Arnette posted these photos and captions on their site, kind of funny so I thought I would share:

Like the dinosaurs, Red will grow from all the air he gets. It’s just science.

Red Gerard can run to be president of the United States in 23 years.

Red’s first Superpark has come to an end. As with all Snowboarder Mag events, he had a blast. Thanks to everyone who helped get him where he needed to be. I know you’ll probably never read this, but special thanks to Frankie, Red’s Burton TM, and of course Pat and T-Bird for giving Red a shot at getting to do what he loves! Here is a last shot from Day 5.

If they ever put some photos up, I will share with you Red’s win at the Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge, which took place at Bachelor the day after Superpark ended. Red took first in the Keiki division (16 and under). He LOVES the trophy!

Red Gerard, white snow, and a blue salt bag. This photo is so patriotic. Photo: T. Bird

Here is the Day 5 video, Spencer Schubert and Red switch boards in the opening, there’s another shot of Red at 2:08, but check out what Scotty Vine does for the ender, pretty incredible!

Red decided not to participate in the final webcast yesterday. SNOWBOARDER Magazine’s Battle of the Brands gives out a trip to Cabo for the best team edit from Superpark, and Red was eager to be a part of Burton’s attempt to best them all. Unfortunately the filming session was cut short by the threat of lightening – on to the skatepark! Red is looking forward to a last day on the hill just cruising with friends today. Saturday Red will take part in the Gerry Lopez Big wave Challenge at Mt. Bachelor.

No pictures of Red today for Day 4, but in gathering final thoughts about the significance of Superpark (which in my mind is growing bigger every year and the addition of the webcast only helps to elevate it by allowing snowboard enthusiasts a chance to get in on the action) he was mentioned in the recap. Words, SnowboarderMag:

There aren’t many places—scratch that, there’s no other places—where you can watch Seb Toots, Dylan Alito, Roope Tonteri, and Red Gerard session a hip together

Since this site is supposed to be a gathering of info and photos on Red I will open up with some words from the Day 3 recap on SnowboarderMag‘s site. To read the recap in it entirety (strongly recommended) just click on the link:

This may have been one of the gnarliest sessions I have ever seen in real life. The Mindnich brothers once again provided a solid offering, lapping the hip countless times with back rodeo Taipans from Hans and huge front 360 stalefishes from Nils. Garrett Warnick landed an impressive back seven, along with a smooth back five melon to crystal method. Kim-Rune Hansen was destroying, along with Charles Reid, Annie Boulanger, Sam Taxwood, Austen Sweetin, Zach Normandin, and little Red Gerard, who all put down serious hammers time and time again.

Hope you all are enjoying the live webcasts. Day 3′s action was crazy, with incredible performances from Hans and Nils Mindnich, Sam Taxwood and others. Roope Tonteri had multiple attempts at a double Michalchuk but couldn’t seem to put it down until the webcast finally decided to close up shop. But of course, as soon they did Roope stomped it. Luckily it is captured here in the ender of the Day 3 video. Check out Red and his friends Gabe and Brock one right after the other in the opening, and another shot at about 3:30.

The first live webcast of Superpark 17 has gone down. What an exciting way to get those of us not skilled enough to be up there, in on the action. If you missed it, I am told it will be available to replay, I will post a link when it is posted. 25 riders were selected to participate on the jump created by Loon Mountain and we saw some amazing stuff get thrown. Red said he almost threw his double but then the lighting got flat and it started to rain, maybe another day (I am told that a full part edit including Red’s double was just completed so stay tuned on that front). Make sure not to miss days 2 and 3 of the live webcast, starting at 1:30 PST today and same time on Thursday as well. Want to check out the Day 2 video? Just click on the “Home” tab for all the latest posts. Below is a photo from Day 2, both are taken directly from SnowboarderMag‘s site:

This is either Red Gerard or the midget from “Game of Thrones.” Photo: Huggy

Words take directly from Snowboarder Mag‘s site:

