FAT GYPSY PARTY

Posted on 7 May ’13 by admin

Soirée FAT GYPSY PARTY jeudi soir au Wanderlust Paris !
-FAT line-up avec : Irfane des Outlines, Lil’ Mike du crew BIRDY NAM NAM, les DJ R-ASH et Manaré
-Diffusion du docu sur les légendes du Skate 80′s “Bones Brigade : An autobiography”
-Défi de bras de fer Sailor Jerry
-Entrée gratuite !

We are hosting a big FAT GYPSY PARTY at the Wanderlust this Thursday ! The line up for the evening : Irfane des Outlines, Lil’ Mike from BIRDY NAM NAM, DJ R-ASH and Manaré - First screening of the skate documentary Bones Brigade in France - An arm wrestle organized by Sailor Jerry (win a wrestle, win a shot !) – Free Entry !!

Sisqo and skiing in AVORIAZ

Posted on 7 Jan ’13 by admin

The Rock on Snowboard Tour is the veritable ‘Cancun’ or ‘Spring break’ for all young snowboard enthusiasts who, after 7 months of waiting for the first snowflakes to fall, head to Avoriaz to try out new boards and emancipate themselves upon the pistes of the Alpes. Subsequently, it’s also notorious for its ‘wild’ parties.

MENTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!

Like a lost puppy, or rather an opportunist who knew where the real party was going down, I tagged along with the crew who I’d come down from Paris with from the hip-hop channel OFiveTV.”Whaaat the fuuuuck? You’re hanging with the enemy!” One guy gracefully stated, in reference to the fact I work for Canal Street. “Erm, yeah…” I bewilderdly replied.

Anne Flore and Willaxxx

‘Grills’ at the breakfast table

For Anne-Flore and I, it was the occasion to ride and hang out with people from outside the industry, so no equipement / rider / competition talk, instead, the week-end was spent eating fondues, drinking vin-chaud and getting loose at impromptue Alpine caberet nights. All that and some mandatory skiing on the heaving pistes.

Ofive TV and SOSH font du ski

AF… what a babe

Disney’s SPOT Mag filming with the French snowboarder, Anouck Grau

Between Sisqo impersonations from Willaxx and style lessons from the journalist Juliette (who was making no sartorial errors for the sub-zero temperatures, keeping her low boot Doctor Martens on throughout the week-end) and the gorgeous ‘Sandy Booty’ who had the immense pleasure of organising the trip, we didn’t get to test many boards, but the Rock on was definitely a fucking sick week-end for us all.

Sandy who was serenaded in the cheesy cabaret restaurant

Thanks Sandy and SOSH for the trip x

Check out their comic take on of the Rock On Snowboard Tour :

8 things you HAVE to do in Montréal before you die

Posted on 20 Sep ’12 by admin

For those who aren’t familiar with North-American history, Montréal is a part of the Canadian province Quebec, colonised by the French in the 17th Century. It still remains a French speaking province, the Quebecois accent ressembling a mélange of American and old French.

Proud of it’s French roots, there’s evidence of Gallic influence all over Montréal, from architecture to the music, although the cuisine must have been overlooked. The Montreal national dish comprises of chips, gravy and cheese. Word. After spending a week in the city, I decided to draw up the top 8 things I you have to do in Montréal.

8. Eat a smoked meat sandwich. Everyone recommended Schwartz’s. We went to Nickels.

7. Party. The Quebecois aren’t too bad at that.

6. Buy a racoon hat. Cyril Sneer was a head of his time.

5. Check out the local sites. “La Caleche de Sexe” means “The Sex Wagon”, just in case you were wondering.

4. Eat a ‘Poutine’. Just so you can say you’ve tried it.

3. Go skating. Because everywhere is smoothly concreted, no cobbles, paving, etc, the ground screams to be rolled on. A European skaters’ wet dream

2. Take a photo of a Céline Dion poster. Because she’s Quebecois. And beautiful.

1. Pick up some souvenirs in DollaRama. Because there’s nothing more satisfying than buying a Canadian Ice-hockey hat / dreamcatcher ’Made in China’.

My Gypsy Birthday

Posted on 2 Jul ’12 by admin

After my 50′s themed party in England, I thought my birthday festivities had come to an end for the year. Until Thursday evening, when J-Bay informed me we had to go film for the show in Paris. The whole week had been spent moving into our new office, so the last minute organisation for the shoot was rushed, Jeremy saying we had to run by the new office quickly to pick up the camera.Fifteen minutes later, we arrived at the hanger to pick up the material, only to be greeted with a huge “surprise!”

The hanger had been totally converted with the addition of a caravan decorated in fairy lights, the boot of the FAT mercedes was heaving with beer and rosé and of course, all of my friends from past and present were there. All the ingredients for what was a brilliant night.

Cheers J-Bay and Ben xx

America in Paris

Posted on 28 Jun ’12 by admin

Being English, there are very few culinary delights that I miss. When ever I’ve visited shops that import British ‘specialities’, the products on sale resemble more of a 1941 ration- book : Crawfords Cream Crackers, Beef OXO, Marmite or Digestives - I mean who EVER eats Digestives unless it’s to make a cheese-cake? Which brings me to cheese-cakes, only the Americans could take a bland English biscuit and transform it in to something desireable with the help of American soft cheese. The Extreme Makeover of desserts, or the only time a French person would utter the words ‘good, American and cheese’ in a sentence, although not necessarily in that order.

Which brings me to the party I went to last night, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the web site Yumise, that proposes all your favourite American ‘gourmandises’ delivered to your door. The buffet table was array with Reese’s Pieces, Lucky Charms, M&M‘s and Dr. Pepper, Mrs Field’s cookies, brownies, carrot cakes - an inevitable dieter’s nightmare. Not forgetting the FAT Tony the Tiger ! (Which my grandfather designed, btw..)

And then the time came for the birthday cake, a pina colada flavour cheese-cake.

Sooruz Wake and Country

Posted on 27 Jun ’12 by admin

When the police come not once, but THREE times, in the same evening to try and calm a post-competition party down, you can safely presume the sponsor is going to have a lot to say in the morning. That IS, unless the sponsor was there!

Synonymous for it’s wild parties and even crazier staff team, the Sooruz Wake and Country went down last week-end at the TNG cable in Toulouse. With it’s 1,6 km of cable track and obstacles ranging from a ‘ghetto pipe’ to a flat bar and three kickers, in water that will never require more than a short wet suit, it’s a wakeboarders wet dream. Add the worlds best riders, some wild parties and a fun week-end was had by all.