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May 08

Jon Hartman Officially On Moment, Officially Oldest Sponsored Jibber Ever

By Dunfee6 Comments

Having just joined the Moment team this winter, 28-year old Team Make a Mess member Jon Hartman became the oldest jibber to make a ski team since Josh Lubeck won the tryouts for the Mammoth High School ski team by throwing shirtless flairs over the actual high schoolers half his age. This lack of older gents in the professional ranks is due in large part to the fact that by age 25, most park skiers realize how stupid they look wearing a large tee shirt over their outerwear in the middle of February. We sat down with Luke Jacobson, Chief Jort Enthusiast at Moment, to get the skinny on why they would make such a horrendous mistake.

BroBomb: Can I get a blurb about the justification behind putting a 28-year old graphic designer/aging jibber on the Moment team?

Jacobson: He wouldn’t stop emailing me for 2 years…. Also, he films more than a 15 year old and loves skiing more than most people do. He is unique, real, and has so much fun its ridiculous. Thats whats important….fun and #sochi

BroBomb: Who can black out harder, you or Jon?

Jortcobson: Oh man, it really depends what season it is. And what we are drinking. I appreciate Jon for being able to hang with terrible terrible combinations of drinks, like Astronaut Piss (Fernet shot with a well tequilla back) or a Space Jam. We can both go pretty deep.

BroBomb: What about a Fernet face-off?

Jortman Luke: Fernet face-off? I honestly think I would win. Anything else I think he would take me. I’ll admit that.

BroBomb: Are there any other older jibbers you’re scouting these days?

Jortcation Jacobson: Is David Crichton 30 yet?

 

*Editor’s note: Did you sell all your tee shirts this winter for ski gloves or drugs? We know the answers is yes, and we also know you sold the gloves for more drugs. But it’s spring and that triple-tall sweatshirt you hand-sewed behind mom’s back ain’t gotta hold it down in the summer heat. So hop on over to the store and buy a Medium or XL BroBomb Mike Tee for only $10! Everyone’s doing it, even Satan himself!

Jan 31

The Hot Possie’s Guide to SIA 2013

By Dunfee6 Comments

Jon Hartman is ready for SIA, and he will not be sorry for partying

SIA is fast approaching and that means that unless you own a company or are a buyer for a big shop (I guarantee you are neither) you are heading to the show to get hammered. Now lets talk rule #1, everyone is there to do business but you, I don’t care if you have a promo or whatever, no one cares, you have a much better shot of making a good impression by not harassing people, drinking beer and having a good time, hell it has always worked for me, which is why this is a guide to boozing at SIA.

Now lets get to the brass tax, the show itself. First off, Denver is not Vegas. I love Denver, it is my home city, it is great but it isn’t Vegas, so you can’t just be drinking wherever you want in the trade show, they are real Nazis about that. However with careful planning you can avoid the Stazi and get drunk all day. Lesson 1, at 4:00 business breaks down as people start to get their buzz on till late into the evening. It is a good bet to hang out over in the snowboard section around this time as the kegs will start appearing aplenty, bands set up and things are dumped out. This is not to say that there aren’t some good keggers on the ski side like Tomahawk and Moment for instance (in$$$$$$$entive), but for the most part the snowboard side is a good bet. Another option for the long span of the day is to sneak in booze, a tell tale sign for security is a non-convention center beer so do your studying the first day, generally they sell plastic bottle Budwiser in the convention center so roll up the street to the liquor store and pick yourself up a case*, throw it in your backpack and be slightly discrete and you will be boozing all day. You can also sneak in liquor just be discrete when taking pulls. Another lesson to remember is not to be afraid to be blackout in the trade show, no matter how drunk you are someone at the party will always be drunker.

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Nov 27

Hartman Joins Moment; Satan Worshipped

By Dunfee5 Comments

Breaking news that you would never see on Freeskier.com: Jon Hartman, the only park skier in history to pick up a new sponsor at 28, went to the Nevadan Riviera, also known as Reno, to be inaugurated into the Moment cult and sign his 20-year, $80 million contract. Activities included drinking wine out of water bottles, skiing park, and fernet shots. Alden Spence, Ryan Hackbarth, Jarrod Martinez, and even Carston Oliver joined in the fun. We assume that copious hailing of Satan also took place.

Jun 14

Hot Posse Season Wrap-up

By Jon Hartley3 Comments

Mythical creator of the ski-handplant and OG Jibij team member Jon Hartman and his pals, Colin Kirkpatrick, Jake Scarzec, Steph Meyers, and Owen McKee (among others), are the Hot Posse. They hail from Colorado and get a bunch of their shred done at Echo Mountain Park and Ruby Hill Railyard. Check out the season wrap-up from some dudes who are old enough to have jobs.

Oh, and if you’re watching this at work or school, be careful because it’s likely to get you in trouble right from the opening frame.

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Jan 15

Unemployment Chronicles of Owen McKee

By Jon Hartley4 Comments

The Unemployment Chronicles of Owen McKee

This is a project that I decided to put together under Trashpile Productions to document my time on unemployment. I had been working full time at a good job, skiing on the side whenever I could. However, circumstances changed and now I have all sorts of time to ski when I am not job hunting. The fun thing about this series will be that it is ever evolving as my circumstance changes. This video series could last anywhere from a couple of episodes to many (hopefully not too many). My friends and I have also been contemplating a road trip in the near future; Utah, Wyoming, Montana, where ever the pow may fall. Each episode will hopefully have some combination of jibs, jumps, pow, and drops. Regardless of what actually happens, each episode will be unique and have an interesting perspective of life on unemployment.