Part 2 of the US Open episode of Powder & Rails kicks off with a voice that sounds hauntingly familiar to us. “This thing goes off, it’s the biggest snowboarding competition in the world.” Yep, seems like only yesterday. . . click here to watch Part 1.
[Link: Vice.com]
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Travis Rice rolled up to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, California on March 25, 2012 to ride with the kids at Stoked Mentoring’s final Snow Mentor Los Angeles session.
35 Stoked youth, 11 volunteers, two Stoked staff and a camera crew took a bus from Stoked Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, CA to snowboard for the day. Snow Mentors teach under-served youth life lessons through the process of learning to snowboard. The theme of the day for Snow Mentor was “reflection.” . . “We’re thrilled to have Travis Rice join the bus and snowboard with our kids.” says Steve Larosiliere, Stoked’s President. “Having the top snowboarder in the world share his passion for snowboarding and life lessons learned makes a tremendous impact for our kids.”
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Montana’s Bridger Bowl Resort is only running two lifts today after patroller set avalanches yesterday caused some of the biggest wet slab slides seen in years, according to a story on KTVQ.com.
“Avalanche cycles like this one are rare. It was only the second time in my 22 years of avalanche work that I’ve seen wet slab activity on this scale. Yesterday, the ski patrol triggered avalanches with explosives that gouged out groomed runs and road cuts plus put debris up to 20 foot deep in the gullies. New snow yesterday morning, above freezing temperatures, and a moist snowpack sitting on facets had stability teetering. Avalanches broke on soggy depth hoar at the ground. By midday explosives weren’t needed and the patrol ski triggered wet loose slides that would step down to the facets,” Chabot says in the report.
Nice of them to get that all done before they open the lifts back up.
[Link: KTVQ.com]
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If it’s April it means that all the hardcores are returning to Alaska to get some spring turns, finish filming their big mountain parts, or just Tailgating Alaska April 1 – 12 with Flow Snowboards at Thompson Pass.
For its fifth year, Flow Tailgate Alaska will bring together over 500 tailgaters for a two-week celebration in the Alaskan Chugach Mountains with educational opportunities, parties, competitions and entertainment for all. While most of North America had a weak winter season, the Chugach Mountains have been on track for a record setting season. . .”This is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride this much snow in Alaska,” said event creator Mark Sullivan.
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Seems like Bear Mountain’s Hot Dawgs and Handrails was forever ago, but that hasn’t stopped Volcom from reminding us how rad it was or how hard Daniel Brown, Dylan Alito, Scott Blum rip the place up to the sounds of The Line’s Seventeen Dream.
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BuoLoco tracked down Scotty Wittlake to get his view on energy drinks in the action sports space. Wittlake, while worried about upsetting people with his views, put down his straight truth:
“I don’t mean anything negative toward people who ride or work for energy drinks,” Wittlake said. “But for me personally it’s almost a metaphor for everything that I disagree with in the world. The environmental impact, the mass marketing to kids to consume things they don’t need and they are mass marketing something that is nutritionally detrimental to kids health and everyone health. . . It’s every thing that I hate. And these days they completely co-oped boardsports in general. You can’t watch a snowboard video online that doesn’t start with a big monster logo. They’ve just worked their way into board sports and now there is so much money that they own snowboarding. “
Can’t say we heard anything from Mr. Wittlake that we didn’t agree with. Watch the video. You’ll like Scotty more and energy drinks less. And that’s great.
[Link: Buoloco]
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The snowboarder bandit, who in the past has preferred Volcom beanies, nailed his perfect 10 when he robbed a U.S. Bank inside an Irvine, California grocery store located in the 3900 block of Portola Parkway on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, according to a story on 4NBC. It was his 10th bank robbery since December 2011.
The suspect fled from the scene and appeared to divert from his usual headwear – a beanie cap – in favor of a motorcycle helmet during his latest robbery, police said. . . .FBI and Irvine police are investigating the incident, and said they had not determined what or how much the suspect stole. . . He is described as white man in his mid-to-late 20s, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, weighing between 120 to 180 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
Maybe now that he’s switched to helmets police can begin calling him the crotch rocket bandit and leaving snowboarding out it.
[Link: 4NBC.com]
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2012 Vans Wängl Tängl Art Exhibition – hosted by Looking Sideways. The show features work by Blaise Rosenthal, Ed Templeton, Corey Smith, Danny Wainwright, Tim Karpinski and many more. Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
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Burton Snowboards is kicking off their all new 2012 Spring/Summer collection.
At the core of Burton’s 2012 Spring/Summer line are the transitional outerwear pieces – super lightweight jackets designed for the warm, wet spring season. . . Burton’s 2012 Spring/Summer line offers a full line-up of summer flannels, hoodies, crews, tees and tanks, as well as a selection of bottoms for both men and women.
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The massive Sierra storms of last weekend claimed a second life when Justin McCollum, 20, of Roseville, California died after falling into a tree well while snowboarding at Sugar Bowl Resort on Monday, March 19, 2012, according to a story in the Auburn Journal.
According to Sgt. Kurt Walker of the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, McCollum was snowboarding with a group of friends on Monday in the Strawberry Fields area, classified as a double black diamond “expert only” run. . . Walker said McCollum fell behind and his friends waited for him at the base of the run. They then took a lift back up and saw the victim in a tree well.
According to the story, “ski patrol performed first aid and transported the individual to the base area where he was pronounced dead. Our thoughts are with McCollum’s family and friends.
[Link: Auburn Journal]
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