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Friday night (10-19-12) was the World Premiere of Warren Miller Entertainments’ Flow State in Salt Lake City. The event is annually held in SLC and it was a much larger … Read More

These are the wrap up videos for Session Two of SASS Global Travel’s ski and snowboard camps in Bariloche, Argentina. Despite a tough snow year, it looks like these guys managed to find some good riding and get some quality footage. Plenty of classic Catedral cliff lines in both of these videos. Nice work, SGT!

This edit is a recap of the first session of riding around Catedral, Bariloche with SASS Global Travel. Riders featured are Skylar Holgate, Andrew Burns, Nicki Slechta and Chris Coulter. Make sure you stay till the end for an education in riding big lines at high speeds from Mr. Holgate. Thanks for showing a line that takes longer than 10 seconds to ride, SGT!

SASS Global Travel runs freeride camps out of Bariloche, Argentina every summer. If you’re looking for an easy and awesome way to ski South America, check them out.

Season 3 of Signal Snowboards’ series called Every Third Thursday kicked off today with their episode called Reel Shredding. The team’s task was to implement fly-fishing into a snowboard design.  The designers came up with a cork top sheet (a tribute to the cork handle of a fly reel), from the looks of it putting together the base graphics was tedious and time consuming. The designers then decided to give the board a swallowtail equipped with a net to be used when you’re out fishing. Then came the implementation of an actual rod into the board and took it to Abel fly reels to finish it up. The end product: A fly-fishing snowboard.

The board gets taken up to Mount Hood for some fishing and shredding. Pro boarder Yusaku Horii gets a nice catch and then takes the trout board up to the top of the Hood.

Bottom line: creative, awesome, fun

“Season 3 of Signal Snowboards ETT is here! It’s time to hook into some delicious innovation and discovery by mixing fun and manufacturing. This episode without a doubt will lure you in and make you smile as we tackle our first build of the season combining Abel fly reels and Signal snowboards for the ultimate catch and release adventure on the Mt. Hood glacier with pro snowboarder Kazu Kokubo and Yusaku Horii! So come on, take the bait and hit play!”

http://www.signalsnowboards.com
http://www.abelreels.com

In this episode of Brothers on the Run, the Jacksons make their way down the Baja Peninsula, surfing as they go. No snowboarding in this episode, but there is some really solid surfing stoke.

This episode also contains some random mishaps and encounters to round out the story line. They pick up a friendly surf bum on the side of the road. They also manage to get their truck stuck everywhere: various dirt roads across the Baja, and inside a parking garage which their vehicle was too tall to enter. To be honest, it is hard to believe these guys can pull off this road trip – they have not looked very travel savvy thus far.

Check out the past few episodes of Brothers on the Run: Episode 7     Episode 6     Episode 5

photo:  www.theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com It’s springtime – you ski for 3 hours in the slush, you’re done by 1pm and….you’re drinking at the Chammy. Is drinking right after exercising smart?  Of F$%king … Read More

This video, filmed and edited by Matthias Weichselbaumer, shows his runs and experiences on the amazing Marte Powder Day on 7/24. Not only does it contain some fantastic footage and fun times, but it also shows a different take on the day when compared to my video from the day. I thought it would be interesting to see our days side by side. I was first chair and Matthias was second (behind all the guides and clients who cut the line 5 seconds before Marte opened, of course), but we chose different lines all day long. Watching his video, it looks like Matthias’ day was every bit as good as mine!

My day.

After decades of hatred, animosity, and fear, two strong forces clash in a battle for honour and freedom. One path must be taken, one side must prevail. Voleurz’ eighth feature-length film showcases the antics and exploits of the Voleurz family, and features snowboarders and skiers battling to the death. Who will take the throne?

Kill Your Boredom features:
Geoff Brown, Rob Heule, KC Deane, Braden Dean, Simon d’Artois, Jesmond Dubeau, Joe Schuster, Mack Jones, Justin VDP, Shayne Zwickel, Jesse Millen, Warren Williams, Andrew Jackson & more

Episode 7 of Brothers on the Run is out, and it looks like the Jacksons have been busy for the past few weeks. In this episode they climb and ride a volcano with Jeremy Jones, visit their hometown and do some wake surfing with Tommy Czechin, then organize all their paperwork and finally cross into Mexico. All in all, a thoroughly entertaining episode that is worth watching.

It will be interesting to see what happens to the boys as they make their way through Central America. Normally, when people do this trip, they do it in an old, beat-up truck or SUV; and there’s a reason for that. Brand new, fully customized RVs that cost over $100,000 have a tendency to stand out just a bit to the local populace… Luckily for the Jacksons, once they get robbed, Red Bull will buy them a helicopter and fly them to Ushaia instead.

In all seriousness, I think that the Powder Road from Alaska to Ushaia is the pinnacle trip of American ski bumming, and I wish them luck on their adventure.

In this episode of Brothers on the Run, the Jacksons start working their way south from Alaska, and make a stop over at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia. There, they pay tribute to Craig Kelly, and do some late season slush riding. Craig Kelly did a road trip from Alaska to Chile years ago, and inspired the Jackson brothers to follow in his footsteps.

If you haven’t seen Brothers on the Run yet, you should probably check out the past couple episodes:     Episode 5     Episode 4

Watch for Episode 7 on July 24, when the Jacksons go wake surfing and design jewelry in LA.