Dispatches: E Stone – 1.1 FODT In Tahoe

May 17

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The crew…Pooch, Brewski, Naka and the Prospect.

Words & Photos: E-Stone

With record-breaking snowfall in Utah and California it seems like this season might never end. Two weeks ago the FODT crew decided to get out of all the stormy weather of Salt Lake and get some California sunshine. When we arrived to Reno it was super warm and dry. I started to get nervous as we approached the Truckee area and it was still pretty dry with no snow. It was starting to feel like we wouldn’t have enough of the white stuff to get some work done but the second we got to higher elevation it was out of control. Snow banks as high as houses open up a lot of options.

Cole Taylor and myself met up with Nick Poohachoff, Andrew Brewer, Austin Hironaka and the prospect Zander Blackmon. All photos shot with my I phone.

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The google maps people were staying at our hotel. Check out that wild camera on the roof. This is what they use to make the Street view angle. It’s a pretty sick set up with a computer hooked up to the dashboard that controls the camera.

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Look at all the snow at this crib. Brewer and Austin did a sick redirect off the roof into the driveway then Pooch, Austin and Young Z jumped from lookers right on to the roof then off over the gap to the other side. We later caught word that some fools went up and poached our feature because they “saw tracks”. That’s pretty wack and I guess just a big difference from SLC to Cali. You got to find your own creative stuff, these guys live in the area year round and then hear what we are out doing and then go poach it. Bad Style!!!

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Pooch and Hiro peeping Coles shots.

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Jap Mob!

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Brewer checking out the free rock climbing offered at the hotel.

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Day two we thought it would be cool to build a logjam over the river. Step one is finding a sweet tree. Austin loves getting lifted. Here he is high in search of the perfect tree.

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Step two is cutting the tree to the perfect length and then smoothing out all the nubs so it can slide nice and smooth. Zander cuts the tree while Pooch and Nico Cioffi get ready to help drag it to the river.

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Brewer and Cole prepping the gap and cleaning up the zone a little for shooting.

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The final product.

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Cole and the FODT Tahoe filmer Eric getting the dolly shot dialed.

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If you find yourself in Truckee make sure to hit up Taco’s Jalisco and Java Sushi. Both spots are dope. Check out the Armadillo dish a Jalisco. Full lava rock bowl stuffed with shrimp, chicken, pork, cactus and other veggies all in a steaming bubbling cauldron.

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With all the travel we do its important to keep your mind sharp and have a book to help pass the time on the plane. I picked up Rza’s new book “The Tao of Wu”. This is a recommended read for sure. The Rza is an amazing person and The Wu is one of my favorite rap crews for sure. Thanks to SKS for shooting this photo when he dropped me off at the airport.

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  • Old School

    iPhones are the devil. It’s a phone… the photos shouldn’t look that good.

  • Catfish

    “The Tao of Wu” is a great book

  • Jim Jumphreys

    Ya E-Stone! The difference between SLC and Cali is that everyone In SLC gets their panties all up in a bunch about their little “secret spots” which are sooo hidden away. In Cali, no one gives a fuck because it’s just snowboarding.

    The “Fools” are all the kids from FLOW, and we saw the photo on the Technine blog. We happened to come across the house while we were scoping around in ***SECRET LOCATION*** No one ever told us where it was. It was pretty hard to ignore the landing to the redirect which covered up half the driveway… I’m just sayin.

    It’s not like we even hit the same thing. Where’s the flagpole bonk in that photo? That was the best thing there. O ya, I live in NJ, other riders are from NH and Minnesota. Filmer’s been living in SoCal. Get your facts straight before you talk, kiddo.

    Dunno why you even got heated over this thing? It wasn’t that big or gnarly. I was wearing basketball shorts and shades when we were hitting it. I’m not trying to be a dick or anything, but talk shit on us and I’ll throw it right back in your face. This thing was hardly even a TABLE worthy of getting SCRAPS off of.

    And you spelled FODT wrong in the title, dummy.

