Online store is now active!
The Voleurz Family is selling their limited edition 2008 collection from now until August; so act fast and be the owner of an original Voleurz tee or hoodie. Our Fall/Winter collection of apparel will be available in September in select retailers across North America.
Just click on "store" and your life will be complete.
We've been a little busy here at the vlrz global HQ- designing clothing, editing video, eating chinese food and doing other really lame things. We took a break from it all to speak with the big man on campus: Bill Good.
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The inaugural Winter Volympics went down in Whistler early this May, under clouds, and in the rain and sticky slush. The weather did little to hinder the spirits, because this low key event is all about bringing friends together.
Slated for the games were events such as GT big air, cross country skiing, GT drag racing, GT Slalom, and a bit of Coors Light drinking. The games began with head to head GT races, which provided entertaining battles down the vacated slope of Cadenwood. Josh and Shayne battled side by side as they ripped down the hill at a medium pace. I ended up going toe to toe with Darren, and much to Darrens dismay I won (By grabbing his shirt and pulling over the finish line ahead.)
The Big Air was of reasonable size for a GT snowracer. Stan Rey stepped up first showed us the GT skills that he was concealing. Without even telling anyone, he hit the jump and spun a backflip. To everyones stoke, the feeling of dismay followed in close suit. Stan rolled his ankle when he landed on the tranny. Heal up for the summer Volympics Stan!
In between big air attempts, racers graced the slopes, and in between races, Jeff Boake threw down mad steez on the GT. He raced his GT to a win against Tristan, 50-50'd a rail to reg and switch, slid a saucer down the hill standing, jumped huge on the big air, and all round was granted the most valuable volympian. He carried his team to a much deserved win.
The Summer Volympics will go down again this summer in Vernon, training starts now!
"OUTDOOR EDUCATION"- a high definition video about the Voleurz Family.
FREE FREE FREE.. that's the price of this years full-length-feature-film by Voleurz. FREE on the internet, FREE in DVD format. If you want to pay for it, we'll charge you $0.00 plus 0% tax & shipping. If you can't afford it then we offer a voleurz payment plan of 0% interest over 0 days.
Get the point?
The first ever FREE video by Voleurz will be released in October. And if you want to be teased.. then here's the "Outdoor Education" Teaser
Featuring...
Josh Stack / Shayne Zwickel / Riley Leboe / Justin VDP / Mike Mertion / Braden Dean / Jeff Boake / Cam Schuster / Jesmond Dubeau / Andrew Jackson / Tristan Jeswiet / Joe Schuster / Justin Dorey / Matt Margetts / & Friends
Get excited. Download our video this fall.
A chairlift ride with Shayne Zwickel..
Darren: "I was gonna go to Hood with Margetts and Ty tomorrow, but I gotta work and I'm too busy."
Shayne: "Shut up and go to Hood."
Darren: "OK"
... And the next morning we drove to Mt. Hood for a private session presented by Newschoolers.com. Windells hooked it up huge with the best acommodation you could ask for.... Indoor skatepark, foam pit, pogo sticks... everything a child could dream of.. And with 3 mountains at our disposal, we we're stokin'!
Here's our 4 day adventure in Oregon... The West Coast Sessions w/ Matt Margetts and Ty Spence
Big Ups to:
CKO, J Schmuck, Ethan, WIndells, Ski Bowl park crew.
PS: For an article on the fashion show, check out Pique Newsmagazine...
Drinks were spilled, speedos were sported and boobies were flashed. No Big Deal. Voleurz held its very first fashion show at Whistlers Longhorn Saloon last week to celebrate the completion of the fall/winter 2008,09 clothing line. Voleurz designers Bruce Giovando and Harvey Li have slaved over this collection for over a year now, and they couldnt be more stoked. The collection consists of 16 product styles with a total of 32 colourways including hoodies, shirts, sweaters and headwear available in stores Canada-wide in August.
A catwalk was built right across the dance floor and models strutted their way to the front, showing off the fresh Voleurz threads. Models included snowboarders Shayne Zwickel and Warren Williams, skiers Josh Bibby, TJ Schiller, Joe Schuster and Peter Olenick, and a handful of fine looking ladies including voleurz own euro spy, Natalie Morel.
In true Voleurz fashion some craziness went down. On stage Peter Olenick was stripped down to his speedos, Joshs Bibbys pirate stache was shaved down to the skin, and TJ showered Natalie with beer... NBD.
The celebration was a great time for all and we're really excited to release our first clothing collection. If youre in Whistler, head over to TMC and check out our current clothing line. Hurry, quantities are low!
