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The Scotty Goodale Memorial Fund

by The Editors on February 9, 2011

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Photo via The TackledBox.

On Monday morning (February 7, 2011) word began to spread around the snowboard world that the 35-year-old snowboarder who died Sunday, February 6, 2011 at Colorado’s Eldora Mountain Resort was former pro snowboarder, and Rockies Stepchild Snowboards, Airblaster, Krew and Supra rep Scotty Goodale.
As the crew at Stepchild said on their site:

For those that had the pleasure of knowing Scotty, he was one of the kindest and humblest individuals and was a positive inspiration to everyone he came into contact with. Scotty was a very passionate person. He loved snowboarding, skateboarding and above all he loved people. His eyes lit up whenever he talked about the people in his life-especially his wife and son.

Nearly everyone we’ve spoken to remembers Scotty as the best friend anyone could ever have. In a comment on Boardistan C3 World Wide Sales Manager Johan Malkoski said Goodale, “was a dad, husband and one hell of a shred. . . He was a great kid that was never with out a smile and always lit up a room with his laughter.” Working Holiday’s Dan McNamara said Goodale “was one of the greatest guys you could have ever met. ”

Milosport’s George Johnston, who worked with Goodale, said there was absolutely nothing Goodale would not do for his friends. “I was just glad I was here snowboarding when I got the news,” Johnson told us at the WWSRA On-Snow at Lake Tahoe’s Alpine Meadows. “Or I don’t know how I would have handled it.”

A memorial fund has been created to help Goodale’s wife, and son. Donations can be sent directly to the following address:

Jennifer Goodale
c/o Crist Mortuary
3395 Penrose Place
Boulder CO 80301
Phone: (303) 442-4411

Anything you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Services to celebrate Scotty’s life are planned for Sunday, February 13, 2011 in Boulder, Colorado. The location has not yet been announced. We will update this post with more info as it arrives.

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Mammoth’s Snowboarding History Part 1

by The Editors on February 9, 2011

Mammoth Mountain’s RPT video series returns with part one of the history of snowboarding at Mammoth and June Mountain. Oddly enough, there are a couple people in this video that look strangely familiar. Deja vu or something like that. . .

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Burton Canadian Open Round Up

by The Editors on February 7, 2011

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Burton’s Kelly Clark (pictured above) and Bonfire’s Kohei Kudo took the halfpipe at the Burton Canadian Open held at Calgary’s WinSport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park on Saturday, February 4, 2010.

Kohei is also no stranger to the BGOS events but this is his first time to the podium and he was surprised at his great finish. “This is my first time to CANO and I am very glad to win. I had a lot of fun!”

Sam Hulbert

Ride’s Sam Hulbert (pictured above) and Billabong’s Jamie Anderson won the slopestyle on Sunday. Sam’s final run was a frontside 180 switch 50-50 switch backside 180 on the first rail, frontboard, boardslide 270, and 50-50 backside 360, with a switch backside 900 indy, frontside 1080 and a backside 720 of the final kickers. Sounds right solid.

“This is awesome,” said Sam Hulbert. “Going into my final run I wanted to win. I just needed to land the jumps and I hoped the wind wouldn’t slow me down. Definitely one of the best moments of my life.”

Follow the jump for the official Burton informations.
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Three Snowboarders Die In Weekend Accidents

by The Editors on February 7, 2011

Two snowboarders were killed and three injured in two separate avalanches at Cheget Mountain in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkar over the weekend, according to a story on Itar-Tass, and a 35-year-old Colorado snowboarder died Sunday, February 6, 2011 after hitting at tree at Eldora Mountain Resort, according to a story in the Daily Camera.

The report on the Russian snowboarders claims that two groups of snowboarders were riding in area where it “was prohibited.” Each group triggered an avalanche in which members of their group where buried. The bodies of two snowboarders were recovered from the first avalanche and three were buried, but only injured in the second. The first slide happened at 12:30 local time and then second at approximately 2 PM.

[Links: Daily Camera and Russia-ic.com]

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Jamie Lynn’s Method Story

by The Editors on February 3, 2011

VBS.tv’s latest Powder & Rails interview session is with Jamie Lynn. As uber agent Circe Wallace says: “He’s just a great human.”

Guess we have three more parts to look forward to after this one. Did we mention the method? Or the artwork? Or the fat cat?

[Link: VBS.tv]

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Live Show At The Club Ride Booth

by The Editors on January 31, 2011

Ride Snowboards‘ neighborhood went downhill a little since last year at the SIA Snow Show. What had been a ghetto convenience store in 2010 became an “adult boutique” for 2011.

Condoms, lube, and other items crowded a display case at the front of the booth, while around the back were a couple strategically placed “private viewing booths” that offered “Live Shows” on the hour. Here’s a little piece of one of them. . .

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Total SIA 2011 Denver Photo-rama

by The Editors on January 30, 2011

The Yard

Photos from days one, two, and three of the SIA Snow Show Denver are all here in one place. Day four? You’re on you’re own.

Click the links for complete galleries: Booths, Products, and People.

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Shaun White Goes 4×4 In X Games Pipe

by The Editors on January 30, 2011

Yep. Looks like you can’t stop the man in black. Shaun White proved once again that he is the greatest halfpipe rider in the history of snowboarding no matter what he wears. We were hoping for something a little more dramatic, but White looks good in black.

Scotty Lago jawed his way into second place with Louie Vito dancing into third.

We heard Kazu-san was underscored. On Twitter former X Games announcer Todd Richards said: “Come on? Kazu gets the shaft.”

Final results looked like this:

1. Shaun White 89.00 97.33 46.66 97.33
2. Scotty Lago 92.00 7.00 30.33 92.00
3. Louie Vito 84.00 24.00 87.33 87.33
4 Markus Malin 86.33 44.33 32.66 86.33
5 Kazuhiro Kokubo 82.66 85.00 85.33 85.33
6 Peetu Piiroinen 83.33 45.00 48.33 83.33
7 Mathieu Crepel 64.00 5.66 34.33 64.00
8 Matt Ladley 40.00 38.00 45.66 45.66

For the official word from event owner ESPN click the link. Or follow the jump for Lago and Vito’s runs.

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Kelly Clark Dominates X Games Halfpipe

by The Editors on January 30, 2011

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Kelly Clark, who hasn’t won an X Games gold medal for years, did everything she had to do last night to win (including a monstrous backside 10 in her final run). As it’s been so going so far this year, no one else even had a chance.

“It’s been an incredible night. To have a victory lap like that and set it down at the X Games is amazing,” Clark said. “I’ve been working on that for a long time and I couldn’t think of a better place for it to come together.”

Local favorite Gretchen Bleiler slammed on her first run and then sat on her next two, seemingly never able to get that first one out of her head. Kaitlyn Farrington was second, Elena Hight was third, follow the jump for results.

[Link: ESPN/Action]
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Nike’s Shoe Shine Show Boots

by The Editors on January 29, 2011

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Last night, Friday, January 28, 2010 Nike Snowboarding presented the Shoe Shine Show at the Summit Music Hall. It was a blend of music, art, and snowboard boots. Artists were commissioned to create original pieces inspired by musicians using Nike boots as their canvas.

The evening began with a set by artist/musician Matt Donahue and finished up late-night with the crowd surging to the techno beats of Diplo.
Click here for photos of all the boots.

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