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When the temperatures drop in the mountains, it means covering up your face for those bitter cold days so you can play longer and keep your face staying warm.  I wanted to reward a reader with a 2B Facemask that they could use this winter and check out for themselves.  All it took was a [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Mixture of soft packed groomers to choppy powder to deeper powder. Setup: I rode the GNU Riders Choice with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 154.5cm. First Impression: C2BTX does the Riders Choice good. Weight: tad heavier than average. Flex: The Riders Choice is meant [...]

Last night was the first snowfall of the week; today we got over a foot of snow and this weekend a storm is supposed to bring in up to 8 feet of snow.  Yep I’m crossing my fingers for that much snowfall to arrive over the weekend!  It was the perfect lunch break to get [...]

This has been an amazing winter so far.  Moving to California has exceeded all my dreams in terms of the mountain, the job and a fresh start.  One of the rad things coming up is being part of the Tahoe Snowcial in a few weeks.  The Tahoe Snowcial is where technology, community and snowsports meet [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked groomers to icy death. Setup: I rode the Salomon Answer with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 156cm. First Impression: This board has some snap, crackle and pop to it giving you a lighter all mountain lively board. Weight: lighter than average. [...]

Usually Mondays are impossible to get out on the slopes because of work and getting things done for the week ahead but today it was a good time to take a break, finish up some footage for the Mammoth video and get some quick turns in.  Over the weekend I went out with Mammoth’s snow [...]

The snowboard industry is constantly changing and adapting to the world around us.  The last couple years snowboarding hit a rough spot in the economy but is now bouncing back with companies, films and snowboarders developing snowboarding for how it will be into the future. One of those companies and the man behind it is [...]

Sundays are my favorite day of the week in Mammoth.  It’s the day that I can sleep in, relax with my dog in the morning and hit up the slopes for the afternoon when it gets quiet in town again. Adina, Dan and Ashley at the top of the mountain It was a beautiful day [...]

The first of thirteen stops on the Peanut Butter and Rail Jam went down in Mammoth today under bluebird skies and plenty of crowds watching the action from the sundeck.  Riders competed in different heats to prove their skills worthy enough of the Championships that will return to Mammoth in May.  There were three lines [...]

Usually when you flip through a magazine you might check out a couple ads but the latest Columbia omni-tech advertisements featuring naked people holding up the omni jackets in the winter definitely stop you in your tracks.  Omni-heat claims to be 20% warmer than the ordinary lining by breathing and regulating temperatures so you don’t [...]