YoBeat: Making Fun of Snowboarding Since 1997

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Just four months ago, I had never heard of 16-year-old Sage Kotsenburg. Even while writing this, I can’t recall a photo or edit of the Park City hellion that wasn’t published by the Dew Tour. But since November, the 2010 Slopestyle Dew Cup winner has demanded my attention by shocking his way into my [...]

This weekend is sort of like the perfect storm of events if you’re into this snowboard contest thing. We’re not talking industry bullshit like trade shows (although there is one of those going on, maybe even two) but action competitions of every shape and size. Guess that’s why they call it the peak season, or [...]

slideshow by Zak Shelhamer
Ok, we have a secret. Our “exclusive coverage” was totally made up. Shaun White wasn’t even there, much less skateboarding in the Superpipe. But that’s really the only way to get anything “exclusive” in this internet day and age, isn’t it? And since Totino’s didn’t pay to send me out there, (Alli [...]

Since it’s Christmas, Dew Tour is letting pretty much anyone into the contest in Breck this weekend, especially Red Bull riders. Even BMXers like Daniel Dhers showed up (with snow tires.) It was overheard that he was only there because he heard that dancer chick Louie Vito is hanging out with was going to be [...]

NEW YORK – January 11, 2009 –Olympic gold medalist Shaun White won the men’s superpipe finals and hometown hero and fellow gold medalist Kelly Clark won the women’s event Sunday in the second stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour at Mount Snow Resort in West Dover, Vermont.
White’s winning run included a backside rodeo 720, [...]

Skiing edited from press release due to it’s similarities to rollerblading.

And they really want me to know about it. I mean, they have sent at least 8000 press releases in the last two days alone. This is amazing because I did not sign up for press credentials, but I guess it’s working, because I am finally breaking down, and posting something about it. The latest [...]