NOVEMBER FEATURES

EDITMARC GAGNON

///YOUR SHOTS CONTESTRETROBOT CLOTHING

NICK HANLONJORDAN NEWCOMB

DARKROOMEVERY FLAKE

STACKED THREEHARRISON FORWARD

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Curtis Rothney, Kevin Dufour, Marc Gagnon, Dru Kennedy, MG, Chantelle Boudreau, Bryan Worsley, Nick

Khattar, Corey Jacques, Dustin Seca, Ryan Mansfield, Tom Bateman, Jeff Purvis, Ryan Lebel, Joshdale, Lindsay

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Marc Gagnon, Vaughn Whynot, Curtis Rothney, Nick Hanlon, Jordan Newcomb, Ryan Mansfield,

Tom Bateman, Ryan Lebel, Harrison Forward, Bubba Armstrong, Mark Lockhart, Luke Hudgins, Tyler Dempsey

Justin Martin

Ollie Around, Entity Boardshop, Crabbe Mountain, Pro Skates & Pro Girl, Lake Wake

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Justin Martin of WalkonFace Productions was a guest designer for this month’s issue, putting together our third’s issue’s cover which features a shot of Nick Hanlon, taken by Curtis Rothney. If anything, what this magazine has come to represent is the collective desire of Atlantic Canadian riders to be just that - a community to the core. This magazine is only possible thanks to the support of that community, and to tell the truth, there’s honestly no community more supportive in the world. Keep being exactly what you are Atlantic Canada.

I always had an interest in the photog game. Seems just like yesterday when I purchased my first camera. But ever since, it’s been a great learning process. I don’t stop myself to shoot one specific thing but I do like taking snowboard and ski pictures. Although I don’t see photography as a personal career path, I can’t see going on without it.Having my first photo published in the upcoming Issue of SBC SKIER Magazine (January Issue) is definitely putting so much hype on this upcoming season. I just need to find time to shoot it instead of riding it. That’s the down flaw of it all, I love to snowboard but it’s so hard to setup for a shoot and ride at the same spot, especially urban sessions! I also find it hard to keep up with all the great photographers in town, the ‘’whoisfreddy’’ crew (Bateman & Lebel) is shooting everything! Keeping everyone stoked and on their toes. Pumped for this 2010 season to come and everybody should be to!She is so close I can taste it!Peace

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Aaron “P-Nut” Johnson, nosepick in Fredricton, NB.

Jordan Macnevin, 5-0 in Quebec City, PQ.

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Sessions, NoLimits Distribution, and Entity Boardshop have teamed up to put on a contest, kicking off the winter season by giving one lucky winner one of the best jackets ever made. How can you win it? 1. Send a shot to nick@68east.ca with “YOUR SHOTS CONTEST” in the subject line.2. Make sure you send that shot in before November 25th, that’s the contest deadline. 3. Entity Boardshop godfather Rob MacLeod will then choose a lucky winner, whose name will be announced in the December issue of the mag (released Dec. 4th).4. From lifestyle to action shots, as long as it somehow involves riding its all fair game, just show us your love of the sport!*There are two people involved in every shot, a rider and a photographer. Because we only have one jacket to give away we’ve decided that it will be given to the RIDER in the shot - one entry allowed per rider.

YOUR SHOTS CONTEST

ENTREPRENEURSvaughn whynotjoshua whynot

ENTREPRENEURSvaughn whynot

RETROBOTClothing

Q. Whats the company's philosophy?A. Wow, hmm I got to get use to doing these. Our philosophy is to keep it simple, vibrant, and on people’s mind. We do this by keeping design full of colour and making sure we don't repeat ideas we had before. We are all about being fresh and new not drug out like countless companies I have seen.

Q. Your facebook group says that retrobot is the brainchild of Vaughn and Joshua Whynot. Are you brothers? What are both of your roles in the company?A. Ha I don't think we are brothers, we just have the same name....but maybe we’re related because we’re pretty much the same when it comes to designs and visions with Retrobot. As for our roles, Joshua is my main guy and has stepped up countless times to create stunning graphics within hours of me asking. He is Co-Owner, graphic designer, and my babysitter because someone has to keep an eye on me. For myself, I am co-owner and pretty much marketer. I have done countless rep jobs and have made alot of friends in the skateboard/snowboard industry so I guess I’d be the suit and tie guy.

