The extra confidence that comes from riding with the Black Diamond TeleKneesis Kneepads helps when riding in exposed or rocky terrain. If you had mentioned the word kneepads and snowboarding together a few years ago I would have probably laughed at you and rolled my eyes. I had never even considered kneepads, let alone Black […]
It is with broken hearts that we have to report that 29 year old splitboard Liz Daley was caught and killed in an avalanche near El Chaltén, Argentina. Daley, an accomplished backcountry snowboarder, climber and AMGA certified guide was in the midst of scoring all time conditions in Patagonia when the avalanche occurred. It was […]
ALTA, WY – The 10th annual Targhee Fest went down this past weekend with a killer lineup of Americana singer songwriters performing at the base of Grand Targhee Resort. Easily one of the most picturesque festival backdrops of the summer, Targhee Fest offered incredible 360 degree views of the surrounding mountains. Along with cheap beers, […]
A large avalanche atop Loveland Pass has claimed the lives of very 5 experienced backcountry snowboarders. One snowboarder survived after being found almost 2 1/2 hours later with his head sticking above the snow according to first hand reports. The snowboarders were all at Loveland Pass to take place in the Rocky Mountain High Backcountry […]
Sims Snowboards has announced their founder Tom Sims has passed away according to twitter post this morning SIMSSnowboards In Memoriam: Tom Sims 1950 – 2012. Forever missed, forever loved and #foreveralegend. Tom was a pioneer in the sports of skateboarding and snowboarding. Having lived in Santa Barbara California since 1971 Tom Sims was fully engrained […]
Summit County, Colorado – Avalanche Survival Some may look at the following video and think wow, that’s a great advertisement for the BCA Avalanche Survival Float Bag others on the other hand may laugh at poor decision making made by a big mountain contest promoter and all 38 riders involved. Luckily our friend 21 year old Meesh […]
SEAL BEACH, CA – Sean Collins Surfline founder (Surfline.com), has passed away. With the combination of technology and ability to read forecast maps Sean developed Surfline.com the premier global surf report and forecasting website used across the world. Anyone that surfs has spent time on Surfline… Growing up in Seal Beach, we used to go […]
EL COLORADO, CHILE – ESPN is reporting two time TNF Masters of snowboarding champion and personal friend snowboarder Aaron Robinson has died in a fall while snowboarding on the backside of the El Colorado resort in Santa Teresita. Aaron had just posted a video to his Facebook page less than 12 hours ago of another […]
Colorado radiation levels are currently the highest in the world according to the Radiation Network based in Prescott, Arizona which has released a real-time map of the United States showing current radiation levels as reported by the GeigerCounters. The state of Colorado seems to be almost double if not triple the radiation level from other […]
The Widespread Panic family took a big hit as long time equipment manager Garrie Vereen has passed away. This tragedy is going to be hard on not only band members, crew members, staff at Brown Cat Inc but panic fans as well. Garrie had a heart of gold and on any given night would know […]