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It was a quiet Thursday morning when Ian Provo and myself decided to head up to the mountains to go ride our sleds around. I left my house and met up @ the Provo residence around 9ish to transfer my sled from my truck to Ian’s two place trailer, because Neil was already off to Powder Mountain shooting with the guys from Future Magazine. We loaded up, headed to Kamas, gassed up and snacked up and then were on our way to Oakley, then up the Weber canyon road. When we arrived at the Thousand Peaks Ranch, it was only us, the bluebird sky’s and some Old-School Bro fixing up his mini snow cat/tank vehicle looking thing (never seen anything like it). We got geared up and headed up into the mountains, following the weber river drainage.

Right away I new it was going to pretty darn epic up there, because there was a good amount of snow in the lower elevations. We had just gotten a nice spring dump and the area we were headed to in the Uintah’s was reporting deep, light, over-the-hood snow conditions. Right as we were getting pretty high up around 10,000 feet or 10,500 feet, Ian spotted a Massive Moose! He was just trotting along in the snow and headed over to a grove of trees, to mow down and then bed down and take a nice rest. We made our last big hill climb out of the weber drainage area and over into a place called Chalk Crick. From there you could see endless untouched powder terrain, tower mountain and nature at its finest! Ian and I were amazed at how much bottomless powder snow there was to be ruped up! There was easily a good two feet, or maybe even more in some spots. When you jumped off your sled it was mid-thigh to waist deep in the super nooks. This area is great for exploring and more specifically great for sledding. Its huge open meadows, with giant rollers and fun natural terrain to get wicked on with your snowmobile. Shred wise it might not be as good, because it doesn’t have a lot of rock or cliff features, but if your into building booters, your pretty much stoked.

Ian and I had so much fun dipping deep with our sleds into bottomless super light, dry Utah powder, that we didn’t even break out the shred gear, just the camera to capture some of the best sledding I’ve ever gotten to do in the springtime! Plus we couldn’t double up any of the steep ridge lines to take pow runs, for the mer fact that it was just too darn deep for doubling up the steeps, even with Ian’s 154 track, lord knows the Yami wasn’t going to be able to handle that ishy. Overall, the best part about the day was that we were the only souls up there all day, besides the Moose, not one other sledder or human to be heard or seen, except for planes and jets in the big open blue sky. A Huge thanks goes out to the Most High and the Utah nature for blessing us with a another Righteous one for the Books!

-ZSiebs

The day was April 5th 2008, a fresh dusting of snow graced the drive way of our 1140 Park Ave. compound. I awoke to a young Irish man named Paddy O’Connor ever so gently caressing my couch while in the corner was a fellow Click employee that is commonly known this side of the Mississippi as Jackie Taylor A.K.A Transgender. After glancing at the clock and realizing it was 8:00AM it hit me that i was not preregistered for this snowboard event i was looking forward to attend this very day called Volcom’s Peanut Butter and Rail Jam, maybe you’ve heard of it. After saying my farewells to my roomate Peter Rocksalt (Youtube Keyword: Techno Viking) I hopped into the young irish man’s trusty bumperless Toyota Corolla and was ridin solo to a legendary mountain called Brighton. Arriving at Brighton At 9:00AM Low on Ipod Battery because this murdered out Toyota Corolla does not pick up radio or take cds cassettes 8tracks etc. Knowing this i had to preserve my battery for go time so i had to wait for registration in a desperate insane asylum like state. Things started to look up though guys in Special Blend looking Volcom outerwear appeared before me. I darted for the registration desk, in a act of desperation i grabbed all the ink pens on the desk to insure no one was taking my spot. Finally i was guaranteed to be in, i filled out remaining paper with false names and addresses just in case they decided they wanted to press charges on me for the high marking i did it the toilet of stall three, minutes before. The only thing i had left to figure out was how to get out of this tight room filled with a mass of hipster kids who were doing more grinding than Zac Flowers in Harry o’s on Myspace night. Low on cash and high on Red Bull I was dodging the fact that i had to buy a lift ticket so i put on my dumb founded face and started the 50 yard hike to the rail setup. 25 yards in I spot a herd of Hebbel look alikes getting shut down by a park crew official telling them they had to buy a lift ticket or they would be police escorted of the premises. Hearing this i ducked behind a tree in a effort not to be spotted. I was telling myself think caleb think just then something shiny caught my eye. It was a childs day pass from April the forth. At this moment i realized this separates the men from the babys . So i grasped the ticket in my hand and approached this shady character on the snowmobile i flashed the ticket in the air know their was a 50/50 chance he was goin to question me. today my friend chance was on my side, he said your good. The hard part was done now all i have to do is snowboard. I hiked to the top of the the setup and started warming up with some mellow 450’s. The day was filled with michael jacksons, scorpions, and Griffin Siebert A.K.A.GTree.The day went good and I came home a hundred bucks richer and with a spot reserved for the championships in Mammoth,CA. Stay Tuned for more of the silent chronicles of a young Flower’s Story.

