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It’s been busy back at Mammoth but getting out on a ride break at lunch always make the day better.  I headed out for a couple laps with Ashley, Jade and a couple others.  It was a beautiful day on the mountain and perfect for laps through the South Park pipe, Art Park and mini [...]

Seven years is the period of refinement and for Union bindings, it’s building on the development of the previous years but also showing remarkable changes to what will become the future of the bindings.  Moving into 2012, Union introduces a new Stage III base and the new open toe strap design featured on all bindings. [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers Setup: I rode the Capita Totally Fk’n Awesome with Union Atlas bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 155cm. First Impression: The name of the totally fk’n awesome was definitely on point…it is a totally fk’n awesome ride down the mountain. Weight: [...]

I definitely wasn’t in a rush to snowboard after SIA and the on-snow, just wanted sometime to relax but today definitely felt the need to be back on the slopes in the warm sunny california sunshine.   Plus it gave me a chance to ride the NS Proto again before the review goes up. I [...]

As soon as I arrived at SIA, I thought about all the catalogs I’d be getting and then I thought of the stickers I could be taking home and how it’d be fun to incorporate it into a giveaway for you guys.  As a fan of the Price is Right, I decided to go with [...]

Intended Purpose: Men’s glove designed to be lightweight and great for a spring/pipe glove on the mountain. Location: I’ve worn these gloves for most of January at Mammoth Mountain and a powder day at June Mountain Conditions: I’ve worn these gloves on a majority of sunny bluebird days with warm to colder temps but also [...]

Find your line and ride it – that’s certainly what Jeremy Jones did when it came to designing and starting his own snowboard company last year.  In year two, Jones Snowboards looks stronger than ever with freeriding boards that bring out the pure hearts of riders.  With such a big name and team behind the [...]

If there’s one vacation I have to take each year, it’s to the SIA Tradeshow.  It has all the components of a vacation: flight, hotel, dinners, drinks but it’s a lot of hard work jammed packed into 4 days of fun inside and 2 days of fun outside.  The best part about SIA is the [...]

I absolutely love snowboard catalogs; they are my bible of information for the next couple months as I flip through, learn and indulge myself in the latest snowboard gear.  They also weigh quite a bit and stack up to be a huge pile by the time SIA ends.  This year I wanted to do a [...]

I had heard that the second day of the on-snow was supposed to be cold but negative temperatures are beyond cold.  Negative 10-15 degrees was hard to deal with on the mountain but it was sunny and a good day to demo more boards despite the weather.  I stayed out from 9am to 4pm demo’ing [...]