“Northwave Team Talks” is the follow-up series to Northwave30, stalking the NW team riders around the world to document the behind the scenes of their 21-22 season projects. 

While riding rails and interviews gone completely off the rails, AJ Lawson takes you through a journey to discover the souls behind the names, getting deep in their minds like on a good powder day. Riding by Jake Simpson, Joe Simpson, Veroniqi Hanssen, Selena Sanchez, Sophia Schroll, AJ Lawson, TM Alex Stewart, Simon Gruber, Dusan Kriz Kael Hill and Jason Anderson.

Filmed and Edited by Francesco Zoppei

Additional Filming by Jourdain Basaraba

team talks - episode 1

With some of the most random interviews you’ll ever hear and a few too many encounters with the police, you will be right there with us witnessing what a week out with the team looks like.

In the first episode of Northwave Team Talks, AJ and the team travel to the Czech Republic for one of the most unique experience in the snowboarding world. They spend one week at Wena’s Backyard and the surrounding areas, where the Simpson brothers and the women’s team are filming for “Tao of Beginnings”, a video focused on the first unisex board in the Drake quiver.

Riding by Jake Simpson, Joe Simpson, Veroniqi Hanssen, Selena Sanchez, Sophia Schroll, AJ Lawson, TM Alex Stewart.

Filmed and Edited by Francesco Zoppei

Additional Filming by the Simpson Brothers, Federico Grego and Alex Stewart

team talks - episode 2

Jason and AJ are joined by Evan Ridell, local young buck, to shred the streets, while Kael is fresh of an abdominal injury and is forced to sit in the bench for the first part of the week, until he opens all the chakras and goes beast mode for the last days of the trip.

In this episode we fly to Canada where we meet up with Kael Hill and Jason Anderson, for an intense week hunting for spots in the plentiful Calgary, with very little snow but also with the best guide for when conditions are dry. When Kael’s around, everything is a spot.

Riding by Kael Hill, Jason Anderson, AJ Lawson, Evan Ridell.

Filmed and Edited by Francesco Zoppei

Additional Filming by Jourdain Basaraba

team talks - episode 3

In this episode we take you on a back country mission with the Rusty Toothbrush crew, filming for their 2022 movie “Fake Teeth Real Friends”. 

Making a snowboard movie each year means you are always monitoring the weather forecast as winter approaches and temperatures get lower. You often have a narrow window of time where the conditions are perfect and you have to make the most out of it, even if the body or the mind don’t seem to cooperate, you have to find the strength to push through and get the clip.

Riding by Alex Stewart, Simon Gruber, Dusan Kriz, AJ Lawson

Filmed and Edited by Francesco Zoppei

Additional Filming by Federico Grego

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