Q. Where are you guys based out of?A. Joshua is in Liverpool, Nova Scotia doing his thing for Retrobot and his own production company (Porcelain Productions). As for myself, I am in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. I'm running out of my apartment for now so its a pretty tight operation right now.

Q. What's your connection to the riding scene?A. Joshua is more of the band scene guy, if there is anything going on that involes noise, this guys knows about it. I on the other hand have been skating since i was 8 years old. watched skateboarding grow in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and watch Jesse Watson turn a after school skateboard idea into the world known as Homegrown, he is pretty much my idol....he gave me my board. I am also Chair of Bridgewater Skateboard Committee And Bridgewater Skate Club.

Q. How often are you planning to release new clothes?A. We have some for release soon and I am hoping we can maybe have a new female and male design a month, but with money getting tight and with the economy in a rut right now it might be a little later for the start up.

Q. Where and when could people get their hands on your clothes?A. When we release it...nah just playing we are hoping to release one shirt for pre-orders soon then another to follow after. Like I said, money is tight for being a new company these days so we got to do this right so we don't flop out and disappear within months.

RETROBOT Q&A: Vaughn Whynot

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NICKHANLON

interview

What can I say about Nick? I’ve seen him around for as long as I can remember. We were never really friends but there was always that mutual “What’s up dude?” whenever our two little groups saw each other around. Years went on, everybody progressed and a lot of the group I started skating with broke up. People moved away, got busy with school or simply just couldn’t handle mixing drugs with skateboarding and blew it for themselves. I also started taking photographs soon after some of that stuff went on. I was left without a crew to skate with for the most part and eventually I got a chance to shoot with Nick and we’ve been friends since. Skating with Nick is like skating with a bipolar schizo. There’s times when we’ve gone out and had a really productive day and were psyched. Other times we get absolutely nothing, essentially blowing it but I mean it’s all skateboarding, it’s fun right? Wrong. I’ve seen Nick get really, really pissed at times over tricks. Just yelling anything and everything loud enough to corrupt your kid’s mind into worshiping the devil. Satan aside, Nick rips. With a unique style, constant inside jokes, a good head on his shoulders and a wealth of talent in those size 9 Emericas of his I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of him in the future.

Just keep your kids (and girlfriends) at home.- Curtis Rothney

Lien to Tail at the Halifax Commons, p. Curtis Rothney

Smith pop-out, p. Curtis Rothney

Where do you skate?

Oh man, flats for sure. It’s this paved strip with concrete barriers and a ledge, its by the commons skatepark. I don't think many people are actually too stoked on it now that I think of it, but for some reason me and my friends are usually there, Cap, Nate Oliver, Dratwa, Zak Summers (even though I know you secretly hate it). I think because its pretty mellow maybe. We’ll go skate spots throughout Halifax too, try and film some R madness or shoot some photos.

Did you grow up here?

I grew up in Dartmouth across the bridge.

Have you ever lived somewhere else?

Last January I was living in downtown Barcelona with 3 dudes I skateboard with from here in Halifax, Nate, Jay Mayne, and Dratwa. We had this tiny place in a neighborhood full of old Spanish people that couldn't speak english. We got locked out of our place in the first week we were there, we slept in a mall for a good chunk of the night, I figured I could risk it and go piss in the corner, the security must have seen me because 2 minutes later this spanish giant busted threw the door and started trying to punch me out, it was so messy, I took one for the team ha ha. The city was a skatepark, of natural spots, and it had a subway that would take you around too them fast. There were so many Canadians over there at the same time, we had some friends staying there from Montreal that would we skate with too. We skated there untill march, it was so tight man!

What's your association with Pro?

I work there, sales associate by day.How did you get involved with them?

I Used to always try and hang out there when I was younger, me and my friends, they used to just mess with us, give us a hard time. I was always down for the shop though, so I guess that goes a long way. They told me that I had to bring a resume in before I could work there, I thought they were serious, so I brought it in like a geek and got clowned on, I guess I spelt my street name wrong...Are you pretty involved with the Halifax scene?

We have the best scene here, everyone is down.

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How has the new park affected Halifax skating? What's it going to do to the next generation of Halifax skaters?

It gives everyone here a chance to skate some bigger obstacles I suppose, it may have made everyone more comfortable on their skateboard. For sure it made a lot more kids around the city aware of skateboarding, having a park like this is hard to turn down. Its too bad we have the problem we have with the police at the commons, it’s a good place too meet up and talk mustaches.

Do you consider yourself part of that next generation?

I would hope, I want to be skating for a while.

