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By now I’m sure everyone and my mom has seen this vid, but for the two people out there who haven’t….check it. Three hours of climbing for a minute and change of down. Insane.
Flashing Hallways from Cody Townsend on Vimeo. Bonus pic of Andrew McLean in the same couloir. 5+ feet of snow!  Andrew McLean in a 'secret' couloir I need to get some spandex and Brikos…and maybe do some offseason training on fruitboots. Saw this over at Oregon Mountain Community today when looking around for beacon deals for my buddy John that was asking about any deals I knew of as he’s looking to gear up for his first winter in the BC. They’ve got the Pieps DSP Advanced for $408, which is a pretty screaming deal as beacons tend to not go on sale much and everyone else seems to sell the Advanced for the full MSRP of $549. Yes, I realize a lot of people will balk at spending $400+ on an avalanche beacon while not thinking twice about buying the latest and greatest board for $600 and a $400 jacket, but hey we’re not those people right? The DSP Advanced is a pretty highly regarded three antenna beacon, and was given high marks for it’s ease of use, handling of spikes, handling of multiple burials, and it’s range. Check out the reviews on Lou Dawson’s site and Beaconreviews.com for in-depth, professional looks at the Pieps.  The Pieps DSP Advanced beacon Looks like the Nidecker built/Jeremy Jones designed brand rumors are true, and the Lib dreams have been quashed.
I’m excited to see what comes of this. Nidecker is one of those brands that I’d bet 8 out of 10 kids on the snow at your local hill have ever heard of, and most of them think crazy progressive Burton rider when they hear Jeremy Jones. I, as a non-jobbonker rider with some weight behind him, am excited to see what happens when someone focuses exclusively on all-mountain boards. From a financial perspective I’m far less bullish on what they are trying to do, but I’m guessing they went into it knowing it was more of a niche play regardless.  You know if it was '95 this would be photochopped onto the side of a soda bottle and on a t-shirt already First up in the ‘Boards I want to ride 09/10 edition’ is the 2010 Ride Slackcountry. I want to try this board for a few reasons. 1. The Schmidt beer can graphic. No, it’s not the first reason, but nothing harkens you back to those days of being a little kid and fetching your dad a can o’suds while he watched the pro bowling tour on Saturday afternoon like a Schmidt topsheet. By just looking at the topsheet I can close my eyes and smell the smell of warm, stale beer as we hit the recycling center scale to weigh our cans, cash in, and head to the baseball card shop for a couple packs of cards. Marketing speak:
High Rize rocker explained HighRize Rocker Technology from Ride Snowboards on Vimeo. Available in three nifty ‘old school man’ topsheets (think: the time before ‘men’ got manicures, pedicures, drank fruity drinks and wore tight jeans – these are hunting/fishing/beer/whiskey drinking topsheets dammit!) 161  Ride Slackcountry 161. Bass fishing and ducks, you can almost smell the Old Spice 164  Ride Slackcountry 164 and ice fishing, for when regular fishing isn't man enough 168  Ride Slackcountry 168 and biodiesel powered snowmobile topsheet Your local shop should carry Ride, but if for some reason the buyers dropped the ball and didn’t order the Slackcountry this year you can grab it online at the usual suspects – Snowboard Connection, evoGear, REI and backcountry.com. It’s my birthday. When my parents were my age they were parents to a (pretty rad BMX freestyle/skateboard infatuated) chubby junior high kid, homeowners, careers, the whole nine yards of what was considered ‘normal adult life progression’ back in their time.  Surfs up...on my head I’ve adopted the more modern approach to adult life progression – fuck the wife and kid biz. Homeowner? Well, eventually, but I’ll wait til Portland drops another 20+%. Career? Read about those, but they went the day of Boeing and the dodo. Quite frankly I’d rather go with zero income for an extended period trying to create my own future than settling for the security that comes with being someone’s 9-to-5 drone. 33 is the new 21, and I’m about to do a 21 run, who’s in? Oh, a birthday list of gear that has caught my eye lately for one reason or another. May not be the best, but it’s intrigued me. C’mon blogosphere brethren, hook a blogga up! Capita Charlie Slasher Pow FK – because that damn vid got me stoked on riding pow in the middle of the summer, and it reminds me of the old Rob Roskopp boards by Santa Cruz. I’d also like a Temple Cummins Billy Goat and the new T-Rice to really round out the quiver.  Capita Charlie Slasher Pow FK Yeti Arc-X – because the thing is about as beautiful as something without breasts can be  Yeti Arc-X Syncro Westfalia, preferably with Subaru engine conversion, or a TDI conversion. C’mon, how epic of a ski/beach rig would that be?  Syncro Westy Cooperfish longboard. I tell myself if I had one of these I’d be able to walk the board and get on the nose more frequently, but sadly I’ve surfed a buddy’s and it isn’t true. Maybe if I had my own?  Cooperfish I could go on forever…. Big mountain line slayer Jeremy Jones announced his resignation from Rossignol yesterday on his blog.
No huge surprise IMO given the way the industry has been going given the current economy, as I’ve got to believe a non-Xgames competing pro costs more than he brings in from an ROI perspective. However, more interesting was this comment Jeremy left in the comments
Hmm….we know he’s been on a self-powered kick lately, and Rossi never produced a factory split – all of Jeremy’s splits were done by Monk over at Down the Middle. We also know he spent a substantial amount of time with Travis Rice in the BC this year. Could this be a precursor to the oft-rumored and much anticipated Lib factory split? Only time will tell… (though the Vegas odds are on Nidecker) In the mean time check this vid from early last season as Mr. Jones hits a slightly rough line. UPDATE: Looks like the Nidecker rumor is now official.  Coming soon as an OEM option? Looked out the window and saw that Hood has shed it’s mid-summer brown stained funk. Hard to tell as this pic was taken through a window, but look closely, it’s white again. Yes, it’s coming – though quite frankly not sure I’m ready for the winter quite yet (hell, I still haven’t changed last year’s cracked windshield) as I still need to get a few good fall surfs in.  Hood lookin' good |
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