Southern California snowboarding is now in full effect as Bear Mountain proves with this video from the 2011-12 season’s week one. It may not be four feet of fresh powder, but it’s white and it slides.
[Link: Bear Mountain via TWSnow]
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On Black Friday, November 25, 2011 Supra will release a limited edition Stealth version of their Skytop III.
The shadowy black Stealth upper is cloaked in a “military grade” block stitch TUF specifically designed for this shoe. The black upper is accented with black TPR straps, black waxed laces, black mesh tongue, charcoal speckled blown EVA midsole, and a black cup sole. Other features include a custom night vision sock liner, and Stealth Bomber hangtag.
Only 413 of the shoes were made and each in numbered on in the inside of the shoe. For a list of the 13 stores world wide where the Stealth will be sold, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Wondering what it looked like on November 18, 2011 at Mt. Baker for opening day? TJ Schneider shows it all in The Snowboard Realms. Let’s just call it deep. . . and furry.
[Link: The Snowboard Realms]
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UK skateboarder and Weston College barbering lecturer Ben Smart has decided to blend both his passions into one shop in Lower Queen Road, Clevedon, UK. Called Smart Barbers the shop features skateboards and haircuts, according to a story in the Weston Mercury.
“I enjoy lecturing and I’ve wanted to be my own boss for a long time. . . “I’ve also skateboarded since I was eight so decided to open a barbers that stocks skateboards, although these customers rarely want their hair cut.” . . Ben caters for customers of all ages and styles. He specializes in creating tram lines and tribal patterns into hair.
Okay, maybe just go there for the skateboards. . . unless you want some tram lines.
[Link: Weston Mercury]
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University of Colorado Boulder junior Evan Massini, 20, died after hitting a tree while snowboarding on the Northstar run at Breckenridge Friday, November 18, 2011, according to a story on the Denver Channel and The Daily Camera.
[Summit County Coroner Joanne] Richardson said Massini was riding with friends when he collided with a tree and suffered massive internal injuries. He was wearing a helmet at the time. . . “He was doing what he loved to do,” said his father, Edward Massini. “He had just called us and said he got the bindings on his new snowboard fixed, so he could get back on the mountain.”
Massini, originally from Westbrook, Connecticut, has become the second snowboarder to die in the first month of the season. Our thoughts are with Massini’s family and friends.
[Link: The Denver Channel and The Daily Camera]
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Andrew W.K.’s newest hit party anthem (and event promo) “Go Go Go Go” is a song written specifically for snowboarders riding in the World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway February 10-19, 2012, according to a story on Under The Gun Review.
“We filmed most of this music video at my nightclub, Santos Party House,” W.K. tells Spinner. “At first, I was wondering if these snowboarders would party hard. And they did! Everyone was so nice, and super awesome to work with. It meant a lot to me that so many talented athletes from around the world would come together to be part of this song — and part of this party!”
The video features Kazu, Terje, and a many, many more. To catch them all click the link and watch the video.
[Link: Under The Gun Reivew]
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[Update: Sunday 1:34 PM: According to a Tweet from Real’s Jim Thiebaud: “Just visited JT. He’s doing incredible. Awake, walking & able to laugh at my bad jokes(& balloon). So good to see.”
After fracturing his skull while skating in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, November 17, 2011 and being placed in a “medically induced coma” San Diego skater JT Aultz appears to be on the mend, according to Twitter posts quoted on ESPN.com/Action.
As of Friday night, according to fellow pro Corey Duffel’s Twitter, Aultz was “awake and talking slowly.” Duffel added that he was out of the coma and that it was amazing to see his eyes open and see him smile.” Via Duffel’s Instagram, Duffel reported that Aultz would “remain in the Intensive Care Unit for the next few days, but he’s looking great and was even speaking a bit.”
Phew. Nice to see things have taken a turn for the better.
[Link: ESPN/Action]
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National Geographic (the magazine) has nominated 10 people for it’s Adventurer of the Year People’s Choice award. Nestled in there with climbers, adventurers, and other (energy drink sponsored athletes including surfer Carissa Moore) is Travis Rice.
Filming for the highly anticipated film The Art of Flight, which he co-produced with Brain Farm Digital Cinema’s Curt Morgan and Chad Jackson, Rice took the staggering aerial tricks usually reserved for the relative safety of the manicured, avalanche-controlled terrain parks made popular by the X Games and the Olympics, and applied them to the big mountains.
Click here to vote for Travis. You have until January 18, 2012.
[Link: National Geographic]
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On her appearance on one of the last episodes of Fuel TV’s now cancelled show The Daily Habit, Tara Dakides was wearing a shirt that said, “Omatic Not 4 Riders.”
Apparently, she’s not to happy with the way things went down at the snowboard company that she was at one time involved with. Here’s what Dakides said on her Facebook page:
Omatic used to be something I was proud to stand behind because for me it meant Pure Snowboard Love, Fun, Creativity and Rider Owned. We were little but strong until greed walked in the door. I walked away a few years ago with a fight, but that fight has come to an end. I am no longer owner of what Omatic used to be. After a year of Lawyers trying to settle, the fight is over. Good did not win and now Omatic is for Sale. Omatic is owned by an attorney who knows nothing about what true snowboarding is and a lot of good people who believed in Omatic where taken advantage of. . .
Strangely, Tara didn’t mention Todd Richards or Jason Kanes. Or course, it didn’t take long for Richards to add a comment on her post:
hey tara…did you pay hampus tara louie and chenille out of your own pocket ? i did you. . . remember there are two sides to every story and i lost a shitload of cash on omatic. i don’t really remember you putting any hard cash into the company…have a nice day.
It’s rough when a dream dies. But sometimes, “that’s just business.” For the rest, click the link.
[Link: Tara Dakides’ Facebook]
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Every third Thursday, Signal Snowboards put together a wacky snowboard just to show they can. This month they’ve created the iShred. An aluminum based snowboard in memory of Steven P. Jobs.
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
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