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Having been to events on both coasts and plenty in the Midwest, I’ve noticed one really big difference. On the coasts anyone under 18 competing is usually stacked with skills. In the Midwest if you’re over 18 and competing people are looking at you funny. I think this might be what people call “Midwestern sensibility” [...]

A fast moving storm hit the West Coast on Friday March 12, 2010 bringing up to 2 feet of fresh snow in the Sierras. The snowmobiles were loaded up on the trailers as I headed out for another great backcountry day. The crew included: Andy Finch, Ryan Eagan, Andy [...]

By 2010 the Ride Shakedown had outgrown its Canadian roots and became a multi-stop action sports circus. The American debut was held at Summit at Snoqualmie, a hill known for park, night riding and being close to downtown Seattle. My job was simple enough; drive to Snoqualmie and cover two days of snowboard action. 
A day [...]

It’s no secret that snowboarding has hit the mainstream (6-plus years ago)! But while the snowboard industry is busy figuring out how to use the hype to sell more snowboards, the rest of the world is deftly using snowboarding to sell just about anything. For example:
Telephone Service

Technically, AT&T produced this commercial to show their (monetary) [...]

The Ride Shakedown is the place to be in the Northwest right now. Previously a “Canadian” thing, the mayhem shred fest landed stateside on March 12, 2010 at the Summit at Snoqualmie. After the nighttime rail shredding was done, Austin Hironaka and Izzy Lalive took top honors for their stunts, and Zimmerman was there to [...]

This park at Mt. Hood Meadows was technically “closed.” Jeff Holce is in High School, so he doesn’t care!!
When you’re a teenager, it may be hard to imagine you will ever get “over” snowboarding. In fact, if you are under the age of 18 (or even 22), you should probably stop reading this right now. [...]

Story and photos by Brad Jameson
32 returned to Brighton Resort on 3/2/10 to host the 2nd annual 32 Day Banked Slalom and Rail Jam. After a long build day of shaping all 12 turns, 2 rails, 1 hitching post and a silly jump, it was time to start things off.
Brian Cook and company shuttled [...]

Your narrator Zachary Sanford enjoys the ambiance. Photo Konstantinos Noulis
Whilst only a 45-minute train journey from London, arriving in Milton Keynes gives one the sense that perhaps he’s in the sprawling suburbs of a city in the American Midwest. Identically constructed office buildings occupy massive lots with space to spare. Its strip malls, boulevards and [...]

Here at YoBeat our days are filled with thinking about how to fill the Internet with highly marginally entertaining material, leaving us little time to make decisions about simple things such as who should get free stuff. That’s a problem though, when a contest ends and there are multiple worthy entrants. So in this here [...]

Two titans of snowboarding’s culinary community met, but only one could emerge victorious. Party Time Nate and Peter Line set out once and for all to determine who was the superior chef by cooking what else, but hot dogs!

Appetizers

Peter Line’s Hot Dog and Pork Rillette
Full Recipe

Party Time Nate’s Deconstructed Hot Dog
Full Recipe

Entrees

Peter Line’s Beef Hot [...]

Finally the Olympic shit show has ended and we can refocus on the important stuff—being cool, getting a sponsor-me-tape squared away and keeping current with snowboarding’s ever changing scene. Luckily for you a top secret Yobeat document slipped through the cracks yesterday, and before the blogging world goes crazy stealing our secrets and branding our [...]

Super rep Dustin Anderson gave the east coast kids a run for their money
Given the recent outrage over snowboarders enjoying themselves while representing their country at the Olympics, it’s pretty clear everyone else in the world hates fun. No one, however, seems to hate fun more than Mother Nature, who has now tried twice, unsuccessfully [...]

Editor’s Note: This article was originally intended for run in The New York Times new “We Like Snowboarders” section. But the publishers discovered that the author is a complete idiot and doesn’t snowboard. Plus, Hannah Teter’s pursuits of saving Africa with candy are far more interesting.
The International Olympic Committee has found the inclusion of snowboarding [...]

Liu Jiayu of China had such good style, even the hack Vancouver2010.com photographer could get a good shot of her.
Over the past few days, the Vancouver Olympics have taught me a lot. I’ve learned various languages, thanks to the sketchy Euro streams I opted to watch rather than NBC (ok, I only really understood when [...]

Okay, we can’t get away from it right now. The Olympics are on, and last night Shaun White fulfilled the NBC prophecy by becoming the golden boy once again. Sorry I didn’t tip anyone off to that spoiler right there. Not that it matters. Maybe you DVR-ed the events last night and you’ll get to [...]

This video came to us from Adrian at 720 Boardshop in the heart of Summit County. It features a few of his shop team riders, who seem to think Youtube videos are the sure fire way to record breaking sales, and nothing else is necessary. Adrian, however, is not so sure. So he asked us [...]

