Arbor Team Shoot At Winter Park from Arbor Collective on Vimeo.

For all of the details on Pat’s camp, click here.

Del X Pat- “Monkey Wrench” Music Video from Jameson Walter on Vimeo.

Bonus! Check out this Fox 31 news coverage that Pat picked up during the Downtown Throwdown in Denver.

Pat Milbery at Windell's Summer Camp.

The Windells Shredcast; EP2; Pat Milbery & Nick Visconti from Windells on Vimeo.

Winter is off to a great start all over the country, but perhaps nowhere more so than Colorado. Local resorts have been continuously picking up new snow since early October and this week up four feet of new snow fell across Summit County. Even more strange, the Denver area picked up two to three feet of new snow. Arbor team riders Pat Milbery and Moss Halladay were in the city for the weather event and of course made them most of it with some urban sessions. Check out some shots of Denver getting buried in October.

Pat Milbery gets all the girls.

Arbor Hot Dawgz from Arbor Collective on Vimeo.

With Pat Milbery on the rider invite list for Bear Mountain’s Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails event held on Saturday, September 19th, it seemed obvious what had to be done. Arbor needed to be at the event and be there in force. We rallied the troops, rented a fat pad, printed up a batch of special edition HD&HR bamboo shirts and bandanas and loaded up on stickers, medallions and “Pat heads on a stick” and headed to Big Bear for the main event.

The unique SoCal summertime event went off. For starters, it was the best course ever and the most talented list of riders to date. Arbor pro team rider, Pat Milbery killed it in the qualifiers advancing to the semifinals without question. He wasn’t done there…Pat made his way into the top 10 out of 50 invited riders and found himself in the finals. His smooth style and solid triple lines on the rider’s right side of the course were winning big points with the judges. If not for the crazy challenge of the “Helbow” rail on the rider’s left side of the course, he probably would have made the podium.

In the end, well over 5000 people showed up for this ultimate pray for snow party and Arbor was there in a big way. If you missed it, you blew it. It was unquestionably a great time and should get shredders pumped on the coming winter. Get out there and buy your new gear because if it turns out to be the big El Niño year that many are predicting, it could be an all-time powder shredding season.

Thanks to everyone who joined the Arbor team at the event. We appreciate your help and your support. A big thanks to Pat Milbery for coming out and killing it.

Chelone "Chilly" Miller at Mammoth Mountain.

For more photos of Chilly, click here to check out his profile page.

Get To Know New Snow Team Rider Chelone “Chilly” Miller

Where are you from Chilly? I grew up in Easton, New Hampshire.

What is your local shred hill? When I’m on the East Coast, I ride Loon Mountain and when I’m out west, I ride Mammoth Mountain.

How did you get into snowboarding? I started skiing as soon as I could walk and I loved it. When I was eight some of my older friends that I looked up to started snowboarding. I gave it a try and instantly fell in love with it and have been shredding ever since.

How would you classify your riding style? I would say I have an aggressive and progressive style. Ever since I first started snowboarding, I’ve wanted to ride faster and go bigger every time I’m on the hill. I believe that snowboarding has a long way to go before the progression reaches a plateau and I want to be part of that as long as I can.

What does it mean to win? I definitely have always had a competitive nature and high expectations, but if I don’t win, I feel like it was just not meant to be…that time.

Why did you decide that Arbor was the right snowboard sponsor for you? Besides having a sick new lineup of boards, I feel like Arbor is one of the only snowboard company’s that understands the importance of doing everything we can to decrease the negative environmental impact we are having on the planet.

What specifically do you like about Arbor snowboards? I like that Arbor is well rounded. They make everything from a soft jib stick to a big solid backcountry board all of which have sick artwork collaborations.

What do you think the Arbor brand represents? I think Arbor represents the old school, down to earth vibe that most company’s don’t have but it’s also a brand that is progressive and changes with the times for the better.

Which Arbor board models do you think you’ll be riding this year for park, backcountry, racing, etc.? I don’t have them all figured out yet since I just joined the team but so far I’m liking the 2010/11 prototype Wasteland and Coda.

What were your biggest accomplishments during the 2008/09 season? It was definitely getting MVP/standout rider at Snowboarder Magazine’s Super Park 13 in Mammoth.

Can you give us a rundown on what you’ll be up to for the coming season? I’ll be competing in the bigger slopestyle events like the Dew Tour, Mammoth Grand Prix, the US Open and hopefully the X Games. I am also still going to be competing in some Boardercross events but really my biggest goal for the season is to film with Standard and get a part for their movie next year.

Tell us about your road to the Olympics: Can you get their this winter? I was just down in Argentina racing in the Continental Cup trying to secure a spot for the World Cup race in Telluride. If I can get to Telluride and win, I would have a realistic chance to make the US Olympic Boardercross Team.

How important is it to get to the Olympics? Competing in the Olympics is definitely something I want to do at some point in my career. If I don’t make it in 2010. I’ll try to make a run in 2014.

Anything else you want to say about being on the Arbor team? I was able to meet some of the Arbor team riders at Mt. Hood this summer and they all seemed really cool and ready to take their snowboarding to the next level. I’m also super pumped to be a part of the Arbor family. They have the same environmentally friendly style that I do and are totally open to new ideas which is what I’m all about.

Arbor team rider Pat Milbery bags an interview with FUEL TV.

“Fuel TV offered up this interview opportunity as some insight to what’s going on with the current state of life. They did a few quick quick questions and some photos before another Daily Habit that I will be doing this upcoming fall.” Check out Pat Milbery’s interview on FUEL TV.com.

Pat Milbery might be turning Japanease-a.

“Shopping has never been one of my hobbies, but after attempting to use shopping carts for a different hobby, they were so much fun to snowboard on, it kinda made me want to go shopping more! 20some shopping carts and 5.0 grind make for a good time.  Shopping photo taken by Terry Ratzlaff, published in 2009-2010 FREERUN MAGAZINE BUYERS GUIDE JAPAN DVD INSERT FRONT&BACK COVER, location any Safeway Grocery near you,” Pat.

Pat's on top of the world.

Pat, Moss and Joe gather with the campers from the last Windells session.

The Arbor Snow team took over Windell’s Snowboard Camp at Mt Hood this summer for their final session. Team riders Pat Milbery, Moss Halladay and Joe Bosler held down their signature DREAM FEATURE collaboration session with Skullcandy with a super unique build.

The crew built a multi-directional feature that consisted of a c-shaped corrugated tube, a barrel jib, a dance floor box and a rhythm section with a mailbox spine to keep the flow going. The kids at camp loved the feature, which was the goal of the team build. Click here for video of this ultra creative feature.

The team also hosted a hip-hop freestyle battle based on words pertaining to Arbor as a brand and as a education to increase the campers knowledge of the brand. Pat, Moss and Joe awarded a bunch of Arbor gear to the campers who participated in the battle including a complete OSO skate deck, an 09/10 Draft snowboard and very comfortable Arbor bamboo crew-neck sweater.

The crew also hosted a mustard eating contest on hill which some lucky campers got hooked up with some new Arbor fitted hats. Last but not least, the campers got to be a part of the knockout basketball battle, where the elimination rounds lead to a jousting battle over the foam pit. The lucky few left in this activity won new Arbor beanies and their choice of fitted hats. Every camper during that session also got hooked up with a new Arbor tree-chain necklace, the first 200 Arbor ever produced.

Thanks for the support guys, and keep checking out the Arbor riders on the new website and get your butts up to Windell’s Camp for next summer’s action.

Moss getting his boost on over a kicker at Hood.

Arbor at Windells from Windells on Vimeo.