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When it comes to keeping your face warm on the mountain, facemasks do the job.  On the deep powder days, they keep you from breathing in the snow.  On the sunny days, they keep you from getting burnt.  On windy days, they keep your face from going numb.  Gone are the days that you have [...]

Earlier this winter, Speck and Burton released a collaboration of protective cases that protect your apple tech products in a fun design.  The collaboration offered up colors and stripes by Burton to liven up your apple products.  First it was the itouch and now it’s the Ipad and Iphone getting the fun case designs.  I [...]

I grew up skiing with my family and took the ski bus to the mountains but somewhere down the line I wanted to snowboard and snowboarding became my path for the past 17 seasons.  Since then I’ve only stepped back on skis one other time until today.  My co-worker Lauren and I rock the same [...]

After 19 years of designing bindings, Flux continues to offer performance and durability from backcountry booters to urban rails.  The bindings for next year have slimmed down the weight to be better than ever in a featherweight package with heavyweight performance. New for 2012 is the alpha baseplate which higher sidewalls that increase the bindings [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the K2 Fastplant with K2 Auto Agogo LTD bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 151cm. First Impression: The upgrade to the 11-12 fastplant just adds to the fun of the board! Weight: Lighter than average Flex: Stiffer flex between [...]

The men wear L1 but the ladies have their own brand, L1TA for the feminine take on the L1 brand.  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 silhouette.  Design [...]

Sunday Funday.  That was what I hoped for today as we gathered a crew to head to June Mountain and it definitely turned out to be the ideal Sunday Funday.  Packed up the truck full (literally) with people and snowboards/skis for the 25 minute trek down the highway to the less crowded but awesome June [...]

Over the past 23 years, K2 snowboards has been building up their binding collection with new technology designed to keep progression fun. They offer a every rider some type of binding system that will work for them, from the regular strap system to the auto system that quickens the pace for strapping in, to the [...]

One thing missing in California that’s different from Colorado is the absence of Gaper Day.  It just doesn’t exist here.  April 1st was like any other day on the mountain as far as I could tell.  I headed out for the daily shred break to make laps with the skier and since both of us [...]

When it comes to keeping your face warm on the mountain, facemasks do the job.  On the deep powder days, they keep you from breathing in the snow.  On the sunny days, they keep you from getting burnt.  On windy days, they keep your face from going numb.  Gone are the days that you have [...]