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Straight out of the northwest snowboarding scene, POW Gloves has been dedicated to building the best gloves on the planet.  They focus on making a variety of gloves that are built to last and quaranteed to satisfy.  POW glove and mitt components focus on fit, feel, dexterity and built to last. For 2012, POW continues [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Bataleon Goliath with Flux RK30 bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 153cm. First Impression: Ride everything and ride it good, that’s the goliath. It was one of my top 3 boards of the demos. Weight: Average Flex: [...]

Inside Mervin Manufacturing’s umbrella lies GNU Snowboards, handbuilt in the US by snowboarders with jobs and designed for snowboarders who rip pow, parks and pipes.  Both the GNU women’s and men’s line-up is dialed with models that work for a variety of riders featuring a variety of technology from straight up BTX for the park [...]

In 2003 in a little town called Aspen, High Society Freeride Company was born to share the passions of the outdoors and pay tribute to what is possible.  They keep it local by creating the ideas themselves and having the boards produced out of the Never Summer Factory in Denver. From apparel to skis and [...]

This has been the first Art Park at Mammoth Mountain, but it has exceeded my expectations as to what a park can be.  It’s innovative, creative and challenging but also educational on the I AM SNOWBOARDING /JLA – Jeffy Anderson collaboration.  I’ve seen beginning to advanced riders and skiers go through art park enjoying the [...]

Almost 6 months ago, I arrived in Mammoth Lakes to work for the mountain.  Its been a really great learning experience and most of all, I learn from the people I work with everyday.  Today a couple of us from marketing like Dan, myself, Katy and Steve headed out onto the slopes with Bill Byrne [...]

Thanks to the crew at skiforfree.com, they offered up lift tickets for me to giveaway to Mt Baldy Ski Resort in two giveaways.  I did the first one two weeks ago and the second one earlier this week. In order to win the tickets, all you had to do was leave a comment with your favorite [...]

L1 Premium Outerwear focuses on taking the best fits and fabrics to create a style that is unique and individual to snowboarding.  Their approach has been streetwear to snowboardwear inspired by classic Americana, timeless military cues and vintage finishes with outerwear that fits better to function better with slimmer cuts, tailored fits and a streamlined [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Lib Tech Box Scratcher with Roxy Rock-it power bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 151cm. First Impression: This is the only smaller size board I’d want to ride all the time. Weight: Average Flex: The box scratcher [...]

Another sunny day on the mountain without the winds howling, conditions were soft and parks were good for lapping on my lunch break.  I headed out with the skier to get some shots of him in Main Park on the rails and pipe, and get some laps on Forest Trail so I could hit the [...]