Superpark Showdown: Think Thank vs. JTR

06.19.2010 // 35 Comments

Superpark Sunday ShowdownDo they even have hanging chads in Canada? With thousands of votes cast and over 60 comments posted, Week 1 of our Superpark Sunday Showdown is finally in the can and Nick Khater’s Video Gypsy played David to TJ Schneider’s Snowboard Realms Goliath. Pundits and spin-doctors have already started to dissect the nuances of how both filmers played their cards. Was it the music, the roster, the angles or the editing? Regardless of how he did it, Nick Khater’s Video Gypsy will be advancing to the next round. Congratulations.

Week 2 is now upon us and as such, we have two more Superpark Sunday Showdown contenders, Think Thank battling against JTR Productions. Vote for your favorite video and help them advance to the next round and potentially win $5,000 compliments of Gatorade.

Think Thank vs JTR Productions

Think Thank

JTR Productions


You can watch the vids at 300 pixels wide, or click the icon and watch them full screen once the video starts. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite video.

What’s your thoughts about this weeks contenders?



Think Thank
Though he’ll tell you that it is a collaborative effort, Jesse Burtner is the mastermind behind Think Thank. Since their first production Thunk in 2004, Burtner and company have changed the fabric of snowboard filmmaking by rewriting the rules. Think Thank is proof positive that great snowboarding and compelling footage needn’t be death defying, exotic, or the product of an astronomical budget. For the Superpark Sunday Showdown, Think Thank put this year’s two-disc epic Left Brain, Right Brain on the back burner for a few days to create an original short, titled 2 More, Skip The Last with a cast that includes Jason Robinson, Sam Hulbert, Nick Visconti, Ben Bogart, Sean Genovese and over a dozen other supporting players.

JTR Productions
Justin Ryan is the J and the R in JTR Productions and he traveled all the way from the bottom of the Mammoth access road to document Superpark. With the requisite filler clips out of the way early, his edit hits high gear with a banger opening riding shot which features Kyle Lopiccolo sprocking twenty feet out just as the Nappy Roots declare “Gonna have a good day.” This video includes most of the highlights of Superpark 14 including Chas Guldemond, Lonnie Kauk, Jeremy Thompson and Tyler Flanagan settling the 100 ft Centipede stepover. Also worth noting in Justin Ryan’s entry is Annie Boulanger boosting the quarterpipe, Brennan Swanson pulling the first double cork on a quarterpipe ever and Daisuke Murakami being mislabeled as Halldór Helgason.

About Superpark Sunday Showdown
The Superpark Sunday Showdown is presented by Gatorade. This interactive contest is a weekly video faceoff where two Superpark edits go head to head with the victor being decided by you, the snowboardermag.com viewer. The entry that receives the most votes each week advances to the next round. All told, there are 16 film companies in contention, each with hopes of advancing all the way to the end of the brackets where they will receive the $5,000 grand prize courtesy of Gatorade. Keep in mind that only one vote a day will be counted per viewer, per browser, so keep coming back to www.snowboardermag.com daily to support your favorite vids.

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Comments

  1. Motivemd
    06/20/10 - 2:24 am

    JTR Productions gets it for unified and complete. interlaced? way to rep Swanson of Afton Alps, MN!!

  2. weak
    06/20/10 - 3:45 am

    ur video player is trash!!!!!!

  3. your dad
    06/20/10 - 9:08 am

    de interlace you mother truckers

  4. dan
    06/20/10 - 9:08 am

    THink thank…!

    Sweet contest!

  5. sean
    06/20/10 - 10:48 am

    I hate watching shit on your media player its so sketchy for me.

  6. Mr Doctor
    06/20/10 - 11:17 am

    Easy win for Think Thank. Got 5 seconds into that other vid and couldn’t watch it because of the interlacing.

  7. yes!
    06/20/10 - 11:27 am

    Think Thank took it hands dow. Couldnt even finish the other one

  8. Second battle | JumpClub.no | SAVE SNOWBOARDING!
    06/20/10 - 11:28 am

    [...] This is the second battle of the Superpark14 cup on snowboardermag. check it out and vote for your favorite. i voted for think thank… [...]

  9. jeff
    06/20/10 - 11:30 am

    think thank. good songs, good mix of riding (regular snowboarding/big jumps), and variety in angles. it was longer, but everything think thank does seems to be longer length somehow.