Results:

15 & Under:

1st: Chase Fromm
2nd: Caleb Horne
3rd: Mike Williams
4th: Rex Cordon
5th: Jordan Morse

16 & Over:

1st: Jeremy Seegmiller
2nd: Michael Kunz
3rd: Ian Van Assche
4th: Cameron Neilson
5th: Will Ermish

Girls Division:

1st: Madison Blackley
2nd: Desiree Melancon
3rd: Iris Lazzareschi
4th: Izzy Lalive
5th: Elise Borelli

Open Division:

1st: Sean Black
2nd: Tristan Sadler
3rd: Caleb Flowers
4th: Stuart Gingras
5th: Trent Sanders

The morning started out with 40 mph winds and then the clouds broke and it was a perfect sunny day at the lab. The CLK doots were killing it! Check out the photos below.

The Click SBS & PC Crew

The Click SBS & PC Crew

Griffin Siebert Boosting off the hip

Caleb Flowers rockin the rock

Joe Eddy is logged in

Sam Stringer gettin some wood

Teddy Heid log peeling

Tommi Ylianttila smooth back 5

Teddy Heid launching the missile

Tommi Ylianttila & Zach Siebert posted on the block

Click HERE to watch Griff’s video on YouTube.

Gondola Blunt Stall

So… ya’ the session started out back on the 5th of March. The crew consisted of Skiing Legend CR “CBUDZ” Johnson, the Provo Bros. Ian and Neil and Myself. We made the trek back to Square Top Bowl and moseyed our way on down to the roller at the bottom that goes into Red Pine Lake, while getting real surfy with it, slashin’ up some of that new Utah Blower on the way. I think it was Ian who actually had the idea of building the jump hip style, coming out of the trees and boosting either across the knoll down into the tranny, or taking it down riders right into the steeper part of the landing. We went to work shoveling blocks and preparing the kicker and the in-run. All day the weather had been kinda weird and we had been getting breaks of sun and then intense lake effect snow, where at times it was dumping really quite hard. About the time we were done building the jump, we all sat down, took a safety/meditation meeting to get the thoughts together and decided that it would be best if we just came back the next day, when we knew the weather was going to be better for shooting.

The next day arrived and the crew got up early to rise with the sun and get to our perfectly crafted hip jump as soon as possible, before a bunch of random Barnyards noticed it and poached it. That’s the only real factor that you have to deal with building jumps where other resort riders can get to, by hiking a couple of ridges with out a snow machine, even though it is technically not owned by the canyons, its right on the boarder and owned by the Osgathourpe Family. I probably totally botched the spelling on that last name…no dis-respect, in fact MAD RESPECT goes out to that fam for letting us guys get wicked on the land!

The session started out with me guinea pigging’ and going way to slow…i think i have a problem with feeling like the speed is way too fast on the first go…i really need to work on that. Neil pretty much slayed it, stomping back five first attempt, and a MEGA back seven after a couple try’s. Big CBUDZ also killed it with a first try stomped three and back sevy as well. A SUPER BIG UPs to CBUDZ for stomping his first seven off a Back-country jump since his accident a couple years back. I myself landed a switch back five, minus the grab and then pretty much ended my session by sub-luxing my shoulder on a funky rag doll. Ian Provo shot sequences and stills and captured some pretty epic ISH! This backside slash photo, compliments of my favorite photog Ian P, gives u a bit of a sneak peak at how the snow was that day. This turn was executed right to the riders right of our epic hip jump.

