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Purl Welcomes Lonnie Kauk to the team
Seth and Sage ripping big lines in AK
Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp with Pat Milbery
The Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp will be heading into its 4th year of existence. Pat Milbery and Friends have 4 stops on the horizon for the Midwest Region and 4 additional non-Holiday Tour dates. Click on the photo for all of the details.
Purl Welcomes Cam Pierce to the team
TEASING FOREVER WITH NIKO CIOFFI AND CAMERON PIERCE from Forum Snowboards.
Jake Blauvelt's teaser from Forum Forever
Jake Blauvelt Teasing Forever from Forum Snowboards.
Mono Cera, Dillon, CO
Mono Cera has 11 years tuning experience in Summit County, Colorado.
Some of the athletes Mono Cera has prepped for include:
• Shawn White
• Travis Rice
• Danny Kass
• Torah Bright
• Sarah Burke
• Mason Aguirre
• Andreas Wiig
• Sammy Carlson
• Kelly Clark
...just to name a few
Get your gear into the hands of a professional. Click on the photo for contact info.
Heli Skiing with Josh Bishop
After two weeks of testing all mountain skis at Copper Mountain, Josh Bishop is currently heli skiing in Silverton Colorado with Freeskier Magazine. Along with documenting Bishops inaugural Heli skiing adventure, the crew posted photos of the entire journey through the San Juan Mountain range on Freeskier.com. For more on this story, click here:
Seth Morrison update
Seth Morrison just returned from a film trip with TGR that was a gathering of Oakley athletes. Kye Petersen, Tanner Hall and Dana Flahr were his partners for 10 days of exploration between the Coastal and Skeena Mountain ranges with Last Frontier Heli Skiing based out of the Bell 2 Lodge. Read the whole story.
Avalanche wisdom by Gabe Taylor
Everyday when I leave the house to go film the lady says, “be careful”. I always return with an “Of course”, but being a professional snowboarder requires one to have an extremely accurate balance between being careful and getting the shot. I mean really, what’s careful about spinning off a 60 ft. cliff with rocks all over the landing? Nothing, but with experience we can negotiate things and usually make a good call as to whether or not something is doable.
For more information on the adventures of Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, click here
Jake Blauvelt Update
Jake Blauvelt
is one of the pro snowboarders that we at Purl admire the most. He knows how lucky he is to snowboard for a living and has the talent and drive to make snowboarding even better. Jake has won contests, broken records, and put out insane video parts. Mostly we just like Jake because he rocks.
Read his recent interview withYoBeat at YoBeat
Photo Credit: Tim Zimmerman
Wiley Miller and Seth Morrison update
In a recent trip to New Mexico, Wiley Miller teamed up with Level 1 Productions to work on his segment for the upcoming film. Along with stomping absurd backcountry jumps, Wiley proves once again that he is a master of mini-golf lines and tricking off large cliffs. For photos of Wileys adventure, visit the Level 1 website.
In other news, Tim Mutrie, EXPNs Big Mountain correspondent, conducted a phone interview with Seth Morrison. In the interview, Seth explains the fine are of skiing one of the North Americas most well-known resorts. According to Seth, "I wear all black and keep it as low profile as possible. We all have our little rope cuts on the mountain and you cant be doing that wearing some bright outfit." For mroe insight into the mind of Morrison read EXPNs "3 Phone Calls with Seth"
Jake Black, Mackenzie Matters, and Meg Pugh
Congratulations to Purl Riders Jake Black, Mackenzie Matters, and Meg Pugh for battling the unforgiving conditions all the way to the finals at the Keystone Burton Am Series.
Mens Halfpipe:
1. Jake Black
2. Brett Esser
3. Zack Black
Wiley Miller is a phenomenal back country skier. If you have followed the backcountry scene in the last three seasons, you too agree that Wileys back country jumping is absolutely incredible. For any nonbelievers that need proof of Wileys BC dominance, look no further than Level 1 Productions 2008 release of TURBO. Along with absolutely destroying his segment in TURBO, Wiley has a strong performance in TGRs 2008 release of Under the Influence.
For all you big mountain enthusiasts, Purl athlete Seth Morrison was in Breckenridge today signing posters with fellow Oakley athletes, Simon Dumont, Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson, Jon Olsson, Jossi Wells, and Jacob Wester. For footage of Seth doing what he does best (which happens to be dropping some of the lagest cliffs in the world, slaying the scariest of lines, and absolutely crushing the big mountain scene, check out his segment in TGRs Under the Influence. According to many skiers, this is the best Morrison segment in a while. Pick up your copy today at TGRs website.
And if the skiing of Wiley and Seth is not enough to convince you to watch Under the Influence, Sage Cattabriga-Alosas segment will. According to Joe Vallone, Purl Athlete and longtime Chugach Powder Guide, "Sage stepped it up big time this year. His segment in TGRs new film is all the proof you need.
Gabe Taylor
Gabe Taylor drops by the Transworld office for a little talk about his bangers in the new Grenade flick, catching clean weather in Whistler and his possible future acting career. After a seasons hard work, Gabe walked away with an the opener to this years Grenade movie, The Boned Age, and open it up is just what he did! Gabe has always had some of our favorite style and it is great to see all of last seasons efforts come together.