  10. MD
    06/20/10 - 12:54 pm

    JTR was shot very well, but Thank Thank all the way! YEAH get it bundy! Oh and all the kiddies complaining about the media player, GET A REAL COMPUTER! and stop bitchen. The media player works great.

  11. MD
    06/20/10 - 12:56 pm

    “Think”

  12. S.S.S! « Hagfish!
    06/20/10 - 1:58 pm

    [...] Checkout this weeks showdown and vote for Thinkthanks wicked 7 minute long edit best thing ever hands down [...]

  13. AVCHD
    06/20/10 - 4:38 pm

    no way think thank was terrible, they were all over the place, the music had no relation to the video and there were long awkward pauses, it was dragged out too long and random actions in no relation to the others. It’s like a sandart where you keep adding shit in the bottle until it’s full or the music runs out.

  14. Christina
    06/20/10 - 4:41 pm

    I love the Think Thank spirit! The crescendo at the end made me super psyched. Thanks!

  15. tbt
    06/20/10 - 5:40 pm

    media player is trash…just embed Vimeo vids

  16. balls
    06/20/10 - 6:08 pm

    That huge jump on think thanks movie made me shit my pants

  17. weak
    06/20/10 - 10:46 pm

    vimeo would make this a million times better!!!

  18. Norwegian Bob
    06/20/10 - 11:15 pm

    Think Thank wins hands down! Wow factor aplenty with those huge jumps, sketchy music, most daring, excellent riders and pure spirit of the sport. Jesse and Sean score another one for us stone cold snow maxi boarders. Sweet!

  19. the Dark Canuck
    06/21/10 - 1:44 am

    wow that Think Thank edit just wouldn’t end eh? Burtner love your work and what guy’s have done for snowboarding but 7 minutes is a long to push it. Less shots of Visconti noodle pantsing the up rail and more shots of Bogart greasing the mini shred would have been nice! got my vote though

  20. Sam
    06/21/10 - 7:05 am

    What if you were to host videos on vimeo instead?

  21. john
    06/21/10 - 9:38 am

    Posting Vimeo videos would be unfair, as some people have the plus option (which allows for HD embedding) and some do not. Although not the greatest resolution, we’ve got a level playing field here. Things are looking just fine for the guys that compressed properly!

  22. Teddy Schuck
    06/21/10 - 9:51 am

    Blow out victory for Think Thank.

  23. Boobs Mckgee
    06/21/10 - 11:22 am

    Couldn’t watch the vids way to skitchy.

  24. fratador
    06/21/10 - 3:20 pm

    like Burtner was gonna lose!

  25. Ballard Bob Boy
    06/21/10 - 5:07 pm

    Attention all Sponsors! Pick a winner with the Think Thank Video. Climb onboard with the Crew of Think Thank and ride Gold all the way to the finish! Can’t beat it! High jumps and squirrely twists and turns. So Renegades on snow pushing it to the max! Ballard Boys love Think Thank!

  26. Charles Webster Baer
    06/22/10 - 4:13 pm

    REID

    CASNER

    IS

    A

    BITCH!

  27. Tony
    06/22/10 - 4:14 pm

    That was not Halldor in the JTR vid. Think Thank by a mile.

  28. a boy wet dream
    06/22/10 - 7:17 pm

    great comp goooooooo snowboarding

  29. Arbor » Superpark Think Thanks
    06/23/10 - 12:03 am

    [...] Magazine’s Superpark event at Mammoth Mountain in early May. It’s park of their Super Sunday Showdown. And, it features none other that Nick Visconti and many of his Think Thank friends. It’s [...]

  30. Jax
    06/23/10 - 9:05 am

    THINK THANK for sure… it showed a snowboarders lifestyle. messing around the mountain, finding new things to ride. Not all that serious, but with some awesome footage.

  31. ron
    06/23/10 - 1:09 pm

    jtr was the titties man, loved the song and loved the ender shot!

  32. song?
    06/25/10 - 9:31 am

    whats the 1st song from think thank’s?

  33. Laura Austin
    06/25/10 - 10:10 am

    The song is called “Seasons” and it’s by Les Ettes

  34. bobsagetsface
    07/31/10 - 7:55 am

    sweet video but you couldnt have used a more annoying song

  35. Official Superpark Sunday Showdown Brackets | JAQ News
    08/25/10 - 1:36 pm

    [...] votes are tallied for Week 2 and it was an absolute blowout by the Think Thank crew. With an over-whelming win, it looks as if [...]

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