It appears Jake Burton has testicular cancer. If you follow this link you’ll read his rather stoic and inspiring letter to his employees. I think it says a lot about the guy and, clearly, it says just as much about the culture he has created at Burton Snowboards over the years. It will be 20 [...]
Category Archives: Snowboarding
Jeremy Jones Talks About Protecting Winter
I’m not sure if today is the best or worst day to discuss protecting our winters. Regardless, here’s Jeremy Jones stating his case for keeping snow around. Viva la snow!
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Provo Brothers Snow Surfing Video
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Make Your Own Damn Butter
I know my posts have been infrequent and hovering around the similar and predictable constellation of food and beer as of late. But it’s the holidays and I’ve been drunk, stuffed with food and preoccupied by things more compelling than coifing my blog. I’ve got a back log of info on events going on around [...]
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Pre-Season Sessioning at Alta
These industrious criminals had what looks to be the best day ever at Alta, sneaking in before the resort is actually open and having this devil’s playground all to themselves. Trespassing has never looked better.
Burton’s Snowboard Charity, CHILL
I just sent in my application to help out with CHILL this winter. CHILL is Burton’s charity created to give underserved kids from local communities a chance spend some time learning to snowboard. Each year, we take about 75-100 youth from each of our sites to the slopes. We provide them with everything they need [...]
Nice, Lighted Snowboard Wall Mounts from PBTeen
Pottery Barn Teen, of all places, has these pretty nice wall mounts for snowboards. The rope light on the mount reflects off the gloss on the deck to make a diffused light effect. Pottery Barn is asking $129 a piece for these things. I’m thinking you can make one for under $15 and use battery [...]
Snowboarding Season Is Upon Us, What Will I Ride?
Our long-in-the-tooth correspondent… Trevor: As the air gets cooler and the days get shorter, skateboarding will be taking a back seat and the new round of snowboard gear will be hitting the stores. I’ve made a few field trips to my local snow shops and perused the new round of buyers guides, and, from what [...]
Seattle Snowboard Connection
I wanted to tip my proverbial hat to the Seattle Snowboard Connection for being some real nice folks running a great shop. We were both knuckleheads and packed our pads in our checked bags for our return flight meaning, once we were stranded in Seattle, we needed to pick up new gear in order to [...]
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