Autumn on our side of the planet means spring in the southern hemi, so check out the Oi Mate! boys from a land downunder shralping late-season pow and getting their park slush on…

Boardworld and Olliepop Films present the final episode of ‘Oi Mate!’ – a new series from the land down under. Proudly supported by Forum Snowboards, FYVE Snowboards, Mint Tours, Rhythm Snowboard Shop and Perisher.

In episode 4 we get our last taste of Aussie pow while exploring around the backcountry-side of Thredbo. We get a few early morning pipe hits with Nate Johnstone, before spending the day at Thredbo and back to Perisher with Matt Sedunary. Fyve skate shred Ben Currie hits up Jindabyne Skatepark and a few more lads get in on a jump session at Thredbo Resort. We wrap up the episode with the best of day two action at STYLEWARS, presented by Carlton Dry at Falls Creek.

Australia’s snow winter of 2012 has been one hell of a season! We look forward to seeing you all next year!

Resorts: Perisher, Falls Creek and Thredbo
Riders: Jye Kearney, Mat Galina, Billy Hayman, Reuben Cameron, Charlie Steinbacher, Pete Long, Dan Currie, Jake Koia, LPR, Matt Sedunary, Andrew Fawcett, Ben Fawcett, Doug Mercer, Chris De Campo, Max Buri, Tor Lundstrom, Nate Johnstone and Ben Currie. Also featuring RJMC!

Rip Curl gives us all an early Xmas present: The Full Gum Movie. How considerate.

This early season is starting not too bad: our European mountains start to be covered with fresh snow, last week-end 2 of our riders made a 5*TTR podium in Stuttgart! (Elias Elhardt won and Victor De Le Rue got 2nd) and Lucile Lefèvre, our young Frenchie rider, won the Halfpipe World Cup in Ruka!!

But last season, there was no snow in Europe, and that was just a good reason for our riders to start to live the search and discover new spots. From Argentina to Japan, the only thing they had in mind was powder!!!

This movie deals with their moves all around the world, and we’re happy to share this epic snowboard adventure as a special Xmas present!!

Riders :Victor Delerue,Nils Arvidsson, JF Fortin ,Janne Lipsanen,Elias Elhardt,Nate Johnstone,Victor Daviet,Mati Radaelli,Dani Sastre,Nico Fuentes,Wiley Tesseo,Martin Seiler,Urska Pribosic

The latest part from Rip Curl’s team flick, The GUM Movie, has just dropped and features Victor De Le Rue, Nate Johnstone and JF Fortin getting some pow in Canada. Some sweet slow-mo in here too.

What about a friendly trip in condor and tango homeland to close out the Welcome Home II project? Nate Johnstone, Elias Elhardt, Dani Sastre, Victor Daviet, Victor Delerue, Nils Arvidsson met up with local team mate Mati Radaelli and BQP’s friends to discover breathtaking Argentinean landscapes and have sick backcountry sessions.

Here are some words from the riders about this trip in Argentina:

Nate: “This year, Argentina was one of the funniest trips I have done. Once the snow started falling, it never stopped and we had a couple of really fun sessions. I think one of the best days was when we hiked into one of the back bowls and had untouched powder all to ourselves. Everyone got a lot of cool stuff down that day: Elias landed a really nice cab 5 off of one of the cliffs in the bowl, that looked insane! Over all, it was a really great trip and I had an awesome time. Can’t wait for the next time I get the chance to ride with all the boys again!”
Nils: “Good parties, Argentinean BBQ’s, a skate ramp outside the cabin and snowboarding with condors…”

Stay tuned, Welcome Home II full edit will be released online soon!