Thx for taking the time to read my thoughts….make sure to stop back by and check in again real soon to hear about our sledding adventures in Logan Utah. O ya and don’t forget that 40% off sale thats going on right now on all the snow gear. Stop by one of our three shops, or search the site online for that missing item to your wardrobe, before its all gone!

-ZACH SIEBERT

This is the 2nd stop on the Volcom Peanut Butter & Rail Jam Contest. Bear Mountain set up some really fun features and debuted Seth Hout’s signature jib. Griffin Siebert took 1st place in the 15 & under division. Click here to read the entire article and see all the pics on Volcom.com

Caleb Flowers won the Mens Best Trick with steezy inverts & a 5-0 nose tap to fakie on the wallride at Mammoth. He took home a Fender guitar, Rome Bindings & tons of Volcom Proddy. This was the Finals for Volcom’s Peanut Butter & Rail Jam Contest Series. The winners form all over the country were invited to Mammoth to throw down for the Finals. Click Here to read the full article and peep the footage.

Zach Siebert enjoying a fine St. Paddy’s Day up at Park City Mountain Resort. The conditions were IRIE!!! Massive Sun & Slush! We cruised the Jonsey’s park all day with Zach’s younger bro Griffin Siebert and a pack of local groms. The upper jump line to the step-up was the line of the day.

Griffin Siebert

Matt was invited to the Oakley Arctic Challenge by Terje himself. Go to Oakley Arctic Challenge and check out all of the sicky photos. Terje Haakonsen set a world record with a 32 foot BS 360. CRAZY AIR SON!!! photo Frode Sandbech.

Matt Ladley wins 3rd place at the Grand Prix in Tamarack Idaho. Tommy Czeschin won 1st and Louie Vito took 2nd. Matt is 14 years old and is out on the contest scene cleaning up. Watch out for this kid!! Matt’s got the brains and the snowboard skills to accomplish anything he sets his mind to. Read the Snowboard Mag & US Snowboarding articles about this contest. Also check out Snowboarder Mags interview with Matt.

It was a choice bluebird day up in the Uintas with a slim snowpack to work with! We found this little pooshack on the side of the road with just enough snow to hop up and butter on! Turned out to be pretty fun..

Boondockin the ol’ revski around the shallow meadows early season!

Joe Eddy is back!!Winning this contest with his classic stomp and destroy style.Joe took it down to the wire, beating Kier Dillon and claiming 1st.Read the Aspen Times & World Snowboard Guide articles.

This is a great article written about Matt Ladley in Rise Magazine. Matt is motivated to do well in school, snowboarding, and life in general. Watch him blow your mind at a contest event near you this year.  Go to US Snowboarding to check out Matt’s bio.

Our boy Cory Eardley has been puttin’ in work all over Colorado. Dudes got Super-smooth spins, Tech Rail tricks and an irie personality!! Come visit him at The Click Steamboat and maybe he will show you his secret spots. Peep some of his recent shots.

Joe Eddy hucks through some serious fog to win $10,000 at the Mountain High Triple Air. Joe is known for his smooth spin skills in the pipe and on the big kickers. Way to Go Joe!! Our friend Bode Merrill took 4th place. Go to Transworld Snowboarding & Snowboard Mag to read the articles and see all the photos. photos by George Crosland.

Have you seen the new 2-page Section ad of Neil Provo’s 270 sequence yet? Go to the Section website to see all of Neil’s photos & ads and pickup Snowboarder or Transworld Snowboarding mags. Neil Provo (Tear down the Wall)

Caleb Flowers Nose Grind In SLC

Mac Carmony displaying his amplitude on this perfectly executed Melon Boost!

Mac Carmony owning the street course with this BS 180 Melon.

Mac Carmony rollin Blunts!

Mac Boost

Joe Eddy Frontside Flipping out.

Wooje Jang Boosting the nipple in Oakley, Utah

Tommi Ylianttila freestylin with the horses!

Our snowboard team is a collection of talented riders who live & breathe snowboarding.

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Joe Eddy
Tommi Ylianttila
Neil Provo
Drew Fuller
Jess Hakola
Zach Siebert
Matt Ladley
Jari Tuoriniemi
George Oakley
Rosie Williams
Caleb Flowers
Cory Eardley

This was a beautiful bluebird day in the Utah Backcountry.