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espn.go.com - 4 days ago
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Winter is upon us -- and many resorts,
if they haven't already, will be powering up those...
lifts. But as has been famously noted, getting there is half the battle. And this couldn't be more true for snowboarders looking to lessen their impact -- you ...
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Conscience Free Commute
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Part 5 is here. Remember back when Snow Summit and Bear Mountain were competing for business? And then Snow Summit bought Bear and turned it into one giant all-mountain park? Game on. Check it. Previous episodes: Part 4, Part 3, Part 2, Part 1.
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Bear Mountain
Brain Farm Cinema, the company that brought you last year's stellar flick "That's It, That's All," launched a new web site this week that makes one thing very clear: These guys are in it to win it. The new site gives a much deeper look into what Brain Farm does in terms of digital cinematography ...
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Jackson Hole
A couple weeks back we dropped our first Standard Films' "Black Winter" edit of E-Jack ripping it in the Kootenays of British Columbia. This week we've got the other OG Lib Tech pow king doing it -- Mark Landvik, also known as the dude who does a better method than you. And that's why he has the ...
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Mark Landvik
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espn.go.com - 7 days ago
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Brighton opening day Sean Sullivan Utah rippers rallied
at Brighton for opening day on Nov. 15. Launch...
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SNB: Industry Insider, Mid-November drop
espn.go.com - 9 days ago
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Well, it definitely makes sense. Jones Snowboards has
announced Canadian rider Jonaven Moore as the first addition...
to their team, apart from company founder Jeremy Jones. "Jonaven is not only one of my favorite people to go into the mountains with, ...
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Jonaven Moore Joins Jones Snowboards
Episode 2 of this season's Flipside show is here. Taking a behind-the-scenes look at the filming adventures of Absinthe's "Neverland," this segment has Bode Merrill climbing (and spinning over) a giant fence, Wolfgang Nyvelt and Gigi Ruf doing chairlift taps and cat-track gaps in Cervina, Italy, ...
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Gigi Ruf
Dan Brisse
In this week's "Parkumentary" segment, JP Walker and the Bear crew take a look back at the early years of rail riding at resort -- when building a butter box was considered innovative. Or how 'bout installing a curved rail, or an "S" rail, or adding stairs to make it more street? At the time, ...
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JP Walker
"When Mack Dawg Productions told me they were not making a video in 2009 I wasn't sure what to do about filming for this past season," said Ettala. "I had worked on filming video parts my entire career and this was the first time that I didn't have any solid plans. So, I was stoked to film for ...
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Mack Dawg
Stoked Mentoring held its third annual Stoked Awards event in New York City last week. One of the most positive movements in shred, Stoked was founded by Sal Masekela and Steve Larosiliere with the goal of impacting disadvantaged youth through participation in snowboarding, skateboarding and ...
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Sal Masekela
Stoked Mentoring
> > You can stop drinking (as much) now. With a bluebird sky, 72 inches of Northwest love at the summit, and a 67 inch base at the lower lodge, Mt. Baker opened November 12th to a ravenous crowd. Even with both base areas filled and more people than I can ever remember on an opening day in my ...
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Baker
> > When it comes to park riding, it's tough to touch the skills of Torstein Horgmo. In last year's Standard Films' release, "Aesthetica," Horgmo went top to bottom at Northstar-at-Tahoe in one take. This year for "Black Winter" he took it to Park City for another top to bottom run (Actual ...
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Park City
espn.go.com - 13 days ago
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> > If you're connected into social media
at all, you may have seen this photo of...
Annie Boulanger blasting some early season pow at Whistler ... but just in case you missed it, we're posting it here, as if we haven't pounded into your head just how ...
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Whistler Ready For Business
espn.go.com - 16 days ago
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> > Usually it's the snow companies who
are trying to break into the skatestreetwear scene. So...
it's nice when a predominantly skate company like KR3W, branch out into snow. Even better is when they do it right. Which by the looks of this promo vid ...
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KR3W Announces Snow Team
> > That's right, you have one day left to bid for the companionship of Shaun White. For the less than affordable price of (enter current bid here), you get Shaun all to yourself for -- wait for it -- two life-long, memory-making hours. Two hours! > Now, before I get overly cynical about ...
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espn.go.com - 16 days ago
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> > While cold temps and cooperative snowfall
means that resorts in the European Alps are enjoying...
an early go at the 2009-10 season, just a few months back Austria's Pitztal Valley hit the switch on a new machine that allows them to churn out ...
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Euro Resorts Fire Up Franken Snow
> > As noted in the previous post about Mt. Baker opening , the Northwest is holding: fully operational, with a 72-inch base. That ain't easy to beat. But what Breckenridge lacks in early season snow pack (currently at 18-inches), they have compensated with their terrain features. The resort ...
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Peter Line
Baker
espn.go.com - 17 days ago
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> > The Pacific Northwest join the pre-season
party this week, with Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon...
opening November 11, and Mt. Baker in Washington opening one day later. And in typical Northwest fashion, these resorts aren't opening with a few butter ...
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Mt. Baker Opens
The first time Ethan Deiss attempted snowboarding, he couldn't even figure out how to strap in his boots. Frustrated, he threw his rental board aside and walked away. That was the third grade, now Deiss is a senior in high school -- and he's come a long way since that first day. > With a full ...
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This week's drop: Part 3 of our 9-part "Parkumentary" movie is here, and it's good trip down memory lane. Mike "Dawger" McEntire recalls the early days of filming at the resort, JP Walker talks about the first time he did a backside rodeo in the park, Nima Jalali talks about the era when ...
