ISPO 2014: The Ultimate Brodown

The ISPO hurricane rolled into Munich once again and we braced for impact by building a small shelter to hide in and project shred movies to be safe and hype up the people for the this fall's Reels Film Festival. Method Mag 14.4 was ready for the people to feast their eyes on. We ran around checking the 2015 goods, high-fived homies till our hands were numb and drank brew we till we turned blue. Here's a good scoop of what happened.The Method booth ISPO 2014. The calm before the storm!The cinema and hangout zone with the good peeps from MonsterPeople posted up inside the theater for peace, quiet and shred porn!
Living legend Joni Makinen with 14.4 cover boy, Alex Fischer.Kas Lemmens and Lenn Verjans scored a Radar in Method Mag 14.4Gigi scored the cover 14.3. A few too many beers and we were seeing double!Fred Perry scored a Hello double page. Here he is, hanging with his coach, Sean Genovese.Nick Francke is a boss.ISPO Academy seen from above. Can you spot Mike Rock?The Golden Mitt from Celtek.Tobi from Lib Tech and TAG say "Hello"!Tyler Chorlton and Jason Horton are a couple of kings.The official salute to the Method camera is the dirty bird.The man, the myth, the legend! Jamie Lynn dropped by to say "Method Mag is the best!", not bad props, am I right?We love Airblaster Ninja Suits!Tom Kingsnorth from Transform Gloves and his Rosa smiling while he suckles on our beer.Kevin Backstrom turned up for a Monster.686 pro model gloves. Cam Pierce, Forest Bailey, Phil Jacques and Sammy Luebek. Are these good for boxing?Deeluxe boots are Dee-Shit!If you squint your eyes, you'll notice there is a guy with a pen behind his ear in this photo. Smokin Snowboards pow boards. Everyone back to woods!The new CAPiTA boards looking fuckin' sick!The new Switchbacks were in and they looked dope. They also come in some rad packaging.The K2 booth was sweet. A lot of people parked cars or buses in their booths, I guess it was a solution for cheap parking?The new DC range was hanging tight with some funny messages. Repent Your Skis!Burton's new pow slasher will cut you!Dutch heartthrobs from the boy band "Skin Up" were in town, including UK frontman Bobby Bong in the sleeveless tee.Smokin Jay from Smokin Snowboards showing Alex Fischer something illegal.L'Arrogs and DJ Mike Rock, badass Frenchies with terrific facial hair. Chriso and TAG, teen sluts?Volcom 's annual skate comp was going off with a new paint job. "True To This" is their new movie, dropping soon!Party boy Petter Foshaug and Kalle Ohlson were around. Hoppipolla Boi!

Free beer and DJ Mike Rock blasting the tunes. "You guys are too loud and too drunk. If you don't fix something there's gonna be a problem." "I think there is gonna be a problem!"After the camera had a few beers, photos started to look like thisMatt Heneghan and Sean Genevose. DWD homies sporting Salmon Arms.Fred Perry's tattoo. Tiger Style!Lovely Ida from SkullCandy dropping beats.Alex Fischer and his handsome midget doppelgänger.True-to-original model of a junkyard with Ride. Is snowboarding in the future going to happen in a Mad Max-ianesque environment?This speaks for itself. Yabai!Analog's desert camouflage for y'all sandboarders out there.Jeff Anderson & Jeff Brushie made it onto the new YES "Greats" boards. Fuck Yeah!Slash sticks with that wild style!Serious tech talk about the new Method x Union x Gatland bindings from past and present Method Mag editors & Ilmo Niittymäki.Pwee3000 & the Fresh Off the Hill boys bombing dat shit with messages of Love.We hired these guys as agent provocateurs to heat things up. Thanks Steve and TAGShit was getting loose at the Nidedecker booth party.This guy seems down with  ISPO in general and Method Mag in particular. YES!Advita booth looking like an alleyway in Queens.I wonder where this kid got that idea from? Dad, I learned it from you!Kas Lemmens and his scooter, deep in hall C7.That shit is real, Yeah For It!Did you ever want to make a spectacle of yourself but didn't know how? Well, one of these might do the trick. Jesse Augustinus and Flo Achenrainer already wasted. Andy Philips is really committing to catch up."Are you talking to me?" Our homie Noel from Epic TV's Daily Bizzard.Besides all the usual debauchery, ISPO also offered some visual delights over at the Space Junk gallery. Nico Thomas is a legend.Global leaders playing Monopoly.Alexis decided to get his hair cut at the Electric booth from the boys at Uppercut. ADT going full hipster! Ich don't think sooo....Gigi Rüf is a good guy and hung out at our booth until the very last day. Craig Scrivener was happy to see him chillin' with the boys.Frank or beans? Never lend Lorenz your camera...We love you too, man.Pwee's German "salad".The RUMors are true, these two are finally getting married! Michi Shatz & Steve Grumser are always a good duo to run into.Sneak peek at Scotty Steve's new CAPiTA pro-model. This wizard stick hides special powers!Austrian fresh schnitzels, Steve Küberl & Simon Pircher.Leftovers from ISPO 1971AEMKA aka Mike Knoebel getting up for Shred Optics.Patou doing her best pigeon impression686 x ISPO Boxing. The Postland Fury was in full effect!DVP boys Marco Morandi and Nicolò Pezzato hard on that instafax grind.Shooter Steffen Kornfeld prefers to be behind the camera.Uli Köhler sighting. It ain't that easy to get out of the game...Airblaster x Cobra Dogs leg bag. These things never get old!"Smokin' is OK", says Jay!GBP boards built by Smokin.Our boy Eric Bruweleit keeping the peace at the Ashbury booth.Anton Gun and his puppy, Peter Lundstrom, that he loves so much.This could save your life or make for a really good headrest.Rough makes bindings!Soren from Nasty Mondays & the Mandorra Clan from Slideways Shop, Tyler C and Merlin Balfour along with the creator of The Eight Project, Gonzalo Manera.Mean camo ready for war from Burton......but if you look closely it hides flowers of peace.Holden holding it down with some new looks.Beanies from outerspace!Handshake #45,751 from Kerstin at Anon/Analog, hanging with her man Bernie.It seems like bindings are going extinct. More pow surfers from Grassroots at the ISPO academy.Doom, Gerben, Little Max & his mom rounding up the troops for the Method Teaser party!Tank & Shithorse brainstorming on video plans.Von Zips for 2015Verdad taking out the big guns, literally.How can we forget this guy?Len, Jan & Nic. Who cut the Gouda?Never too crippled to rock! Klaus Zenker from Templeton is unstoppable.Pierre Jacques Yves is a stylish bastard.Volcom is making goggles with Electic. Get 'em!Young Guns. Flo Geiger, Lukas Lengle, Gido Goeffler & Kas Lemmens fuggin' RIP!Spring Break is infectious. Everyone is catching the fever. Check out boots and outerwear collab with ThirtyTwo to go along with their CAPiTA board collab.Even Yobeat's very own Brooke Geery was in town. Kas Lemmens was hyped!Yup, that's real.Everyone wants the Wrinkle binding in 2015!Riding the whoops on the snake track.Voelkl giving you the break down.Never get enough DJ Mike Rock. Here he is doing his best Slash impression. Hire him for your next wedding or bar mitzvah!Salomon sticks!Thanks for existing ISPO. See ya next year!