Once again The Launch proved itself to be the most important event in snowboarding for showcasing up and coming talent. The level of riding that went down at Bear was all time with some seriously next level tricks going down at an almost minute by minute basis. One of the most impressive things about this year’s Launch however was how hard the younger crew pushed things, not content to just lap the public park and jib the sides of the jumps, this year’s Supergrom crew packed up and snaked their way into sessions along side the older crew on the hips, jibs and big jumps. While a lot of older kids sat down or found reasons not to hit things the younger squad led by Red Gerard, Cody Warble, Gabe Ferguson, and Brock Crouch had the time of their lives at Bear riding everything and often times packing up and hitting everything together. We dubbed them the “Supergroms” and as you watch this try to think just what you were doing at 12 years old.

Words taken directly from TransWorld Snowboarding:

Red Gerard and Wes Muresan tear up the parks in this week’s Woodward Wednesday! All you Groms (ages 8-12), make sure you sign up for Session #7 this summer. Summer Camp is going to be a blast this year!

Words taken directly from YoBeat:

So it’s Spring and that means park footage. In this case it means park footage from Hobo Headwear, whatever that is. Feel free to skip most of the video because it was edited on an iPhone and you’ll never know when Red Gerard is even riding. Check out :40, :43 and 2:25 for highlights. The rest is just stuff good kids do in the park these days.

Riders: Red Gerard, Kyle Hay, Josh Bishop, Jack Kyle, Randy Stacy, Stevie Meskill, and Hunter Wood. Cameo by homie Christian.

Buy a hat hoboheadwear.com!

As usual, it is always sad to see the Launch wrap up. It is such an awesome event. Riders push themselves, get creative and share in both camaraderie and a whole lot of fun!

T-Bird wrote a nice summation of the event that you should really go check out at Snowboarder Mag. I will paste the parts pertaining to Red below, but you are doing yourself a disservice if you don’t read it in its entirety.

…With The Launch, the ultimate objective is to assemble the world’s best riders under the age of 21 not only in order to introduce themselves to their peers and get a chance to lap with those they might never have the chance to, but also to provide a unique and inviting setup to allow these kids to think outside the box and expand their vision of what snowboarding is and can be…

In the afternoon, what may be the most varied session of the event went down. With some of the riders lagging from three long days on hill, the stragglers were intermingled on a hip session and they included Jordan Smalls, Red Gerard, Toby Miller, Milo Malkoski, Zach Normandin, Ezra Racine, Matt Penny, Jacob Krugmire, Chris Bradshaw, Lucas Magoon, Ryan Tarbell, Jacob Aaronson, and a few other kids leftover helping finish off the event. Let me tell you one thing. I you’ve ever had the chance to watch a session with Gooner, Bradshaw, Red Gerard, and Toby Miller, then you’re one lucky reader. Everyone was pushing each other in very odd ways, evidenced by Bradshaw opting to air out twenty feet over the deck while tweaking like only he can. The hip session turned a mellow day into one of the most productive of the four and at the day’s end, we called the event around four to let everyone rest up and heal.

…These are the kids that are tomorrow’s opinion leaders, trend setters, video part ender producers, contest juggernauts, and product pushers. These are the kids that will save snowboarding, and as the mainstream media continues to claim that snowboarding is simply a fad and it will soon go away, I personally know about eighty kids that couldn’t disagree more, and they’re dead set on proving the naysayers wrong. In other words, The Launch 2013 Presented by Volcom may be done, but this is just the beginning of something very, very big.

Here is an abbreviated version of the words and pics, taken directly from Snowboarder Mag‘s site. To get the whole story, and see all the great shots, go to SnowboarderMag.com 

words: Mary Walsh

…Over the past six years, SNOWBOARDER Magazine has hand-selected cadres of up and coming riders and worked with some of the best park builders in the US to create playgrounds progressive enough to compliment the level of talent. Many young snowboarders have set the first flag of their snowboarding career within the run-ins and landings of The Launch parks. Mark McMorris, Tyler Flanagan, Garrett Warnick, Jamie Anderson, Sage Kotsenburg, Trevor Jacob, Greg Bretz, Sarka Pancochova, Johnny Lazz, Seb Toots, Forest Bailey, Zak Hale, Stale Sandbech, and more have all made turns at the Launch.

