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Automaton may not have had a booth at SIA but they are ready for the 10-11 season with their continuous motto of snowboarding saves lives and continuing on making boards that stay true to themselves.  The focus continues to be the snowboards and making them fun freestyle boards for the mountain.
For 10-11 Automaton continues to [...]

There’s one company that always stands out at SIA and when it comes to art in snowboarding they take it to a whole other level.  Spacecraft offers a softgoods line of clothing, beanies and accessories that you can take from the snow to the beach.
Here’s a sneak peak at some of what they’ll be offering [...]

Technine has entered their 17th year of making snowboard bindings and continue to build bindings that are based on comfort, durability and a direct feeling to your snowboard.  From their Baltimore toe strap to their comfortable ankle straps, they keep you enjoying a comfortable ride down the mountain.  Their addition of the scrub hook highback [...]

Burton continues to dominate the snowboard industry as a global pioneer and they continue to offer everything to the rider in their softgood line.  When it comes to their outerwear, for the hardcore charging core rider, the AK series continues to dominate with GORE-TEX and lifetime warranty.  The White Collection offering a piece of White [...]

Remind continues to bring custom orthotics to riders around the world, so that less pain is endured on the slopes and more freedom to make your feet comfortable each turn of the day.  Based out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming with a crew of riders like Travis Rice, Bryan Iguchi and Mark Carter rocking them, Remind [...]

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to bumpy to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the Ride Bandita bindings on the Stepchild Salary Man with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: These bindings require effort to make sure they are adjusted properly before you even get [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the YES Great Dudes with Union Flite bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 154cm.
First Impression: Definitely the more playful YES board over the asym I rode last year from YES.
Weight: average
Flex: The great dudes took some adjustment [...]

Unity Snowboards is one of those snowboard companies building and riding boards in the US and based out of Silverthorne, Colorado they have  a handful of mountains outside their backdoor.  They’ve grown their line from freeride to park and continue to advance each of their models over the years.  Unity is very much the small [...]

Welcome to the world of Roxy, where women rip and design the boards that other women ride. It’s a new generation of riders, designers and a factory known as Mervin Manufacturing that builds them. Roxy caught me by surprise a couple years ago  when I first stepped on a Roxy board and since [...]

When it comes to softgoods and accessories Dakine is no stranger in knowing how to make products work for snowboarders and skiers.  They continue to design and build functional products from luggage to gloves, backpacks to accessories that you can use on and off the slopes.  Since 1979 they’ve been creating products for our industry [...]