The designers behind the Onewheel Kickstarter project began with the hope of building a hoverboard. What they ended up with is an electric one-wheeled skateboard. We’d like to think it looks a little better than a Segway, but we’re not sure. If you like the idea, there are 17 days left to fund this project. They hope to raise $100,000 and they’re getting pretty close.
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Sixty years ago Dave McCoy got a permit to operate a ski area on Mammoth Mountain. Now, the 98-year-old icon tells a bit of the founding story. This edit is all skiing, but for Dave, we’ll run it anyway.
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Volcom has produced a collab shoe with street artist Skullphone. Only 400 pairs are being made. They cost $85 and are available at select retailers and in Volcom’s online store. If you’re into Skullphone you’ll probably like these.
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Here’s what Bjorn Leines was up to last season. And here’s what Rome has to say about it:
Long before the word “boss” started getting tossed around everyday, Bjorn defined it. He still does. Such an amazing snowboarder, he is always down to strap in, whether it is AK lines, Minnesota streets, or nearly melted out Colorado couloirs.
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In business, barriers to entry are a good thing for well financed companies. Anything that can make it difficult for competitors is great. The same goes with Olympic snowboarding. Shaun White (with the help of GoPro) can spend a hundred grand to build and staff his own halfpipe, inflate an airbag, and spend a week just to add another 180 to his big trick rotation. That’s a pretty big wall to slam down in front of his competitors. Will it work? Guess we’ll all find out in Sochi (if the pipe doesn’t get destroyed in some terrorist plot).
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Being Olympic season it’s very important to start telling the stories that will become headlines should a athlete win a medal. Here is Gretchen Bleiler’s pre-Olympic story: Vision. It lays out all the drama surrounding Bleiler’s brave return to competitive snowboarding after a serious eye injury.
Remember this story, because should Gretchen make it to the Sochi Games, you’ll be hearing it before each and every run she makes.
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Salomon Snowboards says it best when talking about Annie Boulanger’s riding:
With a calculated and calm demeanor, she broke away from the contest scene in the early days of her career and shifted focus to riding backcountry–an area of snowboarding largely dominated by men. Using Alaskan faces and BC cliff bands as her proving ground, Annie has crossed gender lines and today has become one of the most respected female riders out there.
We just watched this edit, and we agree.
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From the looks of this edit Len Jorgensen had a pretty good season. Hopefully, this year is going to be just as good. . . hey, mambo!
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Filmmaker Matt Devino is biting off a pretty big hunk of snowboard philosophy with the feature length self-funded documentary he’s been working on. It’s called “Definition: Snowboarding” Here’s how he describes the project:
Snowboarding will be an in-depth look at all of the genres of Snowboarding through the eyes of Pro Riders and non-pros alike. I aim to create film that both the general public and the hardcore snowboarder will enjoy, and to share all of the amazing aspects of riding instead of the homogenized X-Games/halfpipe riding most people are familiar with. Ultimately I want to inspire new people to go snowboarding for the first time, and reinvigorate current riders to get out there and enjoy their boards more often.
So what is snowboarding exactly? Our answer would make a pretty short film: it’s fun. There. One word. Discussion is over. Luckily, Matt is going to take it a little deeper (or in Nick Visconti’s case way, way deeper). If you’d like to help Matt this project done, click here and help him out.
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With no real winter storm falls so far this winter and most resorts getting a late start, this Alaska snow sure does look inviting. Especially with Elias Elhardt and Gigi Rüf in the drivers seats.
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