheelgoodinc.com. Philip & Phillip
did So.Cal justice with this DVD. A lot of hidden talent exposed! Featuring
Kyle & Tyler Lopiccolo, Corey Whetstone,
Nick Sibayan, Nick
Haymaker,
Mike Radziwon, Josh Andreoli, Curtis
Hill, Eli
Weiner, Scott Vine, Spencer
Link and
many others. 08.29.06 - Summer is over and the 2006-2007-winter season is almost upon us. But before the season starts make sure to be at Mt.High’s “Buck Off” this Saturday. That’s September 2nd @ Mt. High East. For more info go to www.mthigh.com…We will have a booth. So stop by, say hi and grab some giveaways. We will be showcasing some samples of our new beanies for the 2006-2007 season. As well as a bargain bin full of cool stuff from last season discounted up to 70%! Shiela has been very busy making cool new beanies for this season. If you like what you see you can place an order for your own hand made beanie with Shiela for only $20bucks… that’s $10bucks off! (This is a “Buck Off” special only.) If you can’t make it to the Buck Off, we will be putting up the new gear for 2006-2007 Winter Season in a couple of weeks. So keep checking back or drop us a message and we will email you as soon as we update the site. Nirvananda thanks you for all of your support; we look forward to seeing you at the mountain. In the meantime check out some new Nirvananda videos: Nirvana
Ortanez 2005-2006 video ------------------------------------------- 05.16.06 -Welcome aboard Melyndah Armsby. She is a Bear Rider who kicks butt! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04.19.06 - Congratulations to Nirvana
Ortanez representing hard at the Active Sponsor Me Rail Jam @ MtHigh…Congrats to Nick Sibayan for taking 1st in the 15yr old and under division. Kyle Lopiccolo took 1st place in 15 and over, Kyle is on fire this year and he is currently filming with TECHNINE in Tahoe. Special congrats to Spencer Link finishing in 2nd Place. Congrats to Nirvana 2nd Place and Kaitlyn 3rd Place in open womens. . Nationals at Northstar Tahoe was
off the hook!!! Big ups to Nick
Sibayan out of over 60 plus riders in his division
Nick took 2nd
place in Over
All Freestyle (pipe and slope together). He placed an astounding 3rd
in slope-style alone. He is only 14yrs old and killing it! Congrats to
Nick Haymaker, placing 12th out of 96 riders in the
youth men division. This was Nick’s first-nationals and he is
going to give all the riders a run for their money! Congrats to James
Robin for placing 15th
in the same division as Haymaker. Placing top 16 is an incredibly hard
feet to accomplish in a field of nearly a 100 riders. You guys kick butt!!!
Big Congrats to Bryn Valaika! Placing GOLD in Breaker
Girls Slopestyle and the SILVER in overall
freestyle!!! She
is one of our favorite riders to watch. Congrats to Ananda
Ortanez for
placing 10th
in Triple Over All (All 5
events) in grommets division. You rock lil’dude! Ananda Ortanez, Nirvana Ortanez, Nick Sibayan,
Nick Haymaker, Jon Strader, Matt O’Connor, Wyatt Reimers, Cameron
Mastro, Julie Madrid, Jamie Madrid, Gilbert Madrid, Laurie Currier,
Spencer Link, Corey Whetstone,
Bryn Valaika, Anthony Fire, Lafonzo Carter aka Snowdogg, Allen Giernet,
Anya Giernet, Jackson Jewett, James Robin, Nick Walters, Kelly Reuss,
Maddie
Mastro,
Bryan St. Germain, Elise Puritz and to all the other riders
that I may have missed. 03.14.06 - Wow! So much has happened! First we would like to congratulate Laurie Currier for killing it at the Second Annual Nikita Chikita Snowdown in Bear. Taking 3rd place for securing her spot for the Nikita Iceland Park Project Camp. She is also leaving today for Vermont to compete in the US OPEN! You go Girl! You know we are your BIGGEST FANS! We wish you all the LOVE! Sunday, March 12th was the Powder and Sun Throwdown and Chow-Down presented by mountainouthouse.com. Thanks to Tim and the Powder & Sun Crew…Special props to Kyle and Tyler Lopiccolo, Mt.High, Faultline, Chuck Allen and the USASA for a wonderful event. Over 70 competitors showed up to throw down. Congrats to: Laurie Currier 