RSS Feed“While Snowboarding I feel like I’m aligning myself with the universe.” Craig Kelly was, is, and always will be the man. The most influential snowboarder of our time, Burton would not be where it is today had Craig never ridden for them and given his input on the product. Even Terje refers to him as [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Happy birthday Craig Kelly
March 31st, 2009 
Justin 
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Tags: craig kelly, craig kelly is all that was good in snowboarding, MBHC, snowboard, snowboarding 
6 Comments »Steinar Nes avoids the white death in Norway
March 31st, 2009 Justin Just saw this vid of skier Steinar Nes triggering, than avoiding, an avy in Norway. Notice how it starts as a small slab around :35 in, almost looks like it’s just his sluff, but than moments later he acts as trigger for the HUGE slab to release. Shart factor: 10+
Backcountry (or Mex surf trip) coffee paradigm shift
March 31st, 2009 Justin OK, paradigm shift may be a bit overstating it, but depending on your current BC coffee configuration maybe not. Like most that grew up in the Northwest I’ve got love for a few things – the outdoors, good beer and good coffee. Hell, I’ll settle for marginal coffee as long as I’m getting some. For [...]
Posted in Off-topic, Reviews Tags: aeropress, backcountry, coffee, jetboil coffee press, preva espresso maker, starbucks via Comments OffBurton W48 experience
March 30th, 2009 Justin Recently called up Burton to get a replacement Speed Zone lace for my Driver X boots as the lower left zone was on it’s way out after only a few days of riding on it. Called up Burton and was told they don’t think they have any laces for this year’s Speed Zone boots yet, [...]
Posted in News Tags: burton driver X, burton W48, replacing speed zone laces, snowboard, snowboarding Comments OffBeer Friday
March 27th, 2009 Justin Once again it’s time to reward yourself for another week of slaving to the grind so you can afford the sports you love, and once again I’m going to make a recommendation to help you reward yourself. Odds are this week’s lucky winner is going to be a little harder for you to find, but [...]
Shane McConkey dies in BASE jumping accident
March 26th, 2009 Justin Holy shit, 39 year old freeskiing legend Shane McConkey died today in a BASE jumping accident while filming with MSP. When we see films with the incredible stunts these guys do I think we become desensitized to just how f’in crazy the shit is that they are doing, and making it look easy. RIP to [...]
How to: Save $200 and get a few extra years out of your gear
March 26th, 2009 Justin So as mentioned in my Westcomb Rampage pants review my not even one year old Four Square pants lost a battle with my Black Diamond Contact crampons up at Lassen last Memorial weekend. The worst part about it was that the crampons weren’t exactly necessary, but as the boots I brought up there (Burton Hails) [...]
Burton cuts salaries, lays off 5% of workforce
March 25th, 2009 Justin Interesting to note a few things: 1) A lot of these companies that skew towards a younger audience were (in many circles) assumed to be more or less impervious to the economic downturn as their audience has a large amount of discretionary income. However, as SouthoftheNorth pointed out earlier, that’s not always the case 2) [...]
Posted in News Tags: burton, burton layoffs, damn this economy, snowboard, snowboarding 8 Comments »“It’s just a straw”
March 25th, 2009 Justin So to continue my eco-rant from yesterday and bring things totally off-topic had this exchange in the office the other day. One co-worker (who leads a fairly active outdoors life) walked into the kitchen and saw a Dixie straw sitting on the counter by the coffee maker and went on a mini-rant about people not [...]
Posted in Off-topic Tags: green, save the world punch a smoker in the face, ski, skiing, smokers suck, snowboard, snowboarding 2 Comments »Travis Rice’s splitboards
March 24th, 2009 Justin Brian Pattee at Down the Middle custom splitboards recently got the call from Mr. T. Rice, who was looking to get a few boards split before he headed to Alaska to film with Jeremy Jones and the ‘Deeper‘ crew. The fact that Travis had to call up Brian means that obviously the long rumored Lib [...]
Posted in New Gear, News Tags: down the middle custom splitboards, lib tech, snowboard, snowboarding, splitboard, splitboarding, travis rice 11 Comments »
