Salomon’s Team Vacation rolled into Japan last winter and this edit is the result. It’s also one of the funnest edits we’ve seen in a long white, with sick riding backing up the good vibes that was clearly had by all…

We don’t know why we added an exclamation mark to Japan, by the way. It just kind of seemed appropriate. Watch this and you too will agree. Japan!

After 3 months on the road Team Vacation finally made it to Japan – and it was insane! We rode amazing snow and met even more amazing people. 

Big thank you to Taka Nakai, Rio Tahara, Teddy Koo, Masato Shibuya, and the rest of the guys for showing us an incredible time. 

Riders: Chris Carr, Louif Paradis, Chris Grenier, Taka Nakai, Scotty Arnold, Teddy Koo, Desiree Melancon, Harrison Gordon, Kohei Kudou, Ryuichi Kabeta, and Rio Tahara.

Unleash The Lens is back for 2012 so we’ll be loading up the van and blasting around the
UK during November and December to bring you two sweet snowboard movies on a double
screening bill. This year we have teamed up with YES. It’s A Movie Too and Team Vacation
from Salomon Snowboards and Bonfire.

In Team Vacation the Salomon and Bonfire crew load up a camper van and tour the US,
Europe and Japan. Jed Anderson, Chris Grenier, Bode Merrill, Scotty Arnold, Louif Paradis
plus a whole host of the Salomon Snowboard and Bonfire team hit up a tonne of resorts and
street spots including some of our very own UK domes and dryslopes. Released as a series
of web videos last season this is the complete Vacation Tour with added extras and bonus
footage.

YES. It’s A Movie Too is the second team movie from YES. Head honchos Romain De
Marchi, DCP, JP Solberg and Tadashi Fuse are joined on screen by an ever growing YES.
family including Frank April and Helen Schettini. If you like out and out killer backcountry
freestyle and insane power riding (and even a few awesome jibs) then this is definitely the film
for you.

The tour kicks off in November and runs through December. All dates are FREE to attend, we
have give-aways galore plus the now legendary Salomon Snowboards and Bonfire pick n mix.
All screenings start at 8pm, no tickets required but get there on time to avoid disappointment.
Here are the all important tour November dates. December tour dates coming real soon.

21st November – Fleet – Propaganda Music Canteen with The Snowboard Shop.
23rd November – Bristol – The Kings Arms with TSA.
27th November – Marlow – The Ship with Sputnik.

Unleash The Lens is brought to you by The Snowboard Asylum, Salomon Snowboards,
Bonfire, Skullcandy, Dragon and Whitelines.

Danimals, Chris Grenier, Justin Fronius, Chris Carr, Joe Sexton, and Louif Paradis spend a day snowboarding at Hyland Hills. Fun stuff for a fun Thursday.

Well we’re calling it episode 1 as we’re certain there’s gonna be more edits to drop from the Salomon and Bonfire teams’ globe spanning Team Vacation. Here’s a recap of the past month. Morrisey, bitch!

In the past month we’ve been through the Northwest, Tahoe, Stevens Pass, Socal, and Utah (with a pitstop in Las Vegas). Here’s a quick recap of a few of the stops. Stay tuned – we’ve got more edits on the way.

We’re currently headed up the east coast with Jed, Carr, CSM, Louif, Grenier, Scotty, and Harrison.

Riders in this edit: Chris Carr, Chris Grenier, Scotty Arnold, Harrison Gordon, Jonah Owen, Sawyer Dean, Keaton, and more.

Film provided and developed by Pro8mm.com

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The Salomon and Bonfire Team Vacation is a worldwide resort and shop tour spanning North America, Europe and Asia. Riders are taking it back to the kind of snowboarding that started it all, riding the chairlift, hanging with friends, and meeting new people along the way.

The team riders been working hard – ender video parts, winning the team challenges, traveling the globe to get the shot and breaking themselves off. It’s time to do something different.

The Salomon and Bonfire Team Vacation is a worldwide resort and shop tour spanning North America, Europe and Asia. Riders are taking it back to the kind of snowboarding that started it all: riding the chairlift, hanging with friends, and meeting new people along the way.

You can follow the team through weekly team edits released throughout the season or by meeting up with them at one of the many stops.

“Most of the team has spent the last several seasons killing themselves for different video projects or contests so it feels like a good time to spend a year riding resorts and having fun as a crew. Not to mention, we’re gonna make a web series and a tour video that is going to be pretty awesome,” says Bonfire and Salomon Team Manager Java Fernandez.

Riders participating include Jed Anderson, Bode Merrill, Jenny Jones, Louif Paradis, Chris Grenier, Annie Boulanger, Harrison Gordon, David Benedek, Josh Dirksen, Desiree Melancon, Wolle Nyvelt, Chris Carr, Sylvain Bourbousson, Taka Nakai, Jamie Nicholls, Kohei Kudo Scotty Arnold and Rolf Nylander.

For More information: www.bonfiresnow.com or www.salomonsowboards.com.