Brooke Geery

Author: Brooke Geery

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
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Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
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Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More

Meet: Ice Coast Kills Shit

Location: New York State. From NYC to the North Country Riders: John the Third, Mark Blondie, Buddy Pendergrass, Toothy, Little Brudder, Triscuit, Erich Fonz, Jeffree, Kahn, VInsanity, Anderton, B Rad and many other homies. Filmer/editor: Callaghan Why the name Ice Coast Kills Shit? Is your mom offended by the swear word? The name is about being proud of where you're from regardless of how wack everyone else thinks it is. You also need a name that'll catch some attention when you're a crew of unknowns. We also we wanted a name that anyone from the East would be proud to rep, not just our homies. And lastly you gotta mix…
Read More

Stuff People Care About

Writing about snowboarding is fun and all, but let's be honest, this time of year not even you really care about it. One of the few things I've learning running a website on this here Internet is if you want the hits, you gotta write about the shit people are interested in. But here in lies the problem. When writing about snowboarding, very little effort and research is required. You can just make shit up, add a bro, and you totally sound like an authority. When writing about real issues, people demand accuracy and facts, and frankly, I don't have that kind of time. So today, I scoured the 'net…
Read More

Meet: Magic Hair Productions

MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTIONS Location: Boulder, CO/ Chicago Riders: Kent Leng, Connor Southard, Cole Linzmeyer, Alex Carver, Colin Ofloy, Tim Lyons, Jordan Emerson and the whole Bang Show crew. Filmer/Editor: John Cywinski http://magichairproductions.com/ This week in the hot seat we have Magic Hair Products. You may recognize the name from when you hated on one of the Magic Monday edits earlier this year, but no internet bullies are going to stop John Cywinski from making Magic Movie. With Midwest roots, the crew's third effort will offer a greater variety of terrain and riders, but with the same down home sensibility. Here's what John had to say about the forthcoming video. What's…
Read More

Girls Skateboarding!

Brendan Gouin is a friend of Pat Fenelon from RI, which makes him a-ok in our book. He recently sent some links to various skate videos he'd made, most of which included some fancy trickery and neat-o shots. With full intention of posting this one, I clicked over to Brendan's Vimeo and found something better! This video of Saara. As a girl who occasionally dabbles on a skateboard, I am well aware of the fascination that comes with a girl who drop in, ollie, or really do anything at a skatepark other than scam on HOT GUYZ. So I posted this one instead. Saara -- if you come to Portland…
Read More

Hump Day Gets Fresh with Nick Visconti

Food fight! Photo: Robbie Sell While many pro snowboarders can be fit in a box, Nick Visconti lives in a world of his own, clearly filled with unicorns and gypsies and the occasional handful of glitter.  Possibly the Internet's biggest snowboarding celebrity (more so than Pete Wast even) and certainly not afraid to be himself, Nick has had people scratching their heads for awhile now. But if you have ever had the pleasure of meeting him, you'll know all that flamboyance and sarcasm is just part of his charm, and while he may not go the biggest or try to one-up the next guy, he's certainly keeping snowboarding interesting. How…
Read More

Last Hurrah with Shane Flood

You get more speed when the sun goes away I’ve been bemoaning the end of the season for a few weeks now, mostly because filling a snowboard site with new and interesting posts every day is a lot harder when you’re not actually going snowboarding. I find though, that like the majority of the population, once spring break wraps up it can be hard to motivate to make the trek to the hill. It is with some regret that I admit my local hill, Mt. Hood Meadows, has in fact been open for business up until yesterday. But with my cred on the line, when the e-vite went out from…
Read More

Tricia Byrnes Hump Day 2.0

Tricia knows pros! And loves America! Your parents, and maybe even you, probably think snowboarding is a temporary thing. A fun thing to do when you're young, before you grown up and get a real job. When Tricia Byrnes strapped on a snowboard way back when, she thought the same thing. But after 20 plus years, many of them competing regularly, Tricia finds herself as ingrained in snowboarding as ever. She's edited magazines, been at every X Games, represented America as an Olympian and then some. The sport has literally grown up right along with her. Now this is not to say she's old school -- with her own company…
Read More

Tim Humpreys Gets Humped

Hard at work. Photo: Brett Butcher A Tim Humphreys interview. Really, it's a Hump Day match made in heaven, what with all the fun ways to play with his name in the title. Then he goes and wins the Eddie "Wall" Ride Invitational event at Mammoth, making him news worthy and boom! There was no better time to interview this Jersey Boy. How closely does your life in the summer resemble MTV's Jersey Shore? 3 letters baby. L.G.T. Laundry. Gym. Tanning. I gotta look fresh. That's all I can say. Are you more of a "Mike" or a "Pauly"? I am The Situation. Which girl would you be most likely…
Read More

How to Turn Your Kid Pro!

It's the American dream, having your kids get rich enough to support you! Think about it: you buy them some gear, coddle them a little bit in the early years, and then it's a free ride for you as their career takes off. And now that it's 2010, the best path to surefire wealth is a snowboard career. After all, snowboarding is easy enough, it's still relatively small, but there are big companies pumping plenty of money into it. We decided it was time to map out a little plan for aspiring snowboard moms to ensure the success of their child -- natural skill or not! 1. Start young (see…
Read More

When People Fall in Really Cold Water

Spring! A time for sunny days, park lines and of course, idiots throwing themselves into icy water in the name of the pond skim. In Oregon though, it's not uncommon for late April to be neither warm nor sunny, and unfortunately at Mt. Hood Meadows and Kona Brewing Company's 4th Annual Pond Skim, the mercury barely made it above freezing. Don't worry, there were still a bunch of idiots willing to strip down and/or don ridiculous attire and get wet. There was a trip to Hawaii on the line, after all. But we were there for one reason, and one reason alone: free beer. Kona Brewing Company had rented out…
Read More