Maybe not Rookie of the year – YOUNGEST PERSON OF THE YEAR – RED GERARD
Ok, while he didn’t get Rookie of the Year, but you have to admit there was some pretty big competition there, I mean Danimals and Brandon Hobush? So much in fact, that even YoBeat couldn’t decide and gave it to them both. While I don’t know what in the world Youngest Person of the Year means, but hey, at least he won a category! Here is a link to the official results: https://www.yobeat.com/2012/12/14/yobeats-official-awards-2012/
VOTE FOR RED ON YOBEAT – Rookie of the Year
Yobeat Reader’s Choice Awards 2012:
https://www.yobeat.com/2012/12/07/yobeat-readers-choice-awards-2012/
2nd Place So-Gnar’s Shred Circuit Contest Stop #1 – Woodward @ Copper
Taken from the S0-Gnar site – https://www.so-gnar.com/2012/11/so-gnar-shred-circuit-contest-results-stop-1-woodward-copper-photo-recap/
With a fresh six inches of powder and some colder temperatures, it felt like the Winter Season had finally arrived. The 2012-13 So-Gnar Shred Circuit Contest Series kicked off the season with the folks from Woodward @ Copper for Shred Circuit Stop #1. The Woodward Park Crew built a fun, early season ultra creative set-up which the riders definitely destroyed and sessioned together feeding off of each others energy to see who will be taking home the 1st qualifying spot for Shred Circuit Finals at Winter Park Resort April 13. With pow landings and some super technical tricks, the event was a blast. The Red Bull MXT provided great sound for the competitors to get their early season hiking in and win a bunch of great gear from the tour sponsors. All photography is courtesy of Chris Faronea and Tripp Fay. Next Shred Circuit Contest Stop will be held on Saturday, December 1st at Loveland Ski Area, Colorado in conjunction with So-Gnar’s 1st Stop of the 2-day Snowboard Camp Tour season. Here are the Woodward @ Copper Stop #1 results:
Overall Winner – Josh Boeser, 2nd Place- Killin It Award– Red Gerard, 3rd place- Creativity – Dylan Okorowski
ARNETTE
Red did an autograph signing for Arnette in Denver last Saturday. He got to hang with fellow teammates, Andrew Brewer and Sage Kotsenburg so how could he not have had a great time. Here’s some pics from the event:
Tricks for Treats Rail Jam at Woodward at Copper
One of the first rail jam’s of the season was held at Woodward at Copper last Sunday. Yeah, maybe it was indoors, but it won’t be long until you can take your tricks back to the hill…both Keystone and Copper open this weekend! Red took first in men’s snowboard and second in the bowl jam. A goulish time was had by all. Check out Woodward’s video to see the action:
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Mobbin A-Basin with Red Gerard and friends
Words from Snowboard Mag
Mobbin Wear headed up to Arapahoe Basin for opening weekend with Red Gerard, Blake Axelson, Grant Giller and Bradon Rohrbaugh and put it down on the six-features set up.
HOBOS AT HOOD 2012
Here’s Colin Walter’s latest edit, featured on YoBeat.
Words – YoBeat:
All your favorite snowboard bums, I mean, Hobos in one edit!
Riders: Red Gerard, Danimals, Paul Gilbert, Jared Jordan, Riley Nickerson, Jordan Smalls, Mary Rand, Marcus Rand, Bobby Blumpkin, Justin Fronius, Derrek Lever, and Mark Wilson.
RED’S LATEST INTERVIEW – SNOWBOARD MAG
Taken directly from Snowboard Mag’s site: https://snowboardmag.com/stories/redmond-gerard-will-destroy-us-all
Redmond Gerard will destroy us all!
Words: Josh Ruggles
Get ready because there’s a new kid in town and he’s good — scary good. If you haven’t heard of Redmond Gerard, then you best get familiar. The 12-year old Colorado youngblood makes most adults look silly by dropping man-sized hammers with style and ease.
When he isn’t cutting up resort jumps and rails, he’s carving up bowls at the skatepark with equal intensity. And for a kid still in middle school you could say he’s ahead of the game. He can make his 126cm board do things that even seasoned riders will never attempt.
Red shows us, when standing sideways he will lay waste to, well, anything he chooses. Luckily, we had the chance to interview the young phenom and survived to tell the tale.
Be afraid, here is Redmond Gerard.
How old are you and when did you start snowboarding? What was your first day like?
