Ride Snowboards - Punkass New Site

Ride Snowboards Launches 05/06 Website: "Ride is the first major snowboarding company to launch their 05/06 website. This cool site has everything you need to know about Ride Snowboards. You can check out photos and videos of the team, stay up to date on current events and start getting an idea of what board you want buy this season. Another cool feature of the site is the artist profile section where Ride gives the artists a chance to explain their inspiration for the 2006 board graphics."

I like the idea of the artists explaining the graphics on boards - personally I'm not a fan of a board with heavy graphics - I prefer a cleaner, more simple look.

So it should be interesting to see them explain why they laid down what they laid down.

And if you like Ride snowboards, leave a comment saying why you likw them.

John

MANties - Panties made just for men

MANties - Panties made just for men:

"For those nights and days, when you want to be and feel a little special, naughty, and very sexy, these Manties are for you.
Once you have them on, it will be 'hard' to take them off.
They are made of nylon and have the extra room where
you need it, for the most comfortable fit there is. Once you try a pair, you will wonder why you never tried them before.
Panties are for the gals
MANties are for the guys"

....

Ummm...

W... T... F... ??

Forget about hanging boxer shorts out of your snowboard pants that hang around your knees (just to make spinning that extra bit more difficult)... get yourself a pair of MANTIES!

Panties made for men. Now THAT is 'steez'.

John

Kill It Snowboarding

Kill It Snowboarding: "'Who Else Wants To Learn The Amazing Snowboard Secrets of a Sponsored Slope Shredder That Have Turned Nervous, First-Time Snow-Virgins into Confident, Competent, Kick-Ass Riders?'

Dear Friend,

I have some questions for you:

Do you get nervous turning onto your heelside?
Do very steep slopes freak you out?
Do jumps make you break out into a sweat?
Do rails and 'fun boxes' give you visions of ending up in hospital?
Would you like more confidence to try new things?

If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, then I have some important news for you..."

FINALLY! My new snowboard tips website is up and running - I haven't slept in about 5 days - it looks really great and the hard work has really paid off!

Check it out at www.killitsnowboarding.com

John

J.P. Walker tells us where he's been... and lets us know how dope it is to live like a pro

Transworld Snowboarding.com Features Ten Questions: JP Walker: "Just had a surf vacation down in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a week. I'll be going up to Whistler for a couple days to do some filming. From there I'm going to Switzerland for a Forum Youngblood thing, then after that I'm gonna have another break, maybe come back down here and surf a bit more. Then I'm headed to New Zealand for a month to film and snowboard; I'll bring my surf stuff too. "

Sadly I haven't managed to get out of my own city for almost 18 straight months.

There's this nagging little thing called "work" that keeps me here... god, that's so annoying.

Seriously though, watch some old videos of JP crashing - he paid his dues to live the life of a snowboard rockstar.

John

Mammoth Mountain - More People, More Money...

Mammoth Mountain Has Record-Breaking Season - Transworld Business Magazine: "MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA - Over 1.5 million skiers hit the slopes of Mammoth Mountain during the 2004/05 season, breaking Mammoth's all-time skier visit record set 19 years ago. The record season made Mammoth the second most visited resort in the country. "

Well, it seems Intrawest just can't help but explode the popularity of any ski resort it's involved with.

Most locals would probably not see that as a good thing.

But I'm sure they're not complaining about having more nightclubs, and higher ratio's of hot women (HROHW).

Mind you, I'm sure they ARE complaing about the Speed Control thing that Intrawest enforces - sure it makes the slopes safer, but who wants to be safe?

John

Danny Way Jumps the Great Wall of China

Danny Way Jumps the Great Wall of China: "today Danny Way pulled off the jump o the Great Wall of China five times in front of a crowd of Chinese dignitaries and officials, along with his family and friends and thousands of locals."

I know I know. This isn't strictly snowboarding related.

But what the hell - the great wall of China? I remember thinking the whole helicopter drop thing was crazy...

Danny Way, you are a machine.

John

My bone with DCshoes...

Ok, so 2 years ago, DC releases what is now know to be the best shoe ever made.

A Colin McKay sig shoe named the "focus model". The real beauty of this shoe is it's versatility.

You can wear them to the sateboard ramp, and then, without changing shoes, wear them into a nightclub that enforces dress codes. The perfect shoe for me... or so I thought...

My bone: DC doesn't make this shoe any more! So please DC, if you are going to put excellent shoes like this on the market AT LEAST make them for more then one season.

I've gone shoe shopping like 20 times trying to replace them, and I always come back empty handed.



My beloved size 9.5 "Focus Model" Colin Mcay signature shoe. Note the fancy black stuff on the heel: that's known as the 'backdoor' to get into any trendy nightclub. BANGIN'.

MTV's "Made" Tries To Jazz Up Ratings...

MTV's "Made" Goes Snowboarding: "MTV's 'Made' Goes Snowboarding
MTV will attempt to turn a high school priss into a bonafied snow shredder in just six weeks on this week's episode of 'Made.' Tune in tomorrow night (Wednesday, July 13) to see how this teen fares in her quest for snowboarding glory. The show should be fun to watch because you never know how the person will turn out. I've seen everything from BMX riders to opera singers and cheerleaders with some very mixed results. Check MTV.com for tv listings."

Is this a good thing? At the risk of pissing off the snowboard community, I'm going to say... yes.

You thought I was more antidisestablishmentateralist then that, didn't you.

I'm mainstream baby. I watch blind date. Which reminds me... "pimp my ride" is on soon, I gotta get outta here...

