by The Editors on July 18, 2012
David Duval apparently won the British Open Golf Championship in 2001 and though we don’t follow golf at all, someone alerted us to the fact that while Duval is in Lytham St. Annes for this year’s event he’s been rocking a Burton hat. Though we’re wondering if wearing a Burton hat while discussing all his injuries is such a good idea. Here’s what he said today, according to a story on Golf Digest:
“Yesterday I hit three or four shots that almost put me down,” he said. “I’ve worked my tail off. Unfortunately for me I’ve had multiple nagging little injuries. I’ve had tendinitis in both shoulders; I’ve got it in my elbows; I have bone bruises in my knees right now; I have a back problem that’s well-documented; had tendinitis in my wrist; I’ve had vertigo. Is that it?”
The big question is: is David just doing it as a favor to his friend Jake, or is Burton looking again at new ways to unseasonlize their brand?
[Link: Golf Digest]
by The Editors on July 15, 2012
The Aunti Films crew kick down another slice of wintery snowboard goodness just to help get us all through this latest heat wave. Looks like someone got some work done last winter.
by The Editors on July 13, 2012
According to Tanner Pendleton this is what summer in Oregon looks like. Jed Anderson and Louif Paradis seem to be enjoying it, also.
by The Editors on July 12, 2012
by The Editors on July 6, 2012
Looks like Louie “Tiny Dancer” Vito has a new gig on Youtube channel The NOC’s courtroom show Judge Sapp. Vito is apparently the courtroom DJ. Follow the jump for video glimpses of Louie making funny faces while wearing headphones. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on July 2, 2012
Bonfire, Timberline, and Windells will be hosting their 15th Annual Pipe To Pipe snow/skate competition at Mt. Hood on July 21, 2012. Take this is fair waring then click the line for more details.
[Link: Bonfire Snowboarding]
by The Editors on July 2, 2012
British snowboarder Nelson Pratt, 33, has reportedly hanged himself in the garage of his parents house, according to a story in The Sun.
In a story on Whitelines editor Ed Blomfield says Pratt was “one of the most talented and popular snowboarders in the UK.” Blomfield continues:
Nelson’s grounded perspective perhaps came from his upbringing on an arable farm in Hampshire. He hated technology (famously rocking a trusty brick of a mobile phone) and seemed profoundly connected to nature. Indeed he was only truly at home outdoors, where he could spend his immense physical energy digging jumps or helping his family with the harvest. Nelson was a man with giant strength, a giant appetite and a giant heart. A true gentleman.
According to the story Pratt was found by his father. Our thoughts are with his family and the entire UK snowboarding community.
[Link: Whitelines and The Sun]
by The Editors on June 28, 2012
Everyone could use a little boredom killing every now and again. Thankfully, Bode Merrill delivers.
[Link: Bonfire Snowboarding]
by The Editors on June 28, 2012
Now that it’s official summer, a lot of snowboarders have a bit more off-snow time that they need to fill. Mix that in with the rising cost of lift tickets and Snowboardgreen.com’s Grant Bowen may have just the perfect July project: making your old board a splitboard. Apparently, it is this easy. . .
by The Editors on June 22, 2012
Opened in 1961, June Mountain has always lived in the shadow of Mammoth Mountain. First as a competitor, and then after Mammoth founder Dave McCoy bought the mountain in 1986, as a quieter, mellower sibling to Mammoth. But for many years, that was a good thing. It never had the crowds, it had a long, fun park, a once epic halfpipe, and on powder days Carson could compete with some of the best powder lines in the West.
June also has a long history in snowboarding. The mountain hosted the first televised snowboarding event the OP Pro of Snowboarding in 1989, and in 1991 Craig Kelly and Keith Wallace dropped off the roof of the Chalet with the Mono County Sheriff on their tail only to be arrested in the parking lot. The mountain has played host to snowboarding contests, photos shoots, and more, but it looks like those days are over as Mammoth CEO Rusty Gregory announced yesterday (June 21, 2012) that Mammoth will not operate June Mountain for the 2012-13 season.
“June has operated at an annual deficit each year since its purchase in 1986,” said Gregory. “It is time to invest some of this subsidy into the analysis and planning required to position the resort for a sustainable future, then secure the approvals and financing required to create it.”
Guess those dreams of connecting Mammoth and June with a new base lodge below San Joaquin Ridge just never worked out. For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
David Duval apparently won the British Open Golf Championship in 2001 and though we don’t follow golf at all, someone alerted us to the fact that while Duval is in Lytham St. Annes for this year’s event he’s been rocking a Burton hat. Though we’re wondering if wearing a Burton hat while discussing all his injuries is such a good idea. Here’s what he said today, according to a story on Golf Digest:
