I’m incredibly lucky to be able to work with this amazingly talented group of people, and I can’t wait to work on some amazing projects. Thanks to everyone for helping me get here, the teachers at SAIT, everybody at Snowboarder Magazine, and finally all my friends and family.  You can read a great article about WAX in an back-dated issue of Applied Arts.

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December Cover

Hey, that guy is me! So everybody needs to go out and grab a copy, not because I’m in it, but because it’s a radical issue.  And again Snowboarder, THANK YOU.

That's me!

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

New SnowboarderMag.com!

It was a daunting task, to say the least, because the magazine has an incredibly large archive of features, photos, and videos dating back quite a few years.  Luckily I had the help of a few other interns to backdate posts and media, which worked out great.

The largest complaint about the old site, was its user interface.  Most people found it extremely hard to navigate, and they just couldn’t find what they were looking for.  So I cleaned up the front page, added tabs for quick access to top stories, and greatly improved the commenting system.

Here is an example of the FEATURES landing page on the OLD site:

Ugh.

Few problems here! Whats the deal with the blank space under the ad on the left? The articles that are features are tucked away on the side! Instead of being showcased like they should!  Also not much care was given to ad placement, sometimes they would fall right into the middle of a article or paragraph or sometimes cutting off someones comment!

This was all taken into account for the redesign, and I hope you enjoy it.  So take a peek and let me know what you think!

Snowboarder Magazine

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!

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)

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.

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!

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

“The Obama campaign, was the first to fully integrate web and print design as a whole for more consistency. The process was an ongoing work and as he explain: “We were truly making an airplane while on flight.” The website changed a lot since the first launch, but they really needed to get it up and running. It was in constant evolution. During this campaign, it was very important to deliver a clear and consice message and keep sending the message of hope. The team gave the feeling like Obama was already President.”

- from Meet Scott Thomas, NoDejaVu.com