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Babes On Boards

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Administrator | Category: News

With all the flak over the Burton Love line, we wondered if there are other scandal prone snowboards on the market this season. Turns out Burton isn’t the only company to have scantily clad ladies adorn their planks. They’re just lucky enough to get called out on it.

We run through the sauciest boards after the fold



February Liftie of the Month!

Feb 17th, 2008 | By Administrator | Category: News

Here’s the optional excerpt in action. Testing testing testing



Sir Shaun of Shaunalot

Mar 9th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

Shaun White is cool, but surely not cool enough to pull off posing on the cover of Rolling Stone looking like an emaciated Carrot Top clone. And yet it happened — showing once again that we don’t know know shit. Below are some of the highlights from his RS interview.
Here’s what [...]



Chucky Hits the Slopes

Feb 24th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

Zeke Peak is a brain damaged doll who is also the mascot of the Jiminy Peak ski patrol. Zeke used to be a (no kidding) nuclear physicist. Now he just skis all day and crashes into stuff all caught on hilarious home made videos.
Site: Jiminy Peak



Gods 1: Ford 0

Feb 22nd, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

Alfred Ford, great-grandson of Henry, thought his new Himalayan luxury ski resort was ready to be built. He had the investors. He had the Indian government’s approval. He was just missing one thing.
The blessing of the gods. From the London Telegraph:
A formal Jagati Puch (grand convention) of [...]



Hot Tub Cooties

Feb 13th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: Lifestyle, News

Here’s a lovely question that came up at a recent party: Can I catch something from having sex in a hot tub?
As it turns out you little freaks, the experts say go for it. The experts in this case being Redbook:
…chlorine and bromine in a hot tub kill germs, so getting an [...]



Be First in Line on Powder Days

Jan 31st, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: Gear, Lifestyle, News

Sometimes the whole snow phone process is just too much. You wake up tired or hungover, maybe with a stranger in your bed. Then there’s that damn chirpy voice on the other end who takes forever to tell you that only two inches fell leaving you awake, still tired, and having to deal [...]



Groundhog Punch

Jan 30th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

You thought Groundhog Day was all about a dirty rodent seeing his shadow, right?
Wrong! There’s more to old Phil than meets the eye. For instance, there’s a creepy “Inner Circle” that keeps the giant hamster locked down tighter than George Bush.
Don’t be fooled by the sweet old man smiles and their [...]



Superhero Threads

Jan 29th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: Gear, News

Here’s a fabric that sounds like it came straight of a comic book. From the d3o site:
d3o (dee-three-oh) is a specially engineered material made with intelligent molecules. They flow with you as you move but on shock lock together to absorb the impact energy.
d30 has already been used to make GS suits from [...]



Fashion Backward

Jan 27th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

Time to pull out those stretch pants and pom-pom hats. Finally a contest that dirtbags have a shot at:
Do you think you need a winter fashion makeover? Submit a photo of yourself in your worst dressed winter outfit out on the slopes and you will automatically be entered to win a new jacket and [...]



Olympics in 2 Weeks! No One Cares!

Jan 25th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

Did you even realize that the winter Olympics are 2 weeks away? Did you even care? Does anyone care? Well, the Canadian Curling team does.
“With a little more than two weeks to go before the Shannon Kleibrink team opens play at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, second Glenys Bakker [...]



Riding Out of Bounds Not a Crime

Jan 24th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

The US Forest Service announced this week that it is not a crime to ski out of bounds into public land according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
Ski resorts may close areas within their permit boundary due to hazards, but they may not limit access to public land outside the border of their permit area, [...]



Snow Junkie Contraception

Jan 16th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: News

Snowboarder Magazine is mostly filled with bro’ed out articles aimed at pot-smoking thirteen year olds. So it’s nice to see that they don’t change the formula for Snowboardermag.com. Still, the Battle Wounds section is worth checking out for the bile inducing photos of riders giving themselves the smack-down on the mountain.
All the photos [...]



Liquid Sunshine and Other Weather Phrases

Jan 7th, 2006 | By Administrator | Category: Featured Articles, News

You ever wonder how your local weather man comes up with those catchy phrases? Wonder no more. Meterologist Jeff Haby uncovers the secrets of the trade on his site. As he puts it:
The difference between an average and above average broadcast meteorologist is often times catchy phrases and weather descriptions. Language can [...]