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Return to Thunderdome

James — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:21:26 +0000

With all the kids starting back at school, the summer has finally come to a close. If it weren’t for the numerous snowboard video premieres coming in the next few weeks, I’d probably be bummed. But I’m not. Soon the sky’s will turn grey and the clouds will unleash that beautiful white fluffy powder, and snowboard season will be here.

I’m really looking forward to a good winter. Having completed my internship with Snowboarder Magazine, I am back from California. It was an incredible opportunity to redesign and rebuild Snowboarder’s website from scratch. I learnt an incredible amount in the 8 weeks of design and development, and am looking forward to continuing development on their site! The guys at the mag are a great group of people, and so HUGE shoutouts to everybody back there in Cali!

Since being back for almost 3 weeks, I’ve only spent 2 nights in my own bed. For some reason, I’ve decided to travel throughout the interior of British Columbia and elsewhere. I kind of feel like Mad Max, hence the post title. I’ve also been spending some time in Vancouver and have really taken to this city. I’m going to do my best to actually move out here and spend at least a year on the coast. The fact that the ocean and the mountains are so close is incredible, and I don’t want to miss the opportunity to experience the city. And speaking of ocean’s I leave you with a pic of me learning to Wake-Surf. It’s not really an ocean, its just Shuswap Lake, but enjoy nonetheless.

3rd Day Wakesurfing

DubsBrothersFilms.com

James — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:26:38 +0000

Just wrapped up a new project! Dubs Brothers Films is a production company based out of Fernie, BC and and currently Stirling, Ontario. The company was founded in 2006 by Matt Westcott and is a reflection of his love for film, sport and his roots in East Kootenay mountain culture. The company run by two very good friends of mine, Matt and Thommy Westcott, and I’m extremely proud of their work and super stoked to have the opportunity to collaborate on their site with them.

Everybody needs to check out Extra.Ordinary. An HD insight into the overlooked shred habits of everyday riders. The film is currently in production and will be available in September. Pre order your copy today, just send the boys a message! You can also watch the trailer for Extra.Ordinary!

Check out their site, they’ve got some sick footy!

It Was Magical

James — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:10:04 +0000

I use to joke with my brother about never going to Disneyland as a kid, and how it totally ruined my childhood. We were never really serious because we had never been to Disneyland and didn’t really know what it was about. Of course we knew it was full of people dressed up in Mickey Mouse costumes and you could ride the Mad Hatter’s Tea Cup ride, but we really didn’t understand the “magic” of it.

Well at the rip age of 24, I finally made it to Disneyland.

It was magical.

Disneyland Main Train Station

Main Street

Lame Rollercoaster

The Matterhorn!

Best Ride Ever (besides Indiana Jones)

Animal Adventures

James — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:56:10 +0000

Amy, my girlfriend, came down to California last week to visit me and whisk me away on some awesome adventures as I haven’t really had a chance to explore California or go sightseeing of any kind. This was a much needed break, because I’ve been working on Snowboarder Magazine’s new website for almost 5 weeks straight.

When Amy got here, I took the train to San Diego and met her at the airport. While down in San Diego we decided to hit up the San Diego Zoo. It was pretty awesome and I wanted to share some of the pics with you!

Flamingos! And lots of them!

Baby Giraffe

Grizzly Bear! Gah!

Hungry Panda. I feel like chinese food.

Finally Settling In…

James — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:30:19 +0000

It’s true, I’m finally settling in here in San Clemente, CA. I found an apartment, finished my first week of work, and am going to learn to surf and I couldn’t be happier.

I ended up finding a place in San Clemente. Its a two-bedroom apartment that I share with a design engineer from Oakley. The location is fantastic because I’m 3 blocks from the beach, and only a 25-min bike ride to work. I took some pictures on the way to work the other day, and have posted them below for you to enjoy!

Since being here I’ve also gotten a few inquiries into some contract work, which is great. Although I’m totally swamped, 4 projects on the go outside of my day job, I look forward to working with some local businesses!

Now onto the job! Snowboarder Magazine has been amazing. I’ve already met some incredibly awesome people. Being able to work at a snowboard magazine doing what I’m doing is basically a dream job for me. I sometimes wonder how I got here and have to remind myself that this isn’t a dream. And I wish I could share with you all what I’ve been working on, but alas, I cannot. But I will post pictures as soon as its appropriate!

I hope everyone’s doing well these days! Leave comments and tell me how your doing! I’d love to find out. I hope some of you are planning trips out here, we’ve got spots for everybody. And I’m sure beers on the beach is the only excuse you need to come down! Take care everyone!

My neighbourhood is so close to the beach!

On the way to work one morning

On the way home from work!

Surfin’ USA

James — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:53:27 +0000

Well for anybody that didn’t know, I have now officially relocated to California. A few weeks ago I was offered an internship with Snowboarder Magazine. I was ecstatic and hopped on the chance to persue my dream job.

So now I’m currently staying at a hotel in San Juan Capistrano, where Snowboarder is located, while looking for a room for rent in Newport or Huntington Beach. As you can tell by the photos below, Huntington Beach seems like a pretty radical place!

So I’ll be updating the site with pictures and other things, you can check my Flickr profile as well. I’ll be uploading photos and things there. Or feel free to add me on Facebook or Twitter!

Surfin by the Pier

The famous Huntington Pier

Sunset at Huntington Pier

NYC Day 1 – Inspiring Ideas

James — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:02:53 +0000

Today marked Day 1 of the Behance’s 99% Conference, and included talks from 10 extremely influential new media professionals. I’ll go into detail of the talks in the near future, but I just wanted to post some photos that I took of today, enjoy!

Looking at Times Square!

Scott from Behance talks about ideas in the workplace

Josh from CoolHunting.com introduces the conference

The back of the New York Public Library

Zombie Characture!

James — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:02:34 +0000

Had this done while I was at a metal festival! It’s so amazing, I’m so pumped that I’ve been zombified!

Zombie Bones!

Abduzeedo Tutorial

James — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:19:04 +0000

Just finished a really fun Abduzeedo tutorial. It plays around with retro geometric vectors, took around 30min to complete and was a blast to work on. I’m hoping to take some of the textures and techniques to other pieces that I am currently working on, I’ll hopefully have something posted soon. So let me know what you think!

Where The Wild Things Are Trailer

James — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:59:03 +0000

Looks like successful director Spike Jonze, Being John Malcovich & Adaptation, has released the first trailer for his new movie, Where The Wild Things Are. This looks awesome in the full 1080P, so chiggity-check it out! (Jonze also directed a ton of Beastie Boys videos, yea boy!)

“Maurice Sendak’s classic book Where the Wild Things Are comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation.” – Apple Trailers

Where The Wild Things Are - In theatres: October 16th, 2009