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New Ride RFL boot

Justin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:10:16 +0000

Ride is reclaiming their ‘OG status as the leader in lightweight boot design’ with the announcement of their new RFL (Really Freaking Light) boot, a freestyle boot that weighs in ‘below 800 grams’.

Das boot

Marketing hype bulletpoints

• NEW! Liner: Intuition™ Dream Liner w/ Mobile Foam combined w/ Aegis™ Antimicrobial Coating

Review: Westcomb Mirage jacket

Justin — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:23:00 +0000

It’s been awhile since I’ve fired up a review, and I’ve been sleeping on this one for awhile. Took the pics a few weeks back and just haven’t set aside the time to fire up some thoughts on the jacket.

Marketing speak The Westcomb Mirage jacket is part of the Hardshell AX line of

Jeremy Jones/Deeper Awesomeness

Justin — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:27:58 +0000

Somewhere on Hood a kid is working on getting another 90 degrees of rotation and stressing out about his style, contest scores and sponsorships. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world Jeremy Jones and crew are progressing the sport in a different manner while stressing about avy hazards, leaving for their line at

How the Northwest Was One

Justin — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:17:22 +0000

PNW represent

“How The Northwest Was One” teaser from kurt Jenson on Vimeo.

“How The Northwest Was One” Teaser 2 from Wild Card on Vimeo.

How The Northwest Was One Teaser 3 for Fuel TV from Wild Card on

The Slush Cup

Justin — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:41:18 +0000

I love the vids Jeremy at Funner puts out as they highlight the main reason we ride – fun with friends. Friends, beers and water rides? Sign me up!

As another season winds down figured I’d post this one. Get out there and enjoy your turns as before long it’ll be mid-August and you’ll

Avalanche beacon review round up

Justin — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:56:15 +0000

Haven’t been posting much lately due to time/energy commitments. Figured I’d take a moment to throw these two avalanche beacon review sites up to help out anybody who is looking for a beacon, especially as now it’s the offseason and the sales are going to start – and if you’re lucky you’ll find a

Sharing the bloggity blog blogger love

Justin — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:31:34 +0000

Bored at work and/or killing time at work? Check out the below blogs, maybe one (or all) will be new to you. Some are snowboard, some ski, all good for a few extra mental vacation minutes.

Jeremy Jones blog Lou Dawson, first guy to ski all the 14′ers in Colorado Lots of good cooler

Influences v1.0

Justin — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:58:07 +0000

If a picture is worth a thousand words this post falls somewhere between your average blog post and ‘War and Peace’.

Craig Kelly

Jamie Lynn

Nirvana

Greg Galinsky v. Eames

Temple Cummins

Tropical locales

Boarder ‘rides’ avy at Tuckerman

Justin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:37:27 +0000

Three words: lucky motherf*cker (or is that two words?)

The crowd cheering is an odd touch.

A few Avalung vids

Justin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:44:33 +0000

Yeah, I know most of you out there have probably seen these vids, but I was thinking about the Avalung and other ‘avalanche safety’ devices this morning (it’s 80 out, you’d think I’d be thinking about surfing or something right?). I actually own a standalone Avalung that was a gift from the lady friend