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I’ve been enjoying sundays this year since it’s generally my one day to sleep in before getting up on the slopes.  Today was another late start to the mountain but I made it just in time for the afternoon to enjoy the extended spring hours for the chairlifts.  Now I can ride till 4:30pm each [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Salomon Celeste bindings on the  Salomon Pop Star with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: I think I made the guy nervous because it took a lot longer than [...]

I was planning to stay in Steamboat through the weekend but on Thursday Ryan informed me that Burton would be at Breckenridge with 10-11 gear doing a private demo for the day and I could come swing by to try some of the boards. I ended up driving down to Breckenridge Friday night to hang [...]

It’s harder to find the smaller snowboard companies for demos so when they do get on a mountain tour, it’s a good thing to check them out.  Ellis Snowboards is starting to make their way around Colorado offering up demos, giveaways and more. Here’s the information for their Colorado demo tour and what mountains they’ll [...]

The best thing about Steamboat is even if it’s a powder day and you aren’t able to get up in the morning, you can still find some in the afternoon to enjoy.  My friend Erik from Summit County drove up for his first day at Steamboat so I told him where to go on the [...]

The saying “It’s not seeing different things; It’s seeing the same things differently” is at the heart of Spy’s vision and what they bring to the snowboard goggle scene is just that.  Their designs focus on fashion forward thinking but also continue the technical advances so your day on the slopes remains visually better. For [...]

I love the days when I get the phone call from a friend saying it’s time to shred together.  Today was that day, got the call from Philip and twenty minutes later we were hitting the slopes for my ride break. Steamboat received a couple new inches which meant there was some good powder in [...]

Spacecraft’s story starts out with a snow cat in the remote backcountry that would become the identifiable look to spacecraft over the years.  From the beaches of Bali to the mountains in Seattle, Spacecraft has found a way to create art but also support and grow to make a difference.     Since then Spacecraft [...]

Here’s your chance to celebrate the Olympic spirit even if you aren’t at the Olympics you can take home a souvenir!  Oakley is currently in Vancouver to help support the Olympics and athletes participating in the games.  We’ve put together a super rad Oakley Olympic prize pack and all you have to do is tweet [...]

Arbor’s been in the game of building performance driven snowboards since 1995 and while most of their focus has been freeride they’ve been building solid freestyle boards that are getting more looks each year.  They continue with their environmental awareness without green washing their board line, they do what they can and continue to build [...]