Heresy Anti-whaling tee

We're doing a rad anti-whaling tee, with profits going to Sea Shepherd. Go read more here: blog post

We don't know who has Copyright on the below image, sorry.

Heresy News - 18 May 2008

Hi there fellow shredders - a brief Heresy update. You can get all the latest news in full at http://heresysnowboarding.com.

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1. Whale tees

Life is short and to be grabbed a hold of, and shaken to death. Who we are is marked by what we do. We strongly believe that the greatest act as a human, is to act on principle for those who can't speak for or defend themselves.

We are absolutely committed to the world around us - both its ecological systems and also to our fellow humans.

Thus, we have instituted a Social and Environmental Awareness Series of products. You all know of our committment to sustainability in the manufacturing process and toward the proper and fair treatment of those making our stuff.

We thought it was time to do something to give back to the world around us that gives so much.

Our first edition of the SEAS series is an anti-whaling tshirt. This tshirt is organic cotton and comes in 2 colours; organic/natural (with sick green thread) and black. The artwork is posted on our page. The art will be printed black on the organic tees and white on the black tees. Nearly 100% percent of the profit from each shirt will be donated to Sea Shepherd - this equates to around $10 per shirt.

So as well as getting an awesome tee, you will be directly helping stop this horrendous practice.

Some of you might disagree with Sea Shepherd's methods but multi-lateral diplomacy is clearly failing. It seems as though uni-lateral direct action is needed. Currently we support Sea Shepherd's methods, but should these be deemed illegal, we will redirect the funds to the WWF or Greenpeace.

Even if you don't agree with us on this, that's cool, just have a look at the picture we've posted for the news item for this to see why we do not like this practice.

Thanks to Dan Marsh of The Red Eyes (http://myspace.com/themightyredeyes) for the art.

We'll be doing a few of these for other causes as well, so stay tuned. If you'd like to get involved in the artwork, please email us.




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2. Boards

Our new boards are two weeks away - pictures are posted on our blog at m and should be available for sale on our store within 3 weeks. They're selling quick on pre-sale so if you want want, jump in soon.

We're super excited about this year's lineup. It is our most balanced and complete lineup yet. Again we have concentrated of park weapons, but have produced some directional twins as well. The D-twin is only available in the Guild of Powder Assassins board and has the stance back one inch.

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3. New gear

The new gear is continuing to flow in based on sampling across the southern summer and we've added some scarves and rad new beanies to the lineup. Photos for these items, as well as another couple of new hoodies, tees, and girls singlets, will appear on the store over the next few weeks.

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4. CMYK09 Ltd Ed Snowboard

We have one remaining 2009 sample CMYK Ltd Ed snowboard left in a 157cm length. We only produced a few of these this summer as sampling for next year. So if you want a 2009 Heresy park weapon, check it out on the store at http://www.heresysnow.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=51&zenid=e3bdd7948b0070c9d9833e16feb739a4.
This design will probably not run next year, so if you want to be one of only a handful rocking this art, you know what to do.

That's all for now, ride safe.

Humans are really, really dumb

Before you go off the deep end, I want you to sit, read, think.

Look at this baby.

This is a grey wolf sc: Canis lupus. The wolf as a species is very old. This is a Columbia Valley/Northern Purcells one. Wolves have been living in harmony with their surrounds for many thousands of years. They kill for food, and can be killed for food.

Wolves do not breed beyond what nature dictates they can. They are smart, smart animals.

Wolves also happen to be a keystone in their ecosystem. A keystone is a stone, for instance in an archway, that supports the entire arch (the stone at the top, in the middle). Remove that stone, the whole thing collapses.

A little while, down in Yellowstone National Park in the USA - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Yellowstone+National+Park&ie=UTF8&ll=44.777936,-110.544434&spn=9.326876,21.269531&z=6&iwloc=A - many wolves were culled (almost to extinction I think). This was so hunters, yes, HUNTERS, had more elk and deer and the like to hunt. Leaving aside the whole hunting thing, how is the logic in that little cracker. Oh wait, it's devoid of logic.

Anyway, because humans are realllllly stupid and arrogant, they went and messed with the keystone, and lo and behold, elk and deer numbers (maybe caribou too, not sure) exploded. Then what happened? They started eating all the foliage low to the ground. This mean new young saplings were DEMOLISHED. No regrowth. No food for other animals.

