Browsing all posts from June, 2009.

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Hollywood’s Bastard Creations

When it comes to Hollywood they’ve always seemed to miss the boat on what exactly snowboarding is all about. If you’ve ever watched their films sure there might be some quotable lines but they’re still far off of what the reality of living the snowboard lifestyle is actually about. Granted if you’re watching these films [...]

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Serious… Not Teaser

Check out this teaser from Euro land with more Euro pop music. Look for the part where the guy bomb holes and creates a slide, that’s pretty intense, also lots of flip tricks going down.

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Hey Ladies

The women’s segment gets highly over looked whether it’s by companies, shops, or magazines. The ladies get a minimal amount of love in regards to having stuff for them, whether it’s reviews or coverage. I found out I have like a 20% female readership and yet what the hell do I do to promote females? [...]

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Their Take: Whitegold Snowboards

Whitegold snowboards is the brain child of Kevin Sansalone and will be offered in a highly limited run. Coming out of the GST factory in Austria these decks have some solid technology in them. Check out what he has to say about running a snowboard company, various trends, the boards, and giving straight answers to [...]

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Arbor Draft with Flux Titans a closer look

Here’s one of the more unique sidecuts and reverse camber designs I’ve ridden. It’s been years since Arbor finally showed up to a demo in Colorado so getting the chance to jump on this deck was something I had to get on right away. Check out my take on it.

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F*ck Yeah Teaser

Coming straight out of So Cal with Ryan Tarbell brings us the Fuck Yeah Teaser. Check out some action from Chris Bradshaw and the boys and look for the webisode dropping this summer some time.

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Their Take: Omatic Snowboards

Omatic is one of those creative and fun little brands that has had an ever growing presence in the snowboard world. With that emphasis on fun they’ve bred some of the funnier graphics as of late. Tanya Otero from them answered a few questions for us on the economy, making snowboarding more accessible, and crapapolooza. [...]

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Forum Bindings 2010

Here’s a look at the new Forum bindings for next season. Notice the living hinge, talk about trickle down technology.

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New Logo

If you’re a fan of our Facebook page this is old news to you, but if you’re not here’s some of the possible contenders for the new logo for generation 3. Let us know which one you like and if something can be improved, thanks guys.

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Salomon Acid with Codes a closer look

I’ve found over the years with riding Salomon decks that you sometimes get a winner and sometimes you get blah.  This was one of those decks that was better than some of theirs I’ve ridden and not as well as others.