Poor Mans Heli

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

VIDEO: Red Bull Supernatural

Justin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:32 +0000

Yeah yeah, three vids in one day. Couldn’t not post this one though! There will likely be an uber-HD/Blue Ray 1000 frames per second super slowmo bonus edition DVD with limited edition book and energy drink can version coming out soon, but until that time we’ve got the below.

UPDATE: Looks like Red Bull

MONDAY STOKE: Follow the Snurf

Justin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:37:41 +0000

Yup, afternoon bonus stoke. Wi-five.

MONDAY STOKE: Ice Laboratory

Justin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:27:17 +0000

The boys at Timeline Films are serving up your Monday AM eye caffeine on ice this time around. I prefer epic pow, kthxbye.

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.

MONDAY STOKE: Manifest – full vid

Justin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:47:33 +0000

Your coffee is done, now you’re dragging ass headed into lunch. Here’s a little somethin’ somethin’ to help get you through the rest of the day.

Aaron was always the driving force behind this project. When it seemed like things weren’t gonna work out he always found a way to make it happen.

MONDAY STOKE: Last Light

Justin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:37:00 +0000

The fine folks at Sweetgrass Productions put together this little Monday AM eye caffeine hit.

There is an undeniable magic in alpenglow, the final seconds of a day’s light that give mountains impossible texture and life before falling into shadow. Stephan Drake, Forrest Shearer and Johan Jonsson go in search of big lines in

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

Best Ski Trick Ever

Justin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:50:36 +0000

This beats the ground McTwist aka the Twist Top by miles. I’m not sure why this guy didn’t turn his split back into snowboard mode but whatever, this is untoppable.

Anybody down for a game of skier tetherball?