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It’s 2nd year on the market, the Spy Apollo gives you a dual radius lens for improved peripheral vision, minimal materials, optimum comfort and a full range of vision on the mountain. Intended Purpose: Improved peripheral vision Color: The apollo’s are white in the center and black on the brackets. Very minimal in design but [...]

This floated into my inbox earlier today, it’s Grenade’s new skate jean coming out.  From the grenade embroidered pocket to the stitching, there’s no mistaking what company you are wearing.   Grenade is certainly expanding their products into a lifestyle focus while continuing their brand on snow.

It’s just a matter of days before Steamboat is closed for the season so hit up the mountain today for my ride break.  The past couple days it’s been snowing and raining in town, so today’s snow was a mix between slushy and hardpacked ice.   I rode the Automaton Time Fighter to review and [...]

Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Overcast with hardpacked groomers to a mixture of conditions. Setup: I rode the Burton Molotov bindings with the Burton Hero and my Rome Vamp size 8 boots. Time to set up the binding: Average set up time for getting the bindings adjusted. Fit: After riding the Scribe EST, the molotov’s [...]

Location: Breckenridge, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird skies with hardpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Monument Memento Mori with Rome Shifts and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: Light and fast Size: 158cm Weight: lighter than average Flex: Overall a stiffer flex, longitudinally and torsionally. I found it harder to turn torsionally, not allowing as [...]

K2 is stepping up to the plate with the harshmellow, BOA driven designs and Intuition liners to bring the most comfortable, easy and performance driven boots.  The 09-10 Thraxis men’s boot features three separate Boa reels to offer unlimited adjustability for that perfect dialed in fit.   The entire boot line up is at the [...]

With a wide range of snowboarding gloves, Drop continues to make gloves that won’t break your bank account but are made to last with real riders in mind. They offer maximum protection while on snow with comfort, technical features and aesthetically pleasing. Whether it’s mittens or gloves, warm or cold days, fun or serious…Drop has [...]

Last Sunday, the USASA Nationals began at Copper Mountain.  6 days of competitions began with 1,600 amateur athletes throwing down in halfpipe, slopestyle, giant slalom, slalom and boardercross.   Today was the 4th day of competitions and a beautiful bluebird day to watch the events at Copper Mountain. The fine crew at Copper Mountain and [...]

For 2010 DC boots continues to advance their line around performance, technical features, athleticism and heritage. DC worked to feature a slimmer design resulting in a one-to-one fit for the entire boot as well as minimizing the footprint. DC continues to offer the Rapid Lace System (redesigned this year), Boa and Boa Focus as the [...]

Since 1991, Northwave has been dressing snowboarder’s feet with comfort, support and technical features in snowboard boots.  Their R&D this year introduces the new T-track system, offering a close similiarity to the BOA system.   Northwave T-Track and Decade SL Boots Men’s   There was one stand out for boots at SIA, it was the [...]