I can’t say I really remember my first day. I was two when I actually started snowboarding, but I was probably like one when I first went on a snowboard. My Dad taught me how to snowboard, but I really, really wanted to catch up to my brothers. I remember my Dad letting me bomb down the hill and then just falling on my butt.
Who are your current sponsors?
My sponsors are so awesome to me. They are Burton, Arnette, Woodward at Copper, Camtrol, Celtek, NXTZ, and Hobo.
Where is your local mountain?
Well I am pretty lucky to have so many great mountains nearby. I have an Epic Pass, which is pretty sweet so I will probably ride Breck the most of those mountains. Woodward at Copper gives me a pass to Copper to take my tricks I work on in the barn and out to the hill, so I ride Copper a lot too.
Who are your biggest supporters in your snowboarding?
Besides my sponsors, my brothers, Robbie Sell, Adam Pearce and Matt Guess.
What are your favorite tricks on jumps and rails?
Well on jumps I like front 7s and back 7s, and on rails I really like back blunt 270 and front 270 on.
Safety tricks?
Back 7, front 7, cab 5, back 9 and working on making my front 9s look better.
I saw your double cork attempt on YouTube, have you put one down yet?
[Laughs] Everyone asks that. Not yet, but I hope to this winter in pow, then take it to a park jump.
What other tricks are you working on now?
Front 9’s, front 10’s, cab 9 and switch back 5’s and 7’s.
Are you more interested in competition riding or making video parts?
Both, wherever snowboarding takes me.
How do you focus on shredding, school and still being a kid?
Well, like times right now I hang out with my friends, but when snowboarding starts I get out at 11:42 and just go straight to Breck, Copper or Keystone. But this year I want to do more powder and street stuff too.
You can get pretty gnarly on a skateboard as well, which do you have more fun doing?
Well I recently did an interview with Buoloco and in it I said skateboarding, but I kind of have equal fun in both.
Who in snowboarding do you look up to?
Chad Otterstrom, and why I say Chad is because no one realizes how good he actually is. He was telling me the other day that he learned two new doubles and in my opinion I think he is really sick.
Do you work to ride like any pros or do you just ride the way you want?
I just ride the way that I want.
Are you as into Justin Bieber as other youngsters or is that the wrong age group?
You might be in the wrong world; every one in my school hates Justin Beiber, other than the girls.
If you could spend a day in the pipe with Shaun White or a day in AK with Jeremy Jones which would you choose?
Most definitely Jeremy Jones I think his riding is sweet and in a way I want to be like him.
The Bangshow, Vidoegrass Premier
Red attended the Bangshow, Videograss premier Wednesday night in Denver with two of his mentors, pro snowboarders, Matt Guess (pictured) and Chad Otterstrom. Red’s brother Brendan was featured in the Bangshow. Red wanted to be one of the first to witness Brendan’s skills onscreen (even Brendan hasn’t seen the video yet) .
Chris Ferris Memorial Skateboard Comp in Breck
Red took first place in both the street and bowl divisions of this 3rd annual memorial skateboard comp held at the Breck skatepark this past Sunday. Chris Ferris was the former owner of Big Hit skate and snowboard shop in Breck and had a big influence on the local skate community.
Photo by Erik Richard Unger of the Summit Daily News
SHRED ON MAGAZINE
Words from Shred On Magazine’s site – 8/6/12:
Do you remember David Benedek‘s last flick “In Short“, in which we get to see Jamie Nicholls at Halifax riding his famous dry slopes by the age of 14 only and throwing down 900s and other rad tricks? Well, Red Gerard is like the U.S.-version of that back then and is only 11 years old. Even sicker than Jamie back then (no offense..), this little grom blows you away and displays W-T-F on your forehead when watching this kid ride. Check out Red ripping things up here and get a tease of what might be waiting for this kid when keeping it up like that in 5 years let’s say. The world is yours son.
Check out their site: https://shredonmag.com/news/red-gerard/
RED ON YOBEAT
Taken directly form Yobeat: https://www.yobeat.com/2012/08/04/how-red-gerard-spent-his-summer-vacation/
HOW RED GERARD SPENT HIS SUMMER VACATION
We know you’ve been wondering where Red Gerard is in this year’s Best Summer Ever series. At least, we have. Luckily, Parker is on the case and even got Red to answer some questions about his summer vacation.
What have you been up to?