John

Some weird guys snowboard trip

Twisted Dirty Logic in Space:
"Hello Readers,

I went down to Perisher last weekend and Snowboarded for the very first time. Wow what fun! I went up with my parents and my brother, who came down from Sydney by Train. Both Bill and I did a 2 Hour Snowboarding Lesson with a nice snowboard teacher named Jasmin. Then we hit the slope marked in yellow where my Mum and Dad where skiing. I fell over a bit, but really its not as hard as skiing, no poles and your legs don't fly everywhere. (I took the big 8 seater chair light up that little hill, which doesnt seem much on the map but kept my whole family entertained all day). "

Is it just me... or does this guy (yes he is over 20 according to his website) seem WAY too scarily nice.

Is he a virgn? I don't know.

But I do know this: girls don't like pussies. Girls HAVE pussies, but they don't date them.

Go figure.

John

Oakley A Frame: Does it Ever Get Old?

Oakley A Frame Snowboarding Goggle Review: "The Oakley A Frame goggle has been around for several years, but it never goes out of style. The A Frame is a little narrow, but it works great with a helmet and is available in a seemingly endless array of frame colors and lens combinations."

Well, that was some reviewers opinion.

Here's what I think:

The key to looking rad on the slopes is to wear full leather jackets and pants.

Sure, goggles sort of come into it, but let's be honest - they're not catching the attention of the opposite sex the same way those skin tight black seal skins are - are they?

John

PS I can hear some whiner right now "but what about visbility, doesn't goggle performance matter???" - so if that's you, listen up buckwheat: snowboarding is about looking cool. Not riding well. If you get your pose on properly, you're getting laid (and that goes whether you are a guy or girl), and last time I looked, that's the only thing people on a snow holiday care about anyway. And if you work in a ski village that goes quadruple for YOU... doesn't it... you skeezy little buggers...

World Record! Mads Jonsson Goes Huge & Kills It!

World Record! Mads Jonsson Makes Snowboarding History: "snowboarding history books with a monumental solo session on a 40 meter (130 feet) table top stomping a huge backside 180 and the smoothest and most stylish monster frontside 360 seen to date. When all was said and done, the official distace was measured at 187 feet."

Scary, scary, scary stuff.

What is not aparrent to most people that have never really gone big is the amount of SPEED you need.

I can't imagine what Mads ground speed would have been, but I'm guessing it would have been over 100 clicks an hour.

At that speed I'm sure the only thing he could hear over the noise of the wind blowing past him, was the voice in the back of his head saying "just don't catch a f#$^ing edge..."

John

New Gear for '06 - and injury prevention

It seems to get harder and harder to make gear.

Personally, I have had most of my problems with my ankles. Namely my Talus bone, which unfortunately does not have any connecting muscles and thus is prone to injury.

It's also very difficult to reabilitate the ankle - it doesn't get much blood flow, and so it takes AGES to heal if you damage it (just ask anyone that was relegated to couch time for three straight months).

So with that in mind, my attention turns to BOOTS.

Anyone that knows anything about snowboard gear knows that BOOTS are where it's at. Give me a shitty board, shitty bindings but good boots and I'll still be able to throw down (in my own modest way at least :))

[as a side note: if you're a newbie looking to buy your first setup, forget about paying big bucks for a board or bindings - unless you are really good the "performace differential" is all the same anyway - and spend all your time and money on buying the best boots you can]

So I'll be waiting to see what offering comes out from my favorite boot companies: Salomon and DC. (I like a nice stiff boot, but that doesn't mean I want to lose all feeling in my feet when I'm on my board)

And any exec from a company that wants me to test out you gear, get in touch. But be warned: I'll write up an honest review, so you better make sure your stuff cuts the mustard.

John

The Forum 8... Those Were The Days...

Do you remember when Peter Line used to snowboard?

Do you remember when that little "f" marked the riding of an elite group of snowboarders?

Do you remember when Mack Dawg was cool and robot food sounded like some kind of geeky dungeons and dragons shanagan?

Because I'll tell you something - I used to want nothing more then to ride for Forum snowboards. They were the cool kids on the block - what with JP nose pressing down 20 stairs... switch... and... everyone big upping each other ala "the resistance"

But I'm no longer clear on what Forum snowboards means to me... or anyone for that matter...

Does JP still RIDE? Cuz he seems to be on the team.

What the hell happened to Dufficy - Rossignol? Are you kidding me?!

Chad Otterstrom was there for about 5 minutes and then ended up on some team I've never heard of.

And then Laurie Heskari (did I spell that right?) comes out of no-where and is the next mega star. Didn't see that coming.

The whole thing makes about as much sense as Heiki Sorsa still not being on the Burton global team. What the hell is THAT all about?

Anyway, if you know something about this, leave your thoughts.

John

Flow Bindings... The Great Debate

Snowgo: "Going against the Flow
I have been happily using Flow bindings since I first bought my own snowboarding equipment in about 1997. I always used to recommend them to people on the basis that they were so easy to use and comfortable and that these advantages made it worth persevering with the odd reliability issue.
Lately though I have suspected that my bindings were limiting my performance and I began to wonder if I should try straps again.
I have just returned from a week in the Alps riding some new bindings (Ride Tomcats) which I picked up in the TSA sale and the old Flows are going on eBay.
I noticed two striking differences with straps"

Hmmm...

When click in bindings were all the rage, all I could was scratch my head... really... how much effort does it take to strap in: 5, maybe 10 seconds?

What's so difficult about that?

John

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