Olympic action has begun! Skiers have been crushing moguls, ice skaters have been flying around in circles and in the ratings booster, snowboarding, the pipe is collapsing slowly and medal events have officially begun! Men’s Snowboardcross, or as they like to call it “the only race for freestyle snowboarders,” is a wrap, but I must [...]

by Morgan Bennett
Most of us would rather not remember the wide-eyed grom versions of ourselves, feeding hungrily on autographs, swag, and stickers, but hidden away in our closets is the evidence that we were once mindless and obsessive.  If you have been riding for any length of time, there is a box or drawer in [...]

ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO ENTER!!
Sean Black is a master of many things, and one of them is halfcab 5-os. Our friends at FUNhat got Sean to demonstrate, and explain the art of this trick for one reason only though: They want to give you free stuff. So here’s the deal. Watch the video [...]

A common source of misdirected bitterness among the no-longer young is the resentment of “kids today,” coupled with a revisionist depiction of the past. At 28 years old, I belong to a proud generation of entitled losers. Our delusions of grandeur are spouted prolifically through means of minimal effort (such as posts like this one.) [...]

FuelTV and Exit Real World have been hosting little events called Fuel Fridays every week — giving suburban kids a chance to hang out watch snowboard videos at the Bridgeport shop. The basic gist is, Tigard, OR just got Verizon Fios and doing this will help promote the fact that FUELtv is one of the [...]

Kurtis Rothecker might not be a style king like Bennee or Nima, but this up and comer is blowing shit up. Yobeat gives Kurtis two thumbs up for solid tricks, a good eye and a weird beard. Here’s what he had to say:
“This is my part from Nuulife Cinema’s “Sixes and Sevens”. I’m from the [...]

Where the shred gets MADE
Want to become a great snowboarder, win contests and impress your friends? It’s doable, but I don’t suggest calling in a “nationally known reality show” to turn you into a champ. However it seems that some girl, we are going to call Ashley B1, did just that to get her game [...]

Barrett Christy and her many fans
I’ve covered a few events in my day. And by a few I mean, I’ve been schlepping my camera bag, voice recorder and a notebook and pen, to everything from USASA events to the Winter X Games for too many years. When you write about snowboarding, it’s almost unavoidable, as [...]

The field is set for the final day of the 2010 Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom. Spoiler alert: The Colts are gonna win. Wait, that’s a different contest. For this one, my money is on Temple Cummins (a safe bet), the frenchman Sylvan Duclos (who qualified first), or Ben Lynch (’cause Jesse Grandkoski told Kevin [...]

Once upon a time a man named Corey Smith ruled the Portland landscape. He was the big fish, swimming in a small pond, and both women and men loved and adored the tattooed artisan. Eventually Corey grew bored of the same venus, bars and people begging for his attention and acceptance, so he moved to the [...]

Far from the hustle and bustle of the Skull Candy and Volcom booths, there is another side to the annual snow sports trade show. We’re not even talking the ski section, but further out, where you find brands that you would never imagine even exist. And since no one ever ventures that deep, most of [...]

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From: YoBeat, LLC
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February 4, 2010
To Whom It May Concern:
Despite what you may have seen recently on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, or Olympic ad spots, snowboarding is moving away from the mountains and into new frontiers. Not everyone has a private pipe, [...]

The inaugural off-snow portion of SIA Denver is done. Here are the rest of the pictures we took if you haven’t gotten enough yet. Products from Airblaster, Yes, MNMNT, Smokin Snowboards, Bonfire, Grenade, Drop and more and a bunch of goofy pictures of goofy people.

As you may have seen on the Internet, Nike 6.0 is constructing a Greatest Hits park at Mt. Seymour. In fact, it’s officially open with the Red Ledge feature, and even more legendary features will be erected in the near future. However, not everyone is lucky enough to live near Seymour, or any of the [...]

What do you get with Todd Richards, two cardboard version of Todd Richards, and some free time at a trade show? This video, obviously. And if you think this version sucks, there will likely be an upcoming Todcast version as well! So really, it was potentially the best way we could have spent our time [...]

SIA Denver tried to party. It didn’t work out. One night we were given a treat though. Wu Tang showed up and did some rapping. Russell Winfield showed up too. If you don’t know who he is, you’re not worthy. I mean we did give him top honors in our black snowboarders poll and all. [...]

Day two of Denver SIA 2010 was as uneventful as the first. Once again a sea of random products flooded the showroom floor, no one came and the world of ski fashion gave Yobeat the boot. However, there was a first ever blog summit, we did explore the darkest corners of the show and Yobeat [...]

Yobeat finally made it to the first Denver hosted SIA, and while twitter was alive with positive comments I was pissed. Finding parking sucked, the local crack heads are boring, my body is itchy and uncomfortable in the dry Denver air and the show is boring. Booked during Winter X, and missing the attraction of [...]

Yobeat is headed to the first Denver SIA, so check back over the next few days to see what’s new, what’s stupid, who’s there and if Denver can compare to Vegas. Below is our Preview Post, company names and real names have been removed so they aren’t alerted to our mischief.
Being on a media list [...]