We haven’t tried it out yet, but TiltnTwist games just kicked off Snowboarding TNT in the Apple AppStore for #1.99, according to a blurb on IGN.com.
Snowboarding TNT is a fast-moving sports challenge that requires players to tilt and twist their handsets to control the downhill action and avoid obstacles – no need to bother hassling with tiny buttons to control game action.
It looks like the old Intellivision Skiing game switched over to snowboarding, so it’s not at the top of our current buy list.
Putnams Ski and Snowboard Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire got plowed by an Audi SUV at 2:40 AM today when a teen driver lost control of his car and slammed into the front of the shop.
Police said it appeared the Audi SUV was traveling west on Lang Road at high speed when it failed to stop at the Lafayette Road intersection, and crashed into the ski shop at 2998 Lafayette Road. . . Portsmouth Police Lt. Rodney McQuate said the crash caused “quite extensive” damage, including damage to the building’s cement foundation.
Four teens were in the car and all four were taken to the hospital, two in serious condition. The teens were apparently celebrating their graduation from high school. SeaCoastOnline is reporting that the driver, Mercer Smith, 18, is still in the hospital and:
“. . . was arrested and charged with three felony counts of driving while intoxicated, one count of aggravated DWI and a count of DWI. Lt. Mike Schwartz said Smith was arrested at an undisclosed hospital, posted $1,000 cash bail and was instructed to notify police when he is released so an arraignment can be scheduled.
Coolhunting.com featured a collection of Jesse White sketches for the new Shaun White For Target Collection. If you’re into fashion’s backside check them out. As for the Target clothes, they maybe cheap, but they’re made in the same kinds of Chinese factories that make all the major label stuff, so really, what is the difference?
According to a story on AppleInsider.com, Apple has patented a new technology that will allow snowboarders to track their airtime and pretty much everything else they could want to know riding including:
. . . loft time; a speed of the vehicle; a peak loft time; an average loft time; a total loft time; a dead time; a real activity time; an average speed; . . . successive records of loft information; successive records of speed information; a distance traveled by the vehicle; a height achieved by the vehicle off of the surface; and an indication of a number of a successive record relative to all successive records.
It’s going to be like a dashboard for your snowboard. Guess there will be no more guessing who got the most air. It will be right there on your iPhone and we’ll finally have the charts and the graphs to prove that we suck. How nice will that be?
Mt. Baker snowboarder Sean “Donkey” Mansfield and photographer Gunther Frank are both missing and presumed drowned after Frank’s 18 foot sailboat apparently capsized near Washington State’s Bellingham Bay in the early morning hours of Friday June 5, 2009 with six people on board, according to a story on the Frequency The Snowboard Journal website.
At approximately 1:40 am on Friday, June 5, Bellingham Police responded to a call from a resident, reporting a woman at her door, wet and cold, describing a capsizing. While the police were taking statements another survivor came up the street. The Port Angeles Coast Guard station dispatched a rescue helo along with a cutter from the Bellingham CG station at 2 am. As well, Whatcom County Sheriff, Bellingham Fire, Search and Rescue and US Border Patrol assisted in the search. At approximately 4 am another woman, stranded on a tidal cliff, was rescued by the Coast Guard Cutter.
The four others (two who reportedly stayed with the boat and the two women who swam to shore) survived. According to Frequency publisher Jeff Galbraith Donkey, who was sponsored by Volcom, Lib Tech and the Mt. Baker Snwoboard Shop, was “one of the most respected and creative riders to grace the slopes of Mt. Baker in the last 15 years.” Friends have posted a website (http://donkeyandgunther.blogspot.com) with more information. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mansfield and Frank.
It’s a bit of the strange interviewing the weird scenario (or vise versa) as snowboard visionary Peter Line is questioned by “Internet sensation” Sarah Morrison . . . but compelling all the same.
Burton’s Senior Vice President of Creative Greg Dacyshyn is experiencing the “pleasure” of announcing the company’s latest collab with designer Paul Smith. This time things are getting a little punk “which is right up Paul Smith’s alley,” according to a press release on Burton.com.
The focal point of the 2009 Fall/Winter collection is a bondage-inspired snowboarding jacket that combines fashion and function with welded pockets, taped seams, a pass pocket, gauntlet cuffs and an adjustable hood. The jacket is available in two colorways; black shiny rubber and jacquard leopard print.
A “black shiny rubber” bondage jacket? According to the release, Burton team rider Chris Sorman definitely wants “to get my hands on these pieces.” But the real shame is that David Carradine won’t be around to enjoy this one.
Sure, these Jeremy Scott designed adidas snow boots look great. According to Highsnobriety.com they are “snowboard-themed.” Guess that means you can wear them around when you’re trying to “look” like a snowboarder, but not when you’re actually being a snowboarding. The boots are apparently launching in October 2009 for $250. Seems like it would be cheaper to just wear your shred boots around. . . more authentic, too.
Nothing is more important these days that protection from the sun. And what says sun protection more than ShredorDie.com co- owner Will Ferrell. Cancer For College a scholarship fund that provides money for cancer survivors going to college has announced an entirely new line of Will Ferrell’s Sunscreen Products.
Are you Sexy? Are You Hot? Then who wouldn’t want a sexy, hot tan? This sunscreen is made with our very own streaking strength formula plus one. . . All of our sunscreen products come in 6 oz bottles and are 30 SPF and provide UVA/UVB broad spectrum protection. 100% of the proceeds from sales go to the Cancer for College Scholarship Fund.
The bottles are $11.99 and come in three styles: Sexy Hot Tan, Forbidden Fruit, and Sun Stroke and can be purchased here.
The body of a 34-year-old snowboarder from Bern, Switerland who disappeared at the beginning of the 2008-2009 season while riding near the Swiss resort area of Les Diablerets, was found this week by a hiker, according to Planetski.eu.
His body was found by a hiker in the canton of Vaud. A His body was found by a hiker in the canton of Vaud. It’s believed the man was walking with his snowboard when he triggered the avalanche. His body was found at the bottom of the Dar waterfall.
We haven’t tried it out yet, but TiltnTwist games just kicked off Snowboarding TNT in the Apple AppStore for #1.99, according to a blurb on IGN.com.
