Thankfully, our friends at Yobeat.com not only attended the Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom, they created some content while they were there. Olympic multi gold medalist Seth Wescott won, just ahead of Graham Watanabe and Jason Robinson. Travis Rice was sixth, Terje Haakonson was eighth, while Temple Cummins and Rob Kingwill finished ninth and tenth. The finish we were mooted stoked on: Shaun Palmer in 21st. Yeah, Pizalm. For complete Yobeat overage click here. For the complete official results, click here.
Our favorite independent snowboarding website Yobeat is crowd sourcing a snowboard movie and they want you to be in it. The movie titled YoMerica! will be filmed by everyone featuring everyone. Here’s what it’s about:
It’s about you, me, us and we. It’s about going snowboarding, taking turns, laps, night riding and all the feelings that made us start and keep riding. It’s for the kids who ride every day, the warriors who drive hours each weekend for a few laps on some shitty hill, the good kids who hook up their friends and the pros who inspire us all. This is a film for snowboarders, no matter where they fall on the totem pole, to enjoy, laugh at and contribute to.
We better get our filmer on the program so we can start collecting some footy. You should, too. For the official details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Brazilian wonder surfer Gabriel Medina will now be representing Oakley.
“We’re very excited to add Gabriel Medina to our elite Global surf team. We’re big fans of his surfing and what Gabriel has accomplished in the sport. Between his aggressive approach to aerial innovation and his passion for competition, we believe that he is a perfect fit for the Oakley family,” said Patrick McIlvain, Oakley VP Global Sports Marketing. “Adding Gabriel’s name to a team that already includes the likes of Julian Wilson, Bruce Irons, Jordy Smith, Kolohe Andino, Seabass and more, we believe we’ve got one of the most dynamic teams in the industry. We can’t wait to see what will come from these guys in 2013 and beyond.”
And it figures. What else were they going to do with all that money they had left over after cutting Lance Armstrong. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
The Colored Cow never lets anything get in the way of some good hyperbole. This year the SuperNatural has been upgraded to the UltraNatural. Event creator Travis Rice believes the 2013 event will evoke a “paradigm shift” in snowboarding. And what did they do? They put more unnatural objects in to enhance the naturalness so that it becomes ultra natural. Get it? Oh, and that other voice you hear in the middle? That’s Jamie Lynn. Can’t argue with that guy about snowboarding.
Arbor Snowboards‘ Robert Toste, Jake Schaible, Yosuke Hayashi, Yuma Abe and Ian Sams hit of Southern California’s finest parks at Bear Mountain and Mountain High. As a reminder to the rest of the world, yes, LA has surf, beaches, skateparks, starlets, palm trees, and good snow less than an hour away.
Jeremy Jones, Jones Snowboards, and Alaska’s Ultima Thule Lodge and helping to raise funds for Protect Our Winters with a raffle for three days of riding with Mr. Jones. Each time you donate $5 you are entered. The more you donate, the higher your chances of winning are. Help out POW and get a chance at riding some untracked by making a donation now.
For the second year in a row 686 hosted the Lights Out Boxing at the Denver SIA Show. A rowdy bunch of blood-thirsty snow industry fight fans crowded ringside at Casselman’s for five bouts of amateur (and we mean, really, really amateur) boxing matches. The bloodiest fight of the night was between Ion Camera’s Braly Joy and Wave Rave’sSteve Klassen. For the official results from all the fights (and some photos), follow the jump. [click to continue…]
While we didn’t see any rotary bindings during our cruise of the 2013 SIA Snow Show in Denver (we’re sure they were there, they always are) we are glad to see that the ubiquitously useless innovation is not yet dead. A post on Shreddit alerted us to the Rotary Binding which is currently attempting to raise funds on Kickstarter. And there’s nothing new here:
Anyone who has ever gotten on or off a chairlift with a snowboard knows how uncomfortable it can be. Simply getting on and off requires painful bending of the knees and ankles in directions they were never meant to bend! . . Our state of the art bindings allow the board to rotate around the front foot by the simple tug of a cord. The Rotary Snowboard Bindings are extremely simple and safe to use while making your way to the next ski lift.
Michael Fultz, of San Diego, California, hopes to raise $100,000 for the project. With 28 days to go he’s got close to $3,000. We’re guessing he won’t reach his goal, but that’s probably best for everyone involved. Because seriously, we’ll say this again, “No one who snowboards wants a rotating binding.”
