Snowboard Gear
The Snowboard Buyer’s Guide
Big ups to our riding buddy Josh for putting together an excellent guide to buying a snowboard. Josh has a strange obsession with buying various snowboards, riding them, then moving them on Craigslist to buy more snowboards. So if there’s anyone who knows a thing or two about buying snowboards, it’s Josh. So, without further [...]
I Can See Clearly Now: Makboard, The See-Through Ride
We get a lot of pitches for stories on various types of equipment and new ways to snowboard. Rarely, though, do we get pitches on improvements to existing snowboard designs. So when I stumbled across a story this morning on the Makboard, a see-through snowboard, it piqued my interest. The Makboard: Looks pretty cool Is [...]
Here Comes the Sun: Somatic Sunglasses
As Daylight Savings Time kicks in and the snow begins to melt, its obvious that the snowboarding season is coming to a close. It also means, up here in Toronto, anyway, that there’s a wee bit more sunshine to be ad. As such, it means I’ve been tooling around with a pair of Somatic Sunglasses [...]
Snowboarding Gift Guide
Here’s ten presents you can buy that are generally unique, affordable and will make the recipient think you’re the coolest ever. If they don’t already think you’re the coolest ever for being a snowboarder, that is.
New Season, New Gear
I’m starting this snowboarding season by bringing sexy back. My days of wearing four different colors and piecemeal gear are over. Yesterday, I upgraded my snowboarding jacket. I ripped my old jacket last year in Blackcomb’s glades and then mended it by duct tape and 30 minutes in the dryer. Needless to say, that isn’t [...]
Report From the 2007 Toronto Ski and Snowboard Show
Last night, Steve and I hit up the Toronto Ski, Snowboard and Travel Show. As intrepid reporters that operate a relatively popular snowboarding and cycling blog, the show was kind enough to hook us up with passes. Just like last year’s show, the Automotive building was jammed with people and vendors. We got in relatively [...]
‘Skullcandy’ Indeed: Marc Frank Montoya Headphones Review
Earlier this year, I went on a business trip with some colleagues, one of whom showed up at the airport on the way home totally ecstatic. She’d got a great deal on a pair of Skullcandy headphones, and sat in the lounge tearing apart the packaging, giddy to try them out. Then she put them [...]
My New Knee Brace: Donjoy Defiance
I won’t get it for another week or two, but I’m getting a yellow and black DonJoy Defiance knee brace to help me through the next two years of sports and snowboarding. Someone came over and fitted me for one last week. I’m apparently getting a “short calf” version that doesn’t run up and down [...]
Snowboarding Gear for This Year
As we approach the halfway point of August, I can almost taste the snow. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration; but when you have nothing to do but golf and bike for six months you start to fantasize about all the awesome things you’ll be able to do again in a few short [...]
Think You Catch Air When Snowboarding? Prove It
Found something very cool via SlashGear today: the Hangtimer. Check it: “Whether you huck off a cliff, bomb down a bike trail, or just toss it (and yourself) up in the air, the HangTimer’s built in tri-xis accelerometer measures your actual hang time.” Yessss! Now you can back up your next big air experience with [...]