  • Jim Jumphreys

    Title got fixed, but the url is still wrong :0

  • truth

    this wouldn’t be the first time that the flow dudes have licked crumbs offa wet paper plate.

  • so tru

    Someone just got called the f### out. hahahah

  • Tyler

    Theres a reason that everyone who films for FODT, loses there mind and eventually falls off. It’s because these dudes take the fun out of snowboarding, which is obvious in this post. Every single person who has ever filmed for FODT, that doesn’t anymore, looks back on FODT and hates. What riders have left FODT and just blown up?? Seth Huot? I think that’s it..Once FODT chews you up and spits you out, you are pretty much over snowboarding. I used to live with Hebbel and Darrel Mathes and you should hear the horror stories those guys used to tell. Kinda sad.

  • styler

    most pro snowboarders eventually looses their mind and falls off. its called progression of youth vs simple aging and brittle bones.

  • styler

    ever heard of bittner? fodt blew him up and hes still mashing around, on top of his game and he never drips hate.

  • WOW

    Tecknine or FODT or what ever these gangsters are called are sooooo F**king GAY! i think we can all agree on that! If your so hood and ghetto why the f**k are you snowboarding? you should be out killing people! i remember you guys getting your panties in a bunch because someone wants to do a roof drop you did. infact i remember your crew making phone calls and death threats HAHA

    Lets put it this way…
    snowboarding is Fun cant we all share? if you do something why wouldnt you want someone else to do it as well if you had fun doing it let someone else enjoy it also.

    If your worried about your shots being the same as others thats where style comes into play.

    Get over it at the end of the day its snowboarding.

  • Tyler

    Yeah…perfect example. I’m friends with Bittner. He quit FODT/T9 because they were making him hate snowboarding and when he quit, the filmer of FODT tried to kill him and literally tried to physically assault him and put him in the hospital. Bittner oozes hate for FODT.

  • Jim Jumphreys

    Don’t bring the FODT riders into this. This is between e stone and I. Don’t hate on the riders because they’re thugs or into rap music. The FODT crew does tons of jib shit that’s waay heavier then you Internet kids could ever dream of. Who the fuck cares if they like the gangster scene. I’m down with any style as long as the riding is sick.

  • YOGIgoods.com

    HAHA wow. Yea JAPmob!

  • Tim Humphreys

    Don’t bring the FODT riders into this. This is between e stone and I. Don’t hate on the riders because they’re thugs or into rap music. The FODT crew does tons of jib shit that’s waay heavier then you Internet kids could ever dream of. Who the fuck cares if they like the gangster scene. I wear big baggy shit cuz i like it. I’m down with any style as long as the riding is sick.

    Hironaka, pooch, and Coffi are all kids that I’m friends with, and they’re all fucking sick shredders. One Love is one of my favorite snowboard flicks to watch.

    My statement to e stone is if you have something to say, fucking say it to us. Don’t vibe us out, say shit in front of other people at superpark, talk shit on us in snowboarder magazine POSTS.

    I’m sure you have been to more spots than you can count which other people hit up first, or that someone else showed you, or a spot that was already set up and you shot there. Drop the attitude, Mr. Cool Guy. You weren’t even the one doing the snowboarding. -Tim

  • E-Stone

    Tim thanks for posting your real name, I figured that was you. I had no idea who the riders were at the session and the comment was directed at your filmer. As I understood the situation he knew we were out there and went out to find what we had shot and then convinced you guys to hit it. I just think it is way sweeter to find original features to hit so when the vids and photos come out we all have different stuff. I said all of that to him in person at super park.
    In the end it’s about having fun and getting dope shots in the process. Part of that process is finding unique features that have never been hit or progressing on old ones. We left it mostly set up so we were obviously not to worried about it but then when we heard our old filmer went to shoot it two days later because he saw it on the blog I thought it was kind of week. I’m sure you guys killed it and had fun on it. I had no clue who the riders were that sessioned it so there was no vibe at super park. I have always thought you were a sick rider and I got some dope shots of you at the sunset shoot last week.
    I just think its better etiquette to go back to a spot the next year after the shots have come out and then one up it. That’s what progression is all about and that is dope.

