Team Thunder is a group of friends who like to make videos of themselves snowboarding and such. I had never heard of Team Thunder before I moved to Salt Lake. I went to a premier of their video last year and realized that it was a bunch of dudes I was m
Team Thunder Gold Country Interview Words: Sam Spedale Photos: Dave Brewer, Andrew Miller
Team Thunder is a group of friends who
like to make videos of themselves snowboarding and such. I had
never heard of Team Thunder before I moved to Salt Lake. I went
to a premier of their video last year and realized that it was a bunch
of dudes I was meeting all year long. These guys know what snowboarding
is all about, having a good time with all your friends and doing it
for the love of it. They just happen to document it, and they
do a great job at it I might add. Their video this year is called
“Gold Country”. I can’t wait to see it, I have only heard
of the hammers that have been dropped.
**Interview with Ben Gustafson and Cody Comrie of Team Thunder
So how was your season? It was good, besides the fact that i was broke an homeless. now i got bills commin' out my ass, still broke an homeless. hopefully this video part pays off... shit man. Where are you from? Cody's from Canada eh, Ben's from Mars or some shit... eh, Will's from Utah as well as our editor Sean(momo's), Harry and Dez are from Socal(yuppys). Jared's from Oregon(hippys). Martin is way hicked out in Idaho. some other fools are from other places. How do you like riding and filming in Utah? It's are only option we don't have much cash flow. we're just lucky there's lots of shit to do here. Bein' stuck here forces you to be more creative since most spots are, well, you know. hammer town. What are some of your favorite spots to film and ride in Utah? Anywere you can drink beer and not have to see people. (not the film crew just people in general) so like ogden or the mountains. Do you think you should be allowed to snowmobile up Grizzly Gulch? Cody's never been on a snowmobile. and he hates hiking so ... i dunno.
What video cameras do you use? sony XDCAM and some crappy other ones. How did you get started making snowboard films? A bunch of doods in highschool.
What is Team Thunder? A group of "buddys"who grew up around snow and don't have any thing better to do in the winters but make.... we like to make videos of things. What riders are going to be in Gold Country? Dessere melancon, harrison gordon, cody comrie, will tuddenham, ben gustafson,jordan mendenhall, jared hadi,martin campbell,sara phillips,lance machado, and some other fucktards. Sam who sent us this interview, he's in there.
What kind of style would you say your film is going to be? From the heart style, just cause we love doing it and we're all friends. no one pays to be in our vid, the real style homes. How often do you get to ride without a camera? When Adam or Sean have more important things to do, like girlfriends, or golfing. when one of us forgets the camera. Hangovers. Pretty often Any plans to ride this summer? Jordan, jake(welch), and will are going out to hood this week. Ben and cody can't afford it. Ben's got shit to do and Cody's got court. awsome!
Who sponsored your video this year? snowboardermag, rossignal, brighton, blindside slc, mammoth, northstar, Ashbury eyewear. Is it going to be a rail movie, or backcountry movie,? What can we expect to see? It's got some a both. and some new shit.
Did you get to travel a lot this winter? Not much, we went on a Rv trip through the west, Check out the episodes every tuesday on snowboardermag.com, it awesome. Went to wyoming, like an hour and a half away. Oh! and ogden. So what can we expect from the video? Its hard tootin' your own horn, unless you get your bottom ribs removed. Check out our ad in snowboarder mag. Expect it to be totally radical....man What is your favorite snowboard video? Kidsknow and Thinkthank....... Amp, White balance was way good, Whiskey 3, Ugly Ducklings. Is there going to be a premier for your movie? Were gonna have a few in august...we'll keep ya posted. Who would you like to thanks? ma, pa , marzi, apple G5, skateboarding. beer, $4 gas. public transit, 83 fords, motorcycles, babes, life. oh, and you guys giving us a chance, all are fans( I think we have some a those) we love all of you. any body doin' there own thing or whatever, you rule. Cheers
