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Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions. Setup: I rode the Stepchild Salary Man with Ride Bandita Contraband bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 155cm. First Impression: This board is the sucks model (powder sucks, everything sucks) and while some stuff might suck…this board [...]

What began as an online shop in 2001, evo then expanded to become a brick and mortar shop with a retail location in Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington where they bring a venue, retail space and art gallery into one building seamlessly.  Years later they continue to offer their services online or in person with [...]

Today’s riding was either going to be at Canyons or Park City but we weren’t sure which one until late last night.  The end result was up to Steph who has been my awesome guide for the shredding and fun in Utah and she picked Park City for today’s riding.  After a good night’s sleep [...]

Holden keeps their objective simple and clear to snowboarders; give them style, functionality with respect to the environment that looks good.  The Holden look continues with that motto and for 10-11 they’ve expanded their eco-minded technologies to 90% of the product line including the lower priced classics collection.  They’ve recycled zippers and insulation, and automatically [...]

I must say everytime I come to Park City, it’s a good time.  From the snowboarding to the nightlife, it’s always up there in top moments of fun trips I’ve taken.  Last night I went to dinner at Deer Valley with Steph and Meisha from PCMR joined us, then out to drinks where we met [...]

I arrived into Park City last night, caught up on a good nights sleep and now am spending time in Utah before heading home to Colorado.  I had never ridden Brighton but heard good things about the mountain so Steph and I headed there to get our turns in. Since I’ve been traveling my calendar [...]

Last friday I hit the road, leaving Colorado and planning to hit up 7 states in the process as I drove around visiting friends and family plus some snowboard time in the process.  The result has been a week on the road, over 2,500 miles so far and limited internet access since I left. The [...]

Zumiez is known as the mall skate/snowboard shop that caters to the younger demographic but for many places it can be the only skate/snowboard shop and with multiple stores around the country they are one of the most known shops despite not being “core”.  In my own personal case, I bought my first setup from [...]

Last Monday I announced the Limited Edition 686/New Balance Contest for a chance to win new snowboard boots and a pair of shoes.  For the shoes, it just required a comment and whoever matched the shoe size we were giving away would be entered to win.  For the boots you had to be a little [...]

High 5′s in snowboarding are the best way to end a day, whether it was stomping that trick in the park or getting the best powder turns of your life.  High 5′s are so popular they’ve made it into thousands of snowboard videos around the world, they continue to bring out the fun in snowboarding [...]