  • XipeR

    E-Stone, you talk about etiquette but cant use the correct “weak” in your comment? Go back to the spot next year, when the conditions may not be the same? One may not remember where it is/how to get there? One may not be able to get back to the same spot next year?

    Why the fk does it matter, people shoot on the same shit all the time, and what will matter is the content of the photos, the skill of the photographer and the style the rider has…it shouldnt matter when its shot an hour after you left or ten years later.

  • XipeR

    not to mention calling them out in a news post with no legitimate facts is g4y as fk for you to do… and i quote

    “We later caught word that some fools went up and poached our feature because they “saw tracks”. That’s pretty wack and I guess just a big difference from SLC to Cali. You got to find your own creative stuff, these guys live in the area year round and then hear what we are out doing and then go poach it. Bad Style!!!”

    “some fools” are some pretty good well known riders

    “saw tracks” from my understanding they drove by and saw it, would be kind of hard to miss

    “difference between SLC and Cali” pretty sure none of the flow riders are from either of those places…

    “live in the area year round” none of the guys from flow live in that area year round.

  • Whatever

    WTF does a typo have to do with etiquette??? Thanks grammar police.

  • blah

    you must not know etiquette you spelled weak/week!!! HAHAH WTF? I’m sure you NEVER make typos.

    Chill people. Ethan is one of the most down to earth/nicest people I’ve met. In a lot of industries including Snowboarding, it’s better to find your own spot/thing/whatever not infringe on someone else’s ideas.

    Referring to other riders that are supposedly hating on FODT/TECHNINE. That’s too bad, because Cole’s filming/E’s photos are what helped get them on the map and boost their careers. Guess loyalty is rare these days.

  • Anon

    Tyler in response to your question. Hebbel killed it for years with Leblanc after FODT and I am pretty sure Darrell still snowboards and kills it as well. Not to mention Huot, Bennee, Whitlake, Bittner, Nico Droz, Goodale (RIP), Pat McCarthy etc etc I could go on……..

  • haha

    Tyler, Maybe you wanted to be pro and just weren’t good enough. hmmmmmmmmm

  • chaaang

    “cant we all share?” sharing is one thing, sneaking around and taking scraps is another thing. all pro snowboarders work pretty hard to win contests and make video parts…….so if a filmer from a competing company were to pull moves like that over and over again, isnt that like banging all your aquantinces ex girlfriends? moves like that dont get you far with people.

  • chandlah

    i miss TACOS JALISCO!!!!

  • drew

    OJ SIMPSON CAN’T RAP

  • steviejanowski

    fodt shredding is sick, not sure what killing people has to do with liking hip hop and snowboarding? Also dosent sound to chill if flow doods bit the spot as described. hard to judge without knowing whats really going on though. mad respect

  • YO

    Xiper you are a dummy. Obviously “some fools” are another crew of “well known professional riders” that is the whole point Estone is making. And wtf is the difference if someone saw tracks or “drove by and saw it set up” I am also pretty sure he was referring to the filmer who lives in Tahoe all season. Nice rebuttal though.

  • weak

    Lol

  • NStarLoc

    Yeah WOW and Tyler, you sound like fuckin morons..you dont know anyone..you probly work for Flow and are talking out your ass. FODT has made some of my favorite movies, what have you done.

  • Tim Humphreys

    All you kids. Shut the fuckkk upp. Please let the adults speak about a situation in which none of you are involved in and therefore have no reason to comment on. Thanks.

    I’m just speaking out because I’m disappointed with your use of snowboarding media outlets for saying things about us, in front of people, instead of talking with us. Especially doing so after all that ish at superpark.

    “Saying that in person to drew” is a little bit of an understatement, Mr. E-Stone. You forgot to mention the part where you were yelling “ALL YOUR SHIT IS JUST TABLE SCRAPS” at drew while you’re walking away from us after making a scene in a filled cafeteria is a little bit closer to reality. Not like everyone wasn’t listening already or anything anyways.

