Thug Krew Thursdays: Shon Miller and Jared McDaniel

This Thug Krew Thursday we have Shon Miller answering some questions in reference to him and fellow Thug Krew rider Jared Mcdaniel.  Shon fills us in on their plans for season as they work to kill it and throw out edits as much as possible.  Heres what he had to say

Name: Shon Miller
Age: 23
Sponsors: S4 Optics-Rockstar-Couch Boys-Chronic Tacos-Thug Krew-Roulette Clothing
Home Mountain: Mt High but I live in San Clemente (south orange county) so I drive an hour and a half everyday to the mountain

First off how was the opener of the season for you two?

SM-The opening of the season for Jared and I was a huge relief.  Both of us had been itching to get back to work since "The Patch" melted in early July.  We had just started a solid filming program around then so  the off season was just filled with anticipation to get back to filming as much as possible

The edit you guys made is off the hook, good so cal shreddin, any big plans for filming this year?

SM-Thanks man, I'm stoked you liked the edit.  Its funny cause we put minimal effort into making that video.  Filmed everybody for 3 laps each and edited the footy that night so i could show everyone the finished product the very next day haha.  There's a solid group of about 10 of us that are super fired up to film this year and work hard for our video parts.  Everyone is in a friendly competition to see who can get the best video part.  It's pretty exciting to see everyone stepping it up.  There are gonna be a lot new faces of exposure at Mt. High this year.  It's nice to see a whole new group of unknown riders killing it.  I'm stoked to help out with getting us all exposure.  People like Jared NEED to be noticed.

According to Snowdogg the Thug Krew team will have a movie coming out next year.  Any crazy gnarly spots or places you guys wanna have in your part?

SM-Yeah man, I'm happy to say we ARE putting together a full movie this year.  I'm gonna be doing alot of the filming for it as well as trying to put together a full part myself.  We have some really cool spots picked out to shoot.  We are gonna hit a bunch of street spots in Bear, some top secret Snowdogg spots at Mt. Baldy, and a big road gap in Tahoe.  We are gonna be out hunting for street spots every chance we get.  If it's snowing, it's a safe bet that Thug Krew is in the streets putting it to work.

Being so close as not only teammates but also as friends, how is riding with eachother? Who pushes who the most?

SM-It's realllllllly cool to have someone on the team that is such a good friend.  It's cool because we are both on the same page as far as work ethic goes.  We both want to step it up at all times and we both wanna film as much as possible.  Jared definitely pushes me a lot when we ride, his trick selection and style are pretty out of control.

Any new tricks either of you have in goal to get by end of the year?

SM-I can't think of any specific tricks that I wanna get, I just wanna get as many creative shots for my video section as possible

What trick does Jared do that you think is the most rad?

SM-Jared as a couple tricks i love to watch him do: Nollie back tail 270 out, and his front blunt 270 out.  Both are always buttery and smooth.  Also he does a switch 3 nosepress tail tap switch 3 out.... take a second to comprehend it.... ya, I know.... nuts.

How influenced are you by eachothers riding?

SM-My riding is directly influenced by his.  We ride together everyday so it's hard not to pick up on what each other is doing.  We both just feed off eachother.  Critique each other's style and give one another tips on how to fix our tricks and how to do new ones.  It's always really productive when we ride together.

Whats your funniest moment riding?

SM-HAHAHA the funniest moment riding together would have to be a few days ago.  We were having a friendly film session at Mt. High when some guy cut Jared off on the way to a jump making them both fall pretty hard.  The guy started to try to fight Jared and then hit my camera in the process.  To make a long story short lets just say a UFC heavyweight match broke out and Thug Krew walked away with the Championship belt.  In other words that dude got his ass kicked. idiot. haha

Any last words to say to the Thug Krew fans?

Just stay tuned for weekly video updates from Thug Krew and come BBQ with us at Mt. High sometime.  We are partying in the parking lot daily so come grab some stickers and say hi :)


Opening day from Mt High with some of the Thug Krew Clan




Shon Miller edit



Jared McDaniel edit



Remember to check out the weekly edits from Shon and Jared and more of the team weekly here at the Thug Krew Blog!

Casey Timms

Thug Krew rider Casey Timms gettin some outta Lake Tahoe

Thug Krew would like to welcome Daniel Salazar-Mike Brokeoff-Eric Brokeoff-Chad Tarbell-and Pepe Ventura to the team

Thug Krew Thursdays: Brendon Krainer

Name: Brendon Krainer
Age: 17
Sponsors: Thug Krew
Home Mountain: Bear Mountain

Its understood that your currently in Tahoe, hows the trip been so far?