…The youngest snowboarders at The Launch sped through the park all day with boundless energy. Hour after hour, Cody Warble, Brock Crouch, Red Gerard, Toby Miller, and crew lapped the park in a tight collective, airing effortlessly out of the hip, sessioning the double rail on the smaller quarterpipe, and throwing snowballs at one another. These kids, half as tall as many of the other riders at The Launch, are next level. They boosted one-by-one over the bottom jump, a line of brightly-colored sweatshirts and black helmets, with style far beyond their years riding. If the abilities first wave of Launch groms are any indication of the future of this current crew, we’re more than excited to watch them grow up, and maybe blow up.

The last day of The Launch is tomorrow and the enders are going to be good. Follow #TheLaunch2013 on Instagram and check SNOWBOARDER Magazine’s Facebook page for updates…

Shots of Red from Day 3:

Words taken directly from Transworld Snowboarding

Red Gerard was a clear winner for the Pint Sized Ripper Award, but his riding was larger than life.  With huge airs over the Anon Optics pyramid, Red couldn’t be stopped.  He was even still strapped in for awards and dropped in to pick up his prize.

Red was lucky enough to be able to attend Snowboarder Mag’s, Ms. Superpark at Keystone. Red got to be jump tester for the girls, a position he was quite happy to fulfill. 

On day 2 Pat (Pat Bridges is the editor at Snowboarder Mag) asked Red to interview a few of the girls. He also provided him with some creeper questions, throwing the girls off who were not expecting questions like that from a 12 year old. Here is the interview from Snowboarder Mag‘s site:

Taken directly from Snowboard Mag:

Red Gerard takes some laps in Northstar’s park. Watch out, kid is on fire!

Filmed by Malachi Gerard

Edited by Blake Axelson and Ezra Racine

Red went out  with Blake Axelson and the guys at Snowboard Colorado to hit the park at Snowmass. And guess what… Red finally did his double – twice!

Look for the shots in an upcoming issue of Snowboard Colorado 

We ran into little Red Gerard taking warm-up laps at the BEO at Laax. He popped off these five tricks first run like it was nothing. Look out for him in the Junior Open this weekend. We will be releasing a full report with photos and videos of all this week’s action from the Burton European Open next week on methodmag.com!

Here’s the latest Mobbin Video with Red, Blake Axelson, Jack Dawe, Wylie Adams and brother Malachi

Taken directly from Transworld Snowboarding‘s site:

Take a couple laps with Red Gerard in the Woodward Central Park.

Words taken directly from Snowboarder Mag site:

Blake Axelson and Red Gerard take a few casual cruisers through the Snowmass park. Of course, “casual cruisers” are anything but for these young rippers.

Words By hondo from Transworld Snowboarding

Take a couple laps with Red Gerard in the Woodward Central Park.

Words taken from YoBeat:

You guys voted and now we feature Mobbin’s videos no matter what. Luckily, this one is also pretty good. Riders in order: Blake Axelson, Grant Giller, Shaun White, Red Gerard, Wylie Adams, Kai Wiggins, and Brendan Hart

Words taken from YoBeat:

Red Gerard will also fight you if you don’t like this song. But he’s 12 and clocks in at about 80lb soaking wet in snowboard gear so….

Ok, while he didn’t get Rookie of the Year, but you have to admit there was some pretty big competition there, I mean Danimals and Brandon Hobush? So much in fact, that even YoBeat couldn’t decide and gave it to them both. While I don’t know what in the world Youngest Person of the Year means, but hey, at least he won a category! Here is a link to the official results: http://www.yobeat.com/2012/12/14/yobeats-official-awards-2012/

Yobeat Reader’s Choice Awards 2012:

http://www.yobeat.com/2012/12/07/yobeat-readers-choice-awards-2012/

Taken from the S0-Gnar site - http://www.so-gnar.com/2012/11/so-gnar-shred-circuit-contest-results-stop-1-woodward-copper-photo-recap/