Who would you say is going to be clipping at your heals in five years? Who is the best of Halifax's NEXT next generation?

There are a lot of kids on the come up for sure, TROUT, Welsey Macneil, much more, you'll see..

What's it like to be more or less at the centre of one of Atlantic Canada's strongest skating communities?

It’s awesome to be at the centre of where usually everything goes down that has to do with the industry, contests, demos, events, etc. I live a minute away from the skatepark and flats so that is for sure a solid when it comes to living in Halifax. Right now everyone here is filming for a video that Kevin Macdonald is putting out, I don’t think it has a name yet, and I probably only filmed like a minute of footy for it, but oh well, the video will be sick ! madness!

p. Curtis Rothney

www.proskates.com www.progirl.ca

How does it feel now that some younger skaters are probably reading this, and looking up to you?

Thats cool, hopefully I’m a good role model.

What's the best advice you could give a kid like that, a kid looking up to you?

Skate fast, do a lot of frontside shuvits, skateboard for yourself, and you'll always be stoked.

Any Thanks?

For sure, I wanna thank Pro Skates and What lies within..., Rob Strange at Timebomb, Joel at Monark, Gab at Insight ! , Curtis Rothney , all the homies I skate with, coca-cola in the glass bottle, and Ronnies 2 for 1 pizzeria.

When you were growing up did you look up to any local skaters?

Ya of course, all of them, I just remember being stoked to be in Halifax and seeing people shred what used to be a duck pond... the old commons. Best times.

Front Shovit, p. Curtis Rothney

LAKEWAKE

availible at:

http://www.lakewake.ca/lakewake@lakewake.ca3124 HWY #2(right between Ultramarand Scotia Bank)Fall River, NS

http://www.lakewake.ca/lakewake@lakewake.ca3124 HWY #2(right between Ultramarand Scotia Bank)Fall River, NS

JORDANNEWCOMB

interview

Who is Jordan Newcomb?

JordanNewcombe is an average teenager that likes to get down on his snowboard.

Where are you from and where do you ride?

I’m from Falmouth, Nova Scotia, and I ride out of Martock.

How old are you?I’m 17, almost 18....which is basically 19.When did you start riding?

I started riding when I was in grade 7, but really got into it in grade 9.Who do you ride with?

I basically always ride with JP other times with MG, Ben Easson, Bubba, Nick K, all the homies from the halfpipe team. And once in a while I am blessed enough to ride with Jon Sparkes and the FFF crew.What is Martock planning to do now that the Canada games are coming?Martock is on their game. No messing around. They have been working all summer on different aspects of the hill for the upcoming canada games. But on the snowboard side of things they have put in a new superpipe and widened runs for the boardercross event.

Nose-press, Martock N.S. p. MG

What do you think that's going to do to the level of riding in Atlantic Canada?

It’s going to be crazy, I know that for me, having a superpipe is going to boost my riding. And I know it will help the boardercross riders to with their new tracks they will have.

How does the level of riding here compare with the rest of Canada now?

We’re catching up. It’s so hard to compete with the other provinces like Ontario and Quebec and the other provinces out west. Just becauses they have such great resources to train on. But each year we’re learning alot and making our way up the standings.

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“Effortless style, terrible language,

incredibly good looks”- Nick Kimball

on Jordan

Who is the best snowboarder ever to come out of Martock?If I had to pick one, then I would have to say Trevor Andrew, just becuase he was a burton global rider and has such a influentcial part in snowboarding. But there has been so many amazing riders to come out of Martock. Sarah Conrad, Alex Duckworth, Joel Boylan, just to name a few.

What in your life is more important than snowboarding? Why?

Ummmmmmmmm, I don’t know. Like school is pretty important, I want to go to uni, so I can’t skip and what not. Family and my girlfriend play a big, ya need suppport if you want to be succsessful. I don’t really know how to rank things though. I don’t really think like that.Has your season already started?

Yea kinda, we have had a couple rail sessions, and a big rail sesh at Martock that was super sick. And we have trampoline training, which isn’t really snowboarding but it makes you alot better at snowboarding haha, so I count it.

What are your goals this year?

Ummmm, I don’t really know. I would like to win every comp I enter (cause honestly...like who doesn’t) with the exception of nationals and nor-ams, cause am i beating Jeff Batchalor?...haha i don’t think so. But I want to get better at rails and learn a couple more variations on jumps. And in halfpipe I plan on learning some cool stuff. There’s so much I want to learn and been trying on the tramp. I don’t know if I can get to it all in one season haha, we'll see.Whats on your playlist right now?

