Back From Mont Tremblant. What A Ride!

(Note: This is our last post before the first week of the New Year, as neither of us are around. As always, thanks for reading and happy holidays! We’ll be back to regular posting the first week of January.)
Ahhh. Well, we’ve returned from Mont Tremblant, the first big snowboarding trip of the season. And what [...]

A Guide to Mont Tremblant

What follows is personal opinions on the Mont Tremblant ski area, and are based on personal experiences only. Everyone’s experience will be different! As I return to Tremblant, this guide will be continually updated.
Also be sure to check out our guides on Whistler and Blue Mountain, both Canadian ski resorts.
The resort
First, I must admit that [...]

Road Trip and Road Trip Essentials

It’s gonna be light posting this weekend as Steve and I head to Tremblant for a few days of shredding and beer. We’ll return to regular posting next week.
Here’s what the shred calendar for this year currently looks like:

This weekend: Tremblant
Mid-January: Whistler
Early February: Jay Peak
Late February: Banff

A couple of these trips are flights, and a [...]

Killington: When Ski Resorts are Sold Off

Anytime a ski resort is sold to a large company, particularly those which specialize in the operation of ski areas, most everyone will say it’s a mixed blessing. On the plus side, investment is typically put into facilities, lodging and snowmaking; on the downside, locals typically lament things will “never be the same” and that [...]

Shaun White, Shaun White and More Shaun White.

Holy moly. Jeep Action Sports is running a crapload of video interviews with Shaun White, everyone’s favourite Flying Tomato (I read somewhere that he actually hates that moniker). The site seems to be a big-assed Jeep ad, but what the hey. Shaun seems like a nice dude. He talks about autographs, the freedom of riding, [...]

The Conditions Out Here Are Apparently Bananas.

You may have heard that Ontario and pretty much anywhere east of here is getting completely smoked by a huge storm from the United States. Here in Toronto, the city was pretty much snowed in for the weekend, and we’re only digging out of it now. The storm has since moved into Quebec, and we’re [...]

Highly Obsessed: New Look, New Feel

If you’re a regular visitor to this site you’ve likely noticed our look and feel has changed significantly over the past few weeks in an effort to a) spruce up our dull design and b) bring together snowboarding and cycling a bit better. Now that the finishing touches are done, we’re happy to officially introduce [...]

Throw Down in a “Skier Only” Resort, Earn Five Grand

I have to hand it to you, our readers. You are making great comments and sending along fantastic articles. This post is based on yet another great comment, one from bry who points out in a comment that Burton is paying $5,000 to the best video documenting an instance of “poaching” — that is, snowboarding [...]

Snowboarding Applications on Facebook

Facebook applications are pretty cool. Thanks to the social networking site’s liberal stance on programming integrations, users can play Scrabble, buy a domain name, or even get into a food fight, all within the Facebook universe.
There are also a few applications related to snowboarding and skiing on Facebook, a couple of which are actually pretty [...]

Buy George Hincapie’s 6.9 Madone

There’s an interesting auction up on eBay just now. It appears that one of George Hincapie’s Trek Madones is up for sale.
This is a bike that he has ridden throughout the 2007 race season.  The bidding is starting at just over $10,000.
Although George and I are the same size, I’m staying away.
(thanks Liam)