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I grew up in the pacific northwest so no matter where I move around the country, home is always Seattle, Washington.  So I’ll be heading to Seattle this weekend to spend time with family, visit friends and for shredding. I’ll be visiting a couple snowboard companies while in Seattle, borrowing board/bindings from C3 (thank you [...]

Rome has entered their third season for designing and bringing outerwear to their snowboarders, each year it gets better and this year I think they found their niche in outerwear.  From the men to the women’s line, there’s functionality, technical features and colors from basic to flashy depending on the rider’s style. For 10-11 they [...]

Starting the morning on the mountain makes the day so much better, I think it’s something about the morning air hitting your lungs and each turn waking you up that does the trick.  I lost a friend 9 years ago on this day and thanks to him I’m a snowboarder so being on the mountain [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the K2 Fastplant with K2 Auto Agogo bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 154cm. First Impression: I have a feeling this is going to be a very popular board next year, 5 year warranty [...]

Oakley continues each year to secure their place in snowboarding with a solid line of goggles. From the A-frame goggles to the Crowbars, riders have something that works and is always there for them every season. In terms of outerwear, Oakley continues to offer pro model pieces like the Gretchen Bleiler Collection or pieces you [...]

Last week I announced a snowboard contest based around how your snowboard crews make you a better snowboarder something that everyone around the world could relate to and give away a couple sierra crew snowboards in the process.  The results were clear, so many great responses, stories and experiences that can only be shared by [...]

After spending a lazy Saturday off the mountain, today was a great sunday to be on the mountain.  I met up with my friend Amy for breakfast before hitting up the mountain.  It was ideal and the best part about being single this Valentine’s Day is just enjoying the shred, riding with whoever I ran [...]

Since 1994, Betty Rides has been bringing women outerwear based on quality and fashion.  For 10-11 they continue with that tradition by offering four collections of varying styles and pricing.  The four collections are:  classics series, day dream series, lucky plaid series and all mountain series.  Their outerwear styles range from the bright lights to [...]

Steamboat finally received new snow and I finally felt better to get up on the mountain to enjoy it.  Friday was the perfect day to get in some tree riding before the crowds came in for President’s Weekend.  My co-worker Rochelle and I both hit the mountain to get in our turns on a ride [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Union Flite’s on the Capita Black Snowboard of Death (and other boards) with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: It was the first binding of the morning and we [...]