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February 9, 2012
Kimmy Fasani Video: Behind the Camera with Neil Goss

Neil Goss is living the dream. You know you have an awesome job when you get to shred with some of the best athletes in the world all day and Neil does just that. He recently shot our new brand video with Kimmy Fasani at Mammoth Mountain. Here’s what he had to say about it:

“It was fun shooting with Kimmy, she is a professional and knows what shots she needs to get the job done. We talked for about 5 minutes about what shots we wanted to get and where on the mountain we needed to go and then I basically just followed her lead. It makes my job easier when a rider knows what they want and works hard to get the shots. Kimmy is one of the best female riders in the world, she really charges in all conditions.”

Check out the video below:

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January 27, 2012
ZEAL Pick of the Week – #3

There is a lot of awesome stuff going on this weekend in the land of ZEAL. We are currently at SIA in Denver where  ZEAL snowboarder Kimmy Fasani will be making a special appearance at the ZEAL booth tomorrow! Kimmy is a dual nominee for TransWorld SNOWBOARDING’s Riders’ Poll Awards‘ in the Standout Performance of the Year and Women’s Rider of the Year categories! The winners will be announced tonight at Fillmore Auditorium at 8:30 pm. Good luck, Kimmy!

With that being said, here is our Pick of the Week:This was on Kimmy’s recent adventure to Japan on her search for some knee-deep pow. I’d say it was a successful trip, wouldn’t you?

In other news, ZEAL team riders Jonathan Cheever and Alex Deibold will both be participating in the X-Games Boarder Cross events this weekend! Make sure you cheer for these guys if you’re headed up to Aspen this weekend.

Also, to switch over the less snowy areas of the world for a minute, ZEAL team surfer Leila Hurst is in Australia and is killing it at the Billabong World Junior Championship Gold Coast. She’s shooting for the ASP Women’s World Title and is currently in the Quarter Finals!

Super stoked for our awesome team of athletes. You guys are the bomb.com.

And, as always during this month, a picture of our ever so lovely ZEAL girls at our booth at SIA:


 

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January 21, 2012
ZEAL Pick of the Week – #2

This week, our pick is this photo of our girl, Kimmy Fasani:

Why you ask? She just signed with Burton! This is huge for Kimmy and we couldn’t be more excited for her and proud of her. Check out this snippet of an interview she recently did with Burton:

“SF: What was it like stomping that double backflip last year? Can you give us a play-by-play of the day it went down?

KF: Doing the double backie in both pow and park was really exhilarating and fun. Just knowing that I could push myself to do that trick both mentally and physically was a huge confidence builder. The first one I did was in the back country in January ’11 and it was a ‘being in the right place at the right time’ moment. The snow was deep and the jump was big. I took 3 big crashes and instead of giving up I tried again and landed it. It wasn’t grabbed and was kind of hucked but I was so tired from hiking that I decided to tap myself out before I got hurt. The double in the park was in April ’11 and was a lot more scary because park landings are not forgiving like powder. I knew I had to be completely focused, committed, and on point. I also wanted the one in park to be legit and grabbed, and I wanted to understand how the trick worked. Mammoth Unbound built a few of us girls a jump to shoot on for Standard Films and by the last day of the shoot I just felt like I was ready and confident. I did the double in park about 8 times and landed four of them.

SF: Does being married to one of the best free-skiers in the world enhance your snowboarding?

KF: Being married to Chris is the best thing! He understands what I do because he does the same thing. He has been my rock and has been there for me through a lot of ups and downs. I’m lucky to have him and his voice of reason. He knows what to say to make me step my game up and when I’m stuck in a rut he knows how to help me out.

SF: You filmed with a heavy crew last season. What’s a “typical” day like filming in BC backcountry?

KF: Woo Wee! Last season was intense but an amazing experience. Those guys taught me so much. I’m so grateful for their time and patience! A typical BC day goes like this: Wake up 5am, look at avalanche reports, coffee and breakfast, gas station, drive to the trail head, unload sled, beacon on, beacon test the crew, get to the zone, build a jump or a few features, wait for sun or the weather, eat lunch, hit the features, build something new for the next day, sled out at dusk, load sled, beacon off, eat dinner, go to bed. Repeat.”

 

Right now our crew is in Salt Lake City for Outdoor Retailer. If you’re there too, come check out what we have up our sleeve for 2012/2013 (including the new iON Photo/Video enabled goggle)! See you there!

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