Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate

Quoted from USA Today

“Prison inmates who make decals for the Vermont State Police slipped a pig into the official seal, and up to 30 patrol cars wound up sporting the subliminal epithet, the Burlington Free Press tells us.

The police emblem features a cow, an evergreen tree and snowy mountains (along with three unidentifiable creatures). Back in 2008, an inmate artist at the Northwest State Correctional Facility went into the computer file and modified one of the cow’s spots to resemble a pig, the common derogatory term for police, Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito told the Free Press, like USA TODAY a Gannett paper. In 2009, the state police ordered 16-inch door decals.

Pallito said he believes 60 altered decals were made. Some new cruisers have two, while older cars may have just one if a door was replaced. New decals, costing $780, are expected Monday.”

Full video here!

http://news.yahoo.com/video/burlingtonwptz-18190896/pellet-stoves-a-heating-alternative-28238500.html

We took the shred van down to Killington for some early season shredding and my first day of the season. It wasn’t hard to get a good size crew together for the trip as everyone in the office has been itching to get out.

Caf, Grady, Matt, Chris, my buddy Kenny and I met up at the office around 7 in hopes of beating the crowds and hopefully earning some nice groomers. Jon “the warranty guy” couldn’t drag himself away from his warm blanky and missed the boat.

By the first run we were rolling deep as we ran into the Stowe Darkside crew.

The crowds did eventually come and it was a bit of a wait but it was fun chatting up old shred friends that you only see while waiting in lift line.

Marketing guys Grady and Caf; checking e-mail, tweeting, insto-gramming, updating their tumblrs, and doing whatever else marketing guys do. Actually, they were face-timing with each other about how much fun the snowboarding was.

With a warm sun, it felt more like spring riding, except my legs were burning a bit from doing little more than getting in and out of my office chair all summer.

Good hit fellas and thanks Killington for the snow.

Midwest filmer and all around good guy, Tyler Hitchcock payed me 100 bucks to post this link to his re-edit of Matt Hiemstra’s part in So Lame.

Matt Hiemstra Re-Edit from Head West Productions on Vimeo.

Great job guys!

Shawn just got something in the mail that is sure to make some cool wall art / Rome memorabilia.

Somehow he got a hold of some sort of either taxidermy place, or a tannery, because we’ve got the actual piece of pig skin that was tattooed with Laurent’s name for The Shred Remains. Pretty cool, although all the dogs in the office are really interested in it for some reason…

Tyler Hitchcock dropped by the office from Sioux Falls, South Dakota where he is Owner/Filmer for Head West Productions. He crashed on my couch last night and we watched his new movie So Lame. Nice work man!

Check it.

SoLame (Full Length) from Head West Productions on Vimeo.

So the other day I was working my Photoshop magic while Dumont was giving me shit for not knowing what kearning is. Apparently all design nerds space out their type in a certain way, which is dumb, because all you have to do is click a button called Optical, or something like that.

Anyway, I found this kearning game online and I figured I’d give it a shot. This is my official challenge to Dumont. I bet I can beat him at this game for design nerds.

I crushed this challenge, first try, 100/100. Easy.

Check out the game here, it’s a great way to waste time, even if you work in marketing: http://type.method.ac/

enjoy

 

hahahaha, not really. still the same old van.

Much like an aging porn star the old van needed a facelift, so we gave it the automotive equivalent of a botox injection. Classy, right?

the team left the office today for the premiere tour of the Shred Remains!  Laurent, Lazz, MFR  and Riley are doing the first leg with Laurent doing the long haul. I guess they will pick up the rest of the guys and gal somewhere down the line.  Office guys Justin and Grady tagging along to make sure everyone gets bailed out of jail in time for the next stop.

Good luck guys and remember to wrap your shit twice, 16 will get you 20, and don’t mess with long haul truckers!

The movie is done so I have time to get back into posting shit.

Check these out:

and this is how they were made. smart.

Debug – Art made by insects from Edhv on Vimeo.

I need one.