Haha ok... I have a big playlist I’ll break it down. We got lil waynes new mixtape no ceilings, which is ridiculous. We got chopper young city, t-pains new pree rings and jay-z's the blue print 3. And maaybe a little Michael Jackson haha.

Favorite Quote?Wow, favorite quote, not going to lie I have like 56973957396 favorite quotes. But if I had to chose on it would be, "make jokes. no stress.....love. live. life. proceed. progress." -lil wayne-Any comp results from the past few seasons?Umm, I won slopestyle provincials, I won 16 and under pb&rj and was 3rd one year and 2nd another in halfpipe proviancials, I did well at natioanls and nor-ams the last couple years. I don’t remember exactly what position, so I wont guess haha.

p. MG

Any comps you've set your sights on for this year?

I would love to do well in all NSSA events. But I am really focused on nationals and nor-ams.Who are your sponsors?

I ride for Burton, Gravis, Analog, Anon, R.e.d and Fist Fulla Fives.

Any thanks?

Ummmm yea I would like to thank FFF for hooking me up over the years. Such a supportive group it’s all love all the time with them. My parents for gving me dat chedda all the time for trips gear etc. and my bros for inspiring me to do cool manuvers on my snowboard, and Burton for pumping out the sickest gear every year. Haha i know that ryhmed, but its the truth so I’m going to leave it. PEACE

Blunt, Martock N.S. p. Chantelle Boudreau

Matt BaileyFront Board at Crabbe Mountainp. Bryan Worsley

Left: Mark Magee, roof gap over his identical twin Kram, p. Nick Khattar Right: Michael Bourgoin, Superman in Cambellton, N.B. p. Corey Jacques

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Left: Allen Finney, frontside rock, North Sydney, N.S. p. Ryan Mansfield.Right: Kurtis Shea, Ollie to Back One, Fredricton N.B. p. Tom Bateman.

Left: Allen Finney, frontside rock, North Sydney, N.S. p. Ryan Mansfield.Right: Kurtis Shea, Ollie to Back One, Fredricton N.B. p. Tom Bateman.

Alexander Mitchell x 2Left: Varial Heel p. Curtis RothneyRight: Nollie Flipp. Jeff Purvis

Left: Simon Coriveau, 50-50 in Corner Brook NL. p. Dru KennedyRight: Mike Dignard, one footed can, Halifax. p. Chantelle Boudreau

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Who is behind the Every Flake project? Who are the riders we can see in the flick?Every Flake was filmed & edited by me (Ryan Mansfield) & Ryan Boutilier, our sponsor is Ollie Around Boardshop in Cape Breton. Taking care of all the shredding we have Logan Farrow, Chris Murphy, Riley Leterte, Stephen Vassallo, Ryan Boutilier, Travis Sabine, Allen Finney, Danielle Macpherson, Jamie Gill, Rene Bidart, and last but not least myself!

What’s the idea behind the film? Is there a story line?The idea behind Every Flake is that we really have no idea, it was our first project and I wanted to create and begin my own style. There is a very loose storey line that brings the parts together in the order that they appear, but there isn't really any dialogue or anything like that.

Why did you decide to go with a story line type film?The "storey line" idea just kind of formed on its own, we wanted to do intros, we wanted to do our own thing I wanted to push myself as a filmer & editor, next thing I know we are renting a studio and I’m teaching myself how to "green screen."

What kind of production team did the film have putting it together? And what was up with all those studio hours?Our production team was super minimal. Personally I did 90% of the filming and editing, but I in no way could have pull this off without the help of Ryan Boutilier, Paul Mahar, Logan, Chris, and anyone else that helped me out and listened to my wild ideas. As for those studio hours, that was all my man Paul Mahar, he put that together for us & hooked me up with a dvx100 for all the studio shots, all the intro shoots, and even some days on snow. Everything else was shot with a pair of VX1000's, which worked well for us, we got that skate video look meshed with the film look of a dvx.

Last but not least, where and when can people watch Every Flake? Every Flake can be purchased at Ollie Around on Nov 28th! We are going to work on getting it in other shops as well, but we will defiantly be ready and willing to ship copies to whoever wants to support local shreds!

