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Location: Winter Park, Colorado Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies. Setup: I rode the Union Force bindings with the Never Summer Evo and Smokin PYT with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: Average time for the Forces. I grabbed them from [...]

It’s hard to believe that in just a matter of days the mountain will close, my ride breaks will become lunch breaks and the snow will start to melt quickly bringing out colors other than white.  I’m sad that the season is ending but also ready for Steamboat to close which lets me move on. [...]

In addition to their snowboard line Signal Snowboards introduced their outerwear collection at last year SIA’s show for the first time.  Now in it’s second year it’s coming back with designs that follow the snowboards and into the fashion of snowboarding. For technology, most of their outerwear uses 10K/8K waterproofing and breathability with a mix [...]

After the excitement of the USASA Nationals at Copper ended today, athletes and spectators were awarded the inaugural Monster Mash Invitational Pipe Jam.  The Monster Mash showcased USASA alumni with some familiar names like JJ Thomas, Danny Kass, Zack Black among others.  The range of riders were amateur to pro, varying in ages but all [...]

Timing worked out perfectly that I could spend today on the mountain just in time to check out the USASA Nationals at Copper.   I did take a couple laps at Breckenridge this morning, before heading over to Copper to take in the afternoon of riding, Nationals and the Monster Mash pipe contest (look for [...]

Intended Purpose: The Trevor goggle offers a comfortable blend of features and affordability for the snow conditions on the mountain. Location: I started riding these goggles at Steamboat in the late season. Conditions: Mostly overcast, flat light and snowy conditions on the mountain.  Some rare bluebird days with them. Color: I received the Trevors in [...]

It’s hard to believe that even in April there are Winter Storm Warnings but last night we received another winter storm rolling through Steamboat delivering a powder day on the mountain this morning. During the winter on a powder day you have to get to the gondola early to get in line and start getting [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies. Setup: I rode the Technine Re-Enforcer with Technine Elements bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 152.5cm. First Impression: This is much better than I expected, a Technine board that I’d actually ride. Weight: Average Flex: [...]

Nitro’s been in the snowboard game for over 20 years with designs based around the influence of skateboarding and music within snowboarding.   They continue to offer snowboards including their pro model series and pro one-off boards as well as music collaborations like the Swindle x Early Man and art influence boards like the Rook [...]

This has been one interesting season for conditions on the mountain, there’s no guarantee to what the weather or snow will be like until you get up on the slopes.  Today was a really slow snow day on lower mountain, almost warm but not fully bluebird out and really hard to judge speed in spots, [...]