YoBeat: Making Fun of Snowboarding Since 1997

For the most part Eric Enquist is normal. For example, if he sees a classified ad in the local paper that says “Computer Games, $5 OBO” he’ll hop the bus to the address provided and see if it’s a legit
deal. The other part of him, the snowboard one, is crazier than a shit-house rat. A [...]

Jonas is an artsy guy. Photo: Oli Gagnon
Back in my day if you were good at something you were expected to brag and exploit whatever special skill you possessed beyond a reasonable doubt. If you were lucky, others would see value in this talent and grant you some of life’s little amenities – like a [...]

Photo: Oli Gagnon
Meeting someone in person that you’ve grown up watching in videos or reading about in magazines can be a crippling mental experience – especially if it’s someone that you’ve held in high regards. It’s the first opportunity you’ll get to experience them firsthand, minus the ass-fooling effects of a media filter. Sadly, more [...]

Pretending is fun - just ask our federal government, they do it all the time. If pressed to pick one scenario in particular as a favorite, it’s nearly impossible because there are so many mind-blowing instances to choose from. But if you had the rifle they used to kill JFK to my head, I would [...]

Dear Santa,
Hey man, what’s new? Not a lot here, just watching my poor, naive children write wish lists to an obese false idol that doesn’t exist (you). But whatever –hope is free and it’s keeping them quite for the time being. Anyway, I figured that since we’re in the spirit of selfishness and I’m slightly [...]

I’ve spent the last decade of my life employed under the depressive, fluorescent lighting of the snowboard retail environment.  Four of those years were served as a mortal, expendable employee and the last five as an un-fireable, power drunken co-owner. During this tenure I’ve been forced to interact with consumers from all walks of life, [...]

Chad called me on the phone one night out of the blue and drunk.  Never even met the kid and he says, “When you gonna put me on Bluebird?” I’m like “Are you fucking kidding me - right fucking now.”  That was a long ass time ago.  Homeboy has been throwing down like a real man [...]

Cooking is for girls. Cole Barash photo.
Interview by Jack Boyd
One of the nice things about conducting and writing a feature on a female snowboarder is that you know everyone is going to read it. Dudes are a given because they have a penis and those little dinks have minds of their own. Girls are [...]

Photos by Mike Thienes. We don’t know who they are either.
By Jack Boyd
Thursday night marked the release of Bald E Gal’s ninth shred flick, Tiller.  For those of you unfamiliar with the production company, they’re responsible for jumpstarting and documenting the early careers of Midwest shreds gone good such as Joe Sexton, Ezra Jacobson, [...]

A normal dude, sitting on a normal trash can. Photo Mike Theines/Bald E Gal Productions
By Jack Boyd
I’ve only met Dan on one occasion and that’s when he saved my life.
Ok, not really. Except the meeting him once thing, that part is true. It was at a premiere party a few years back for Capita’s [...]

By Jack Boyd
What does it feel like to be a man?
Women (and of course, cowards) probably find themselves pondering this question from time to time. It’s my suggestion that if you really want to emulate the feeling of supreme manliness you have three options: A) Confront an arch enemy face to face and sort out [...]