These new Isotoner Smart Touch Gloves make it possible to text and have obviously changed Sean Black’s life, but seriously, we’re not really interested in handling our electronic life-source while hanging 50 feet in the air with gloves on. They’re just too slippery. On the other hand, the Isotoner are on sale at JCPenny for $29.99.
[Link: YoBeat]
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Yeah, it’s beginning to look a bit like winter on the Eastern Slope of California’s Sierra Nevada Range. It won’t be long. But these guys just couldn’t wait and got an edit out on October 5, 2010.
[Link: Mammoth Mountain]
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Thanks to $1.4 billion in dept Fortress Investment Group LLC has been looking for buyers for their Intrawest properties almost since buying the company in August of 2006.
The sales most often spoken about is Whistler Blackcomb (which was nearly auctioned off by creditors during the 2010 Olympics). There were rumors from the Wall Street Journal regarding the attempted sale to Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, and another included “oil mogul” Murray Edwards (owner of Fernie Alpine Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort, Stoneham Mountain Resort and Mont-Sainte-Anne), but none of them were interested in paying what Fortress believes the mountain is worth. Now Fortress is reportedly trying to take the resort public through an IPO, according to a story in The Globe & Mail.
But the well-known name of Whistler may be an easier sell for an audience of retail investors, especially after the successful Olympics at the site last winter. As a result, an IPO is now the favoured option, sources said. . . “They didn’t like the valuations they got [from other buyers] so they will try the IPO market,” said a second person familiar with the situation.
When you can’t get smart money might as well go retail, but It’s difficult to imagine a scenario where this turns out well no matter how sexy Canadian resorts are.
[Link: The Globe & Mail]
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As if we weren’t spending enough time in front of our computers or staring down into our iPhones, the Vancouver based goggle company Recon Instruments introduces their new Transcend Goggles in collaboration with Zeal Optics. The goggles are apparently the first to be “GPS-enabled.”
Transcend provides real-time feedback including speed, latitude/longitude, altitude, vertical distance travelled, total distance travelled, chrono/stopwatch mode, a run-counter, temperature and time. It is also the only pair of goggles in the world that boasts GPS capabilities, USB charging and data transfer, and free post-processing software all with a user-friendly, addictive interface.
The goggles will be available October 10, 2010 and retail for US$499 (click here to buy a pair). Now, if they only had a video in for our iPhone display, we’d be set for the winter.
[Link: Zeal Optics, Recon Instruments via The Vancouver Sun]
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Activision launched the all-new Tony Hawk Shred website today and they seems pretty excited about it.
The new SHRED web site is packed with exciting gameplay tips! Kids will be on the deck mastering killer moves after viewing dozens of training videos that demonstrate over 50 jaw-dropping in-game tricks, including everything from kickflips and grabs to Tony’s signature 900! The site also showcases talent profiles of all the pro riders featured in Tony Hawk: SHRED, as well as a developer blog to keep fans up to speed with all the latest and greatest game news right from the source!
We have to admit: the more we watch people playing with that board controller, the more sense it makes. Tony Hawk Shred goes on sale in North America on October 26th and October 29th in Europe, but you can pre-order it right here, right now.
[Link: Tony Hawk Shred via Gamasutra]
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Last night (September 30, 2010) the 210 AR4T Gallery, on Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, California, hosted snow photographer Chris Brunkhart’s How Many Dreams In The Dark? book signing and gallery show.
The well-attended event featured several large Brunkhart prints, a photo wall of close to 400 individually pinned photos, and numerous pieces inspired by Brunkhart photos from collaborators like Zach Egge, Jamie Lynn, Mike Parillo, Matt Donahue, Dan Peterka, Carl E. Smith, and Alex Bacon.
Our digital world is so fleeting, that sometimes it good to hold a collection of work that will survive most natural disasters.
Click here to buy a copy or follow the jump for more photos.
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Looks like The Program’s Bryan Knox has been doing good work for the Burton Corporation lately. Today, (September 30, 2010) it was announced the Knox has been promoted to the position of Director of Team Marketing and Media for Burton Snowboards and The Program.
As the former Director of Team for the Program, Bryan has done an amazing job over the past four years not only building up the Program’s team but also helping to strengthen the marketing of the brands. . . Bryan will oversee the current Burton Team Management group and brings a depth of rider experience, perspective and influence that will help to make the best brands in snowboarding even stronger. In this new role, Bryan will continue to work out of the Irvine offices to function as a West Coast face for the team and core media.
Congrats, Knox.
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If a California bankruptcy court gives the final okay, the Minnesota based Active Sports Inc., parent company of The House, Proboard Shop, etc. . . will end up paying $8 million for the Sacramento, California based Sierra Snowboard, its web site and inventory according to a story on Transworld Business.
According to court records, the purchase price includes all intellectual property, assets, good will, and none of the company’s liabilities. A payment plan has been outlined for the $8 million outlining financial milestones Sierra’s owners, Michael Anthony Management, Inc., must meet. According to Active, the Northern District Court of San Jose, California approved the sale, subject to certain closing conditions on September 28. . . Final court approval is still required.
Sierra’s self-reported 272,302 registered online community members must have factored heavily into what seems like a high sale price for a bankrupt retailer with only one location, especially considering the reported $12-13 million in “outstanding trade debt” that still has to be dealt with by someone. Then again, it’s only money, right?
[Link: Transworld Business]
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Mt. Hood, Oregon’s Timberline Resort is opening Friday, October 1, 2010, according to Fox12.
Late spring storms, summer grooming and maintenance of the Palmer Snowfield have provided enough snow for skiing and snowboarding above 7,000 feet. . . Lodge officials said the Magic Mile and Palmer chairs will operate Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through October, weather conditions permitting.
This early opening doesn’t really play into the whole annual “race to be the first open,” but it’s good to know we get riding again on the Palmer.
[Link: Fox12]
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Wondering whatever happened to pro snow shred Todd Franzen? ESPN/Action has a great story by Devon O’Neill on the demise of Franzen’s pro snowboarding career and his on-going battle with Stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
What happened over the next 10 months radically altered Franzen’s world view. Not because cancer destroyed his life — almost the opposite, in fact. In a strange twist he still struggles to explain, cancer — a disease that kills more than 500,000 Americans each year — filled the same role snowboarding had nearly 20 years prior. . . It gave him purpose.
The battle is not over yet, but Franzen’s amazing sense of humor has survived. Click the link to read the rest.
[Link: ESPN/Action]
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