Outerwear designers in Europe and Asia still have three more days to enter 686 and ISPO’s Reclaim Project.
For those interested participants living in Europe or Asia, join ISPO and 686 from January 29 ˆ February 1 for the design competition! . . . This contest will give three designers the opportunity to make an original outerwear garment from reclaimed materials, trims, and left over items from the 686 production facility. The contest will begin the opening morning of both shows but first, we have to find THREE qualified designers who can come show their stuff on the show floor.
The finalists will be blown to ISPO in Munich, Germany to create a master piece. For all the details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
We were going to type up a bunch of words about how great he is in the steeps, or all the lines he’s pioneered, or some of the crazy stories he’s told us over the years, but the truth is, Tom Burt is the raddest snowboarder ever. There we said it. Watch this episode of Power & Rails and and you’ll begin to get a better idea of what we’re talking about. Or, follow the jump and watch episode number two. [click to continue…]
Mammoth Mountain has chiseled out a section of their website specifically for the park shred crowd. Called Mammoth Unbound (just like the terrain parks) the new “website” kicks down all the info on the parks, parties, and place to be both on and off the snow. Or, as Mammoth Mountain marketing says:
The dork box you’re staring at just got a whole lot cooler with the official launch of MammothUnbound.com. This all-new site contains everything skiers and snowboarders need to know about Mammoth, via a stunning new interface. . MammothUnbound.com is built largely around imagery. The stunning photos come from photographer Peter Morning, who last season was tasked with compiling a library of alluring images large enough to support an entirely new web site.
Now, if only this new website could magically coat the mountain in a blanket of real, deep, fresh snow then it would really be something. [click to continue…]
On January 17, 2012 Goggle/Youtube’s latest attempt at channeling quality content to high paying advertisers will launch across the web.
In the action space we have The Ride Channel from Tony Hawk Inc. (above), Network A, a joint venture between Wasserman Media Group and a company called Bedrocket, and then there is The Red Bull Channel which will likely feature a collection of all those “wild, crazy, unbelievable” videos your grandparents are constantly forwarding to you from Red Bull Media House.
Each channel was reportedly given $1 million against a share of future advertising earnings. Not exactly bubble money, but not that bad either. Without going to deeply into the logic right now, we’ll just say that we’re not exactly bullish on the whole old-media “network channel” concept. We are, however, looking forward to The Weekend Buzz featuring Rob Brink and Erica Yary. It will be on The Ride Channel and it looks good.
Product designer Jason Kanes (right) has created loads of snowboard products over the years, most recently Omatic Snowboards with Todd Richards. Now Kanes has joined with long-time action sports attorney Marco Gonzalez of Coastal Law Group to launch a new action sports design studio and small business incubator called PRJCT.
A full service creative and technical design studio with substantial experience in materials sourcing and production logistics, PRJCT is particularly poised to assist private label brands to enhance existing product offerings and bring new ones to market smoothly and efficiently. Jason remarks, “We focus our work with design teams, product innovators, merchandisers, and executives to achieve consistent results, on deadline, and within established budgets.”
. . . grabbed the microphone from Alien Workshop Co-founder Chris Carter and told the hundreds of Zumiez’s employees, athletes and industry executives in attendance that he is buying the legendary skate company from Burton.
First he kickflips a car, now this? It would be understandable that Burton would want to shed a company that never seemed to make sense in its brand portfolio, but why Dyrdek would want to own a skateboard hardgoods company (aside from just keeping it alive) is anyone’s guess?
Burton’s Chief Operations Officer Mike Rees reeled in everyone a little in an email sent out early this afternoon (January 11, 2012) . “While Rob’s message was definitely premature, we did want to confirm that we are in an open dialog with him about a possible purchase,” Rees said. “At this point, please note that nothing is confirmed, and we will absolutely do a formal announcement when and/or if that transition happens.”
Not to laugh at someone else’s pain, but this Mt. Bachelor clip from January 6, 2012 had us splitting. “Ah, ah, ah. . . there’s so many rocks.” Turn it up.
The ESPN Winter X Games, scheduled for January 26-29, 2012 in Aspen, Colorado, include a video snowboarding competition called Real Snow. The first round of competition sees Dan Brisse vs. Nic Suavé, Scott Stevens vs. Halldor Helgason, Louis-Felix Paradis vs. Bode Merrill, and Jed Anderson vs. Pat Moore. We only watched the first face off (and voted for Dan), but you can click the link and watch them all. . . and then vote.
A snow storm that dumped 10 feet of snow in 48 hours has blocked off entire sections of the alps according to a story in the Telegraph. And it is supposed to keep snowing for the rest of the week.
In Ischgl, nearly 1,000 British tourists are ‘trapped’, while one Russian visitor reportedly managed to leave the resort by helicopter. . . Many huge trees have collapsed under the weight of the snow, further complicating road clearances.
The good news is that with all the roads closed all the new snow is out of reach for anyone who isn’t there. Get ready for some good footage to be coming out of Austria.
Obviously, the new Forum sponsored terrain park at Pennsylvania’s Seven Springs Resort was not built for us, but maybe someone can explain why anyone would want to buy a lift ticket and then pretend to snowboard in the streets, when they could just save the money and go snowboard in the streets instead? Is it the lifts? Is it the safe, wholesome family surroundings? This whole thing seems a little too sterile.
Those who don’t agree should hit up the Forum Seven Springs The Streets grand opening on Janaury 19, 2012. There will be parties, riding, and then more parties. Or as the release says:
With music blasting, drinks flowing and good vibes spreading, all you have to do is be at Seven Springs Resort in PA next Thursday, January 19th. If you can’t make it, stay tuned for a video edit and photo blasts on FORUMSNOWBOARDS.com.
