craig kelly is my copilot.

That's the title I gave this portrait by Yuske Hirota. 

The portrait is CK's first splitboard.  The significance of this specific board to Craig, and snowboarding as a whole, can't be overstated. We first saw this portrait on display at a photo exhibition in southern Japan. After the exhibition, Yuske sent us this portrait as a special gift.

(THANKS YUSKE!!)

Yuske is a very telented professional photographer, and a professional mountain guide.

Yuske and Shoji Matsumoto have a guiding company Fugi-Yama Guides together. Yuske is also working in the winter, guiding for Baldface Lodge.

Yuske with all his dux in a row..

See you soon Yuske!

TR

Project 2009 CRF450R

DINGDINGDING!

Just picked up a big box 'o FUN from Holeshot Motorsports!

The 2009 Honda CRF450R has gone to the next level. New frame, new suspension, and a new motor with Electronic Fuel Injection (You can now 'tune' the engine map on this bike with a laptop). A very trick piece of kit indeed. Rounding up many custom parts to transform this into the ultimate motocrosser. Will be posting more throughout the building process..

TR

AETHER APPAREL Launches @ Project NYC

In the culmination of more than 2 years of product design and development with FYI, AETHER has officially launched in January 2009 at PROJECT in New York. Watch for the Fall collection to be introduced on their website soon.

AETHER

Heli-boarding Bella Coola with RECCO Sven.

Dropping into the Bella Coola valley in the smallest

commercial turbo-prop ever.

Our destination: Tweedsmuir Park Lodge, home of Bella Coola Heli Sports

and Peter Mattsson - better known as 'the Swede'. Although, I was with

another 4 'Swedes' - and you know what happens when 5 Swedes get together

in the mountains with a fully stocked bar.

Sune Sund doing what he does best.

We had really challenging conditions. Breakable crust and ice

on the surface combined with deep instability in the snowpack.

Very unusual conditions for the Coast Mountains.

TR and Sven out working.

Really big terrain in Bella Coola. Will be back as soon as it's deep and stable.

Fortunately the Swede is also all about good food and drink, so we survived.

The lodge and the cabins are super comfortable, and the service

is excellent.

Sven wondering where business class is. Watch your head..

Better luck next time.

TR

[ak] tech clinic Tokyo.

[ak] project snowboard helicopter by Burton Japan.

TR and Sho-San reviewing 2010 [ak] samples.

TR and Koji-San with the ladies. 

Mclaren SLR 722

650 hp supercharged 5.5L V8.

The 722 edition SLR is reference to the Mille Miglia victory by Sterling Moss

in the Mercedes 300 SLR in 1955. 

1955 Mercedes 300 SL gullwing. One of the coolest

vintage cars of all time.

The last version of the SLR to be produced is the Sterling Moss

edition, which clearly takes inspiration from the original 300 SLR.

Only 75 to be built as 2010 model.

TR, HF, Sanna in Tokyo.

S.L.R. yo. The Real Batmobile.

New splitboard bindings.

I haven't seen these yet, but they warrant further investigation. The idea was to develop a lower profile split-board binding, so the baseplate sits closer to the board. Innovative thinking from a small company out of Bozeman, Montucky.

http://www.sparkrandd.com

Hokkaido 2008

First days on snow. Deeep Hokkaido powder with Neil Hartmann, HF, Kumi and the Japowder posse.

Sanna, TR, Detz and HF.

UE-San after a few face shots.

TR can't find the sno monkee's..

UE, and HF.

Audi Forum Tokyo.

An interesting building in Harajyuku, Tokyo. Many of the same construction details as Ingolstadt.

R8 V8

Not so into the red - so ...., italian.

Flat black is the new black. Stasis has the right idea.

FYI Tokyo

It was like Bladerunner, ...only with snowboarding, and better cars.

TR Blog Intro

Tom Routh
FYI Creative Director
Welcome to my blog. I may or may not post content, that may or may not be interesting, which may or may not span the scope of product design, architecture, industrial design, car design, lifestyle, art, snowboarding, motocross and other gearhead related topics... that may or may not have anything to do with FYI.
TR