1st, Whitney Haymaker 2nd and Nirvana Ortanez 3rd in Womens Division. Corey Whetstone 3rd in Open Mens 15 & up. Nick Sibayan once again dominating for 1st place and Nick Walters 3rd in 15 & under. Big congrats to LiLBigTime Ananda Ortanez for taking 1st place in the Groms. Nipping at his heels was our favorite TMH’er Wyatt Reimers 2nd place. We love you Wyatt you rock!!! Special Props goes out to our local favorites: Kyle Lopiccolo, Spencer Link, Brendon Simons, Nick Haymaker, Curtis Hill, Josh Holt, Jon Strader, Matt O’Connor, Kaitlyn (Whitneys Friend), John Haymaker, Jackson Jewett and Anthony Fire. Welcome aboard Jackson Jewett, Whitney Haymaker and Kaitlyn to the Nirvananda Crew! Don’t forget to check out the new issue of HAPPY Magazine, our very own NICK SIBAYAN has a full page write up! Nice plug brada! Saturday, March 11th was our last USASA event for the 2005-2006 Season. We will be posting up all of our riders placing for their events. 2006 USASA Nationals starts on the 25th April 1st in Northstar at Tahoe, Ca. Congrats to all of our riders who are attending! Also for those who would like to know more about competing please visit www.usasa.org Nirvananda is a proud member of the USASA and recommends everyone to join in on the fun… Moms, Dads, Brothers, Sisters, Aunts Uncles, Cousins and Friends can compete against one another in 5 different events, Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Boardercross, Giant Slalom and Slalom. Mt. Highs very own Chuck Allen is the founder of the USASA. Our most sincere thanks to Chuck for creating such a wonderful organization! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01.21.06 - KAWASAKI TRIPLE AIR at Mt. High. Once again another superb event! Congrats to our MVP Nick Sibayan for placing 2nd in the ams division. His riding that day inspired even the pros! Many props goes out to our local favorites Laurie Currier 1st, Desiree Melancoln 2nd open womens and Spencer Link 3rd place Mens Pro Division. 01.09.06 - Utility Board Shop's "Battle of the Boards, Rail Jam" -Mt.High Took place on Saturday, January 7th. By far one of the funnest contest I've been to. The spectators and the riders were all having a blast. The transfer box by Justin and the Faultline crew was insane! Congrats to Kyle Lopiccolo 1st in mens, Nick Sibayan 1st in 13 & under and Nirvana Ortanez 1st womens open. Nirvananda is also stoked to announce that Kyle and Nick have joined the Nirvananda Team! Nirvananda Beanies are definitely the shredder better beanie. New riders also include James Robin and Curtis Hill. Nick Haymaker also placed 3rd. Brandon Simmons placed 5th. Matt O'Connor placed 5th and Ananda Ortanez placed 6th in their divisions. Always a special thanks to Mt.High, USASA and Chuck Allen for hosting such a wonderful event. The NIRVANANDA crew all had FUN!!! 01.01.06 - Happy New Year!!! We are so stoked to announce the additions to our Nirvananda roster. Blake Lopiccolo as our Wrightwood Rep. Others include: Mike Radziwon, Josh Holt, Dolly Lee, Nick, Brandon Simmons & John Haymaker, John Strader, Matt O'Connor, Olivia Aackerly... And more to come! Stay tuned as we update each of our riders info & bio with pix & vid. 12.11.05 - Oakley's Big Day Out at Mt.HIGH. Way to go Nirvana and Ananda. Nirvana was injured during practice and still "Cowgirled Up" to place 3rd. Congrats to June B. for 1st place and Desiree M. 2nd place. 12.10.05 - FORUM YOUNGBLOODS at Mt.HIGH. Congrats to Corey Whetstone for placing 1st in Mens along with our very own Nirvana Ortanez who placed 1st in Womens. They will be going to Tahoe in March for the Young Blood Finals! Way to go Ananda Ortanez placing 3rd in the 14 and Under age group. 11.20.05 - Special thanks to Doug Harley from RIDE. Because of DH the kids are riding brand new gear this season! Goto www.ridesnowboards.com 10.16.05 - We will be rolling out our latest designs for our T-Shirt and Hoodie line for Men, Women and Youth. So keep a look out in the next week or two.
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