Snowboard Mag
2 Handle Tows at Windells Summer 2010
YES YES YES YESSSSSSS!
Rumors have been buzzing all around the Internet Worlds, should Windells get a second private lift in their private park or is the one good enough? Well It is official, Tim Windell himself called from the Oval Office minutes ago and made the announcment: "WINDELLS CAMP will have a second lift for the Summer of 2010." Windells is once again the first summer shred camp in the
history of the world to own, operate and install, two of its very own private rope-tows!
Spring Snowstorm Sweeps through Colorado
All Member Resorts Receive Fresh Powder, Ready For Spring Break
Denver, CO, March 9, 2010 – Spring break travelers to Colorado this week will be welcomed by events, deals and double digit amounts of fresh snow. In the last 48 hours, snow accumulation in the mountains has reached as much as 18 inches at resorts such as Monarch and Wolf Creek.
Other resorts with two-day, double-digit snow totals include Telluride, Powderhorn and Silverton each with 15 inches. Copper Mountain and Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort are measuring 10 inches.
Eight inches of fresh snow fell at Arapahoe Basin and Snowmass over the last two days. Just over half-a-foot of winter white coated Winter Park while six inches piled up at Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Loveland and Ski Cooper.
Spring Has Sprung with Plenty of Deals at Aspen/Snowmass
Spring Hassle-Free Package Deadline Extended – Offers skiing/riding for $29/day
Lodging starts as low as $35/night in Aspen/Snowmass
Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., March 9, 2010 – Its spring time in Aspen/Snowmass which means long sunny days, superb conditions, plenty of free events and concerts and plenty of deals. With remarkable offers including skiing/riding for $29/day as well as lodging starting as low as $35/night in Snowmass and $37.50/night in Aspen, there’s no better time to visit Aspen/Snowmass. For a complete listing of deals please visit www.aspensnowmass.com/deals.
Rome SDS - 3rd Annual Stoken Event Series
It’s time once again...to get Stoken.
Rome's Stoken event series has returned after a short hiatus, and the good times are guaranteed. What Stoken lacks in rigid structure, international point rankings, and official rotation judges, it makes up for in what’s most important in any snowboarding event… having FUN with a big crew.
March Powder at Bear Mountain
Eli Wiener, Brad Farmer and Zak Hale get into Bow Canyon off the top of Bear Peak on bluebird powder day.
Signal Tailgate Tour SLC 2
Words: Signal Snowboards / Photos by Aaron Blatt
Our crew headed up to Powder Mountain for a 3 day session with Jeff King and the guys from Built to Shred. With plenty of pole jam’s, along with some bus jibs, and teeter totters, Kinger had us busy for sure! The signal riders kept the film crew busy with endless hammers on the features, and the episode is sure to be a highlight when it airs in the fall – keep an eye out for it!
Learn Backcountry Skills at Sugar Bowl
Words/Photos: Scott Howard
We got a few feet of the good stuff this week and headed up to Sugar Bowl to shred. While hiking up to the summit you could see the avalanche control blast holes marking our prospective lines as safe for the taking. Lacking the commonsense items of shovel and transceivers dropping into the backcountry was out of the question for this particular powder day. Because these tools may not be commonsense to everyone Sugar Bowl Resort has launched the new Backcountry Adventure Center (BAC) to help educate and guide the public through tools and techniques of backcountry touring. How do you check for avalanche danger when hiking out-of-bounds? How do you use your transceiver if a companion get buried?
2010 Burton US Open Brings Olympic Snowboarders to Vermont
Shaun White, Peetu Piiroinen, Scotty Lago, Hannah Teter & Kelly Clark to Compete
Burlington, VT (March 8, 2010) The 28th annual US Open Snowboarding Championships will once again host thousands of fans and many of the world’s top snowboarders for a weekend of slopestyle, rail jam and halfpipe competitions. Taking place at Stratton Mountain Resort from March 15-21, the Open is the first US event since the 2010 Olympics where snowboard medalists Shaun White, Peetu Piiroinen, Scotty Lago, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark will compete.
In addition to all three men’s 2010 Olympic halfpipe medalists, the US Open rider roster includes 2009 Burton Global Open Series (BGOS) Champion Chas Guldemond (USA), two-time Olympian and US Open podium threat Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN), Luke Mitrani (USA), Mikkel Bang (NOR), current BGOS points leader Christian Haller (SUI) and Mason Aguirre (USA).
