Vancouver’s Sebastien Boucher is lucky to be alive even after warming his hands with a Ziplock bag full of his own urine. Boucher was riding British Columbia’s Cypress Mountain on Sunday when he took a wrong turn and ended up in the BC backcountry for three days, according to a story in the Calgary Herald.
Boucher did one run down the mountain and back up again. He was alone and although he had gone beyond the boundary ropes, he thought he knew the terrain. He was wrong. . . “In two, three seconds, that’s all you need. If you get distracted, two or three seconds.” . . Those seconds would become three days, lost in a deep freeze with no food or water, wandering to an out-of-bounds area six kilometres from his starting place in difficult terrain. Eventually, he took enormous risks to shinny down a cliff face to a creek, desperately trying to find water and get his bearings.
Boucher got out alive, but now it looks like he might get charged $10,000 for his rescue. Click the link to read the rest of all the things you shouldn’t do if you get lost in the woods.
The six-year-old UK based snowboard glove company Transform is now rolling in the USA (Thanks to Brown Bag Distribution and Midwest OG Tim Bean) and they’ve signed Nick Visconti to the team.
“In today’s market, snowboarding brands are a dime a dozen,” Nick Visconti tells us. “What makes a lasting impact and sustainable growth for a brand is a vision, mission and commitment- all three are key elements that Transform gloves has. Add innovation, premium fabrics and a grassroots marketing campaign, Transform Gloves is the future for progressive technical snowboarding hand wear. I am excited to promote and advocate for Transform Gloves.”
We had one word when news arrived that Shaun White was cutting his hair: FINALLY! And it’s apparently for a good cause. Nice. He’s the ginger Jon Bon Jovi!
Don’t think saying the US Open of Snowboarding at Vail is getting any easier because it’s not. We’re just going to have to give it five years. So here is the schedule for the 2013 event.
Wednesday, February 27th: Slopestyle Semi-Finals Thursday, February 28th: Halfpipe Semi-Finals Friday, March 1st: Slopestyle Finals Saturday, March 2nd: Halfpipe Finals
For all the official details (including how you can snowboard you way into the event), please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Few things in life are funnier than listening to A-man voice over a video. Especially when it’s shot in the classic Warren Miller style. Here A-man posts up at the top of Timberline’s Pucci lift and gives the play-by-play. “Their passes are going to get snagged on something and they’re going to get decapitated, if the worms is their asses don’t get them. . . ”
Apparently, Shaun White won the pipe and Mark McMorris took the slopestyle. On the women’s side Brita Sigourney took the pipe and the magnificent Jamie Anderson killed it in slopestyle. For complete results, please follow the jump. And congrats to all the snowboarders. [click to continue…]
Rather than spend all year gathering footage and then putting it together into one movie to be shown next year, Rome Snowboards is doing a movie each month for 12 months. They’ve cleverly named the project 12 Months. Here is the November offering.
Vancouver’s Sebastien Boucher is lucky to be alive even after warming his hands with a Ziplock bag full of his own urine. Boucher was riding British Columbia’s Cypress Mountain on Sunday when he took a wrong turn and ended up in the BC backcountry for three days, according to a story in the Calgary Herald.