Q&A with Ryan Mansfield::every flake

OLLIEAROUND.CA

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STACKED THREE

STACKED THREE

photos and captions by Ryan Lebel

Stacked III took place this year in Saint John New Brunswick, a change from the Halifax location for the first two years. It was held on October 3rd, very late in the maritime skate season. The weather is always a roll of the dice, especially considering Saint John’s coastal location, but this year we lucked out with partly cloudy skies all day, and a light rain shortly after the conclusion of the contest.

The skating was incredible, even from the very first warm-up sessions on the rail and the many pads it was clear the park was going to see many new tricks go down. Locals like Kurtis Shea, Matt McFarlane, Greg Brewer and Josh Clark were joined by the likes of Kevin Lowry, Tony Manfre and J.S. Lapierre were part a of the 20 teams who entertained the crowd all day.

-Tom Bateman

J-S Lapierre from Montreal, Quebec destroyed the handrail. Hammers included: kick front lip (as seen above), kick back lip, frontside nosebluntslide, nollie back board, and kick back feeble.

Brandon Meehan- Frontside Flip. This kid has more pop than anyone else I know. Representing East Side in Fredericton he killed the 3-block with this huge frontside flip and later got frontside bigspin, popped just as high.

photos and captions by Ryan Lebel

photos and captions by Ryan Lebel

James Leger was part of the 2nd place team along with Greg Brewer and Justin Allain. James killed it all over the park with a footplant fingerflip out on the bridge support pillar, lazerflip the 3-block and this steezy backside smith grind.

photos and captions by Ryan Lebel

Josh Clark was a member of the winning team, he contributed with this back blunt (right), back nosebluntslide (above), a huge ollie from the top of the 3-block to the brick quarter pipe, and a ton of tricks on the bank.

photos and captions by Ryan Lebel

whoisfreddy.ca

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Lowry took first, collecting a generous

stash from WESC, Monark Skateboards, Elusive, and

Supra Shoes and $1,500 in cash money.

HARRISONFORWARD

Age, hometown, sponsors?21, New Glasgow, NS and Osiris shoes flow right now.What do you do when your not on a bike?Either hanging out with friends or working at the laundramat/convenience store I live above. hahaDo you own it? Or do you just live above it?Just live.What got you into bmx?Pretty sure it was the xgames when I was like 13. But there were a few guys around town that were doing it who I looked up to.And are they still around? Do you ride with the guys now that you looked up to as a kid?A few of them in Amherst here still make an appearance once in a while. But I don’t see the older New Glasgow guys much anymore.Are you ever gonna become one of the old guys? Do you think you are already?Aha, feels that way somedays. I think I’ll be into it for a while still though. When I get out riding I feel the same as I did years ago.Do you teach the kids nowadays?For sure. Basically everytime I go riding. Whether I'm explaining a trick to one of my friends or just bullying them into throwing the bars for the first time. Haha I'm definitely the teacher.Well Mr. Forward I think that'll do it, any thanks?My Dad, Joshdale, Brandon Moore, anyone that has ever let me stay at their place for riding purposes and ex-girlfriends who felt second to my bike. Haha.

http://vimeo.com/user224043Harrison’s Edits

HARRISONp. JoshdaleFORWARD

BUBBAARMSTRONGWhere do you ride?Gnartock (Martock).What are a few of your comp results from last year?1st Urban Butter Showcase, 1st Peanut Butter and Rail Jam, 1st Hammer Time Rail Jam, 1st place NSSA Slopestyle, 1st Place Analog Spin To Win, 2nd NSSA halfpipe.What are you doing now that you've finished school?Working at Dexters but should really be start doing my electrical apprenticeship, what I went to NSCC for.Are you ever going to try and move up the ranks in the snowboard world, or are you just doing this for fun?This has always been more of a hobby than a job let's say, but I really enjoying competeing with my friends. There is a super good vibe on the east coast with people competeing just for the fun of it and not taking it so serious.Most of the Martock snowboarders moved out west within a week of finishing high school, why didn't you?I always wanted to head out west but never really wanted to leave Martock, I love it here so I never looked into it as much as I should have.You pretty much lead your generation of Martock shreds. Who do you think is going to lead Martock's next generation? Who's the up and comer?Well to be honest, the next generation of groms that will be coming out of martock is going to be sick! It seems like everyday at Martock a new kid is getting a new banger and they all step it up! So as for who is next..ALL OF THEM!!What do you think about the changes being made at Martock this season? Could you tell us what you know about them for people who don't know?Martock is taking a big step this year with all the new stuff from Canada Games. The last time I was there they were working on the lodge, making glades and shanes wider..and there was a super pipe...

