Transworld Business put up some photos of the recently finished skatepark in Windell’s Camp Building Out Back. From the looks of it we’d pay for a week at Windell’s without even getting on snow.
[Link: TransWorld Business]
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Snowboard instructor Keith McIntosh, 36, was testing new snowboard gear on Austria’s Kaunertaler Glacier on Tuesday April 5, 2009 “when he triggered a massive snowfall,” according to a story on the Daily Record.
His three British friends – who had been waiting on the peak for their turn – said Keith had barely gone 200ft when the snow-face fell away and engulfed him. . . Keith, of Clydebank, near Glasgow, was among Britain’s top snowboarding instructors and he moved to the French resort of Chamonix in 2002. . . He lived with his wife of seven years, Melanie, 37, and two-year-old son Arren.
Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
[Link: Daily Record]
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Corey Smith’s new art show Air Superiority and Obsolete Dreams opens at Portland, Oregon’s Backspace Gallery May 7, 2009. And we’re pretty sure it’s going to be extremely arty.
Backspace Gallery, 115 NW 5th, Portland, OR May 7, 2009 6 PM.
[Link: Backspace Gallery via Yobeat]
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Snowboard mountaineer and adventure cinematographer John Griber is lucky to be alive after an avalanche hit him and his crew while filming on Mt. Everest last Saturday, according to a story in the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
It happened while Griber was descending the Khumbu icefall. A serac collapsed 3,000 feet above Griber on the west shoulder of Everest and came crashing down toward him. . . .“I was directly in its path,” Griber wrote in an e-mail to the Jackson Hole News&Guide. “There was no running from it. I jumped behind about a 15-foot serac but I was still clipped to the fixed line and couldn’t get close enough to feel super safe. The slide went over top of me; the force knocked the wind out of me; and snow filled my mouth and I couldn’t breath or see anything for 20 seconds.”
Apparently, no one was hurt in the slide. Griber is on Everest this spring collecting film footage for Eddie Bauer’s new clothing line First Ascent. How’s that for extreme advertising?
[Link: Jackson Hole News & Guide]
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The marketing heads at Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate apparently get all powered up from perusing photos of stacked, stinking, snow shred houses, what other reason could they have for their new Flophouse photo contest?
The SDS has been collecting entries we’ve gotten throughout the season, getting ready to vote on the World’s Best Flophouse of the 2009. The winning crew will get 5 Rome decks to fight over. We’ll be deciding around mid July, so get your photos from the season together and get to uploading by the entry deadline, June 15th.
They are looking for photos of homes that are knee deep in moldy first-layer fungus and all the stench that goes with it. Sounds like delicious marketing. Follow the jump for all the details. Or click here to send email to Ridercouncil@romesnowboards.com
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As if snowboarders weren’t lazy enough already, now comes word of electrically powered snowboard bag that rolls itself, according to Tech Radar.
The patented handle and motorised wheel tech and the new hybrid bags’ lightweight, super-strong frame’s tough and long-lasting PC ABS body is really what you are paying for here. . .Live Luggage’s patented “anti-gravity” handle works very well indeed and will ensure that when you are carrying a large snowboard or surfboard, the bulky item is kept at a good distance from the user’s arm and bod
Apparently, Live Luggage has included an electric motor that powers the wheels in the roller bag. Why not just put another set of wheels and a steering wheel on it and call it a cart?
[Link: Live Luggage via Tech Radar]
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Ken Achenbach has always known how to turn ideas into dollars. Here’s another one as seen on Cldfx.com:
The backpack features a vertical snowboard carry, an internal padded laptop sleeve, a fleecelined goggle pocket and lots more. You better be fast if you want your own COC Mission Pack, the online shop isn’t online yet, but you can save a Pack by writing an email to COC. They’ve also got a colabo on the Crossfire Glove, we keep you updated.
Wonder if a free pack is included with the price of camp?
[Link: CLDFX]
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We didn’t attend the Grenade Games 5 brought to you by Monster Energy Drink this year and we haven’t watched any of the videos or read the miles of web stories about how “crazy they were.”
In fact, the only thing we know about the Monster Grenade Games is this photo of Leanne “Party” Pelosi and to be honest: that’s about all we need to know.
[Link: etnies]
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For the rest of Jared Souney‘s compelling interview with one of snowboarding’s most progressive snowboarders both on and off snow. Oddly, at the end of the interview Benedek says something that Souney apparently missed: “You guys know how it is. Anything past the four minute mark and you just zone out.”
For the rest of David Benedek’s 14 minute conversation click the link.
[Link: YoBeat.com]
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