FUEL TV Airs the "Paul Mitchell Progression Session Telluride" and "U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix #2 Mammoth"
FUEL TV Airs the “Paul Mitchell Progression Session Telluride” and “U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix #2 Mammoth” Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Beginning Tuesday, March 9, at 8:00pm ET/PT in Snow Pack, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase “Paul Mitchell Progression Session Telluride” and “U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix #2 Mammoth.”
Helgason.com Launches New Website
March 8, 2010 – Akureyri, Iceland – Hip Hip Hooray! – the new version of helgasons.com is now live, optimized to give the world a sneak peak into the über creative and slightly mad minds of Eiki, Halldor and their personal filmer Lord Johannes Brenning.
“Me and Halldor started the blog just for fun and it has blown up since then” says Eiki. “Our edits are about to break 1/2 million views in less than five months so we felt we needed a better home for them.”
Neff Rider Derek Dennison at Brighton
Neff rider Derek Dennison spends a day lapping the park at Brighton hitting up the Neff feature with friends. This year Neff has teamed up with 14 resorts to sponsor their parks and have Neff features in all of them. Be on the lookout for more videos with one of the Neff pro riders sessioning the park at one of the 14 resorts.
Get Excited for Summer, Windells Session 6 Video!!!
Summer camp is coming up soon... check out windells.com to sign up for camp, or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes to check out some sweet videos
Tailgate Alaska Kicks off March 26th
Tailgate Alaska: The World Freeride Festival presented by Alaskan Brewing returns to Thompson Pass this March for another round of riding the best mountains in the world.
The event kicks off Friday, March 26th, with an orientation meeting in the town of Valdez, followed with a concert by Salem at the Pipeline Club. On Saturday, March 27th, we will host our annual town Fish Fry, bringing together the people of Valdez and Tailgate Alaska participants in a unique social gathering and chow down.
The Showdown at The Canyons
The Showdown - A Slopestyle Contest
Saturday, March 13 at The Canyons
The Showdown will go down in the Upper Respect Park. Features will include 2 rail/box options from the lower Park Plaza zone in a 3 jump line at the DJ Hut
Rider/Skier; Male/Female divisions with Open and 15 & under categories
Campus Rail Jam Tour – U of U Recap!
Photos: Darcy Bacha
Every time the Campus Rail Jam Tour rolls through Salt Lake City three things are guaranteed to happen. First off, someone from the crew will feel the need rant for an hour about how weak the libations are. Second, that same person will end the night hugging the toilet from too much “weak” party sauce (A classic case of “over-hydration”). Lastly, the local shreds will completely destroy the setup and put on one of the best shows of the entire tour. Guaranteed.
Oakley Arctic Challenge Winner Peetu Piiroinen Secures Swatch TTR World Champion Title
Oslo, Norway – March 7th 2010: One of the most impressive snowboard athletes in the world today, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), reconfirmed his reputation with a first place finish at the coveted 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge. The crowds at Tryvann Vinterpark in Oslo, Norway witnessed a piece of snowboarding history as 21-year old Peetu Piiroinen took first place in today’s slopestyle competition, and with an additional 1000 TTR ranking points on his account, he took an unassailable lead in the TTR World Rankings. In two weeks time, he will be crowned Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion at the final 6Star event of the Tour, the Burton US Open. The Arctic Challenge podium was rounded out by Norwegian favourites Torstein Horgmo in second place and Mikkel Bang in third.
Snowboard Video from Quebec
SixEleven Sundays 3/7/10 February Flippy Fun
Check out some footage of some flips and other fun stuff from the month of February with SixEleven Productions. Be on the look out for SixEleven's STOP...Hammertime! coming out Fall 2010.
See more at SixElevenProductions.com
10th Annual Spring Jam at Aspen/Snowmass
10TH ANNUAL SPRING JAM ANNOUNCES GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS AND THE GREYBOY ALLSTARS TO PERFORM DURING THE BUD LIGHT HI-FI CONCERT SERIES, MARCH 21 AND 26
Win a Trip to Aspen/Snowmass to See Vampire Weekend via Facebook
Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., March 5, 2010 – Aspen/Snowmass is proud to announce the lineup for the 10th Annual Bud Light Spring Jam, Rocky Mountains’ premier spring festival featuring concerts, ski and snowboard competitions, parties and more during the weekends of March 19 – 21 and March 26 – 28, 2010.
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will bring their jazz and bluegrass infused southern rock sounds to Snowmass base village on Sunday, March 21 at 4 p.m. The following weekend the Southern California based funk/jam band – The Greyboy Allstars – will rock the base of Aspen Mountain on Friday, March 26 at 8 p.m.