With a fresh six inches of powder and some colder temperatures, it felt like the Winter Season had finally arrived. The 2012-13 So-Gnar Shred Circuit Contest Series kicked off the season with the folks from Woodward @ Copper for Shred Circuit Stop #1. The Woodward Park Crew built a fun, early season ultra creative set-up which the riders definitely destroyed and sessioned together feeding off of each others energy to see who will be taking home the 1st qualifying spot for Shred Circuit Finals at Winter Park Resort April 13. With pow landings and some super technical tricks, the event was a blast. The Red Bull MXT provided great sound for the competitors to get their early season hiking in and win a bunch of great gear from the tour sponsors. All photography is courtesy of Chris Faronea and Tripp Fay. Next Shred Circuit Contest Stop will be held on Saturday, December 1st at Loveland Ski Area, Colorado in conjunction with So-Gnar’s 1st Stop of the 2-day Snowboard Camp Tour season. Here are the Woodward @ Copper Stop #1 results:

Overall Winner – Josh Boeser, 2nd Place- Killin It Award- Red Gerard, 3rd place- Creativity – Dylan Okorowski

Red did an autograph signing for Arnette in Denver last Saturday. He got to hang with fellow teammates, Andrew Brewer and Sage Kotsenburg so how could he not have had a great time. Here’s some pics from the event:

One of the first rail jam’s of the season was held at Woodward at Copper last Sunday. Yeah, maybe it was indoors, but it won’t be long until you can take your tricks back to the hill…both Keystone and Copper open this weekend! Red took first in men’s snowboard and second in the bowl jam. A goulish time was had by all. Check out Woodward’s video to see the action:

http://woodwardatcopper.com/site/word/authors/Erica/tricks-for-treats-recap

Words from Snowboard Mag

Mobbin Wear headed up to Arapahoe Basin for opening weekend with Red Gerard, Blake Axelson, Grant Giller and Bradon Rohrbaugh and put it down on the six-features set up.

Here’s Colin Walter’s latest edit, featured on YoBeat.

Words – YoBeat:

All your favorite snowboard bums, I mean, Hobos in one edit!

Riders: Red Gerard, Danimals, Paul Gilbert, Jared Jordan, Riley Nickerson, Jordan Smalls, Mary Rand, Marcus Rand, Bobby Blumpkin, Justin Fronius, Derrek Lever, and Mark Wilson.

Taken directly from Snowboard Mag’s site: http://snowboardmag.com/stories/redmond-gerard-will-destroy-us-all

Redmond Gerard will destroy us all!

Words: Josh Ruggles

Get ready because there’s a new kid in town and he’s good — scary good. If you haven’t heard of Redmond Gerard, then you best get familiar. The 12-year old Colorado youngblood makes most adults look silly by dropping man-sized hammers with style and ease.

When he isn’t cutting up resort jumps and rails, he’s carving up bowls at the skatepark with equal intensity. And for a kid still in middle school you could say he’s ahead of the game. He can make his 126cm board do things that even seasoned riders will never attempt.

Red shows us, when standing sideways he will lay waste to, well, anything he chooses. Luckily, we had the chance to interview the young phenom and survived to tell the tale.

Be afraid, here is Redmond Gerard.

How old are you and when did you start snowboarding? What was your first day like?

I can’t say I really remember my first day. I was two when I actually started snowboarding, but I was probably like one when I first went on a snowboard. My Dad taught me how to snowboard, but I really, really wanted to catch up to my brothers. I remember my Dad letting me bomb down the hill and then just falling on my butt.

Who are your current sponsors?

My sponsors are so awesome to me. They are Burton, Arnette, Woodward at Copper, Camtrol, Celtek, NXTZ, and Hobo.

Where is your local mountain?

Well I am pretty lucky to have so many great mountains nearby. I have an Epic Pass, which is pretty sweet so I will probably ride Breck the most of those mountains. Woodward at Copper gives me a pass to Copper to take my tricks I work on in the barn and out to the hill, so I ride Copper a lot too.

