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I was in Denver on friday to visit the Boa Headquarters (tour, video and write up coming soon!) and to stop by Never Summer to pick up a snowboard and check out the 09-10 line.   I left Denver and headed to Breckenridge to spend the afternoon riding halfpipe before going to Keystone for night [...]

I came back from the Jackson Hole Bluebird premiere with plenty of I AM stickers and introduced to their way of life.  With John Makens at the lead, the company based out of Wyoming is coming up strong with a solid team of riders, interesting apparel designs and a voice that wants to stand out. [...]

2008-2009 Lib Tech Dark Series BTX Location: Loveland, CO Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Lib Tech Dark Series with my Raiden Tigre bindings and my Vans Omni Focus boots. First Impression: The dark series never lets me down Size: 158cmWeight: heavier than average Flex: Stiffer flex longitudinally [...]

The Zumiez 100K event hit up Keystone on Tuesday, it’s the event for Zumiez employees who hit 100,000 in sales during the year. They get to come out and play on boards, party it up with pros and have a good time for making Zumiez money. My buddy Jay was down at the Lib tent [...]

TJ is back on his board with Snowboard Realms! Glad to see his knees healed up and riding again, this time in the land of Ontario throwing down. It doesn’t take the best most extreme mountains in the world to make you have fun. The Snowboard realms Snowboaridng series , ontario , jibbing from tj [...]

In December last year I had to buy snowboard pants at the last minute since my older 686 pants were ripped up in the pant legs (I warrantied them soon after). I picked up the 686 Smarty Complete 2.5 Ply Snowboard Pants. They are the men’s snowboard pants, I prefer baggy pants and after trying [...]

2008-2009 Salomon Sanchez Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Salomon Salomon Sanchez with Salomon women’s relay-e bindings and my Vans Omni Focus boots. First Impression: This is a playful board with a dirty name. Size: 154cmWeight: Didn’t notice at [...]

I give credit to the marketing crew at Copper (my sister resort) because they know when to make fun of themselves and make it look good.    What exactly is National Snow Day?  It’s that “Everyone deserves an unexpected free day to ski, snowboard, and build a snowman. Experience what the rest of the nation [...]

Frame model: Blue Delft Lens model: Sensor Mirror Lens: Here’s what Smith has to say about the Sensor Mirror, “Light rose base lens tint with a multi-layer mirror maximizes color definition and increases depth perception in varying levels of flat light conditions. 70% VLT.” I agree and the lens has really surprised me in flat [...]

Every year there are fewer American made snowboard products but for 2009-2010 MTNOPS is launching their products straight out of the United States. Here’s the latest from Mark Sullivan on the upcoming line, “The jacket featured in this promo is called the Merican – and we will show the only american made gear like this [...]