Our new distributor in Italy, Black Hole Snowboards had a great snowboard rail jam event with the Grinch (VALMALENCO CONTEST) They had riders coming from Polish and Norway snowboard Teams, who came here for FIS snowboard world championship. Finally Polish Team won our contest and they got a Grinch as first prize. To watch: http://www.redbull.it/winchsnowfighters
Distortion had the chance to work with the great MTV Jackass crew once again using the Grinch winch for some stunts, it was featured on the MTV Jackass 24 hour takeover to launch the new Jackassworld.com ( click here to watch video from the show)
The Scion Open Rail Jam was a reminder to all of us who wear shoes in the winter, that summer will come again.
A special thanks to John Stoltz of Scion, Eric Staton of Just Ride, Brad Arnold of Golden, Jon Dunn of Incline Productions, Trevor Hawkins of Butterfilm Productions and all the others whose hard work made this event a success.
09/23/07 The Grinch pulls another great event at the Byerly Toe Jam. Some great riding went down over the weekend. Aaron Reed was a standout rider in the wake portion, landing a huge shifty into the flats as well as a nosebone backside 180 and heelside 360. The Toe Jam gets harder every year. Click here for some pictures.
9/07/07 Adam Hart and Josh Sleigh had the privilege of hanging out with the Jackass crew to film stunts with the Grinch winch. Jackass is working on an upcoming video game, and the Grinch is going to be apart of the game. Make sure you check out making of the video game on MTV Friday Sept. 21th. Click here to see pictures from the set.
8/16/07 Distortion welcomes "The Legend" "Godfather" Scott Byerly to the Distortion team. Byerly has been involved since the beginning and became an Icon for the industry. Now he is the most influential movement behind wakeskating. We can't wait to see what Byerly has in store for the Grinch.
08/06/07 Please checkout the latest issue of Surfer Magazine for a 2 page article on the Grinch. Checkout how Josh Sleigh and the Grinch is taking surfing to a whole new level. For more on the article visit http://www.surfermag.com/
03/17/07 The New Mob Group. TV site is up, please check it out. This is a great site for all boarders needs, it also will be doing the Grinch Mobile Tour May 7th.
03/12/07 Tune in to Fuel TV (The Daily Habit) Distortion rider Josh Sleigh will be the guest on the show, make sure you don't miss it. Josh is amplifying the sport of surfing right now! scheduled to air on Monday, March 12th at 6pm PST/9pm EST on Fuel TV and later again that evening at 9pm PST/12am EST .
2/1/07 Transworld Surf launched Distortion's Team Rider Josh Sleigh's video using the Grinch. http://www.transworldsurf.com Thank You for all your support & look forward to keeping you at the forefront in surfing.
12/22/06 Schweitzer Snow Ski Resort hosted Shot in the Dark Jam Series using the Grinch to tow snowboarders and snow skiers into a sick rail setup. There will be 3 more events on January 12th, February 16th, and March 16th. To check out video click here.
11/20/06 Distortion has now made it's way across seas to New Zealand. We now have the support from great guys at Ballistics Wake and Snow. Check out their website http://www.ballistics.co.nz/
10/24/06 Distortion will be at Cory Lopez Nekton Surf Shop for a Grinch demo on Indian Rocks Beach.
10/01/06 Congratulations to Josh Sleigh for making cover of Wakesurfing Magazine. Pick up your copy today!
9/14/06-9/17/06 We will be towing the Wake N' Bake Rail Jam at the Surf Expo in Orlando, FL this weekend. Also, stop by our booth #840 to catch a glimpse of the new 07' GRINCH.
8/29/06 Distortion is on TV! Check out Brandon and Jen on Pull this week on Fuel. This week's Pull features the Hippodrome Wakeskate Contest in Washington that Brandon, Jen and the rest of the "Homeless Crew" attended during their summer winching tour. Even the distortion van got some shots. The pool gap contest was pulled by a Grinch... of course!
