The renovated barn next to the family house was always one of Kevin Pearce’s favorite places. There is a skateboard ramp out back and a giant recreation room inside, with three loftlike bedrooms above. . . Now it is the ultimate destination.
We’re happy he is finally home and we hope for his continued recovery. Click the link for the rest of the story.
As Eddie Wall says, “What started as a little sketch is now the Eddie Wall Ride Invitational. We have 30 of the best pros here. . . ” And it all went down at Mammoth Mountain on May Day. May 1, 2010. Tim Humphreys won it all and Peter Line won an iPad.
“I won $20,000 like then years ago. And this is way better than that,” Peter said. “Twenty grand goes right to bill. This is all for fun.”
Jake and Donna Carpenter will be moving back into the official drivers’ seats at Burton Snowboards while the company searches for a CEO to replace Laurent Potdevin who announced his resignation today.
Burton today announced the departure of CEO Laurent Potdevin, who plans to pursue other opportunities after working at the world’s leading snowboard company for 15 years. Laurent will stay connected to Burton as a consultant and advisor to the company. . . “Laurent and I have had a great 15 years together,” says Jake Burton Carpenter, Founder and Chairman of Burton Snowboards. “I support his decision to move on, and as a company we’ve always looked at change as an opportunity. This marks a new chapter for Burton during a time when snowboarding is gaining a lot of momentum.”
Probably wouldn’t be bad for anyone involved if this search took a little longer than expected. Jake looks so good behind the wheel. . . follow the jump for the entire release. [click to continue…]
Adidas Originals appears to have hooked up a little collab with Burton Snowboards that will bring Burton off the snow and Adidas Originals in with the shred kids, according to a story on Sports One Source.
The line, which will consist of 21 apparel pieces and seven styles of footwear, is expected to hit select Adidas Originals and Burton stores worldwide in November. It will sport Adidas Originals Trefoil and Burton branding and prices will range from $40 to $350 for apparel and $90 to $200 for footwear.
Adidas Originals’ VP Ben Pruess and Burton’s SVP & CD Greg Dacyshyn seem overjoyed with the deal. It’s two-two marketing plans in one.
Product photos on High Snobiety (via Empire Ave). Or, follow the jump for the entire release
Time Magazine asks the age old action sports question: Is Snowboarding Getting Spoiled by Big Money, and Big Risks? Writer Christina Crapanzano then dives into the now cliché story of Shaun White vs. Kevin Pearce. It’s the over-simplified story of one snowboarder who risks everything learning a new trick and goes on to become a huge celebrity and the other who took the same risk and ended up in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury.
As the money and risks rise, the loss for snowboarding could be the very things that draw so many to the sport — its accessibility, esprit de corps and sheer pleasure. “I really believe that it will never lose that — it can’t lose that primarily because snowboarding is really fun,” Rice says. “That’s the base of it. It’s as simple as that.”
We have to agree with Travis. Forget all the Olympic hoopla, the media, the big dollar sponsorship and go hike a hill. It’s still fun. And they can never take that away. Not even in the pages of Time Magazine.
A 19-year-old snowboarder died Saturday, April 24, 2009 from injuries he sustained while reportedly attempting and inverted air in the Park Place terrain park, according to a story on Fox 12.
Deputies released very few details about the incident, but they said the snowboarder was wearing a helmet. . . Ski patrol crews from Mount Hood Meadows responded to the terrain park and an ambulance soon took the man to Hood River Providence Medical Center. From there, an ambulance took him to a Portland-area hospital, but he died while en route, deputies said.
Our thoughts are with the snowboarder’s family and friends.
Alright parents. . . here’s a 1.3 year old Ava Marie shredding Mammoth’s Canyon Lodge (we still call it The Hut) earlier this month. Who can go even younger? Huck your babies. Maybe they’ll get sponsored.
Yesterday, Greg Bretz, Louie Vito, Gretchen Bleiler, Elena Height, and Kelly Clark joined other US Winter Olympic Team members and finally got to live their dream of visiting the White House and meeting the President and First Lady. Sadly, a downpour messed up the entire presentation and everyone was forced to move indoors.
For everyone stuck indoors behind a computer today when they should be out shredding slush, we present Celtek Riders Sage Kotsenburg, Blaze Kotsenburg, and Griffin Siebert ending their season at Park City with some Shorts and Shades!
It has been along four months since snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s injury while training in the Park City halfpipe, but he is finally home in Vermont according to a story in the New York Times.