    Yeah, There was a prime looking spot we had seen on the internet and we happened to drive by it and decided to hit it up. Sorry that you’re bummed on us hitting up your spot right after. Anything you hit in Tahoe will get hit by at least 1 or 2 other crews. Happens to us all the time.

    Using Snowboarder Mag’s website for that shit is just weak though. For real.

  • Tim Humphreys

    I don’t want to see a single comment on this issue between myself and e stone from anyone except for us. Talk about anything else on the post, but not this.

    4real tho e stone. We didn’t want to bum anyone out on snaking spots. Just tryin to shreddd.

  • Hate hate hate hate

    hate hate hate

  • hell ya humpy

    fuk them all humpy kills it. jersey reppinn!!!

  • TROOF

    FOCUS YOUR ENERGIES CLEARLY

  • Hahahahahs

    Hahahahaha! I love when people get pissed because they know they are wrong. Tim go cry to your mom. The funny thing is, E didn’t specify who he was talking about. but YOU made it clear who the fools were. Very amusing. And BTW you come across as a huge idiot. Also, doubt it’s good for you to talk a whole bunch of shit on a magazine that can decide whether or not to publish you. Snowboarding is like any other business. There’s a certain level of politics. Deal with it.

  • steviejanowski

    tim humpies is a sore pussy. first he bites the spot now hes talking mad shit on internet comments? but nobody else better not say nothing about it! hopefully nobody runs your weak ass style in snowboarder mag now. flow is weak

  • XR

    its funny cuz no1 posting on here has ever been to as close as good as tim and will never be…so maybe you should all quit talking on shit you dont have a clue about, the way E-stone handled the situation was immature and dumb, but once it was brought to that level tim responded. you guys should go out and practice, actually dont waste your time your never gonna get anywhere in snowboarding.

  • adfasfd

    what does being good at snowboarding have to do with it? clearly there are good snowboarders that are complete dumbasses

  • link

    about the Tahoe poachers on your house feature. If you don’t like it stay in your own zone SLC boys. Your poaching the zone by coming here so show respect because not all Tahoe locs poach other crews features. Lake Tahoe Cali! that’s the difference! What what!!!

  • oneway

    bottom line is this is so stupid you all are so sick @ boarding let the good times roll!

  • truckee

    slc is not the place to be.

  • YEAHHHHHH

    Oh yeah Tim no random anonymous is allowed to talk about this but you! Good luck with that internet dad. Estone may have not handled this in the best way possible however he never called you out personally. He said he didn’t even know what riders were there. In his response he actually gave you props. You seem like a real a-hole. Calling people dummys and weak in a public forum is pretty pussy. Even if it was “yelling “ALL YOUR SHIT IS JUST TABLE SCRAPS””" at least he had the balls to say it in person. It sounds like you were there…why would not just say something to his face instead of some internet message board cry fest where no ones NAME was mentioned. If you really don’t think it is a big deal to hit someone elses feature the day after why go on the internet and freak out about someone calling people out. WEIRD. Oh and sorry for breaking your rules by commenting… what ya gonna do now???

  • Mark Buster

    Oh man, my dad is gonna be so pissed when he finds out someone was snowboarding on our roof.

  • Jimi

    Tim is a faggot, E-stone is a wigger. You both fucking suck dick and you both dont belong on this website.

  • Check Your Facts

    Jimi….. E-Stone doesn’t belong on this website?! He is one of Snowboarder’s senior photographers. Of course he belongs on this website.

  • boombap

    wow…you guys are actually serious. I’m so glad I suck at snowboarding. go ‘naka.

  • wain

    ^ amen.

  • Tim Humphreys

    Well Mr. “YEAHHHHH”, I’m planning on continuing to wonder why you’re still trying to involve yourself in something which you clearly aren’t part of and have been told that already. Stop trying to act cool for your friends. Go out snowboarding or something.

