Snowboard and Ski Gear

Colorado snowboard mag enters second year – Summit Daily News
Brad Farson is pictured in Crested Butte doing a 360 tail grab for Allus Magazine. Special to the Daily/Paul Miller It wasn’t quite the way they had imagined spending their night, but putting the finishing touches on the first issue of their new

Snowboard protest draws about 100 – Burlington Free Press
BURLINGTON — Images of naked Playboy models and cartoons of self-mutilation on Burton snowboards are continuing to draw protests. About 100 people gathered at midday Thursday outside the Burton headquarters in Burlington to demand that the two

Image of Naked Playboy Models, Cartoons Draw Snowboard Protest – FOX News
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Images of naked Playboy models and cartoons of self-mutilation on Burton snowboards are continuing to draw protests. About 100 people gathered at midday Thursday outside the Burton headquarters in Burlington to demand that the two

Snowboard Club Registration – Daily Herald Tribune
It’s that time of year again! A bit of snow has flown, you can finally dig that gear out and take it for a tune-up without looking ridiculous. Registration: November 1, 2008. Annual Nitehawk Ski, Board & Bike Swap. TEC Centre at Evergreen Park. 9

2010 Olympic Games venues: Ski and snowboard like a champion – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Head north of the border this winter and you’ll be able to ski and snowboard like an Olympian. OK, perhaps not as well. But you will be able to ski where Winter Olympics competitors will be skiing and snowboarding in just 16 months. The downhill

Economic setback may put a sitzmark in ski resort profits – San Diego Union-Tribune
It’s one of the most devastating things,” said Michaels, who still plans to buy individual lift tickets to snowboard. “I won’t be going 20 times like I normally do.” Early sales and reservations figures for some destination ski resorts suggest

Ski and Snowboard Show – Edmonton Examiner
The Edmonton Ski and Snowboard Show, Oct. 25 and 26 at the Northlands Agricom, features stores, resorts, skis, snowboards, prizes, giveaways, lift tickets, coupons, hill info and entertainment including the Jib Jam, Alberta’s largest indoor rail

Cataloochee makes skiing a Southern pleasure – Atlanta Journal Constitution
he Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley, N.C., loves to quote its superlatives. Earliest to open. Last to close. First ski area south of Virginia. With the original site built in 1961 and the present site in 1969, Southeastern families have learned

Europeans chasing Miller, Vonn in World Cup – International Herald Tribune
SOELDEN, Austria : Europe wants its crystal globes back. The top two trophies in Alpine skiing went to racers from the United States last season, but overall World Cup champions Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn will face an uphill task to successfully

Sugar Bowl hires former Intrawest, Vail rec director – Tahoe Daily Tribune
Sugar Bowl Ski Corporation has selected John Monson to be the resort’s new director of marketing and sales. Monson, 37, will be responsible for leading all promotional initiatives for the historic Tahoe resort. “We are thrilled to have someone with

Vancouver 2010 Steps Into The Spotlight – WebWire
At the end of its seventh visit to Vancouver, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission confirmed that the Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee (VANOC) continues to be on the right track to host top quality Olympic and

More winter shows are on tap now – San Francisco Gate
Thursday, October 16, 2008 It’s high time for ski shows. The Icer Air show in San Francisco this weekend is the first of a series of consumer trade shows oriented for the ski and snowboard set over the next several weeks. — The inaugural San

2010 Olympic Games venues: Ski and snowboard like a champion – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Head north of the border this winter and you’ll be able to ski and snowboard like an Olympian. OK, perhaps not as well. But you will be able to ski where Winter Olympics competitors will be skiing and snowboarding in just 16 months. The downhill

In brief – Daily News
NORWAY – Team Norway will sponsor a used ski sale from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Norway Mountain Ski Lodge. Check-in for equipment and clothing will take place from 9:30 a.m, to 11:30 a.m.; pick-up after sale from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m

Burton stands by snowboard art – Burlington Free Press
In a statement released to The Burlington Free Press on Wednesday night, Burton CEO Laurent Potdevin had a message for his company’s detractors — Burton stands behind its products and has no plans to recall the Love and Primo models that have

A Science Sandwich Inside a Snowboard? – MSN MoneyCentral
Kids everywhere have a ball playing sports. Few of them, however, are aware of the amazing science behind the sports they love. In fact, every kick of a soccer ball or swing of a bat is an experiment. In time for National Chemistry Week (Oct. 19-25

Snowboard protest draws about 100 at Burton headquarters in Burlington – Brattleboro Reformer
BURLINGTON – Images of naked Playboy models and cartoons of self-mutilation on Burton snowboards are continuing to draw protests. About 100 people gathered at midday Thursday outside the Burton headquarters in Burlington to demand that the two lines

Best bets for the weekend – Seattle Times
We don’t know what’s happening in your neighborhood, but about five days ago it seemed like someone flipped a big switch and all the maples on our hillside turned orange. Pretty nice. Maybe there’s something to be said for seasons, if you can put up