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Location: Loveland, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain. Setup: I rode the Ride Machete with Ride Sigma Movement bindings and Bonfire Geo boots. Size: 158cm. First Impression: Finally getting to ride the machete, I heard this board can cut down trees. Weight: Lighter than average Flex: Overall it isn’t a soft [...]

It’s fun how a weekend of sledding and snowboarding in the backcountry can work the muscles a lot harder than expected and yesterday I was sore from the weekend.  With no new snow and bluebird skies, it  was the perfect day for park laps in Rabbit Ears Park, Bashor and Lil’ Rodeo for my ride [...]

At age 23, Hannah Teter has quite the track record for snowboarding and humanity.  She’s already won a Gold Medal in the 2006 Olympics and her ventures have taken her into the public eye with appearances on late night television, her own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor and she continues her charity work to [...]

Location: Loveland, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain. Setup: I rode the Burton Lip-stick with my Burton Lexa bindings and Bonfire Geo boots. Size: 154cm. First Impression: A stellar women’s park board that is the definition of playing on the mountain. Weight: Average Flex: The Lip-stick was definitely a tad stiffer [...]

SIA is just around the corner which means it’s almost time to see all the 2011 products and check out what companies will be offering next season.  Drop Gloves has announced their collaboration and projects for the 2010-2011 season so here’s a sneak peak at some of what they’ll be offering. Revamped Boundary III glove [...]

Location: Loveland, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain. Setup: I rode the Form Destroyer Chillydog with Forum Shaka bindings and Bonfire Geo boots. Size: 154cm First Impression: Chillydog rocker, lets see how this is on a mid flexing board. Weight: Average Flex: Overall the flex was middle of the road, its [...]

After yesterday’s amazing riding at Buffalo Pass, it wasn’t a hard decision to go back there today for more snowboarding.  Despite a late night out, some of us rallied this morning with much needed coffee and made it back to the sleds for more powder turns.  We had less people and ended up being more [...]

Just outside of Steamboat is Buffalo Pass which offers ideal sledding access and some amazing snowboarding terrain if you have a sled.  I don’t have a sled so getting out to Buff has never happened but with the crew in town we were able to borrow sleds to enjoy some powder riding on Buff Pass. [...]

I spent Friday morning getting some work done for the mountain with our park crew and luckily with friends arriving in town I was able to call it a day at noon so I could meet up and ride with them for the rest of the day.  Friday was cold temperatures in Steamboat but bluebird [...]

Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird sunny skies and hardpacked groomed runs. Setup: I rode the Ride Sigma Movements on the Ride Machete with my Bonfire Geo boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: Average set up time Fit: I had no problem adjusting the binding to my boot, the fit was fine [...]