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Venture Snowboards Launches ‘Shape Shack’

Justin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:31:14 +0000

Venture Snowboards, the Silverton based manufacturer of bombproof solid and split boards, has announced they are starting an experimental division they are calling the ‘Shape Shack‘. There’s no info on their site other than a link to the store front for purchasing the boards, but based on the description they’ve provided it sounds like

Kyle Miller ‘FreeRider’ US Premiere Tonight

Justin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:59 +0000

Crest Pictures Film ‘FreeRider‘, starring the PNW’s own Kyle Miller, has it’s US premiere (ignore the fact it was shown at the Snorting Elk a few weeks back…) tonight at The Mountaineers Program Center in Seattle. The short documentary will be followed by ‘Wyoming Triumph’ by KGB Productions. Admission is $10, includes a raffle

2013 Spark R&D Bindings

Justin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:41:52 +0000

While the rest of us have been going about our regular 9-to-5s, the inhabitants of a parallel universe that consists of career bloggers, retail buyers, and retail buyer bloggers have spent the past few weeks at Outdoor Retailer, SIA (still going) and various other “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” events.

Ahead of the Game

Justin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:55:05 +0000

Was looking through the interwebs this AM, trying to find sneak peeks of 2013 gear that’d be relevant or interesting for the blog, and came across Switchback Bindings. To be honest I like the simplicity of their grinning highback logo, and the modular binding idea will go off in this day of ‘my pro

Sneak Peek: 2012-13 Venture Euphoria

Justin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:43:42 +0000

Just got a press release from Venture Snowboards mentioning next year’s Venture Euphoria. Yup, the Euphoria is back, and she’s looking just a wee bit different after Johan Olofsson had his way with her.

In its latest incarnation, the Euphoria boasts rocker, reverse sidecut, and a swallowtail. A full insert pack allows it to

Dig Out Your Snorkels

Justin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:08:05 +0000

Fecal matter is about to get real.

SCHWING!!

black meaning greater than…100 inches of snow through the 2 week period in Oregon

Read the stoke inducing forecast from UnofficialNetworks here. OHFKYAH!

It's on!

Prediction: Many sick days will get burned over the next two

Splitboard Stats Comparison

Justin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:07:26 +0000

36-24-36? HAHA, only if she’s 153. Midnight insomniac fun times. Couldn’t sleep last night, eyes were tired but my body was wired, hoped that looking at numbers would put me to sleep. A-man threw a comment in the other day asking about splitboard price comparisons, which made me think that could be part of

Avalanche Airbag Review from SnowBigDeal.com

Justin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:05:15 +0000

These things are expensive and hard to get much data on, so thought it was cool the guys at SnowBigDeal have released this overview video showing an ABS, Mammut, BCA, Snowpulse and AviVest in action.

2011-2012 Lib Tech T. Rice splitboard

Justin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:59:48 +0000

So the peek at 2011-12 splitboards has been a bit interrupted, apologize for that, ADD kicking in I guess. By now most of these are in your local shop, but for the one guy that lives in Kansas and their local shop doesn’t carry splitboards we’ll press on.

Next up is one that people

Homeschool Snowboarding – 2011 outerwear

Justin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:18:16 +0000

Came across Homeschool Snowboarding by chance, was reading an article on the Portland Seed Fund’s first investment class, initially thinking maybe it was some form e-learning solution for the next generation of Shaun Whites (note: massive failboat assumption on my part). After learning they were in the North Coast Seed building (note #2: I