by The Editors on January 5, 2015
Smith, the company that invented the modern goggle era turns 50 this year and to celebrate they’ve given themselves a whole new logo.
As a declaration to our future progress, we are proud to announce the new visual identity of SMITH. Following a refined brand platform that modernizes our beliefs, values, and who we stand for, SMITH will re-launch our entire product range in January 2015 with a new logo and brand presentation. With clean, modern and refined letterforms, the updated logo hearkens back to our original identity and speaks to the fundamental tenets of our brand: performance, movement, and essential design.
For the official word from Smith, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on January 5, 2015
What better way to kick off the new year that by diving deep into the action apparel-poloza that is the Agenda Show. It opens its two day run at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California today at 9 AM. Over 500 brands are represented at the show. So don’t think you’re not going to find what you’re looking for.
And while you’re there you might want to try to snag one of these limited edition Agenda collab FlexFits designed by Eric Haze, Herschel Supply, Deathwish, and Master P. They will undoubtedly be in short supply. To check all the brands, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on December 19, 2014
The Oregon Supreme Court has allowed a $21 million lawsuit against Mt. Bachelor Resort to proceed, overturning two lower court rulings, and saying the liability waiver that Myles Bagley signed when he purchased his season pass is unenforceable, according to a story in the Bend Bulletin.
The court’s opinion is that the resort’s release is offered on a “take-it-or-leave-it basis” and that doesn’t mean the resort is free from any liability resulting in conditions the resort created, according to the story.
“As Mt. Bachelor is open to the general public largely without restriction, and visitors subject themselves to the risk of harm from conditions created by the resort operators, the safety of resort visitors “is a matter of broad societal concern,” the opinion stated. . . . The court found there are “inherent risks” to skiing and snowboarding but those risks do not justify insulating ski area operators from all liability.. . . Skiers and snowboarders have important legal inducements to exercise reasonable care for their own safety by virtue of their statutory assumption of the inherent risks of skiing,” read the opinion. “By contrast, without potential liability for their own negligence, ski area operators would lack a commensurate legal incentive to avoid creating unreasonable risks of harm to their business invitees.”
Bailey was paralyzed from the waist down after breaking two vertebrae while snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor in February of 2006, according to The Bulletin. Obviously, this new court opinion could open the doors for all manner of injury lawsuits against resorts, and we will be following it with interest. Compared to the tight “no-jump” policies of the 1980, resorts have had freedom to create bigger and bigger features in their snowboard parks over the last decade. It seemed only a matter of time before someone blamed the builders of the jump for the injuries of a jumper. For the rest of the story, please click the link.
[Link: Bend Bulletin]
by The Editors on December 19, 2014
As the principal photographer for Burton Snowboards for 10 years, Jeff Curtes has had access to the world’s best snowboarders and the skills to capture them at their finest. Many of the photos Curtes has shot during that time have been collected in the Ammo books oversized, hardcover edition Chasing Epic: The Snowboard Photography of Jeff Curtes. The 15 inch by 11.5 inch book includes 96 pages and an introduction by Jake Burton Carpenter himself. This collection of images makes the perfect gift the the snowboard on your list. And if you hurry you might just be able to get a copy before Christmas. Click the link for more info (or check Amazon.com for and even better deal.
[Link: Ammo Books]
by The Editors on December 18, 2014
It is getting down to the wire. If you weren’t paying attention when we listed out our 12 Days Of Gifts and you didn’t take action on any of those ideas, not to worry. We’re still rocking this gift game and the good news is you still have time to help the one you love hold their pants up with a rockin’, totally adjustable belt from Mission Belt Co.
Mission belts don’t have holes. They have a ratchet systems that allows for a perfect fit each and every time they go on. And better yet, you’re not just getting high tech leather belt, you’re also helping to end world hunger. Mission Belt Co. gives one dollar from the sale of each belt to the micro lending site Kiva.org.
