NAME?
Jake Kuzyk

HOMETOWN?
Winnipeg Manitoba

SPONSORS?
K2 snowboards/bindings, Thirty-Two boots/outerwear, Etnies, Ashbury eyewear, RVCA, Elmcompany, Source Boardshop

HOBBIES?
Cook, Skateboard, Film, Edit, Blog (ha?)

VICES?
Candy/Chocolate, Spending to much on Food, mainly Dinner.

LOVE?
Pizza, Perogies, my skateboard, my snowboard, the internet.

HATE?
Fake folks, Immature humans, Hype.

MOTIVATION?
The Final product, I love working towards things with a tangible ending.

ROADBLOCKS?
Fear of the world.

GOALS?
Surf the earth.

SECRETS?
I hate Airplanes, that’s my goal is to surf the earth.

THANKS?
All my sponsors / family and friends. Sandbox. Ashbury. Birnie. Ben Bilocq. Many many others in some way or another. They know who they are.

10 tricks with flow rider Reemo Pearson.

Spotted Zach The Intern from The Berrics wearing a Homerun fitted on their movie field trip.

-Dan

Phoenix Am is coming. Brought to you by,….us.







































Over the past 8 years Cowtown’s PHXAM has grown to be one of the best industry-focused amateur contests. It is another way for AM’s from all over the world to be seen and get more exposure while having a great time. More than 100 skateboarders from across the globe will compete for more than $8,000 in cash and prizes at Cowtown’s PHXAM Junk Jam on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 at the Rio Vista Skate Park in Peoria AZ. The top 40 riders from the qualifying jams on Saturday will skate in the semifinals on Sunday and will be competing for cash purses of $3,000 for 1st place, $2,000 for 2nd place, and $1,000 for 3rd place. All riders will automatically be entered in the Best Trick contest to be held on Sunday after finals. Skullcandy will award a $2500 cash prize to the skateboarder that lands the best trick. Presale tickets will be available for each day at all Cowtown locations and online at www.cowtownskateboards.com for $5. The first 500 spectators through the gates on Saturday and Sunday will receive a free gift bag with a PHXAM t-shirt, magazine, stickers, other freebies from our sponsors, and a ticket for the PHXAM Raffle. The grand raffle prize is a one-year supply of Vans shoes and a custom Vans Fender guitar. Other raffle prizes will include: skateboards, trucks, wheels, backpacks, hats, accessories of all kinds and much more.


-Dan

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-Dan

Thought this was interesting. Maybe you will too.

-Dan

A little late (considering the olympics are already underway), but check out what’s Freddy’s got to say about the state of snowboard progression while in Method’s electric chair.





-Dan

NAME?
- Jody Wachniak

HOMETOWN?
- Oakbank the frozen desert of CANADA, EH!

SPONSORS?
- Endeavor, Electric, Westbeach, Elm, Ogio, Skullcandy, Celtek, Frontline, The Circle skate/snow

HOBBIES?
- Skateboarding with friends even though my shits weak, swimming, music, partying, eating sour candy, going out for sushi, playing PS3, sleeping

VICES?
- energy drinks… bad idea. Shits terrible but that’s all I have to drink, Oh and water… but water is just boring sometimes.

LOVE?
- Family, Snowboarding, Friends, Gypsy Mob, music, sushi

HATE?
- Avocados, most people, bikers, mold

MOTIVATION?
- Well in life my mom, dad and sister for sure, they all really have it figured out. But for snowboarding, skateboard movies, shred flicks, and the fact I know I could be better then I am.

ROADBLOCKS?
-Money, lack of caring, not “net-working” enough, getting hurt

GOALS?
- Film a full part for 8mile and DOPE but long term hopefully be shredding for ever but I’d like to do some acting, pro golfer, be a DJ, do some surfing, travel the world, and meet a ladie that isn’t insaine…? We will see.

SECRETS?
- I used to be addicted to buying lottery tickets, no joke spent like $500 in one week or so. Won maybe $40? Haha if that, not worth it… at all.

THANKS?
- Mom/Dad and Sister for helping me get to were I am. Dan and Alex at ELM for being my first sponsor and keeping shit tight down at the Elm headquarters, all my other sponsors, Bobby meeks, Gypsy Mob Crew, 8mile, DOPE, Sandbox, all the shreds that are doing it and aren’t on message boards hatin.

*You can also check out Jody at the Olympics below*

No idea what any of this says, but I think they like us. Click on Laurent for more stuff you can’t read.

-Dan

This is our screen-printer Paul. At S.L.A.T.E., he was given this fresh pair shades that instantly transformed him into Pauly D “The Distraction”.

“The Distraction” has a way with the ladies.

See. Told you.

What!

-Dan