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It’s rare to hear of snowboards made in the United States but there are still companies that are just outside the mountains in your backyard building your favorite snowboards.  In my quest to visit all the US factories, I’ve been to 5 of them in the US and 6 in North America.  Each factory has [...]

Location: Mammoth, California Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers Setup: I rode the Rome Pusher with Rome 390 Bosses and my Vans Veil boots size 8. First Impression: Last year the pusher was a favorite of mine and continues to be that solid all mountain board the second you get on it. Size: 159cm Weight: [...]

Location: Mammoth, California Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Scribe bindings on the Burton Blender with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: These were the last bindings of the day and quick to get set up and adjusted to my boot.  It was probably [...]

The sunny weather returned to Mammoth just in time for the weekend!  I put in a couple hours of work but then headed out to enjoy some laps in the sunshine and help with the latest webvideo filming.  The mountain was so warm and beautiful but mostly warm.  On the way up checked out the [...]

Last Friday I had the amazing opportunity to be the keynote speaker at Snowcial’s Blog University. The Tahoe Snowcial is where technology, community and snowsports meet up and it begins on January 6th in South Lake Tahoe. The Blog University portion included a lot of questions regarding blogging and focused on how Snow Sports and [...]

The morning was spent getting in some turns with the skier at Mammoth.  His second day on the slopes wasn’t as nice as the first, the weather had turned flat light and definitely feeling the rough hits from the day before.  We ended up lapping through the windy Main Park, windy South Park and settled [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Blender with Burton Scribe EST bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 154cm. First Impression: Reminds me of the lipstick with V-rocker but with a twin shape and flex. Weight: Average Flex: The Blender had a softer flex to it, [...]

Since moving to Mammoth, I haven’t had too many Colorado people come out and visit.  But I finally got one visitor who booked his ticket and made plans to leave Crested Butte to check out what Mammoth had to offer.  I’d been looking forward to his visit for weeks and he finally arrived in town [...]

Location: Mammoth, California Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Malavita bindings on the Burton Nug with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: It took longer than usual to get them set up which was weird since they should be quick but it was a [...]

Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Nug with Malavita bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 146cm. First Impression: Holy tinyness…10cm less than what you normally ride Weight: average. Flex: I was expecting a board similar to the signal park rocker, just straight up soft but [...]