When we heard that Burton Snowboards was hosting a party at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel during Coachella we were kind of bummed that we learned about it on a Hollywood gossip site. Then we saw who showed up and it all made sense.
Vampire Diaries couple Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev posed with fans at the Coachella Burton Snowboards party in Palm Springs. . . Ian was so enamored with the free Burton sweatshirt he received at the party that he posted a picture of himself wearing the sweatshirt’s logo over his posterior.
Apparently, Somerhaider and Dobrev are celebrities of some sort and celebrities reportedly help sell clothing especially when they put your logo on their ass. See how that works?
What does every backwoods, self-sustaining snowboard hideout need? An iPhone app, obviously. And that’s exactly what snowboarder Mikey Basich just launched with his Area-241 app. The app gives daily glimpse into world of legendary big mountain snowboarder and Do-It-Yourself master Mike Basich at his Area-241 and while on the road.”
“I am super stoked to see Area-241 come to life in a Mobile app” said Mike Basich, “I spend the majority of my screen time on my iPhone now-a-days and I am stoked to be able to showcase my latest projects and adventures as well as share my snowboard history and personal archives in this cool app.”
Style is everything in this contest, as no spins over a 540 are allowed. The top three winners are paid out from the $4,000 prize purse, with $500 going to the Pro-Tec best trick of the day! Registration starts at 8am and discounted lift tickets are available to competitors. Don’t miss your chance to show your style.
No spins over 540? Sounds like a great contest. The rest of the info is on the flyer, right?
Allen Ginsberg saw the best minds of his generation “destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix” and it looks like Jed Anderson, Laurent-Nicolas Paquin, Jake Kuzyk, Darrell Mathes, Danny Larsen, Jake Olsen-Elm, Gus Engle, Nima Jalali, Nick Dirks, Jonas Michilot, and Desiree Melancon are right there with him on the Howl team. Click Howlltd.com for all the infos.
The often funny Illicit Snowboarding site has rolled through some stock photo sites and pulled together a collection of photos of women who don’t appear to know how to properly carry a snowboard (or dress for winter). It’s funny. Check it out.
Slope wizard Chas Guldemond has reportedly signed to promote Texas Pete Hot Sauce throughout 2012.
“I am extremely excited to be paired up with Texas Pete – a really cool brand,” said Guldemond. “I appreciate their support and confidence in me and look forward to promoting their hot sauce this year and beyond.”
Truth is, nothing makes road food more palatable than a little hot sauce. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
A male snowboarder riding Blackcomb Mountain’s Seventh Heaven was found unconscious and not breathing in a tree well Wednesday at 11 AM, according to a story on CBC News.
Police said a skier found the snowboarder about 11 a.m. PT Wednesday, head down in snow at the foot of a tree beside a ski run on the mountain called Seventh Heaven. . . “The skier tried to pull the male from the tree well but was unable to do so,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve LeClair. . . “He hiked further up the hill to alert other skiers and snowboarders in the area. Together they were able to pull the male [out].”
The snowboarder was taking to the Whistler Heath Care Center where he was pronounced dead. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
If you haven’t seen video from the Japanese bowl riding scene, click here and watch some because this is the kind of flow that will be going down April 14, 2012 at Lib Tech’s Holy Bowly at the Happoone Resort in Hakuba, Japan.
This “International gathering of creativity and flow” is a collective effort with some of the most respected snow bowl builders in Japan as well as some of the most respected riders in the world all coming together for a common goal of showcasing another option in the future of freestyle snowboarding and park design. . . Japanese snow bowl builders Hayato “Bubbles” Maruyama, Goro Komatsu and Shuji Kajiura joined by Mervin Mfg.’s Krush Kulesza and a crew of dedicated volunteers and Happoone staff look to give the pros and the public an amazing day of progression, high-fives and lasting memories.
For more details, including a complete list of riders, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
When we heard that Burton Snowboards was hosting a party at the Palm Springs Ace Hotel during Coachella we were kind of bummed that we learned about it on a Hollywood gossip site. Then we saw who showed up and it all made sense.