Well I have been in Hood for the whole summer again and have been having another “best summer ever”, riding, skating, going to Hood River and cliff jumping (the little ones) at Punchbowl Falls.
You spent the whole summer at Mt Hood again, where did you stay this time around?
My whole family and I are here in Govy and we are staying in the Grand Lodges next to Collins Lake. I like being up in Govy better than down in Welches. I get to hang with friends easier up here.
Where did you ride?
Mostly at HCSC but also Windell’s, and public park as well.
Who watched over you this time since Brenden moved to LA? Did you miss him?
Well last summer Brendan had to watch me, but this summer he needed to babysit my brother Trevor, who just moved to LA. You know, you gotta be willing to make sacrifices for the good of the family…. So, my mom and dad are with me this time but I miss Brendan so much. Riding with him every day was a dream come true. One of my brothers, Malachi, is here though, my team manager at Burton got him a pass to HCSC this past session so he could film. We had so much fun riding together. It was kinda of a bummer not being able to ride at the camps with him this summer. I ended up spending a lot of time riding public park too
What’s been your favorite part about Hood this summer?
Well we had a 3-day Burton shoot. Two of the three days were night shoots and I had so much fun getting snowmobile rides and riding with my friends Brock Crouch and Gabe Ferguson. I had the best time of my life.
Do you have a girlfriend yet?
There are so many girls at camp seems like it would be easy. No I don’t, they all leave at the end of the session, then it would be like a phone relationship, haha.
Do you think they think you’re a little girl because your hair is longer than theirs?
Haha, yeah probably.
Who have you been riding with? What groms should we be watching out for?
I have been riding with every one from last year, Toby, Gabe, Chandler Hunt (watch out for Chandler) not Tucker Andrews, where is that dude anyway?
Probably hiking through the mountains in the middle of nowhere being awesome. Have you landed the double cork this summer?
No I have not. The next one is cab double nine I haven’t done it yet because I am scared and waiting for a perfect jump at Breck
Whats the wildest thing you have seen this summer?
Most definitely the Chinese person who did the triple backie on a 45 footer.
I’m pretty sure that guy was Japanese.
Whoops, how am I supposed to know these things.
Whats new with Cobradogs? Are you still interning there?
Haha, haven’t been working as munch this summer but they’ve still been hookin me up.
What are your plans for this upcoming season? Contests? Traveling? Where are you gonna be?
I think kinda the same places as last year but I want to do a lot of powder and street, not just be a park rat.
Who is sponsoring you these days?
Arnette, Burton, Woodward at Copper, Celtek, NXTZ, Cobra Dogs, Stance socks, Skullcandy and Hobo
Check out Red’s interview on Buoloco
Just click on this link:
https://www.buoloco.com/web6/content/red-gerard-metal
The Launch Presented By Red Bull: Day 4 Video | Snowboarder Magazine
We cannot seem to figure out how to embed the video from Day 4 of the Launch into the site. BUT, if you click on the link below, it will take you to the real deal on Snowboarder Mag’s site.
The Launch Presented By Red Bull: Day 4 Video | Snowboarder Magazine.
On Day 4 at The Launch, Snowboarder Magazine is proud to unveil it’s very own Red Cam. Check out the action from Red Gerard and our Super Grom crew as well as the massive ravine gap conquered by Ben Ferguson and the Mindnichs.
THE LAUNCH 2012: DAY FOUR PHOTOS & RECAP
No pictures from Day 4 of the Launch but we are told that a video will be posted. Red had a great time, hard not to in the awesome weather we were given and the opportunity to ride with such awesome riders. Here’s s an excerpt of some final words from T-Bird from Snowboarder Mag‘s site, click on the link to get the whole story and see some awesome shots of Ben Ferguson:
Meanwhile, I spent a good part of my afternoon lapping with the little guys. Red Gerard, Brock Crouch, Gabe Ferguson, Cody Warble and cohorts were flying down the hill hitting every feature both in the public and Launch park while I was attempting to keep up. It didn’t work. These kids truly are the future of snowboarding. Stay tuned for the exclusive edit coming soon. I must say though, their youth rubbed off on me, and I had one of the best times ever lapping with these little guys.
