Daniel Rajcsanyi is a snowboarder from Munich, Germany. He is also reportedly “openly gay,” according to a story on Outsports.com. Dani wanted to enter a video for Nike’s Chosen competition so he filmed himself hitting a rail to stairs naked. The video (which is NSFW) is aptly titled German Sausage.
“I wanted to make a funny thing out of snowboarding. It was a provocation for the ‘freestyle’ scene. I wanted to change the bourgeois thinking and show the total freedom and fun of snowboarding, which should be the main thing.” He said he does not know of any other openly gay snowboarders and hopes that with the video he “made a little step forward.”
We never saw this edit featured in any Nike Chosen marketing, so we’re guessing it didn’t win (his other videos however did quite well and actually won in Austria, according to Nike). If you’d like to see Dani’s German Sausage edit, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Anthony De Rocco, president and CEO of K2 Sports, said in a press release Monday that Backcountry Access “fits perfectly” with his company portfolio of brands that includes 14 others, such as Line Skis, Full Tilt Boots, K2 Snowboards, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes and Atlas Snowshoes.
Backcountry snowboarders know BCA for it’s Tracker DTS digital avalanche beacons and their Float Airbag inflatable avalanche protection systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The event is an inclusive ski and ride day where Red Mountain Resort will donate 50 per cent of its day ticket revenue to help raise funds for several of B4BC’s initiatives, including scholarships through the Survivorship Fund to ReTreat Yourself, a yoga, ski and snowboard retreat for women who have been affected by breast cancer.
The highlight of the evening, according to organizers is a concert by Allen Stone. For all the official details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Norway’s JP Solberg is the best snowboard dude ever, ever, ever. Just ask his friends. They all love him to death and aren’t afraid to put all their jazzy hype thoughts about him on video. Nope, not scared one bit. Here, watch and see for yourself what T.Rice, Danny Kass, Dan Brisse, Scott Sullivan, Wolle Nyvelt, and a host of other snowboarding superstars have to say about JP. Wish we could disagree, but we can’t. Not ever.
Tailgate Alaskafounder, and longtime snowboard media innovator Mark Sullivan gets interviewed on the Seven Years Winter blog and you should check it out because it’s good hear from someone who regularly goes out and makes real things happen.
Some of his projects, like Tailgate Alaska are successes, while others (the hugely ambitious Mtnops.com online snowboard community for instance) are spectacular failures. No matter, because nothing seems to stop Mr. Sullivan. Read the interview and you’ll see what we mean.
Hey, here’s a little late news from the snow shred game. Former Burton team pipe slayer Kazuhiro Kokubo has signed with Capita Snowboards. Believe it.
CAPiTA President Blue Montgomery commented, “We’re honored to have Kazu join us. Normally we don’t sign athletes outside our farm system, but Kazu is a perfect match. Who he is, how he presents himself, what he stands for… he’s a very unique person and such a stylish, powerful snowboarder. He defends awesome. The future around here looks bright.”
Follow the jump for the official word. (Yeah, we’re playing a little post holiday catchup if you hadn’t noticed.) [click to continue…]
Steven Mark Anderson, 49, a snowboarder from Hirschadale, California ,died today (December 24, 2012) at Donner Ski Ranch in an inbounds avalanche, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun.
The sheriff’s department received a call about the missing man at noon Monday, nearly three hours after the avalanche. Deputy David Lade said it took that long for Anderson’s friends to determine he was missing. The friends had not been skiing as a group, but rather went their own way in the morning, Lade said. . . “They spent a lot of time trying to locate him,” he said. . . A search dog found the man’s body about 1:30 p.m. under 2 to 3 feet of snow at the base of the avalanche. Lade said the wind had blown snow to depths to 7 feet or more where the man was snowboarding, which was inside the ski area’s boundaries near the main lodge.
The Donner Pass area has received close to eight feet of new snow over the last week. Alpine Meadows (which is no stranger to avalanches) had one ski patroller hospitalized after getting buried in a slide there on Monday during avalanche patrol and two other people were caught in a slide at Squaw Valley on Sunday.
Our thoughts are with Anderson’s family and friends. No one needs this news on Christmas eve.
The New York Times’ John Branch breaks down the February 19, 2012 avalanche near Steven’s Pass, Washington. Three skiers died in the slide. Now, according to Gawker.com, it has become “the most intensively covered avalanche in the modern history of journalism.” This NYT piece may be one of the best online multi-media story presentations we’ve ever seen. Click the link and you’ll see what we mean.
The BMF is the most extensive, interactive and inspired snowboard demo experience in North America and features four key elements with something for all ages. The first and most prominent feature is the Try Gear 2013 Burton demo, which will be at all stops on the tour. The new demo program will encourage riders to try out Burton’s newest 2013 boards, bindings and boots all for FREE.
For the complete schedule and official details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Ten amateurs learned a riding technique with a wearable system that automatically provided tactile instructions during descents. These instructions were in sync with the movements of the snowboard and signaled how to move the body.
What are “tactile instructions” exactly? Spelzmezan equipped the snowboarders with cellphone controlled vibrating devices that would buzz them on different parts of their bodies to encourage them to make the right movements. Spelmezan said in his paper, “Overall, our findings indicate that tactile instructions could support snowboarders in improving their performance.”
Wonder what kind of results Spelmezan would have gotten by replacing the vibrators with electro shock systems?
