Mike Basich posted a few photos to the Flow Snowboards Blog this weekend from his home at Area-241 near Northern California’s Donner Summit.
The storm came in last Thursday. . . after it was over it left over 84 inches/213.36 cm!!! Nice work Mother Nature!! Give Thanks.
Loads of snow: check. Warm, self-sustaining cabin: check. Kicker in the front yard? Damn. It would appear that Mikey B. is doing things right.
[Link: Flow Snowboarding and 241 USA]
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Shaun White stepping up his acting (and lady killee) game in the new Black Keys video Howling For You. Don’t worry about having to watch the entire video.
[Link: Universal Sports]
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More snowboard tomfoolery from the Signal Snowboards factory. It’s like these guys can make whatever they want. In this case they’re making a pair of Vans slip-on snowboards.
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
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Chas Guldemond says the Oakley Arctic Challenge course looks a little like this. We believe him. Qualifiers are going down Friday.
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Sure, recently released scientific reports suggest that “energy drinks” actually harm kids, but at least caffeine, taurine, and sugar water sales companies like Red Bull spend their marketing dollars helping athletes (who don’t mind polluting a few kids) get loads of stunningly cool work done.
Take this Travis Rice The Art of Flight movie teaser from Brain Farm Digital Cinema for instance. You’ve never seen anything like this before.
[Link: Red Bull]
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Kyle William Veith, 25, of Banff and Colin Mathew Mansell, 25, of London, Ont., two Banff snowboarders who set off an avalanche in a closed area of the Sunshine Village Ski Resort on Monday, February 14, 2011 have each been fined $287 for trespassing according to a story in the Toronto Sun.
The pair had crossed two marked ropes to enter the Wild West area, closed all season due to high avalanche danger, when they triggered the slide Monday afternoon. . . They were able to stay above the wall of snow and were not buried. Sunshine Village spokesman Doug Firby said the incident and fines should serve as a reminder to people that actions like those will be taken seriously by authorities.
The snowboarder should just be glad to be alive.
[Link: Toronto Sun]
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Caleb Acker, 22, a senior environmental design student at Montana State University triggered and was caught in an avalanche on Monday February 14, 2011 while riding with a friend in Truman Gulch on on the West side of the Bridger Mountains, according to a story on ABCMontana.com. He died as a result of his injuries.
His friend immediately started an avalanche beacon search and called 911. . . Bridger Bowl ski patrollers and Gallatin County Search and Rescue volunteers found Acker’s body buried in more than five feet of snow about 45 minutes later. No other injuries were reported. . .
Our thoughts are with Acker’s family and friends.
[Link: ABC Montana Photo via Sheboyganpress.com]
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The Oakley Arctic Challenge runs February 16-18, 2011. That’s in two days. A little late to book a flight but there is plenty of time to catch it live online and in Norwegian on nrk right here or in English on Freecaster.tv.
Here is who was invited according to Snowbroader.eu:
Invited riders – Men:
Peetu Piiroinen, Bradon Reise, Janne Korpi, Alexander Østerng, Marko Grilc, Staale Sandbech, Gjermund Braaten, Markus Malin, Benji Farrow, Spencer Shaw, Ethan Morgan, Seppe Smiths, Werner Stock, Mark McMorris, Eric Willett, Patrick Burgener, Sebastian Toutant, Niklas Mattson, Roger Kleivdal, Torstein Horgmo, Chas Guldemond, Sage Kostsenburg, Tyler Flanagan, Zak Stone, Sam Hulbert, Per Iver Grimmsrud, Emil Andre Ullsleten and 2x wild cards for the leaders of the Norwegian Cup.Invited riders – Women:
Enni Rukajärvi, Sina Candrian, Sarka Pancochova, Jamie Anderson, Ty Walker, Silvia Mittermuller, Cilka Sadar, Kjersti Buaas Ostgaard, Chanelle Sladics, Katarzyna Rusin, Aimee Fuller, Spencer O´Brian, Silje Norendal, Cheryl Maas and Jenny Jones.
[Link: The Arctic Challenge]
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Chuck Allen’s facebook page is getting inundated this morning with messages memorializing the man who did so much to legitimize competitive board sports in the United States and the world.
Allen died yesterday on Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2011) a little after 1 PM following what has been described as complications with emphysema that had seen him hospitalized for approximately a week and a half before his death. He was with his family when he died. Allen was 74 years old.
Allen is best known as co-founder of the National Scholastic Surfing Association in 1978 and as the founder, in 1988, of the United States Amateur Snowboard Association. Lately, with his work as an ambassador at Mountain High Resort, Chuck was one of the biggest promoters of snowboarding in Southern California, but he was so much more to so many people.
Snowboard innovator Jeff Grell posted the following on Allen’s facebook page:
There was never a better friend than Chuck Allen, my mentor, my inspiration and the best sports event professional I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Chuck, you welcomed me into your family and always gave back more than anyone I’ve ever known, I will truly miss you.
Sierra-at-Tahoe General Manager John Rice agreed:
Pioneer, mentor, coach, friend, you have affected the lives of so many people in so many ways with your positive energy and smiles. Your spirit will live on in every kid with board sports dreams, the countless hours you gave through all the years will never be taken for granted.
Our thoughts are with Chuck Allen’s family, especially his wife Chris, his children, grandchildren and his worldwide family of snowboard and surf friends. We will all miss him dearly. We will keep you posted on memorial service information as it becomes available.
[Update February 20, 2011: Chuck Allen was remembered today in the New York Times for a life spent dedicated to education and boardsports.]
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Harry Kearney, the 17-year-old snowboarder from Norwood, Colorado, blew in and snaked the Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom title from the old guard (including Josh Dirksen in second, Mike Robertson in third, and Terje Haakonsen in fourth) with a time of 1:28.07.
On the pro women’s side Maelle Ricker won her 5th straight LBS title with one arm tied to her chest, according to a story in the Bellingham Herald.
During Sunday’s Banked Slalom finals, Ricker tucked her arm inside her coat, close to her chest, and made like a one-armed rodeo queen down the mountain, beating second-place Maria DeBari, a Glacier native, by more than 2 seconds to earn her fifth straight Banked Slalom title.
Hopefully, Mt. Baker will get their LBS results website fixed up so we can all see a little more detail on how it all went down.
[Link: The Bellingham Herald and ESPN/Action]
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