ESPN Action Sports has just announced the hiring of former Snowboarder Magazine “Sex In The Ski Town” columnist Melissa Larsen as their new snowboard editor, according to a post on ESPN/Action.
A recent New York transplant, Larsen brings with her nearly 15 years of editorial experience in snowboard media, as well as a terrain knowledge of Jackson Hole rivaled only by Travis Rice.
We’d talk some shit, but Melissa would undoubtedly kick our asses all the way down to Battery Park. So we’ll just leave it at “congratulations.”
Snowboarders Kevin Jones and Travis Rice get to feel superior to Andy Irons for a day of powder at Targhee Cat Ski and some park riding at Jackson Hole. We doubt they’ll return the favor by paddling out at Teahupoo any time soon.
Billabong’s Ante Up went down yesterday (June 26, 2010) on the glacier at Blackcomb while the US team was getting whooped in South Africa by Ghana.
Apparently the top three results looked something like this:
Sebastien Toutant (CAN)
Matts Kulisek (CAN)
Mark McMorris (CAN)
Wonder when the Billabong Canada snow dudes are going to update their “official site” with the full results or anything else suggesting the event even happened? For NuuLife Cinema’s version click here via TWS.
For this coming winter Burton has reportedly hooked up with Disney to produce a “Tron-inspired” snowboard boots inspired by the upcoming Disney film, according to a story on Stitchkingdom.com.
Burton will offer an exclusive snowboard boot that blends the best-in-class functionality and technology of Burton Snowboards, with the DNA of the original TRON. Inspired by the story’s strong graphic look and feel, the Burton boot is made to look like something out of the future, yet seen through the eyes of a snowboarder back in 1982 when the first film released.
So is that primitive future or future retro? Burton will not be alone. Oakely, Hurley, and Adidas are also getting in on the exploitatron.
Honestly, no one looked dumber last season than all the weekend warrior snow shreds we saw riding down the groomer with cameras sticking up out of the tops of their helmets like techno-dunce caps.
Now, thanks to Liquid Image Company, none of us will have to know they’re filming. That’s because Liquid Image has built the camera directly into a pair of goggles.
The hands free unit has a 5.0 MP (2560 x 1920) camera mode and a video mode that records HD720P video (1280×720) at a rate up to 30 frames per second with audio. The Summit Series HD Video Camera Snow Goggle is easy to operate. There is a button for On/Off/Mode and another button for the shutter. To record a photo or a video, simply turn on the camera, choose the mode, then press the shutter button. LED lights inside the goggle indicate the mode to the user. Large side buttons along the right side of the frame allow for greater dexterity while wearing gloves. . . . The Summit Series HD can hold a Micro SD/SDHC Card up to 32 GB. With the use of a micro SD/SDHC card, the camera is capable of recording thousands of photos or hours of HD video.
Now if only these things synched with an iPhone for live Qik cam streaming. . .
Analog (Burton Corp’s streetwear clothing company) will be hosting the opening reception for a photo gallery showing of images by some of the action sports world’s most creative camera cowboys at the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach, California on June 23, 2010.
Method Mag nailed down a twofer interview with Shawn Farmer and Terry Kidwell when the guys were in Stuben, Austria for the Longboard Classic. Watch and learn.
When you have your own snowboard factory you can do silly things like lay up boards with vinyl record and/or album cover top sheets. . . that’s what Dave Lee and the crew at Signal Snowboards did for their monthly “Every Third Thursday.”
It just goes to show, good snowboarders can ride anything.
Shaun White upped his celebrity status last night at the MTV Movie Awards. Best snowboard kiss? As TVSquad.com said: “I think Shaun White was trying out for the lead in ‘The Robert Plant Story.'”
Norwich, Vermont packed the streets today June 5, 2010 as they officially welcomed Kevin Pearce home, according to a story from the Associated Press.
Walking gingerly but on his own, Pearce hugged his friends and well-wishers, threw T-shirts to children and thanked anyone who would listen for rallying to his side. . . “I’d just like to say thank you you guys so much for everything you’ve done for me, and it’s just so incredible how helpful it’s been to me,” he said. “Thank you all so much.” . . . Fire trucks blew their horns, hand-lettered signs saying “Kevin is Home” and “KP Our Hometown Hero” adorned a white clapboard gazebo and Town Recreation Director Jill Kearney presented him with a baseball cap and golf shirt in a ceremony that drew about 200 people.
Quite a lot to go through for a golf shirt, but we know KP was stoked.
ESPN Action Sports has just announced the hiring of former Snowboarder Magazine “Sex In The Ski Town” columnist Melissa Larsen as their new snowboard editor, according to a post on ESPN/Action.