What happened next? Birds and other animals disappeared. The place went haywire and I am told resembled a ghost town.

Some smart cat worked out the wolves needed to be there. The wolves were re-introduced and BANG, balance was restored and now the park is thriving. By the way, the figure given to me for the time between wolf introduction and restoration was frightfully short. Something in the number of single years. That's a very short period for a balance point to move in nature.

Now that's a lesson worth remembering.

Isn't it? Guys? Hello?

Well, it appears not. Now, I thought Canucks were reasonably enlightened souls, but it seems back West, boy howdy we have some evolving to do. Westies, they're reading back East! So hunters in Canada, not content with living in some of the most stunning natural terrain I have seen, and being able to ski, kayak, mountain bike etc, well, they need to have a bit of gun shooting to compensate for whatever is missing in their lives, and shoot some deer. Problem is, these humans are either:
a) crap hunters and scare the game away and thus can't find any, or,
b) they're too lazy to become good hunters, or,
c) the game are smart and go hiding (caribou case in point, same for wolves)

I am picking it's a combo of all three. So, these clowns want to shoot deer and elk (ok, ok, I supposeit's the same as fishing, but ONLY, if they eat all the game and don't go whacking stuffed heads and whatnot on their mantlepieces, I mean, COME ON).

So what does logic tell them....create a controlled environment full of said game? Nope.

Be better hunters? Nope.

Oh wait, let's take out our competitor the wolf. So now there is a very real possibility of a wolf cull throug capture/neutering or poisoning/shooting.

When will we learn?

The stupidity amazes me. Well, actually, no it doesn't.

Anyway, if you go to www.northernlightswildlife.com you can learn more.

It's a disgrace, it's a travesty. Where's Derryn Hinch, "Shame, Shame".

2008 Boards

Here is the oil on our 2008 boards - The twin Mirrors in black and white and The Guild of Powder Assassins. Rock.

The basic specs are below. More specifications are at heresysnowboarding.com/store.
- 148, 153, 156, 159
- centred stance, twin
- non-ABS sidewalls (ABS sucks)
- 12 pack inserts
- sintered 7500 bases
- triax fibreglass
- full wood cores (NO foam)
- Full specs to follow

*** We are also doing some custom changes on this like directional twins, different flex patterns and graphics - contact us for details.

Standard White - RRP$650AUD including free tshirt and stickers


Limited Edition Black - - RRP$750AUD including free tshirt and stickers


VERY limited edition Guild of Powder Assassins - RRP$750AUD including free tshirt and stickers

Day 25 - Whitewater powder

Ho hum. More powder. We estimate around 2ft of fresh in 2 days. Some sort of joyous winter wonderland.

After yesterday's debacle with the hire car, we had to hitch. I was in no mood for hitching, or indeed riding, but Packy's subtle and infectious enthusiasm plus the sunshine got us there, of course I needed some help from Oso Negro Oso Good coffee. Woy yow eger cafe.

I hitched for the first time in my life (thanks fella) with Pack, and a Venezuelan shredder who it turns out is from our hostel.

Here are some photos - apologies for the non profligate nature of this dispatch but we are about to go to the airport.

More to follow on this day, the previous day and our last day.

Day 24 - Whitewater powder

More powder. Just epic. More description to follow, but knee deep (deeper in parts) freshies. Unbelievable.

I have a lot more photos but have to Photoshop them as they're a bit dark. Silly me got excited and forgot to wind the ISO on ze camera out to 400.

The hike to Shortside begins.

The view down toward the final hike. Apparently Packy was mooning me. Thank the Lord I only had a wide angle lense on. It is looking rather white down there, though.

Entrance to Powderland.

Ripping and shredding. Bananas.

I had the shutter on 1/15th from a previous shot to capture the heaviness of the snow through blurring the flakes. I forgot to wind the shutter out to 1/1250 and this is the result. Came out all art. Mistakes rule.


Phil goes Bossssshhhhh. Bosh bosh. Like some sort of powder banshee.

Hershey-holic

This is Packy's side of the car. Hmmmm.
Now, he'll claim I've eaten as many, and it's just that I throw mine out so there's no evidence, but this is patently absurd. Just some sort of creamy, cookie-ish chocolate herring.