“Snowboarding is Cool. And You Can’t Fight That.”

The Denver Post took a look yesterday at Taos’ decision to welcome snowboarders, and the article reveals it was largely - no wait, it was entirely - economics. Among the factoids revealed in the article:

The resort is aiming to average 265,000 visits a year, a goal easily attained in the 1990s, when the resort attracted [...]

In Park City, “Reckless” is a Loaded Term

I’ve always wanted to ride in Utah. Maybe not in Park City specifically, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about the region, save for the oddball laws that seem to govern certain areas and subjects.
Park City has added another strange law to the pile by “outlawing” reckless skiing and snowboarding. What this means is [...]

Burton ‘Poachers’ Contest Wraps Up

In December, Burton announced a contest awarding $5,000 to the best video documenting a shredder ‘poaching’ a skiers-only resort. The object was basically to ride down a run on a board, document it, and upload it to Burton.com (check out our previous coverage here). For a long while, there seemed to be little progress; there [...]

A Luxurious Whistler Vacation…from “the other guy”

Hello, I’m Steve.
Some of you may remember me from the few posts that I made about cycling back towards the end of last summer. Since then, Adam has done the lion’s share of updates on this site; after all, it is snowboarding season, and he is the authoritative source on that subject. Meanwhile, [...]

Describe Skiing And Snowboarding in One Word, Win A Prize

Addictionary.org is running an interesting contest right now: come up with “a mighty catch-all that describes both skiing and snowboarding” and win a spring trip to Utah to ski/ride. That’s pretty awesome.
My suggestions:

 Snow sliding
 Extreme snow fun having
Mad pow mashing
Extreme Lift Line Waiting

… somehow, I don’t think I’m going to win.
Second prize is two lift tickets [...]

Whistler Guide: Now Updated

Just updated the Whistler Guide after my most recent stay.

The Kick-Ass Perimeter Bus to Whistler

Based on last week’s trip, I’ve added some more insight to the Whistler Guide, including information on the Perimeter Bus, more accommodations and restaurants, and more insight on lift lines and crowds. But then a server hiccup wiped it out. So I’ll have to try again later.
Speaking of the Perimeter Bus, check out this letter [...]

Shaun White, X Games and More: Snowboarding News Roundup

Short post day today, as I didn’t have much time at the keyboard. Lots of news in the snowboarding world to report on, though:

Shaun White and Burton Snowboards sign a 10 year endorsement deal: That’s pretty crazy. According to Burton’s press release, the partnership deal is the longest in the history of snowboarding. Two of [...]

Fistfights and Shredding: The Return to Whistler

I’m writing this from Vancouver airport’s Air Canada lounge courtesy of Elite Steve, who managed to get me in as a guest. I must say, these lounges are pretty sweet; free Internet, booze and cheese abound. I travel a fair bit, but not enough to make Elite. Dammit!

(Observational note: I appear to be the only person in here with six days worth of facial hair growth, a snowboarding t-shirt and a can of Canadian by my side. Everyone else appears to be well-dressed, shorn and drinking wine.)

I’m obviously en route home from my latest snowboarding adventure: Whistler. We arrived Thursday and left Monday night. We’re flying the red eye back because we wanted to get another day of riding in. Talk about Highly Obsessed!

Here’s what went down in Whistler.

Whistler: 4.5 Feet in the Past Seven Days

The headline pretty much says it all. While most skill hills in Ontario are practically closed thanks to this insane January thaw, Whistler is having an epic winter. And it’s supposed to snow this week, too.
You ever have to watch it snow somewhere else, know that you’re going there soon, and hope to all things [...]