Signal Snowboards crafts a snowboard out of a Christmas tree and takes tree recycling one step beyond. Check it out.
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Olympic hopeful and slopestyle slayer Jamie Anderson has joined up with the the Boarding for Breast Cancer family as a team rider.
Jamie Anderson has joined Boarding for Breast Cancer’s all-star female pro team as part of the Be Healthy. Get Active. Ride! campaign to inspire and empower young women. Born and raised in South Lake Tahoe, Jamie first learned of B4BC at 10 years of age when she attended the B4BC Snowboard and Music Festival at Sierra-at-Tahoe, her first concert and big air event. . . “Living a healthy and active life is one of the most important things to me. Our bodies are our temples!” said Anderson. “Connecting and working with B4BC is amazing, and I’m excited about creating more awareness and healthy inspiration for people all over the world!”
Part of this awareness campaign is giving away her full prize pack to the best Instagram photo that is tagged @b4bc #shredthelove (assuming you have also followed @b4bc and @jamieandersonsnow. Send a great photo and if Jamie picks it you win. Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
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Thanks to no snow at Northstar-at-Tahoe and too much snow at Breckenridge last weekend US Snowboarding has decided to hold a USA only event at Mammoth Mountain this week, meaning three of the five Olympic snowboarding qualifiers will go down at one resort in four days and then the US Olympic Snowboard Team will be named.
Maintaining the integrity of the Olympic qualifying system is paramount to U.S. Snowboarding,” says USSA Director of Freestyle and Snowboarding Jeremy Forster. “One of the keys to our success has been fielding strong Olympic teams chosen from five qualifiers. That is the selection criteria we put forward to the USOC and it is our intent to find a solution so that we can run five qualifiers for both halfpipe and slopestyle.”
How’s that for half the season in one weekend? Follow the jump for the official word from the USSA including the event schedule. [click to continue…]
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Slash Snowboards is proud to welcome Mammoth Mountain halfpipe slayer Greg Bretz to the family which includes Johnnie Paxson, Manuel Diaz and Gigi Rüf.
“Greg Bretz doesn’t care, he catches air – to do so he chose the ATV board a couple years back and I knew how valuable his feedback was going to be as he is riding in some of the most difficult situations out there,” says Slash Founder Gigi Rüf. “Greg’s recent accomplishments in the Halfpipe are proof of his dedication in progressing snowboarding. I couldn’t be happier for him. He is onto the next level!”
For the official word from Slash by Gigi, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Having nearly been run down by a moose one time at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, we’re quite certain we would never chase one down a run, but Charlie Rush and his friend followed one down a run at Whitefish, Montana and now they’re being charged with a $225 fine for ” harassing wild animals.”
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The things Chas Guldermond will do for some Bear Naked Granola, huh? It is, however, nice to see people promoting some proper food.
[Update: This video won’t play until January 17, 2014 because the Bear Naked marketing people have planned it that way and someone screwed up. If you still care on Friday, check back.]
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Here’s what Bjorn Leines was up to last season. And here’s what Rome has to say about it:
Long before the word “boss” started getting tossed around everyday, Bjorn defined it. He still does. Such an amazing snowboarder, he is always down to strap in, whether it is AK lines, Minnesota streets, or nearly melted out Colorado couloirs.
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In business, barriers to entry are a good thing for well financed companies. Anything that can make it difficult for competitors is great. The same goes with Olympic snowboarding. Shaun White (with the help of GoPro) can spend a hundred grand to build and staff his own halfpipe, inflate an airbag, and spend a week just to add another 180 to his big trick rotation. That’s a pretty big wall to slam down in front of his competitors. Will it work? Guess we’ll all find out in Sochi (if the pipe doesn’t get destroyed in some terrorist plot).
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Being Olympic season it’s very important to start telling the stories that will become headlines should a athlete win a medal. Here is Gretchen Bleiler’s pre-Olympic story: Vision. It lays out all the drama surrounding Bleiler’s brave return to competitive snowboarding after a serious eye injury.
Remember this story, because should Gretchen make it to the Sochi Games, you’ll be hearing it before each and every run she makes.
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Salomon Snowboards says it best when talking about Annie Boulanger’s riding:
With a calculated and calm demeanor, she broke away from the contest scene in the early days of her career and shifted focus to riding backcountry–an area of snowboarding largely dominated by men. Using Alaskan faces and BC cliff bands as her proving ground, Annie has crossed gender lines and today has become one of the most respected female riders out there.
We just watched this edit, and we agree.
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