Who are your biggest supporters in your snowboarding?

Besides my sponsors, my brothers, Robbie Sell, Adam Pearce and Matt Guess.

What are your favorite tricks on jumps and rails?

Well on jumps I like front 7s and back 7s, and on rails I really like back blunt 270 and front 270 on.

 

Red attended the Bangshow, Videograss premier Wednesday night in Denver with two of his mentors, pro snowboarders, Matt Guess (pictured) and Chad Otterstrom. Red’s brother Brendan was featured in the Bangshow. Red wanted to be one of the first to witness Brendan’s skills onscreen (even Brendan hasn’t seen the video yet) .

Red took first place in both the street and bowl divisions of this 3rd annual memorial skateboard comp held at the Breck skatepark this past Sunday. Chris Ferris was the former owner of Big Hit skate and snowboard shop in Breck and had a big influence on the local skate community.

Photo by Erik Richard Unger of the Summit Daily News

Words from Shred On Magazine’s site – 8/6/12:

Do you remember David Benedek‘s last flick “In Short“, in which we get to see Jamie Nicholls at Halifax riding his famous dry slopes by the age of 14 only and throwing down 900s and other rad tricks? Well, Red Gerard is like the U.S.-version of that back then and is only 11 years old. Even sicker than Jamie back then (no offense..), this little grom blows you away and displays W-T-F on your forehead when watching this kid ride. Check out Red ripping things up here and get a tease of what might be waiting for this kid when keeping it up like that in 5 years let’s say. The world is yours son.

Check out their site: http://shredonmag.com/news/red-gerard/

Taken directly form Yobeat: http://www.yobeat.com/2012/08/04/how-red-gerard-spent-his-summer-vacation/

HOW RED GERARD SPENT HIS SUMMER VACATION

We know you’ve been wondering where Red Gerard is in this year’s Best Summer Ever series. At least, we have. Luckily, Parker is on the case and even got Red to answer some questions about his summer vacation.

What have you been up to?

Well I have been in Hood for the whole summer again and have been having another “best summer ever”, riding, skating, going to Hood River and cliff jumping (the little ones) at Punchbowl Falls.

You spent the whole summer at Mt Hood again, where did you stay this time around?

My whole family and I are here in Govy and we are staying in the Grand Lodges next to Collins Lake. I like being up in Govy better than down in Welches. I get to hang with friends easier up here.

Where did you ride?

Mostly at HCSC but also Windell’s, and public park as well.

 

Just click on this link:

http://www.buoloco.com/web6/content/red-gerard-metal

We cannot seem to figure out how to embed the video from Day 4 of the Launch into the site. BUT, if you click on the link below, it will take you to the real deal on Snowboarder Mag’s site.

The Launch Presented By Red Bull: Day 4 Video | Snowboarder Magazine.

On Day 4 at The Launch, Snowboarder Magazine is proud to unveil it’s very own Red Cam. Check out the action from Red Gerard and our Super Grom crew as well as the massive ravine gap conquered by Ben Ferguson and the Mindnichs.

No pictures from Day 4 of the Launch but we are told that a video will be posted. Red had a great time, hard not to in the awesome weather we were given and the opportunity to ride with such awesome riders. Here’s s an excerpt of some final words from T-Bird from Snowboarder Mag‘s site, click on the link to get the whole story and see some awesome shots of Ben Ferguson:

Meanwhile, I spent a good part of my afternoon lapping with the little guys. Red Gerard, Brock Crouch, Gabe Ferguson, Cody Warble and cohorts were flying down the hill hitting every feature both in the public and Launch park while I was attempting to keep up. It didn’t work. These kids truly are the future of snowboarding. Stay tuned for the exclusive edit coming soon. I must say though, their youth rubbed off on me, and I had one of the best times ever lapping with these little guys.

