NAME: Martyn Vachon AKA Party
HOMETOWN: Oshawa, Ontario
DOB: 1996 so that's 9+10 twenty one
DICK SIZE: bout as long as soper dfd
SPONSORS: getting goods from: Salmon Arms, Capita, UNION
[colter]You’ve been back in Ontario for a minute now… how is living back home?
[martyn]It's been good, but hard. I'm trying to make the best of it. I feel like I've only been going to school. I might start a podcast, could I interview You?
Stu told me to start a podcast, i think i’d prefer to hide behind the keyboard though… What’s your podcast going to be about? You listen to the Manboys podcast yet?
Ahh I know how you feel, I think i'm gonna try and see how I feel about it, it's hard listening to my own voice. I just bought a $300 two way recorder so I can record clean phone calls with someone. I think I'm just gonna interview people, boarders mostly, i'll call it sumthin like... "On The Phone With ________". Thinkin about making surprise phone calls. Probably won't work haha.
Fuck no, I haven't had the time to listen to it, I saw Jody post about it on Instagram today, Is it any good ?
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First dude to call is Coulton for sure.
I did listen to The Rasman/Jody episode. It was good. I will say I am more hyped for the B&G Radio podcast.
I did listen to The Rasman/Jody episode. It was good. I will say I am more hyped for the B&G Radio podcast.
Coulton would be a great person to surprise call, Id probably have to smoke a little weed before to get on his level though. And damn, I'm gonna listen to it today, maybe get a little inspiration from the ManBoys, but for real when is that shit gonna actually happen, I could probably listen to Brockle and Geeves talk for hours. I'd love to here some stories for from the D.O.P.E. days.
Yeah same. I feel like all the stories I want to hear about aren't really being put out on any snowboard media outlets as much.
What'd you think of your doppleganger getting in the new King Snow?
I just started listening to the Rasman/Jody podcast, so far so good. I was actually hyped to see Sean in the mag, not many people can ski and snowboard the way he does. I consider him a boarder for sure! It was sick seeing so many friends in that issue, especially Horns cover! Too bad Nick didn't make it in.. I remember he was claiming cover shot when he was shooting with everyone in the Blackcomb park.
hahah heavy claim. that was a crazy concept having a huge piece of plywood set up at features during a busy spring day.....
So, you spent an entire year out in BC, how was it?
So, you spent an entire year out in BC, how was it?
Busy is an understatement, and it was crazy to say the least. Best times I've ever had, made more friends than i could ever imagine, a lot of drunken black out nights at Garfs. I learned what real powder feels like, what real snowboarding is, and also learned how to skate again.
We also had some rough times, Kody hitting his head took a big toll on us all I think, but we made sure to be boarding for him each and every day, until he was back at it. That guy's a walking miracle. There's no way in hell I'm not coming back after schools done.
Did you watch the Pepper teaser ??
We also had some rough times, Kody hitting his head took a big toll on us all I think, but we made sure to be boarding for him each and every day, until he was back at it. That guy's a walking miracle. There's no way in hell I'm not coming back after schools done.
Did you watch the Pepper teaser ??
i did watch the pepper teaser... it was really nicely put together, but i'm not really that interested in the snowboarders featured. Ted Borland is the one i'm mainly hyped for, his part in The Leak is still a favourite.
I have had this conversation with almost every homie out here… about how we are out in the mountains, working jobs to fund our snowboarding and pay rent. Compared to our friends and family back home who are working toward a future (career, house, kids, etc.) and how it's easy to feel like you're not doing the right thing with your life.
Did/Do you think you are making a smart move by coming out here?
Did/Do you think you are making a smart move by coming out here?
Honestly going out to Whistler was the smarted thing i've done in a while, but leaving it was as well. I think that in Whistler it can be easy to get caught in a loop. I took myself out of my comfort zone to go out there and did the same thing coming back. I'm realizing the comfortability scares me a little, at least when I'm comfortable for too long..
