Each magazine has their own way to define the top boards of the season and for Snowboarder Magazine that means talking to the industry and shop employees to find out their favorites from the industry on-snow demos. The industry on-snow demos were hosted at a mix of mountains from Vermont to Colorado to Washington to [...]
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Shay’s take on the 2011 Best of Test
September 1st, 2010Shay Update: 10-11 Winter
August 30th, 2010I haven’t closed the door on the 09-10 winter yet since I’m hoping to make a trip down to Timberline for another day on the slopes but in just a couple of weeks the 10-11 winter will be arriving for snowboarders. Colorado is getting ready with snowmaking that will allow for them to hopefully have [...]
Read More... | 2 CommentsTGR’s “Deeper Unplugged” in Seattle
August 28th, 2010In only a matter of weeks, Jeremy Jones Deeper will be premiering to masses of snowboarders but until then Deeper Unplugged gives people a behind the scenes look at what Deeper is about. Last night in Seattle, evo showcased Deeper Unplugged for local riders to come hang out, drink and watch the behind the scenes [...]
Read More... | 3 CommentsMy Summer at Hood
August 23rd, 2010There’s a list in my head of things I want to do when it comes to snowboarding. It’s not really a bucket list but more a list that every snowboarder dreams of. One of the items was to do a summer at Mt Hood and I can finally cross it off the list. There was [...]
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August 22nd, 2010In only a matter of months winter will return to the mountains and cover our favorite playgrounds with a blanket of white so that snowboarders can play once again. Until then we have some of the best filmers and riders out there bringing us snowboard films each season to keep us occupied until winter strikes.
For [...]
TGR’s “Deeper Unplugged” in Bellingham
August 21st, 2010For the past two years the anticipation for TGR’s deeper has been steadily growing and soon “Deeper” will be released to the public so riders around the world can see deep into Jeremy Jones & friends big mountain adventures. Premiere season has arrived in the Northwest and with big mountain/freeriding as the soul behind these [...]
Read More... | 5 CommentsHappy 3 year anniversary!
August 20th, 2010Three years ago I sat down in front of my computer and began this snowboard blog that eventually would grow to become something recognizable. It began as a way to express myself and share a passion for snowboarding with the world but I never expected that it would reach over 1.7 million visitors and lead to [...]
Read More... | 12 CommentsWindells Session 7 begins!
August 6th, 2010Summer flies by when you are having fun and with session 7 already here, it brings the last snowboard session of the summer for Windells Camp. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I came out here but sometimes the unknown and unexpected ends up being a great surprise of new experiences and [...]
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July 24th, 2010A couple weeks ago, Trevor Jacobs tagged my snowboard with a GKC sticker to which I replied, what’s GKC? GKC has many explanations but with their invasion of Mt Hood this summer they’ve created a summer edit that gives a good explanation of what Mt Hood is like in the summer.
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Read More... | 1 CommentAmerica’s Next Top Pro Model: Spin to win, pipe and chinese downhill
July 19th, 2010When America’s Next Top Pro Model began at Mt Hood yesterday, it was the place for pro snowboarder with pro models to come in order to prove they are the Top Pro. Plenty of big names came out to ride like Heikki Sorsa, Iikka Backstrom, Austin Smith, Bryan Fox, Marc Frank Montoya, Kyle Clancy, Chris [...]
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