The Rome Snowboards crew hits up Austria for a little backyard action, apparently. If you have time, watch this clip and let us know how it was in the comments.
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Illicit Snowboarding’s collection of classic snowmobiling fashion from Ski-Doo and others had us crying tears of sexy joy. Click through for one of the best collections of classic (60s, 70s, and 80s) snow fashion that would kill on the hill today, too. Oh, and you might see some pretty hot photos of your grandma in here, too.
[Link: Illicit Snowboarding]
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Hey, none of us will ever do a run like Shaun White did to win the 2013 US Open Snowboarding Championships in Vail, Colorado, however, thanks to Shaun’s GoPro we can all enjoy it right along Shaun’s biggest Youtube fan, Caryl Thompson. She’s old, but she loves to watch. . .
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Stoked Mentoring is getting board beyond belief on March 24, 2013 as 100 people will “join our youth to snowboard in Big Bear, then surf in Santa Monica, and lastly skateboard along the boardwalk – all in one day in what they’re calling the Trishredathon.
Our goal is to raise $20,000 for STOKED’s programs that serve low-income youth in Los Angeles. The Kelly Clark Foundation, Asymbol, Zoo York, Flat Fitty and 20 other supporters have already raised nearly $10,000. We’re almost there! You can help us. Click here to donate.
Click here if you’d like to join Stoked on March 24, or follow the jump for all the details on how you can help raise funds fro LA Youth. [click to continue…]
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Kyle Martin, the former Event and Promotions Manager at Bend, Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor resort has been named Dragon’s new snow marketing manager.
“We’re excited to have Kyle as part of our team,” says Rick Irons, Dragon’s Global Brand Manager. “His perspective as a rider is critical, and we’re excited to see what kind of fresh ideas he will bring.”
For the official word from Dragon, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Another entry into our Don’t Do This Files: A French snowboarder slips while looking for a way to get around a cliff band. Unfortunately, he found it. He can be heard on the video stating the obvious in French, “I do not know how I return to the station.”
To see how he got there, watch the beginning of the video.
[Link: The Sun UK]
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Would someone really want a reality TV show about snowboarding park builders? Apparently, Chevrolet and Good Clean Fun think the amazing work that Snow Park Technologies does is worth it because they’re launching Mountain Movers sometime this spring on the National Geographic .
Reality Series stars Winter X Games course designer Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson and follows he and his crew as they construct massive, gravity-defying courses for Shaun White, Louie Vito, Danny Davis and more. Real-Life Drama of Athletes & Snow Course Designers in Harsh Conditions, Remote Locations, Battling Mother Nature in Epic Settings
Sound like a hit, right? We’re looking forward to a lot of Frank Wells up in this show, too.
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For the past seven years, Academy Snowboards has been shutting down the NorCal season properly with Camp Academy at Boreal Mountain Resort. Here’s what they’re saying about it.
“Camp Academy” will be hitting Boreal Mountain in Tahoe this April 13-14, 2013 for our biggest year yet! Academy Snowboards team riders and friends will be on site to coach and inspire the next generation of shredders during the 2-day camp! The $199 registration fee covers (2) lift tickets, lunch for both days, private seasoning and instructions by the Academy Snowboards team, a camp t-shirt, tips on waxing and board maintenance, and over $75 worth of goodies from 686, Vans, Neff, Airblaster, Snowboarder Magazine, Dakine, EFX, Capix, Yobeat, Superfeet, and Skullcandy for each camper. And, some lucky campers will be walking away with big prizes like GoPro Cameras, Arnette Goggles, Flux Bindings, and Nixon Watches!
Sounds like a good way to end the season. For more info, click the link.
[Link: Academy Snowboards]
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Last night Jeremy Jones survived a profile with Nightline’s Bill Weir, one of the most annoyingly hyperbolic cliche chomping news presenters we’ve seen in years. But as anyone who knows Jones would expect, he came through it all like the confident, open, big mountain badass that he is.
Here, check out one of the “demigods who rides monsters for a living. Snow porn stars who wing into the backcountry and bring their conquests back on film. . . if they ever carve a Mount Rushmore of snowboarding Jeremy Jones is a lock.” Just watch, you’ll see.
[Link: Nightline]
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Helicopter pilot and Haines Alaska snowboard guide Christian Cabainilla has reportedly died from injuries sustained when a section of snow he were traversing gave way an caused him and two others to fall on Sunday March, 3, 2013, according to a story KTUU.com.
Alaska State Trooper spokesperson Megan Peters said troopers received a call from Haines Police on Sunday afternoon about an accident in the backcountry, although she didn’t know the exact location. . . The deceased was identified by troopers as Christian Cabainilla. He is listed as a guide for the local heliskiing company, Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, on its website. The company did not respond to messages on Sunday evening.
Cabainilla was profiled on ESPN.com/Action in 2011 for a column called Dream Job. In that interview he talked about how he got into the business:
I saw that you could either pay a bunch of money to go skiing, or get paid to go skiing [as a guide]. So I just camped out in Valdez and helped out any way I could to learn the ropes of heli-guiding. I was looking for some way that I could support my snowboarding addiction, and one of the pilots at H2O, Wes Conrad, said, “Here’s what you have to do if you want to become a helicopter pilot.” So I started going to flight-training school in Seattle seasonally so I could still snowboard in Alaska and South America.
Officials report that two other people were injured in the accident, but there were still no details on exactly what happened. Our thoughts are with Cabainilla’s family and friends.
[Link: KTUU.com, KTOO.org and ESPN.com/Action]
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