On March 11, 2011 a 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan causing a 23 foot tsunami to hit the coast. The resulting damage has left hundreds of thousands with out water, electricity and camped out in temporary shelters.
Now K2 Snowboarding and Spacecraft Collective have teamed up to help bring a little comfort to Japanese tsunami victims in need. Spacecraft has donated 1500 beanies and K2 Snowboarding is taking care of the shipping along with including several hundred t-shirts, hoodies and beanies.
Once in Japan the supplies will be distributed to relief shelters by Tsutomu-Endo, Japanese photographer and good friend of Spacecraft.
The other morning we picked up the boxes of beanies from Spacecraft and got a chance to check out their beach house office.
Last week Mason was in the office for a team photo shoots and video interviews. He filled use in on headphone company he and a few friends started, Frends. Today a goodies box showed up here at K2 headquarters! At first glance these are some quality products and the Classics fit so nice!
Come hang this Friday and celebrate the re-opening of Buckman’s in King of Prussia, PA with some of snowboarding’s top athletes including Gretchen Bleiler, Danny Kass, Louie Vito and more. check the flyer for details.
K2 Snowboarding is out and about in 10 countries across Europe with the PopThis! tour. Check out the Highest Ollie Tournament in your area. The tour kicked off this past September 24 at freestyle.ch in Zurich. Can you pop it? What do you need to bring along? Nothing – K2 will take care of everything. There will be unique “snow free” ramps made using dry mats. Come and try out the award-winning Fastplant board with Bambooyah technology – you might to pop the highest ollie of your life!
You’ll need to work those thigh muscles though – so get your running shorts on. It’ll be worth it: the overall winner will be flown to Mt. Hood, USA for one week at the High Cascade Snowboard Camp, where they’ll be able to pick up tips from pros such as Eero Niemela! Each tour stop winner also gets a limited-edition K2 Pendleton skate deck and a Planet Earth combo! For tour stops in your area check out k2snowboarding.com or k2snowboarding.com/facebook and get training. The competition will definitely not be taking it easy! The regional winners go head-to-head at the finals in Salzburg. We’ll see then who’s got the pop to make it to Hood!