Nah Im home in bear now.  Haha but Tahoe was Definitely a fun time.  Big ups to Boreal

My bad, you been shreddin Bear since you been home or what?


Kooksters #1 from IHD Productions on Vimeo.

This kid pumpin out edits here left and right

hahah who? me?

Haha yeah you, speaking of, IHD Productions is run by you and Lacey, a fellow friend of mine here in Steamboat, whats the history on IHD?

IHD was put together over thanksgiving of 2009.  Chillin in a jacuzzi in Big Bear with Keegs and Killacey. I heard Dat.

Any big plans this year? Contests? Photo? Travel?

Ill be filming with a few big production companies besides IHD, and ill be all over the map gettin photos, footy and doin all the contests I can.  Killin it and ill throw what I know.

When did you start riding and what was the first deck?

I started in 2006/2007 but didnt start doing rails or jumps until the 2007/2008 season.  and my first board was a "hammer industries" snowboard which was a generic snowboard that was given to me by another ice skater at the rink I trained at.

The Mission from IHD Productions on Vimeo.

Check out Brendons trip to Boreal ^^^^^^^^

Check out how the team gets work done on opening day at Mt High

Snowdogg gettin it at Mountain High Opening Day

Thug Krew Owner/Team Manager/and team rider attended opening day at Mt High.  Check out his pics from opening day

Thug Krew Thursdays: Sean Monahan

If your ever at Bear Mountain, you will most likely see Thug Krew rider Sean Monahan throwing down hard.  He may be only 14, but the kid's got style and steeze on lock.  You'll most likely see him around with his brother Brandan and some friends taking some park laps.  He is the next generation of riding and he is not going anywhere. Expect to see him in the future doing what he does best. Snowboarding 

Name: Sean Monahan
Age: Turning 15 in a few days
Sponsors: Flow Snowboarding-Sessions Outer-NXTZ-Thug Crew-Get Boards Ride Shop-Snow Summit
Favorite Mountain: Bear Mountain

Whats your story?  How did you get into the sport and what shred stick was your first?

-Ummm well I started Skiing first just like most everyone and I saw my bro riding a board and I loved the way it looked, it reminded me of skating and lets see thats my first board crap. ummm ha it was a lil crap Burton board and now riding on Flow

How is Flow treating you?

-Amazing, I got the chillest rep name Chris who is amazing.  Gets me board, boots,bindings so sick

Who's some riders that are influencing you nowadays?

-Tim Humphreys, my best friend Brandon Davis, my big brother Brandan Monahan

Worst trend to ever hit the snowboard scene?

-Anything Airblaster

Haha good response, whats your big plans for this season?

-To work on my spinning game

What else? Contests? Filming? traveling?

-I want to win as many contests as I can, filming hopefully a lot this year, plan on making road trips with my brother and making it to USASA

Being a grom killin it everywhere you go, does it help with gettin the ladies numbers?

-Well depends when the girlies from down the hillz it works amazing but girls up here dont give a crap hahaha

Besides Shredding what else does Sean Monahan do?

-Sk8-Trampoline-Hang with friends-BMX-try to get the girls-swim-blow snow-watch snow vids-go to school-sleep-eat-yeah

Last question being, whats one long term goal that you have set for yourself for your snowboarding career?

-To get as far in snowboarding as I can and not be a dick like Shaun White, he has no friends.  I want to just have fun with my friends while I ride.

Thug Krew @ The Rio [Las Vegas] 11-4-2010

If you were in Vegas on the 4th of November you should have been @ The Rio to check out Bear Mountains "Paint it Red" and Forums "Fuck It" movie premieres.  Sponsored by Thug Krew, and brought to you by our good friends Tyrant Snowboards, Snowdogg and some of the crew made it down to sin city to represent both companies in a night of fun and entertainment.

 Check out some pictures from the premiere here!


Photos brough to you by Jason Anderson
While your checking out the pics from the event, be sure to check out some more of Jasons work!

Congratulations Snowdogg

Thug Krew team rider and owner Snowdogg is now a team manager for S4 goggles!!!!!


Congratulations Snowdogg!!!!!


If you think you got what it takes to ride for S4, send over a video resume to Snowdogg at
snowdogg2002@yahoo.com

Snowboard Cinema 11/4

Come Join the Thug Krew team November 4th in Las Vegas for the Bear Mountains Paint it Red and Forums Fuck It premieres.  Present by Powder & Sun Boardshop and Tyrant Snowboards, this night is one not to miss.  With Live performances by C-$ Players Inc and DJ Crime.  There will also be Snowboard and swag giveaways and a snowbunny contest.

Address: 3700 w. Flamingo. Las Vegas, NV