by The Editors on February 28, 2012
The 2012 US Snowboarding Grand Prix Tour wraps up this weekend at Mammoth Mountain with slopestyle and halfpipe, Wednesday, February 29 through Saturday, March 3, 2012. Snowboarder scheduled to compete include: Sage Kotsenberg, Eric Willett, Elena Hight and local Greg Bretz. Click here or here for photos from the 2010 Mammoth Grand Prix or here for the famous Danny Davis vs. Shaun White pipe shoot out.
For the complete schedule of events, follow the jump. And if you can, you should come up and watch it live. Seriously. Oh, today’s practice (February 28, 2012) has been cancelled. Bet it’s a bit windy at Mammoth right now.
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by The Editors on February 27, 2012
It’s a little rough, there’s snow on the lens, and some of shots are questionable, but it February, the sun is out and there is no denying that Joey is having some fun at Bear Mountain.
[Link: Ashbury]
by The Editors on February 27, 2012
Joshua Allen, a 24-year-old snowboarders from Tampa, Florida died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Keystone Resort in Colorado after hitting a tree, according to a story on the Summit County Voice.
According to the Summit County Coroner, Allen, who was wearing a helmet, died of massive facial injuries and brain trauma. . . The coroner’s office reported the accident as a transfer case at 3:25 p.m., reporting that Allen was found in the trees on the intermediate Elk Run (pictured right) Sunday morning.
Our thoughts are with Allen’s family and friends.
[Link: Summit County Voice]
by The Editors on February 24, 2012
THIS Los Angeles is opening their These Friends Three show tonight, Friday February 24, 2012 from 7 to 10 PM. The show features 100 pieces from 100 artists. Here are some of our friends who are included in the show:
Arlie Carstens, Chris Pastras, Cole Barash, Don Pendleton, Geoff McFetridge, Jared Eberhardt, and Natas Kaupas.
Obviously there are 93 others that you might know and love. THIS Los Angeles is located at 5906 N. Figueroa St, Los Angeles.
[Link: THIS Los Angeles via Laura Austin]
by The Editors on February 23, 2012
Forum Snowboards is releasing an extremely limited run (only 15 world-wide) of the We Live Forum set ups.
The board, based on the 2013 Destroyer profile, features limited edition artwork designed by Peter Line, and has been numbered and autographed by the legend himself. Also included in the mix are Forumula Boots complete with the all-new Tweaker Cuff NexTreme and custom tagged with the We Live Forum member’s name, and Republic Bindings – both produced in select We Live Forum colors and materials. Everything’s dialed and ready to go whether it’s seasoning the nearest park or hitting backcountry boaters all day.
We’re guessing these are going to be almost impossible to get, but check your local Forum dealer just to be sure.
[Link: Forum Snowboards]
by The Editors on February 22, 2012
For one week in March 8 – 12. 2012 snowboarders will gather in Revelstoke, BC for what Tailgate founder Mark Sullivan is calling an “unprecedented event.”
Flow Tailgate BC will . . . offer participants the once-in-a-lifetime chance to do first descents and name the runs in some of the world’s most renowned mountains. Working with Eagle Pass Heliskiing, Flow Tailgate BC offers both professional and recreational riders and skiers the chance to check a big one off the bucket list – doing first descents and naming the runs in some of the world’s most celebrated terrain.”
Sullivan is going so far as to call this week a “first descent festival.” How’s that for pre-hype? For more details on the Flow Tailgate BC follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on February 22, 2012
Looks like Orange County, Califonria’s snowboardere bandit is stepping up his fashion game, according to a story in the LA Times.
Wearing a black-and-gray snow hat and a gray V-neck sweater, the young man walked into the Laguna Niguel bank in the 30200 block of Crown Valley Parkway about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday [February 21, 2012] , handed a teller a note and walked away with cash, said Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Gary Strachan.
So stylish and roguey. He also had his fingertips all taped up so he didn’t leave any prints. The guy is bold, we’ll say that, but he definitely didn’t take our “quit while you’re ahead” advice from last week.
[Link: LA Times]
by The Editors on February 22, 2012
Vail Resorts has reportedly agreed to purchase Lake Tahoe’s Kirkwood Resort for approximately $18 million, according to a story in the Washington Post.
If the deal goes through, Vail Resorts would operate three world-class mountain resorts in the Lake Tahoe region, including Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe, Northstar California on the north shore and Kirkwood Mountain Resort. . . Vail Resorts said Heavenly and Northstar pass holders will have access to Kirkwood and Kirkwood pass holders will be able to ski and ride Heavenly and Northstar.
Looks like the only thing left at Tahoe for Colorado to buy is the lake. We haven’t really had a reason to drive all the way down to Kirkwood anytime in the last decade, but there are some goods to be had there on occasion.
[Link: Washington Post via TWSnow]
by The Editors on February 22, 2012
It was Matt Kass and his passionate, creative, hardworking drive that created the Grenade Gloves brand as we all knew it. Yes, he was technically the co-founder, but he was the one who kicked it into over-drive from an old converted gas station in the tiny village of June Lake, California. It is the rest of the Grenade story that is not so clear. It includes family feuds, threats of lawsuits, bodily harm, and questions of sanity on all sides.
Yobeat’s Brooke Geery sat down with Matt Kass for his “Hump Day” interview and tried to get the Grenade story straight from the inventor of the Kassrole. Kass, who currently lives on the Oregon coast with his fiancé and young son, works as a professional fisherman but he still has action brand idea. Kass says:
It’s kinda cheesy. I sit around and everyone has their story about this or that. I was there, I know what happened. Some things that happened I still don’t understand. Like I ask myself, “what the fuck happened? What could I have done differently?” Then I was reading Yobeat and Colin’s interview and it all came together for me. It wasn’t about me. It was about a group of guys and a time and place…like a movement…like a band! And when they break up it’s never the same!
Follow the link for the rest. And yes, there’s some good stuff in this interview. Click the link to read the rest.
[Link: Yobeat]
by The Editors on February 22, 2012
Snowboarder Eric Jackson has a new accessories sponsor now that he’s signed up with Los Angeles electronics covering company Hex.
“Practically everybody who sees my iPhone asks me where I got the case, not to mention the nano® watchbands and bags which completely blow them away,” said Eric. “It feels so good to be a part of a brand that supports me and makes such fresh products…the sky’s the limit!”
Now that he mentions it, those cases are pretty cool. . . follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
