Brooke Geery

Author: Brooke Geery

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
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Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
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The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
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Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
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How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
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Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
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YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
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Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
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Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
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Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
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Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
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The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
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Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
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YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
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Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
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Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
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The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
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Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More

Get Ready for the Season Part III – Get Those Sponsors

Even though you’ve survived the past few seasons without sponsors, but in this economy, it’s time to start locking down those boxes of free product. Right now is the perfect time to hit up companies, as most TM’s are just sitting around bored waiting for the snow to fly. Once they start traveling for the season, you’ll have a much more difficult time getting them to pay attention to you. These days, there are several websites dedicated to getting you sponsored, but they are all bullshit. Rather, follow our foolproof five-step plan, which will guarantee you at least new board this season! Step 1: Make yourself a Facebook fan page…
Read More

Meet: Green Bandit Productions

Thought we might be done with this film crew profiles, now that the full movies are dropping left and right, but in true Rutland fashion, Niko and the boys at GBP finally gave us the dirt on the crew and their new movie. You think you know Rutland, but you have no idea. Location: Rutland/Tahoe Riders: Niko, Lucas, Matt, Ryan, Peter, Shane, Caked, Dave, Dylan, Tyler, Sawyer and everyone else who gets shots Filmer/Editor: Zach Lefter YoBeat: Explain something for me: what's GBP and what's Gremlinz? Is there is a difference? Am I just retarded? Niko: GBP is just our production name i guess(Green Bandit Productions) and Gremlinz is more…
Read More

The Stringer Reports via Amsterdam

Once upon a time, more years ago than I'd like to admit, Jason Speer wanted to get free tickets to Mammoth or some other California Resort. At this point, YoBeat was a shell of its current form, but then again, not everyone had a blog either. So I agreed to let Mr. Speer be a "stringer" in an attempt to get him free passes. The caveat, of course, was that he actually write about his trip. I can't remember if he ended up getting free tickets or not, but what I do remember was he called me to deliver his report over the telephone. In the middle of the night.…
Read More

Hump Day Learns the Language of Love with Will Lavigne

I haven’t written anything for YoBeat in like ten years, Brooke however hit me up to write an intro to this Hump Day thing she did with Will Lavigne and I kinda felt obligated. Will is from Quebec; Victoriaville/Stoneham to be exact.  When I first met Will we were filming for Any Means, he was a regional rep rider at the time and we had no plan on him really being in the movie. He just kept showing up with the crew wherever we went and he kept logging rail shots. I had probably filmed him for about a month or so without saying much to him (his English was…
Read More

How To Get OUT of the Snowboard Industry

Plenty has been written about how to get your foot in the door in snowboarding, but everyone knows the true path to industry success is starting a blog, so no need to write another story about that. No, this story is for those people who’ve already “made it.” The ones who put in their years as a rider, then moved on to an industry desk job, and now find themselves at a turning point and are looking to take that next step into the “real world.” It’s a big decision to give up things like powder days off, cheap/free gear and a meager paycheck, but at some point, many industry…
Read More

Snowboarding’s Best Countries

Newsweek recently released an exhaustive ranking of the best countries in the world, based on key factors such as education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. They even made a fancy interactive flash infographic thing so you could see how authoritative it was, and have no grounds to argue. But perhaps the most newsworthy part of this feature was that the good ol' USA ranked a sorry number 11, thanks in large part to our pathetic health and education systems. We felt as good Americans it was our patriotic duty to bring some esteem back to the good old US of A. To do this, we're presenting…
Read More

YoBeat’s Get Ready Guide Part 1: Tats!

Summer is winding down, which means it's time to start getting ready for the season. Perhaps you've done this once or twice before, but this upcoming season isn't just any season. No, this is the '10/'11 season, which means there's a long list of new products, trends and other important factors you must take into account when determining what you'll need when the first snow flies. Never fear, your friends here at YoBeat have done the research for you, and starting now we'll be dropping stories that will be your guide to success and glory this season. In this first segment, we show you how to get a homemade tattoo.…
Read More

Meet: This Is Productions

It's possible you've heard of Toy Soldier Productions out of Montana, a crew that is putting out what looks like it will be a super sick video. Aside from, or course, a shit ton of skiing. Since you guys whine every time we post anything with skiing in it, we dug a little deeper and unearthed This Is Productions, Montana's other film crew. They don't take things so seriously, and everyone in the crew rides a snowboard, so we asked Miah Favara for a little bit more info. Riders: Shane Stalling, Tyrel Thornton, Jess Gentner, Phil Weiss, Miah Favara, Kevin Fischer, Hjalmar Syversen, Kyle Miller Location: Bozeman, Montana Filmer/Editor: Miah…
Read More

Meet: Dump Em

Location: Truckee, CA Riders: Dylan Bonnie, Matt Rabow, Nial Romanek, Mark Wilson, Forest Bailey, Will Bateman, Dakota Whitaker, Johnny Brady, Matt Bothfield, Jeremy Landy and a bunch-o-kooks Filmer/Editor: Colton Feldman At the beginning of last season, we had the great pleasure of encountering Colton Feldman. With his army of friends who were ridiculously good at snowboarding, he churned out a series of entertaining edits dubbed Feldman Fridays. As with all our great regular features, the weekly edits dwindled, but the movie making continued. So we caught back up with Colton to get the full story on the forthcoming Dump Em Out. How many times did telling girls to "Dump Em"…
Read More

Free-Sledding: The Next Big Thing?

Not so long ago, snowboarding was seen as odd. People would say things such as, "how do you stop on those things?" Most other winter sports enthusiasts would ask, "why wouldn't you just ski?" Fast forward 30 years and snowboarding is so mainstream it may actually be shrinking (have you seen how many free skiers there are these days?) So maybe it's time for something new. Free sledding looks fun and here's why: you get to sit down while doing it. Standing up is so much effort. You still get to hit rails and do flips, but from a more relaxing body position. Ok, so that's a lie, kneeling like…
Read More