Snowboard News
The final snowboard in Ride’s DH2 series is now available at Snowboard Connection. The new design comes from Vancouver Island, BC native Shawn O’Keefe who delivers a killer design for the DH 2.3 snowboard. Click here to check it out.
Ride DH2.3 Limited Edition Artist Series Snowboard – Shawn O’Keefe from Ride Snowboards on Vimeo.
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Want to try out an 09/10 Arbor board for free? Arbor will be demoing their boards this Saturday (12/05) at Crystal Mountain from 9AM to 2PM. This demo is 18+ (or younger with parent’s permission), be sure to bring a ID or credit card to hold for the demo!
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Fans of Snocon’s annual sample sale rejoice: Snowboard Connection is upping the ante with our innagural S.A.W. sale (S.A.W. standing for “sample and warehouse”). Sample 09/10 snowboard gear will be available at the sale for 20-30% off and new 09/10 gear will be on sale for 10% off. 08/09 gear will be 50-60% off, streetwear [...]
Happy New Year!
We have been quiet for the Christmas holidays and taking it easy with our families, relatives and friends. However, when you are relaxed all kind of new ideas and things just suddenly pop into your mind. So, stay tuned for some pretty cool stuff coming in the upcoming weeks, e.g. an interview of probably [...]
Lost Trail Powder Mountain is a small ski area  located on the border of Montana and Idaho.  It is one of those areas that you feel are still are targeted towards skiers rather than the real estate market, no glitz, mostly just bunch of locals having fun. There is no ‘resort town’ to speak of, [...]
Couple of days ago I received probably the wildest or weirdest Christmas card (or should I say XXXMas card) ever. K2 Backside Team rider Skipe Oivo sent us a portrait of himself, showing off almost naked, wearing only skis and boots. “All right, here we go againâ€, I thought. It was the best Christmas card [...]
Here is Christmas related travel tip for people interested in Switzerland.
If you happen to spend your Christmas holidays in Switzerland, you really should check the Swiss Christmas Markets. I am not sure how long they keep markets open, but if you miss the Swiss Christmas Markets this year, remember to try next year. There are [...]
Back in the 1980’s all I new about ski brands were Atomic, Fischer and Salomon. Nobody ever said a word about luxury skis. I guess there weren’t any, and if there were, we wouldn’t have given a #¤%”&. Anyhow, it has been interesting to discover some very different and strange ski gear, such as Lacroix [...]
Couple of days ago I wrote about Christmas presents for skiers and collected seven inspiring climbing movies to watch. Today I continue the same topic by providing you 10+3 awesome ski movies I personally enjoy a lot. So, if you are still looking for last minute Christmas present ideas for skiers, check these ski movies. [...]
Looking for Christmas presents for skiers? You came to the right place. Christmas is soon here and people are getting busy with present purchases. Avoid crowded shops and order some of your Christmas presents from the Internet. Homeboy ski blog works in co-operation with Amazon, a trusted online shop that delivers stuff quickly. Buying Christmas [...]