    Or I could fly in on a helicopter, fuck your mom and your sister, then set your board on fire.

  • china

    Hahaha, this is classic!! Let’s face it people, any snowboard film crew who drives by a dope feature, that all the riders are stoked on, are gonna hit it. End of story. Jp Walker would do it, all the way to the lowest AM rider who would do it too. I mean shit, JP Walkers shot in the new Teaser for the new movie he is in, is a shot of him hitting a FODT feature…and even more so, Seth Huot even hits that same feature and does the same exact trick as in the FODT movie(you can see the shot in his Real Snow edit for the Xgames). Estone, after reading yours and Tim’s responses, it seems like the underlying fact is that you’re bitter, that it was your old filmer who was the one who filmed it or something, at least that’s what I’m picking up on. That seems kind of wack to me. So you dont mind if JP Walker or Seth Huot hits your stuff and does the same exact trick(and I’m sure you’ve never even thought about saying anything to them) but as soon as your old filmer goes there, all of the sudden it’s worth calling them out on SnowboarderMag?? A website that’s supposed spread the joy of snowboarding, not turn it into some JOCK-O pissing contest. I used to watch snowboard movies and think, “how cool would it be to hit the stuff that the pros are hitting?”, I never once thought, “man if ever find that rail, I better not hit it because I’m going to be persecuted,bullied and made fun of”. Pretty shitty if you ask me. I thought we were trying to steer away from bullying these days in the good ol” USA, seeing as multiple kids in the past year have committed suicide due to bullying and being made fun of, but I guess not here on snowboarder mag. In fact, one of the senior photographers is actually encouraging it, not directly, but indirectly. There is no denying that. Sad to think that such a prominent snowboard photographer for one of the world’s leading snowboard media outlets would be so ignorant as to not even think about the effects there stupidity could possibly have on America’s youth…But then again, would you really expect anyone from T9 to watch the news and know what’s going on in the world? I guess just figured this one out for myself lol. Nice going Estone, maybe in your next post you can make fun of a fat kid, or how about a gay kid, or better yet, make fun of the mentally disabled!! I bet that will make you feel really good about yourself! SnowboarderMag.com, I am completely blown away that you would let one of your staff par take in such online bullying, especially with the recent suicides and in turn, the recent nationwide fight against bullying.

  • Seriously?

    EStone only responded once and was quite nice about it. If you actually knew Ethan you’d know he is the furthest thing from a bully you can find and probably the first person to stick up for the underdog. To compare calling someone out (without actually naming names) for something they CHOSE to do to making fun of a fat kid, or a disabled kid makes no sense. The point of putting out a movie is having unique fresh stuff and the fact that JP (or his filmer) did it to doesn’t all of a sudden make it “cool.” As far as any of the other “bullying” comments posted, it’s not fair to blame Estone. He has no control over what anyone writes, ever if the majority agree with him. Besides, the fact that u said nothing about Tim (who talks about raping someones mom and sister, WOW) makes me think this is Tim. Seriously, give it up. I’m sure Estone would be stoked if kids hit that jump and weren’t filming. Clearly that’s the only issue he had. And don’t u think it’s a bit ironic calling someone dumb (wouldn’t watch the news) when you’re crying about “bullying.”

  • Whaat

    Tim. You really think anyone is going to buy this whole bullying comment?

  • what?

    Really China? I think you’re reaching a bit on this one. Estone called out an adult filmer who is into is 20s/30s. Also, when he responded once to a rider who took offense he was more than courteous, stating his point and even complimenting him.
    I don’t know about you, but as an adult when I do something someone doesn’t like I’m prepared to be called out.. at work, in my personal life. Whatever. That’s life. Not “bullying.” Comparing calling out one 20-30ish year old man to bulling a gay, disabled or fat kid is really inappropriate.

  • Tim who

    Go ride you contest faggot ass bitch I’ll walk to your house and hump your sister pull out my wet dick smack your mom in her face fuck yourself Tim flow bindings are the gayest I bet you Buckel in real fast.