I know what you mean though, a lot of our friends are staring to get houses of their own, and "growing up". But that doesn't make me ask myself if am doing the right thing. I mean I have my own goals right now. I couldn't care less about a secure job and nice small overly priced Ontario home, but for some people that's their goal and I respect that.
I guess for me as long as I have a goal set for myself I don't feel like I'm doing the wrong thing, but if I didn't, yea I'd loose my mind and start doubting everything I do. I think everyone needs a goal to reach.
I know what you mean though, a lot of our friends are staring to get houses of their own, and "growing up". But that doesn't make me ask myself if am doing the right thing. I mean I have my own goals right now. I couldn't care less about a secure job and nice small overly priced Ontario home, but for some people that's their goal and I respect that.
I guess for me as long as I have a goal set for myself I don't feel like I'm doing the wrong thing, but if I didn't, yea I'd loose my mind and start doubting everything I do. I think everyone needs a goal to reach.
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Well, that was a very mature and well structured response. You must be in school, haha. When you're living in Whis, affording rent the next month is usually the only goal. I can see how the loop is easy to get stuck into for sure. I guess the grass is always greener… but back in the day it seemed more worth your while, you could have both.. It doesn’t seem like the industry/economy is there to back boarders as much as it used to be.
You're totally right, the industry isn't as strong as it used to be, and it's been said a million times. Snowboarders used to make money and get bitches now they don't. So if your snowboarding for money, either your in the contest circuit throwing multiple triples/quads in one run or your style is iconic and your best friends have really good filming/photography and editing skills to showcase that, OR you got money to begin with, which is usually the case.
The age of the poor snowboarder blowing up in the industry is over. So I guess either win the lottery, or just find a career that can keep you boarding every winter. It sucks cause when I watch a run from the Xgames, it almost seems like snowboarding is starting to look like wake wakeboarding, no stee. I hate wake wakeboarding.
Maybe the Olympics will help get the industry going again. We need mom and dads to want to get their kids snowboarding. Mom and dads have the money, but unfortunately snowboarding is expensive as fuhck. Plus, honestly the average person has no clue about snowboarders hitting street spots, the usual response is , "so you play in the cities like skateboarders?" people need to know.
The age of the poor snowboarder blowing up in the industry is over. So I guess either win the lottery, or just find a career that can keep you boarding every winter. It sucks cause when I watch a run from the Xgames, it almost seems like snowboarding is starting to look like wake wakeboarding, no stee. I hate wake wakeboarding.
Maybe the Olympics will help get the industry going again. We need mom and dads to want to get their kids snowboarding. Mom and dads have the money, but unfortunately snowboarding is expensive as fuhck. Plus, honestly the average person has no clue about snowboarders hitting street spots, the usual response is , "so you play in the cities like skateboarders?" people need to know.
Switching lanes here, tell me about growing up boarding Dagmar? How was it being one of the younger kids in our scene at the time?
Dagmar was dope, being the young one meant I needed to prove myself. So I guess I grew a pair real quick, cause I felt like I needed to be gnarly to be cool. So I just started hucking myself on and off shit, and then I soon realized I needed style to back that up. Oh and also probably wouldn't have any kind of decent stee if it wasn't for you guys, ya'll showed me what was cool.
But, if it wasn't for all you fools paving the way, hitting spots, making videos, traveling, i probably wouldn't have known how cool snowboarding is. But like any Whistler transplant, I wish I grew up on a mountain, at least some place with side hits and some fairly decent snow. I guess Blue Mountain was the closest thing to that, but it still isn't the same. I don't think I truly learned how to snowboard until I came out to Whistler.
But, if it wasn't for all you fools paving the way, hitting spots, making videos, traveling, i probably wouldn't have known how cool snowboarding is. But like any Whistler transplant, I wish I grew up on a mountain, at least some place with side hits and some fairly decent snow. I guess Blue Mountain was the closest thing to that, but it still isn't the same. I don't think I truly learned how to snowboard until I came out to Whistler.
the scene was definitely poppin', tons of homies all over Ontario in to boarding.
