Video by the same dudes that brought you Robot Food, and the Airblaster movies n shit (Thank god).

Be sure to check out the other videos from these dudes on the Vimeo site.  Pretty rad stuff.  Also, more info on these yahoos here:  http://resourcefulgnome.com

ps, thanks for no dbl corks.

Here’s what NOAA says:  ” Conditions are favorable for a transition to La Niña conditions during June – August 2010.”  Read more here.

Whether or not this pans out to a legit La Nina winter we’ll have to wait and see.  But if we have to put up with a back-to-back shit winter and shit summer we deserve  some ill winter conditions.

Please?

Here’s a couple more images.  The one on the left shows the current SST and the other show the current +/- SST anomalies.

You can read more about the El Niño Southern Oscillation and sign up for email updates at NOAA’s page here.

Last week, the International Ski Federation unanimously approved support of Skiing Halfipe in the Olympics.  All that needs to go down now is the International Olympic Committee’s formal approval.  I predict they will approve Men and Womens Skiing Halfpipe.  They’d be $tupid not too.

Honestly, i’d rather watch skier halfpipe than shred halfipipe (assuming it actually gets air time).  One thing’s for sure–skiiers blow the doors off snowboarders with height and whirly-spins even if they do weird grabs.  And holy shit do they wreck!  Jesus it looks bad…

I wonder if Skiing will develop some kooked out halfpipe monkey like snowboarding has.  I sure hope so.

*Disclaimer: To all my skiier friends.  Thank you for having a sense of humor and not punching me in the stomach next time you see me in a bar.

P.S.  The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia.  Sochi is located in southern Russia, on the Black Sea. Sochi sits at about the same latitude as Jackson Hole.  Hopefully global warming doesn’t kick them in their Russian nuts.  Here’s some interesting climate info on wikipedia.

The Hyak landslide occurred January 2009.  It took out both chairlifts and a couple homes skiers-left on the lower mountain.

If you’ve never ridden White Pass you should sometime.  Rarely crowded, the ski area has a base elevation of 4000 feet and gets consistent cold/dry air from eastern WA which helps keep the powder from turning to chowder–usually.  The in-bounds terrain is really fun.  They have some steep north facing stuff that’s great on a pow day and long rippable top-to-bottom groomers.

I’ve hiked around the new expansion area quite a bit–it looks super fun.  The terrain is super rolly and littered with mini tree islands.  Take a look at the aerial photo of the expansion area–you can see the tree islands clearly.  These new lifts will access some short, hikeable terrain too.  This new expansion will make for a riding experience like nothing else in Washington.  I’m excited to check it out next winter.

Here’s a map of the expansion and an aerial photo.

Here’s a few pics of the new lift towers and trails taken last March 4th, 2010.

Also here’s a sneak peak at the upcoming nwBroweather 3D trail map for White Pass.

For more information on the expansion check out the White Pass Website.

Check out this SNL skit of Shaun White.

More info here: http://www.summitatsnoqualmie.com/Mountains/Summit-East/Expansion

Tomorrow will be buttz-to-nutz busy.  Prepare ya self.

Here’s a few snaps and a POV shot with the ContourHD from today (Friday April 9th, 2010):

More pics and vids here: link

How sick would it be to create your own contest?! You come up your own corporate sponsors, contest format, prizes, glory, reasons for failure, etc. Regardless that i have zero event planning experience and am pretty much clueless…here goes.

Corporate Sponsors:

Mikey’s Malt Liquor – Let’s be adults here, PBR and Oly both give everyone bubble guts. Solution? Mickey’s malt-liquor. Hey now, quit whining cool-guy, it actually tastes good. Bonus: There’s riddles in the bottle caps!

The Sultan Bakery – I want to eat Maple Bars and Apple Cups during the contest. And so do you.

Roxy/Element/Nikita/etc. - Donuts and malt liquor might scare carb conscious girls away. And since girls don’t poop, a donut/beer sponsorship could be extra scary. Regardless, no one likes a snowboarding contest with nothing but dudes. A Girly sponsorship would get some ladies up there. More ladies = Funner Party. Free stickers!

Contest Format:

Anyone can enter. Basically everyone against everyone. No age, class, ability breakdown….that’s the only true test of might. If you’re a grown ass man and get beat by an 8 year old it might be time to hang it up. If you ride 8 days a week and get beat by some part time Weekend Warrior you suck and should be heckled. When the contest is over there will be no question of who rips.

Round 1 – Build a kicker. Contestants will be judged on the shape and cleanliness of their kicker. Too much Wu? Not enough Tang? You’re out. Move along.

Round 2 – Methods. Hit the kicker you just built and do a method. If your method is deemed weak, you’re out. Single elimination. Don’t give an F if you can huck double 10′s. No method, no style, beat it. Examples of weak methods: grabbing in front of front binding, wonky back-leg bonage, retarded facial expressions, mid-air bitch screams, not landing (LOL).

Round 3 – Big Air/Roman Candle Gantlet. Contestants will drop on kicker. Spectators will line the drop-in route armed with roman candles. Contestants will be required to endure roman candle fire fight, successfully throw, and land an aerial maneuver. Contestants who catch on fire are disqualified. A bonus prize of 1 case of Mickey’s Malt Liquor will be awarded to spectators who are able to “take out” riders with roman candle blast. Best trick wins as declared by judges.

Images Courtesy of imaginary 2nd grade alter-ego.

Contest Judges:

Snowskaters - Former rippers who don’t snowboard anymore. If you fall, check, or revert they will give you 0 points. Even if everything else before the landing was rad. Hint: clean style will appease.

Me - Contest Judges always get free/all you can drink beer. Who wouldn’t want to be doing that?! I’m slightly dyslexic so i figure being drunk might help me figure out if you spun frontside/backside, or switch/regular. I like to judge people too.

The Audience – Roman gladiator style thumbs up/thumbs down. Possibly a sound meter. Yay or Nay?! Here’s where those hucky triple spin-whirls might help you out.

Prizes:

3rd Place – Nothing.

2nd Place – Nothing.

1st Place – Winner takes all. First place ripper obviously rips. He or she (probably he) gets all the loot.

Music:

We keep this shiit local. To hit full spectrum we get music that will stoke out heshers, suburban white gangstaz, and those old dudes. What kind of music could possibly work for all shred types? Excellent question bro. Answer: Seattle’s DJ Mullet. Rap, Metal, 80′s power ballads, etc. It goes well with Mickey’s Malt Liquor. Done.

Misc Notes:

Mandatory no helmets. Also, contestants will be patted down to make sure they’re not wearing any of those sissy impact shorts or shin guards or whatever. Automatic disqualification if found. If you’re scurd to throw down without armor you shouldn’t be throwing down.

Jessie B. will co-announce the contest cause he says weird shiit and makes fun of people when they wreck. Mike P. will also co-announce the contest after a pre-game flip cup tournament thereby ensuring a healthy buzz. Announcing will be equally as entertaining as event. See video below:

Anyways…that would be a pretty rad contest. I’d go.