Here are some extremely condensed words (basically just the sentence about Red) taken from the Snowboarder site. For full (and much better) coverage check out Snowboarder Mag‘s site:

Day three of The Launch 2012 Presented by Red Bull at Bear Mountain, California was the best yet…hands down. The morning started off with a similar crew from last night’s sunset session…Red Gerard, Stefan Krumm, Zach Normandin, Brock Crouch, and a handful of others were sessioning a high speed line into the pole jam…Basically, today was the day that The Launch got really “frickin’” gnarly.

rider: Red Gerard, photo: Huggy

Another beautiful day at the Launch. Here’s an excerpt of what Snowboarder Mag‘s site had to say about the day (click on the link to get the full story:

After the redirect, the action moved down about 100 yards to the channel gap. Opting to ride along the deck and gap over the channel in a more unorthodox way, Sam Taxwood, Jaeger Bailey, Blake Paul, Red Gerard, Max Warbington, Stefan Krumm, Ben Ferguson, and a handful of others displayed tricks far beyond their years for about an hour with front 180s, straight airs, back threes, and even a one-foot backie, courtesy of young Jaeger, who is emerging as one of the most impressive riders in attendance. 

Red Gerard has a tighter stance than Jed Anderson. photo: E-Stone

Day one of the highly anticipated Launch at Bear Mountain went off with weather more suited for the beach, giving off vacation style vibes. Not exactly optimal snowboarding conditions, but no one was complaining and everyone was having fun. Here’s an excerpt and a shot of Red from Snowboarder Mag‘s site – hopefully more to follow!

Other standouts included Blake Paul, who was putting down crazy backside three seatbelts and sending the big quarterpipe, San Taxwood and Max Warbington, who planted their palms on the up/down rail set against the quarterpipe. Zander Blackmon’s 270 to methods, Jaeger Bailey’s back rodeos, Red Gerard’s skate-inspired redirects, and of course Hans Mindnich’s alley oops were some of the best tricks during the afternoon session on the jump to quarter wall.

Little Red going big. rider: Red Gerard, photo: Mike Yoshida

The PB&J Rail Jam took place at Keystone yesterday. Red didn’t feel like he brought his A game to this one (probably just had his mind on his trip to Big Bear that he was leaving for after the comp), but it was enough to earn him a second place finish – off to the Launch!

Taken from the Volcom website: Stepping up to the man sized contest site, the 15 and under division unleashed the furry. Spin on/spin out, locking lips through the elbow, and stylish presses were all part of the action these young guns put on display. Bradley Luff ended up taking the victory with a lethal combination of style and aggression. Not far behind was Redman Gerard and Isaiah Woodworth taking home the 2nd and 3rd place positions.

The Launch is coming up, one great place to see snowboarding’s newest up and coming talent. But while we’re waiting for everyone to congregate in Bear, Burton put together this video from last year’s Launch in Park City – check it out!

Last spring the Youth took over Park City, Utah for Snowboarder Magazine’s “The Launch”. Launch was an appropriate name for this event because everyone was going huge. For such young riders, the talent being displayed was on a whole other level. The huge crew of Zak Hale, Ben Ferguson, Kyle Mack, Brock Crouch, Ben Watts, Redmond Gerard, Nick Baden, Carter Smalley, Tim Kevin Ravnjak, Brock Waring, Harrison Gray, Alex Andrews, Darren Mack and Stephan Maurer destroyed Park City.

It’s Woodward Wednesday! Hope everyone is shredding on this gorgeous day! Check out this week’s edit featuring Stevie Meskill, Kyle Hay and Red Gerard. As always don’t miss out on our $35 Wednesday deal which includes a full day lift ticket, barn sesh, and one soda/beer.

Redmond and some of the gang from 720 headed out to Loveland on Friday to shoot some photos for Snowboard Colorado. Here are two of them – courtesy of Loveland!

Red participated in his first backcountry comp this weekend taking home plenty of goods for Best Grom – while to be honest, he was the ONLY grom. What a cool comp with four different features scattered throughout the backcountry of Loveland Pass. Check out the full coverage of the event on Transworld Snowboarding‘s site.

Red Gerard is King of the Groms.

Red took 1st place in slope this past weekend at Copper’s USASA event, winning him a new board (in the background) for highest overall snowboard score of the day.