YoBeat: Making Fun of Snowboarding Since 1997

Every since I moved to Portland, I’ve had a basic understanding of the snowboard scene. You ride Meadows in the winter and Timerberline in the summer. As it turns out, I was grossly misinformed, as if you want to ride sweet jib lines, Tline is the spot. Thankfully, my new friend Jeff cleared it up [...]

Is it just us or does the race to open seem especially fast this year? We are NOT complaining, and of course the early snow fall just about everywhere hasn’t hurt things either. This week resorts in the Northwest, Utah and Colorado all made it happen, and here’s what we know:

We know you’ll miss these videos from the Timberline Public Park, but we’re sorry, summer’s over! The last two weeks of camp time were riddled rain, but that didn’t stop the shredding. And, for the truly hardcore among us, the lifts are still turning. So instead of bitching, get up there.

Snowboarding in 87 degree weather. Hot.

The summer is halfway over, and what better time to pay tribute to all those attempts that didn’t quite work out? We present Public Paradise: The Carnage Edition.

This week it went from sweltering hot, to cold and socked in. Through it all, the Timberline Public Park didn’t slow down. Check out dudes in funny outfits “getting some” this week.

Ready and waiting…

Some believe the swivels, tail drags, combos, and the ever common half-assed boardslides are destroying the style and skill that set snowboarding apart from rollerblading and extreme scootering. Thankfully the folks at Bonfire hired Jarad Hadi, Tyler Verigan, and Kevin Stevenson to judge the 12th annual Bonfire Pipe to Pipe. This panel [...]

Just when you thought the only way to snowboard (or watch snowboarding) this summer in a competitive fashion was stupid inner city on beach rail jams, it’s time for the Pipe to Pipe. Three events, snowboarding, skateboarding, and free Ballpark franks that were traded to TWS for those awesome ads on their website! We’re sold. [...]

Welcome to the Winner’s Circle, Darcy.

Cryps vs bloods. Vote!

Keep driving those Hummers!

Lift ticket? Pay? No way!