THE LAUNCH 2012: DAY THREE PHOTOS & RECAP
Here are some extremely condensed words (basically just the sentence about Red) taken from the Snowboarder site. For full (and much better) coverage check out Snowboarder Mag‘s site:
Day three of The Launch 2012 Presented by Red Bull at Bear Mountain, California was the best yet…hands down. The morning started off with a similar crew from last night’s sunset session…Red Gerard, Stefan Krumm, Zach Normandin, Brock Crouch, and a handful of others were sessioning a high speed line into the pole jam…Basically, today was the day that The Launch got really “frickin’” gnarly.
rider: Red Gerard, photo: Huggy
THE LAUNCH 2012: DAY TWO PHOTOS & RECAP
Another beautiful day at the Launch. Here’s an excerpt of what Snowboarder Mag‘s site had to say about the day (click on the link to get the full story:
After the redirect, the action moved down about 100 yards to the channel gap. Opting to ride along the deck and gap over the channel in a more unorthodox way, Sam Taxwood, Jaeger Bailey, Blake Paul, Red Gerard, Max Warbington, Stefan Krumm, Ben Ferguson, and a handful of others displayed tricks far beyond their years for about an hour with front 180s, straight airs, back threes, and even a one-foot backie, courtesy of young Jaeger, who is emerging as one of the most impressive riders in attendance.
Red Gerard has a tighter stance than Jed Anderson. photo: E-Stone
THE LAUNCH 2012: DAY ONE PHOTOS & RECAP
Day one of the highly anticipated Launch at Bear Mountain went off with weather more suited for the beach, giving off vacation style vibes. Not exactly optimal snowboarding conditions, but no one was complaining and everyone was having fun. Here’s an excerpt and a shot of Red from Snowboarder Mag‘s site – hopefully more to follow!
Other standouts included Blake Paul, who was putting down crazy backside three seatbelts and sending the big quarterpipe, San Taxwood and Max Warbington, who planted their palms on the up/down rail set against the quarterpipe. Zander Blackmon’s 270 to methods, Jaeger Bailey’s back rodeos, Red Gerard’s skate-inspired redirects, and of course Hans Mindnich’s alley oops were some of the best tricks during the afternoon session on the jump to quarter wall.
Little Red going big. rider: Red Gerard, photo: Mike Yoshida
Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam
The PB&J Rail Jam took place at Keystone yesterday. Red didn’t feel like he brought his A game to this one (probably just had his mind on his trip to Big Bear that he was leaving for after the comp), but it was enough to earn him a second place finish – off to the Launch!
Taken from the Volcom website: Stepping up to the man sized contest site, the 15 and under division unleashed the furry. Spin on/spin out, locking lips through the elbow, and stylish presses were all part of the action these young guns put on display. Bradley Luff ended up taking the victory with a lethal combination of style and aggression. Not far behind was Redman Gerard and Isaiah Woodworth taking home the 2nd and 3rd place positions.
Wild on B – Kids at the Launch
The Launch is coming up, one great place to see snowboarding’s newest up and coming talent. But while we’re waiting for everyone to congregate in Bear, Burton put together this video from last year’s Launch in Park City – check it out!
Last spring the Youth took over Park City, Utah for Snowboarder Magazine’s “The Launch”. Launch was an appropriate name for this event because everyone was going huge. For such young riders, the talent being displayed was on a whole other level. The huge crew of Zak Hale, Ben Ferguson, Kyle Mack, Brock Crouch, Ben Watts, Redmond Gerard, Nick Baden, Carter Smalley, Tim Kevin Ravnjak, Brock Waring, Harrison Gray, Alex Andrews, Darren Mack and Stephan Maurer destroyed Park City.
WOODWARD WEDNESDAY: SPRING BREAK
It’s Woodward Wednesday! Hope everyone is shredding on this gorgeous day! Check out this week’s edit featuring Stevie Meskill, Kyle Hay and Red Gerard. As always don’t miss out on our $35 Wednesday deal which includes a full day lift ticket, barn sesh, and one soda/beer.
BLUEBIRD DAY AT LOVELAND
Redmond and some of the gang from 720 headed out to Loveland on Friday to shoot some photos for Snowboard Colorado. Here are two of them – courtesy of Loveland!
THE LOVE GAMES RETURNS TO LOVELAND PASS
Red participated in his first backcountry comp this weekend taking home plenty of goods for Best Grom – while to be honest, he was the ONLY grom. What a cool comp with four different features scattered throughout the backcountry of Loveland Pass. Check out the full coverage of the event on Transworld Snowboarding‘s site.
