November 19, 2013
How To Snowboard: Switch Backside 540 with Eric Willet
And just like that you can be killing it in the park with your own switch backside 540. Learn how!
November 19, 2013
Never Summer’s Video Scavenger Hunt
Registration for the Never Summer Video Scavenger Hunt is underway! Get your team of 3 rounded up and registered today. 1st Place team – Each team member gets his or her choice of snowboard and $250.00. 2nd Place team – Each team member gets his or her choice of snowboard. 3rd Place team – Each team member gets his or her choice of Longboard.
November 19, 2013
Rossignol And The House Present Gnartography Contest
From November 18 th to January 17 th , teams can submit photos at www.gnartography.com where they’ll be pitted against each other in a multi-level online competition. A panel of industry judges and peers will vote for their favorite images, whittling the field down to three Grand Prize winning teams to be announced on March 3 rd 2014.
November 19, 2013
Mt Baker To Open Thursday, November 21
Baker will begin 7-day-a-week operation Thursday November 21st at 9:00 a.m. We are kicking off the season with over 43 inches of snow at the upper elevations of the ski area and 37 inches of base mid-mountain. We will be operating BOTH THE WHITE SALMON AND HEATHER MEADOWS BASE AREAS with at least 7 chair lifts and MAIN RUNS ONLY open.
November 19, 2013
Grio Shreds Mammoth
Last season Giro team riders Peetu Piiroinen , Christian Haller , and Nils Mindnich made their way to Mammoth and sessioned this crazy hip. The session got heated, tricks where thrown, and it looks like it was one hell of a time. We also have to say that Christian Haller has one of the best damn methods we’ve seen in a long, long time.
November 19, 2013
Nation: Gulli Gudmundsson’s Full Part
Gulli Gudmundsson brought that Icelandic heat while filming for Nation this past year. There must be something in the water in Iceland that makes all the snowboarders from there so damn creative. Whatever it is, Gulli had some, because this part is creative as hell. Give it a watch, and let us know what you think in the comments.
November 18, 2013
K2 Seek And Enjoy Sessions: Place
Matt Belzile , Jake Kuzyk , Danny Larsen , and Shaun McKay get deep into the “massive backcountry skatepark” that is Whistler.
November 18, 2013
Monday Mallet: Gulli Gudmundsson from Nation
Icelandic playboy Gulli Gudmundsson wanted to get something totally bitchen for his Nation part. He surveyed the earth, examining spot to spot, until he found this perfect one. But what he didn’t expect was the dreaded edge catch, and you better believe homeboy caught his edge. Did he get redemption and land it?
November 18, 2013
Pieces of Freedom
Riders David Bertschinger Karg (DBK) and Mike Knobel are working on a pretty rad art project. It’s about creating and raising funds for SKIP (Support Kids in Peru). DBK can rip, but who knew he’s a wizard behind the video camera? Check out more at: piecesoffreedom.net and piecesoffreedom.bigcartel.com.
This past weekend, top international snowboarders like Zak Hale, Mark Sollors, Dylan Thompson, Yuma Abe, and Ethan Deiss brought their urban rail riding skills to downtown Tokyo for the 3 rd annual Burton Rail Days event where Zak Hale took home first place. Presented by MINI, Burton Rail Days drew the largest crowd ever for an event of any kind in Roppongi Hills.