Big thanks to our event sponsors
Coors Light, Sapient Snowboards, Liberty Skis, Newschoolers.com, Snowboard.com, Whistler/Blackcomb, Ripcurl swimwear.
And thanks to our event organizers...
Harrison Stoker, Kim Brennan, Jeff Boake, Vero Hamel (Liberty skis), Spencer Topliss (Sapient Snowboards), Mike Macquisten (Coors Light)
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Everyone knows Joey Schuster is recovering from a little boo boo that happened in Euro. But what you don't know is that the day of his departure to Zurich we shot this park spectacle...
Episode 15-"Joe in Slow Mo, Yo"
enjoy,
-Darren
I became sidetracked during a study session at the Vancouver library by a phone call from the powderhound himself- Riley Leboe. He tells me its dumping fresh white in the interior and he's booked a couple rooms at the Monashee Powder Snowcats lodge near Vernon, BC. I've been trying to finish university for 6 years now, and its opportunities like this that keep delaying the process. "Whatever. No Big Deal. Let's shred", I tell Riley.
Justin Dorey, Riley Leboe, Bryan Ralph (photographer) and I arrive at Monashee Powder, where we scope out some of the most unique terrain I've ever laid eyes on. For 4 days Riley and Justin slayed pillow after pillow after pillow after.... I couldn't believe our luck with tits deep snow and sunny breaks. "Holy crap shit", I say to myself, and we proceeded to shred the gnar...
Riley peeps a line, then skis a line.
Justin punches through pow while Bryan Ralph shoots it. Bouncing over powder. bang.
Riley then decides to get ultra-gnar and steps up to this 60ft waterfall drop.
We eat good food. We reside to the hot tub and crush a couple cans.
We then head to Vernon for a couple days to meet up with the likes of skiers Matt Margetts, Cam Schuster, Stu Chapman, and Mike Mertion who were competing at a slope-style event at Silverstar.
Killa Cam styled out some right 540's, Margetts takes it to the next level- frontflip, and Mike Mertion brings home the gold with these crazy switch 7's.
The day is over. We build igloo. We ToeStand igloo. We party. We Fishhook. We ToeStand again (1 and 2). We soak Justin.
A big thank you goes out to the staff at Monashee Powder Snowcats for being accomodating to us young bucks.
-The Voleurz Family. No Big Deal.
"NO BIG DEAL" a Fashion Show PARTY @ The Longhorn Saloon in Whistler TONIGHT!
Models will be showcasing the Voleurz Fall/Winter 2008/09 clothing line along a custom built catwalk inside The Longhorn. The Voleurz Family will be in full force, sending it as hard as it can be sent. No big deal.
We'll also be screening the teaser for our new video "Outdoor Education".
Holler to..
Coors Light, Newschoolers.com, Snowboard.com, Sapient Snowboards, Liberty Skis, Whistler/Blackcomb, Ripcurl swimwear.
Tons of Free swag including...
A pair of Liberty skis, Sapient snowboard, Whistler/Blackcomb passes, Voleurz clothing, ohhh..... and obviously some Coors Light sampling.
Sorry for Partying.
Coors Light invited the Voleurz crew to a Canucks game last week. And much to my dismay, the night before the game I rolled my ankle. Worries aside, it did not stop me from one foot hopping my way down from Whistler and into the upper reaches of GM place.
The evening started with a couple casual beers at the Molson Brewery, from which we piled into a tour bus that whisked us down to the arena where our Canucks were set to play the Avalanche. We found our seats and got out shouting voices primed up for the puck drop.
The first period was un-eventful in the goal scoring department, and it wasn't until the first intermission when things got exciting. GM held a contest, in which the winner would have the chance at shooting pucks into an empty net to win a million dollars. And in the company of Bobby Orr the legend himself, the guy won the million bucks and took home a new whip as well.
The second period heated up as the Canucks took a one goal lead. Shortly there after, the Avalanche tied it, which carried into the third period. The nucks put on the pressure early in the period and barely slid the puck past the goal line to take a 2-1 lead. At this point everything was looking promising for a win, and in the dieing seconds of the third period, a sloppy stick handle led to a turn-over, that subsequently sent the game into overtime. Even though the nucks let it slide, we managed to get our faces on the Jumbo-tron...twice!
Overtime was a pretty weak performance, so the game would be settled over a shoot-out. The avalanche scored two goals, and the nucks only one, and that was it. Although our team did not prevail victorious, it was an exciting game, and the Voleurz crew was hyped to have been there.
We jumped back into the tour bus and headed back to the brewery to drink a few more Coors, and then we called it a night.
Special thanks to Baxter and Mike for inviting all of us to share the experience.