Kody, Pat, and I all ate stars of death the other night. We were fucked up. Definitely came out of it with some theories and realizations. But, one thing I was thinking about is how all of the dudes to look up to usually move out west. Like in Ontario if you go out to an event, premiere or whatever, it was always homies around our age. It was sick getting older and travelling around in ontario meeting different crews and having the scene just grow right in front of you.
But, for the most part the older riders that would come to the province in the winter would hit spots there, the never ending list of spots. But, they wouldn't contribute to the scene at all. There wasn't many events, contests, etc. that you could see older dudes and be like, i want to be like that dude. All our idols would be moving to Whistler or whatever. That definitely has a lasting impression on the scene that if you want to snowboard, maybe make a living doing so and do it into an older age, you might have to leave that place behind.
Kody, Pat, and I all ate stars of death the other night. We were fucked up. Definitely came out of it with some theories and realizations. But, one thing I was thinking about is how all of the dudes to look up to usually move out west. Like in Ontario if you go out to an event, premiere or whatever, it was always homies around our age. It was sick getting older and travelling around in ontario meeting different crews and having the scene just grow right in front of you.
But, for the most part the older riders that would come to the province in the winter would hit spots there, the never ending list of spots. But, they wouldn't contribute to the scene at all. There wasn't many events, contests, etc. that you could see older dudes and be like, i want to be like that dude. All our idols would be moving to Whistler or whatever. That definitely has a lasting impression on the scene that if you want to snowboard, maybe make a living doing so and do it into an older age, you might have to leave that place behind.
Your’re most definitely right, every Ontario boarder eventually moves out west or just becomes a weekender at a local hill, but me being even a few years younger I did look up to a lot of you guys. I remember watching Goodall, Danny G, Nick, etc. and thinking "I wanna be like that one day" even though you guys were only a few years ahead of me. For the most part those idolizations came from watching the first couple movies you all created. I didn't even really know too much about the older generation that came out of Ontario. Like some of the peachhat guys, and I didn't know about them because like you said they all moved out west.
It would be sick if the scene in Ontario was as strong as the one out west, but it ain't, and who the he'll would wanna enter a contest in Ontario where the prizes are things I could find in my basement. No such thing as a cash prize anymore. The snow show contest isn't even a thing anymore. But there always seems to be a new crew coming out of the woodwork in Ontario. And eventually some of them will move out west haha.
That reminds me, I remember a few months ago we went to Dmo's place to drink and chill. We ended up talking to Eman, Griff, Lemay, Dmo, Jody, Scott and all the guys, and it was the first time I got to talk to older guys that I had looked up to for years about what they thought about snowboarding. They all had different ways of looking at it, and they all had crazy stories, it was so sick for the most part I just sat there listening and taking in as much as I could. That doesn't happen very often.
It would be sick if the scene in Ontario was as strong as the one out west, but it ain't, and who the he'll would wanna enter a contest in Ontario where the prizes are things I could find in my basement. No such thing as a cash prize anymore. The snow show contest isn't even a thing anymore. But there always seems to be a new crew coming out of the woodwork in Ontario. And eventually some of them will move out west haha.
That reminds me, I remember a few months ago we went to Dmo's place to drink and chill. We ended up talking to Eman, Griff, Lemay, Dmo, Jody, Scott and all the guys, and it was the first time I got to talk to older guys that I had looked up to for years about what they thought about snowboarding. They all had different ways of looking at it, and they all had crazy stories, it was so sick for the most part I just sat there listening and taking in as much as I could. That doesn't happen very often.
yeah that will definitely always be a trip, those are all the dudes I looked up to in snowboarding.
So, Beyond Compare was your first big part and you got ender. (yes, let’s not include the video i never released) I was hearing you would claim the most fucked thing, everyone would laugh, then sure enough, you would get it...