Purl has Good Wood
More Legit Than Ever! Purl Wax has the honor of helping Transworld with the 10th annual Good Wood Tests. Go pick up the October Issue!
Kimmy Fasani update
Check out Transworld's write up on Kimmy Fasani for the Best of Mammoth!
Seth Charging Haines
Click here to check out a vid clip of Seth charging in AK. TGR Helmet Cam teaser from his first runs in Haines, AK in March
Can you keep up with Seth and Sage?
Thanks to the TGR websiteyou can keep up with Sage and Seth on their travels through the Northwest and Alaska. There are tons of good photos and some great insight from the pros. Check it out!
With clear skies and a pumped crowd, the Purl Team riders Chas Guldemond, Chanelle Sladics, Torstein Horgmo, Kimmy Fasani, Pat Milberry and Jonas Carlson laid it down at the Gold Peak base area where this years Honda Session was held. With a skate-style setup to the course, creativity was key and Chas Guldemond secured the 1st place slot at Fridays Steel and Sky Rail Jam. Following up the next night with a Backside 1440 in the Big Air Event, Chas finished up the weekend pretty stoked!
Keep an eye open for the results from the US Open.
Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp
Milberry's MIGHTY MIDWEST SNOWBOARD CAMP! Pat Milberry grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and will have Midwest pride until the day he dies.
Therefore, after throwing a camp last year at Afton Alps and receiving
a great response and turnout, he is planning an entire Midwest Tour
this winter titled THE MIGHTY MIDWEST SNOWBOARD CAMPS.
Thanks to everyone that came out on Friday night! We had a blast and it was great to see you. Check out the Isenseven Website and pick yourself up a copy.
Click on the flyer to the right to scope some of the shots from the night on Snowboard-mag.com
Purl Family 2007
The Purl Wax family grows! As the years have passed, we have had the opportunity to work with a lot of great skiers and snowboarders. With much success both in the competition circuit and in front of the camera lens, our team has grown!
It is with great pride that we introduce our pro team for this coming season. Keep an eye on 'em, they are going off!
Purl Pro Team:
Chanelle Sladics, Seth Morrison, Torstein Horgmo, JJ Johnson, Jake Blauvelt, Pat Milbery, Silvia Mittermuller, Chas Guldemond, Kimmy Fasani, Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Erin Comstock, Jonas Carlson, Clair Bidez, Jeff Meyer, Meg Pugh, Gabe Taylor, Andrae Cameron, Paul Cotter, Jesse Csinsak, Travis Limoge, Joe Valone and Dena Melinn.
Transworld Business Write Up
With the development of our new Natural Wax line, the people are talking! See what Transworld Business had to say about our new product line and the general state of the environment.
Superpark 11
Superpark 11: Keystone!
For two years running, Piston Bully's, shovels and rakes have come down hard on Keystone mountain for the annual Snowboard Magazine Superpark. The combined efforts of the park crews of Keystone, Boreal and Bear got things poppin this year with a masterpiece of a park. With options galore, four days of fury ensued and I don't think there was even any crying involved. Limits were pushed and the style oozed, mostly in the bars of keystone, but some great stuff went down in the park too.
Check out what our friends at Snowboarder
Magazine had to say about us.
And scope some of the video coverage of the event here: Vid Clips
Golden Ticket Giveaway 2007
Purl Wax gives away a cat trip with the Purl pro team to the winner of
the golden ticket.
When Scotty Winn walked in to Recycle Sports of Frisco Colorado in early March,
he had no idea that the visit would lead to an amazing day in the back country
with members of the Purl Pro Team. Winn came to Recycle Sports to purchase some
Purl Wax, and as he pulled the wax out of the bag he noticed a gold coin resting
in the bottom. For the 2006-2007 season, Purl promised to take one lucky customer
on the snow day of a lifetime with the Golden Ticket Giveaway. Several days later,
Winn was climbing into a powder cat with the Purl crew including Jeff Meyer,
JJ Johnson, and Paul Cotter. The Purl International team also includes such heavy
hitters as Seth Morrison, Sage Cattabriga Alosa, Jesse Csincsak, Joe Vallone,
Pat Milberry, and Chanelle Sladics.
Grasshopper
Bruce Lee just kicked your ass.
November 11, 2006
Win a Cat Trip with the Purl Pro Team
Whoever finds the Golden Ticket inside their puck of Purl Wax wins a cat
trip with the Purl Pro Team. Thats Right, its the Willie Wonka style
giveaway. Join us and Steamboat Powder Cats for a day of untouched Steamboat
style powder.
Due to the busy schedule of the Pro Riders, we can not say who will be on the
cat trip just yet. A lot of the team will be filming for next years videos. If
they can make it, they will. Either way, it will be a cat trip with the Purl
Pros or the Purl Bros.
Official Rules: Must be 18 to win. Must be able to keep up.
Chas Guldemond lights it up at the Honda Session in Vail! 
Milberry's MIGHTY MIDWEST SNOWBOARD CAMP!
The Purl Wax family grows!
Bruce Lee just kicked your ass. 