  • kingvaleking

    CHINA – can you read? JP and Seth went to that spot a whole season after FODT, most likely out of respect to the fact that they are all working on vids, and that they, as well as FODT, would like a little bit of variety from vid to vid.

    LINK – you are fucking retarded. that wasnt some obvious rail, nor was it a popular kicker zone. it was creativity and hard work. the FLOW filmer is a queer. FODT brought him to where he is today and he obviously doesnt deserve to be there due to the fact that he cant even find his own features.

    TIM – its hard to believe that you would write such dumb stuff, considering the fact that you should know how political the shred industry is…..so lets just take it as what it is and tell your gay ass filmer drew to stop posting under your name.

  • nikesb

    and you wonder why skateboarders think riders are such kooks? listen to yourselves. sound like a bunch of bitches squabblin’ over who wore the
    red prom dress first. fags.

  • SOUTHLAKE

    ^^^^

    best comment yet!

  • pilezZz

    sort of just stared at that house and roof scenario for a second. dang. fools are crazy. sick that hiro is filming wit fodt too!

  • roob

    WHO CARES

  • XR

    All the comments that tim posted are under his name, he isnt hiding when he posts….and as for those who didnt get the “fly in on a heli, fuck your mom and your sister i suggest you check out the video on youtube it comes from…actually quite funny.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhRl496zoU

  • Tim Humphreys

    You kids know nothing. It’s not drew posting for me. I do my own dirty work, kthx. Fuck the politics, could care less. Last thing snowboarding needs anyways. Estone was doing shit I wasn’t hyped on so I called him out on it. Sorry for trying to keep shit real. Dunno why I’m even responding to the masses of shit talking 16year olds on the Internet who probably don’t even snowboard anyways.

  • My comment board bitch

    Tim, you must prove yourself to all of us non snowboarding 16 year olds on snowboarder mag comment board or forever live in shame. We are taking over with extreme comment board dominance and will use this mega power to bring down those who who threaten our comment board prowess. That most definetly includes all those who ride, and anyone over 16 years of age. Tim, you have been targeted for internet destruction due to your age, your choice to ride, and most important your arrogant attempt to take over this comment board. you shall pay. We shall reign supreme in all things comment related on snowboarder website, and if you cant respect that, then i suggest you find a good hiding spot because the comment board will be protected with lethal forces.

  • Fedupwithwackcats

    Humphries is a whiny little contest bitch and E Stone is a fifty year old dude who doesn’t get snowboarding anymore and should retire.

    We do this for fun. We do this because we love to shred.

    To many over paid little wise ass bitches like Tim Humphries is ruining snowboarding. That dude doesn’t do it for fun. He makes mad loot. Try to be a role model for the kids dumbass not some wise ass punk. that’s how you get respect.

    E stone and the FODT crew is struggling to make a good movie for the last coule years. The homie/gangster fad is over guys and your team is no longer at the top of the game. filled with rejects from other programs and faux gangsters from mountain towns. The only real gangster on your crew is the living legend MFM so tell your homies they don’t have to dress or talk funny anymore cause the ride is over.

    Both of you guys are wack and should realize your time at the top is coming to an end..

  • hahaha

    Wow, Ethan you look good for 50. What’s your secret?

  • stoneybones

    fodt is dope… all hail japmob

  • heavy doody

    Tim, being a super pro and all that i am sure it would not be hard to get e-stones private contact information. This way you would not seem like such a hypocritical douche for talking shit on a PUBLIC site and telling other people that you and e-stone are the only ones allowed to comment on a PUBLIC site. By the way, my foot ripped out of your piece of shit bindings and a dislocated my shoulder. Give me a new pair. Bitch.

  • YAMS MAFIA

    You guys are right, they take everything too seriously. Rock climbing = hood. Toast as hell.

  • shawpaw

    holy shit. japmob for life we stay grinnin!

  • stop bichin

    stop bichin all u guys are jealouse cuz fdot riders are da best so go fuck urself

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