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Where are you from?Sackville, Nova Scotia.How old are you?Twenty.How long have you been riding?Ten years.What made you take it up in the begin-ning?Couldn’t afford motor cross.What keeps you going after all this time? Are you ever gonna stop?I just like the friggin people you meet.. I’ll probably always cruise bowls and parks but I’m ending my competitive days now.Do you wear a helmet? Why or why not?I always where a helmet because I always crash on the stupidest tricks. My worst crashes aren’t from doing a flair, usually just peddling across a crosswalks and my chain breaks.

What do you think about the helmet law?I think its good. I have seen a lot of people get really really hurt and they were wearing helmets.Whats the worst thing about BMX?The kids that have the nicest and don’t try anything, just sit and talk shit.Who do you ride for?Shear Clothing.Jeremy gallant is theeee shit!Favorite trick?Hang Fives and going Fasssst FTW.Flairs are fun to.How long did it take you to learn them?I broke my shoulder twice and the only trick I could do was hang fives. I realize that didn’t answer the question… PERFECT.. sooo uh a couple years.

MARKLOCKHART

Hang five in Hali, p. Chantelle Boudreau

Turn down at the Hali commons, p. Chantelle Boudreau

alice stops time

music.

A.S.T. - Alice Stops TimeBorn: Windsor/Falmouth Nova Scotia

Q&A with>>>>Tyler Dempsey & Luke Hudgins

How did AST come about and how long have you been together?Tyler: We formed in the typical way that most bands do. We were all good friends in school for many years and right around the time that we were in grade 7 & 8 we all came together to form AST. We have gone through some changes etc. with the members but the core group of us has been together for around 5 years I think.Luke: When I joined the band, Myles was playing bass but would much rather be playing guitar, and I had just started playing bass in the middle school band, and the rest of the guys asked if I would play bass. And I said 'Sure!'

Describe your music.Tyler: I see our music as being a true old school bad ass blast from the past with a modern type of twist I guess. We are looking back on the past in order to move towards the future. We usually classify ourselves as rock, surf, and dance, but there is always different things being put into the mix.Luke: We definitely like to mix it up a bit. There's a lot of oldschool blues/southern rock, which is wrapped up in all kinds of musical styles that were in to from punk, synth-dance, hardcore, surf rock, all kinds of metal, and progressive rock. Each person in the band listens to different genres and we bring it all to the table and mix it up.

LUKE

myspace.com/stoptimealicetwitter.com/alicestopstime

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Who is in the band? Who was in it before?Tyler: Tyler Dempsey(guitar&vocals), Myles Lawrence(guitar), Luke Hudgins(bass), Colin Boyd(keyboard&Sax), Josh Noiles(Drums).We originally we had six members when we just first started jamming around. A friend of ours named Jake Kimball his brother Nick where both in the band. Nick played drums and Jake played guitar. After they left the band we had Colin's sister Meghan Boyd come in on drums. Once she went on to university we picked up a goofy long haired guy who seemed to fit right in playing drums. His name was Josh Noiles. Since then our line up hasn't changed.

You guys have won some competitions and done some traveling before, let us in on a few details about that.Tyler: In 2007 we entered and won the Atlantic Canadian Garage Band Contest. In order to qualify we had the chance to open for the Montreal band Mobile and we ended up beating out over 90 other band from Atlantic Canada in order to win. The grand prize was all expenses paid trip to Montreal to play at the Montreal Pop Festival.Were were like dogs off the leash!! it was a great experience for us to have. We certainly had a wild time. We hope to go back to Montreal and play again.

Luke: We've also won a lot of smaller battles, including West Stock and the Upper Clements Park Battle of the Bands.

Any events on the horizon?Tyler: We recently released our first real self titled debut album and there are already some plans flying around to get back in the studio and make another. Right now we are writing and playing as much as a small town band can. Next year we hope to step it up a bit and perhaps take a trip to the UK as well as move into western Canada.

Where do you hope your music is going to take you?Tyler: I hope that our music takes us a far as it can. We have been together for so long and we know each other better than anything. Its safe to say that we will be playing together for a very long time. We are just a great group of friends that make great music together.We hope that our commitment to our music will help open doors for us along the way.Luke: Our sound is starting to take new form as we're writing our new songs. Look forward to more intensity and some faster, more awesomer songs, which have been tediously and painfully birthed on Tyler's garage floor. It's messy business but it's worth it.

MADE IN CHINA

MADE IN CHINA

...winter 09-10

NOVA SCOTIA

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