For each Mission Belt sold we contribute a dollar into a Kiva fund that then gets lent out to borrowers in developing countries who are seeking money to support their small business operations. We’re not talking about expensive factory equipment or a new tractor, but rather what we might consider a relatively cheap income producing asset, like a cow that produces milk, or a few hundred dollars worth of supplies that can be resold for a profit. In this way, our Mission isn’t just satisfying people’s immediate needs, but giving them the means for an improved standard of living that will last the rest of their life.
So with this gift, you’re holding up someone’s pants and helping to change the world through local economics all at the same time. And, if you order a belt by noon mountain time on December 19, 2014 (that’s tomorrow), you’ll get the belt by Christmas and everyone’s happy.
[Link: Mission Belt Co.]
by The Editors on December 18, 2014
It’s been a while since we’ve laughed this hard reading a snowboarding story (and we’ve read thousands). If you’d like to brighten your day, then drop in on this Kyle Clancy’s Column from YoBeat on that one summer in Mammoth when Danny Kass bought a chopper trike and tried to take Kyle out for a ride.
I step outside to see him sitting in the parking lot with an entire building complex and the rest of the neighborhood looking at him on a Trike. Not just any Trike, a Low Rider Trike with chopper handle Bars and a high-rise bench back seat. It’s deafeningly loud. I determine I need my skateboard and run inside, and by now the whole fucking street is watching. . . .Danny throws me a Cappix helmet — these fake plastic baseball looking hats used to fake out skate park cops — “You’ll want this.”
Click the link to read the entire thing.
[Link: YoBeat]
by The Editors on December 15, 2014
Any movie that arrives with a quote from Hunter S. Thompson and is introduced by Max Headroom is just fine by us:
No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride… and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well… maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.
And then lifting our iTunes library for their soundtrack didn’t hurt either. Retro rewind wizardry.
[Link: Ride The Nighmare]
by The Editors on December 15, 2014
Breckenridge Resort has always been the kick off spot for a new season of competitive snowboarding and while the junk food merchants of death have co-opted the event in their every pressing drive to obesify America, the snowboarders have continued to use Breckenridge in December to show the world that they haven’t slacked off during the summer, and that they’re hungrier than ever to be the best in the world.
Jamie Anderson, Kelly Clark, and Chas Guldemond (pictured above) won their events and reminded the young bucks (and the world) that they’re not ready to step aside just yet. So congrats to them and to anyone who could sit through the Quiznos, Doritos, video game and caffeinated sugar water ads long enough to watch the whole contest.
For the complete results from the first stop of the #JunkFoodKills mouse dissolving, caffeinated, carbonated high fructose corn syrup winter tour please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on December 15, 2014
We’ve interviewed Terje Haakonsen many times over the course of his career. Sometimes he was a smart ass, other times a complete dick (“when are you going to pay me?”), and often straight up and sincere. Happily for all of us, Desillusion Magazine got the straight up and sincere Terje in their video profile by Pierre David and Sebastien Zanella titled Where Is Your God Now. It may be one of the best, most honest profiles we’ve seen on one of the greatest snowboarders of all time. Check it.
by The Editors on December 15, 2014
Eric Haiar, a 26-year-old snowboarder from Silverthorne, Colorado died on Saturday, December 13, 2014 after hitting a tree while riding the Spring Dipper run at Keystone Resort, according to a story on The Denver Channel.
“Keystone Ski Patrol responded to the scene immediately, and the victim was transported to Keystone Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead,” the resort said in a statement.
In a statement to the Denver Post, Summit County Coroner Tim Kelling said Haiar “lost control. . . and collied with a tree” and died from “blunt force trauma injuries.” Keeling said Haiar was wearing a helmet. Our thoughts are with Haiar’s family and friends.
[Link: Denver Channel and Denver Post]
Smith, the company that invented the modern goggle era turns 50 this year and to celebrate they’ve given themselves a whole new logo.
