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Seems it’s officially too expensive to manufacture $800 snowboards in Vermont. According to the Burlington Free Press, Burton is closing up its manufacturing facilities in Vermont and moving all production to Austria, where the not-so-premium boards have been made for the past few years.
“It makes the most economic sense to produce all of our high-end [...]
Alliteration is fun, and K2 is taking advantage and giving stuff away! If you’re good at “social media” you have the chance to win snowboards, coffee and more from Wille Yli Luoma, K2 and Heart Roasters all week long. Check out http://k2snowboarding.com for more info!
We were so busy pretending we were in French Canada watching the Shakedown this weekend, we didn’t notice Snowmission 2010 was going down in Quebec. Luckily, they sent us a video and press release about it. Congrats to Jess Kimura and Jason Dubois taking top honors.
Jason Dubois went home yesterday with the Polaris RMK 800 [...]
Thanks to the magic of “the Internet” we knew who landed, who blew it and who made money the minute it happened at the Ride Shakedown at the Summit at Snoqualmie and stayed warm while watching! Some members of out faithful staff toughed out the elements though, so the full story, photos, scandalous secrets and [...]
The Ride Shakedown is underway at the Summit at Snoqualmie. Last night the rail best trick happened, with Izzy Lalive taking it for the women with a 50-50 to front 180 out and a switch boardslide. For the men, Austin Hironaka held it down in true Northwest style, hitting up a pillar made of cable [...]
Maybe that double double was good for something, Iouri Podladtchikov got the highest score in Winter X Superpipe history… except of course, the only other person who can do it wasn’t there. Full pipe results and the women’s slopestyle broke down like this:
Hola! Nikita are already planning the next photoshoot for the Spring Summer 2011 look book. Packing up and heading out from 23rd April 2010, the Nikita crew and team are hitting up North West Mexico. If you feel you got the look or want to recommend a friend because you think ‘she’s [...]
All this time I’ve been going to the newsstand for the latest news in music, art and entertainment, but apparently there is this thing called the “Internet” where everyone is “blogging” about it. Everyone, including Justin Timberlake (read: Justin Timberlake’s staff), and the latest post on jt.com is an interview with a man taking the [...]
Don’t miss the Ashbury/KR3W demo on March 27th at Bear Mountain. (seriously!) The whole Ashbury and KR3W teams will be there along with their friends. (wait, these guys have friends?) This is your only chance to see all of these guys in one place at one time. (not that you will be able to tell [...]
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