Stance has pulled up a whole new collection for winter 2012-13 and it’s all here.
Whether you’re throwing double corks in the park or destroying pillow lines in the backcountry, we’ve got your feet covered. We create socks that keep you warm, dry, and ready to rock. Yet there’s more to it than that. We also aim to blend form and function. By collaborating with our team of Punks and Poets, we craft socks as original as the riders who run them. After all, your socks should ooze with style—not sweat. At Stance, we focus on your feet so you don’t have to.
Check out Dragon’s exclusive footage of one of the most talked about snow goggles in the market today, the Advanced Projects X. . . . The Advanced Projects X goggle collection is available in an array of styles and lens options, with easy lens interchangeability to adapt to varying snow conditions. These goggles all include Dragon’s exclusive Super Anti-Fog™ lens coating which eliminates fogging and increases vision.
Now Snowboarding, the makers of the snowboard binders on a swing, are proud to announce the addition of Canadian badass Devun Walsh to their team of “heavy hitters.”
A backcountry rider with a skateboard-influenced style, Devun Walsh has partnered with infamous Wildcats member and long-time friend JF Pelchat by signing a deal with NOW Snowboarding which positions Walsh as a shareholder within the innovative new binding company. . . “Devun is one of the most influential riders in the industry and we’re thrilled to have him on NOW,” comments JF Pelchat, inventor and founder of NOW Snowboarding. “Dev has been riding the binding since day one and has been instrumental in testing it, improving on it, and making it what it is today.”
Scott Blum gets his own VeeCo “individually produced part” with a little help from Seth Huot on camera and edit rig. And it all looks good. Check it now.
Protect Our Winters Riders Alliance member Forrest Shearer has written an editorial appearing The Daily News regarding California’s shrinking snow pack. Here’s a little of what he has to say:
In my native state of California, boarders and skiers are bracing for the effects of a warmer world. Scientists are predicting the Sierra snowpack will decline by 25 percent by 2050. We caught a preview this past ski season, when Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley had to make their own snow well into February. It’s no wonder the California Ski Industry Association is a big supporter of AB 32, the state’s landmark clean energy and climate law.
The parents of a 16-year-old girl who was reportedly sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old snowboarding coach while the two were at Copper Mountain for the 2011 Nationals are apparently suing Carrabassett Valley Academy for $1.35 million, according to a story in the Sun Journal.
The lawsuit, filed last month by attorney D. Michael Noonan of Dover, N.H., claims that the school was negligent when it allowed [the coach], whose current age and town of residence are not included in the complaint, to continue coaching after it learned he had had a sexual relationship with a female student before his assault on “JD.”
For it’s part CVA says they “terminated its relationship with the coach, notified the student’s parents and notified the appropriate authorities.” She also said that the 19-year-old was not the girl’s coach.” Ugly situation all the way around.
In days past it would be a storm that would get the sheds restless, now it’s the jet fighter sounds of snow guns that get hearts racing. And Colorado’s Copper Mountain is doing just that as they fired up their snowmaking guns this morning, October 2, 2012.
Favorable weather conditions have enabled Copper Mountain Resort to fire up the snow guns this morning, commencing one of Colorado’s largest snowmaking operations and the U.S. Speed Center VIP Preview Contest. 87 automatic snowmaking guns will be dedicated to the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center, the world’s only early season full-length alpine racing venue, scheduled to open in late-October.
Hope it stays cooled enough to make it stick. For the official details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
The crew from Snowboard Alta went up to Utah’s Skiing Only resort to ask skiers how the felt about snowboarders riding on the mountain. As might be expected, no one wanted to see snowboarders on Alta Ski Area. Then again, these are people who have chosen to ski a mountain that excludes snowboarders. Kind of like walking into the smoking lounge at the Las Vegas airport and asking people if smoking should be banned.
Hey, baby. Videograss new film The Darkside should be hitting the iTunes store soon. In the meantime, take another look at the teaser. The film features: Ben Bilocq, Chris Grenier, Danimals, Darrell Mathes, Gus Engle, Harrison Gordon, Jake OE, Joe Sexton, Johnny Miller, Jon Kooley, Jonas Michilot, Jordan Mendenhall, Laurent-Nicolas Paquin, and last but not least, Nick Dirks.
You can’t get his super stealth pair of Ashbury Blacked Out Bullets on their site (they say it’s sold out), but you may be able to find a pair at an Ashbury dealer. Better get looking, these are bound to be gone real soon.
