The VTO will be a 3 day event with a festival atmosphere and a tribute to the pioneer days & spirit of snowboarding and the epic events that shaped an industry. This is a chance to actually ride and compete in retro style venues and events against Legends like Ross Powers and many more! Come for the weekend and ride with Legends, Pros, Amateurs, Washed Up Pros and long lost friends, hear some great music, go to some great parties, even try some old school equipment. Keep the spirit alive!!
A weekend entry costs $135 and includes three days of lift tickets, entry to all the venues, contests (rail jam, Halfpipe), and official parties.
Black Santa hits the Danger Zone as Russell Winfield busts out the old lines while Scott Vine, Michael Gray, and Nick Visconti add a little spice from this decade.
An Australian snowboarder, who was attempting to walk out of some steep terrain on Whistler Mountain with a friend apparently slipped and fell into a “treed area” and “suffered a head injury” according to a story in the Vancouver Sun.
Staff Sgt. Steve LeClair says it appears the man and a woman he was with found themselves in steeper terrain that they were able to handle and he fell while trying to walk down the slope. . . The young man was transferred to a hospital in Vancouver, but died Thursday night.
Our thoughts are with the mans family and friends.
Yes, Octagon, the sports management super agency who represent Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (as well as snowboarders Hannah Teter,Kelly Clark,Seth Wescott and Ross Powers skaters Andy Macdonald and Mitchie Brusco and surfers Ry Craike and Alana Blanchard) have added slopestyle slayer Jamie Anderson to their stable of athletes.
Jamie Anderson, a six-time X Games medalist and the 2012 ESPY Award winner for Best Female Action Sports Athlete, has signed with Octagon. In a sport making its Olympic debut, Anderson is widely regarded as the top slope style rider in the world. She holds the highest score in Winter X Games Slopestyle history and was the youngest medalist ever at age 15 when she won bronze in 2006. The South Lake Tahoe native finished 2008, 2011 and 2012 ranked first overall on the World Tour.
But you knew all that. In the near future we expect to see Anderson’s sponsors change and her media visibility go way, way up. Is there a reality show in her future? Hope so.
Shaun White is apparently getting ready for the Sochi Games Slopestyle competition as he has just landed triple cork on a slope booter at Breckenridge. See how much all that hair was holding him back? For the landing follow the jump.
The snowboard crafting wizards at Signal Snowboards decided that for this Every Third Thursday they were going to make work some noncents with pennies. Not as in Penny Skateboards. But as in pennies, you know, like from heaven. This snowboard is so money and it doesn’t even know it.
Jones Snowboards wants everyone to be safer in the backcountry apparently, and they’re doing it with an all-new Snowpulse compatible 30l R.A.S. Ready backcountry pack.
Weighing in at 6.7lbs when loaded with the R.A.S. (Removable Airbag System), the new Jones 30L R.A.S. Ready Pack has all the technical features of the standard 30L pack combined with additional pockets that hold the Snowpulse R.A.S. system. The 30L’s R.A.S. system pockets allow you to use the pack with or without the airbag installed and utilizes compressed air instead of nitrogen, so you can easily deploy the bag for storage before a plane trip, and then easily refill the canister at your destination.
This looks like just the thing to help make a bad situation a little better. Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
Burton is continuing their efforts to get kids started young with their Riglet Park program. Parents can drop their kids off in the morning and pick up a snowboarder later in the day. Kids in the Tahoe region have had the amazing Star Wars park at Sierra at Tahoe for going on two seasons and now east coast kids are getting their own twist on the program with a new Toy Story park at Jay Peak.
“Burton is stoked to partner with Jay Peak to bring Disney·Pixar Toy Story-themed elements and products to our newest Burton Riglet Park,” said Jeff Boliba, VP of Global Resorts, Burton Snowboards. “The park will add a new level of entertainment to snowboarding by immersing budding snowboarders into the world of Disney·Pixar’s Toy Story, where fun and adventure is the name of the game. It’s a must-see destination for families and kids who want to learn how to snowboard this winter.”
The Riglet Learning system costs $99 a day and is the best way to get kids aged 3-6 out snowboarding. For a list of all the features and a breakdown of why parents need to get their kids to Jay Peak, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Sales of snowboards and snowboard equipment have slipped 21% over the last four years, while sales of skis have climbed 3% in the same period, according to SnowSports Industries America, a trade group that tracks the $3.5-billion snow sports and apparel industry. . . Baby boomers aren’t the only ones bailing. Last season alpine skiing replaced snowboarding as the most popular snow sport among kids ages 6 to 17, according to the trade group.
We’re reminded of something crusty surfers are always overheard saying, “Fewer surfers means more waves for me.”
The Snowboard, was described by the seller as an original Burton 140 Performer “Black Widow” Experimental Series. Made in 1983 and ridden by Burton Team rider, Bob Novak. . . This is the second-time in the past year that we’ve tracked a Burton exceeding five-figures.
There were 44 bids on the board and it was purchased by an active ebayer. Damn, that’s a lot of money for a snowboard. Makes us wonder if someone is trying to jack up the collectable snowboards market. A couple friends working together could make old board skyrocket in price. But no one would do that. That wouldn’t be right.
Think Stratton Mountain would be left lonely and pouty by the Burton US Open of Snowboarding moving west to Vail after all those years? Nope. They’re keeping the open scene rolling with the Vermont Open March 15-17, 2013.
