The kid brother of the Traveling Circus crew, Jack Borland, has been on the mad come-up in Yoke edits this year.  He is also surely helping Saga to make sure tight pants will be flying off the shelves next holiday season when all you nerds donate your tall-tees to Goodwill and start dressing like Dustin Dollin.  Jack goes through his top 3 favorite tricks.  Our favorite?  Nosepress.

Another edit of justice from the Timberline hype factory that is Jeffrey Kohnstamm featuring the lazy flow of Kieran McSlay.  Kieran was recently added to the iNi Cooperative ski team, an Oregon-based brand that is back on the come-up with some industry vets in the fold.  According to (what we imagined) intern Jeffrey Kohnstamm (would say), iNi Cooperative seeks to:

“Unite da bredren of Jah the most high by breeding product dat avoid da phallacies of Babylon resource use, da bald heads an’ aile dat downpress ma bredren.  Follow back a mi ca all fruit’s ripe jah bredren, ah sey one!”

While you can use this rastafarian dictionary  to translate what that actually means, I’ll paraphrase what I already made up Jeff saying to note that iNi, a clothing line that used to be run “by some wannabe rastafarian burnouts” is now under the control of some more established heads, including Scotty Conerly, who used to manage Pollard, T-Hall, Sammy C. and co. as Dakine’s TM.  Apparently moves are under way to de-rasta the brand, although having John Spriggs on the team with his 6-foot plus frame draped in yellow red and green and hideous dreads seems like an interesting strategy to satisfy such an end.  Some cool pieces are already in the line though (with minimal Bob Barley-influenced details) and I’m all for saving the planet.  Which is of course why I’m road-tripping through Oregon with my snow tires still on.  Shame on me.

Dane Knakkergaard holding it down for Jersey.

Parker White’s gonna have to trademark that safety grab sooner or later, because there’s no doubt it’s going to be #trending hard next season.  Just a little free business advice for Mr. White this Friday afternoon.

Shane McFalls’ edit for Team Yoke for the West Coast Sessions.  Talk about a twofer’ this Friday!

Idea was one of Eric Iberg (correction: and Eric Pollard)‘s pre-rasta pieces of genius, and was pretty much the first ski movie that really gave much credence to style.  This was when Andy Mahre and Pep Fujas skied park on Hellbents with no poles, Mahre doing a stalefish grab years before it blew up as the grab to grab this season.  This movie set the stage for the Nimbus webisodes to follow, and includes the same soft-film look and slow music.  Enjoy a classic and big ups to Nimbus for putting this movie out (a year ago).

As spotted on a super secret media sabotage mission deep in the Mt. Hood… mountain, clothing pranksters the Yoke Collection will be adding goggles to their 2013 winter offerings.  Erik Olson makes them out of a tinfoil mold stuffed with hot glue gun glue, and the lens material was salvaged from the set of Chips.  Word on the street from initial testing is that they fog up immediately and are very uncomfortable.  The Yoke Gogglinators will be available wherever scum congregate, and wherever EBT cards are accepted.

Ah, man.  Being totally badass and shit!

The Janky Films crew, a bunch of East Coast dirt bags who have been living the dream in Tahoe of late, is about as real as it gets.  You won’t find their kit on any forum in Newschoolers because the shit they rock is so old and haggard most don’t even remember when they came out.  This is real motherflippin’ life in a terrible season, Janky Style.  According to my philosophy on the progression of skiing, they are winning.

Nick Hickling and Eric Norman went to Brighton.  50-50′s, straight-airs, and psyche-outs ensue.