Was that one of your favourite parts? The gap 5050 in peterborough is one of the craziest things ever.
So, Beyond Compare was your first big part and you got ender. (yes, let’s not include the video i never released) I was hearing you would claim the most fucked thing, everyone would laugh, then sure enough, you would get it...
Was that one of your favourite parts? The gap 5050 in peterborough is one of the craziest things ever.
I think I had more fun filming the FIDP part, but I still think I could do better. And I wish we filmed that gap from more angles, no one will ever know haha, but that spot was sick other than the fact that the supports stuck out the side of the rail and fucked my board up pretty bad.
I really wanna film another full part, mostly cause it's an excuse to travel, just need some budget, and we both know how easy it is to get that.
I really wanna film another full part, mostly cause it's an excuse to travel, just need some budget, and we both know how easy it is to get that.
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| Party Gap 5050 in "Beyond Compare" Photo by Matt Stetson |
Yeah it aint so easy. But, hopefully you can make something happen out there. In FIDP did you manipulate your snowboard at all for that 6 kink tomato slide?
No I didn't. haha that spot was at an old folks home, so we had to be quick because kick out chances were high.. I bunted the first try and then just kinda commited into it. It was only me and Joel that day, I did it like 4 times to get a bunch of different angles with one camera, and a photo as well,
I remember once saying that there isn't really anything new you could do on a down rail... you spoke up pretty quick saying you didn't believe that. You still think so?
Yes, yes I do, but I know what you mean. Mark Goodall did a dark slide for god sakes, that should be the creative rock bottom. But have you ever seen a homie do a back one switch 5 0 switch back three out, I think not. And honestly I've seen some people make an old simple trick look brand new by just putting some good style into it, it's been said a hundred times style is everything.
It really is all about who you are and how you do it...
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| Martyn trying to keep snowboarding a little less beige ~ screen grabs from Seb Judge's "Groundhog Day" |
You and your brother made the switch from Rome to capita a few seasons ago.. how'd that come about?
Well the Ontario rep for Rome just up and quit representing Rome without telling us, leaving us board-less and binding-less for the winter. So Rob Madill stepped in, and offered to put us on Capita, and UNION, I couldn't say yes fast enough. After all that the guy talks shit about how we bailed on him for not staying with 686, I mean I probably would have if it wasn't for his flaky ass, plus I don't even think the guy was a boarder, never seen him strap in. The guy was just in it for business, I think he moved on to golf. You got me talking mad shit now, I'll stop.
Haha. So I'm guessing you're not going to take Brockle's and Eman's offer of boards and cheeseburgers to ride for DOPE just yet?I
Well that's more then capita is giving me, you got me talking shit again, but I break quite a few boards a year, I don't wanna be harassing them for one while they're trying to build their brand, but I gotta be honest if I can help support a brand that is built by Gs like Brockle and Eman and be support by them that be a dream come true.
Heat.
5 Favourite snowboarders?
5 Favourite snowboarders?
- That's a tough one… Watching Mike Rav ride a pipe is like watching someone surf a wave.
- I love watching Brin Alexander absolutely destroy anything in front of him, if you know you know.
- You, when you think no one's watching is a sight for soar eyes
- Watching Jake Kuzyk just turn on a snowboard is amazing.
- Louif can do it all.
Hahaha nice.
You know what's fucked, I came back to Ontario for school, and the whole godamn Ontario college faculty is on strike, I don't even know how long it'll last. In fact, the college employee council says that it isn't ending anytime soon.
I'm so fucking hyped.
I hope you can sense the sarcasm.
we end the interview, leaving what happens to martyn up to the imagination of the reader ~
photos by brodey wolfe, adam franks, matt stetson, martyn vachon & colter heard
I'm so fucking hyped.
I hope you can sense the sarcasm.
we end the interview, leaving what happens to martyn up to the imagination of the reader ~
photos by brodey wolfe, adam franks, matt stetson, martyn vachon & colter heard
