Snowboarding News
Film Time: When Helis Just Don’t Cut It Anymore
Got a press release here for a pretty crazy film starring Jeremy Jones named “Deeper”, a new film featuring Jones, Jonaven Moore, Travis Rice and Xavier De La Rue, “who set out to conquer the best lines without the limited assistance of snowmobiles, helicopters or lifts,” according to the release. You can view the trailer [...]
Intrawest Tightens Policy on Ski and Snowboard Helmets
According to this recent article in the Whistler Question, Intrawest, parent company of resorts like Whistler Blackcomb, Mont Tremblant and Blue Mountain, is getting a bit more serious about ski and snowboard helmets on the mountain. Beginning this year, all participants in ski and snowboard schools under the age of 18 will be required to [...]
Whistler to Tourists: Come For the Games, Stay for the Fresh
As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m likely giving my annual trip to Whistler a pass this year due to the Olympics. Instead, I’m going to head to Colorado. I suppose that’s good for me, as I do have a snowboarding blog, but most of my riding has been limited to Whistler, Ontario, Quebec, Vermont and Australia. [...]
Ontario Ski Resorts Celebrate ‘Fantastic’ Winter
The Barrie Examiner recently published an article featuring interviews with staff from several Southern Ontario ski areas. All of them seemed to agree that the 2008-2009 winter season had some amazing weather, which led to a pretty long season for most. Interestingly, at least one closed for the season due to apathy rather than a [...]
10 Days
I’ve only had 10 days on the mountain this winter. With upcoming work travel, a warm-weather vacation, and spring on the way I’m not sure I’ll even match last year’s total of 15. This is not good. It is NOT highly obsessed behaviour!
Cypress Mountain Taking Olympic Heat
Ouch. It looks like the World Cup ski and snowboarding events held at Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain over the past couple of weeks did not garner many rave reviews from fans or athletes. Cypress will host a variety of snowboard and ski events during the 2010 Olympic games. Over at the Toronto Star, Olympic blogger Randy [...]
To the Extreme: Top 10 Extreme Runs
Hey, sorry for the radio silence. A busy personal schedule and hectic couple of weeks of work, mixed with some business travel, have conspired to keep me from the blog. But I’m back. Let’s start with an article I came across this week on the top 10 most extreme runs worldwide. These are sanctioned runs [...]
Here Come the Moms
Many kids can’t avoid their moms while shredding any more, as moms get into the sport, too. Uh-oh. Read the details here.
Canadian Snowboarders Clean Up At Worlds
Canada had a good showing at a couple of snowboarding events while I was in Whistler: Long-time shredder Jasey-Jay Anderson won gold in a world championship snowboarding giant slalom event. Matthew Morison, another Canadian (from Ontario, actually), won bronze. Get the details here. At the same event, which took place in South Korea, another Ontario [...]
Snowboarders at Taos: One Year Later
The New York Times has a good article here which looks at Taos, a New Mexico ski resort, a year after finally letting shredders on the slopes. The article’s conclusion? Everyone seems pretty kumbaya. You can check out some of our previous coverage on ass-backwards resorts that ban snowboarders here.
