On day 3 of our stay at Mike's place we awoke to a serious snowstorm. We definitely were not complaining seeing as the day before the powder had turned to crap. So as always, these guys made the best of it and Mike being the totally awesome host that he is, let us shred on his masterpiece of a house. This was personally my favorite footage from the trip to Area-241. Hope you enjoy it! Head over to myairblaster.com for the entire Respect Your Elders film.

- Kyle Norman Schwartz
Director of Photography, Respect Your Elders

North eastern Slovakia was hit by a wind storm and washed out a small forest. In Chapter 8 of DECEMBER Travis Parker and Andrew Crawford take advantage of the unusual terrain!

Shaba Pictures put together a review of their winter season featuring Swiss Airblaster rider Boris Buhler!

After a day of boarding in the Zakopane backwoods, Travis Parker and Andrew Crawford head to Slovakia. Check back tomorrow to see what Travis and Andrew find on their shred adventure through Eastern Europe.

In Chapter 6 of DECEMBER Travis Parker and Andrew Crawford take photos with the hottest girl in Poland, hit some jumps, shred and have a good time in Zakopane!

Mammoth kickers? Travis Parker and Andrew Crawford would rather hit a Czech ski jump, how about that for logging airtime? In chapter 6 these two hit the slopes in Poland, check back tomorrow to see more of their shred adventure in December!

Part 3 is all about Europe. Snow conditions were not the best, so Austrian Airblaster rider Alvaro Vogel and friends spent a couple of early days in the streets of Austria before heading to Japan. After Christmas they went for a weekend to Engadin (Switzerland) and found some epic conditions. After that they organized, at the end of June, a night-shooting in Val Senales (Italy).

Re-known backcountry specialist - Tadashi Fuse - began HEART Films (www.heartfilms.com) in 2006 to help create a medium to showcase some of Japan's talents and hidden locations to the international snowboard scene as well as to convey the enjoyment of snowboarding to the masses...It was not an easy step to build this new avenue.  Tadashi moved his family to Canada and started a Canadian company - even though he could not speak much english.  He hired filmers and editors and purchased a fleet of snowmobiles.  Tadashi sacrificed his own riding time to show the ropes to his new handpicked crew.  Tadashi believed that it was time for the Japanese snowboard industry to grow and to be exposed to this new medium.  Tadashi wanted to share his experiences and to document the awesome power of snowboarding in the backcountry.  After 5 years of building and establishing this new environment - the time has come for Tadashi to move on and to let the other riders achieve recognition with their own styles and skills.  Please support our new HEART FILMS’ crew as well as Tadashi Fuse’s future endeavours - YES Now Board (www.yesnowboard.com) and Life Style Project (www.lifestyleproject.info).
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This is the 6th instalment of HEART Films.  With new members added to the HEART Films crew - This Keiji Tajima Film captures the crew struggling as they set out to conquer the backcountry without their mentor - Tadashi Fuse.  If you love snowboarding, powder, and backcountry adventure - this movie will hit the spot.  Captioned in english for a global audience.

Travis Parker and Andrew Crawford arrive in the Czechoslovakia Republic for another day of shredding in Eastern Europe during the month of December.  Check back tomorrow as we'll release Chapter 5 of Travis and Andrew's shred adventure through the Eastern Europe.

Well, Travis Parker and Andrew Crawford shredded Bormio Ski Resort and decided to head to Livigno, Italy for another day of boarding in December. After shredding, they decided to pack their bags, grab a van and leave to the Czech Republic. Check back tomorrow for part 4 of December to see how Travis and Andrew spend their next couple of days during December.