Archive for February, 2010

  • 2010 Holy Oly!

    2010 Holy Oly!

    The Holy Oly was pretty sick this year.  It wasn’t as big as years past, but i can’t ride that thing for isht anyways.  The QP was quite a bit narrower than usual making for some epic near misses.  There was a bit of a kink in it this year that i’d like to

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  • The 2010 Olympic Girls of Snowboarding

    The 2010 Olympic Girls of Snowboarding

    The Olympics start today (Friday, Feb 12 2010) up in Vancouver, Canadia.  And while there’s been considerable hype on the lack of snow, traumatic injuries, what Shaun White will be calling the dbl 1260° McTwist,

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  • The Media Hates the Double Cork

    The Media Hates the Double Cork

    Alrighty.  This gentleman named John Branch just dropped an article on the NYTimes about the Winter Olys and how they’re getting more and more scary.  He’s pretty much directly against the double cork.  Check out this snippet from the

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  • 2010 Banked Slalom

    2010 Banked Slalom

    The Banked Slalom was last weekend.  Good times for sure.  Read about it on one of these fine websites. (Tackledbox, BoredYak 1, BoredYak 2, BoredYak 3, yobeat, frequencey). Rather than write my own recap i decided to rhyme.  Here goes:

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  • Review: Ride Machete

    Review: Ride Machete

    After being a fairly devout Option Snowboards fan, I bought a Ride Machete 164 wide this year. The specs on this board are what appealed to me most–it’s pretty much a mid-wide board. That, the length and it’s slight reverse camber all were what i thought would work best for my size/weight/foot/etc. I’ve managed to [...]

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  • How to Snowboard Moguls: A nwBro Guide

    How to Snowboard Moguls: A nwBro Guide

    Moguls have been the nemesis of snowboarders everywhere since the dawn of time.  Although murderous, painful, and technically difficult moguls are in fact manageable.  Still you must be alert at all times or you could find yourself

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